Written answers

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve the decision timeframes on all core social protection payments made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has assessed the impact on youth poverty of the lower rates of unemployment allowance; if so, the findings of such an assessment;...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the Millar report entitled Lone Parents and Activation, What Works and Why: A Review of the International Evidence in the Irish...
    • School Meals Programme
      60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he intends to allocate increased funds for school meals to schools following the recent increase in allocation in the budget; and if...
    • Direct Provision Data
      61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the 2015 McMahon report on direct provision that come under the remit of his Department,...
    • Disability Allowance
      62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a cost of disability top-up payment to recognise the additional costs of a disability; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Paternity Leave Scheme
      63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the uptake of paternity leave since the date of commencement for fathers to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/16]
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the way child maintenance is considered in means tested payments in view of the fact that often families can be worse off if in...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud nationally; and his plans to tackle welfare fraud nationally and in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency....
    • Direct Provision Payments
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the recommendations in the June 2015 McMahon report that the direct provision weekly allowance for adults be increased to €38.74 and to...
    • JobPath Implementation
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on complaints arising from the operation of JobPath. [36031/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will commission a report on the impact of the recent changes in social protection payments on lone parent families; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for securing the future of community employment schemes; and if he will allow persons referred to JobPath to be able to apply for community...
    • Fuel Poverty
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions he is taking to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36020/16]
    • JobPath Implementation
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have engaged with a company (details supplied) as part of JobPath to date; the success levels of these placements; if staff...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness that a targeted use of mortgage interest supplement be...
    • Child Poverty
      74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle child poverty. [36032/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the operation of the contributory State pension; if he will examine the difficulties being experienced with regard to the annual...
    • Legislative Reviews
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration he has given to a review of the provisions of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013, including single insolvencies and their...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans on cutting unemployment payments following reported comments (details supplied) made at a recent Pobal conference in Dublin City...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the hard means test of €100 over social protection payment to receive fuel allowance (details supplied). [36030/16]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has identified the various groups, such as the disability sector, carers, widows, pensioners and those dependent on...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will put in place to ensure the survival of the post office network, including the roll-out of further social protection services;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been an increase in requests for review of means-assessed pensions and other incomes in response to the declining value of sterling; the...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for carer’s allowance and benefit applications; the measures he will take to reduce these times; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has reviewed the changes to the rent supplement limits and their impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36037/16]
    • State Pensions Reform
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a universal pension to tackle income inequality in the elderly population; the progress to date in facilitating a transition...
    • Income Inequality
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to address inequality and social exclusion in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is undertaking or will undertake monitoring of the Pensions Authority's achievement of its strategic objectives as laid out in its...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to address the issue of youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35933/16]
    • Fit for Work Programme
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the fit for work programme referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/16]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his future plans to support self-employed persons access jobseeker's benefit. [36035/16]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the average number of contributions per annum requirement for the State pension, contributory, in view of the difficulty it is...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he will improve waiting times in respect of the determination of appeals and access to oral hearings; and if he will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will protect the family income supplement payment from all means testing across all Departments including for local authority rent; and if he...
    • Disability Services Provision
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department plans to support persons with disabilities into employment in view of the recently published disability allowance...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the impact on recent retirees, who are qualified for the contributory State pension, of the way the homemaker scheme years are...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      105. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on transport last met. [36010/16]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      107. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with church leaders and faith communities. [36016/16]
    • Commissions of Investigation
      108. To ask the Taoiseach the costs incurred to date under headings such as office accommodation, legal expenses, salaries and so on for each commission of investigation formally established...
    • Pension Provisions
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the details of all pension top-ups paid in respect of chief executives of semi-State companies under the aegis of his Department including the name of the organisation;...
    • Brexit Issues
      111. To ask the Taoiseach if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met; and the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans on ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2006; and if...
    • Traveller Community
      113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when formal State recognition will be provided to the Traveller community as an ethnic group, in line with a previous statement by the Attorney...
    • Valuation Office
      114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties in Limerick city and county council area on 15 November 2016 that remain unvalued in view of the fact they have not been...
    • Direct Provision System
      115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to make reforms of the direct provision system in view of the programme for Government commitment to reform the system;...
    • Courts Service
      116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports under section 36(2) of the Courts Act 1961 that have been received in each of the years from 2001 to date in 2016. [35743/16]
    • Direct Provision Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a direct provision centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35744/16]
    • Garda Operations
      118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she or An Garda Síochána has taken with regard to the case pertaining to her reply to a person (details supplied) of 11...
    • Garda Station Closures
      119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any Garda stations that were closed in Cork city and county will be reopened following the review by the Garda Commissioner; and if she will...
    • Legislative Measures
      120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the International Protection Act 2015; the number of sections that have commenced; the number yet to commence...
    • Personal Insolvency Arrangements
      121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of thresholds processes for personal insolvency arrangements, including SMEs, as committed to in the programme for...
    • Legislative Programme
      122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill as per the legislative programme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Mortgages Special Court Bill/Courts (Mortgage Arrears) Bill as per the legislative programme; and if she will make a statement...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new private security appeals board will be appointed. [35812/16]
    • Direct Provision Data
      125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently residing in each of the direct provision centres that have been granted refugee status, subsidiary protection...
    • Courts Staff
      126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointed District Court judges that acted as directors of elections at both local and constituency level from 2005 to 2015; and if...
    • Courts Service Data
      127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that went to appeal from the District Courts from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35845/16]
    • Courts Staff
      128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court judges that sit directly in the county where they practised law; the number that still have law firms in their...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of State funding the Irish Law Society received from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35847/16]
    • Courts Service Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of running the District Court system from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35848/16]
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken against District Court judges from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Appeals
      134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35899/16]
    • Proposed Legislation
      135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill, heads of which were published in 2015. [35909/16]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the courthouse redevelopment project in Waterford; and the timeline for its completion. [35961/16]
    • Courts Service Administration
      137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for Circuit Court civil cases to be heard in the Waterford city and Dungarvan Circuit Court areas. [35962/16]
    • Direct Provision System
      138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are reports that a person (details supplied) is on hunger strike in Globe House direct...
    • Pension Provisions
      139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within her Department; and if she...
    • Civil Legal Aid
      140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 15 November 2016, the number of persons that applied for civil legal aid for legal services in...
    • Traveller Projects Funding
      141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to Traveller programmes in 2016. [36140/16]
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the consultation process on the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy has concluded; if she has submitted the draft strategy to...
    • Direct Provision Data
      143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision centres in each of the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36160/16]
    • Garda Deployment
      144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda division on 31 October 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36171/16]
    • Garda Civilian Staff Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians in the Garda workforce in each Garda division on 31 October 2016. [36174/16]
    • Garda Reserve
      148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present strength of the Garda Reserve by Garda division on 31 October 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36175/16]
    • Community Policing
      149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by Garda division on 31 October 2016. [36176/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in her Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department, in the...
    • Garda Accommodation
      152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda intelligence headquarters, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, was recently sold to a REIT that...
    • Deportation Orders
      154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by her Department on a deportation order (details supplied) in the context of the correspondence and additional...
    • Garda Promotions
      155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to proceed with the appointment of those Garda inspectors who have been selected for promotion and who are currently waiting on the...
    • EU Issues
      156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 16 September 2016, the timeframe for the implementation of the European travel information and...
    • Coroners Service
      160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 323 of 17 February 2015 and 160 of 13 October 2015, the status of the Garda review which she stated was...
  • Department of Finance
    • Betting Licences Data
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty payable on the initial grant of a remote bookmaker’s licence and a remote betting intermediary’s licence collected by...
    • Tax Code
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it was decided to commence the help-to-buy scheme on 19 July 2016 in view of the fact that the tax year begins on 1 January; and if he will make a...
    • European Fund for Strategic Investments
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the total financial contribution of the State to the European Fund for Strategic Investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36082/16]
    • Insurance Costs
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to immediately curb the escalating car insurance costs for motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36112/16]
    • Credit Register Establishment
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Credit Register will be operational; the reason for the delay in its creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35758/16]
    • Tax Collection
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue forgone as a result of consumers choosing to purchase goods online with UK retailers in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Excise Duties Collection
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the excise duty collected on a pint of beer served over the counter at a licensed premises; the excise duty collected on a 500 millilitre can of beer...
    • Credit Union Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and identity of credit unions approved for debit card services and member personal current account service; the dates on which they were approved;...
    • Consumer Protection
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to ensure that consumers are not being disadvantaged by a marked differential in consumer products priced in...
    • Credit Unions
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if the liquidators assigned to a credit union (details supplied) would give another credit union the first offer on the offices, in view of the fact that the...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the operation to date of the activate capital fund administered by the ISIF; the number and value of individual loans approved and drawn down to...
    • Pension Provisions
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 15 November 2016, the reasons that sectors such as print, that is, newspapers and magazines, and hair dressing...
    • VAT Exemptions
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 10 November 2016, if there is guidance available to those providing gymnastics lessons on the specific standards...
    • State Banking Sector
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the sale of a stake in a bank (details supplied); if he expects the environment to improve in the next 12 to 18 months to facilitate a sale of...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential impacts on corporation tax revenue if the United States of America was to reduce its rate of corporation tax to 15%; and if he will...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's revised proposals for a common consolidated corporate tax base; the way he expects this proposal would affect...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Debt
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any initiatives to assist SMEs here struggling with currency fluctuations to avail of hedging services (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most recent case of a passported insurer running into difficulty with a company (details supplied); the plans in place to assist the roughly...
    • Property Tax Administration
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if multi properties owners will be permitted to pay their local property tax at the post office in view of the fact that every property has a unique property...
    • Brexit Issues
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met;...
    • Departmental Properties
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in the Dublin City...
    • Tax Credits
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the home carer's tax allowance for the past year for which there are statistics; the maximum allowance per taxpayer; the total amount a full-time...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation in place regarding the conduct of equity release and lifetime mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36302/16]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a final response to a query (details supplied) recently submitted to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36303/16]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a compulsory LGBT module will be added to the SPHE and-or CSPE courses in post-primary schools as part of the LGBT youth strategy; and if he...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in securing a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35734/16]
    • School Accommodation
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has made by his Department to accommodate a new proposed development (details supplied) with regard to school capacity in the...
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal to the primary staffing appeals board by a school (details supplied) was deemed unsuccessful; if he will give consideration...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site for the new secondary school in the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area of Dublin 15 has been confirmed; the location of the site; and...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Staff
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if NEPS will assign a psychologist to cater for children in a school (details supplied). [35776/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any policy change by his Department in the training offered to special needs assistants, SNAs, to perform certain procedures...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a SUSI application by a person (details supplied). [35785/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will receive a special needs assistant. [35786/16]
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, when it was stated in budget 2017 that there is capacity for one-teacher mainland schools to apply to the staffing appeals board for...
    • Scéim na nOibreacha Éigeandála
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas um oibreacha éigeandála atá curtha faoi bhráid na Roinne ag scoil i gcontae...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) to ensure the person is supported adequately; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the baptism barrier as part of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill in time for September 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a teaching number for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35876/16]
    • Minor Works Scheme Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application under the minor works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/16]
    • State Examinations
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to leaving certificate students who require reasonable accommodations in order to sit their examinations, for example,...
    • Third Level Education
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the last strategy for third level education here was promulgated by the Government. [35900/16]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35927/16]
    • School Admissions
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pension Provisions
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if he...
    • Teaching Contracts
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/16]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for allocation of resource teaching hours in respect of students with learning disabilities who have shown general improvements in...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant for primary schools is being paid to primary schools in 2016; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered providing substitute teachers to cover for full-time teachers who are also members of county councils and need...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the statutory approvals have been secured for a school (details supplied); and if the design team for the project has sent in its report...
    • Brexit Issues
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department in the...
    • State Examinations
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application can be submitted by or on behalf of a pupil for the use of assistive technology in the junior certificate examinations of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the usage of the low incidence list as a reference point for the distribution of educational support; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of training which teachers at both primary and post-primary levels receive to enable them to recognise the symptoms associated with...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers in designated community colleges who are not members of any trade union are not being treated the same as members of the TUI...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD units that have been provided for children on the autistic spectrum in schools in County Limerick for September 2016; the...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be receiving the minor works grant 2016-17; when the grant will be processed; if not, the reason;...
    • School Patronage
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the recent patronage decision made for a new secondary school for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area for the provision of a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Collection
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is considering using the post office network as a facility for the sale of motor tax; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he plans to issue guidelines on the setback distance of 1 kilometre from family homes for windmills; and if he...
    • Rural Resettlement Scheme
      242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money granted to rural resettlement each year since 2012, with regard to the Government's commitment...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to grant a person (details supplied) early entry into...
    • Local Authority Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that Cork City Council can remain financially viable; if he will take steps to...
    • Pyrite Issues
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with Dublin City Council, DCC, on the way the budget to deal with pyrite issues in a location...
    • Local Elections
      247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 2 November 2016, his views on the designation of Phibsborough, as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for affordable lettings in the context of rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of plans for public private partnerships in housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if councils should proceed with traditional build social housing in order to ensure there are no delays with regard...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been available for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to draw down and the...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the arrangements made for ex gratia or other payments to workers made redundant in the process relating to the...
    • Pension Provisions
      255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of offers of social housing supports made to approved applicants for social housing which were refused by...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homes that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine an anomaly under the tenant incremental purchase scheme to determine if a person's (details...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct the Pyrite Resolution Board to amend the pyrite remediation scheme to make available expenses...
    • Library Services Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address problems with the centralised tender for book supplies to public libraries; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the...
    • Departmental Properties
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include figures provided from Tusla of adults and children in domestic violence refuges in his...
    • Local Authority Rates
      266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will set up the review into the local authority commercial rates and valuation system; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a recipient of jobseeker's payment and jobseeker's benefit would fail or have a sanction of reduced payment applied...
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of money paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme per annum from 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a carer's benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the results of a survey (details supplied); and his views regarding the effects of cuts in recent years to...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes available to help a person who is in part-time employment and wishes to start their own business but retain their part-time job; and if...
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision in respect of an FIS payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to publish details of the recent review of community employment schemes conducted by his Department; his long-term position on community...
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for SWA in respect of a person (details supplied) will be finalised. [35841/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will carry out a review of a family income supplement payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Conservation Grant Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the water conservation grant in 2015 and 2016; if his Department has made provision for the allocation of the water conservation...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to remain on a Tús scheme. [35928/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the regulations for rent supplement for those who are in homeless accommodation in view of the costs and difficulties...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a jobseekers' allowance claim will be reopened in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35948/16]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) which has been delayed without explanation; and if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if he will...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      286. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he is taking to specifically address the still overly high rate of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be in receipt of a carer's allowance payment and reimbursed all moneys owed following their successful appeal...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/16]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a review or appeal for a person (details supplied). [36077/16]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36109/16]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for an eye test examination will be granted for a person (details supplied). [36120/16]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for family income support. [36121/16]
    • Social Insurance Payments
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the rules that applied in the period 1985 to 2000 for proprietary directors making PRSI contributions; and if he will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be granted an extension to their community employment scheme. [36142/16]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 19 May 2016, if he will provide an update on the matter. [36151/16]
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application from August 2016 for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 November 2016, if he will address the issues raised in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the expansion of the rural social scheme following budget 2017; the way in which the extra places will be spread throughout the...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud; and his plans to tackle same. [36188/16]
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of discussions taking place on a framework for closed certification and diagnosis coding on certificates and electronic transmission of...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee...
    • Departmental Properties
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in the Dublin...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [36246/16]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was not approved for the care of a person (details supplied); and if this application will be reviewed. [36248/16]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of women previously in receipt of one-parent family allowance that have experienced a net reduction in their weekly income arising from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the applications for various social protection payments which are most commonly refused on application and referred to appeal or an oral hearing;...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the various youth unemployment alleviation measures have resulted in successful full-time job placements; and if he will make a...
    • Community Welfare Services Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which community welfare services remain readily accessible in all areas throughout the country with particular reference to meeting...
    • Housing Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the cost of rent support has increased over the past 12 months; if adequate emphasis is being placed on the need to meet the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance, ophthalmic benefit, dental benefit, invalidity pension and disability allowance received in...
    • Employment Support Services
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the age profile of those on the live register continues to be monitored with a view to making any adjustments necessary to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the self-employed can qualify for various social protection supports now and in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments received by his Department in each of the past 12 months to date; the number approved; the...
    • Deserted Wife's Benefit Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of deserted wives benefit eligible for receipt of payment in the past five years to date; the extent to which their...
    • Unemployment Benefits Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit in County Kildare at present; the extent to which such...
    • State Pensions
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the State pension in 2015; the number of recipients at year end; the total number of beneficiaries, that is, counting qualified adults;...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a decision on their...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost per year of reinstating eligibility for child benefit to persons up to 19 years of age who are still in school; his views on whether such a...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Consular Services Provision
      327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions the Government has undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); the further actions the State intends to undertake;...
    • Northern Ireland
      328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the boundary of the Republic of Ireland with Northern Ireland from Magilligan Point and Greencastle to Inishowen Head; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Cases
      329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional efforts which could be made by his Department to raise a person's (details supplied) case at European and international...
    • Human Rights
      330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to fact that the Turkish interior ministry has now declared 370 NGOs and associations which were operating...
    • Pension Provisions
      332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason national contributions to EU development co-operation have increased in the past two budgets; the parts of the EU development...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland and the EU can assist with the worsening humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria, especially for children, in...
    • Israeli Settlements
      335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the building of 1,600 plus homes for Israeli settlers in the illegal settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the report, Business and Human Rights. [36084/16]
    • Consular Services Representations
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had contact with the honorary consulates of Ireland in Morocco since the death of a person (details supplied); and if he has...
    • Brexit Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in the...
    • Trade Strategy
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government on developing a new cross-sectoral whole of government Asia-Pacific...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the North-South Ministerial Council meeting which took place on 18 November 2016. [34560/16]
    • Foreign Policy
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact the election of US President-elect, Donald Trump, will have on American-Irish relations and in particular, regarding Northern...
    • International Agreements
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an itemised list of all international treaties and conventions which the State or plenipotentiary thereto has...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is funding ring fenced for a flood relief programme in Templemore, County Tipperary; if so, the amount; when it is due to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the interdepartmental flood policy co-ordination group to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy on the unwinding of cuts imposed on public service pensioners under the financial emergency measures in the public interest,...
    • Company Registration
      354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of assets transferred to the State as a result of companies that were involuntarily struck off by the Companies Registration...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross cost to the Exchequer for each month that the planned pay increase under the Lansdowne Road agreement of €1,000 in...
    • Fiscal Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount factored in for demographics for each year 2017 to 2021 in respect of the calculation of net fiscal space in the fiscal...
    • Budget 2017
      358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 20 October 2016, if the carryover impact to 2018 of expenditure measures announced in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a site (details supplied) has been assessed; if funding was applied for to the Office of Public Works for flood mitigation works...
    • Pension Provisions
      360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department;...
    • EU Funding
      361. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of project applications entered by the State under the European Fund for Strategic Investments per annum in tabular...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has reviewed its position on public-private partnership guidelines following the EUROSTAT and European Investment Bank...
    • Brexit Issues
      363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of contracts awarded to companies and businesses in Northern Ireland; the post-Brexit implications for those companies that...
    • Coastal Protection
      364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when further funding will be provided to upgrade and reinforce the Bellurgan embankment in County Louth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drainage Schemes
      365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the dredging of a river. [36192/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when it was convened; the number of times it has met; the...
    • Departmental Properties
      367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or bodies and agencies under its aegis in the Dublin City...
    • State Properties
      368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider an application by an association (details supplied) on 26 January 2015 for the temporary lease of the building known...
    • Public Sector Pensions Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of public service pensions in 2015, including any lump sums payable to persons upon retirement; the number of recipients at the...
    • Drainage Schemes
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding works on an embankment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/16]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      371. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding future commemorative events related to events 100 years ago falling during her term of office; and her plans to...
    • Departmental Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reverse some of the cuts in funding to the Irish language and Gaeltacht authorities since 2018 (details supplied). [35821/16]
    • Post Office Closures
      373. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of post office closures each year from 2002 to 2016 to date. [35901/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      374. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within her Department;...
    • Planning Issues
      375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expedite the review of the archaeological impact assessment of a house (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in her Department; if so, when it was convened; the number of times it has met; the...
    • Departmental Properties
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department...
    • World Heritage Sites
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the UNESCO recommendations on the publishing of the documentation on the conservation works, at an academic and a popular level,...
    • Historical Records
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to bid to purchase the Pearse letter of surrender which is now on display in the GPO and is reported to be going for...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Inquiries
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the advice he would give a person (details supplied) who would like an inquiry into the death of their baby infant in Temple Street hospital in 1966 shortly...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in the commencement of Part 2 of the Children and Family Relationships Act, concerning donor-assisted human reproduction; if...
    • National Children's Hospital
      382. To ask the Minister for Health when the memorandum referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 15 November 2016 (details supplied) will be brought before the Cabinet. [36137/16]
    • Departmental Funding
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available from his Department for the start-up costs of a men's shed (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Research
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce cancer trial research units in hospitals to complement the current number of 14 located nationally; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the proposed new primary health care centre for Rathdrum; the proposed completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35735/16]
    • Mortality Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated mortality rate for dementia in each of the years since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35738/16]
    • General Practitioner Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a full-time general practitioner service in Rathmore, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35745/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department has been requested to introduce an electronic bed management system in acute hospitals; if he has considered same; if it will receive...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      391. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his departmental officials have recently met the HSE to discuss the nursing shortages, particularly since the latest recruitment drive has failed to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reported shortages of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35753/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/16]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for both appointments and assessments in the early intervention and school age psychology services in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated for mental health difficulties under the child and adolescent mental health services in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for the fair deal scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1203 of 16 September 2016, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [35790/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to have a procedure carried out at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [35796/16]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      401. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug Kalydeco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/16]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated in the past 12 months for whom data are available, using NTPF funding, by a consultant doctor who also had persons...
    • Dental Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35805/16]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35814/16]
    • Home Help Service
      405. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to privatise home help hours; the position regarding current home help staff; if their positions are guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      406. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 10 November 2016, the details of the general practitioner contract; the side which has broken it or not fulfilled...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of filled radiographer posts in each hospital for the past three years and to date in 2016, in tabular form; the number of resignations in each...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued a date for an orthopaedic operation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Admissions
      410. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the policy of some hospitals presenting private insurance patient forms to patients to sign when they are not in a fit state to understand the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the dental care provision available to children between the ages of 12 and 16 years of age in areas where school dentists are unable to visit schools due to...
    • Dental Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if private dentists are permitted to treat the children of medical card holders between the ages of 12 and 16 years of age under the GMS scheme; and if he will...
    • Residential Institutions
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the annual per capita costs for the year 2006, in respect of each of the 72 residential centres for adults with intellectual disabilities reviewed by the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if there are talks or negotiations taking place for the cystic fibrosis drug kalydeco to make it more cost effective for two to five year olds; the reason...
    • HIQA Inspections
      415. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent audit at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, by HIQA (details supplied); his further views on the high infection prevention and control...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's family (details supplied) were not informed of case funding review meetings; if any further case funding review meetings will take place;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward legislation on surrogacy. [35908/16]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the section of the long stay contribution scheme that allows a person to retain only €33 per week; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Transfers
      419. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be transferred from Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35922/16]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiations for a new GP contract; if he will consider introducing a salary for general practitioners to provide a service in rural...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35924/16]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible to arrange for persons receiving the blind welfare allowance to receive their payment directly into a designated bank or post office account...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      423. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the NCPE decision on kalydeco for young children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35938/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35939/16]
    • Risk Equalisation Scheme
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request health insurers not to pass on the cost of the health insurance levy to families and health insurance policyholders; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which community organisations supporting persons with mental health issues can access funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35947/16]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Tallaght drug and alcohol task force each year since its foundation in 1997 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the measures the Government is implementing to address mental health issues among young persons, specifically the mental health services available to children...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the National Centre for Pharmaco-Economics report that the drug Orkambi prolongs life by a median 7.4 years, 2.45 QALY and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Health when the grant under the national lottery grant scheme which was awarded to an organisation (details supplied) on 27 July 2016 will be paid. [36066/16]
    • Nursing Home Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the exact location of the 1,000 beds being offered by an organisation (details supplied) to the HSE to alleviate overcrowding in winter 2016, in tabular form;...
    • Patient Transfers
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, of recommending that relevant patients are discharged to a community nursing home (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36110/16]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) could be reopened in view of the fact the family feel they need a fresh assessment of needs carried out to help...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease will be included on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36116/16]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if a home help package will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36117/16]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of all procurement bids that have been made with respect to the patient hotel facility for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the payments made by the HSE to all outsourced contractors for 2016 to date for services provided to acute hospitals, in tabular form; the type of services...
    • Assisted Suicide
      442. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enact legislation with respect to assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36136/16]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the reason surgery is not being sanctioned in UCHG due to hospital pressure; and when a person (details supplied) will receive a reliable date for surgery...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions advertised by the HSE from 1 January 2015 to 1 January 2016 for doctors, consultants, specialist nurses, nurses and other health...
    • Dental Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of 24-hour emergency dental cover; if his Department has made any plans to expand the coverage of emergency dental cover;...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in County Tipperary for persons who are diagnosed with early stages of dementia in the area of counselling, physical therapy and other...
    • Medical Card Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department has taken to significantly reduce the waiting lists for child psychologist services in Cork and Kerry Community Health Organisation....
    • Health Services Staff Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has reportedly the second lowest number of respiratory consultants in Europe; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Beds Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress of the new 50-bed older persons' residential unit (details supplied); the steps that have been taken in the existing facility to...
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a home support appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36181/16]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 2016 applications from community organisations under the national lottery funding scheme in terms of approval for applications and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will make speech therapy and occupational therapy services available to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met;...
    • Departmental Properties
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department in the Dublin City Council...
    • Traveller Community
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated, with the subsequent outturn, for the implementation of Traveller health policy for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016; the...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health if a claim under the cross-border directive will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) considering the significant cost of their treatment; and...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for the child and adolescent mental health service in counties Donegal and Cavan; the current...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if the new technology, the recently launched FreeStyle Libre system, to monitor persons with diabetes will be made available on the long-term illness card; if...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process relative to the appointment of a specialist oncologist for sarcoma patients; if the post was advertised publicly; the...
    • Nursing Home Services
      469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for Ramelton community hospital, County Donegal; the number of persons resident in the hospital; the number of persons employed by the HSE in this...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 500 home care packages for persons suffering with dementia that have been allocated, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that funding will be released for a recommended new prosthetic limb for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36256/16]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds that are specifically available to persons suffering from dementia in community hospitals by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the removal of the specialised Down's syndrome clinic from a hospital (details supplied); if the unit will be reinstated; if so, when it is...
    • Community Care Provision
      476. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a dedicated feeding clinic to serve County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36268/16]
    • Patient Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains or supports a national patient registry of adult neuromuscular diseases, acquired and inherited, that captures epidemiological data in a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assessments of needs for children with disabilities are only provided to children who were born after 2002; his views on whether this cut off point...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the case of persons (details supplied) outlined in correspondence; if he will make the necessary arrangements for the drug to be made...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36351/16]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 18 October 2016, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35740/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will grant a single farm payment to a person (details supplied) without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will allow for permanent observers on board super trawlers operating within the whale and dolphin sanctuary off the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 4 October 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of convictions in respect of animal health or abuse since the 2013 Animal Health and Welfare Act was enacted, by county,...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the criteria involved when buying entitlements; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fishing Industry
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for herring fishing and allow greater flexibility to fishermen in respect of same in order to...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when new partnership farmers will receive single farm payments; the reason there has been a substantial delay with all payments made...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has received no basic payment or areas of natural constraint payment to date; and if he will...
    • Teagasc Courses
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the waiting list of more than 600 students awaiting certification at a college (details supplied); the steps he is...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was deemed to be a producer when issued with a pig number; if he will re-examine this case;...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35853/16]
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding fishing rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35854/16]
    • TAMS Applications
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35871/16]
    • Transfer of Entitlements
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/16]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and value of basic payment scheme entitlements transferred in 2016 in a number of categories (details supplied), by...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for an ex gratia payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35914/16]
    • Animal Welfare
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to effect a ban on the use of animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Eligibility
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps required in submitting a successful application for the GLAS traditional farm buildings scheme; if the employment of...
    • Departmental Investigations
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/16]
    • Pension Provisions
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 in his Department; and...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Administration
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the introduction of a system whereby every farmer would get 70% of the basic payment scheme payment due on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 17 May 2016 if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a second cattle tag is on the verge of being approved for use here under his Department's tag approval process; the changes...
    • Brexit Issues
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department, or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Food Industry Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of food imports and exports to and from Britain in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on an application for incremental credits to a person (details supplied); when a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Waste Management
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the section of the State apparatus that has oversight over a local authority's failure to enforce dumping licences; and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a system of feed-in tariffs for photoelectric produced power to encourage persons to fit...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in rolling out the national broadband plan; when the procurement stage is to be completed; his plans...
    • Pension Provisions
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his...
    • Illegal Dumping
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department investigated any cases of illegal dumping of industrial waste on bogland owned by Bord Na Móna in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the Lisnageer area in Bunnoe, County Cavan, is due to receive fibre broadband; if there are plans to upgrade the...
    • Brexit Issues
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number...
    • Departmental Properties
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department, or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30 Mb broadband speeds to County Donegal as part of the national broadband...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences Renewals
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are exemptions for persons who live in a non-EU country and have their Irish drivers licence stolen to be present to renew their...
    • Taxi Regulations
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exemptions and assistance that are available to taxi and hackney operators that are not in a financial position owing to economic...
    • Airport Development Projects
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a third terminal for Dublin Airport; his further views on whether one is needed; if so, his views on whether it should be...
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Issues
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) is still in a position to deliver their report within the 12-week timeframe with regard to the...
    • Driver Licences Renewals
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a facility to enable persons who live abroad to renew their Irish driving licences remotely; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 2 November 2016, if he has reverted to Sport Ireland with comments on the cost-benefit...
    • Public Transport Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of train stations, including names and addresses, in which there are accessibility issues for persons with mobility...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points awarded in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of persons in the same years who received penalty...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legalisation as soon as possible to regulate rickshaws; if Galway City Council has banned rickshaws; and if he will...
    • Rail Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken by his Department to protect the Ballybrophy to Limerick line; if this line is threatened with closure; and if he...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a meeting has been held between members of Clare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland; if so, if he will report on that...
    • Public Transport
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's plan for the maintenance and restoration of Broadstone Station, Dublin 7; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a new stadium (details supplied) in County Donegal; if further documents will be required from the club...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data usage for each docking station per month from 2014 to date with regard to the Limerick bike share scheme; if he will provide the...
    • Pension Provisions
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and...
    • Driver Licences Renewals
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, when drivers renew their licences, he will ensure that the classes they previously qualified for are automatically added to their new...
    • Rail Services Provision
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the closure or downgrading of rail services on the Limerick to Waterford line and the Ballybrophy line in County...
    • Sports Events
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Semple Stadium in County Tipperary was excluded from the IRFU 2023 Rugby World Cup bid; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regional Airports
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the PSO for regional airports is being reviewed by his Department; if Sligo Airport can be included in this review in view of the fact...
    • Brexit Issues
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commence with the regulation of clamping vehicles which is provided for in Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in...
    • Bus Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the bus service between Rosses Point and Strandhill, County Sligo and the Sligo town service which is in need of an...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the rail network into County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36266/16]
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views of a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish coast guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/16]
    • Bus Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Bus Éireann to stop the 109 and 111 bus services at the M3 park and ride facility in the event that Irish Rail...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme grants process for 2016 will be initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36360/16]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Consumer Protection
      552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a marked differential that goes beyond a currency conversion and its impact on consumer shopping habits; the steps she...
    • Third Level Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide for another five year cycle of the PRTLI for the period 2017 to 2021. [36091/16]
    • International Agreements
      554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA has put forward any concerns to her that the CETA agreement will potentially lose US investment here as Ireland will no...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the schemes available to help a person who is in part-time employment and wishes to start their own business but retain their...
    • Pension Provisions
      557. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts since 1995 within her Department;...
    • Ticket Touting
      558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to end ticket touting and unfair trading in tickets; if she will request the Competition and...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      559. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the efforts of her Department and the IDA at attracting businesses to the new advanced factory in County Sligo; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      560. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in her Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      561. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department,...
    • IDA Supports
      562. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the succeed in Ireland contract; when she expects a decision to be made on it; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 11 October 2016, her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will publish an interim report; the cost to date; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans regarding medical information for those adopted and fostered, including those whose adoption was forced by religious...
    • Child Detention Centres
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the review of practices at Oberstown detention centre will be completed; if the review will be published before the end of 2016; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the superannuation Acts since 1995 within her Department; and...
    • Residential Institutions Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when it is anticipated that a children and young persons' residential care facility (details supplied) shall fully reopen for service...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff allocated to the HSE and health board's separated children team in each of the years 2000 to 2014. [36180/16]
    • Brexit Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in her Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by her Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of her Department, in...
    • Family Resource Centres
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is anticipated to be an underspend in her department in 2016; if so, if she will consider the needs of the family resource centres...
    • Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be allocated to Tusla in view of the anticipated increase in numbers of refugee children arriving here; and if...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish figures provided from Tusla of adults and children in domestic violence refuges on a monthly basis to allow the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Functions
      575. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 8 November 2016, the powers or responsibilities he has not delegated to the Minister of State in...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      576. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of a pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35912/16]
    • Defence Forces Ceremonies
      577. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the cancellation of the Defence Forces deceased members remembrance ceremony due to take place on 6 November 2016; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      578. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications that have been refused for injury warrants under the superannuation Acts since 1995 within his Department; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      579. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the...
    • Departmental Properties
      580. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of vacant sites, properties and land owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department, in the...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      581. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Naval Service ship, LE Aisling is stood down; if so, if he has determined a future plan for...

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