Written answers
Thursday, 12 December 2019
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- European Capital of Culture
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of preparations for the launch of Galway 2020; the consideration given to the legacy of the project; and if she will make...
- Oideachas Gaeilge
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici athruithe a dhéanamh ar an scéim deontas le haghaidh ollscoileanna thar sáile ina...
- Insurance Costs
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance her Department can provide to cultural festivals and venues that are faced with closure due to spiralling insurance...
- Commemorative Events
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there has been no announcement of the planned State and State-sponsored Decade of Centenaries 2013-2023 commemorative...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the definition of regulated coursing matches requires clubs to comply with rules 11 and 13 of a club (details supplied)...
- National Monuments
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the reconfigured Moore Street advisory group as recommended in the second Moore Street progress report, which she received in...
- Traveller Culture
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources being given to Traveller culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52147/19]
- Commencement of Legislation
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to commence the National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52151/19]
- National Biodiversity Plan
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of funding to promote biodiversity in County Kildare, including supports for Kildare County Council; and if she will...
- European Capital of Culture
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times the legacy committee of Galway 2020 has met; the progress made in securing long-term arts infrastructure for...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 19 September 2019, the status of the report on the assessment of the hare population...
- Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an stádas agus sonraí, an praghas san áireamh, an chonartha maidir le ceannach Aerfort na Mine i gContae na...
- National Biodiversity Plan
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of support for biodiversity projects in counties Longford and Westmeath. [51896/19]
- Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht míniú a thabhairt ar chaiteachas na Roinne ar Chlár na Leabhar Gaeilge agus a mbaineann leis trí Fhoras na...
- Cultural Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the night-time cultural policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52154/19]
- National Biodiversity Plan
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote biodiversity conservation and restoration to stop the current trajectory of biodiversity loss; her plans to...
- National Peatlands Strategy
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider the establishment of a peatlands national park and nature reserve; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Monuments
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Hill of Tara. [51895/19]
- Hedge Cutting Season
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to promote the protection of hedgerows during the upcoming hedgerow maintenance period to ensure they are maintained in...
- Commemorative Events
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the merits of having a more advanced announcement of the national Famine memorial day and location in order...
- Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an léireoidh sí, i bhfoirm tábla, caiteachas na Roinne ar áiseanna pobail agus spóirt sna Gaeltachtaí...
- Artists' Remuneration
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the precarious nature of work in the arts means that many artists, writers,...
- Arts Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for promoting and translating Irish literature abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52150/19]
- Wildlife Conservation
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to focus on the protection of endangered species of birds and animals for the future, with...
- National Orchestras
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date on the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the remit of the National Concert Hall; and if she will...
- Ministerial Meetings
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met recently with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52152/19]
- Interdepartmental Committees
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the interdepartmental committee on the islands; the consideration given to having island communities directly...
- Irish Language
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to make the Irish language more viable in County Meath. [51894/19]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Budgets
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year. [52208/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since 2016;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Budgets
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year....
- Departmental Expenditure
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Incentives
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the examination undertaken of the use of tax instruments to support investment by general practitioners, dentists and other professionals in primary care...
- Departmental Budgets
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year. [52211/19]
- Banks Recapitalisation
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment made by the State in banks (details supplied) during the financial crisis by institution; the amount recouped to date from the institutions; the...
- Credit Union Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment by the State in credit unions during the financial crisis; the amount recouped to date; the value of residual investment by the State in the...
- Revenue Documents
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which taxpayers who do not have access to a computer or are not computer literate and do not have a Revenue Commissioners myAccount will be able to...
- Insurance Costs
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and date of meetings held in 2019 with childcare providers or the childcare sector regarding increasing insurance costs in the sector. [52374/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
56. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 14 November 2019, when he will propose to Dáil Éireann that he will not invest €500 million into...
- VAT Rate Application
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT treatment of local concerts and music festivals; and the VAT treatment of alcohol and food sold on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Expenditure
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2019, 2020 and 2021 of the help-to-buy scheme. [52493/19]
- Living City Initiative
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in tax forgone of the living cities initiative. [52494/19]
- Exchequer Revenue
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the surplus recorded in 2018 on a GGB basis; and the expected surplus to be recorded in 2019. [52508/19]
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of introducing a new rate of capital acquisitions tax of 20% on the first €100,000 over the existing group A threshold in order that...
- Tax Reliefs Abolition
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the disregard in respect of tax relief on tuition fees for full and part-time students. [52522/19]
- Property Tax
72. To ask the Minister for Finance when the refund of RPT will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52546/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Erosion
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the need for a permanent extended scheme (details supplied) in view of the destruction of properties, public amenities and...
- National Development Plan Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocations in each of the years 2020 to 2027 under the National Development Plan 2018-2027. [52196/19]
- Garda Stations
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding a Garda barracks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/19]
- Office of Public Works
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a disused oil storage tank on a site (detail supplied) will be decommissioned as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the target of achieving a spend of 4.1% of GNI* in capital expenditure by 2021 and maintaining it thereafter as envisaged in Project...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Patronage
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a patronage competition has been completed for each of the 42 schools announced in April 2018; if each school has been established; if so, the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 70 major school building projects in advanced architectural planning; and the expected completion date of each project in tabular form. [52193/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if autism spectrum disorder units will be allocated to single sex secondary schools; and if it is a condition that ASD units can only be assigned...
- Departmental Budgets
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year. [52209/19]
- Disability Services Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the fund for students with disabilities in each of the years 2017 to 2020, respectively. [52219/19]
- School Transport Provision
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a minimum flat rate of payment for bus escorts for children with special needs in cases, for example, the case of...
- Irish Language
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance given to schools in respect of the granting of an exemption from Irish for a child with autism in primary schools that do not have a...
- Soláthar Iompar Scoile
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé sásta ticéid taistil scoile a cheadú do scoláirí ó scoil (sonraí tugtha) le dul ar bhus...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for emergency works being considered. [52295/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met parents or groups from areas in Fingal, County Dublin, to discuss school place provision; if so, the date and location of the...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of further correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if the school will be granted additional accommodation in...
- Teacher Recruitment
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether section 6.2(d) of the Governance Manual for Primary Schools 2015 to 2019 is being misused to exclude non-probated teachers...
- Schools Building Projects Status
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of renting and purchasing portakabins for a school (details suppled); the status of the move to a new permanent building; and if he will...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by teachers from Northern Ireland registering with the Teaching Council; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since 2016;...
- Parental Leave
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the amount paid to teachers under revised parental leave legislation; the way in which the payment will differ to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender for the construction of the new school in Kanturk, County Cork, has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has had discussions with the authorities at a school (details supplied) recently with a view to meeting the accommodation...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the extension to a school (details supplied). [52484/19]
- Schools Data
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in existence for 20 years or longer that are still housed in prefab buildings with no permanent building structures, by county in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in each of the years 2021 to 2025 of maintaining the existing ratios of teachers to students at post-primary level; if this is...
- School Transport Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review will be concluded to determine entitlement to access free school transport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Budgets
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in...
- Legislative Measures
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 will be amended to increase the Circuit Court jurisdiction in...
- Traveller Projects Funding
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation for the special initiative in respect of Traveller employment for the past five years; the allocation for 2020;...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters that have been confiscated by gardaí in the past 18 months in tabular form, by month and by Garda...
- Freedom of Information Data
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date 2019; the number in each...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding CCTV cameras in Duleek and Donore, County Meath, and the implications of a recent decision by the Data...
- Garda Data
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in An Garda Síochána by rank and vehicles by type and division in the force in each of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in...
- Prisoner Data
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to collect and disseminate national statistics on the socio-economic backgrounds of the prison population; and if he...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a regulatory impact assessment was conducted for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if so, the...
- Crime Data
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on detected rates for crimes; the number of crimes that relate to gang activity, murders and assaults; and if...
- Garda Expenditure
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the number of sworn gardaí to 15,000 by the end of 2021; and the estimated extra...
- Garda Strength
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the year in which there was the most ever sworn members of An Garda Síochána; and the strength of the force in that...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the three-year CCTV community scheme; the number of communities that availed of the scheme in each year of its...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the decision to deport will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if they qualify for residency under a...
- Immigration Status
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can avail of the appropriate stamp status to facilitate studies; and if he will make a statement...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if short-term or temporary permission to remain will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the information will...
- Immigration Status
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if information sought by Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 10 October 2019 in the case of a person (details supplied) can be...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will facilitate a new application to revoke an order for deportation in the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an existing stamp 4 is sufficient to meet immigration requirements while studying in the UK in the case of a person (details...
- Visa Applications
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person's relationship with an Irish citizen is...
- Family Reunification Applications
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if this parliamentary question is acceptable as an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Execution of Wills
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which siblings objected to wills being made in favour of third parties that appear to have influenced...
- Residency Permits
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 will be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52550/19]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a critical skills employment permit application made by a company (details supplied) is taking a long time to process....
- Departmental Budgets
143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital allocation of her Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants to the regional technology clustering fund by county and academic institution; the approved applications to...
- Departmental Expenditure
145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in her Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the assistance available to a new startup company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52424/19]
- Brexit Data
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that availed of InterTradeIreland support to secure Brexit advisory services in 2018 and to date in 2019; the cost...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of the first two rounds of the disruptive technology innovation fund allocated to projects involving third level...
- Department of Health
- Respite Care Services Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated for the provision of residential respite in CHO 1 in 2020; when a response will issue to a request for additional funding from CHO 1...
- Services for People with Disabilities
150. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the provision of care for its users will be reviewed; if the concerns will be addressed; and...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding public health specialists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52191/19]
- Community Pharmacy Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52199/19]
- Departmental Budgets
153. To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year [52213/19]
- Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding compensation for the young persons who received the H1N1 swine flu Pandemrix vaccine and subsequently developed narcolepsy in view of a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting fewer than 13 weeks following a referral for a routine colonoscopy or OGD at the end of November 2019 or the latest date...
- Health Services Staff Data
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community intervention teams in each community healthcare organisation; and the number of whole-time equivalent staff on 30 November in each of...
- Health Services Data
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for treatment to each community intervention team to date in 2019, in tabular form. [52226/19]
- Palliative Care Services Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that received specialist palliative care treatment in their normal place of residence in each month to date in 2019. [52227/19]
- Hospitals Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and procedures cancelled and postponed in each public hospital to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each year since its restoration in 2017 by the type and speciality of each...
- Hospitals Data
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists to date in 2019 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions advertised by the Ireland East hospital group to date in 2019; the speciality of each advertised position; if each position...
- Nursing Staff Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing positions vacant in the Ireland East hospital group as of 6 December 2019, in tabular form. [52241/19]
- Medical Card Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent projection on the number of medical cards to be provided in 2019; and the likely full year costs or savings in 2019 in the case of a variation...
- Care of the Elderly
180. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage occupancy rate in public residential care units for the most recent calendar month available and for the previous eleven months in tabular form....
- Home Help Service Data
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community healthcare organisations that have established waiting lists for home care on a standardised basis. [52250/19]
- Patient Safety
182. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events being notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [52251/19]
- Primary Care Centres
186. To ask the Minister for Health the examination undertaken of the use of incentives to support investment by general practitioners, dentists and other professionals in primary care centres,...
- General Practitioner Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken to support general practitioner practices in disadvantaged urban areas. [52256/19]
- General Practitioner Data
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners employed by the HSE on a salaried basis in each year since 2016. [52257/19]
- Health Services Reform
189. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed new structures within the HSE will be put on a statutory basis. [52258/19]
- Hospice Services Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospices in each local health office area in tabular form. [52259/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments outstanding for more than two, three and four years, respectively, at the end of November 2019 for each reporting...
- Health Services Access
192. To ask the Minister for Health the medical assessment units, urgent care centres and minor injuries clinics that extended their Monday to Friday hours of opening since 2016, in tabular form....
- Emergency Services Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the increases in ambulances, EMTs and paramedics that have taken place in each year since 2016. [52263/19]
- HSE Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the performance management unit in the HSE; the number of whole-time equivalent staff employed; the number of reports and...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
196. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to negotiate a new consultant contract. [52265/19]
- Health Services Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to base health expenditure on multi-year budgeting supported by a five-year health service plan based on realistic and verifiable...
- HSE Staff Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at national director level, assistant national director level, general manager level and grade VIII level in the HSE on 6 December 2019 or...
- HSE National Service Plan
199. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is on target to achieve savings, cost reductions or improved income generation in a number of areas set out in the HSE 2019 service plan (details...
- Hospital Services
200. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the 45 recommendations of the trauma steering group in tabular form. [52269/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
201. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the implementation of the recommendations of the Scally report in tabular form. [52270/19]
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on agency staff each month in 2018 and to date in 2019; the proportion of the anticipated agency staff expenditure by the HSE for 2019...
- Prescriptions Charges
203. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in prescription charges for medical card prescriptions in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and the amount projected for 2019. [52272/19]
- Hospital Discharges
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient discharges in each public and voluntary hospital to the end of November 2019. [52273/19]
- Ambulance Service Data
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances decommissioned by the National Ambulance Service; the number of new emergency ambulances acquired; the number of...
- General Practitioner Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner vacancies in each local health area in tabular form. [52277/19]
- Emergency Departments Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency medicine consultants in each public and voluntary hospital with an emergency department; the number of 24-hour emergency departments;...
- Hospital Services
210. To ask the Minister for Health if the appropriate stress tests and heart monitoring will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [52280/19]
- Pharmacy Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the possible introduction of inhaler recycling bins in pharmacies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52285/19]
- Psychological Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability on the school age psychology caseload in the Galway region; the number of psychologists available to...
- Abortion Legislation
213. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of legislation to create safe zones in the vicinity of places that provide for termination of pregnancies; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Home Care Packages Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health if home care assistance will be provided for a person (details supplied). [52301/19]
- Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
215. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an assessment with the autism team for a child (details supplied); and if the assessment will be expedited as requested...
- HSE Records
216. To ask the Minister for Health if errors made by the HSE relative to payments made to a person (details supplied) will be corrected; the reason the erroneous payment records were reactivated...
- Disability Services Funding
217. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the additional supports and activities recommended by the professionals taking care of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
218. To ask the Minister for Health if a date will be set for an operation at St. James's Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [52318/19]
- Substance Misuse
219. To ask the Minister for Health the new schemes developed for socially and economically disadvantaged communities to provide targeted, appropriate and effective services for young persons at...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatment episodes provided to date in 2019 across services (details supplied); and the equivalent figures for 2017 and 2018, in tabular...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
228. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to provide drug liaison midwives and specialist medical social workers in maternity networks has been assessed to date in 2019; and if so, the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions taken to date in 2019 to improve outcomes for persons with co-morbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [52341/19]
- Disease Management
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the uptake of hepatitis C treatment has been increased to date in 2019. [52344/19]
- Drug Treatment Programmes Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outside prisons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment to date in 2019. [52348/19]
- Community Pharmacy Services
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a moratorium on the changes to the fees paid to pharmacies due to be implemented on 1 January 2020; if he will negotiate with pharmacists...
- National Children's Hospital
247. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new national children's hospital has chosen to install a system (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to plans to make an existing...
- Prescriptions Charges
248. To ask the Minister for Health the details of increased pharmacy charges for blister packs used by elderly and unwell persons nationwide; his plans to ensure that unfair increases are...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
249. To ask the Minister for Health when resources will be made available for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52358/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a wheelchair that is appropriate to the person's needs. [52361/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
251. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assigned a social worker as a matter of urgency. [52362/19]
- Assisted Decision Making
254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation process on the recommendations of the multidisciplinary working group submitted to the director of the decision support services...
- Hospitals Data
255. To ask the Minister for Health the type of procedures that were cancelled or postponed in regard to the recent cancellations of elective procedures at the children’s hospitals; and if...
- Cancer Services Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Health if chemotherapy sessions for children are being delayed; if so, the details of the delays; the causes of same; the number of children affected; the length of...
- Commencement of Legislation
258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the minimum unit pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 have not been commenced; when they will be commenced; and if he will...
- Occupational Therapy Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for occupational therapy services. [52393/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
260. To ask the Minister for Health the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since 2016; the bank...
- Disability Services Data
261. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams now established; and the CHO breakdown of same. [52410/19]
- Respite Care Services Data
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new persons with a disability who commenced respite services (details supplied) to date in 2019. [52411/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with multiple sclerosis here face significant delays in accessing new medicines and treatments in comparison with other European countries;...
- Hospital Discharges
265. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 26 November 2019, the national total of delayed discharges by month to date 2019. [52419/19]
- Hospital Charges
266. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the cut to the minor injury unit fee will come into effect; if the fee cut is temporary or permanent; if temporary, the date on which the cut...
- General Practitioner Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding being provided to out-of-hours general practitioner services in winter 2020; and the local breakdown of the allocation in tabular form....
- National Maternity Hospital Status
268. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to relocate the National Maternity Hospital to the grounds of St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin; the timescale...
- Medical Card Reviews
270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card review for a person (details supplied) is on hold in view of the fact the person is automatically entitled to a card due to being on...
- Home Help Service Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for home support in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52439/19]
- Disabilities Assessments
273. To ask the Minister for Health when additional personnel will be recruited and vacant positions filled in respect of a backlog (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
274. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be admitted to the Mater Hospital as soon as possible to have surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Planning
275. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund has agreed to fund up to 200 additional beds over the winter; if so, the hospitals in which the beds are to be located,...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Health when a required residential programme will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52544/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52545/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the basic payment scheme for a person (details supplied); the reason many farmers are still waiting on...
- Afforestation Programme
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided for the native woodland establishment scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number...
- Woodland Improvement Scheme
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on the NeighbourWood scheme for new projects in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [52195/19]
- Departmental Budgets
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the basic payment scheme for a person (details supplied); the reason farmers are still waiting on farm...
- GLAS Payments
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the GLAS scheme (details supplied); the reason farmers are still waiting on farm payments; and if he...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the basic payment scheme, ANC and GLAS for a person (details supplied); the reason farmers are still...
- Departmental Expenditure
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments under the basic payment scheme, ANC, BDGP, BEAM and knowledge transfer for a person (details supplied);...
- Beef Industry
288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the inaugural meeting of the beef task force; when the task force will meet again; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of payments made to date to farmers in County Cavan under the ANC, single farm payment and BEEP; his plans to issue...
- Brexit Supports
291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue under BEAM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52445/19]
- Felling Licences Applications
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe to approve and issue forestry thinning licences in view of the concern of some applicants regarding long delays in...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislative process required at EU level for the 3,000 forgotten farmers in order to be eligible for inclusion in the national...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 national reserve and young farmers scheme by county in tabular form; the number of approved...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in the AEOS scheme whose contracts ceased on 31 December 2018, by county in tabular form; if he will...
- GLAS Payments
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 who received the 85% advance payment of their 2019 payments by county, in tabular...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 basic payment scheme by county in tabular form; the number of approved and not approved...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 ANC scheme by county in tabular form; the number of approved and not approved applications,...
- Brexit Data
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the BEAM scheme by county in tabular form; the number of approved and not approved applications,...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment under the basic payment scheme and ANC for a person (details supplied); the reason farmers are still waiting...
- Environmental Policy
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revise the corporate governance framework in view of the fact the current framework does not explicitly commit his...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of individual homes in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that do not have access to fibre...
- Departmental Budgets
303. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the areas in counties Cavan and Monaghan that will benefit from the extension of broadband infrastructure in 2020; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be provided to the greater Ballinagore area, County Westmeath (details supplied); and if he will...
- EU Directives
307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the official or group in his Department responsible for calculating and reporting the obligations of Ireland under the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to require the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to facilitate private wires between renewable...
- Renewable Electricity Support Scheme
309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for limiting the RESS auction category for solar energy to a maximum of 10% (details supplied). [52481/19]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Licences
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the NTA will be contacted on the matter; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Budgets
311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year....
- Rail Network Expansion
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the report he commissioned on the western rail corridor from a company (details supplied); if so, when the report will...
- Sports Facilities Expenditure
313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in respect of the National Indoor Arena since 1 January 2014 by his Department or an agency under his remit; the date of...
- Departmental Expenditure
314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year...
- Road Projects Status
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Westmeath County Council will be supported in its plan to progress the N55 Athlone to Ballymahon realignment project (details...
- Sports Funding
317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding directly to soccer clubs that received assistance previously through the programmes of an organisation...
- Marine Tourism Promotion
320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy measures being deployed in support of marine and maritime tourism. [52518/19]
- Rail Services Provision
322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review into high-speed rail options between Dublin, Belfast and Cork. [52524/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Budgets
323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital allocation of her Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each year....
- Draft Childminding Action Plan
324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of submissions received on the draft childminding action plan; when a final plan will be published; if the implementation of...
- Foster Care Expenditure
325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to an association (details supplied) in each of the past four years; the mechanisms in place to ensure...
- Services for People with Disabilities
326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of independent reports carried out on residential care and disability services that relate to private providers in each year...
- Child and Family Agency Reports
327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of mandated reports or CPWRS that were carried out in 2018 and to date in 2019 by professionals for those in receipt of private...
- Children in Care
328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in State care placed with private providers of disability services; the number that Tusla has a service level...
- Departmental Expenditure
329. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in her Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year since...
- Child and Family Agency Data
330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of non-historical abuse reported to Tusla under the mandatory reporting requirements of an organisation (details...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Budgets
332. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
- Community Services Programme Expenditure
333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital expenditure allocated to the community services programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the amount...
- Community Services Programme
334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community services programme; and when it will be completed. [52385/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each year...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Applications
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budgets
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the capital allocation of her Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal of the decision made in the case of a person (details supplied) will be commenced regarding the payment of a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Applications
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a pro-rata UK and Irish contributory pension. [52284/19]
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit claim by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
341. 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). [52304/19]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a proposal to deal with an overpayment of a pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be issued relative to an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a payment under appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [52312/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the maximum State pension and free schemes are being paid to a person (details supplied); and if they are in receipt of...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment of a State pension will resume in the case of a person (details supplied). [52314/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in her Department; the amount spent on credit cards in...
- Disability Support Services Funding
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount allocated to and spent from, respectively the reasonable accommodation fund in each of the past five years. [52423/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of setting up an administrative regime in order that the approximately 150,000 qualified adults who...
- Parental Leave
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing parent’s benefit by one week in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the contributory and non-contributory pensions by €5 in each of the years 2021 to...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information will be noted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a carer's allowance in lieu of the discontinued ADA on the pension of their...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering establishing a redress scheme for faulty apartment developments in which there are fire hazards; and if...
- Departmental Budgets
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital allocation of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in...
- Planning Issues
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 25 September 2019, if progress has been made on same; and if he will make a...
- Architects Register
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 268 of 23 January 2019 and 873 of 5 February 2019, if transparent income and...
- Valuation Office
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of delay being experienced in the Valuation Office appeals system; the steps being taken to address backlogs; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in his Department; the amount spent on credit cards in...
- Vacant Sites Data
364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of notices issued by each planning authority regarding the vacant site tax in tabular form; if the progress of each...
- Planning Issues
365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to remove the planning restrictions on roof-top solar for households and businesses. [52479/19]
- Housing Finance Agency Funding
366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost in 2018 and to date in 2019 as a result of the Housing Finance Agency drawdown of long-term debt to fund the...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to a local authority of hiring a grade seven member of staff in year one and then for four subsequent...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of the repair and leasing scheme in 2018; and the expected cost in 2019 and 2020. [52495/19]
- Planning Issues
370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delays in many local authority areas in arranging pre-planning meetings with developers...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Creative Ireland Programme
371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of Creative Ireland funding committed for 2020, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52201/19]
- Waterways Ireland Funding
372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Waterways Ireland and projects committed to by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Budgets
373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital allocation of her Department in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each...
- Cross-Border Projects
374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of CANN and CARE funding in a case (details supplied); the status of the provision of local projects under the scheme;...
- Departmental Expenditure
375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of credit cards issued to Ministers and officials working in her Department; the amount spent on credit cards in each...
- Inland Waterways Development
376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital investment proposed for the Shannon-Erne waterway in 2020; the projects that will benefit; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry Promotion
378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to encourage film making here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52449/19]
- Arts Promotion
379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has been able to assist directly or through other bodies the arts at local level; and if she will make a...
- Arts Funding
387. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of the philanthropic support received by the arts in the past 12 months to date; and if she will make a statement on...
- Inland Waterways Development
388. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the blueways programme in 2020; the particular schemes in this regard; the level of investment in each...
- Arts Funding
389. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase funding for projects (details supplied) in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52487/19]
- Budget Targets
390. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure that will need to be achieved in budget 2025 to deliver upon the commitment that such expenditure will be...
- National Parks
391. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will give consideration in the forthcoming Heritage 2030 document to considering the merits of creating a maritime national...
