Written answers
Thursday, 21 November 2019
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated and drawndown to date on the M50 enhancing motorway operation services project; the status of the project; and if he...
- Tourism Industry
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he anticipates the tourism sector to expand in the coming year, including the identification of new markets; and if he...
- Rail Network
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the extra carriages planned for 2021 will be provided for the northern line; the way in which the carriages will impact on frequency;...
- Road Traffic Legislation
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the new regulation on the law of dangerous overtaking of cyclists will be enforced; the data being recorded on the matter...
- Tourism Policy
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will fund initiatives to make Halloween-Samhain an international attraction for tourists on an all-island basis; and if he will make...
- Public Transport Initiatives
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of disability groups do not support and have reservations regarding the concept...
- Road Projects Status
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Bonagee link road project in County Donegal; when the project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sports Capital Programme
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the sports capital funds allocated for 2019 are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48145/19]
- Rural Transport Programme
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he has to radically improve rural transport particularly for commuters from rural areas to the regional cities; and if he will...
- Road Improvement Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to allow for greater safety for motorists turning on and off the N22 between Macroom and Ballincollig, County Cork;...
- Light Rail Projects Status
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the works taking place in relation to Metrolink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48151/19]
- Greenways Development
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned greenway from Athlone Castle to Eyre Square, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48011/19]
- Transport Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for future investment in the primary routes of County Meath. [48149/19]
- Bus Services
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in the review of the 233 bus service in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48141/19]
- Sports Organisations
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the creation of an all-island soccer league; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48177/19]
- Bus Services
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the disability community were not consulted by the NTA in relation to BusConnects which...
- Rail Services Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be given to Iarnród Éireann to purchase new rolling stock in view of the critical shortage of same; and if he...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for the provision of funding for necessary upgrade works of various facilities at...
- Bus Services
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations and plans for BusConnects for the H1, H2 and H3 spine routes, for D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5 branch spine routes and the 290...
- Rail Services Provision
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail carriages in storage will be brought into service; the manner in which this is likely to benefit commuters in north County...
- Haulage Industry
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures planned to assist hauliers in view of the higher operating costs and considerable negative impacts that Brexit will...
- Bus Services
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of a regular bus service from Portrane and Donabate, County Dublin to the city centre will be reviewed to ease the...
- Tourism Industry
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment being carried out on the impact on tourism of the additional hotels being built in Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Rail Network Expansion
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place within his Department on providing funding for extension of the railway line from Navan to Kingscourt,...
- Road Traffic Legislation
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date to legislate for the use of e-scooters in view of the fact that the public consultation period for the use of...
- Rail Network
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to move beyond the steady State investment level in rail in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rail Services
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of steps being taken to tackle overcrowding on commuter trains. [47781/19]
- Departmental Reports
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the PLUTO 2040, Planning Land Use and Transport - Outlook 2040 report has been delayed significantly; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the considerable capacity issues across the public transport system; and if he will take steps in the...
- Road Projects
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding for the extension of the M3 motorway to Cavan town and the East-West Link which are urgently needed in the...
- Tourism Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the development of Ireland's Hidden Heartlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48012/19]
- Public Transport Initiatives
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered establishing a transport security unit to tackle widespread and dangerous antisocial behaviour on public transport...
- Road Traffic Legislation
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of his Department to the decisions in cases (details supplied) to find section 44(10) of the Road Traffic Act 2010 as amended...
- Railway Stations
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to reopen Killucan railway station. [47780/19]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital programme grant will be provided each year to be paid in the same year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Licence Data
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of disqualified drivers' driving licences returned to the PO box address of the Road Safety Authority in 2018 and to date...
- Road Improvement Schemes
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for future investment in the secondary routes of County Meath. [48148/19]
- Road Traffic Legislation
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce regulations for motorised scooters and cycles in a forthcoming road traffic Bill. [47711/19]
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Meetings
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons or...
- Air Corps
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the pilot retention scheme in the Air Corps announced in July 2019; the results to date; and the number of pilots and other grades...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ministerial Meetings
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons or...
- Passport Services
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nominated public authorities that can access the Passport Office data set; the sections within those public authorities that have...
- Data Protection
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and procedures in place for handling data access requests from public authorities and An Garda Síochána; the way in...
- Department of Finance
- Ministerial Meetings
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons or bodies he met...
- Revenue Commissioners Powers
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional detection and support facilities made available to the Revenue Commissioners in view of the increased detection of illegal drugs being sent...
- Budget Submissions
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pre-budget submissions received by his Department in relation to budget 2020; the number of these he read in full; the organisations to which...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether separated and divorced persons that previously owned a share in a property should be treated as first-time buyers in terms of the tax code...
- Banking Sector Investigations
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has been informed by a building society (details supplied) that an investigation has commenced on the overcharging of customers involving...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Centres
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for Loughcrew Cairns megalithic tombs in Oldcastle, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48325/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons...
- Garda Accommodation
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide appropriate accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48312/19]
- Office of Public Works Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external quantity surveyors that are engaged by the OPW across each active and proposed capital projects and renovation...
- Public Spending Code
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public spending code will be updated; the details on the review aspect of capital projects; and if he will make a statement on...
- Shared Services
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the financial shared service centre project; the amount spent on the project to date; the amount spent on consultants for...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) is being considered to alleviate demand for places in the 2020 school...
- Ministerial Meetings
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons or...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ASD unit for a school (details supplied); when works will commence; if the unit will be ready to open for the September 2020...
- Schools Building Projects Status
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the new school development for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when a new design team will be appointed...
- Teacher Training Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 22 October 2019, if there is a timeline for the development and implementation of proposals following...
- Teachers Conciliation Council
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding teachers payscales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48342/19]
- School Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the possibility of having necessary works carried out at a school (details supplied); and the details of an assessment and...
- SOLAS Funding
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 8 May 2019, the breakdown of figures to include the initial tender price for supplying the TENRCS...
- Counselling Services Provision
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding on-call counselling at second -level schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Higher Education Institutions
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department takes to ensure that courses undertaken at universities and institutes of technology remain relevant to the changing...
- Bullying in Schools
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the implementation of the bullying policies of post-primary schools is monitored by his Department to ensure that the policies...
- School Accommodation Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being put in place to accommodate 86 pupils that failed to obtain a place in a school (details supplied); when building will...
- Schools Building Projects Status
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stages for the extension of a school (details supplied) from initiation, including dates for each stage; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Admissions
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which pupils that have been turned down for a school place due to capacity issues and have accepted a place in another location can be...
- Higher Education Institutions
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the timeframe in which students with disabilities that are wheelchair users, visually impaired and hearing impaired could complete their degree...
- Education and Training Boards Data
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department contacted ETBs to put a hold on SNA posts from 20 August to 15 November 2019; if so, the ETBs contacted; the number of posts for...
- Junior Cycle Reform
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of sample examination papers for the Irish junior certificate examination for 2020 (details supplied); and if he...
- School Transport Data
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will calculate a split in the figures to show the school transport net surplus profit for each year separately from the combined commercial...
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of his Department with regard to the recommendations of an employment appeals tribunal on the use of summer holidays in the context...
- National Training Fund
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on the promotion of the human capital initiative on 7 November 2019 and associated advertising campaigns in relation to the...
- Schools Data
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have not opened in September 2019 due to a lack of enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48415/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when permanent accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied). [48434/19]
- School Enrolments
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason enrolment caps were put in place at a school (details supplied). [48435/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take action to ensure a school building project (details supplied) which is at stage 2b progresses as quickly as possible; if the...
- University Status Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by Sligo Institute of Technology for university status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48470/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and proposed timeline for funding of the construction of a new school building at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if...
- School Accommodation Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an assessment in respect of the current and projected needs of a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare in order to determine...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Ministerial Meetings
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting;...
- Consultancy Contracts Data
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the consultation that an external company (details supplied) is providing outside of their primary remit...
- Ministerial Meetings
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times he has met with the Garda Commissioner and other Garda officials to discuss insurance reform since he...
- Garda Expenditure
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 12 November 2019, if a retainer fee is due to each doctor on the established panel...
- Departmental Reform
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the organisational structure and function of the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based...
- Departmental Inquiries
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will act on the instruction of the majority of Dáil Éireann who in a motion called on him to amend a person's...
- Drugs Seizures
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 2,200 seizures of illegal drugs made by the Revenue Commissioners officials going through the postal service...
- Citizenship Applications
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding citizenship in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Traffic Legislation
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to address the widespread and dangerous use of scramblers; the dates on which the inter-agency group on...
- Garda Stations
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the relocation of a Garda station from a building which is not fit for purpose to a new suitable location in...
- Immigration Status
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if transfer from stamp 3 to stamp 4 is possible in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Family Reunification Applications
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a join spouse visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48489/19]
- Immigration Status
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to residency and stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have their visiting visa extended for a further period to support their sibling; and if he...
- Immigration Data
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the previous parliamentary questions wherein it was indicated in the case of a person (details supplied) was not...
- Garda Vetting
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of a person (details supplied) who was the subject of legal proceedings overseas in respect of which they were...
- Refugee Appeals Tribunal Decisions
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of a person (details supplied) their original appeal to the refugee tribunal on 15 April 2002 was adjudicated...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ministerial Meetings
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the...
- Work Permits Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if favourable consideration can be given to the issue of a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Ministerial Meetings
121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date, location and purpose of each meeting she as Minister or a Minister of State in her Department attended with insurance...
- Labour Market
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of persons in the labour force that have basic or above basic digital skills based on latest OECD business and SME data...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Transfers
124. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48278/19]
- Mental Health Services
125. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of inpatient capacity for mental health services within the Waterford and Wexford LHO; and if he will make a statement...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
126. To ask the Minister for Health when a position will be sanctioned in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48293/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons or bodies he met...
- Hospital Equipment
128. To ask the Minister for Health if the paediatric bone densitometry scanner at Temple Street Children's University Hospital is open and sufficiently staffed; the regularity with which it is...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Health if the general practitioner contract for a practice (details supplied) in County Kerry will be readvertised; if the practice will be kept open; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
130. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [48332/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients to receive cardiac rehabilitation in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pharmacy Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pharmacy fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/19]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48341/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
135. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the reduction in available service hours at a centre (details supplied) for persons with an intellectual disability; if...
- Medicinal Products
136. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 13 November 2019, if he will expedite his considerations and publish the report without further delay in view of...
- Medicinal Products Availability
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make naloxone nasal spray available for use by personnel such as members of An Garda Síochána, the Fire Service and prison officers; and...
- Maternity Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in relation to his plans to assist in the funding of the proposed transfer of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital to Blanchardstown,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48359/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
141. 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. [48364/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
142. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48366/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48367/19]
- Disabilities Assessments
146. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of persons (detail supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48376/19]
- Paediatric Services
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin may lose its only consultant paediatric pain specialist that is also the...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
148. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding for the provision of health services will be provided to charity (details supplied). [48390/19]
- General Practitioner Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the situation in Milltown, County Kerry in which there is no general practitioner service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
151. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 16 April 2019, the additional funding his Department will provide towards the delayed digitalised registration...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) is admitted for an appointment with the consultant rheumatologist at the Midland Regional...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
153. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the severe shortage of hospital consultants by which there are over 500 current vacancies; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cross-Border Health Initiatives
154. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the cross-Border directive since its inception; the organisations which are participating in the operation of the directive; the role...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for hip surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products Availability
156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a continued delay in the access to medication for patients with multiple sclerosis in view of the fact that there are a new drugs recently...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown on the year-to-date distribution of the 2019 €75 million budget of the NTPF amongst each private and public hospital benefitting from...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the lack of pump services available for adults with type 1 diabetes in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied); his plans to address...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
161. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the recent figures of the rising number of persons that are waiting on trolleys in Sligo University Hospital; his plans to introduce more...
- Hospital Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health when the hospital will be permitted to obtain a new fixed cardio cath lab service to cover the north west region in view of the fact that the national review...
- Defibrillators Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support voluntary groups that wish to install cardiac defibrillators in their towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which diagnosis and treatment has progressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48495/19]
- HSE Staff Recruitment
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruiting of a community geriatrician for County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48523/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Enterprises
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding social farming in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48279/19]
- Animal Welfare
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an animal welfare ex-gratia funding payment (details supplied). [48281/19]
- Bovine Disease Controls
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of new EU level proposals that will mandate the testing of cattle for TB every six months. [48282/19]
- Animal Welfare
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory regime regarding the sale of dosing products for animals and the points of sale to obtain such products by farmers; if...
- Organic Farming Scheme Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time by weeks and months it took to process new applicants when the organic farming scheme was reopened for a brief...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date by which Ireland formally must submit its final CAP strategic plan to the EU Commission; and if there will be increased...
- Common Agricultural Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an analysis on the new green architecture as set out in the new European Commission CAP proposals...
- Ministerial Meetings
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in farm payments for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48319/19]
- Beef Industry
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new grading machines used as part of the recent trial at a company (details supplied) in operation across other...
- GLAS Payments
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48336/19]
- TB Eradication Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TB reactor animals in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by dairy cow, suckler cow, bull, steer or...
- Greyhound Industry
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhounds require a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48371/19]
- TB Eradication Scheme
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department deals with a farm TB breakdown when animals that have failed the skin test but pass both the blood...
- Farm Enterprises
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding beef farm enterprises will exclusively receive in each scheme in 2019 both pillar one and two and schemes outside the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 8 October 2019, the progress in relation to outstanding payments under the REP scheme in...
- Afforestation Programme
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the factors taken into account by his Department when giving technical approval for an afforestation licence; the evaluation process...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes in the attribution of flights to Ireland that had previously been reported to another country in the scheme...
- Ministerial Meetings
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each...
- National Broadband Plan Data
188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide time for a special debate in Dáil Éireann in advance of signing contracts in respect of...
- Television Licence Fee
189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the future of the television licence fee system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48344/19]
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when construction will commence on providing fibre optic cable to the home; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electric Vehicles
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce new fast electric car chargers in the Sligo area; the grants he will make available for...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the recent reports by the EPA regarding inadequately treated sewage at treatment plants in counties...
- Recycling Policy
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support local communities in rolling out the reverse vending recycling machine capabilities; his plans for...
- Community Development Projects Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support local community groups to protect natural sand dunes in areas such as Strandhill, County Sligo;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Policy
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enhance the tourism experience in Kells, County Meath. [45283/19]
- Cycling Facilities Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that cycling receives less than 2% of the €384 million increase in Budget 2020 in relation to the Climate...
- Road Projects Status
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated and the amount drawndown to date on the M50 enhancing motorway operation services project; the status of the...
- Penalty Points System Offences
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering measures to ensure that in circumstances in which a person is found guilty of a penalty point offence, the correct...
- Road Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place within his Department on providing funding for the East-West link road and rural roads in general; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide feedback on applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48284/19]
- Bus Éireann Services
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to Bus Éireann of restoring the Dublin to Derry bus service on the previous basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Meetings
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons...
- Railway Stations
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the lack of parking at Sallins and Naas railway stations (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a club (details supplied) is eligible to apply for sports capital funding or other funding from his Department; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Data
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and capital expenditures for land transport broken down into the various sub categories from 2016 to date; the ratio of...
- Taxi Data
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi drivers operating illegally; the measures he is taking to follow up on such taxi drivers; and if he will make a...
- Transport Policy
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the introduction of electric or hybrid buses, taxis and other PSVs in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will...
- Local Improvement Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the construction and funding of the eastern Garavogue Bridge in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Promotion
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for improved tourism marketing in the north west region; the efforts made to attract more tourists above the Galway to Dublin...
- Bus Services
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it is expected to augment bus services for Kilcock, County Kildare in view of many requests; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale for the electrification of the commuter rail route Dublin to Confey, Leixlip, Maynooth and possibly Kilcock, County...
- Public Transport Review
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which an examination has been undertaken of the commuter facilities from Dublin to Kilcock via Confey and Leixlip, County...
- Traffic Management
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date proposals in relation to the alleviation of traffic congestion on the M4 Kilcock to Dublin which is under capacity; if the...
- Tourism Industry
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he expects new tourist markets to open up with particular reference to the use of historical sites, monuments and...
- Sport and Recreational Development
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which sporting tourism has been developed in co-operation with the various sporting or recreational organisations; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme Data
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount invested by way of capital grants or other financial assistance to providing and improving facilities the various sporting...
- Sports Events
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which ongoing efforts continue to be made to encourage international sporting bodies to include Ireland in their list of...
- Tourism Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he encourages overseas bodies to use Ireland as a base for their international conferences; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Industry
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which the tourism sector is expected to grow in 2020 with consequent benefits to the economy; and if he will make a...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Ministerial Meetings
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the persons...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there has been such a delay in publishing the new road map or national action plan for social inclusion; when it...
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Household Benefits Scheme
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of allowances for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48329/19]
- Disability Allowance Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Illness Benefit Payments
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of a reduced rated of illness benefit. [48343/19]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average monthly rent supplement payment for each quarter of 2019 to date; the average monthly rent supplement payment for...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48360/19]
- State Pensions
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place for persons that have to retire at 65 years of age but cannot receive the pension until they are 67 years...
- State Pension (Contributory) Data
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 24 October 2019, the number of the women in receipt of the State pension...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents of a child must be engaged in civil partnership and-or married to avail of parent benefit (details supplied); if...
- Pension Provisions
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 22 January 2019, if she will provide a further update in relation to the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
- Illness Benefit Payments
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of illness benefit payments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48413/19]
- National Minimum Wage
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the payment of the national minimum wage as recommended by the low pay commission with specific reference to...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the efforts made to date to resolve the impasse regarding community employment supervisor and assistant supervisors pension...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a contributory pension with adult dependent allowance, including fuel allowance, is likely to issue in the case of a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which rent allowance has been made payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current entitlement in respect of illness benefit, alternative in the case of a person (details supplied) who may have...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to facilitate exceptional needs payment or alternative in the case of a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Sites Levy
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding acquired locally during 2019 from the vacant site levy will be allowed to be spent by the county council that...
- Ministerial Meetings
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting;...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority tenants cannot purchase Part V houses under the tenant purchase scheme; if there are exceptions; if...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided for group sewerage schemes in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average monthly housing assistance payment for each quarter of 2019 to date; the average monthly HAP payment for each...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Data
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average monthly rental accommodation scheme payments for each quarter of 2019 to date; the average monthly rental...
- Local Authority Housing Data
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average monthly payment under the social housing current expenditure programme (leasing) for each quarter of 2019 to date;...
- Planning Issues
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rights of the public in respect of access to details of new planning applications online; if his attention has been drawn...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the affordable rental scheme which he and An Taoiseach launched in County Cork in recent days; the unit cost of...
- An Bord Pleanála Appeals
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 11 October 2018, when it will be possible to make online appeal submissions to An...
- Local Authority Expenditure
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid in each year since 2016 by each local authority on personal injury claims in tabular form; the mechanism by...
- Planning Issues
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the local government Part XI planning and public consultation process including the decision making...
- Regeneration Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress report for east County Sligo and Cranmore invariant remaster plan; the funding drawn down to date; the planned...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Ministerial Meetings
273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times she has met with insurance companies and Insurance Ireland since 1 January 2016; the date of each meeting; the...
- Special Areas of Conservation Management
274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which her officials last inspected each area of the Malahide Estuary SAC (details supplied); her plans to conduct...
- Historic Towns Initiative
275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to roll out a scheme for small heritage towns with a population under 1,500; and if she will make a statement on the...
