Written answers
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to address the issue of social housing for persons with mental health issues; his plans to provide...
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing schemes that were listed on the original local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, scheme and submitted...
- Vacant Properties
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51107/19]
- Credit Union Lending
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review group of establishing a special purpose vehicle to enable credit union funding; and if he will make a...
- Building Regulations Compliance
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a one stop shop for homeowners who discover latent defects that would provide information,...
- Land Development Agency
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the land and homes on a site (details supplied) will remain in public ownership into the future in view of the possible...
- Water Quality
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the recent large-scale boil water notice that affected over 600,000 residents in counties Meath, Kildare and...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of work within his Department and local authorities for the provision of serviced sites, particularly in rural...
- Local Authority Housing Data
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct build and new local authority houses rented to tenants in each of the past four years to date by county;...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the mica redress scheme for affected homeowners in County Donegal; the progress made to...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income limits for access to the social housing waiting lists will be examined in view of recent reports that show the...
- Local Authority Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the funding shortfall experienced by several city and county councils following the change in Irish Water...
- Vacant Sites Levy
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the number of sites listed on the vacant site registers of local authorities; his views on whether each...
- Water Abstraction Regulation
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of water that private bottled water companies extract here; the locations in which they extract water; the amount...
- Planning Guidelines
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51868/19]
- Departmental Offices
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing delivery office; the relationship of the office with the Land Development Agency; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Staff
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of his Department in the provision of a dangerous substance officer within county councils; the role of same; and if...
- An Bord Pleanála
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that the quorum in An Bord Pleanála is only three members, which means that two members of the board...
- Housing Policy
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); the way in which...
- Rent Pressure Zones
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 in order that the expiry date of each deemed...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the summary of the 2019 social housing needs assessment. [51755/19]
- Seanad Reform
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the implementation of the Seanad reform group proposals; and the timeline for same. [51857/19]
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure the figures of those on the RAS and HAP transfer lists are included on the list of those awaiting social...
- Home Loan Scheme
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most up-to-date figures on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of loans applied for; the number of loans...
- Housing Estates
77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the taking in charge of housing estates process will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51117/19]
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be considered for a second bridge into Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for progressing the housing and planning and development (amendment) Bill; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Local Authority Facilities
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact the CEO of Dublin City Council is proposing that depot sites be sold to facilitate...
- Local Authority Rates
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had meetings with Louth County Council regarding an anomaly by which County Louth is the only local authority to have...
- Home Loan Scheme
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Meath County Council has sufficient funding to approve applications for the Rebuilding Ireland home...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new build targets set by Galway City Council and Galway County Councils in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
- Rental Sector Strategy
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to fund the affordable cost-rental project in St Michael’s Estate, Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if...
- Housing Assistance Payment Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the waiting times for processing of HAP applications by each local authority; the additional resources he will release to...
- Electoral Process
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans with regard to the regulation of political advertising on social media platforms further to the recent meeting of the...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Civil Service Renewal Plan
96. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Department provides collective leadership to the Civil Service renewal programme. [51616/19]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
97. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have met political leaders from Northern Ireland regarding the Northern Ireland Assembly. [51617/19]
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
98. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that discusses agricultural matters; and when it last met. [51618/19]
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
99. To ask the Taoiseach the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight schemes and programmes...
- Departmental Expenditure
101. To ask the Taoiseach the associated costs incurred by his Department in hosting the special Cabinet meeting in Trim, County Meath, on 6 December 2019; and the breakdown of the costs...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
102. To ask the Taoiseach the Government of Ireland-branded information initiatives to date in 2019 that carried out functions (details supplied) involving advertising and promotion on...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff Data
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Travel
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the occasions on which he and each Minister used the Government jet from May 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the date of each trip; the...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Budgets
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the severe cuts to defence and climate policy areas in view of the latest draft EU budget plans for 2021 to 2027 for the EU...
- Northern Ireland
109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the St. Andrews and Fresh Start agreements. [51853/19]
- Diplomatic Representation
110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings the special envoy to the United States of America has had since his appointment; the date and locations of meetings; the travel...
- Brexit Negotiations
111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the post-Brexit relationship talks planned as part of the December 2019 Foreign Affairs Council meeting; his policy...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight...
- Department of Finance
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the first-time buyers help to buy incentive scheme to cover second-hand houses and apartments and not just new builds; and if he will make...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of illicit tobacco products and-or non-Irish-paid tobacco here in tabular form; the percentage of these products that are cigarettes, illicit...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
116. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to acknowledge and respond to routine representations from Members of...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reintroducing the tax relief for trade union subscriptions based on 2010 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/19]
- Capital Allowances
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if accelerated capital allowances or other tax incentives are available for businesses that purchase and use newly manufactured fully electric mini-diggers;...
- Carbon Tax Implementation
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislative steps he is taking to ensure hypothecation of carbon tax revenues and ongoing allocation to climate-related expenditure; if his attention has...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight schemes and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Living Wage Expenditure
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.30 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service. [51997/19]
- Civil Service Staff Data
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the Civil Service. [51999/19]
- Public Sector Staff Data
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the public sector. [52000/19]
- Public Procurement Regulations
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements set down by the Office of Government Procurement or other bodies for contracting parties to publish details on an...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe the social considerations advisory group is working towards for completion of its work on the incorporation of social...
- Derelict Sites Data
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant or derelict properties by county that are in the ownership of the State and under the management of the Office of...
- Departmental Budgets
129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding and expenditure not spent by each Department and returned to the Exchequer in 2019. [51923/19]
- Garda Stations
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding OPW approval for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/19]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive an incremental salary payment owing based on service accrued in the European Civil Service...
- Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 15 October 2019, if the contract has been awarded; if so, when the contractors will be on...
- Data Centres
133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 12 November 2019, if tenders have now been invited for the project; if so, the closing date...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the associated costs incurred by his Department and the Office of Public Works in hosting the special Cabinet meeting in Trim, County...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pension Provisions
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pension entitlements to the spouse of a retired teacher in cases in which a teacher has retired in advance of a divorce from a first marriage...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS band 1 schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51899/19]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restrictions experienced by Irish citizens who do not meet the residency time limits criteria with regard to the lower tier of...
- Higher Education Institutions Staff
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staff to student ratio in publicly-funded higher education institutions here; the corresponding ratios from 2009 to 2014; the comparator...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application was received for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when a decision is likely...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken by the family of a child (details supplied) in circumstances in which no suitable school place is available for them...
- Psychological Assessments
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS assessment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [52062/19]
- School Transport Eligibility
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52088/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 19 November 2019, if the accommodation brief has been finalised; if so, the details of same; when a...
- School Enrolments
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 19 November 2019, if an application for temporary accommodation has been lodged to deal with the...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 12 November 2019, if there has been further progress in resolving the technical considerations; if a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 17 September 2019, if authorisation has issued to invite tenders for the project; if so, when...
- School Accommodation Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 17 September 2019, if approval has issued for the provision of additional mainstream and specialist...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to CPU, Coolock Garda station, Dublin 5 as of 1 January 2019 and 2 December 2019, in...
- Garda Transport Data
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra Garda public order unit vans allocated to the north Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, following the...
- Gambling Legislation
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the gambling control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51965/19]
- Naturalisation Applications
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact all documents have now been submitted as...
- Garda College
165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the planned dates for attestation of probationary gardaí at Templemore in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Data
168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the quota of 500 horticultural work permits has been filled; if she will increase the amount of work permits within the...
- Workplace Relations Services Data
169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the budget...
- Retail Sector
172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work she is undertaking to assist small businesses in the retail sector to develop an online presence; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenses incurred by her Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
- Ministerial Travel
176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the countries visited by her, her predecessors, the Minister of State with special responsibility for trade, employment, business, the...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the MindOut mental health programme in secondary schools; the areas in which the programme is being implemented; and if he will make a...
- HSE Reports
178. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 350 of 15 October 2019 and 160 of 23 October 2019, if he has received a briefing from his officials on the HSE valproate...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
179. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements made to replace a person (details supplied) who is due to leave his position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51902/19]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the person has been on the waiting list for over three years; and...
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at University Hospital Galway for a procedure; and if he will make a...
- Community Pharmacy Services
183. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51927/19]
- Psychological Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for psychiatric services in view of the length of time the child has been on the waiting list....
- Hospitals Data
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled in each hospital in each month January to November 2019; and the reason for cancellation in tabular form. [51930/19]
- Hospitals Discharges
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient discharges from hospitals in which patients were discharged to no fixed address, including bed and breakfasts, hostels, hotels and so on...
- Addiction Treatment Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated for gambling addiction to date in 2019. [51932/19]
- Hospital Beds Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number occupied, empty and closed, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Facilities
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 716 and 717 of 26 July 2017, the number of medical facilities, including maternity theatres, hospital wards, surgical...
- Respite Care Services Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day respite care sessions provided to date in 2019; and the way in which this compares with 2018 by CHO and LHO in tabular form [51937/19]
- Hospitals Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled nationally by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019, in tabular form. [51939/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time each person has been on the waiting list for cataract surgery nationally by hospital; the length of time people have been waiting by month...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months,...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in each local health office area; the number waiting less than four, four...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the speech and language therapy initial assessment waiting list; and the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
- Crime Data
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against front-line staff, including nurses, doctors, social workers, ambulance staff and other health professionals, to date in...
- Primary Care Centres Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of each primary care centre under construction, planning phase, opened and so on; the healthcare and medical staff working in each...
- Hospital Beds Data
206. To ask the Minister for Health the additional beds opened under the winter plan 2019-2020 to date; the hospitals the beds are located in; the number open in each hospital in tabular form;...
- National Children's Hospital Status
207. To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the site of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; if the hospital will remain in use within the public health system; and...
- Hospitals Building Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed maternity hospital to be co-located at the St. James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51953/19]
- Electronic Cigarettes
211. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date evidence and advice in respect of e-cigarettes; when same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51956/19]
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service from January to November 2019 by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation in tabular form;...
- Hospital Overcrowding
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a full-capacity protocol was invoked to date in 2019, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51959/19]
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
214. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency department waiting times greater than 24 hours for persons over 75 years of age to date in 2019; if the targets were met; if not, the number of...
- Ambulance Service Data
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times an on-duty ambulance, rapid response vehicle or intermediate care vehicle has been involved in an accident while on duty to date in 2019;...
- Public Relations Contracts Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and his Department on external public relations companies to date in 2019, in tabular form; the name of each company; the service...
- Community Pharmacy Services
218. To ask the Minister for Health if the pharmacy cuts set to be imposed, which will see the service of phased medication for vulnerable persons significantly reduced or wiped out, will be...
- Medicinal Products Availability
219. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding access to medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for inclusion on the fair deal scheme will be expedited. [51974/19]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51977/19]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a nurse (details supplied) at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51978/19]
- Medical Card Data
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards in issue in which the entitlement arises under EU regulations in respect of persons in receipt of social security pensions from...
- National Children's Hospital
225. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new children's hospital has chosen to install a surveillance system (details supplied), including specialised facial recognition cameras; the...
- Disability Services Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he has secured funding for an organisation (details supplied), which is the first disabled persons organisation here and the only one to be composed of and...
- Hospitals Discharges
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting one week, one, three, six and 12 months, respectively, to be discharged from each hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Car Parks
229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan of his Department and the HSE to accompany the review report by the HSE of hospital car parking charges; and if he will...
- Health Services Reports
230. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the implementation of the HSE report on lymphoedema and lipoedema treatment in Ireland 2018; the details of the...
- Abortion Services Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation with service providers regarding safe access to termination of pregnancy services and safe access zones around the facilities of...
- Medicinal Products Availability
232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his commitment to provide universal access to contraception; if a decision has been made on the three policy approaches identified by the Working...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [52023/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving a mobility scooter for a person (details supplied). [52029/19]
- Ambulance Service
235. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for deciding the hospital to which a patient is brought in an ambulance; if the decision can be given to the doctor who calls the ambulance; and...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the only pain management consultant (details supplied) here for children when he vacates his post at the end of 2019; his further plans to...
- Ministerial Meetings
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a request from organisations (details supplied) seeking a meeting; if so, if the meeting will be scheduled as soon as possible in order to...
- Nursing Home Services
240. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52068/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52070/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for extra home help by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/19]
- Hospital Beds Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health when the first beds will have patients in them at the modular unit development at South Tipperary General Hospital; the number of beds that will be operational...
- Employment Support Services
244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to sustain the programme of individual placement and support beyond the service reform fund funding period; if joint funding with the Department of...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
245. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow nicotine patches on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52090/19]
- Disability Services Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the group home in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, has not opened since it was completed in 2016 and 2017; when the home will open; and if it will...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
247. To ask the Minister for Health the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that highlight schemes and...
- Health Strategies
250. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to incorporate into his women’s health task force the concerns and views of women who were adopted and therefore have no...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Beef Industry
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a group (details supplied) will be included in the beef markets task force talks, which commenced in December 2019; and if he will...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of a decision of an appeal by a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Brexit Supports
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if section 9.2 of the terms and conditions of the beef exceptional aid measure can be changed to ensure that the immediate previous...
- Fisheries Protection
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the licensed depuration facilities available to aquaculture producers around the Irish coast; and if Bord Iascaigh Mhara is...
- GLAS Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52087/19]
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Air Pollution
258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific actions he is taking to protect public health in response to EPA monitoring data that show dangerous...
- Cybersecurity Policy
259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has spoken with EU leaders, particularly of the UK and Italy, regarding the use of technology (details supplied)...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to the provision of broadband for a person; and if he will make a...
- Energy Efficiency
261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reintroduce a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51972/19]
- Energy Policy Review
262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the terms of reference of the review of energy security and sustainability will be published; if he will undertake...
- Ministerial Communications
264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of his engagement, including meetings held with small and medium-sized business organisations, coffee shop...
- Landfill Sites
265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 17 September 2019, if tenders have now been invited for the project; the...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network Safety
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are limits on the number of passengers an intercity or passenger train can carry; if they are communicated to station staff and...
- Road Safety
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the Road Safety Authority regarding the decision to turn off lights near the junction 17 near Athenry, County...
- Cycling Policy
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the cycling design office planned to be operational during quarter 4 of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Private Bus Operators
274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) that has taken over routes in County Kildare is continuing with the same service routes; and if he will...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sponsorship deal for the public bike scheme in counties Cork, Limerick and Galway is due to expire; and when talks will commence...
- Sports Funding
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 26 September 2019, when the projects that will be grant aided under the large-scale sport...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Data
280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention was drawn to the number of adoptees here; the percentage of those who also had a sibling who was placed for adoption; and...
- Adoption Records Provision
281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy in place allowing the automatic disclosure to an adoptee that he or she has a sibling who was also placed for adoption; and if...
- Health Services Provision
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the screening in place for adoptees in view of the fact adoptees have no access to their medical backgrounds or genetic information; and if...
- Childcare Services Data
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unregistered crèches in operation in each county in tabular form; the length of time they have been in operation; if...
- Children in Care
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of a service (details supplied). [51912/19]
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenses incurred by her Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the community employment supervisors pension claim in respect of the sanctioning of funding for the community...
- Illness Benefit Applications
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness benefit payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 26 November 2019, if a companion free travel pass application by a person...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Labour Activation Programmes
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will inform major stakeholders on foot of the completed interdepartmental review regarding labour activation...
- State Pensions Payments
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the income for persons on the State pension living alone in view of the fact that most of the costs they...
- Departmental Strategies
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the social inclusion strategy 2019-25 roadmap for social inclusion, which was due for publication in 2018; and...
- Fuel Allowance Expenditure
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional one, two and three weeks of fuel allowance to who that are also in...
- Child Benefit Expenditure
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing a single additional monthly child benefit payment to parents on the birth of their...
- State Pensions
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if correspondence has been received from a union (details supplied) regarding increases in the State pension age; the...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance suspension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Employment Support Services
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to sustain the programme of individual placement and support beyond the service reform fund funding period; if...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenses incurred by her Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Home Loan Scheme
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the second income of a person arising from a retained firefighter role can be taken into consideration as guaranteed income...
- Property Registration
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a mapping issue (details supplied) that is currently with the Land Registry will be expedited. [51976/19]
- Housing Policy
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce cost-to-rental housing as part of future local authority or approved housing body housing developments...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for social housing in counties Laois and Offaly will be increased to take account of the situation...
- Home Loan Scheme
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the home loan scheme received by South Dublin County Council; the number of applications...
- Homeless Persons Data
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless families and children in each county in December 2018 and each month to date in 2019. [52089/19]
- Local Authority Housing Data
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes allocated by each local authority in the past 12 months, in tabular form; the number of refusals of same;...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenses incurred by his Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to meet the housing needs of those in emergency housing accommodation or who are homeless in the course of the next...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the housing needs of those on local authority housing lists...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which sites serviced or unserviced can be made available by county to assist families that may be able to...
- Home Loan Scheme
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans likely to become available to suitable applicants nationwide; and if he will make...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families likely to qualify for local authority houses in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take in terms of reform to address the issue of families having to spend more than half the family income...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local authority-owned potential building lands available for local authority affordable housing in the greater...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Properties Acquisition
326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter relating to the property of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenses incurred by her Department to date in 2019 for the implementation of ongoing communications strategy initiatives that...
