Written answers
Thursday, 26 May 2016
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised, or will consider raising, at European Union or United Nations level concerns regarding Turkey's status as a safe state for...
- Diplomatic Reports
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing from the Irish ambassador in France on the Nuit Debout movement of young persons and trade unionists which has...
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his European Union and United Nations colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones...
- Syrian Conflict
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the hunger sieges taking place in Syria, given that Ireland is supportive of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in...
- Diplomatic Reports
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing from his ambassador in Brazil regarding the suspension of the President of Brazil, Ms Dilma Rousseff, and the...
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is addressing the implications of a British withdrawal from the European Union with his European Union counterparts; if he is fully...
- Middle East Peace Process
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise Palestinian statehood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11894/16]
- Foreign Conflicts
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a motion in Dáil Éireann declaring the activities of the so-called "Islamic State" in Syria and the Middle East...
- International Agreements
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he examined the agreement on refugees between the European Union and Turkey prior to signing up to it; if it infringes the European Union...
- Diplomatic Representation
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will review its relationship with Egypt considering the brutal crack down of the Egyptian security services on civil...
- Ministerial Meetings
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report of the meetings that he held when he visited Belfast on 18 May 2016; if he has any future engagements with...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights that a person (details supplied) has been subjected to...
- Middle East Issues
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a new UNICEF report that confirms that 25 Palestinian children were killed in the past three months of 2015, and that the...
- Consular Services Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his consultation with persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [11893/16]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Irish Sign Language
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on issues raised by the Irish Deaf Society (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12386/16]
- Private Security Industry Regulation
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the compliance costs and the administrative criteria required for private security contractors to provide intruder alarm installation services;...
- Judicial Appointments
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the judicial appointments advisory board who are barristers, former barristers, benchers of the King's Inns or...
- Courts Staff
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges on the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Circuit Court who are former barristers or solicitors....
- Judicial Appointments
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons and the number of solicitors the judicial appointments advisory board nominated to fill vacancies in the Circuit Court in...
- Direct Provision System
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 17 May 2016, to provide the paragraph numbers and text of the 90 recommendations of the McMahon report...
- Court Judgments
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions since the passing of the relevant legislation in 2016 that the Courts have overturned a bank veto in a personal insolvency...
- Garda Investigations
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the 12 outstanding complaints to An Garda Síochána involving the National Asset Management Agency; if any more complaint...
- Direct Provision System
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deliver comprehensive reform of the direct provision system; the steps she is taking to ensure that persons are not in the system for...
- Statute of Limitations
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will reinstate a three-year statute of limitations period for families who have to fight for inquests into maternal and baby deaths,...
- Visa Applications
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a spousal visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12311/16]
- Garda Resources
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide support services such as mental health supports for members of An Garda Síochána to ensure their well-being; and if...
- Legislative Programme
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to promote and enact the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12322/16]
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will defer a decision to deport a person (details supplied) until a review can be undertaken which might address a number of conclusions...
- Immigration Status
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12343/16]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of determining the eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) who has Stamp 4 status; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, and when, she will approve a change in the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Naturalisation Applications
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow in upgrading to stamp 4 preparatory to applying for naturalisation; and if she will make a...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review a decision to deport a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12357/16]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of determining the eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can obtain employment on foot of stamp 4, a work permit, or a combination of both; and if she will make a statement...
- Naturalisation Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of determining eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) and the person's spouse; and if she will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for residency status by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12383/16]
- Irish Sign Language
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the provision of adequate Irish Sign Language interpreters in the courts to meet the needs of deaf persons; and if she will make a...
- Personal Injury Claims
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to allow for periodic payments to persons who have received personal injuries awards; and if she will make a...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Station Refurbishment
57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has evaluated the proposals to upgrade the Garda station in Clane in County Kildare, including the extent of the facilities required; if...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Relief Eligibility
58. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend stamp duty consanguinity relief to farmers of over 67 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/16]
- Universal Social Charge Data
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue the universal social charge would generate on the basis of no policy change or its phased abolition or reduction (details supplied), in each of the...
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on assertions in the European Commission’s 2016 country report on Ireland that our tax revenue to gross domestic product ratio is low compared...
- Tax Relief Availability
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if sections 74, 81D and Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, of the Finance Act 2014 dealing with relief for certain leases of farmland have come into force yet if not,...
- Tax Relief Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of microbreweries availing of tax relief on production up to 30,000 hectolitres; the amount of excise duty foregone; and the number of jobs...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of banks covered by the Central Bank of Ireland's investigation of tracker mortgages; the number of individual cases; when the investigation will...
- NAMA Property Leases
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which residential properties over which the National Asset Management Agency has security have had rent increases in the past 12...
- EU Directives
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to provide basic bank accounts to low-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/16]
- Credit Register Establishment
68. To ask the Minister for Finance when the central credit register will be fully operational; the steps he has taken to implement it; the costs incurred; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Central Bank of Ireland Staff
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the vacancy rate in the Central Bank's enforcement division; the number of these relating to the regulation of insurance firms; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Relief Data
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who have received a refund of deposit interest retention tax paid in the previous 48 months; when the scheme will conclude; and...
- House Purchase Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce incentives for first-time buyers who are trying to purchase their first home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12296/16]
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
73. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the investment of the strategic investment fund in fossil fuels and other industries that have a harmful impact on climate change and the...
- Motor Insurance
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding levies added to car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12319/16]
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position for retired PAYE workers who are recipients of a small foreign pension marginally in excess of €3,000 and who would prefer to opt for a...
- Mortgage Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Finance to facilitate mortgage holders in switching lenders with greater ease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12434/16]
- Property Tax Exemptions
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to communicate with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that a person (details supplied) whose house was under construction in 2014 and...
- Tax Avoidance
78. To ask the Minister for Finance why he has not acted on information his Department received from a whistleblower regarding the abuse of the dwelling house exemption by high wealth persons as...
- Pension Provisions
80. To ask the Minister for Finance how a person (details supplied) can best access savings accrued under the approved minimum retirement fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Insurance Costs
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding insurance premiums. [12460/16]
- Tax Relief Availability
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief and allowances in place for persons employing au pairs given that the contracts are deemed to be normal contracts of employment; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Teacher Redeployment
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to support a case (details supplied) regarding supplementary panel rights. [12240/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 17 May 2016, if he is considering the issuing of a roll number to a school (details supplied). [12250/16]
- Teachers' Remuneration
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the pay inequality imposed on teachers who qualified after 2011, given five years of unequal pay; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Refurbishment
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a two-storey extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12260/16]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his efforts to secure a site for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12266/16]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will offer a special needs autism spectrum disorder school place to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a decision on an application for additional accommodation by a primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the student universal support Ireland grant scheme; and if he will make a...
- School Staff Appeals Mechanism
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a reply to an interim response regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/16]
- School Accommodation Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an extension by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12336/16]
- Student Grant Scheme
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide assistance, including student loan facilities, to a person (details supplied) who proposes to attend Griffith College in Dublin...
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a long awaited building project will commence in a school (details supplied), given that the original planning for the project started in...
- Industrial Relations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will meet the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland regarding various matters of concern and if he has set preconditions for such a...
- Student Accommodation
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his efforts to prevent a student accommodation crisis in autumn 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12393/16]
- Technological Universities
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the necessity of providing third level education as close to students as possible, given his proposals on technological universities....
- Institutes of Technology
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details of the draft financial statements for all institutes of technology for the 2014-2015 and for the 2015-2016 academic years,...
- Teachers' Remuneration
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to investigate and respond to overpayments to a person (details supplied), where the miscalculations were made in error by his Department. [12410/16]
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will establish a second level all-Irish school in north Kildare, given that the west Dublin option is over-subscribed; that there are...
- Disability Support Services Funding
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on funding for persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12483/16]
- School Transport
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the assurance from Bus Éireann that any surplus received for the operation of school transport services is ring-fenced and exclusively...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to permit a school (details supplied) to maintain its existing pupil-teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12497/16]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax
104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the motor tax system in certain circumstances (details supplied); if the rules in these circumstances...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why persons (details supplied) in receipt of a social protection retirement pension cannot avail of the Incremental...
- Housing Assistance Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he will increase the rent caps under the housing assistance payment scheme in Galway city and county; if...
- Waste Management
108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection, he will arrange for a specific support for a waiver or other...
- Local Government Reform
110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to introduce legislation to restore the former Drogheda borough council and the Dundalk and Ardee urban district councils...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the order of his predecessor, which expired in April 2016, to the four Dublin local authorities that...
- Departmental Functions
113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the functions assigned to his Department that are due to be transferred to other Departments; the date the transfers will...
- Environmental Protection Agency
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the demand for an Environmental Protection Agency suboffice to be located in the Drogheda and east Meath...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme, including if he will expedite and approve it. [12239/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a...
- Disability Activation Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on issues concerning the walk disability project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12261/16]
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the position whereby an adult who is dependent on a spouse's invalidity pension is precluded from partaking in a community...
- Social Insurance Data
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have benefitted from the tapering of PRSI introduced in budget 2016; the average benefit received; and if he will make a...
- Social Insurance
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his progress in implementing the recommendations of the 2013 advisory group on extending social insurance support for the self-employed; and if he...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will increase rent caps in Galway City and County under the rent supplement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12315/16]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will offer an increase in line with current market forces to a person (details supplied) under the rent support scheme; and if he...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore a jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied); and urgently examine if arrears are due; and if he will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will increase rent support in line with market trends to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review a decision to decline an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; to accept this question as a notice of review and...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, rent support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/16]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for each social welfare claim and the number of claims pending for each payment in counties Louth and Meath in tabular...
- Carer's Allowance Delays
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding delays under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pension (Contributory)
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assets and income an adult dependant must have before being disqualified from receiving the adult dependant allowance where a spouse is entitled...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for processing applications for social welfare payments; how he will reduce these; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12458/16]
- Exceptional Needs Payment Data
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made; the most quoted reason for seeking a payment; and the extent to which applications were favourably...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, and when, he will arrange a special needs payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12464/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- UK Referendum on EU Membership
141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the extent to which the business sector here and in the United Kingdom can find common cause to bring about a positive result on...
- Middle East Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to press for the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East to be formally declared as genocide; and if he will make...
- Irish Prisoners Abroad
143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his efforts to secure an early release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been incarcerated for a protracted period;...
- Foreign Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union and the United Nations can identify the ten most seriously affected trouble spots globally where war, starvation,...
- Foreign Conflicts
145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the international community brings pressure upon the authorities in Nigeria to curtail the activities of Boko Haram; the number of women...
- EU Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his European Union colleagues focus on the emergence of ultra-nationalistic tendencies in member states of the European Union and...
- EU Development
148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether it is necessary, and, if so, the steps he will take, to address the issue of divergence from the European project; and if he will...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the undocumented Irish in the USA form part of an ongoing dialogue with authorities there, given the need to achieve some improvement on...
- Passport Applications
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various procedures governing the application for and issuing of passports including emergency standard application or other categories;...
- Syrian Conflict
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts of the international community to set up safe havens for persons displaced by war in the Middle East region, given the urgent...
- EU Enlargement
153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Turkey’s application for membership of the European Union is being progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- United Nations
154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the United Nations has been side-lined in the various conflicts in the Middle East and Africa; if provision is needed to address this;...
- Humanitarian Aid
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if demands for humanitarian aid continue to rise at various locations globally; if the international community is adequately addressing the...
- Visa Agreements
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if applications for J1 visas will be processed on time to facilitate the applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/16]
- International Terrorism
158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his colleagues at European Union and United Nations level are aware of the systematic persecution, abduction and killing of...
- Partnership for Peace
159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has a permanent office in Brussels to handle engagements with NATO's partnership for peace programme; and the cost of running...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pay
160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that pay inequality in the public service is contrary to the principle of equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a...
- National Monuments
161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to protect St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda in County Louth against vehicular traffic; and to provide resources to...
- Insurance Coverage
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 17 May 2016, the measures he will take to ensure the inclusion of works carried out under...
- Public Sector Pay
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the public service pay commission to act on pay inequality. [12252/16]
- Ministerial Allowances
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State in the Thirty-second Dáil who are eligible for annual funding under the Leaders'...
- Public Sector Pay
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for details of the pay scales and grades within the public sector in 2008 and for all circulars relating to changes in the public sector...
- National Monuments
167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will take urgent steps to protect St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda in County Louth from being further damaged by vehicular traffic...
- Drainage Schemes
169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a reply to this Deputy regarding correspondence on the Office of Public Works investigations into a river (details...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Deer Hunting
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an out-of-season licence for shooting deer; and if she will make a...
- Natural Heritage Areas
171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her actions to stop digging for bait on Bull Island in County Dublin, a practice naturalists describe as inconsistent with the nature...
- Departmental Functions
172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the new responsibilities being assigned to her Department; the responsibilities it is intended to assign to the two...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an tairiscint don Aersheirbhís go dtí oileáin Árann a tharraingt siar agus a...
- Foireann Roinne
174. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na státseirbhíseach atá lonnaithe in oifig na Roinne sna Forbacha i láthair na huaire; cad...
- Pleananna Teanga
175. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na bpleananna teanga ar tugadh faomhadh ina leith gach bliain ó tháinig an tAcht Teanga i bhfeidhm;...
- Commemorative Events
176. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support she is providing for the National Famine Memorial Day commemoration in 2016. [12389/16]
- Waterways Ireland Data
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of houses Waterways Ireland has in its possession and the number of these are derelict or vacant, by county. [12414/16]
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
178. To ask the Minister for Health to introduce a wage requirement payable to student physiotherapists partaking in work placement in line with the payment student nurses receive for work...
- Pension Provisions
179. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding employees in the Central Remedial Clinic. [12442/16]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
180. To ask the Minister for Health if and why the Health Service Executive has suspended the recruitment of doctors, nurses and midwives in hospitals; the consideration the agency gave to this...
- Hospital Appointments Status
181. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12244/16]
- Health Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health to address the lack of an occupational therapist at a clinic (details supplied) which is making it impossible for staff to do their work; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
183. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a pay rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12265/16]
- HSE Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive expended on legal fees in 2015; the barristers and solicitors who received these fees; the amount paid to each; and if...
- Nursing Home Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home places, by community health care organisation, in tabular form. [12299/16]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal cases, by community health care organisation, in tabular form. [12300/16]
- HSE Expenditure
187. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive expended on legal fees in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/16]
- Mental Health Tribunals
188. To ask the Minister for Health when he will put positions on the Mental Health Tribunal up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/16]
- Health Services Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive appointed a chiropodist in Athlone, County Westmeath, who now sees persons once every four months as opposed to once every two...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [12318/16]
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to promote the enactment of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12321/16]
- Hospital Acquired Infections
192. To ask the Minister for Health the cost-analysis figures for the socio-economic burden of hospital acquired infection; the comparative figures for other European Union countries; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
193. To ask the Minister for Health the average sums the Health Service Executive paid for a typical course of fidaxomicin, vancomycin and other drugs used for persons infected with Clostridium...
- Respite Care Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health to arrange respite and residential care on a periodic basis for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12348/16]
- Medical Card Eligibility
196. To ask the Minister for Health why, when persons (details supplied) renewed their medical cards, it was determined that one of the persons was only entitled to a general practitioner visit...
- Cochlear Implants Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures carried out under the bilateral cochlear implant scheme in the years 2014 to 2016 to date; the number of patients who are awaiting a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting lists for the insertion of spinal cord stimulators including the waiting time and the funding he provides, by hospital, in each of...
- Mental Health Services Staff
199. To ask the Minister for Health as per Annex 17.2 of A Vision for Change, the original requirement set out for each position (details supplied), the number of these positions filled and the...
- Disease Incidence
200. To ask the Minister for Health why the recent report on a possible cluster of Guillain-Barré syndrome in east County Meath was confined to a study of cases in the village of Duleek....
- Counselling Services Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for initial assessment for and access to ongoing counselling in the national counselling service for adult survivors of childhood abuse...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
203. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive is implementing a nursing embargo against the backdrop of a critical shortage of nurses; his actions to ensure this embargo is...
- Mental Health Services Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health the child psychiatric services available for children addicted to drugs in County Kildare. [12416/16]
- Meals-on-Wheels Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department spent on grant aid to the meals-on-wheels project in 2015 and the projected amount for 2016 by county. [12419/16]
- Counselling Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the counselling service in the primary care service, including the numbers referred to, seen by and on waiting lists for community healthcare...
- Mental Health Services Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts targeted, filled and still in the recruitment process by year using the extra funding of €35 million originally committed to in the...
- Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral, for one month or two, three, three plus to six, six plus to...
- Mental Health Services Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychiatrist, following referral, for one month or two, three, three plus to six, six plus to...
- Mental Health Services Expenditure
210. To ask the Minister for Health the budgeted and actual spending, by mental health administrative area from 2012 to 2015, inclusive, and 2016 to date in tabular form. [12431/16]
- Ambulance Service Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call–outs to north-west Connemara in County Galway and the length of time between each call–out and arrival at the scene...
- Hospital Appointments Status
212. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12450/16]
- Home Help Service Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to scale up the home help service; if a review will go beyond providing a service for non-medical personal care where it is necessary to keep older...
- Traveller Community
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish an updated action plan on Traveller health with agreed actions by voluntary and statutory agencies and an agreed budget and timelines; if he...
- Health Services Provision
215. To ask the Minister for Health to address immediately the lack of a care plan for a person (details supplied). [12462/16]
- Hospital Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for respiratory specialists in a hospital in Dublin 1 (details supplied) and the cover provided when staff are on extended or maternity...
- Hospital Appointments Status
217. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite urgently a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/16]
- HSE Investigations
218. To ask the Minister for Health the action the Health Service Executive will take to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) including all aspects...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 19 May 2016, to provide grants to community groups for the provision of defibrillators and automated external...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will fill on schedule the posts of two senior dieticians and one diabetes nurse specialist to support the diabetes community in counties Cork and Kerry,...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Herd Number Application
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12245/16]
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12274/16]
- Animal Welfare
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately overturn the decision to allow greyhounds to be airlifted to the Canidrome track in Macau in China and ban...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approval issued under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with animal rights campaigners (details supplied) who will be in Ireland in early June 2016 and who have requested a...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the 2015 private contract clause; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the Scottish derogation scheme. [12339/16]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme including when he will issue...
- Veterinary Qualifications
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, as part of an application and examination prior to engagement in veterinary practice, a person (details supplied) may be eligible...
- Agriculture Schemes
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following more flexible State aid measures agreed at European Union level to deal with market volatility in the dairy and pigmeat...
- Sugar Industry
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a sugar beet processing factory in County Kildare or in a neighbouring county. [12415/16]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) did not receive a full payment under the single payment scheme; the options open to the person; and...
- GLAS Appeals
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he...
- GLAS Issues
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scenario whereby a contract issued in October 2016 to a landowner under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme could be...
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will...
- Superlevy Fine
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to establish a scheme allowing dairy farmers with an outstanding superlevy bill to access Exchequer-supported, net-rest-free...
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the entitlements will revert back to children should one of them take over a farm in the future where a person previously set out...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Service Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will install broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the national spend under the better energy warmer homes scheme and if he will extend the scheme. [12317/16]
- Mobile Telephony Services
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of mobile telephone coverage and the steps he is taking to improve it in accordance with the measures and...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will continue to be the lead Minister with responsibility for all areas within his current communications...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network Expansion
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of developing the western rail corridor between Limerick and Galway and the amounts spent for between Limerick and Ennis, Ennis...
- Rail Passengers Data
244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest data his Department provided on the rail patronage on the Galway to Limerick rail line; how these statistics are collected; if...
- Ports Development
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to secure the viability of Rosslare Europort in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network Safety
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bridge in Kildanghan, County Kildare can be made safe and if he will provide funding, given there is no footpath and children and...
- Roads Maintenance
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide enough funding to complete the Athy southern distributor road in County Kildare; and the number of car journeys...
- Road Projects Status
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the spine link road between Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, which was included in the roads capital plan for 2016,...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a focus for discussion between the Europe Union, the United States of America...
- Local Enterprise Offices
253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) can avail of start-up financial assistance directly or through a local enterprise office to facilitate...
- Work Permits Applications
254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12360/16]
- Jobs Protection
255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) since the appointment of an examiner; and if she will make a...
- Industrial Relations
256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria under which she would avail of section 38 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to invoke the services of the Labour Court...
- Company Law
258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if and when she will extend the expiry date as provided under section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to enable qualifying companies...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has examined empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil fines for anti-competitive...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Costs
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is concerned at the recent decision of the Workplace Relations Commission on au pairs confirming that these are normal contracts of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Operations
262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces have played in security arrangements at Shannon Airport in County Clare; the cost of such arrangements in each of...
- International Summits
263. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has been invited or if he expects to be invited to the NATO summit in Warsaw in Poland in July 2016; if he would accept such an...
- EU Battle Groups
264. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the Defence Forces to participate in any European Union battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12329/16]
- International Agreements
265. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action that has resulted from the January 2015 memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence; and if he will make...
