Written answers

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • IDA Ireland Data
      49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new-first time investments by new IDA Ireland client companies in County Donegal in 2019; the number of visits by new IDA...
    • Brexit Preparations
      52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs and export businesses here from all Brexit scenarios. [50137/19]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the development of a new SME and entrepreneurship strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50117/19]
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund
      55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects to announce successful projects under the 2019 regional enterprise development fund; and if she will make a statement...
    • Commercial Rates
      56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to assist businesses with escalating commercial rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49943/19]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if proposals will be brought forward to encourage remote working among businesses; her views on the way in which remote working can...
    • Personal Injuries Commission
      58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the Personal Injuries Commission that are relevant to her Department; and...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will make...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has examined whether Ireland is approaching a patent cliff specifically in the pharmaceutical industry (details...
    • Data Centres
      61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost benefit analysis undertaken on the development of data centres pursuant to the Enterprise Strategy in view of the fact that...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which IDA Ireland visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs created by IDA Ireland...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the introduction of a four-day working week as proposed by a number of organisations (details supplied); if she will help...
    • Trade Strategy
      64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support businesses affected by the current EU and US trade war. [49683/19]
    • Job Creation
      66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support job creation in the midland peat counties following the announced closure of the Lough Ree and West...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she plans to overhaul SME policy and entrepreneurship in the wake of findings of the study by the Organisation for...
    • Regional Enterprise Plans
      68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to make Ireland, particularly rural counties such as County Tipperary, an attractive destination for business...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken regarding personal injury awards. [50141/19]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports in place for businesses though the local enterprise office in County Donegal; the additional funding made to same in 2020;...
    • Retail Sector
      71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work she is undertaking to assist small businesses in the retail sector to develop an online presence; her views on the impact...
    • Brexit Preparations
      72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to increase the uptake in the various schemes to prepare businesses for Brexit; the particular efforts which will be made in...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
      73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the requests made under section 10(4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 to the Competition and Consumer Protection...
    • Brexit Data
      74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the up-to-date statistics on the impact of Brexit uncertainty on job losses here; and the actions she is taking to replace such jobs....
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans or proposals to assist small and struggling businesses in towns and villages. [50143/19]
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA Ireland site visits per county in addition to vacant IDA Ireland properties nationwide; and if she...
    • Company Law
      77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce reform legislation for limited partnerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49711/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Ireland has identified new trading partners to compensate for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits to County Meath in 2019; and the number of IDA Ireland units which are occupied and vacant in County...
    • Economic Growth
      81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to encourage investment on the island of Ireland with a view to ensuring the continued prosperity...
    • Job Losses
      82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions taken to protect and assist workers in a company (details supplied) which announced proposed job losses of approximately...
    • Workplace Relations Services Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases heard at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of adjudicators employed by the...
    • European Labour Authority
      84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the newly established European Labour Authority will support the work of agencies under the aegis of her Department;...
    • Brexit Supports
      85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided to the sectors most affected by Brexit through the Brexit loan scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of...
    • Manufacturing Sector
      87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the new industry 4.0 strategy which is being developed; the role envisaged for a centre (details supplied) as part of...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are foreign direct investment visits planned for County Kildare during the remainder of 2019 and into 2020; and if she will...
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the drawdown under the future growth loan scheme; the way in which this scheme is benefitting small businesses; and if...
    • Trade Agreements
      90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her officials have written to her US counterpart expressing concern regarding changing tariffs on food products from Ireland....
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department is playing in advancing disability inclusion in entrepreneurial policy. [49707/19]
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to support businesses concerned regarding the impact of commercial rates on the future of their businesses;...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason only two out of seven joint labour committees are functioning and have produced employment regulation orders; and her plans...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Consumer Prices Data
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the latest annual and quarterly EUROSTAT data for Ireland in relation to EU consumer price levels for goods and services; the EU average figure; and the ranking and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department and each agency under the aegis of his Department on the National Ploughing Championships in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date...
    • Departmental Reports
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the company...
    • Quarterly National Household Survey
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the rate of unemployment in percentage terms in each of the years 2008, 2017 and 2018. [49513/19]
    • Unemployment Data
      101. To ask the Taoiseach the details of each Nuts 2 region that is within 1% of the national unemployment rate and each NUTS 2 and 3 region that is not, in tabular form. [50023/19]
    • Legislative Measures
      103. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50326/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to facilitate a group (details supplied) to achieve affiliate status to a union on the basis that it has publicly...
    • Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason some members of the Defence Forces must retire at 50 years of age; if the matter is being examined in the context of the retention...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a Gleeson style commission will be established on the pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; if so, if it will review contracts, duty...
    • Departmental Reports
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of...
    • Naval Service Data
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [50007/19]
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the drawdown of anti-malarial drugs prescribed to individual Defence Forces members operating in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, 2018...
    • Defence Forces Training
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided in 2020 for the refurbishment of the military hospital at the Defence Forces training centre, Curragh, County...
    • Legislative Measures
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50316/19]
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the operational non-pay budget for the Air Corps is less than 2% of the Defence Vote in view of his recent decision to temporarily shut down...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued in each of the past five years to high net worth individuals that planned to invest here; the details of such...
    • Human Rights
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent reports in the media (details supplied) regarding more than 1 million persons being detained in camps in China; his...
    • Departmental Reports
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is actively working towards bringing about a two-state future for Israel and Palestine further to his statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50320/19]
    • Colombian Peace Process
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has raised concerns with the Colombian authorities directly or at the UN to attacks that are being described as indigenous...
  • Department of Finance
    • Pensions Reform
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the age threshold of 75 years to approved minimum retirement funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49741/19]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to request the Central Bank to conduct an assessment of existing sustainable restructuring solutions across all lenders and non-bank...
    • Vehicle Registration
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist a person (details supplied) in County Cork to resolve a VRT issue that has arisen concerning an imported vehicle; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance ·the number of persons availing of flat-rate expenses disaggregated by salary bands and profession in each of the years 2014 to 2018. [49816/19]
    • Exchequer Revenue
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance ·the unallocated revenue available in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49817/19]
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal by the Revenue Commissioners to rescind the flat-rate tax expense for various categories of workers, in particular for nursing staff...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if the advisers of a company (details supplied) or companies owned by the company are registered with the Central Bank as a regulated credit firm or credit...
    • Departmental Reports
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report;...
    • VAT Payments
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if a consultative forum comprising representatives from the retail, tourism and tax refund sectors together with officials from the Revenue Commissioners, An...
    • Exchequer Returns
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected tax revenue in each of the years 2020 to 2025 in the event of an orderly Brexit by tax category, that is, income, VAT and so on as opposed to a...
    • Fiscal Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of capital expenditure required for gross fixed capital formation to account for 3% of GDP in each of the years 2020 to 2025. [50102/19]
    • General Government Debt
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of Government borrowing in each of the years 2020 to 2025. [50105/19]
    • Banking Sector
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance when a report (details supplied) into local public banking will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/19]
    • VAT Rate Application
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate of VAT on electricity energy products and supplies from 13.5% to 9% and 0%, respectively, in each of the years 2020 to...
    • Tax Code
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the capital aquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50181/19]
    • Corporation Tax
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a minimum effective corporate tax rate within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/19]
    • Legislative Measures
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50319/19]
    • Banking Sector Data
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment made by the State in the covered institutions during the financial crisis by institution; the amount that has been recouped to date from the...
    • NAMA Bonds
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment by the State by way of promissory notes, bonds or Exchequer investment in NAMA during the financial crisis; the amount recouped to date; the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Superannuation Schemes
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to superannuation pensions policy will be...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Brexit contingency funding allocated in each of the years 2020 to 2025 as outlined in table 11 of the economic and fiscal outlook...
    • Government Expenditure
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure required to respond to demographic pressures across each Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions held with departments and agencies in Northern Ireland in relation to cross-Border projects...
    • Departmental Operations
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the commitment in A Programme for A Partnership Government on transparent oversight of Departmental performance....
    • Ministerial Transport
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the members of the Thirty-second Dáil Éireann and Twenty-fifth Seanad Éireann that have drivers paid for by the Exchequer...
    • Telephone Call Charges
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish the daily telephone allowance for travel inside the European Union in view of the fact that roaming charges have...
    • Oireachtas Members' Expenses
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Deputies and Senators continue to be paid enhanced subsistence rates for overseas travel. [49737/19]
    • Office of Public Works Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the income raised in each of the past ten years from tickets sales to Office of Public Works heritage sites by heritage site. [49829/19]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to conciliation between OPW and a company (details supplied) in respect of Kevin Street Garda station; if the...
    • Departmental Reports
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recommendations in a report (details supplied) with regard to improving SME access to public procurement contracts; if...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the spend by the Office of Government Procurement and as a percentage of the annual value of procurement on certified procurement and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the third environmental impact assessment for the Glanmire flood relief scheme. [50050/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 26 November 2019, the estimated cost of the national children’s hospital in each of...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a proposed beneficial land swap involving a school (details supplied) and his Department; when a decision will be made on...
    • State Properties Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unoccupied State-owned properties; the cost associated with the maintenance and security of same; the number of properties...
    • Legislative Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50324/19]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the Office of Government Procurement ceased taking supplementary requests for tenders from framework clients of the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the work of the community sector high level forum examining issues relating to community employment supervisors; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Institutes of Technology Funding
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to establish funding mechanisms for institutes of technology to support the development of their student accommodation...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that teachers remain unpaid for July provision carried out in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not successful in securing funding under the summer works scheme. [49700/19]
    • School Admissions
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the concern among parents and...
    • School Curriculum
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reviews have been undertaken to assess the degree of difficulty some students face in cases in which there is an apparent disparity in the way...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of pupil-teacher ratios in DEIS band schools; the efforts under way to bring down ratios and ensure smaller class sizes in same; and...
    • School Admissions
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places available in second level schools in Navan, Trim, Longwood, Oldcastle and Athboy, County Meath, by school, in tabular...
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the minor works grant for a school (details supplied) for the 2019 school year; if the school will receive the grant in 2019; if...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to queries raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49754/19]
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptable and potentially dangerous conditions that students and staff are working under at a school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49760/19]
    • School Admissions
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be offered a place in national school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49801/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive a new building. [49810/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of works being carried out on a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; if he is satisfied that the level...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49830/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on capacity issues at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Establishment
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the catchment area of the planned new primary school in Carrigaline, County Cork for 2020 excludes Crosshaven and its hinterland from...
    • State Examinations
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to students with learning disabilities and autism when sitting the junior certificate examinations; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project application by a school (details supplied) [49861/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an ASD unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49871/19]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding by a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on the status of a school (details supplied) will be postponed until the new policy on small schools is published following the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special classroom will open in a school (details supplied) for September 2020. [49889/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been declined; the other appropriate funding stream that...
    • Departmental Reports
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49936/19]
    • State Examinations
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if alternative arrangements will be made by which there are no provisions for students due to sit examinations and due to unforeseen...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a new development (details supplied); if the deadline is the same for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is large enough to cope with existing pupil numbers and growing numbers at the school; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in capital or rental terms and the staffing costs to establish and maintain on a yearly basis the payroll shared services...
    • School Admissions
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 16 children in a town (details supplied) have not secured a place in either of the two secondary...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a teacher teaching senior cycle on sick leave for more than one month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50000/19]
    • School Admissions
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to address the shortage of places in second-level schools in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to address the shortage of ASD places in second-level schools in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Patronage
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools each patron body is a patron of at primary school level. [50034/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to purchase outright or seek a licence for a vacant site near a school (details supplied) to enable the school to provide for a fourth...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils with regard to the 8,309 referrals for individual casework undertaken by National Educational Psychological Service Data,...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a permanent home for a school (details supplied); if a site for the school has been identified; and if so, the location...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for SNA access made nationwide to the NCSE during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 school years, respectively by county in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of extra special needs assistants that would be needed in order to ensure there is a SNA for each class at primary and...
    • School Transport Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of school transport to pupils living in the Ballyboughal, County Dublin, area who will be attending a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) will be reviewed and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools whose applications for grant aid under the summer works scheme external environment measure were not successful can appeal the...
    • School Transport Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 26 November 2013, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a surplus and or profit...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the postal delivery of payslips for employees of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was refused funding under the summer works scheme; if the appeal will be accepted in view of the...
    • Direct Provision Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children who are in direct provision and emergency accommodation have access to the home tuition grant; if this could be used to provide...
    • Departmental Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to a town (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50240/19]
    • Inquiry into Child Abuse
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in his Department discussed the recent findings regarding statistics in the Ryan report. [50125/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants are only required to work bell to bell in view of the fact they are paid on a 32-hour contract. [50259/19]
    • School Services Staff
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a resolution to the school secretaries situation has been reached following the WRC discussions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Provision
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport to a school (details supplied) can be extended to Clogherinkoe, Broadford, County Kildare, to accommodate children living in...
    • Summer Works Scheme Administration
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools whose applications were unsuccessful under the recent summer works scheme can appeal the decision in respect of necessary improvement...
    • Legislative Measures
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50317/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of ASD places in second-level schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50384/19]
    • School Enrolments
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of schools in County Galway appear to have long waiting lists of pupils who are...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operational sub-group under the auspices of the Irish refugee protection programme ask force composed of...
    • Immigration Status
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the two-year delay for a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has...
    • Garda Promotions
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 16 October 2018, the number of candidate complaints that were upheld and partially...
    • Criminal Law Review
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a review of the impact of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be held and completed; if it will examine...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal prosecutions of women and sex workers under the provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act...
    • Crime Data
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána keep a specific record of attacks and violence against sex workers; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if specific training for gardaí has been provided in the way in which to deal with migrant, non-resident and vulnerable...
    • Immigration Status
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which his Department can favourably consider offering a stamp 4 visa to a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Community Policing
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community police in each of the districts in the Dublin metropolitan region division as of 25 November 2019; and...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the community sponsorship initiative that resettles refugees; the steps he has taken to promote and to draw the...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when INIS will address the backlog of cases that have been put on hold awaiting the outcome of a decision (details supplied);...
    • Bail Law
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation on bail reform; if so, the organisations he has or will consult with in advance of proposed...
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the plans to ratify the protocols as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he...
    • Bail Law
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing legalisation which would allow judges to impose restrictions on bail conditions, such as...
    • Citizenship Applications
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to residency requirements for acquiring Irish citizenship, specifically for long-term residents with...
    • Domestic Violence
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the development of a domestic violence risk assessment matrix by An Garda Síochána will be completed and...
    • Coroners Service
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a family (details supplied) in County Louth can expect the post-mortem report following the sudden death of a person....
    • Garda Strength
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at stations (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the R district of the Dublin metropolitan region north division in each...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of requests to get an earlier appointment with INIS for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Garda Vetting
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a speeding offence committed in the UK should be listed as a criminal record on Garda vetting disclosure documents; and if...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the evaluation review of the community sponsorship Ireland pilot programme has been published; if so, the location in which...
    • Departmental Reports
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Succession Act 1965; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50015/19]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the enabling legislation on red light running cameras. [50068/19]
    • Direct Provision Data
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted legal status to remain residing within direct provision services by county. [50106/19]
    • Direct Provision System
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to persons in Mosney direct provision centre who have been granted leave to remain and are seeking...
    • Garda Deployment
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to County Wicklow in each of the past ten years by district and by speciality; and if he...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Legal Services Regulatory Authority has been fully established; the activities the authority has been engaged in 2019;...
    • Departmental Funding
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to an area (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from his Department, the INIS, the RIA or other agencies employed in processing the applications of asylum...
    • Garda Training
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 23 July 2019, if a response has issued form the Garda Commissioner; and if he will...
    • Garda Recruitment
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 940 to 944, inclusive, of 23 July 2019, if a response has issued from the Garda...
    • Legislative Measures
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50323/19]
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall allocation on the special employment initiative in each year since 2015; the allocation for 2020; the actual spend...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the proposal by the European Council for mandating disclosure of country-by-country reporting by multinational companies...
    • Company Registration
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to significant issues that arose recently for companies that must register their beneficial owners...
    • Programme for Government Priorities
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the programme for partnership Government commitment to prioritise balanced regional development which will allow Ireland...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the spouse or de facto partner of a person who holds a stamp 1 critical skills employment permit is entitled to work here; if the...
    • Departmental Reports
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Jobs Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under the programme for partnership Government for 2020 and Enterprise...
    • Regional Enterprise Plans
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of members of each regional action plan implementation committee per region in tabular form; the gender breakdown; when...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of drawdowns issued under the credit guarantee scheme to date; the value of approvals to date; the detail of each drawdown...
    • Brexit Supports
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the uptake of the Brexit loan scheme; the number of applications that have been applied for and granted; the counties in...
    • Work Permits Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits issued in 2018 and to date in 2019 by category of employment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has discussed with IDA Ireland the need to develop proactive policies to ensure the best use of the properties it has in rural...
    • Departmental Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to businesses and organisations in a town (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if she will...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to a number of determinations by the Workplace Relations Commission which remain unresolved owing to a...
    • Legislative Measures
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Bills sponsored by her Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50312/19]
    • Regional Enterprise Plans
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which this will impact County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Job Creation
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which job creation through enterprise and innovation continues notwithstanding competition by county; and if she will...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can assist companies and sole traders seeking to employ persons from outside the EU; and if she will make a...
    • Job Creation
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to encourage and foster job opportunities throughout the regions with particular reference to the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50416/19]
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist enterprises headed by women nationally, with particular reference to the need to address...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to promote, generate and support Irish business at home and abroad in view of ongoing challenges...
    • Job Creation
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which adequate incentives remain available to encourage the indigenous sector with particular reference to job creation...
    • Work Permits Applications
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to streamline the application process for work permits further, with particular reference to the issuing of decisions in a...
    • Departmental Staff
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and agencies under her remit will take a leading role in terms of promoting a better work-life balance for...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) is prevented from availing of 7.5 approved hours of home help per week despite the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a June 2019 instruction to the home support team in County Meath that no home helps can be agreed unless it is an end of life circumstance; the...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      320. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) is prevented from availing of 7.5 approved hours of home help per week despite the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be secured to enable the work of the national platform of self-advocates to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49695/19]
    • Hospital Charges
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the level of reimbursement for a person (details supplied) is only €3,426 when the surgery costs £5,665 under the cross border...
    • Emergency Departments Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at hospitals and emergency departments recorded as incidents of self harm and-or attempted suicide in each of the years...
    • Dental Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding mechanisms available to a person (details supplied) for braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49699/19]
    • Emergency Departments
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review taking place on the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and the timeline for the completion of the...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended number of physiotherapy sessions for a patient with spina bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49713/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49729/19]
    • Proposed Legislation
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the wording of the proposed Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018 will have unforeseen and unintended consequences for the access...
    • Nursing Home Services
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the public nursing homes in south central areas of Dublin city. [49734/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      331. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will approve the advertising of a position (details supplied); the reason for the delay in advertising this post; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49743/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is due a pension increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49759/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the methodology employed by the medical card applications client registration unit in the HSE; if he is satisfied that the use of the...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure by which community based addiction organisations can apply to be recognised as a section 39 body; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an eye test in primary care in CHO7 by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for dental treatment in primary care in CHO7 by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a hearing test in primary care in CHO7 by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • HSE Investigations
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an investigation into the way in which sensitive files at a location (details supplied) were found; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiology patients and the length of time they are on the waiting list at University Hospital Kerry in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Pharmacy Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the reason further cuts are being imposed on the fees paid to pharmacists; if he will review the proposal;; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to commence negotiations with pharmacy contractors regarding the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      344. 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. [49804/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a public service pension in respect of their employment with a former health board; and if he will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medical cannabis access programme that he has recently signed into operation on a pilot basis for a period of five years; if the programme...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the experience of certain US states in which they have increased the age that a person can buy tobacco from 18 to 21 years of age; and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when extra home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49831/19]
    • Hospital Groups
      349. To ask the Minister for Health when a tender to supply products to a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry will be up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49832/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      350. 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. [49835/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek a review of the decision not to include a person (details supplied) in the reimbursement of costs of the drug Ocrevus who are suffering from...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Administration
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49849/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the accuracy of the national bowel screening programme; if his attention has been drawn to failings in the system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Reviews
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who were affected by the scan scandal in University Hospital Kerry who have passed away to date; and when he will meet with the bereaved...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue to fund the low-cost counselling service at a facility (details supplied): if a grant of €9,280 for 2019 will be approved; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not have their adenoids removed as arranged at the same time as their tonsils under the treatment purchase fund...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49886/19]
    • Maternity Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnant mothers that used the anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital to date per month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost of each report; the...
    • Community Care
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the home support budget for north County Dublin to date in 2019. [49913/19]
    • Medicinal Products
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      364. 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. [49917/19]
    • Hospital Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49919/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      367. 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. [49921/19]
    • Community Care
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the home care budget for the west County Cork area; and his views on same. [49924/19]
    • Community Care Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE plan for home care for 2020; and his views on same. [49925/19]
    • Maternity Services
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction liaison midwives that have been funded nationwide; the number currently in post; and the plans in place to fill the outstanding posts...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the recent closing of the stoma clinic at University Hospital Waterford; if it is only UHW affected by the closure; if it is a new change of...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 374
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49937/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      375. 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. [49944/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residential housing for persons with an intellectual disability in County Wexford; the reason a person may secure a place on the waiting...
    • Health Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed in the Mater hospital, Dublin will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49953/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      379. 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. [49955/19]
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will unwind FEMPI cuts to pharmacy fees; if he will reconsider the cuts to pharmacy funding due to be introduced on 1 January 2020; if he will commence...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [49957/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on supplying home help hours to the family of a person (details supplied). [49959/19]
    • Hospital Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was informed that they should check themselves out of Drogheda hospital, make their own way up to Beaumont Hospital and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for and the detail of the significant variance between waiting time for surgery under the care of different consultants; and the variance from the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      386. 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. [49980/19]
    • Orthodontic Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment for a person (details supplied). [49987/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residential housing for persons with an intellectual disability in County Wexford; the reason a person may secure a place on the waiting...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the position of ECC P142 permanent healthcare assistant, theatre at Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe, as advertised in September 2019...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital; the reason for the delay; the timeline for surgery to take place; and...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the BreastCheck mobile unit to a town (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49992/19]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if there are persons resident in receipt of a direct payment from his Department or the HSE for the purchase of home care under the intensive home care...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO area 9 waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 25 November 2019; the number waiting zero to three, three to...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a long time for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50021/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a child (details supplied) in need of dental care will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50049/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a meeting by an association (details supplied) with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in which the CEO of the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health further to Topical Issue No. 3 of 21 November 2019, when the person will receive a home care package as per the request in the Topical Issue matter; the reason...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      403. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 26 November 2019, the difference between €1,433 million and the sum of the amounts quoted in the table for...
    • Medicinal Products
      404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.129 of 14 November 2019, the status of the sodium valproate response report which was recently presented to him; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns about the proposal by an association (details supplied) to close a centre; if his attention has been...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had oversight of the selection process for the pharmacy contract for the State-funded primary care centres; if not, if it is a local matter (details...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for renovation work to commence at a dental clinic (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the clinic was not...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable home help hours will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [50186/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the limited number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in CHO6 with just nine persons in receipt of same at the...
    • Hospital Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the gynaecological services at Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; if no reduction in gynaecological services at the hospital...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the homecare budget; the areas receiving funding in the allocation, for example, the provision of hours, administration and so on; and if he...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and services available to couples seeking IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50201/19]
    • Patient Transport Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child patients who have been transferred by taxi from Temple Street Children's University Hospital to Children's Health Ireland at Connolly...
    • Hospitals Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the number of blood samples that have been transferred by taxi from the Children's Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital to Temple Street Children's University...
    • Paediatric Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff positions unfilled in Children's Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital. [50212/19]
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have experienced an emergency department wait time of less than six, six to 12, 12 to 24 and more than 24 hours for each hospital...
    • Autism Support Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have the items noted in their assessment of need report implemented by South Lee ASD services; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of replacement staff for the assessment of primary medical certificates in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug Spinraza; the way in which it is being rolled out; and the process and reason for the way in which it is being dispensed in...
    • Hospital Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [50228/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres and locations in which community services operate from in County Meath; the services available in each location, for...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults that have been supported by his Department in accessing mental health treatments abroad in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the provision of asthma inhalers is not included on the long term illness scheme; if he will reconsider same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite services for adults with disabilities in Athboy, County Meath (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the funding his Department and the HSE allocated to a town (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for chiropody treatment will be made available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in occupational therapy services will be provided for school age children attending a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason a rental charge has been put in place for a dispensary service (details supplied) will be investigated. [50277/19]
    • Psychological Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a newly-qualified clinical psychologist remains jobless since September 2019 owing to recruitment restrictions...
    • Health Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive services and therapies from the early intervention team and the primary care system; and if he will make...
    • HSE Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the name, title, level and division of each person within the HSE CHO5 management structure not restricted to the heads of service; the person or body to which...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only a fraction of the cost of medical procedures is being refunded to patients who have surgery carried out...
    • Disability Services Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with an intellectual disability awaiting residential care in County Wexford; the number of those waiting more than 12, 24, 36 and 48...
    • HSE Staff Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the community dieticians in mental health, disability and primary care by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50306/19]
    • Patient Transfers
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50308/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if the home share legislation and regulations drafted by the home share national expert group in 2016 have been considered; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Legislative Measures
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50321/19]
    • Legislative Programme
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Bills (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50328/19]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the home care budget for 2019 in the CH07 region; the amount that was allocated; the additional funding provided; the estimated spend for the remainder of...
    • Autism Support Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a group (details supplied) will be secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50334/19]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the HSE review of the north inner Dublin city drugs and alcohol task force. [50336/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider appointing a patient advocate to the national screening advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/19]
    • Alcohol Pricing
      446. To ask the Minister for Health when the minimum pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be commenced; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for home care in counties Galway and Mayo, respectively in 2019; the number of persons in receipt of a home care service; the number of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants selected for a remote sensing inspection in respect of the various 2019 area based schemes; the number of...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Eligibility
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will be included in the beef environmental efficiency pilot 2019 scheme: if their letter of appeal...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when works will be carried out at a pier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49868/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands belonging to farmers in which the OPW construct temporary roads to transport rock for flood prevention works on river banks...
    • Forestry Management
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a forest aerial fertilisation plan by Coillte in north-east County Clare (details supplied) particularly in relation to...
    • GLAS Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal application by a person (details supplied). [49891/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if basic payment parcels in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department provides grant funding for anaerobic digesters; if not, his plans to introduce same; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Grants
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if medical evidence submitted by a person (details attached) will be considered as force majeure in respect of an area of natural...
    • Forestry Grants
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application by a person (details supplied) that was submitted in March 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Beef Exports
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the protocol of under 30 months in relation to the agreement to export beef to China was at the insistence of the Chinese...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and date of each visit he took to Howth Harbour to date in 2019, in tabular form; the purpose of each visit; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding a pier (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50089/19]
    • Beef Industry
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a group (details supplied) will be included along with the other farmers' representatives in the discussions with the relevant...
    • Legislative Measures
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50311/19]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount sanctioned in each year for marine works on piers in the charge of Galway County Council in each year since 2012; the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Air Pollution
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding smoky fuels that cause air pollution in towns and impact public health; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Efficiency
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available towards the installation of an air to water heating system to a home. [50233/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initial investment in the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied). [49715/19]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the intervention area that are connected to high speed wireless Internet; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Action Plan
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the climate action programme will move closer to international targets in 2020; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and or his officials attended a function at a location in the past ten days (details supplied); if so, if he will...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Eligibility
      483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 6 February 2019, if consideration has been given to homes receiving a...
    • Departmental Reports
      484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a full historical schedule of fees paid to a company (details supplied) will be provided by the number of projects...
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if education training boards are bodies for the purposes of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development...
    • Data Centres
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that large data farms make sufficient financial contributions for the required supporting...
    • Air Quality
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the lack of permanent air quality monitoring in the north inner city areas of Dublin city; his plans to...
    • North-South Interconnector
      489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of the most recent discussions he and or his officials had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland on...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that have been put in place to clear the backlog of applications for the warmer homes scheme under the...
    • Departmental Funding
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated to an area (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Recycling Policy
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if regulations will be introduced in order that waste management companies will be obliged to offer a recycling service...
    • Legislative Measures
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50314/19]
    • Prospecting Licences
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that oversees that the conditions of prospecting and mining licences are adhered to; the number of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the extra regulations that will be in place on the haulage and freight industry following the withdrawal of the...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that motor tax customers who choose to pay their motor tax in instalments rather than in one...
    • Rail Services
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason and-or context and the consultation Irish Rail undertook in respect of the peak time initiative; if his attention has been...
    • Rail Services Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to provide a train that will serve Thurles to arrive in Kent Station, Cork at 8.30 a.m. on week days...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider rerouting the Nos. 190 and 109b bus services through the village of Robinstown, County Meath (details supplied)....
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects his Department plans to submit for funding through the Connecting Europe facility; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income received by Dublin Bus from advertising in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of class 3 cul-de-sac local roads which have been resurfaced by local authorities in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date...
    • Road Projects Status
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the upgrade of the N81 as a priority for future capital roads plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he can assist rural communities dealing with transport in areas not served by public transport; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 22 October 2019, the date and day on which the survey of services at peak hour in...
    • Rail Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase capacity on a train line (details supplied) from west County Dublin to Connolly Station in order to overcome existing...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of provision for the carriage of bikes he plans to provide in future commuter and inter-city train carriages in view of the...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Road Traffic Act 2004 (details supplied) does not appear to allow for 20km/h or...
    • Road Safety
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to provide a new national pedestrian safety action plan in view of the fact the existing publication is out of date. [50075/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been presented with briefings, draft reports or final reports by organisations in relation to an association (details...
    • Bus Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to investigate numerous disruptions on a bus service (details supplied); and if the extenuating...
    • Road Network
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a wall at a location (details supplied) in County Cork will be reinstated following damage during the carrying out of roadworks. [50199/19]
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure there is an adequate availability of wheelchair accessible taxis; his plans to expand wheelchair...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if sport capital grant applications from schools whose land is owned by a body (details supplied) will be accepted; the way in which to...
    • Road Network
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new right-hand turning lanes at both the Cootehall and Croghan junctions on the N4 have not been installed in view of a...
    • Departmental Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to a town (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50237/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants including sport capital grants available for sports clubs in the Dublin 7 area. [50266/19]
    • Road Safety
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if drivers who transport livestock are exempted from the need to take breaks under tachograph rules and regulations; and if he will make...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the urgent plans he is putting in place in relation to the provision of effective life jackets for the Irish Coast Guard volunteer crews;...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital grant of €150,000 will be allocated to a sports club (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Rail Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new DART carriages that have been ordered include wheelchair ramps that can be used by wheelchair users as needed and do not need...
    • Bus Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the wheelchair accessible bus stops in County Wicklow; the non-wheelchair accessible bus stops in the county; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50327/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports clubs supported under the sports capital programme since it was re-established in 2011; the amount allocated under...
    • Road Network
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Galway County Council has sought special funding for the upgrade or replacement on the bridges leading from Béal an Daingin all...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services Administration
      534. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent staff employed by Pobal for the administration of funding of early learning and care schemes by scheme,...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies by role in each of the Tusla areas nationwide; the timeframe for filling the vacancies; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a facility (details supplied) was only awarded 30 weeks access and inclusion level 7 additional assistance for a child attending...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      538. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to continue to fund the low-cost counselling service at a facility (details supplied): if a grant of €9,280 for 2019 will...
    • Departmental Reports
      539. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the subsidy payable to a person (details supplied) under both the CCSP and national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services Administration
      541. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years service providers that are due to re-register by the end of December 2019; and if Tusla has adequate resources to...
    • Child Custody and Access
      542. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding supervised visits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50168/19]
    • Childcare Services Administration
      543. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of completed applications received by Tusla from early years services re-registering their service in 2019; the number fully...
    • Departmental Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to an area (details supplied) and its surrounds in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if AIM support funding awarded to a school (details supplied) can be backdated allowing for 38 weeks of payment in line with the number of...
    • Legislative Measures
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Bills sponsored by her Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50313/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to a town (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      550. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to County Kildare in each year since the commencement of the town and village renewal scheme; the...
    • Departmental Reports
      551. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      553. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50325/19]
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount available to each LAG for projects under the LEADER programme; the amount approved for projects to date by LAG; the amount...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects by type approved under the rural regeneration and development fund to date; the lead agency in each case; the amount...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to honour the LRC recommendations in relation to pension rights for those in community employment; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of discussions on an agreed funding package for community employment supervisors in relation to the pension and...
    • Unemployment Benefits Eligibility
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if special needs assistants are entitled to claim unemployment benefit in cases in which their hours are reduced. [50260/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a...
    • Data Protection
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assurances that can be given to those jobseekers' assigned to a UK company (details supplied) which stores private data...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the Christmas bonus to those in receipt of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement...
    • Respite Care Grant Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the respite care allowance by county in tabular form; the criteria for same; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied) will be finalised. [49812/19]
    • Departmental Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the conclusions of the 1995 technical committee as reported on in 2007 regarding roles and duty definitions within her...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the group charged with examining enforcement of child maintenance payments; when it will be set-up; the nature...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a proposal (details supplied). [49827/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social protection payments made in respect of qualified adults by age cohort, gender and social protection...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry on disability allowance and who was in receipt of fuel allowance for...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pensioners who have paid class K and M contributions in the relevant tax years cannot avail of the treatment...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the Christmas bonus by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49880/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pensions Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected pension rate and total reckonable contributions for a person (details supplied) on their retirement in 2022...
    • Pension Provisions
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation if a balance of payment is owing from their UK state pension made...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the partial capacity benefit section; and the average processing time for a partial capacity...
    • Food Poverty
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the latest available data on food poverty; the way in which Ireland compares to the rest of the EU in this regard; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49999/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance and carer’s benefit received to date in 2019; the number approved,...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited in view of...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Interdepartmental Committees Reports
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the interdepartmental group review into the community employment, rural social scheme and Tús has been completed; if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding community employment pensions; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which income from renting a room is treated in a means test for the one-parent family payment (details supplied);...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when backdated partial capacity and invalidity pension payments will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 26 November 2019, if the files will be further reviewed (details supplied); and...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a farm assist appeal by persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter on the accumulation of funds in the bank account of a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [50281/19]
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if qualifying applicants for the fuel allowance will be assured that they will continue to receive the payment in 2020 and...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the backlog that exists in processing applications for PPS numbers; the impact it is...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the impact on pension entitlements for carers who took time out of the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Bills sponsored by her Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50318/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a contributory pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rates paid to the companies for each person who is referred to them with regard to the various companies that run the...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 22 October 2019, if the nature of clerical error is an isolated incident with...
    • Social Welfare Code
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances in which her Department may request that a person hand up their passport and retain this passport for up to...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department recognises a diagnosis of autism as a disability in cases in which families apply for housing to their local...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the complaints mechanism for persons and families in emergency accommodation; if his officials examine,...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of apartments and houses known to his Department to have substandard fire safety standards; the person or body...
    • Planning Guidelines
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will implement the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action to revise the planning...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new builds undertaken by public bodies and or local authorities by county in tabular form to date in 2019; and...
    • Local Authority Finances
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when guidelines for cost-effective analysis documents for local authorities will be launched; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reports
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the homes brought into use under the repair and leasing scheme; the number of applications and overall expenditure with regard...
    • Irish Water Funding
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Irish Water for 2019; the amount spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/19]
    • Mica Redress Scheme
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that lenders support homeowners that are affected by mica to access the 10% finance needed for the redress...
    • Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to have an annual review of the regional spatial and economic strategy for the eastern and midlands area to allow...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of officials in his Department working on housing by the area of work, policy and so on; the number of officials by...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the real life experience of homelessness that is taken into account in the policy formation of his Department; if his...
    • Housing Policy
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the real life experience of renting taken into account in policy formation of his Department; if his officials liaise with...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to put in place one-stop-shop assessment centres with multi-agency participation making the best use of...
    • Child Protection
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to roll out nationally the Dublin region protocol for appropriate responses to child protection and...
    • Housing Policy
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to implement national procedures to enhance inter-agency arrangements regarding the release and...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2011-2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to increase the capacity through increased borrowing and access to HFA financing for participating local...
    • Housing Finance Agency Funding
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to establish bodies such as approved housing bodies in the higher education institutions sector to access...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to review the disparate systems of differential rents for social housing across local authorities. [50062/19]
    • Housing Agency Portfolio
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of acquisitions by the Housing Agency under funding to find and acquire suitable portfolios of vacant properties...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for funding by a water supply scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo has been received; if the scheme will...
    • Housing Loans
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications by county made to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion and publication of the review of income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided for the housing voids programme in 2020; if he will reduce the local contribution...
    • Departmental Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated within a town (details supplied) and its surrounds in each of the years 2011 to 2019; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that will be made available to Kildare County Council for group sewerage schemes via capital funding or grant...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the affordable purchasing scheme. [50279/19]
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the increase of valuation rates for renewable energy providers namely wind farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the urban regeneration and development fund; when he plans to announce a second round of funding; and if he will...
    • Legislative Measures
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Bills sponsored by his Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50322/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if affordable housing projects have been sanctioned for Galway City and County Councils to date; if so, the details of same;...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase (incremental) scheme 2016 was completed; when he plans to publish the review; when he...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of consultations between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and a private members club (details supplied)...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      643. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available for the development of a Magdalen laundries museum on Séan McDermott Street, Dublin 1; and if she...
    • Buiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge
      644. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aontaíonn sí nach bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fháil ag pobal na Gaeilge de bharr na...
    • Departmental Reports
      645. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each year from March 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • Legislative Measures
      646. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Bills sponsored by her Department that have been enacted since November 2013, in tabular form. [50315/19]
    • National Monuments
      647. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to re-establish the Moore Street advisory committee; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if she will make a...

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