Written answers
Thursday, 5 December 2019
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes Funding
8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review of LEADER funding further to the decision to extend top-up funding to ten LAGs and local development companies will be...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will increase the allocation in funding to Meath County Council for the local improvement scheme in 2020 and 2021. [50624/19]
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under the town and village renewal scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of projects that were...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration fund; when the next phase will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50647/19]
- Community Development Projects
18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding a previous announcement by Pobal regarding new positions in Mullingar, County Westmeath (details supplied)....
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for the local improvement scheme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50428/19]
- Charities Regulation
20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received and consents given by the Charities Regulator pursuant to the Residential Institutions Redress Act...
- Local Community Development Committees
21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the recommendations, as outlined in the review of local community development committees; the status of the six...
- LEADER Programmes Expenditure
22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme by project and administration costs; the amount expended to date on...
- Local Authority Facilities
23. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funds and support will be provided to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure the community supervised playground on...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on whether county councils should play a greater role in the town and village renewal scheme; and his views on whether the...
- Community Enhancement Programme Funding
25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the communities and projects and the value of funding in Galway city and county allocated funding under the community facilities fund...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of jobs created under the Action Plan for Rural Development in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on...
- RAPID Programme
27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the analysis carried out to ensure the most disadvantaged communities in County Wexford previously identified in RAPID areas are...
- Local Improvement Scheme Data
29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that were approved for funding under the local improvement scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019, by local...
- LEADER Programmes Funding
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the drawdown of LEADER funding in County Meath. [50623/19]
- LEADER Programmes Administration
31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the process the counties that were allocated additional LEADER funding must now go through when allocating the additional funding to...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Administration
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to reopen the rural regeneration fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50496/19]
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to the rural regeneration and development fund for 2019; the amount spent to date out of the fund; the...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data
34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects and groups receiving funding under the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2017, 2018 and to...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding progress in developing a new five year rural development policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Budgets
36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding made available in support of community and rural development programmes in the past 12 months; his plans for further...
- Community Development Initiatives
37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) distributed by a union; the measures he will introduce to support the...
- Departmental Budgets
38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital provided to his Department in the Estimates for 2019; the amount spent to date by subhead; the proposed reduction...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data
39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and value of approved projects being funded under the rural regeneration and development fund; the funding allocated for the...
- Interdepartmental Working Groups
40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the subgroup between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment which is examining the...
- CLÁR Programme
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review the conditions being applied to school authorities that avail of CLÁR funding to acknowledge that schools must...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the skills for life employment support scheme; the overall budget; the number of participants to date; and if he will make a...
- Civil Defence
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider locating the Kildare Civil Defence headquarters in the Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50777/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Strength
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 30 November 2019; the breakdown of each rank across the three services; the gender breakdown...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of each of the three services of the Reserve Defence Forces as of 30 November 2019 by rank; the gender breakdown of same; and if he...
- Defence Forces Transport
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of armoured logistics vehicles purchased for the Defence Forces in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice that food products from the illegal colonial settlements...
- Human Rights
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new documents released in the media regarding the mass detention of Uighur and other ethnic minorities in...
- Departmental Staff Data
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on...
- Data Protection
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as...
- EU Meetings
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if EU security issues were discussed at the October 2019 EU General Affairs Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Relations
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken recently to the new Canadian Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50950/19]
- Department of Finance
- State Claims Agency Data
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the State Claims Agency in personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2019 by delegated State authority; the amount paid in medical...
- Departmental Expenditure
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on purchasing mobile phone contracts for staff within his Department for work-related business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date...
- Industrial Relations
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the commitment to recognise the Labour Court as an integral mechanism of the State in dealing with industrial relations issues and a...
- Departmental Staff Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50804/19]
- Data Protection
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and or a driver licence issued here as a method of...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of open appeals with the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman by financial product, that is, mortgage, pensions and so on; the number...
- Corporation Tax
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the escrow account holding the funds received from a company (details supplied); the amount initially invested into the account; the net asset...
- Departmental Staff Data
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in his Department by functional area and position; the length of time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he will make...
- Banking Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation will be introduced to bring in the senior executive accountability regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51022/19]
- Central Bank of Ireland Data
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Central Bank by functional area and position; the length of time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he will...
- Revenue Commissioners Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Revenue Commissioners by functional area and position; the length of time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if...
- Tax Appeals Commission
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Tax Appeals Commission by functional area and position; the length time the role has remained unfilled in each case; and if he...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open roles in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman by functional area and position; the length time the role has remained unfilled in...
- Central Bank of Ireland Data
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the Central Bank each month since the start of 2016 by functional area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51030/19]
- Tax Appeals Commission
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the Tax Appeals Commission each month since the start of 2016 by functional area; and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Accounts
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected surplus from the National Asset Management Agency; the return on investment this will represent; if the surplus will be received into the...
- Revenue Commissioners Data
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the research and development tax credit for the past five years including 2019; the number of companies that availed of the scheme in each...
- Tax Reliefs Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the entrepreneurial relief in each year since its establishment including 2018; the number of companies that availed of the scheme in each...
- Revenue Commissioners Data
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the special assignee relief programme for the past five years including 2018; the number of companies that availed of the scheme in each of...
- Departmental Programmes
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up of the key employee engagement programme in each month since its establishment; the number of companies that availed of the scheme in each of the...
- Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the employment and investment incentive scheme in each year since it commenced including 2018; the number of companies that availed of the...
- Tax Reliefs Data
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the start-up refunds for entrepreneurs in the past five years including 2018; the number of companies that availed of the scheme in each of...
- Tax Appeals Commission
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Commission; the value of tax the disputes amount to; the appeals by ranges (details supplied), respectively in...
- Revenue Commissioners Data
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of penalties issued by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years since 2012; the value of fines imposed in each case; the value of interest...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the disregard for third-level tuition fees by €1,000 for full-time courses and €500 for part-time courses and to...
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks and financial institutions which placed persons in mortgage distress on split mortgages some years ago...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if information signs will be relocated at a graveyard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50755/19]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with trade union representatives to discuss recent developments with the pension entitlements of community employment...
- Departmental Staff Data
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement...
- Budget 2020
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 24 October 2019, the Department or State agency which commissioned official promotional...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of the long-promised provision of pensions for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief Schemes Data
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to flood risk management through the OPW in each of the years 2018 to 2027 that is already committed and due to be...
- State Claims Agency Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid by each delegated State authority into the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2010 to 2019; the methodology used...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Staff Data
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants assigned to each primary school; the number of students that confirmed the need for special assistance in...
- Third Level Institutions Governance
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Code of Governance for Irish Universities 2019; the date by which the universities must apply the code;...
- School Admissions
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of school places in a location (details supplied) will be carried out due to a deficit; if emergency measures will be put in place to...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a case in which a child (details supplied) is without a place in school for September 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned extension for a school (details supplied) will be completed; if the works will be expedited in order to finish by September 2020...
- Departmental Staff Data
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Educational Disadvantage
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address educational disadvantage; if the principle of the DEIS approach to targeting resources at such schools in order to counter...
- Language Schools
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of the regulation of English language schools in respect of both pay and employment conditions for teachers in the schools...
- Third Level Fees
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request a university to review a decision not to reimburse student fees to a person (details supplied) due to the circumstances; and...
- Schools Building Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the three new schools (details supplied) for Celbridge, County Kildare, that are to be core located on the same site; if the site...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home tuition hours applications still awaiting sanction under the home tuition scheme; the reason for the ongoing delays; the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the publication of the report of the class size working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50857/19]
- School Curriculum
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a campaign (details supplied) is providing health messaging to school students in respect of alcohol; if he has...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Data
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs assigned to each primary school by county; the students who have had a need confirmed by a professional report either from the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be ready for completion and occupation; the date for occupation of the school; and if he will make a...
- School Transport Data
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children availing of the school transport scheme by primary and post-primary education between those that are parents and are...
- School Transport Expenditure
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of exempting all parents from the costs of the school transport scheme by primary and post-primary; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Data
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing each SUSI grant by 1%, 5% and 10%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51055/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Vehicle Registration
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 1 October 2019, when a reply will issue. [50707/19]
- Garda Resources
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional funding provided for extra Garda resources in 2020 in view of recent events in the Border region and in...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the value of goods and the amount in cash collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau that has gone to the general Exchequer fund...
- Visa Applications
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa appeal lodged by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a...
- Naturalisation Applications
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a person (details supplied) with a decision on their application for naturalisation; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to amend the current laws governing sexual consent; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Juvenile Offenders
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minors referred to the national office on juvenile crime by Garda division in each of the past three years to...
- Question Heading for question(s) 139
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to open up the education and training for solicitors and barristers in order to achieve greater...
- Prison Service Expenditure
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport budget for the Prison Service in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Transport Data
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda public order unit vans that came into the fleet in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
- Garda Equipment
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been secured in 2020 for the upgrade of existing boats or extra boats for the Garda water unit; and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50966/19]
- Immigration Status
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); if residency will be considered under a case; and if he will make a...
- Family Reunification Applications
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/19]
- Visa Applications
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to extending a 30 day short-stay visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a position in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Garda Operations
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will be seeking to emulate the successful informational campaign that was carried out by police...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Staff Data
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed on an agency basis in her Department and in each agency under her aegis; and if she will make a...
- Ministerial Meetings
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the bilateral meetings she has had with her EU counterparts to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Local Enterprise Offices
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the productivity challenge voucher scheme run by the local enterprise offices; the firm size thresholds to be eligible...
- EU Meetings
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the discussions at the recent EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Helsinki and the proposals by the Finnish...
- Departmental Expenditure
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs accrued by her Department towards an advertorial placed in a newspaper (details supplied) which contained an article on her...
- Jobs Data
158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number of new jobs that would be created if the percentage of those aged 15 years of age and over in the labour force...
- Job Creation
159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the regional spread and share of jobs created in the most recent labour force survey data. [50965/19]
- Department of Health
- HSE Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which grant aid support will be offered to support a community-based organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was referred to the HSE school age team in west Dublin for continued speech and language therapy will receive the therapy....
- Hospital Appointments Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50673/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50674/19]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a nursing recruitment issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50677/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
165. 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. [50680/19]
- Emergency Aeromedical Service
167. To ask the Minister for Health the annual payment made from his Department to the Air Corps for the operation of the aeromedical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50686/19]
- Positive Ageing Strategy
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing guidelines for a system (details supplied) in the short-term in line with the assisted living blueprint and policy; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
169. 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. [50697/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be in place for the 48-bed modular unit at Sligo University Hospital recently announced with the publication of the HSE capital investment...
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. 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. [50704/19]
- Health Services Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health if the public health nurse service at the health centre, Ballymore, Mullingar, County Westmeath will be reinstated (details supplied). [50711/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
175. 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. [50715/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
176. To ask the Minister for Health if a request for a national supplement reimbursement under GMS for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed on discretionary grounds; and if he will make a...
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development and implementation of the code of governance for local and regional drugs and alcohol task forces; and if he will make a...
- Voluntary Sector
178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the independent review group established to examine the role of voluntary...
- Disability Services Funding
179. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the funding of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50752/19]
- Hospital Staff Data
180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical agency staff, non-clinical agency staff and other agency staff by doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and so on in each acute...
- Hospital Appointments Status
181. 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. [50758/19]
- Medical Conditions
184. To ask the Minister for Health if attention has been drawn to concerns of persons in the Duleek area of County Meath regarding the potential impact on health of a number of heavy industries...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy and assistance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50795/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50806/19]
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
187. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the healthcare entitlements for thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help by a person (details supplied) for home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50814/19]
- Disabilities Assessments
189. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs for autism spectrum will be carried out for a person (details supplied). [50816/19]
- Emergency Departments Data
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on a trolley waiting to be admitted for more than 12 hours and 48 hours, respectively, in November 2019. [50819/19]
- Emergency Departments Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors, nurses and consultants on duty in emergency departments on 25 November 2019. [50820/19]
- Nursing Staff Contracts
192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University of Limerick Hospital Group is employing agency nurses on a full 39-hour week while they are on a panel for full-time contract; and if he...
- Counselling Services Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of November 2019 or the latest date...
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Mental Health Services Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January and 30 November 2019. [50849/19]
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively. [50854/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting physiotherapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively. [50855/19]
- Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
199. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to the regional drug task forces in view of the fact there are particular difficulties for some services (details...
- Orthodontic Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay in publishing a report (details supplied) into the orthodontic service; the action the HSE has taken in respect of the issues...
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland
201. To ask the Minister for Health the research which has been carried out here on the health impacts of nitrates in processed meats; the consideration which has been given to World Health...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of child waiting lists for scoliosis treatment by hospital and length of time on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of appropriate treatment for a person (details supplied); if a care plan has been agreed for them since the meeting of their family...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting speech and language therapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively....
- HSE Staff Recruitment
205. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation for members of a panel (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50879/19]
- Medical Card Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 30 November 2019; the number of general practitioner visit cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of November 2019 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the numbers...
- Hospital Beds Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in each public and voluntary acute hospital that were closed on 30 November 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated...
- Hospital Discharges
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of November 2019; and the number to date in each in 2019, in tabular form....
- Ambulance Service Response Times
211. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in each ambulance station in each...
- Emergency Services Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during November 2019; the number to...
- Home Help Service Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area to the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; the way in which it compares to the...
- Ambulance Service Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in November 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months, respectively, in Our Lady’s Children’s...
- Primary Care Centres Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Audiology Services Data
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- HSE Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 30 November 2019 or the nearest available date for a MRI scan in the RCSI hospital group for less than three, three to six,...
- Nursing Staff Data
263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff nurses employed as of 30 November 2019 or the latest date available; and the equivalent figure for the same date in 2018. [50937/19]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
264. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce full pay restoration for section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50944/19]
- Disability Support Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting lists for disability supports for children; his further plans for increased capacity for residential support for persons with...
- Services for People with Disabilities
266. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ageing transport fleet used to support persons with intellectual disabilities in view of the fact that over 550 vehicles are ten years...
- Disability Support Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available; the number...
- Services for People with Disabilities
269. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available by CHO area, in tabular...
- Disability Support Services
270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability at the end of November 2019 by local health office, in tabular form. [50982/19]
- Disabilities Assessments
271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act...
- Physiotherapy Provision
272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively, by local...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months,...
- Occupational Therapy Data
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months,...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively;...
- Disability Services Data
286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO1 at the end of November 2019 or the latest date available;...
- General Practitioner Training
295. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the general practitioner training intake to 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290 and 300 in a full calendar year;...
- Medical Card Eligibility
296. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the income thresholds for medical cards and general practitioner visit cards in line with the expected wage inflation set out...
- Home Care Packages Funding
297. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that will be made for the roll out of the home care support package (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51077/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Woodland Improvement Scheme
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended on the woodland improvement scheme in each year since it was established; and if a new woodland...
- Farm Inspections
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50708/19]
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50766/19]
- GLAS Payments
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a GLAS 3 payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [50788/19]
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50794/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications submitted by each local authority and the funding provided to each under the native woodland scheme in...
- Equine Industry
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking and the funding being provided to address the proliferation of horses being bred here especially in respect of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50778/19]
- Wind Energy Generation
308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered offering grants to those who erect and maintain wind turbines at significant personal cost...
- Environmental Protection Agency Remit
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the range of legislative and statutory provisions to control and monitor industrial emissions and pollution and to...
- Departmental Staff Data
310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will...
- Noise Pollution
311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria in relation to noise pollution from windfarms. [50843/19]
- Warmer Homes Scheme Data
312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocations to each community-based organisation, CBO, in each of the past three years and in 2019 for the...
- Waste Management
313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the level of waste tyres exported to India; if the Climate Action Plan 2019 or future plans will...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Provision
314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which assistance is available to facilitate localised transport with particular reference to areas not covered by public...
- Rail Network
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the reopening and upgrade of the Limerick to Foynes railway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50679/19]
- Pension Provisions
316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the grave concerns of members of the CIÉ 1951 scheme regarding the governance of its pension...
- Road Traffic Offences
317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motorists can be penalised for overtaking a cyclist and allowing a passing distance of 1.5 metres on a continuous white line as a...
- Rail Network Expansion
318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Irish Rail survey for the Athenry to Claremorris line; and the date by which the results of the survey will be...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding to implement the Climate Action Plan 2019 action 97 of the National Cycle Policy Framework with a focus on...
- Departmental Staff Data
321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a statement...
- Data Protection
322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made in relation to applications by Westmeath County Council (details supplied) for funding under the large-scale...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations that apply to civilian helipads. [51014/19]
- Public Service Obligation Levy Data
325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public services obligation subvention for 2020 and for each of the past 15 years by mode of transport and recipient; and if he will...
- Public Transport Fares
326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing fares for children up to 12, 14, 16 and 18 years of age, respectively on all PSO funded transport; the...
- Sports Funding
327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current and capital expenditure for sport for the past 15 years and for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51052/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the 2020 funding allocations for youth organisations under the youth service grant scheme will be made and communicated to...
- Climate Action Plan
332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed special fund for youth action on climate justice announced on 9 October 2019; the objectives of the fund; the...
- Youth Services
333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the national quality standards framework for youth projects and services; and if she will make a...
- National Youth Strategy
334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a new national youth strategy when the current strategy comes to an end in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the membership of the Children and Young People’s Policy Consortium; the number of meetings of the consortium in each of the years...
- National Youth Strategy
336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action No. 1.3 in the national youth strategy to identify ways in which arts, culture, sports and youth...
- North/South Education and Training Standards
340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work of the North-South Education and Training Standards Committee for Youth Work; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reviews
341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed restructuring of her Department; the timescale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50730/19]
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action her Department has taken to date to implement the recommendation in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs...
- Child and Family Agency
343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures put in place to support neighbouring residents in cases of residential accommodation for young persons with very challenging...
- Departmental Staff Data
346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed on an agency basis in her Department and in each agency under her aegis; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child and Family Agency Funding
347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a service (details supplied) will be established in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50858/19]
- Childcare Services Funding
348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase substantially the level of capital grant assistance available towards the upgrading of existing childcare facilities...
- Childcare Services
349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that the national childcare scheme will not penalise certain categories of lone parents in which it will...
- Early Years Sector
350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for the establishment of an early years and school age agency to replace...
- Child and Family Agency
351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the fact that the Springboard project is being removed from a centre (details supplied) to two different HSE facilities will be...
- Early Years Sector
352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in relation to the processing of the approximately 2,500 applications already received for the re-registration of early years...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have benefited from the ECCE scheme since its inception; the number of children that have benefited from two...
- Childcare Services Data
354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications made since the opening of the national childcare scheme on 20 November 2019; the number of subsidies provided...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national evaluation of the ABC programme will be completed; if an interim report or update has been provided to her; if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- LEADER Programmes Funding
356. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be allocated to the LEADER programme in County Donegal; if so, the level of funding that will be made...
- LEADER Programmes
357. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure that there are no gaps between the LEADER programme 2014-2020 when it finishes at the end of 2020 and the next...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
358. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of future allocations under the local improvement scheme; the impact which the scheme has in counties such as County...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to make a further call for applications for funding under the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a...
- CLÁR Programme
361. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to make a further call for applications for funding under the CLÁR scheme; the impact which the scheme has in...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
362. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration development fund; the impact the fund can have in counties such as County Limerick; and his plans...
- National Volunteering Strategy
363. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the national volunteering strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50745/19]
- Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
364. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application made by Donegal County Council (details supplied) under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme;...
- Departmental Staff Data
365. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a...
- Social Isolation
366. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which he expects to be a position to address issues of isolation in either urban or rural settings in respect of persons...
- Library Services Funding
367. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of library support provisions he expects to be in a position to make nationwide in 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- LEADER Programmes Administration
368. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which his Department will interact with the LEADER programme when identifying suitable projects for attention and...
- Community Development Initiatives
369. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for various voluntary and community groups and projects nationwide and in County Kildare in 2020; and if he will make a...
- Heritage Promotion
370. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he can assist in the promotion of local historic sites or buildings heretofore undeveloped for education or...
- Broadband Service Provision
372. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he will address issues such as local connectivity in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Central Statistics Office Reports
373. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the latest CSO data in measuring distance to everyday services in Ireland (details supplied) and the way in which the...
- Departmental Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of grant aid will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/19]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the recommendations by the Labour Relations Commission on pensions for community employment supervisors (details...
- Farm Assist Scheme Data
376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost of adapting the farm assist scheme (details supplied) based on latest annual data...
- Disablement Benefit
377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for a medical examination for their disablement benefit...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of her Department on the Labour Court recommendation that community employment supervisors receive a pension;...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied). [50699/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons who participated in the youth employment support scheme to date by county in a tabular form....
- Jobs Initiative
384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age that have been supported by the JobsPlus youth scheme to date by county in...
- Training Support Grant
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received a training support grant in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
- Labour Activation Measures
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the development of the Pathways to Work Strategy 2020-2024; the timetable for the publication of the strategy;...
- Social Welfare Benefits Payments
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a social welfare payment that availed of the opportunity to undertake voluntary work and...
- Employment and Youth Activation Charter
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the employment and youth activation charter; if the charter is still in operation; if so, the number of...
- Social Insurance
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions an employee must undertake to maintain their PRSI entitlements in circumstances in which the employee takes a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Gender Proofing of Policies
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the composition of the interdepartmental group examining facilitation of non-binary genders within public services; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation in relation to the data collection exercise agreed by her Department in relation to the LCR19293 recommendation...
- Departmental Staff Data
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed on an agency basis in her Department and in each agency under her aegis; and if she will make...
- Data Protection
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which her Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Reviews
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 15 October 2019, the status of the matter (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that an application for a contributory widower's pension by a person (details supplied) will be processed...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Review
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review in respect of a rent allowance payment will be completed in the case of a person (details supplied); when they...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application by person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that a State pension application by a person (details supplied) is dealt with. [51012/19]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Pyrite Remediation Programme
408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason County Westmeath was not included in the pyrite remediation scheme in 2013 in view of the fact the two bordering...
- Local Authority Housing
409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will be instructed to buy the homes of tenants in receipt of a notice to quit at...
- Fire Stations Upgrade
410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when additional facilities will be provided for a fire station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Agency Data
411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved; the number of loans drawn down; the average loan approved; the amount...
- Proposed Legislation
412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the electoral commission Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50746/19]
- Electoral Register
413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the electoral (amendment) Bill to provide for the modernisation of the electoral registration system; and...
- Constitutional Amendments
414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to hold the referendum to extend voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad in presidential elections; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis; and if he will make a...
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the letter of offer will be sent to Louth County Council on the Westgate vision plan which has been supported through the...
- Meteorological Services
417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of recruiting six extra full-time meteorologists and six extra full-time meteorological posts in...
- Electoral Commission Administration
418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to establish an annual cost to run an independent electoral commission on a permanent basis. [50975/19]
- Electoral Reform
420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific voter incentive schemes he has considered; if an "I Voted" sticker scheme or similar has been considered; and if...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing income limit for eligibility to be considered for social housing will be reviewed in the context of ongoing...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations that apply to the installation of civilian helipads. [51013/19]
- Local Authority Housing Provision
423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites owned by Louth County Council that were purchased by the local authority since 2000 for the purpose of developing...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Special Protection Areas Designation
424. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the carbon sequestration potential of designated land, including hen harrier designated land, has been examined with respect to...
- National Raised Bog Management Plan
425. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to compensate farmers with land that has been affected by the reflooding of a bog; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
426. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed on an agency basis in her Department and in each agency under her aegis; and if she will make a...
- Heritage Sites
427. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Grand Canal basin graving docks; and if she supports the preservation and restoration of this important...
