Written answers
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Organic Farming Scheme Data
41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of a year to get back to applicants for the organic farming scheme under tranche 2 if only 175 farmers...
- Animal Welfare
46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether China and Pakistan are among the countries that do not meet welfare standards here; if he and the Irish Greyhound...
- Fish Landings
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to recommence the weighing of pelagic species at point of landing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
- Horse Racing Industry
48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and killed at racecourses and point-to-point events here to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Industry
49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work of the beef task force in addressing its objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49121/19]
- Artisan Food Sector
51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote the local food trade here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49051/19]
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the growing of biomass crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48915/19]
- Food Promotion
53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support local food production with particular reference to small farms and facilitating the production of...
- Animal Disease Controls
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his forthcoming TB eradication strategy; the way in which it proposes to reduce the incidence of the disease here...
- Bord na gCon Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will direct Bord na gCon to increase its funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase funding to an organisation (details supplied) to enable it to expand its mobile veterinary clinic services; and if...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making BPS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49008/19]
- Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the various changes made to the minimum qualifying score for admittance into the organic farming scheme; the minimum qualifying score;...
- Organic Farming Scheme
59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the approval rate for applications to the organic farming scheme when it re-opened for 30 days in November 2018. [49060/19]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the basic payments scheme and areas of natural constraints scheme are delayed; if so, the way in which he plans to...
- Forestry Sector
61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to guarantee that 10% of agricultural land is reserved for forestry to...
- Fish Quotas
62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which north west scientific quota for herring impacts on the Lough Foyle herring fishery; his view on whether it should be...
- Forestry Sector
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make forestry a more attractive option for farmers. [49107/19]
- Genetically Modified Organisms
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms here, including the importation of GMO grain. [48951/19]
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 5% cut in the CAP budget was discussed at the October 2019 agri-fish Council meeting; and if he made a contribution to the...
- Agrifood Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that the agrifood sector will continue in line with expectations while at the same time...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of discussions at the most recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting regarding CAP proposals post-2020 including...
- Beef Industry
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the beef market task force will meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49064/19]
- Afforestation Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to expand the national afforestation programme. [49106/19]
- EU Investigations
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the investigation by the European Commission into the lack of control in certain areas carried out by the Sea Fisheries...
- Agriculture Scheme Data
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of approved applicants to each 2019 area-based scheme in pillars 1 and 2; the number of applicants who were selected for an...
- Fish Quotas
72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to integrate the protection of island fisheries in quota allocation under the Common Fisheries Policy as...
- Beef Industry
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has implemented following the Irish beef sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49065/19]
- Beef Exports
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected tonnage of beef exports to China in the next 12 months in view of the swine influenza epidemic there; the measures Bord...
- Beef Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date with regard to the beef market task force. [49007/19]
- Fodder Crisis
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is sufficient fodder available for winter 2019-20 in the event of a cold snap; if an analysis has been...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to invest in hemp farming and assist farmers in the transition towards more...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
80. To ask the Taoiseach the rules under which he flew to Zagreb, Croatia, recently on a Government aircraft. [49194/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; and the cost per year of same. [49304/19]
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Travel
82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name of each person who flew on the Government aircraft to the EPP conference in Zagreb, Croatia. [49195/19]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the recommendation by a person (details supplied) to appoint an independent chairperson to the conciliation and arbitration scheme;...
- Departmental Staff Data
86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Reserve Defence Forces has taken on to date in 2019 with regard to each service; the gender breakdown of...
- Civil Defence Data
88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget allocation to the Civil Defence in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [49378/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Staff Data
89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will...
- Passport Services
90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all passports and passport cards issued to Irish citizens born in Taiwan will have the description of country of birth as Taiwan as was...
- Diplomatic Representation
91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new consulate in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/19]
- Foreign Birth Registration
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 5 November 2019, the reason for the delay in releasing the approved applications for foreign...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Data
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the costs associated with pay restoration for section 39 workers in 2019 and 2020 were factored into the fiscal space calculations for 2019...
- Departmental Staff Data
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of matters (details supplied). [49307/19]
- Tax Code
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the threshold for both group B and group C of capital acquisitions tax increased by 10%; and if he will...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Career Breaks
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a scheme (details supplied ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49160/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by the OPW in the past five years to date; the schedule of the professions and roles the...
- Public Sector Pensions
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline to reinstate the levels of payment of pensions to workers which were cut under the FEMPI legislation to pre-FEMPI levels;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Data
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in County Wicklow that have autism units; the number of primary and secondary school students...
- Departmental Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives or grants available for local organisations and groups to assist local schools in the promotion of sports and active lifestyle...
- Teaching Qualifications
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the acceptable requirements to receive approval for time served teaching outside the European Union in respect of teachers who have taught...
- Schools Refurbishment
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 12 November 2019, if a contractor has now been appointed; if the HSA has signed off on a schedule of...
- Departmental Correspondence
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 19 November 2019, if a copy of the letter outlining points raised at the meeting including the...
- Departmental Staff Data
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application by a school (details supplied); if there is a separate grant scheme for such works; and if he will...
- Teachers' Remuneration
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pay gap between teachers recruited pre- and post-2011; the timeframe for achieving pay parity for teachers recruited pre-...
- Literacy Programmes
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has forecast the funding amount, the numbers of beneficiaries and type and amount of provision to achieve the NSS targets in...
- Departmental Funding
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding by a school (details supplied) to undertake electrical upgrading works will be granted; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the proposed new post-primary school at Enfield, County Kildare; the manner in which it is expected to interact with other schools...
- School Accommodation
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full extent of upgrades to facilities at a school (details supplied); the stage of the process; the timescale for conclusion; and if he will...
- School Transport Appeals
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of queries (details supplied) submitted by email in September 2019 will receive a response. [49372/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Money Laundering
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount criminally laundered here in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
- Garda Transport Data
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to each district in County Wicklow as of 20 November 2019; the year, make and model of...
- Refugee Status Applications
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 13 November 2019, when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if correspondence sent to him by this Deputy (details supplied) has been received; if so, when a response will issue; and if he...
- Departmental Staff Data
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same;...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
124. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in each remaining year to complete the pay restoration process for section 39 health and disability type organisations by pay costs and...
- Medical Card Applications
125. To ask the Minister for Health when a reassessment will be carried out on a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
126. 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. [49170/19]
- Home Help Service Data
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow awaiting home help hours to be approved, allocated or increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49177/19]
- Medical Card Drugs Availability
128. To ask the Minister for Health if EpiPens are covered under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49178/19]
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
129. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a funding underspend from 2019 in the mental health services for CHO areas 6 and 7; if so, the amount; the location in which this funding was...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
130. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 13 February 2018, his plans to include the purchase of EpiPens under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will...
- Home Help Service
131. To ask the Minister for Health if home help cover for holidays is available in each county; and if not, the counties in which it is not available. [49181/19]
- Hospital Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement date for the consultation process for Portlaoise Hospital; and the timeframe for completion. [49182/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
133. 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. [49184/19]
- Pharmacy Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant cuts to pharmacy funding proposed from 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49185/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
135. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/19]
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
136. To ask the Minister for Health if extra resources will be allocated to reduce the 12-month waiting time for assessment by an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Addiction Treatment Services
137. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated addiction service for persons under 18 years of age operates in County Louth; if so, the location from which it operates; if not, his plans to...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
138. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a requirement for statutory partners to engage with regional drug and alcohol task forces. [49238/19]
- Disease Management
142. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access treatment for lyme disease when appropriate services are unavailable here; if the person can access the...
- Medicinal Products Availability
143. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to ensure the swift provision of new medicines to persons with multiple sclerosis. [49257/19]
- First Aid Training
144. To ask the Minister for Health if life saving or first aid courses are required to include instructions on the steps to be taken if a person is choking while alone; and if he will make a...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 15 October 2019, if CHO 2 and CHO 8 do not have a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist; if so, the length...
- First Aid Training
146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an awareness campaign and-or training scheme for the public in the use of emergency medicines such as EpiPens; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
147. 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. [49263/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 10 July 2019, if a date for a meeting as promised will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- HSE Staff
156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 345 of 5 February 2019, 201 of 19 June 2019, 497 of 9 July 2019 and 344 of 24 September 2019, the position regarding...
- HSE Agency Staff Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by the HSE in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Traveller Community
158. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Labre Park Traveller halting site is one of the few Traveller communities that is not covered by a primary...
- Departmental Staff Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
160. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49317/19]
- Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
161. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fighting a case (details supplied) over the past number of years; his plans to make each person who suffered narcolepsy having been administered...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
162. 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. [49319/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
166. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain the services of a paediatric pain specialist (details supplied) at Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, who may leave the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to the extension of the mental health facilities at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Properties
168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to demolish a building (details supplied) in County Cork; and his views on whether appropriate measures were taken in...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the treatment abroad scheme; the reason emails to the HSE PAD section of 1 and 6 November...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/19]
- Disability Support Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding State funding of the national platform for self-advocates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49401/19]
- Mental Health Services Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing restrictions and embargo on the recruitment of clinical psychologists in the CHO 2 area in view of the ongoing waiting lists for treatment and...
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
174. To ask the Minister for Health the Departments that have been obliged by court orders to provide discovery in respect of the action initiated by an association (details supplied); the number...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49444/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Climate Action Plan
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives to support paludiculture which will be financed under the climate action plan 2019. [49422/19]
- Renewable Energy Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the development of a biomass industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48914/19]
- Forestry Data
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of native woodland trees to be planted on former bogland in each of the years 2019 to 2022, by county in tabular form; and...
- Grant Aid
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided for low emission slurry spreaders and-or make them zero VAT rated; and if he will make a statement on...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide incentives for the planting of alternative crops for the bio-economy to commence the process of adapting land use...
- Beef Exports
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the export markets that have different specifications from those set out in a document (details supplied) which restricts beef from...
- Animal Disease Controls
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information retained by his Department on historical and recent BSE cases here relating to the animal, the herdowner and-or the...
- Animal Diseases
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a holding on which an animal with BSE was discovered poses a higher risk to the food chain than a holding that never had a case of...
- Beef Exports
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the World Organisation for Animal Health considers that beef from an animal which has come from a holding on which a historical...
- Departmental Staff Data
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry who sold his animals at the mart to a dealer or agent will not receive payment...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) for TAMS 11 will be included in respect of tranche 14 of TAMS 11; and if he will...
- Organic Farming Scheme
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statistics relating to organic REPS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/19]
- Beef Industry
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to get the beef task force up and running; when the first meeting will take place; and if he will make a...
- Beef Imports
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantities of chilled and frozen beef imported from Poland in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Promotion
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to counteract vegan propaganda which is particularly damaging to Ireland and its rural communities in view of...
- Forestry Management
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated area of peaty soils under the ownership of Coillte that has been converted to forestry; the estimated net carbon losses...
- Food Labelling
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the reliability of labelling and traceability structures throughout the food...
- Fishing Industry
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which fishing remains a viable option for fishing dependent families nationally; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can encourage mitigation action in respect of greenhouse gases with the minimum impact on agriculture...
- Cereal Sector
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the future prospects for the cereal growing sector with a view to ensuring a...
- Poultry Industry
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the poultry sector to grow in the short, medium and long term; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bovine Disease Controls
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the trends discovered in the extermination of bovine tuberculosis; the areas in which a breakdown seems to have occurred; the causes...
- Food Wise 2025 Strategy
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which objectives and targets as set out by Food Wise 2025 are being achieved; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Welfare
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor all aspects of animal welfare including canine and non-sporting equines; and if he will...
- Brexit Supports
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which financial supports and-or incentives are in place to address the negative impact of Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Artisan Food Sector
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which opportunities continue to exist for the artisan food sector; the degree to which the industry has grown over the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when premises that will be serviced by broadband connection points will be fully connected under the national broadband...
- National Broadband Plan Data
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the material change to the intervention area since the mapping exercise for the national broadband plan was completed;...
- National Broadband Plan
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a minimum number of premises in the national broadband plan intervention area was required. [49168/19]
- Energy Schemes
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the various home energy grants that are available to persons building an eco-friendly timber frame home...
- Renewable Energy Generation
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the publication of guidelines pertaining to the supply of energy to the national grid through solar...
- Warmer Homes Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of extending the warmer homes scheme to replacing single glaze windows; and if he will...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of extending the better energy homes scheme to provide universal attic insulation and...
- Recycling Policy
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of a new recycling centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49227/19]
- Departmental Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the warmth and well-being pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49228/19]
- Broadcasting Sector
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of public funding from his Department given to each of the directly funded licensed television and radio...
- Legislative Measures
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to move the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019 to Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Service Provision
224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and percentage of households and commercial premises that have access to fibre optic broadband in areas...
- National Broadband Plan Data
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost in each year of the national broadband plan since the signing of the contract in tabular form; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on an issue (details supplied) which is affecting a rural part of County Waterford; the way in which this...
- Departmental Staff Data
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a hub (details supplied) will be prioritised to go live with high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement...
- Waste Data
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of plastic waste recycled here; his plans to increase awareness regarding the amount recycled instead of...
- Wind Energy Generation
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress towards achieving the interim offshore wind energy targets set out in the climate action plan 2019 for...
- Public Service Obligation Levy
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to repurpose the public service obligation levy to support rehabilitation of peatlands; if he will be...
- Legislative Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the climate action (amendment) Bill will be brought to Dáil Éireann; if he will report on the...
- Energy Policy Review
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to ensure that the review of the security and sustainability of the energy supply here, with...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department will ensure that there is no double counting of carbon sequestered under land use, land...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Data
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried by each form of transport (details supplied); the amount in tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions produced...
- Public Transport Fares
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the services which will be available to use contactless payments on public transport; and when they will be introduced in County Cork....
- Bus Services
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate funding for a bus shelter in Buttevant, County Cork. [49215/19]
- Sports Capital Programme Data
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on each application sent from County Wicklow for the sports capital grant 2019, by successful, unsuccessful and incomplete...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a second round of funding under the sports capital grant programme will become available; if so, when the funds may become available;...
- Sports Capital Programme Data
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications nationally received under the sports capital grant programme for 2019; the amount applied for; the profile of...
- Road Projects Expenditure
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a significant reduction in the spending of the 2019 national roads allocations by TII in conjunction with the local...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for sports capital grant funding by a centre (details supplied) was unsuccessful; and if he will make a...
- Search and Rescue Service Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the voluntary river rescue in view of the fact that the Coast Guard has been stood down; if the river rescue will now be...
- Road Projects Expenditure
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the underspend of the national road maintenance budget which has led to a national surplus of 39.7% and an average...
- Departmental Staff Data
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he...
- Sports Capital Programme
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital funding will be opened. [49356/19]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the appeals system available for unsuccessful applicants under the 2018 sports capital programme; and if he will make a...
- Sports Capital Programme Data
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants, respectively by sports in the context of the latest sports capital grants; the...
- Road Projects
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the concerns and questions of residents during public consultation on the new N2 route in Monaghan (details supplied) will be...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Education Data
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school community liaison and school completion staff working with homeless families in each of the years 2016 to 2018...
- Departmental Staff Data
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she...
- International Summits
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the outcome of her engagements at the Nairobi summit; the commitments she provided at the summit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Adoption Legislation
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to progress the adoption (information and tracing) Bill 2016 by introducing legislation to allow thousands of adoptees to access...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the clubs, groups and organisations that have received funding under the LEADER RDP programme in County Wicklow in each of the years...
- Departmental Staff Data
263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available for a community group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49335/19]
- Broadband Service Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the operational details of broadband connection points that will be provided within the first 12 months of the national broadband plan...
- National Broadband Plan
266. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific role of his Department in the national broadband plan; and the action points and associated timetable for each in tabular...
- CLÁR Programme
267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided in 2019 for each measure under the CLÁR programme; the draw down to date; the projected expenditure by year...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer’s allowance claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49235/19]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date by the interdepartmental group on the pension issue of community employment supervisors; and if she...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a pension application by a person (details supplied). [49253/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
271. 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. [49281/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same;...
- Public Services Card
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which private sector companies that provide CVRT tests for commercial vehicles are compliant with schedule 5 of...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding pensions for community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); the reason...
- Tús Programme
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be granted to a person (details supplied) on a Tús scheme. [49352/19]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49357/19]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) which is now under appeal; and if the matter...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed pyrite and mica scheme; the status of the scheme; when affected residents in County Mayo can...
- Foreshore Issues
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has received correspondence from Donegal County Council concerning proposals to install a sculpture on...
- Local Authority Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a payment to Sligo County Council (details supplied); if the allocation of additional funding to the council has...
- Rental Sector
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental properties and the number of landlords in the private rental sector in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and...
- Local Authority Funding
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which will be provided to Wicklow County Council in 2020 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water...
- Departmental Staff Data
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same;...
- Housing Assistance Payment
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish and-or provide the most recent recommendations made by the HAP practitioners forum to him and his responses...
- Water Services Funding
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be provided to local authorities for the upgrade of domestic wells; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Homeless Persons Supports
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of free public transport to children in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a safety guidance and voluntary code for child safety in emergency accommodation. [49364/19]
- Capital Assistance Scheme Data
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific funding under the capital assistance scheme for AHBs to respond to the accommodation needs of young persons who...
- Domestic Violence Policy
294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of specific policy and procedural guidance to housing authorities with regard to the role they can play to assist...
- Housing Agency
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing procurement office in the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49369/19]
- Planning Issues
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49400/19]
- Residential Tenancies Board
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the changes to Residential Tenancies Board rates. [49404/19]
- Grant Aid
298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is grant aid available for persons wishing to construct a granny flat at their residence which would enable a young...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures proposed to protect blanket bogs under the land use, land-use change and forestry. [49423/19]
- National Raised Bog Management Plan
300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the budget 2020 measures for bog restoration and rehabilitation to be funded under just transition; the role her...
- Departmental Staff Data
301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and...
- Legislative Measures
302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timetable for the passing of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 through all Stages in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she...
- Legislative Programme
303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to update the National Monuments Act 1930 to 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49375/19]
- National Raised Bog Management Plan
304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bog restoration and rehabilitation measures that will be funded through the NPWS; the estimated cost of availing of the land...
