Written answers

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East Issues
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the attempts by Israel to brand support for Palestine as anti-Semitic with his European counterparts; and if he will make...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to attacks by Turkey on civilians in northern Syria (details supplied); and if his Department is providing...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the report on addressing barriers faced by returning Irish emigrants; and if he...
    • UN Security Council
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council. [43228/19]
    • Human Rights
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased attacks on indigenous communities in Colombia, particularly in the province of Cauca; if his...
    • Human Rights Cases
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to secure the release of political prisoners in Bahrain; if he has met with Bahraini officials in regard to the issue;...
    • Brexit Preparations
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific measures in the public relations campaign that started on 4 September 2019 on national and local radio on Brexit preparation...
    • Northern Ireland
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised concerns with the authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to the level of stop and search incidents and surveillance by the...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Foreign Secretary in...
    • Northern Ireland
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to legacy issues and the...
    • Global Footprint Initiative
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to double the global footprint of Ireland by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/19]
    • Human Rights Cases
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased attacks on indigenous communities and environmental defenders in Brazil; if his attention has...
    • Northern Ireland
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the second report by the Independent Reporting Commission that paramilitarism remains a destabilising factor in Northern...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the revolts and mass protests in Chile, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Ecuador and Haiti with his European counterparts; and if...
    • Military Neutrality
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the neutrality of Ireland will be guaranteed and respected in view of the fact that the final statement of the 15th...
    • Middle East Issues
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and Palestine were discussed at his meetings at the UN. [39950/19]
    • Human Rights
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will follow the lead of other states by calling on Myanmar to be brought before the International Court of Justice for genocidal...
    • Brexit Issues
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations on the Withdrawal Treaty following the Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council meetings. [43260/19]
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid continues to reach the intended targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland
      73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with the authorities in Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the long...
    • Economic Sanctions
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made to address the US embargo which continues to this day and which is having a detrimental effect on Cubans; and if he...
    • Middle East Issues
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli authorities approved plans for 2,342 housing units in illegal Israeli colonial...
    • Brexit Issues
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent discussions with EU Commission officials regarding Brexit. [39453/19]
    • Passport Applications
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the plan in budget 2020 to continue to improve customer service delivery for passport applications will include printing facilities at the...
    • Northern Ireland
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Northern Ireland Assembly has not reconvened. [46419/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legislative Process
      80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of recommendations for money messages signed by him supporting the expenditure of public funds proposed by a Private Members' Bill in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Departmental Reports
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form. [46099/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      82. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has contracts with external companies that advise on human resources, public relations, legal, financial or other policy matters. [46189/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city. [46301/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      84. To ask the Taoiseach when the disclosures made by his Department under Freedom of Information was last updated; and if this is in line with the disclosure policy of his Department. [46475/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      85. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Reports
      86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has discretion to increase the pension entitlement of a member of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Offices
      88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant promotional positions waiting to be filled in the Defence Forces as of 4 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      90. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the disclosures made by his Department under Freedom of Information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure policy of his...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a new cadetship competition for the Defence Forces will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46694/19]
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost if the explosive ordnance disposal duty allowance was increased by a further 20% based on 2018 figures; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role of his Department in North-South co-operation. [46660/19]
    • Human Rights
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the Armenian genocide that occurred 104 years ago (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if...
    • Human Rights
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supports the development of a legally binding international treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement...
    • Consular Services Representations
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if contact has been made to the relevant embassies; and if a multi-agency delegation...
    • United Nations
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of a parliamentary assembly at the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an overseas allowance for Irish citizens who are working with the special monitoring mission with the OSCE will be agreed and put in...
    • Human Rights
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 25 July 2019, if officials in the embassy in Colombia met with local human rights groups and...
    • Departmental Offices
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city;...
    • EU Enlargement
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe for the admission of Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Armenia and Georgia into the European...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure policy...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects the Brexit discussions to remain positive from an Irish point of view, with particular reference to trade...
    • Trade Relations
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, his officials and the embassies and consulates overseas continue to seek out new trading partnerships within the EU...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish overseas development aid continues to arrive at its planned targets throughout the various intended locations...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his colleagues, through the aegis of the EU and the UN, continue to be successful in meeting the aid requirements...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle East peace process, in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures to...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to pressurise Boko Haram and Al Shabaab with a view to curtailing their respective...
    • EU Enlargement
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in regard to EU enlargement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/19]
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which financial commitments made by the international community in respect of aid to various disaster areas has improved over...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, through the EU and UN, the international community continues to monitor the top ten conflict locations worldwide...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details...
  • Department of Finance
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that micro businesses that operate inside the fossil fuel industry in business such as stove selling and installation, which will be most...
    • Departmental Reports
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which the standard fund threshold limit of €2 million applies to persons employed in the public sector; the way in which the fund is...
    • Economic Policy
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials discussed the recent report from a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/19]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if the quarter of the percentage point reduction in USC as agreed in budget 2018 applies to a person (details supplied). [46246/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be awarded favourite nephew or niece tax relief on appeal. [46247/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers who operate as a company are significantly better off with regard to tax in comparison to farmers who...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers that have provided the small benefit exemption scheme to their employees in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of employees...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the coverage of the special assignee relief programme for new SME hires. [46395/19]
    • Living City Initiative
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the city living initiative to Waterford city. [46412/19]
    • Tax Compliance
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assessment of his predecessor that tax evasion in the poultry industry gave a competitive advantage to those who used it rather than those...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure policy of his...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a claim for rent relief for a person (details supplied) cannot be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46501/19]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of his most recent meeting with insurance industry representatives regarding issues faced by potential home buyers in East Wall, Dublin 3, being...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the loss of earnings of retailers through the illegal importation and selling of tobacco products, which becomes more prevalent with duty...
    • Tax Compliance
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding a proposal for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on...
    • Tax Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost if the income tax standard rate of €35,300 was increased to €36,350 for a single person and from €44,300 to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on the restoration work to the Magazine Fort site in the Phoenix Park; the timetable for the commencement and completion of...
    • Data Centres
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of expressions of interest received from contractors for the construction of the State data centre, Backweston, Celbridge,...
    • Departmental Reports
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering changes to the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to replace parity-linked public service pensions with a consumer price index-linked scheme with effect from October 2020; if...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on advertising for Project Ireland 2040 since its publication in February 2018 by category (details supplied); and if...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the disclosures log made by his Department under Freedom of Information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Donegal Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW in which the value of works was in excess of...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there is an anomaly in the treatment of pensions of retired public servants taking up employment again in the...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 17 September 2019, if the accommodation brief has been finalised; if so, the details of same; and if...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 17 September 2019, if there has been further progress in resolving the technical considerations; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 17 September 2019, if approval has now issued for the invitation of tenders for the project; and if...
    • School Staff
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the position of replacement principal will be advertised for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be carried out of a SUSI grant application by a person (details supplied). [46040/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Education and Training Boards
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46114/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs allocated since budget 2020; and the geographical placing of same, in tabular form. [46136/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46151/19]
    • Health and Safety Authority
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Health and Safety Authority, HSA, investigation (details supplied). [46154/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a SNA was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the future of a school (details supplied) at a centre in view of the fact that the grounds are for sale; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal for special needs assistant hours by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new applications made for SNA access for the 2019-2020 academic year; and the number of new SNA posts created solely based on these...
    • National Council for Special Education
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is funded; the amount of the budget allocated to provide for SNA access; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SENO will fulfil the recommendations of private reports to facilitate SNA support as per the findings of each report; and if not, the...
    • Psychological Assessments
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for determining the number of National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, assessments per school in view of the fact demand...
    • Special Educational Needs
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to roll out the school inclusion model nationally in view of the fact schools outside of the 75 schools in the pilot programme have...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made for access to a SNA by primary schools during the 2018-2019 school year by county; the number of SNAs allocated...
    • School Enrolments
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken to ensure there are adequate school places at second level in Skerries, County Dublin; his views on whether the current...
    • Departmental Offices
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a secondary school in Enfield, County Meath; the timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of school places for children diagnosed with ASD in north County Kildare; his plans to expand the number of...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant will be allocated to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46324/19]
    • School Transport Administration
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has requested individual accounts from Bus Éireann in view of the fact that a company (details supplied) would have to audit the...
    • School Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) can be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46366/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the HSE on the arrangements for the planned permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to accommodate children who will have no school accommodation for six months in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to date of busing children to the temporary accommodation as per the current arrangements for a school (details supplied); and if he...
    • Skills Development
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of micro-sized and SME businesses that participated as learners in the management works programme of Skillnet Ireland on an annual...
    • University Status Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by Waterford Institute of Technology for university status. [46409/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure policy of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on the new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46478/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide temporary accommodation to a school (details supplied) to meet the capacity needs for the incoming intake of pupils for...
    • School Transport Appeals
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal by a person (details supplied). [46500/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building and site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46512/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition hours will be extended to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46514/19]
    • Third Level Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding provided to each university, technological university, institute of technology and college of education in each of the past...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied); the stage at which the project is at; when construction will commence on the school; and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter will be addressed regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46538/19]
    • School Staff
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of a second teacher at a school (details supplied) will be approved in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on discussions with the developer for the delivery of a permanent location for a school (details supplied) and an extension of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 2 October 2019, the status of acquiring a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46543/19]
    • Student Retention Rates
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the retention rates of students who complete the leaving certificate in second level DEIS schools in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date...
    • School Services Staff
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the situation in which many school secretaries receive no holiday pay, sick pay or occupational pension...
    • Schools Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that are not designated feeder schools to a post-primary school; the way in which he plans to ensure that primary...
    • School Management
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 5 November 2019, the date on which replies were sent to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Third Level Funding
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made in public and private higher education as a proportion of national income, that is GDP and GNI; the way in which this...
    • Direct Provision System
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the access persons living in direct provision have to further and higher education with their local education and training boards; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46598/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to process minor works grant applications; his views on whether school managements need clarity on same; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 6 September 2019, the progress made in the decanting of students during the period of the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46234/19]
    • Land Ownership
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rights of landholders in combating trespassing on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46505/19]
    • Garda Deployment
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kevin Street Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019....
    • Crime Levels
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual number of crimes by category recorded by Garda stations (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if he...
    • Garda Data
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the local drugs units attached to Garda stations (details supplied) in each of the past...
    • International Protection
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay between an initial application for refugee status from the International Protection Office, the...
    • Immigration Status
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting a GNIB card having successfully applied for refugee status in March...
    • Prison Staff
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the name of each person appointed as governor in each prison and place of detention; the dates of each respective appointment;...
    • Departmental Reports
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular...
    • Garda Transport Data
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Garda R and J districts as of 1 January 2019 and 28 October 2019, in tabular...
    • Family Reunification
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a residence permit will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the amount being issued to an organisation (details supplied) will be reviewed. [46173/19]
    • Garda Reports
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a practice by which gardaí do not release reports to motor insurance companies without...
    • Human Trafficking
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken on foot of correspondence from four special rapporteurs of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for...
    • Migration Data
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors living here without residency status; the measures he is taking to provide these minors with residency...
    • Garda Data
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sworn and unsworn members of An Garda Síochána on sick leave; the number in receipt of pay; the number...
    • Garda Compensation
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State is liable for the legal costs on both sides of the claim in respect of compensation claims lodged by sworn and...
    • Garda Data
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of allowances available to be claimed by members of An Garda Síochána; when each allowance was introduced;...
    • Garda Operations
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has a policy for the force with respect to drink and drug testing; if so, if he will provide a...
    • Garda Compensation
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if compensation has been paid to civilian members of An Garda Síochána and non-civilian members of the force since...
    • Garda Expenditure
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if doctors payments are confined to sworn members of An Garda Síochána; the cost in each of the past five years; if a...
    • Garda Data
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of sworn members of An Garda Síochána who have been convicted of criminal charges over the past ten years;...
    • Garda Deployment
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank and civilians by grade that make up the anti-corruption unit and the internal affairs unit of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the passing into law of the proposed Bill to address the recent High Court ruling that foreign nationals...
    • Departmental Offices
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the immigrant investor programme application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46325/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles in operation in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46328/19]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the delivery of the new courthouse for Navan, County Meath, which is included as part of Project Ireland 2040;...
    • Legislative Process
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016; when it is planned to proceed to Report Stage; and the...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the maintenance and upgrade of Garda CCTV systems in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46361/19]
    • Garda Reorganisation
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date his Department was first informed by An Garda Síochána of its new regional and divisional headquarters as...
    • Probate Data
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants,...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the...
    • Data Protection Commission Funding
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Data Protection Commission in each of the years of 2017 to 2019, in tabular form; the budget...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to reform the process for applications for naturalisation in view of the recent judgments of the...
    • Garda Corruption
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the competent authority to investigate allegations of corruption within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Data
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quad bikes, all-terrain vehicles, scramblers and similar types seized by An Garda Síochána in each...
    • Garda Transport Data
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, age and condition of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Limerick division by district; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Data
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of facilities not in the ownership of the State but that are hired, leased or rented for the storage of...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an assessment carried out by his officials of caseload in the criminal injuries compensation scheme; the extent...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign;...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that has been paid to private companies for services relating to direct provision from 2014 to date in 2019; and if...
    • Direct Provision Data
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of privately owned companies hired for the purpose of facilitating direct provision; his views on whether the...
    • Divorce Process
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new reduced waiting time for divorce, which was due to be introduced in June or July 2019, can be applied for. [46648/19]
    • Courts Service Data
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 3 October 2019 will be furnished; if he will intervene to...
    • Proposed Legislation
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the explosives Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46702/19]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a final completed sustainability impact assessment of the Mercosur trade agreement will be completed by the European Commission;...
    • Trade Relations
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she, through the international community, uses her influence to discourage trade wars; and if she will make a...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the implementation of the recommendations emanating from two reports (details supplied); when the consultative group...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 17 September 2019, when construction will commence on the project; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular form;...
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of outstanding work permit applications for employers seeking to employ skilled staff in the meat industry; if her...
    • Health and Safety Authority
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a HSA investigation (details supplied). [46162/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are foreign direct investment visits planned for County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46337/19]
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for work permits received in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications...
    • Enterprise Ireland Investments
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason it is Enterprise Ireland policy not to fund capacity in the meat processing sector in view of the need for competition in...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of an overview of the national policy statement on entrepreneurship; and the period it covers. [46390/19]
    • InterTradeIreland Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the Acumen and Elevate programmes of InterTradeIreland and its funding advisory services; the current and capital...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of part-time and full-time staff that are specifically allocated to work in the exporter development department of...
    • Brexit Supports
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Brexit loan scheme does not incorporate an interest rate subsidy. [46394/19]
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the agency under her remit that represents Irish industry in terms of international standards participating in the International...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to Waterford city in each of the past four years; and her plans for the promotion of Waterford for...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the disclosures log made by her Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if changes in the industrial relations laws will be considered to allow former ESB workers to access the Workplace Relations...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants or supports offered to persons wishing to establish a small business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46699/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46016/19]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      301. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the matter of hospital parking charges; the status of the implementation plan; the next steps that will be taken; and if he will make a...
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      302. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate e-cigarettes; his further plans to restrict the areas in which they can be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46056/19]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no regional services for those attending primary medical certificate assessment appointments meaning all applicants to the scheme must...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      304. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of palliative care for paediatric patients in the South/South West Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when the new higher income limits for medical card eligibility will come into effect (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46076/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if further details of the 793 residential places available for the treatment of persons with drug addiction problems will be provided; the number of beds...
    • Departmental Reports
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when an allocation will be made to a support centre (details supplied) under the community and voluntary support grant scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to build a new nursing home to replace a home (details supplied) and maintain the provision of long-stay beds in Roscrea, County Tipperary; and if he...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 23 October 2019, the number of persons eligible for the GMS and drugs payment scheme, respectively, by LHO area in...
    • Health Services Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when the statutory home care scheme will be piloted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be seen in the gastroenterology clinic of St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny. [46117/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46119/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46120/19]
    • Hospitals Funding
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the initial current and capital budget allocation for each hospital in the RCSI hospital group in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Disease Incidence
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of scarlet fever that have presented in 2018 and to date in 2019, by age categories and by each CHO area. [46137/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for access to a service (details supplied); the number of children on the waiting list; his plans to address waiting times; and if he will...
    • Rare Diseases
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if his Department or the HSE keep a register of persons with the condition; if so, the age, location...
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      324. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to compile a register of persons with Ehler-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46140/19]
    • Disease Management
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the care pathway for persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46141/19]
    • Medical Conditions
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, will be recognised as an illness in view of the fact that thousands of persons here have the illness but are not...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to University Hospital Waterford's adult mental health service in each day from 1 January to 31 October 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Mortality Rates
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between the public and private health systems. [46183/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46185/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the grounds of a centre (details supplied) are for sale; his plans for the services provided therein; and if...
    • Hospitals Funding
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the mitigating measures that University Hospital Waterford has put in place to ensure the hospital comes in on budget for 2019; the areas in which these...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received appointments and reports with an organisation in view of the fact this is delaying the person's...
    • HSE Funding
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if a Supplementary Estimate of €335 million is still expected for the health service in 2019; and if there has been a revision of same [46221/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home help hours has been curtailed in some counties due to an embargo on the use of external agencies; if so, when the embargo came into...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be available again in Clonbur, Carraroe, Kilkerrin and Carna, County Galway; the reason physiotherapy services were ceased in...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the palliative care services in the south east for children and teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46248/19]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be prioritised for ongoing treatment at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [46260/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to a response from the HSE of 4 July 2019, if the appropriate in-house aids and electric wheelchair have been approved for a person (details supplied);...
    • Orthodontic Services
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the role a person (details supplied) had regarding a report into failures in HSE orthodontics; the circumstances in which the official ceased employment at the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46269/19]
    • Hospital Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken regarding Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin once the facilities have moved to the new national children's hospital....
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a second endocrinologist to University Hospital Waterford; the position regarding the recruitment process for such an...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if there is support for older persons to assist them in the costs of purchasing a mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46277/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46280/19]
    • Autism Awareness
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the budget for the recently announced €2 million autism awareness plan will be spent; if there will be a reduction in the budget for...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a medical centre in Bandon, County Cork, has had vacancies for two general practitioners and has not for some...
    • Dental Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative dental treatment plan and location that can be provided for a person (details supplied); the transport arrangements that can be made for an...
    • Departmental Offices
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for prostate brachytherapy nationally in each centre of excellence by hospital and waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46320/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available to adults with intellectual disabilities in County Meath; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new primary care centre in Grange, County Sligo; if the site which has received planning permission has been acquired by the...
    • Maternity Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not providing the couple at the centre of the false diagnosis crisis at the National Maternity Hospital the minutes of their meeting with the...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists by hospital; the number of occupational therapy vacancies by hospital and permanent vacancies and temporary vacancies,...
    • Health Services Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on early intervention waiting lists for treatment for less than one year, for between one and two years and for over two years by...
    • Health Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters will be addressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46422/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new primary care centre for Ardee, County Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46425/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2009 report of the vaccine damage steering group; when the recommendations of the report will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when the disclosures made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure policy of his Department; and...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 600 extra acute beds to be phased in by the end of 2020 that have been provided and are in use as of 1 November 2019 further to the 2018...
    • Hospital Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if a meeting between a person (details supplied) and the management of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, will be facilitated. [46493/19]
    • Palliative Care for Children
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the provision of palliative care facilities in the south-east; his views on the lack of paediatric palliative care; if his attention...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46504/19]
    • Hospital Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46506/19]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the hospital management and medical team to communicate with the family of a person (details supplied) regarding a treatment plan following a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if a new motorised wheelchair will be considered for a person (details supplied). [46508/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a position in occupational therapy in Mallow, County Cork. [46509/19]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if gender reassignment treatment is covered under the treatment abroad scheme due to long waiting lists here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems in procuring Epanutin 50 mg Infatabs for patients prescribed same (details supplied); his plans to rectify the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed the funds used to pay privately for an assessment of the person's child in view of the fact that CAMHS...
    • Hospital Services
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 100 patient referrals to the national gender service at St. Columcille’s Hospital,...
    • Statutory Retirement Age
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter will be addressed regarding the retirement age of mental health nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46547/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the additional services the HSE will provide in Rathkeale, County Limerick, over the Christmas and new year period; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain approval for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46561/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      390. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the fair deal scheme for nursing homes will be published. [46592/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to attend the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [46600/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46647/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in University Hospital Kerry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46649/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home help support will be extended for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/19]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if a reassessment of a specific allowance from the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) from County Cork will be arranged. [46700/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to withdraw from the beef data scheme on medical grounds without...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46063/19]
    • Trade Agreements
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the timeline for an updated impact assessment to be carried out by the European Commission following the 2016 report on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of basic payment and areas of natural constraint schemes applications selected for remote sensing eligibility inspection...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land (details supplied) qualifies for the single farm payment as per 2015 guidelines; if so, the maximum area that qualifies; and...
    • Animal Slaughtering Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the cattle listed in the weekly kill figures each week are just those from Irish herds included in the AIMS database; if it is a...
    • Horticulture Sector
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will consider to aid vegetable and potato growers who have not been able to harvest their crops due to recent wet...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the legislative proposals of the European Commission (details supplied) laying down transitional provisions for the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research carried out on the effect of ammonia gas on vegetation, soil, habitats and species; if critical levels for habitats of...
    • Farm Inspections
      419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a further inspection will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding cross-compliance issues; and if he...
    • Forestry Sector
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 348 and 364 of 8 October 2019, the status of an application for forest road works by a company...
    • Departmental Offices
      421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • GLAS Issues
      422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to withdraw from GLAS 1 without penalties on health grounds; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Management
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for forestry felling, thinning permits and licences; the average time to process applications; the...
    • Live Exports
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details in respect of calf exports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46347/19]
    • Farm Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information in respect of calves (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46349/19]
    • Beef Industry Irregularities
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has failed to publish the conformation and fat score data from all cattle from both the old and new machines in the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Trade Missions
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a food-related trade mission to South Korea before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter will be addressed regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46564/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
    • GLAS Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to withdraw from GLAS 1 without penalties on health grounds; and if...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it would be fiscally responsible to sign the national broadband plan contract without European...
    • Landfill Sites
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 17 September 2019, if tenders have now been invited for the project; if...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 2 October 2019, if there have been further developments in relation to the...
    • Departmental Reports
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent decision by a number of domestic bin collection companies to increase their annual standing...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the performance gaps regarding the system of recording and reporting of progress on climate and renewables commitments...
    • Proposed Legislation
      440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the heads of the climate action (amendment) Bill will be published to address necessary climate targets and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when all sections of the Minerals Development Act 2017 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when SEAI warmer homes scheme works will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      448. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if commercial operators will be barred from commercial roll-outs in the intervention area in the event that the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the 14 areas in which a contingency can be paid under the terms of the contract for the national broadband plan; and...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of increasing the maximum amount to be drawn down under the digital trading voucher scheme based on the latest...
    • Energy Efficiency
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received conclusions from research carried out by a body (details supplied) on the operation of the deep...
    • Waste Disposal
      453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of brown bins to all homes nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46405/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of climate action regions set up here; the counties that are grouped together to make up the regions; and if...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with...
    • Electric Vehicles
      457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the SEAI will provide grants to apartment owners and of management companies of apartment complexes to apply for...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the sale of a company (details supplied) as per section 28B of the Competition Act...
    • Air Quality
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the delivery of a clean air strategy and the possible nationwide ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the plastic bag levy; the detail of the proposed increase; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Regional Road Network
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to a low cost safety 2020 funding application made in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Bus Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when passengers will be allowed to use their travel card on the LocalLink bus in view of the fact that the lack of free travel is...
    • Road Safety
      465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to the introduction of a scheme to protect cyclists similar to that which was introduced in London...
    • Bus Éireann
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Bus Éireann to grant an exemption to persons over 70 years of age to be permitted to drive school buses on routes...
    • Departmental Reports
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and...
    • Air Services Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process by which fifth freedom aviation agreements are set out. [46123/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is no application process for a 2019 sports capital programme underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Promotion
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of extending the Púca Halloween festival to each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in civil service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budgeted spend in each of the next five years to make public transport wheelchair accessible including vehicles, stations and so on;...
    • Public Transport Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe in which he plans to make public transport wheelchair accessible including vehicles, stations and so on; and if he will...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital budget for transport projects for each of the next five years committed to; the projects funded within this budget; and if he...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he plans to take regarding the use of rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46343/19]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the four vacancies on the board of the Road Safety Authority will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46355/19]
    • Transport Policy
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Planning Land Use and Transport - Outlook 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46371/19]
    • Tourism Promotion
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the marketing scheme County Waterford benefits from; and the budget for same. [46411/19]
    • Transport Policy
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if SmarterTravel, A Sustainable Transport Future will be implemented in full by 2020, in view of further delays to the planned update to...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will require local authorities under ministerial order to provide segregated cycle lanes to ensure the safety of cyclists in urban...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Road Projects Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of on the proposed M20 Limerick to Cork motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46558/19]
    • Railway Stations
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans by Irish Rail to reinstate the Amiens Street DART entrance to platforms 6 and 7 at Connolly station; and if he will...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
    • Railway Stations Car Park Charges
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the cost of parking at train and bus stations with a view to lower rates for those who are using public transport to...
    • State Bodies Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on each board in respect of agencies, including commercial State agencies, under his remit in tabular form; the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Resource Centres
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the allocated €1.5 million in budget 2020 for the 121 family resource centres will be divided; if the amount...
    • Departmental Reports
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if...
    • National Childcare Scheme
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a mechanism for Tusla and public health nurse referrals under the new national childcare scheme similar to the community...
    • Family Support Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the possible sale of land (details supplied) due to the services that are provided from there; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available for the parents of a child who is attending a preschool but does not qualify for the ECCE scheme; and if she will...
    • Immigration Policy
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work her Department is undertaking with the Department of Justice and Equality on pathways to residency for undocumented children; the...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on Tusla waiting lists in each county; the average wait time in each county; the longest wait time in each county;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the disclosures log made by her Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      511. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of co-funding required for each project under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme; the projected source of co-funding...
    • Departmental Reports
      513. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form;...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      514. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 9 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified as the first...
    • Departmental Offices
      515. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the disclosure...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data
      517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the co-funding required for each project further to the recent announcement of successful project applicants to be funded under the...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applications under the rural regeneration and development fund will next be approved; the number of applications received to...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received under the town and village renewal scheme for 2020; when decisions are expected to be made on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to extend CLÁR areas; the likely timescale for analysis of areas seeking to be included under the programme; and if he...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the provisions for the self-employed to have access to jobseeker's benefit will be enacted in view of the Social Welfare...
    • Pension Provisions
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a procedure will be established to enable an association (details supplied) make its case in view of it being enabled to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social welfare appeal lodged in July 2019 by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the pension of a person (details supplied) was reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46071/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, adjudication (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Departmental Reports
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in...
    • State Pensions
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46104/19]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if other supports are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46127/19]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special arrangements will be made to address the issues in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recipients of partial capacity benefit ineligible to avail of the same range of training and upskilling supports offered...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to take up an employment opportunity under the youth...
    • Employment Support Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the future of the employment support services at a centre (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Supreme Court decision regarding EU member states having a mechanism allowing the court to determine that a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date she expects talks to conclude with community employment supervisors regarding pension entitlements and the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons sanctioned for non-compliance and non-engagement in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019,...
    • JobPath Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath since its commencement and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons participating in a community employment programme; the number aged 55 years and over participating in...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be approved for payment of the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) based on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for the working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the value of illness benefit overpayments in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46273/19]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to social welfare payments. [46274/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has entitlement to have the award of the maximum rate of contributory pension backdated to the...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to carer's benefit of a person who is working five mornings per week and is essentially in part-time...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the hours a person can work up to of 18.5 hours per week and claim carer's allowance and-or benefit will be implemented;...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's benefit can be paid to a parent whose son or daughter reaches 16 years of age and will receive a disability...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the disclosures log made by her Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the details of the first payment of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) will be provided; the arrears...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [46511/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will see an increase on the invalidity pension for an adult dependant....
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign;...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters in the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • JobPath Data
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department communicated to a JobPath provider to cease using an online CV builder system that was hosted on a server...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a household benefits package application by a person (details supplied). [46698/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Building Regulations
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons with disabilities in wheelchairs to ensure there is a minimum standard for toilets to be 2 m wide...
    • Seanad Reform
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made in respect of the reform of Seanad Éireann, specifically extending the franchise to graduates of each...
    • Planning Guidelines
      564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress of the working group established to review sustainable rural housing guidelines following the...
    • Departmental Reports
      566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built and completed by Mayo County Council in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [46105/19]
    • Vacant Properties Data
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant housing units in County Mayo. [46108/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing waiting list in County Mayo; and the length of time they have been waiting in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons receiving HAP in County Mayo; and the number of persons that received HAP in County Mayo in each year...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in County Mayo that applied for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; the number of successful applicants;...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons presenting as homeless in County Mayo in each of the past five years since 2014. [46112/19]
    • Departmental Offices
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to his Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Housing Estates
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date that has taken place regarding the taking-in-charge of housing developments with stand-alone treatment...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if social welfare payments received by a tenant, such as carer’s allowance, can be assessed as income for differential...
    • Vacant Properties
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the impact of delays in probate in releasing vacant homes to the housing market has been assessed; and if he will make a...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the financial commitment to the North Quays (details supplied); the funding model for same; when Waterford City and County...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the disclosures log made by his Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the development of a regional sewage treatment plant at Clonshaugh, County Dublin, proposed in the Greater Dublin...
    • Housing Provision
      584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the meetings he or his officials have had with Dublin City Council management or councillors since 7 October 2019 regarding a...
    • Planning Issues
      585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if subdivision of a dwelling house requires a planning application in circumstances (details supplied); and if so, if one or...
    • Housing Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide correspondence in respect of two local authorities on a matter (details supplied). [46599/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign;...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Reports
      588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the regulation to ban lead shot; the proposed regulation and changes or amendments she is considering with...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that owners of buildings with thatched roofs receive quotes of approximately...
    • Departmental Offices
      591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacant desk spaces available in accommodation allocated to her Department in Civil Service accommodation outside...
    • Irish Language
      592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the development and protection of the Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      593. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide funding to a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46423/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      594. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the disclosures log made by her Department under freedom of information was last updated; if this is in line with the...
    • Performing Arts
      595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 April 2019, if she has met with a theatre (details supplied); if so, the outcome of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ireland was represented at the European peatland strategy workshop in Bonn on 28 and 29 October 2019; if so, the Departments or...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      597. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the 53 bog SACs which have to date been fully resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46692/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of additional staff appointed in her Department and agencies under her remit in 2019; the estimated cost of hiring the...

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