Written answers

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services Provision
      62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the alternative arrangements put in place for children attending crèches (details supplied) that face closure by the end of 2019; and...
    • Domestic Violence Services Provision
      63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the appeals process arising from the decision made following the submission of expressions of interest by Galway city, county and the...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide additional refuge places in line with the recommendations of the Council of Europe; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Protection Services Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate counselling, support and rescue services remain available through her Department to...
    • Childcare Services
      66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she plans to ensure the national childcare scheme will benefit parents in view of the fact there is no onus on childcare...
    • Departmental Budgets
      67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an unused amount of €60 million was returned to the Exchequer in 2018 as reported by the Office of the Comptroller and...
    • Childcare Services Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families and children signed up to the new national childcare scheme; the number of families and children that will remain on...
    • Legislative Process
      69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019; the timeline for the progression of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures Tusla and its homeless liaison officer are taking to ensure the necessary supports are in place for homeless families with...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support measures in place for parents in circumstances in which a crèche has been deregistered; and her views on the creation of...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will meet an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; her views on whether Ireland is compliant with the Istanbul...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the dismantling of targeted schemes that are being replaced by the new national childcare scheme will have a negative...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will extend the deadline and provide technical support to crèche owners in view of the short timeframe and the technical...
    • Education Welfare Service
      75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide alternatives to prosecution for parents who fail to ensure their children attend school; and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      76. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost and envisaged costs of the mid-level governance arrangements with education and training boards, ETBs, put in place by her...
    • Domestic Violence
      77. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a report (details supplied) will be published; her views on each of the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report; and if...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      78. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure adopted persons have a right to tracing information on their birth families and particularly birth parents; and if she...
    • Education Welfare Service Expenditure
      79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to her Department of prosecuting parents for the failure of children to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 22 October 2019 and her acknowledgement to correspondence of 5 November 2019, the progress made...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the uptake of the national childcare scheme to date in County Kildare; the way in which she can ensure further continued applications; and...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the postponement of the introduction of new fire safety regulations for crèches; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments will be backdated to parents who applied for the national childcare scheme but whose applications have not been processed to...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of uptake of supports for providers of the affordable childcare scheme in County Cork; the efforts being made to promote the...
    • Family Support Services
      86. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to fill the gap in provision of family services left by the recently announced closure of a service (details...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff Data
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed on an agency basis in his Department and in each agency under his aegis. [50812/19]
    • National Economic and Social Council
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the work of the National Economic and Social Council; and the reports and submissions made in 2018 and to date in 2019. [51081/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      90. To ask the Taoiseach the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; and the budgeted costs of these campaigns. [51417/19]
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; and the purpose of these data sharing...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number of vacant positions; and...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      93. To ask the Taoiseach the progress on reform measures outlined in appendix 1 of the Strategy Statement 2017-2020 of his Department. [51602/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of these...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Army Equitation School
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of horses attached to the Defence Forces equitation school in each of the past four years to date in 2019; if funding is being...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional berths for Naval Service vessels at Haulbowline provided in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost if the patrol duty allowance increased by 15% based on 2018 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be secured in 2020 for a new electric target range at the Defence Forces training centre; if so, when work will commence; and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contribute or speak at the next Foreign Affairs Council, FAC, meeting regarding the reports of one million persons being detained...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to statements in Dáil Éireann on a case (details supplied), if he has made progress on the matter. [49994/19]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has scaled back by a third the number of observers it sent to the recent elections in Belarus compared to previous...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the commitments made at the recent Nairobi summit marking 25 years of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo;...
    • Human Rights
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Iran; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51215/19]
    • Crime Investigation
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Malta; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51216/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and efforts to de-escalate violence and tension in the region; and if he...
    • Israeli Settlements
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports of plans for new settlements in Hebron; the actions he will take in view of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the new initiative on sexual and reproductive health and rights promised in A Better World; when the initiative will be...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the Middle East; the meetings held; the issues discussed, specifically relating to the funding...
    • Human Rights
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of Bahrain and reported human rights abuses has been raised at the EU Foreign Affairs Council; if he has expressed his views to...
    • Syrian Conflict
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Syria; the efforts being made to bring an end to the long-running conflict; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Data
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if each embassy is fully wheelchair accessible; if not, the embassies that are not fully wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a...
    • EU Meetings
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the December 2019 EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; the issues that will be discussed; and if he will meet with the...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work being carried out to implement the all-party motions of 2008 and 2011 relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €100 the maximum VRT relief for electric vehicles. [51131/19]
    • Tax Code
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the income tax standard rate bands in line with projected core harmonised index of consumer prices, HICP,...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review has been conducted into the sale of whole-of-life insurance policies; if there has been an investigation into the attachment of such policies to...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Central Bank of regulating the credit union sector in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount received from credit...
    • Insurance Costs
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to insurance premiums for a circus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/19]
    • Tax Code
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the current rate of the life assurance exit tax in order to bring it in line with the rate of DIRT; the reason there is an 8% difference...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to lower motor insurance premiums here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51346/19]
    • Corporate Governance
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in tabular form regarding each of the action points made in the report Measures to Enhance Ireland’s Corporate, Economic and...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of these campaigns;...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of these data sharing...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information Commissioner overturned...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number of vacant...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Property Tax Collection
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding property tax in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51601/19]
    • IBRC Investigations
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 has been invoked by IBRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51627/19]
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020 if the universal social charge rate of 0.5% was discounted for persons earning between €12,012 and €19,000. [51690/19]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners' enforcement unit at Dublin Airport in each of the past...
    • Tax Deduction Systems
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax deductibility of expenses incurred by landlords against case V rental income such as replacement of furniture, washing machine,...
    • Tax Agreements
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his EU counterparts recently, particularly since the NATO summit held in London at which the proposed digital sales tax of 2% to be...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners do not accept electronic transfers (details supplied) as a more direct and easily accessible payment method; and if he...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Staff
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in resolving a pay claim submitted by a group (details supplied) requesting that salaries and scales be rectified to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme as of 1 December 2019; if the proposed timeline is on schedule; if the scheme will be...
    • Garda Station Closures
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 20 October 2015, the engagements that have taken place and progress made with the landlord...
    • Army Barracks
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to utilise a facility maintained by the OPW (details supplied); the Departments and or State agencies that have expressed...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the spouses and children's pension scheme was opened to female employees in the Civil Service; if allowances will be made for...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 5 November 2019, if the treatment of service in the Defence Forces regarding pension...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
    • Election Expenditure
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remuneration returning officers received for carrying out their duties in respect of the 2019 local and European elections; and if...
    • Garda Stations
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51805/19]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Data
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships registrations and number of new apprenticeship programmes which have resulted out of the Action Plan to Expand...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) to replace prefab classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second ASD unit urgently required by a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51090/19]
    • School Accommodation
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51127/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary school for the Donabate peninsula, County Dublin (details supplied); if a cost-benefit analysis has been...
    • School Accommodation
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment of a school (details supplied) will take place. [51184/19]
    • School Services Staff
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a scheme to provide for occupational pensions for school secretaries and caretakers who are paid by their board of...
    • School Accommodation
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding extending the lease for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51200/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider measures to reduce the class sizes in DEIS schools in view of evidence such as the study Addressing Education Disadvantage by...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51232/19]
    • Irish Language
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new junior certificate Irish paper has been changed (details supplied); if so, if the long-term aim is that Irish will no longer be a...
    • Pension Provisions
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an illness related early retirement pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/19]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a preschool (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is not closed due to processing of Teaching Council registrations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Funding
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of university funding coming from the military-industrial complex has been investigated; his views on the matter; and if he will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain more home tuition hours; if additional hours will be allocated; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the provision of school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51316/19]
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school books scheme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form. [51322/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new resource teachers. [51323/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new educational psychologists. [51325/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of employing ten new speech and language therapists. [51326/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student teacher ratio by one point. [51327/19]
    • School Services Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of bringing secretary pay in line with those employed directly by his Department. [51340/19]
    • School Transport Fees
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of waiving fees paid by students for school transport via the school transport scheme at primary and secondary level,...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the staff shortage in the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board; if his further attention...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 26 November 2019, when Bus Éireann will commence liaising with the family in relation to the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if...
    • Training Support Grant
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who is unemployed and wishes to undertake an ETB course is eligible for a social welfare payment while partaking in the course...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed in which a child has no place for school in September 2020. [51365/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS band one schools will be urgently prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to increase the number of ASD units at primary and post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51391/19]
    • School Management
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider granting one administrative release day each week to teaching principals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of these...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a physical education hall will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51473/19]
    • DEIS Review
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing review of the DEIS support scheme. [51475/19]
    • Schools Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which the use of an application fee has been reported and confirmed by county in 2019, in tabular form; if refunds have...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his actions to date to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) of the Children's Rights Alliance home works...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have had discussions with and received correspondence from a trust (details supplied) or the religious orders in charge of...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expansion plans for a school (details supplied); if sanction has been given for expansion in 2020; and if sanction has been given for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional school building will be expedited. [51624/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved capital projects for new school buildings, refurbishments of existing school buildings and temporary classroom provisions in an area...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new campus for a school (details supplied) on lands; the status of same; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the temporary accommodation arrangements which will be made for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact the lease is due to expire on its...
    • DEIS Scheme
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional improvements that will be made for DEIS schools; the resources that will be made available to them in 2020; the pupil-teacher...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the adequacy of the categorisation by SUSI of mature students as being dependent on their parents due to the fact they reside with...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused the SUSI grant due to the fact they were categorised as dependent will be addressed;...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €23,000 funding applied for by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme for the installation of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of school building projects (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51747/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the habitual residence clause by which Irish citizens returning here to study higher education undergraduate courses are not entitled to free...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) are to recommence in the summer of 2020; if so, the accommodation which will be made for a créche...
    • School Patronage
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the patronage of the new secondary school in Greystones, County Wicklow which is scheduled to open in 2021;...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 3 December 2019, the position regarding the postal delivery of payslips to teachers; and if he will...
    • School Transport Appeals
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding a school transport appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a purpose-built campus for a recently established school (details supplied) will commence construction; if it will be completed within the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital building works by a school (details supplied). [51813/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to amending the regulations governing tuition grants to Irish citizens returning here from outside the EU to take...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs assistant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51846/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Magdalen Laundries
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered broadening the terms of the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme for those who were resident in...
    • Legislative Reviews
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent UN special rapporteur official commentary on the way in which Ireland has been dealing with hate crime...
    • EU Directives
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland will pay financial penalties for not complying with an EU directive regarding the implementation of a wills...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the practice of private third party operators selling pre-booked appointments for the Irish...
    • Garda Deployment
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí assigned to County Mayo directly from the Garda College, Templemore, in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new legislation necessary further to the recent Court of Appeal decision regarding residency criteria for citizenship...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider ring-fencing assets and funds seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau for use by groups working with victims...
    • Direct Provision Data
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that transitioned from direct provision to permanent homes in the community after being granted refugee...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51180/19]
    • Immigration Status
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address undocumented children here; his plans to introduce pathways to residency for children and...
    • Garda Deployment
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 5 November 2019, the number of vehicles in operation in the Garda divisional fleet...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of requests for an earlier appointment with INIS for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cash for Gold Trade Regulation
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the consultation process on the regulation of the cash for gold trade from 2015 (details supplied); his plans to...
    • Family Reunification
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of family members that can be included under the family reunification process (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Garda Data
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda information messages handed out by An Garda Síochána to persons perceived to be in danger from...
    • Crime Data
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 6 November 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed in Garda stations in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51345/19]
    • Refugee Status Applications
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for asylum or refugee status has been submitted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Corporate Governance
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in tabular form for each of the action points made in a report Measures to Enhance Ireland’s...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each...
    • Employment Rights
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the monitoring of the atypical workers scheme as it relates to the fishing industry to ensure that the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be assisted in order to attend a naturalisation ceremony in Killarney, County Kerry; and if...
    • Human Trafficking
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact there have been confirmed cases of human trafficking within the fishing industry...
    • Garda Investigations
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the examination by the Garda Commissioner to review the files on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Data
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of gardaí per head of population in each of the Dublin metropolitan divisions in each of the past five years....
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by the State on emergency accommodation for asylum seekers to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Reports
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2018 annual report of An Garda Síochána will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Recruitment
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions for Garda members to join the north Dublin roads policing unit held in 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Garda Transport Data
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Garda Recruitment
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional full-time accountants for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau;...
    • Garda National Immigration Bureau
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the years 2017 to 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will table the required amendments to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when the amendments...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda CCTV cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51680/19]
    • Garda Data
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new dogs that joined the Garda dog unit to date in 2019; the number of dogs withdrawn from the unit to date in...
    • Garda Accommodation
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the work will commence on the refurbishment of the Garda immigration facility at Rosslare Harbour; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport Data
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to the Clare Garda division as of 31 December 2018 and 4 December 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when section 5 of the Judicial Council Act 2019 will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51689/19]
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 17 September 2019, if the report is now to hand in view of the fact An Garda...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for installation and the process to follow for community groups that are anxious regarding anti-social behaviour...
    • Missing Children
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children reported missing in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the number found; and if he will make...
    • Human Trafficking
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of suspected child trafficking brought to the attention of his Department in each of the past three...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to place barbers and hairdressers on the list of eligible staff for work permits; if she has carried out an audit of the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts she is making to improve the management skills within Irish SMEs with reference to Enterprise Ireland and other State-led...
    • Corporate Governance
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in tabular form regarding each of the action points made in the report Measures To Enhance Ireland’s...
    • Personal Injuries Commission
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission that fall under her...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by her Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the data sharing agreements her Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests in which her Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget and number of staff working in her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Employment Rights
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to increase the monitoring of the atypical workers scheme as it relates to the fishing industry to ensure that the terms of...
    • Trade Missions
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to have a trade and investment mission to Singapore early in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51659/19]
    • Proposed Legislation
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to update the Casual Trading Act 1995. [51695/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for replacing phased dispensing fees and replacing them with a capitation fee; if his attention has been drawn to the effects on pharmacists; and if...
    • Disability Services Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will review the funding being made available to an organisation (details supplied) that provides preschool for children with...
    • Healthcare Policy
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports in place to assist those who have additional costs as a result of having chronic lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis and COPD; if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      308. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for surgery in view of the exceptional...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the locum oncologist at University Hospital Kerry; if the person occupying the role at present is expected to remain in the role; his plans to...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if a service provider (details supplied) sought additional funding for the continuance of a service; if his attention has been drawn to the effect its closure...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the combined immunotherapy treatment of ipilimumab and nivolumab is not funded as a first line treatment option for advanced renal cell carcinoma...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      312. To ask the Minister for Health when the psychologist vacancy in respect of the early intervention service in Spiddal, County Galway, will be filled; the reason for the delay in filling the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment appointment for a hip operation in Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Paediatric Services
      315. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 21 November 2019, the person or body that will care for the children attending the pain management clinic at Our...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when a health centre (details supplied) in County Galway which was closed on a temporary basis will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure in view of...
    • Health Services Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term stay bed will be provided for a person (details supplied). [51153/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by county awaiting home care support at 30 November 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51155/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      320. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 1 October 2019, the status of the appointment of a person to the oncologist post at University Hospital Kerry by...
    • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Midlands Louth Meath CHO Healthy Ireland Implementation Plan 2018-2022 does not contain specific measures...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the groups in receipt of core funding from the HSE to deliver supports to family members of persons suffering addiction. [51159/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      324. 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. [51164/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE and service providers offering home sharing to persons with intellectual disabilities, physical and...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which governance and operational meetings were held with agencies (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applicants in receipt of disability allowance and who also have earnings from employment; if the requirement to provide a...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home care packages in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51198/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health if delays being experienced in the delivery of home care packages in the CHO 7 area in counties Kildare and Wicklow will be addressed; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      332. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 2 July 2019, the status of the review; when the results will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the expected number of hours to be provided for home help in 2020 in each CHO; the estimated level of funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by external agencies by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the amount spent...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support for those who suffered thalidomide-related frailties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51219/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [51223/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number and specific posts the University Limerick hospital group is hiring in terms of the recruitment of a specialist dietician for adults with type 1...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51226/19]
    • Mobility Allowance
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mobility allowance scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when a replacement scheme will be announced; and if he will make...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 26 November 2019, if a place will be secured for a person (details supplied) [51234/19]
    • Pharmacy Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to follow up on a report (details supplied) commissioned by the HSE on pharmacy fees; the findings of the report; and if it will be...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement has been appointed for a position (details supplied) at Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in view of the fact that the post...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applicants who are in receipt of disability allowance and also have earnings from employment (details supplied); and if he...
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a nursing unit (details supplied) is not taking respite admissions at present; when it will be accepting same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      349. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the ongoing provision of a position (details supplied) at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in view of the fact that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on gynaecological waiting lists by month from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, for the three Dublin maternity hospitals (details...
    • Hospitals Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons being referred to gynaecological services for the three Dublin maternity hospitals (details supplied) for each month in 2018 and to date...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      352. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 9 April 2019, the status of the patient safety (licensing) Bill in view of the continuing and ongoing lack of...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in 2020 to start the design phase for the new emergency department for Mayo University Hospital. [51279/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo waiting for an occupational therapy, physiotherapy and-or speech and language appointment in tabular form; and the length...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists working in County Mayo; the number of vacancies of same; the length of time the posts have been vacant; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment at Mayo University Hospital; and the length of time they been waiting [51284/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts at Mayo University Hospital; and the areas in which the vacancies are located. [51285/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [51286/19]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open a full-time ambulance base in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, in view of the inability of the ambulance bases in the county to meet HIQA response...
    • Health Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on supplying a hospital bed to the home of a person (details supplied). [51289/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a student (details supplied) who did not receive the HPV vaccine in 2018 due to an illness cannot be administered Gardasil 9 in 2019 and is being...
    • Patient Transport
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new transport support scheme to replace the discontinuation of the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance turnaround time performance target in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if the 2019 target (details supplied) represents a change from the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a replacement speech and language therapist for the Mountbellew primary care centre, County Galway (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support house in CHO5 at the end of October 2019; the number waiting zero to three, three to six, six to...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) due to the priority nature of the case; when the person will receive...
    • Health Services Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in each hospital since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 came into force; the number of persons...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the provision made for conscientious objection by members of medical staff on abortion services; the procedure for conscientious objection to abortion services...
    • Health Services Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if situations have arisen in which women that have been treated for a termination of pregnancy have recovered in a maternity ward; if so, the number and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      374. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 October 2019, if a date for an operation will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours awarded to a person (details supplied) will be put into place. [51329/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to allow a person (details supplied) to receive the optimum dose of their medication as per clinical recommendation without...
    • HSE Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving transfer requests across similar grades and status within the clerical officer, administration and public health nurse...
    • Health Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing support services and resourcing provided at University Hospital Waterford for patients who received stoma surgery and attend the hospital on an...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the new home care packages in the past six months by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51359/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason multiple sclerosis IV treatment is not available in University Hospital Kerry and is only available privately at a private hospital (details...
    • Nursing Home Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the necessary funds are made available in order that the day-care and residential facilities at a care home (details supplied) can remain...
    • Health Reports
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has taken place of persons who have been adversely affected by vaginal mesh and their access to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive home care on a daily basis similar to the level they received at a previous address; and if he will make a...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the funding from his Department to the Canal Communities Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force by year since 2015; the planned funding for 2020; and if he will...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if an increase in funding of €1.5 million annually will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) from the HSE to enable it to be sustainable in...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs of these campaigns;...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of these data sharing...
    • Orthodontic Services
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if a new position for orthodontist therapists will be established within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51471/19]
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the number of vacant...
    • HSE Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the €198.5 million development funding held by his Department in 2019 for release to the HSE on approval of implementation plans...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories in which the 159 slides reviewed by a college (details supplied) came from and which were classified as discordant cases in which the expert...
    • Disability Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend services in the Central Remedial Clinic, Waterford, to the adult population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51513/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the spend for the Central Remedial Clinic, Waterford, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if a referral will be expedited for a person (details supplied) to the Cavan and Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51576/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if home help for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51580/19]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of having the cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital operational five days per week. [51581/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when the mortuary at Beaumont Hospital was last refurbished; and if funding to have it refurbished in 2020 is available [51582/19]
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a primary medical certificate for a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51583/19]
    • Planning Issues
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he refused to appoint an independent health specialist to investigate the dossier and the additional documents sent to him relating to persons...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 19 November 2019, if an organisation (details supplied) will continue to provide services for children at a school...
    • Dental Services Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental treatments offered to primary school children in circumstances in which children in sixth class in schools in areas of south-west County...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the recent report of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51605/19]
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding concerns in the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; if representations have been made in this regard; and if he will...
    • Medical Qualifications
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is necessary for applicants for psychotherapist posts to hold a social science degree and a degree in psychotherapy to qualify for psychotherapy...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a second consultant for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51630/19]
    • HSE Governance
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE ensures compliance with best practice in the provision of medical services by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE hospitals refer patients to non-compliant centres for hyperbaric medicine services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51633/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      418. 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. [51639/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for assistance for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51641/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. 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. [51642/19]
    • HSE National Service Plan
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding available to severe asthma centres for anti-IL5 inhibitor treatments will be increased in the HSE national service plan 2020, in view of recent...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that applied to join a group (details supplied) recently; the number that should have been included initially, that is, they met the...
    • Health Services Reports
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the way in which women and their families were treated as part of the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for the winter plan was not included in the 2019 HSE service plan and is being included in the Supplementary Estimates; and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      430. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to open a residential care centre (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he met officials regarding same; and if he will...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the rent paid to date on a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51678/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [51679/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a paediatric pain consultant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51700/19]
    • HSE Properties
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a building (details supplied); the plans of the HSE to use the property; the timeline for operation; and the cost to the HSE of renting the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a full assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51719/19]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the problems that exist regarding the printing of documents from the information technology system in the health service; the number of persons affected by the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not issued to a local authority (details supplied) regarding its request for a meeting; if he will review same with a view to arranging...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      439. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 5 December 2018, if, following a review (details supplied) he will direct the HSE to provide the information...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) would not receive a full reimbursement under the cross-Border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of slides requested by a college (details supplied) to be included in its review and which had been given consent for inclusion by the women...
    • Cancer Awareness
      447. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 320, 321, 322, 324 and 325 of 26 November 2019, the reason implants which caused breast implant associated anaplastic...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need of a person (details supplied) to undergo ENT treatment in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Paediatric Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 6 November 2019, the reason there are no primary care paediatric services in County Kilkenny; if children referred...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to allocate funding directly to an organisation (details supplied) following commitments provided by the Minster of State with...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 411 and 412 of 3 December 2019, the breakdown of the home care budget for CHO9; the funding allocated, for example, to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [51815/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if they will be permitted to enter the beef exceptional aid measure...
    • GLAS Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an amendment to the GLAS scheme to compensate GLAS or other scheme participants who lose a portion or their...
    • Agrifood Sector
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason members of an association (details supplied) are not included in the stakeholder committee that will develop the agrifood...
    • Live Exports
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to ensure live crab exports to China will resume as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants under TAMS will be notified of the outcome of their applications and the grant amounts being approved; and if an...
    • Live Exports
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to maintain the exports of Irish brown crab to the Chinese market in view of the fact fishermen rely on this...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the existing CAP budget will be maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51383/19]
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the knowledge transfer scheme that assists farmers in increasing efficiency and profitability will be rolled over until the CAP is...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the greening payment will be rolled over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51385/19]
    • GLAS Issues
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS scheme will be extended until a new payment is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51386/19]
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide clarity in respect of the proposed two TB tests for cattle; the stage and circumstances these two TB tests will...
    • Live Exports
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the export of calves in early 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51389/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay for the renewal and extension of tree felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51484/19]
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board;...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated in respect of farming costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Animal Welfare
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to media reports (details supplied) regarding the killing of dairy bull calves; his views on same;...
    • Employment Rights
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the atypical workers scheme in relation to the fishing industry does not provide for...
    • Live Exports
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review live exports of cattle to third countries by ship; and his further plans to introduce a moratorium on same in...
    • Greyhound Industry
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report (details supplied) on the greyhound industry will be available; and the reason for the delay in its publication. [51673/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51686/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outstanding balances for 2019 GLAS payments will be finalised and issued. [51699/19]
    • Animal Welfare
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that officials from his Department have recently removed approximately 25 feral goats from the herd in the Scalp...
    • Forestry Management
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the findings of the strategic environmental assessment of the Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 (details supplied). [51784/19]
    • Afforestation Programme
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if current policy does not permit afforestation within hen harrier SPAs pending the formulation of the threat response plan for the...
    • GLAS Payments
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a GLAS payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51877/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing each grant level by €100, including the maximum grant for the purchase of...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timescale for broadband roll-out in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51205/19]
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the delay in the provision of the warmer home grants due to increased demand; his...
    • Air Quality
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the poor air quality recorded by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 3 December 2019, if he will provide a full and detailed breakdown of fees...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020;...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which...
    • Departmental Meetings
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if no officials attended an event hosted by a company (details supplied) which took place in County Clare on 19...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the 300 broadband hubs were selected for the national broadband plan roll-out; the level of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Rail Services Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the rolling stock purchased by Irish Rail in recent years is being stored in warehouses and cannot be used. [51512/19]
    • Regional Road Network
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the regional road network nationwide, specifically those coded R; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of...
    • Greenways Development
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to compensate land owners who lose portions of their payments, for example, via the GLAS scheme specifically owing to land...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down by the end of October and November 2019 by local authority in respect of the national roads allocation 2019; if the...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to include a feasibility study on the recommendation in the recent Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly...
    • Bus Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated for new bus shelters in County Kildare during the remainder of 2019; his plans for 2020; and if he will make...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars clamped to date at the Luas Red Cow Park and Ride; the number of these appealed; the number of successful appeals; the...
    • National Development Plan Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding budgeted under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in each of the next five years by transport, tourism and sport by year...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
    • Bus Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the establishment of bus shelters at bus stops (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Industrial Relations
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body, authority or court to which an employee can refer issues relating to the employee's rights under section 12(9) of the State...
    • EU Directives
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the agreement regarding the implementation of the Work in...
    • Sports Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initiatives or grants available for local organisations and groups to assist local schools in the promotion of sports and active...
    • Traffic Management
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Dublin city centre resignalling project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51648/19]
    • Employment Rights
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of unannounced inspections conducted by the Marine Survey Office, MSO, as a result of referrals by the Workplace Relations...
    • Taxi Regulations
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revise the local area hackney scheme by changing the area within which a driver may pick up passengers from the existing 5 km...
    • Tender Process
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a tender to construct a new national velodrome and badminton centre has been published; and if so, when construction will commence...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met the CEO of the DAA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a sports capital grant application by a club (details supplied) was unsuccessful in the most recent round of the programme;...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the Road Safety Authority, RSA, of using an external provider to carry out the task of manually inputting the data received...
    • Human Trafficking
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in preventing trafficking in human beings, prosecuting human traffickers and protecting victims of human...
    • Employment Rights
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which, in the absence of effective rules on maximum hours of work and minimum hours of rest on sea-fishing vessels the Marine...
    • Bus Éireann
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount Bus Éireann lost, that is, the net deficit in 2013 for commercial services including expressway. [51737/19]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason correspondence (details supplied) was not forwarded to the sub-committee of a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fleet size of Dublin Bus in each of the years 1990 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51745/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the next phase of the southern distributor route for Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Climate Change Policy
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he or bodies under his aegis with responsibility for transport such as the National Transport Authority have carried out of...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car parking spaces at the Luas park and ride facility in Carrickmines, Dublin 18; the equivalent number of spaces at the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of increasing the funding of the school completion programme by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, in tabular form....
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers found in breach of regulation by Tusla as a result of the new regulations on standardised quality of care...
    • Childcare Services Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the participation of private childcare providers in the national childcare scheme; the breakdown of places available under the scheme for...
    • Draft Childminding Action Plan
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding childminding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51166/19]
    • Youth Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to engage with local and voluntary youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51202/19]
    • Ombudsman for Children Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year running cost of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. [51342/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by her Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted costs...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the data sharing agreements her Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the purpose of...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of freedom of information requests in which her Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board; the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget and number of staff working in her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she...
    • UN International Conference on Population and Development
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the recent Nairobi summit (details supplied); the commitments made by Ireland; the way in which the implementation of...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a funding application made by an organisation (details supplied) to Tusla for capital funding; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the €22,000 withheld from a preschool (details supplied) in respect of a November 2018 compliance audit has not issued in...
    • Bullying of Children
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which provision is being made to combat bullying outside of school among teenagers; the extent to which bodies under her...
    • Departmental Budgets
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied that the budget of her Department remains sufficient to meet the challenges of the future in...
    • Children in Care
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed in safe residential care, including foster care, in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the degree...
    • Child Protection
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she, through her Department, has positively intervened to support families or children deemed to be at risk in each of...
    • Children in Care
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has access to safe and secure placement for children at risk; if this is sufficient to meet the demand; and if she...
    • Child Protection
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in need of and receiving protection from the State through her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Child Abuse Prevention
      576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken by her Department to provide an early alert system in cases of suspected child abuse; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of community child support services, including the provision of...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she maintains dialogue with the Prison Service with a view to providing appropriate support for first-time offender...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme
      579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community social programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51255/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for a childcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51097/19]
    • Recreational Facilities
      581. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he has taken to maintain a commitment given to compensate landowners for losses in scheme payments, for example, GLAS, as a...
    • Departmental Funding
      582. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local authority or project promoter from which he has withdrawn funding for projects that were initially approved by his...
    • Sports Funding
      583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grant funding suitable for a large-scale sports project is available (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of schools in each county that have been successful in applying for a school playground from the CLÁR programme in...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the budgeted...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      587. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each board;...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Charities Regulatory Authority Expenditure
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the Charities Regulatory Authority in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [51694/19]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a farm assist application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Benefit Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a child benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment supervisors are classified as employees of an active labour market programme in view of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51176/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51196/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for carer’s allowance applications for each month to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); when a decision...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of State pension (contributory) which should be paid to a person (details supplied); the reason they are only...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) for a review of a refusal of a disability...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a review of a refusal of invalidity pension by a person (details...
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed persons qualify for the working family payment; if not, the alternative payments available; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a survey carried out in 2018 by her Department of parents on domiciliary care allowance in respect of...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason seasonal self-employed workers cannot claim jobseeker's benefit; and if she will consider changing this anomaly to...
    • Child Poverty
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children that will have to be taken out of poverty if the 2020 child poverty target is to be met in view of the...
    • Poverty Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in consistent poverty here based on the latest SILC data; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [51313/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with this Deputy and a person (details supplied) to discuss older workers and community employment schemes;...
    • Child Benefit Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in July 2020. [51321/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of talks with community employee supervisors; the status of proposals; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person who is unemployed and wishes to undertake an education and training board, ETB, course is not eligible...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if self-employed persons can avail of illness benefit when on sick leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51377/19]
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by her Department for the first six months of 2020; the...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the data sharing agreements her Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests in which her Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the...
    • Pensions Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 26 November 2019, the reason for the difference between gross and net cost...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/19]
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget and number of staff working in her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Pensions Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who will be affected by the increase in the pension age to 67 years of age from January 2021; the...
    • Pensions Reform
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to inform the public of the increase in the pension age to 67 years of age in 2021; and if she will...
    • JobPath Programme
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if JobPath participants can have safe pass paid on their behalf to increase their chances of securing employment; if so, the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) lodged in July 2019 will be expedited; the status of same; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for carer's benefit in view of the refusal of carer's allowance; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent allowance in County Kildare in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019,...
    • Disablement Benefit
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the cuts to the disablement pension made during the recession are reversed at the next possible...
    • Pensions Reform
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received correspondence from a union (details supplied) regarding increases in the State pension age; the...
    • Pensions Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the qualifying condition for the State pension 30 years of PRSI contributions as opposed to the...
    • Pension Provisions
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork concerning pension...
    • Parental Leave
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that fathers can take the newly introduced parental leave immediately after their two weeks paternity...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of discussions for pensions for persons (details supplied); the changes she will make to the Pensions Act 1990 and...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); if their attention was drawn to the decision;...
    • Jobseeker's Payments
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date she received a copy of the report into the impact of reduced rates of jobseeker's payments on the young unemployed...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the business case that has been made to fund local authorities to rent from cuckoo funds; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by local authorities on HAP; the estimated amount for...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of HAP in County Kildare in each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Quarrying Sector
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he has taken arising from a television programme (details supplied) that outlined serious planning and other issues...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the formal appointment of two local government officials at senior executive officer level will be made to manage...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the public sector benchmark exercise for bundle 1 of the PPP social housing scheme will be published. [51137/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average unit price paid for social housing new builds, turnkeys and acquisitions for each scheme funded by his Department...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Limerick City and County Council will be included in the pyrite remediation scheme; the eligibility criteria for same.; and...
    • Light Rail Projects
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he has taken to include a feasibility study on the recent Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly recommendation to...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of a new grant scheme to upgrade domestic septic tanks; his views on the fact that work on the new...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made each year to date under the buy and renew scheme in County Donegal; the number of successful...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if concerns and-or issues were raised regarding the ground works and-or rising walls construction phase of a project (details...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the definition of a first-time buyer under the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 does not apply to a Rebuilding...
    • Fire Service
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Louth County Council for fire services in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Fire Service Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire personnel stationed in County Louth. [51302/19]
    • Planning Appeals
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of decisions to grant permission to construct one-off houses that were subsequently appealed to An Bord...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the original targets for housing schemes (details supplied) from the €70 million rolling fund; and the number of units...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by his Department for the first six months of 2020; the...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the data sharing agreements his Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies;...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies or organisations under the remit of his Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget and number of staff working in his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Ground Rents
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to claims for ground rent that are being pursued against residents of a location (details...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has visited the North Lotts strategic development zone, SDZ, area to observe the impact that major large-scale...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a remedy available for a person who is the victim of substandard building work relating to the construction of a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in place for reforms to the fair deal scheme and vacant homes as outlined in a statement (details supplied). [51812/19]
    • An Bord Pleanála
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the staffing levels of An Bord Pleanála in order to deal effectively with the large number of...
    • Vacant Properties
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing in villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Homeless Persons Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children that have spent time in homeless services over the past five years by age groups of zero to five, five...
    • Energy Efficiency
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €20 million allocation for retrofitting homes in the midlands under the just transition plan is funding from the...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if assistance is available for persons residing in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether, in view of the severity of the current housing crisis, a more aggressive vacant site tax is needed to...
    • Property Tax
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the local property tax has failed to generate additional funding for local government and services since...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the built heritage investment scheme or the historic structures fund covers the replacement of thatched roofs on private homes;...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      688. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the counsel of her Department has ceased agreeing to the series of adjournments made in the case of a review (details...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the advertising campaigns, promotional events and launches planned by her Department for the first six months of 2020; the...
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the data sharing agreements her Department has in place with organisations that are not other Departments or State agencies; the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests in which her Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or organisations under the remit of her Department; the number that have boards; the number of positions on each...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget and number of staff working in her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulated coursing matches approved by the fixtures committee at a club (details supplied) for the 2019-2020 season; and the...
    • Film Industry Development
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on making Ireland a global hub for film, television drama and animation since the launch of the audiovisual...

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