Written answers

Friday, 6 September 2019

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a member of the Defence Forces not rationed on duty can claim a sub-allowance for €33 tax free but will only be paid €20...
    • Consular Services
      2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has liaised with officials in the Department of Defence regarding a person (details supplied) and efforts to return them here; and if he...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each in...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position with regard to the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to leave the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive an Army pension after 21 years of service. [34965/19]
    • Air Corps
      6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention or that of his predecessors has been drawn to correspondence in 2016 between the HSA and the Air Corps regarding personal...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of active members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the number of new reservists recruited during the 2018 campaign; if a recruitment...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been...
    • Postal Voting
      11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 11 June 2019, if a review has been completed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Preparations
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional Army personnel he plans to assign to the border with the UK for preparedness for the forthcoming departure of the UK...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to date in 2019 and the expected cost in 2019 to his Department of expenses payable to staff being relocated to work in respect of the...
    • Parliamentary Questions Data
      15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of oral parliamentary questions he has answered as Minister for Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36139/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the...
    • Protected Disclosures
      17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the safeguards in place to protect the identity of the person who has made the protected disclosure in instances in which protected disclosures...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cyber security staff for cyber security protocols under the remit of his Department;...
    • Departmental Operations
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to remedy the issue with Defence Forces regulation R5 which prohibits Reserve Defence Forces officers commissioned...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when pay and conditions for members of the Permanent Defence Force will be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36435/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36542/19]
    • Middle East Issues
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death in solitary confinement of a person (details supplied) following a number of in-depth...
    • Ebola Virus Outbreak
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role and supports Ireland will provide in response to the latest Ebola crisis in view of the recent declaration regarding the outbreak of...
    • Syrian Conflict
      25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Irish persons aside from a person (details supplied) being held following the conflict in Syria and Iraq....
    • Passport Applications
      27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34794/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each in...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when documentation and a refund will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35032/19]
    • Passport Services
      30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries other than EEA member states and Switzerland in which the passport card is accepted. [35173/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be...
    • Human Rights
      32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the executions in Bahrain during the weekend of 27 July 2019; the action he and EU colleagues will take with the...
    • Gender Recognition
      33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports that have involved gender recognition certificates. [35518/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has...
    • Foreign Policy
      37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the fires in the Amazon; if he will report on the contact he has made with the Brazilian authorities regarding the...
    • Citizenship Status
      38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the citizenship of a child born abroad to a non-citizen in a same sex marriage in cases in which the non-birth mother...
    • UN Resolutions
      39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will develop a position on the UN treaty in the context of the publication of a revised legally binding instrument to regulate in...
    • Human Rights
      40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased threats and attacks against human rights defenders and the high levels of violence in...
    • Rapid Response Initiative
      43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new recruitment campaign for the rapid response roster will be carried out before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Internships
      44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit of...
    • Departmental Operations
      46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Northern Ireland
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the talks with the political parties in Northern Ireland and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding the need...
    • Brexit Preparations
      48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the background of the campaign his Department and others commenced on 4 September 2019 regarding increasing Brexit preparation; the details...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the cessation by a company (details supplied) to provide specialist insurance here; if he has engaged with the company on...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the criteria for the primary medical certificate in order for persons with disabilities to avail of VRT reductions; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of second-hand private vehicles imported here from the United Kingdom in each of the past five years in tabular form. [35420/19]
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide exemptions to islanders to use tractor diesel for boats used for personal use particularly in circumstances in which they are returning to...
    • Vehicle Registration
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vehicles can have ownership registered to persons under 17 years of age and minors and also to fake names with...
    • Tax Yield
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue generated by applying the financial transactions tax currently applied in a number of EU countries to financial transactions...
    • Brexit Preparations
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 11 July 2019, the number of the 57 credit institutions and 59 insurance firms from the UK or Gibraltar that have...
    • Tax Compliance
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances and the value of tax involved in recent years in which the large cases division of the Revenue Commissioners issued reassessments of...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date as part of the Motor Insurers Insolvency Compensation Fund; his plans for the fund; when collections are expected to cease; and if...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are penalties or fines for financial entities or persons operating here without Central Bank authorisation; the number of warnings issued by the...
    • Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of allowing capital gains on Employment and Investment Incentive, EII, shares to be capital gains tax applicable rather than...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the entrepreneurial relief for capital gains tax to 12.5% and removing the lifetime limit of €150,000; and if...
    • Tax Credits
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the cost of the research and development tax credit that arises from such services being outsourced to third parties by the company availing...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of removing the restriction to 100% of the employee’s annual emoluments for the key employee engagement programme, KEEP;...
    • Tax Code
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the remuneration limit under the KEEP scheme from 50% to 100%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34932/19]
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Administration
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual operating cost for the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in 2018 and 2019, respectively. [34971/19]
    • Gender Proofing of Policies
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is utilising the SWITCH model in its development of gender budgeting processes to be implemented across all Departments. [34980/19]
    • Tax Code
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €100,000, €500,000, €1 million and €2 million, respectively, the threshold at which businesses...
    • VAT Rebates
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the tax back programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35003/19]
    • Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish collective asset-management vehicles as incorporated bodies will be required to provide information on beneficial ownership to the register of...
    • Tax Forms
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the facilities in place at Revenue Commissioners offices nationally for persons to obtain hard copy forms to claim tax relief such as tax credits and tax free...
    • Tax Code
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income a couple with joint assessment can earn without being subject to income tax in circumstances in which both parties are under 65 years of...
    • Bankruptcy Data
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bankruptcies initiated by the Revenue Commissioners; the number of adjudications in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Tax Code
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of lowering the €250 eligibility threshold for capital reliefs on individual donations to sports capital projects to €200; and...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance the margin of compliance with the expenditure benchmark and the structural balance under EU fiscal rules under the scenario outlined in table 6 of the summer...
    • Tax Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full year cost of waiving PRSI and USC on interest earned from lending through crowdfunding for all crowdfunding loans and for...
    • Departmental Websites
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason links from search engines or other sources to documents found on the website of his Department now link to a Department home page rather than the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal...
    • Departmental Surveys
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide historic data held by his Department to provide comparative reference points (details supplied). [35360/19]
    • Debt Repayments
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance the repayment schedule for bilateral loans to the UK; the capital amount repaid to date by transaction; the amount outstanding; if the repayments are made in...
    • Tax Credits
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s tax credit by increments (details supplied) in tabular form. [35435/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms that have still not obtained an EORI number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35458/19]
    • Stamp Duty
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who develop schemes under a planning permission and commencement notice a number of years old can benefit from the stamp duty refund under section...
    • Tax Incentives
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax incentives to support farmers will be introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35548/19]
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and...
    • Tax Code
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the threshold for siblings in relation to capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/19]
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on subscriptions to professional organisations by workers and self-employed persons in 2018 by each professional...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of restoring trade union subscription tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the special assignee relief programme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/19]
    • Stamp Duty
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful applications under the residential development stamp duty refund scheme since its introduction to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • VAT Rate Application
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to guidance in relation to food supplements issued by the Revenue Commissioners from May 2007 (details supplied); if his...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the sportspersons relief tax scheme in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [35734/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the disregard of the first €3,000 when calculating tax relief for third level fees will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insurance Industry
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance when the key information report on employer and public liability insurance claims will be published; if an organisation (details supplied) has submitted the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials of the Revenue Commissioners have visited a site (details supplied) in County Kildare to date in 2019; if so, the nature and-or reason for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring forward the migration of participating securities Bill; when the legislation will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional Revenue Commissioners staff assigned to the Border with the UK in respect of preparedness for the forthcoming departure of the UK...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of real estate investment trusts here; and the estimated number of properties in the portfolios of such real estate investment trusts....
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal costs incurred by the State with respect to the successful case taken by a person (details supplied) in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal;...
    • IBRC Operations
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the sale of IBRCAC in 2014 including the proceeds versus the original value; the number of staff and investors originally involved; the number...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his decision to approve a substantial increase to the industry levy on credit unions up to 50% by 2022 will be reversed; if he consulted with a committee...
    • Tax Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital gains exemption on properties sold if they have been held for three years or more will apply to a company (details supplied) once it acquires...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated if the 2% stamp duty on houses that are sold for in excess of €1 million was increased to 3%; and if he...
    • Departmental Internships
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to further issues and delays with issuing of RICT certificates under the EIIS scheme to investors in time for the annual tax...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff for cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his Department; if such...
    • Departmental Operations
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36244/19]
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility for certain not-for-profit providers such as music schools and community organisations in the application of the Revenue...
    • Pension Provisions
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding taxation of German pensions; his views on whether persons should not have to pay twice for the same...
    • VAT Rate Application
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT free limit will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36406/19]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36538/19]
    • Fiscal Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if funds from the contingency reserve fund established under the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019 can be withdrawn and...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost in 2019 of the special assignee relief programme; the number of employers and employees availing of the scheme; the average benefit...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue in 2020 from increasing excise duty on diesel to the same level as that of petrol. [36680/19]
    • Pensions Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from reducing the maximum allowable pension fund to €1.7 million. [36681/19]
    • VAT Yield
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated extent of below cost selling of alcohol here; the impact this has on VAT revenues; and the way in which this is tracked by his Department or...
    • National Training Fund
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue from the 0.1% increase in the national training fund levy in 2020; and the way in which this is factored in arriving at the net fiscal...
    • Stamp Duty
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in each of the past three years through the stamp duty on rental property in cases in which the full rent is above €2,500; and his...
    • Research and Development Supports
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the knowledge development box scheme for SMEs since being established in tabular form....
    • Insurance Costs
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement further recommendations of the cost of insurance working group in view of the escalating costs of insurance for many sectors; and if he...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor the activities of the financial organisations or their agents in relation to penalised borrowers (details...
    • Stamp Duty
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the first and full year yield from a 2% points increase in stamp duty on non-residential property transfers on all amounts in excess of...
    • Tax Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the first and full year yield from each percentage point increase in the minimum effective tax rate of persons earning more than...
    • Tax Credits
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in income forgone of the research and development tax credit. [36934/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34744/19]
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will prepare an annual equality budget statement to be read by him alongside the Budget Statement as recommended by...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has issued the report as per section 3A(6) of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 as inserted by...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to remove the public service pension reduction from public service pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the delivery of a Garda station for Bailieborough, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36261/19]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend the public sector procurement system in order that organisations can procure supplies locally; if his attention has...
    • Public Sector Pay
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of payments made to former Ministers who lost their seats in the 2011 general election or who did not contest the 2011...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the Office of Public Works can search for the record of employment in the 1950s of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the review of the gender budgeting pilot in his Department has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34960/19]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Works owned and-or managed and-or leased properties that have and are not being used and-or are vacant and-or are...
    • Pension Provisions
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the 1984 Civil Service superannuation scheme constitutes discriminatory treatment for disabled civil servants according to the 2002...
    • Departmental Websites
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason links from search engines or other sources to documents found on the website of his Department now link to a Department home...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to...
    • Tionscadail Oidhreachta
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an raibh comhráití idir Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí agus Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir leis an ngá atá...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 28 March 2019, the status of the historical gates to the Phoenix Park removed in summer...
    • Departmental Properties
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if property valuations received by the Office of Public Works regarding 44-45 O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, since it acquired the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he was consulted regarding the closing of applications for the deep retrofit scheme; if he has engaged with the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pension restoration measures for civil and public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35614/19]
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention...
    • Departmental Contracts
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which contracts are awarded to a company (details supplied) when previous school projects were found to have structural...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the strategic review of the Phoenix Park undertaken by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works, OPW, plans to sell the unused Garda station in Glenfarne, County Leitrim; if so, when it will be sold;...
    • Flooding Data
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 12 February 2019, when the second more detailed report in respect of flooding in an area...
    • Garda Stations
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a closed Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35776/19]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 3 April 2019, if permission will be sought from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid per unit (details supplied) in vacant site levies since the levy was introduced by year and amount per vacant unit; and...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Glanmire flood relief works will commence. [35860/19]
    • State Properties
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the vacant properties at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; the plans of the OPW for the...
    • Coastal Protection
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to future coastal works required at Mornigton, Bettystown and Laytown; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected cost overrun in the health budget for 2019; his plans to address the cost overrun in Budget 2020 or via Supplementary...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount of income derived from all third-party installations of telecommunications equipment on masts at Garda stations or...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to a company (details supplied) for the rental of a location since the lease began or...
    • Departmental Internships
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unpaid internships issued or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the evaluation of submissions to the public consultation on the Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review;...
    • Cyber Security Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit...
    • Departmental Operations
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and/or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be provided under the flood relief schemes to strengthen the banks of the River Shannon in the Corbally area of...
    • Departmental Data
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis of assuming a significant fall in the projected demographic costs associated with social projection arising from the change in...
    • Public Sector Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on introducing a public accountability act providing for individual public servants to be held accountable for their actions;...
    • National Lottery Regulator
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of investigations and successful prosecutions by the lottery regulator regarding instances of underage gambling and/or the...
    • Public Spending Code
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the issuing of a cost effectiveness analysis guidance document; when the document will be issued; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the changes made to the public procurement process in view of the fact that they have been in place for a number of...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter concerning a flood relief scheme for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeowners Voluntary Relocation Scheme
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/19]
    • Statutory Retirement Age
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) is likely to be allowed to continue their employment after retirement age which is their choice and in...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a carpark will be constructed at a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36615/19]
    • Public Sector Pay
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of addressing pay equalisation in the public sector. [36684/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated to improving flood defences in each of the past five years. [36685/19]
    • Departmental Budgets
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the increase in 2019 in the expenditure ceiling earmarked for each Department in 2020, by capital funding and current funding; the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flooding defence plans for Ballybofey and Stranorlar, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Training Fund
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the mandate of the national training fund and the way in which its expenditure profile can be reoriented towards more effective...
    • School Transport Data
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tickets issued by Bus Éireann for the Kildalkey to Trim school bus route for the 2019/2020 school year; the appeals process in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allowed to seek permission to go to tender with a building design to prove it will be delivered on budget;...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the student assistance fund to pre-2012 rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36784/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants in the clear customs initiative by eligible customs agents, customs intermediaries and affected businesses up to 31...
    • Schools Facilities
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to install kitchen facilities to all State-run primary schools which do not have those facilities. [36947/19]
    • Third Level Fees
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if asylum seekers are regarded as international students for the purposes of third level fees; if so, his plans to change this; and if he will...
    • Schools Inspections
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that provide leaving certificate applied level that have had subject key assignments externally inspected since the...
    • School Services Staff
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries paid through the ancillary grant; and the average wage of secretaries. [34697/19]
    • Capitation Grants
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation for primary schools to 2011 rates per pupil. [34698/19]
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of schoolbooks being provided by schools; and the estimated cost for schoolbook rental schemes to be provided by all schools. [34699/19]
    • School Guidance Counsellors
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reversing cuts to guidance counselling; and the estimated cost to ensure one counsellor for every 500 students. [34701/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of an additional SENO or SNA. [34702/19]
    • School Enrolments Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected number of children in primary and secondary schools in September 2019. [34703/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected number of ASD unit places to be available in primary and secondary schools by county in September 2019. [34704/19]
    • School Transport Provision
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport has been withdrawn from a school (details supplied) with effect from September 2019 in view of the fact it is still...
    • Education Grants
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the effect the housing crisis has on applicants that apply for SUSI grants but cannot apply as independent students in view of the fact they...
    • School Staff
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a class size has been increased in a school (details supplied). [34721/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is guaranteed to modernise a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if the agreed plan to reunite the school on one site in...
    • Autism Support Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that children diagnosed with high functioning autism have no suitable facilities to attend after primary school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 8 May 2019, the status of the school building project; when it will commence; and if he will make a...
    • School Placement
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second-level school place will be found to meet the requirements of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works scheme application will be granted due to the circumstances to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case and circumstances of a child (details supplied) will be addressed. [34816/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all school building projects for the Dublin 6W, 12, 14, 16 and 24 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34826/19]
    • School Patronage
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forthcoming patronage process for the new post-primary school for Citywest and Saggart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34827/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ETB-owned site at Fortunestown Lane, Dublin 24, on which temporary primary schools are located will facilitate the new primary school for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the plans to construct permanent buildings for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each in...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Staff
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 183 and 495 of 23 July 2019, the reason home tutors are not regarded as employees of his Department for...
    • Educational Organisations
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the bodies representing parents that are consulted by his Department on educational issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34894/19]
    • School Management
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide extra support for teaching principals in primary schools in view of the increase in responsibilities, reports and paperwork...
    • Education Grants
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) can change from independent status back to dependent status due to family circumstances immediately...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to allowing teachers to transfer from one county to another (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned secondary school for west Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34964/19]
    • School Enrolments
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to parents and children where demand for local secondary school places exceeds supply; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact on returning emigrants who cannot access student grant funding which excludes them for three years...
    • School Services Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the costing of the pay claim made by a union (details supplied) on behalf of school secretaries and other non-teaching staff; when...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure the July provision is available to all children with Down syndrome who require it; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with the building timeline for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35054/19]
    • School Funding
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding and support package announced in summer 2019 for schools (details supplied); the criteria under which the funding is...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding SUSI’s special rate of maintenance and the cutting of same upon the death of a person within the household in...
    • Pension Provisions
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full pension will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35115/19]
    • Education and Training Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of investment (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35143/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism or his plans to introduce a mechanism to enable teachers to revert to their original pension status later in their career...
    • Education Policy
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have consulted with parents regarding religious instruction or worship in community or education and training board...
    • Education Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer an alternative subject to religious instruction or worship in line with Circular 0013/2018. [35182/19]
    • Chaplaincy Services Provision
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to chaplains in community and education and training board schools in 2018; and the number of chaplains appointed in 2018....
    • Teacher Training Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the participation level in in-service training for the human and cultural diversity aspect of the social personal and health education...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure secondary school provision is matching expansion of housing in the Clonee and Ongar areas of Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Capitation Grants
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point increase in the capitation grant for primary schools. [35211/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one point reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level. [35215/19]
    • School Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to reverse staffing cuts to small schools with less than 86 pupils to 2011/2012 levels. [35217/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide additional classroom accommodation in order to reduce primary school class sizes per each point reduction. [35218/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year net saving of using newly qualified teachers for substitution duties rather than retired teachers. [35219/19]
    • School Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which have teacher numbers (details supplied). [35222/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed for the 2018/2019 school year; and the projected number of SNAs to be employed for the 2019/2020 school year. [35225/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have appealed their SNA allocation for 2019/2020 by county in tabular form. [35227/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has used the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 to force a school to open an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, class in an area in...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to work collaboratively with the Teaching Council to review the national third-level teacher training curriculum to improve the level...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the 15% cut in resource hours teaching; and the estimated cost to increase the national educational psychological...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Administration
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide administrative support for each national educational psychological service, NEPS, psychologist. [35235/19]
    • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore rural co-ordinator service under the home school liaison service. [35237/19]
    • School Equipment
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the school books grant by 30%. [35239/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools which are waiting on capital funding for future school build works or the completion of ongoing school build works by county; and the...
    • School Enrolments Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at primary and post primary level enrolled for the school year 2019/2020. [35242/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year net saving of replacing all rented prefabs with permanent accommodation assuming the cost of providing same is already...
    • Third Level Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third-level students registered in universities for 2018/2019. [35245/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to reverse changes to the non-adjacent grant levels. [35247/19]
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Fees
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to remove apprenticeship and PLC course fees. [35248/19]
    • Third Level Fees
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the student contribution by €250 for students with family income by amounts (details supplied). [35249/19]
    • Third Level Staff Data
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each one-point reduction in the academic staff to student ratio for universities. [35251/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending grant support to part-time students at third level. [35253/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing all rates of the student grant by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [35255/19]
    • Student Assistance Fund
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to increase the student assistance fund and support scheme for students with disabilities by 20% each. [35258/19]
    • Capitation Grants
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 5% increase in capitation to PLCs, Youthreach and VTOS. [35259/19]
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-EU students who enrolled in higher education over the past five years. [35260/19]
    • Third Level Fees
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that qualify for the free fees initiative based on the latest student numbers available. [35261/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to create 1,000 additional apprenticeship places. [35268/19]
    • Private Schools
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year net saving of withdrawing the annual State subsidy to private schools. [35269/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year net saving of reducing the scheme for private psychological assessment by 10%. [35270/19]
    • Teachers' Occupational Health
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to the free counselling service provided by his Department for teachers and other civil servants previously known as care call...
    • School Transport
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the school transport scheme; if changes to preserve the right of a student to a concessionary school transport ticket...
    • School Patronage
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request a short review of an application made alongside certain proposals with a view to allowing a school (details supplied) to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/19]
    • Professional Qualifications
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35391/19]
    • Schools Facilities
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding proposed extensions, upgrading and-or replacement of school facilities and buildings at both primary and post-primary...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of permanent status for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35444/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools, by county, in tabular form; the number of new classes that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the immediate safety of the building users of a school (details supplied) will be guaranteed in view of the requirement for further...
    • Crèche Facilities Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value placed on the crèche facilities which operate in school buildings. [35508/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason under the SUSI grant system parents are deemed legal guardians until persons reach 21 years of age; and the reason the rest of the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a site (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a new primary school in Carrigaline, County Cork; when the school will be established; the position regarding the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied); when the application will progress to the next stage; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been...
    • School Staff
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries employed to date in 2019, by county, including secretaries directly employed by his Department and those paid...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools will be reduced; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35677/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new sports hall for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35679/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to reduce teacher to pupil ratios in schools in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35698/19]
    • School Transport
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow the medical card waiver to apply for school transport for pupils who may not be attending their nearest school for a variety...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has been denied school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35722/19]
    • Teacher Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid to teachers on part-time and full-time contracts, respectively, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to the end of June 2019, in...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date, number of teachers impacted and value of payment due not issued for each event in which 30 or more teachers were not paid on an agreed...
    • Teaching Contracts
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an increased use of part-time contracts for teachers; if so, when his attention was drawn to the practice; the...
    • Schools Establishment
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children living in Hollystown, Dublin 15 are in the catchment area for the new post-primary school in Dublin 15 due to open in 2020; the steps...
    • School Transport
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which extra funding will be made available for additional school buses for the 2019-2020 school term; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is to carry out a review of its building inspection processes further to the recent revelation that 17 school buildings which...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports for, and consultation made with, the management, staff and parents of schools (details supplied) in relation to the remedial works...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the National Council for Special Education to provide a specialised class for children on the autism spectrum in the proposed...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to reduce the distance for a third-level student to qualify for the non-adjacent SUSI grant from 45 km to 24 km as it was up to...
    • Liúntais do Mhúinteoirí
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an fóirdheontas a bhíodh ar fáil d’ábhair oidí chun freastal ar chúrsaí...
    • Education Policy
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents can remove their children from classes in school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35764/19]
    • Schools Facilities
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of replacement facilities and-or a new school at a school (details supplied); the degree to which agreement...
    • Soláthar Iompar Scoile
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh dóthain spáis ar an mbus scoile a théann go scoil (sonraí tugtha)...
    • School Transport Appeals
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time to have an appeal heard by the Student Transport Appeal Board for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); if the schedule of accommodation has been completed; and if he will...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to reduce class sizes here in view of the fact the average class size here is significantly higher than the average size...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a schedule of inspections conducted at a site (details supplied) and its surrounds for quality assurance and building regulations compliance...
    • Research Funding
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant aid is available to fund research (details supplied). [35838/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 9 July 2019, if a review of the stage 2(b) has been completed; the status of the new building; and...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures will be put in place in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [35859/19]
    • School Transport Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quality assurance checks of vehicles operating the school transport scheme that took place in 2018; the number of checks and the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to build a new school building at a school (details supplied). [35948/19]
    • State Examinations Commission
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a pay increase for special needs assistants, SNAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35961/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent school for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35964/19]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied) relating to a schools amalgamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35973/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); the details of delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35976/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB, headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for the person's SUSI grant review; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being undertaken to expedite the new school project for a school (details supplied); the actions being taken with regard to same; and...
    • School Funding
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools, respectively, that require parents to pay voluntary contributions. [36002/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools issued with a notice pursuant to section 37A(5)(a) of the Education Act 1998 in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; his plans to provide...
    • School Transport Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding provided for school transport for schools (details supplied) to date in 2019, in view of the fact that the school...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient Gaelscoileanna will be established in the north County Dublin area to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider developing a comprehensive course for oral Irish and Irish comprehension for pupils with literacy difficulties; if such a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a project (details supplied); the deadline for the scheme; the criteria for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commencement of Legislation
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to commence section 7 of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018. [36118/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be approved for categories 7 to 10 under the minor works scheme to a school (details supplied); when the funding will be set...
    • School Transport Appeals
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence forwarded to the school transport appeals office by a person (details supplied) on 12 July 2019 will be acknowledged and...
    • Departmental Internships
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met representatives of Bus Éireann or the RSA since September 2018 regarding the safety of the school transport fleet; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional supports to students experiencing mental health difficulties at third-level institutions; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the major school building projects scheduled to be completed in the next six and 12 months respectively; the number of projects scheduled to...
    • Departmental Communications
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communications he has undertaken to date with patrons and schools on the provision of school places for children with autism in Dublin 15;...
    • School Placement
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in which he has been advised to use his powers in the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 to increase school places by State...
    • Departmental Meetings
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements which have taken place between his Department and representatives of school secretaries since June 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Education Policy
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work underway to examine the Cassels report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/19]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI grant applications made for the 2019-2020 term; the number granted and refused, respectively to date; the number of appeals;...
    • Departmental Circulars
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring of the implementation of circular 0032/2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/19]
    • School Curriculum
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken to date to update the sexual education curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/19]
    • Teacher Supply
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will commence training to qualify as secondary school teachers in schools in September 2019; and the number who will...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can receive a full recheck on their SUSI application; if so, if it will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the construction of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [36207/19]
    • Special Educational Needs
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase resources for children with additional needs in mainstream schools who have multiple diagnoses; and if he will make a...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his...
    • Departmental Operations
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Playgrounds
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to a school board of management and parents association wishing to develop a playground on school grounds; and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence and be completed in respect of a planned new school building (details supplied) in Cork City; and if he will make...
    • Schools Establishment
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pledge to open an educate together national school in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of an emergency situation which has arisen in a school (details supplied). [36348/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a UK course will be recognised for a student grant for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Authority Funding
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the issues raised in a budget 2020 submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Patronage
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an Educate Together national school in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36397/19]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding registering with the Teaching Council will be...
    • School Transport Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing additional transport for students travelling to nearby schools in County Donegal on a route that is...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve class sizes and the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36433/19]
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which the weight of school bags is monitored by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36446/19]
    • Parent and Student Charter
      456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the education (parent and student charter) Bill. [36449/19]
    • School Transport Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided for a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36465/19]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will meet with a deputation, as requested by local community groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to assist a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36473/19]
    • School Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the conditions of employment of school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36507/19]
    • School Patronage
      462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of funding for an Educate Together school in Palmerstown, Dublin 20. [36509/19]
    • School Placement
      463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the Kilcock school planning area to include Johnstownbridge and Kilahanroe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new apprenticeship programmes available since 2017; the estimated cost for such allowances; the estimated additional costs that will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when authorisation will issue to commence the pre-qualification process in respect of a building project (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a summer works scheme application will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason transport is not being provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36543/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress to provide a special needs base at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the timeline for delivery of the project; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available in regard to a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied); if they can qualify for a course at level...
    • School Transport Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to distribute the extra funding allocated for the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36617/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in regard to completion works at the Maynooth Educational Campus, Moyglare Road Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to which...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which free school transport can be offered to the children of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary, post-primary and special needs cases are being provided for in line with demographics in respect of Celbridge,...
    • School Placement
      481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate primary school places remain available at Kill, County Kildare, with particular reference to the placement required...
    • Schools Building Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which proposals for a school (details supplied) for north County Kildare continue to progress; when it is expected the final...
    • School Transport Data
      486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision has been made for the restoration of free or concessionary school bus transport for children in the Rathcoffey and...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of public funds that are provided to fee-paying schools; the number of fee-paying schools receiving public funds; and the number of...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided for apprenticeships. [36746/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided under the SUSI grants scheme. [36748/19]
    • DEIS Expenditure
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided for DEIS schools over and above normal school funding. [36749/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in the first year and in a full year for every one point reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level. [36750/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in the first year and in a full year for every 100 new special needs assistants recruited. [36751/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants in the education system; the overall pupil-to-SNA ratio; his plans to improve the ratio; and if he will...
    • Third Level Fees
      494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year and full year cost for every €100 reduction in the student contribution charge. [36753/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year and full year cost of changing the qualifying criteria for the non-adjacent rate of the third-level grant from 45 km to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year and full year cost of every 1% increase in grants under the SUSI scheme. [36755/19]
    • School Transport Review
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a major review of the school bus transport scheme will be initiated in view of the serious issues which arose throughout the country for this...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a comprehensive review of the SUSI grant scheme with a view to increasing expenditure on grants and expanding income...
    • Third Level Fees
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the student contribution for higher education over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36762/19]
    • DEIS Scheme
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the challenges faced by principals in large second-level DEIS schools as a result of the high level of social...
    • Schools Building Projects
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs to date of the remediation work at schools affected by structural defects in an area (details supplied) and at other schools in the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the building of a permanent school on the Phoenix Park racecourse site for a college (details supplied); when construction of the...
    • School Transport Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bus transport for primary school children (details supplied) in County Cork will be resolved in view of the large number of pupils...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants allocated to schools in the Dublin 22 area; and the funding allocated for SNAs in the Dublin 22 area in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of construction of a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36880/19]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free school transport will be extended for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36884/19]
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SUSI higher level education funding will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planned works at a school (details supplied). [36898/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new building for a school (details supplied) will be completed; if the way in which State contracts are awarded will be reviewed in view...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for capital funding to replace an undersized classroom and old prefabricated...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tender Process
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the terms of the contract for the Garda footwear tender have changed from an open procedure to a single framework...
    • Courts Service Properties
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse and in particular on the railings there in view of the fact that the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his timeframe to ratify the optional protocol of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35635/19]
    • Parental Leave
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take steps to extend the new paid parental leave scheme due to commence in November 2019 to all parents with...
    • Visa Applications
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the refusal of a visitor's visa in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drugs Crime
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for funding a Mulvey type report will be supported to assess and plan appropriately to manage the drugs...
    • Passport Controls
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols and procedures for minors travelling alone in relation to passport control at Dublin Airport; the requirement, if...
    • Commencement of Legislation (1 comment)
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the four year delay in commencing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 with the exception of Part 8;...
    • Visa Applications
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a remain to stay visa by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the cultural liaison service at the Reception and Integration Agency; the NGOs contacted in this regard; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the new ruling for persons who wish to apply for citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Meetings
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials met with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or his officials and-or the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an order to deport will be revoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when residency status will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when further consideration will be given in respect of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the information on the file of a person (details supplied) will be updated in accordance with the facts in view of the fact...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the permanent relationship between persons (details supplied) will be recognised as a basis for naturalisation in the case...
    • International Protection
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34792/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the case in respect of an application for refugee status will be undertaken in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Applications
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the eligibly for citizenship in regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Order Offences
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-charge penalty notices issued in each of the years 2007 to 2018, for public order related offences by Garda...
    • Crime Data
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cautions issued under the adult scheme in each of the years 2007 to 2018, by Garda sub-district and category of...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the ongoing review of the immigrant investor programme; his plans for the programme in the future; and if he...
    • Garda Resources
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources assigned to the Garda specialist units that come within the ambit of special crime operatives,...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the...
    • Legislative Programme
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the legislation to amend section 5 of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 following the referendum in May 2019;...
    • Garda Deployment
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers assigned to the Dublin metropolitan region north and north central respectively....
    • Prisoner Data
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners born male located in women's prisons; and the number of sex offenders born male located in women's...
    • Bankruptcy Data
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who availed of bankruptcy in each of the years since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Equipment
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 28 May 2019 will be supplied; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in his Department that were or are members of An Garda Síochána in 2018 and to date in...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 466 and 549 of 8 May 2019, the position regarding the assessment of the caseload of the...
    • Public Inquiries
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the public inquiry will commence into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 with the exception of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act will be fully commenced; and...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the terms of the recent divorce referendum will pass into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/19]
    • Direct Provision Data
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the provision of a direct provision centre in the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid
      565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to increasing the income threshold for free legal aid from the present level of €18,000...
    • Courts Service Data
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if information (details supplied) will be provided for each of the years 2015 to 2018 in the interests of planning to safeguard...
    • Legislative Programme
      567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when section 39 of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 will be amended to take account of the issue of coercive control which is not...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements put in place under the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to arrange for interviews of victims of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the allocations from the grant aid scheme for community closed-circuit television schemes with a view to...
    • Immigration Data
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from Colombia living here; the number on a stamp 2 and stamp 4; and the number of Colombians who have...
    • Travel Documents
      573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the processing times for travel documents; his plans to increase resources to reduce the processing time; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation received by month in 2018 and to date in 2019. [35061/19]
    • Direct Provision Data
      575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons seeking international protection here that were placed in emergency accommodation rather than dedicated...
    • Emergency Services Data
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hoax 999 calls received by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 in numerical terms and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Deportation Orders
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be set aside in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous correspondence and Parliamentary Questions, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined...
    • Immigration Data
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 11 July 2019, the position regarding the processing of applications under the...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 14 November 2018, the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol cars assigned to Mountjoy Garda station in 2018 and to date in 2019, by the existing allocation and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing and the annual cost of running the register of personal injuries actions in accordance with...
    • Citizenship Applications
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the spouse and children of a naturalised Irish citizen living in the United Kingdom and whose family joined them there...
    • Residency Permits
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a work permit application or short-term residency status will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the unexpected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35395/19]
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who is a stamp 4 holder but may qualify for naturalisation; if...
    • Residency Permits
      595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) that was awarded stamp 4 status but is still awaiting an...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case of a person (details supplied) can be re-examined with a view to granting temporary residency; if...
    • Garda Strength
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda strength by rank including Garda reserves based in each station in a district (details supplied) in tabular form; and...
    • Visa Applications
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the extent to which the case is progressing or approved; and if he...
    • Parental Leave
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which parents of children with autism and other special needs are considered to meet the criteria for disability...
    • Visa Applications
      602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to change the process of applying for extension of volunteer visas for non-EU citizens beyond the current two years;...
    • Garda Recruitment
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 464 of 8 May 2019, if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the...
    • Visa Applications
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35597/19]
    • Law Reform Proposals
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the issue of litigation funding and access to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/19]
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his...
    • Work Permits Applications
      608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of progress to reform the atypical working scheme permit rules enforced by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding the deactivation of old guns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when it will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Asylum Support Services
      612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions are taking place and consideration has been given to opening a reception centre for asylum seekers in a premises...
    • Garda Reorganisation
      613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he was consulted on the Garda reorganisation plan; if he has received a copy of same; if he has been informed of the new...
    • Immigration Status
      614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish citizen child of a person (details supplied) will have to attend with the child's mother who has to lodge their...
    • Residency Permits
      615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the likely status and procedure to be followed in order to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for naturalisation; if the person's application has been received by the...
    • Garda Reserve
      617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Reserve and the geographical spread of active reservists by Garda district. [35794/19]
    • Judicial Council
      618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date of the establishment of the judicial council and thereafter the personal injuries guidelines committee in accordance...
    • Prison Service Staff
      619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff due to take compulsory retirement from a prison (details supplied) between 31 August 2019 and 31 December...
    • Visa Applications
      622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [35822/19]
    • Personal Injury Claims
      623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to cap insurance awards for soft tissue issues; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent changes to the atypical working scheme will be reviewed in view of the effect it is having on the availability of...
    • Deportation Orders
      625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order (details supplied) will be reconsidered. [35841/19]
    • Direct Provision Data
      626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in RIA emergency accommodation services; the number in bed and breakfast accommodation nationally; and if...
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment laws here taking into consideration the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a...
    • Insurance Fraud
      628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of fraudulent insurance claims reported by the insurance industry to An Garda Síochána in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way he plans to address the continuous residence requirement for persons applying for citizenship; and the number of...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the CCTV scheme will extend beyond 2019 for funding purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/19]
    • Garda Equipment
      641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to replace aircraft and-or helicopters in the Garda air support unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 12 February 2019, if he will report on Garda Operation Disruption; and if he will...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 26 February 2019 to which no reply was received, the number of juvenile...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 26 March 2019 (details supplied), if he now has to hand the report on crack...
    • Garda Transport Data
      645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 8 May 2019 to which no reply was received, the number of marked and unmarked cars...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 229 of 5 March and 545 of 8 May 2019 to which no reply was received, the number of...
    • Garda Resources
      647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 22 May 2019 to which no reply was received, if he will seek additional resources...
    • Garda Operations
      648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 28 May 2019 to which no reply was received, if he will report on Garda Operation...
    • Garda Warrants
      649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committal warrants issued to gardaí in the R district in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of such...
    • Visa Applications
      650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be allowed entry to study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36136/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28...
    • Data Retention
      652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work under way in his Department to review or reform the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Vetting
      655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36170/19]
    • Protected Disclosures
      656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards in place to protect the identity of the person who has made the protected disclosure in instances in which...
    • Deportation Orders
      657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving a family permanent visa; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Visa Applications
      658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the process regarding an elderly parent visa application for a person (details supplied). [36212/19]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be increased for initiatives such as community policing on public bus and rail services in view of the...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in respect of cybersecurity protocols under...
    • Departmental Operations
      662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36256/19]
    • Garda Deployment
      667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the child protection unit at Mountjoy Garda station, Dublin 7, as of 27 July...
    • Direct Provision Data
      668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision that are not in a direct provision or reception centre; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Procedures
      670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols, regulations and supports in situations in which gardaí must use personal vehicles on official business...
    • General Data Protection Regulation
      671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been informed of breaches of GDPR related to the processing of information for technology companies operating here by...
    • Gambling Sector
      672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of investigations and successful prosecutions that have occurred regarding instances of underage gambling in on...
    • Immigration Status
      673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a permission as a person of independent means; if the...
    • Firearms and Ammunition Security
      674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce regulations for the storage of ammunition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/19]
    • EU Regulations
      675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a proposed EU wide ban on...
    • Drugs Dealing
      676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures he plans to introduce along with a multi-agency approach to address the availability of cocaine...
    • Garda Deployment
      677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to provide additional staffing resources to the Border region for the remainder of 2019; and if he will...
    • Garda Resources
      680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to provide security to Vice President Pence during his visit to Ireland; if the costs will be met from...
    • Garda Transport Data
      681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda marked and unmarked cars and vehicles assigned to each Dublin Garda division; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Seizures
      682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the types of drug and the quantities and values of each seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2018...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for naturalisation notwithstanding a number of summonses that have been...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress continues on the update of stamp 4 and-or naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • Citizenship Status
      688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the means by which a person (details supplied) can regularise or update their status; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Status
      689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in case a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the termination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Deportation Orders
      693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider setting aside the deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will use his...
    • Residency Permits
      694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in respect of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a meeting can be arranged with an appropriate person in his Department or the INIS in the case of a person (details...
    • Deportation Orders
      697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the personal handwritten letter sent to the relevant section of his Department by a person (details supplied) has been...
    • Immigration Support Services
      698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can obtain an appointment with the person's local immigration officer before 25 September 2019...
    • Crime Data
      699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department maintains a database of unsolved homicide and manslaughter cases here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) will be considered in respect of a case; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied). [36648/19]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile referrals to the national office by Garda division in each of the past three years and to date in 2019,...
    • Garda Recruitment
      703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of each 100 additional gardaí and each additional 100 new Garda civilian staff to be recruited,...
    • Direct Provision Data
      704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the anticipated cost in 2019 of the direct provision system. [36704/19]
    • Direct Provision System
      705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a transfer request by a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36721/19]
    • Asylum Applications
      706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the entitlement or otherwise to temporary or long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      707. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration of a work permit supported by a potential employer will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      708. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if healthcare assistants will be put on the critical skills visa list in order that healthcare assistants from abroad can be employed...
    • Brexit Preparations
      709. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that InterTradeIreland has found that most businesses are choosing to disregard the potential effects of the UK...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      710. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and location of each IDA client company in County Meath; the number employed by each company to 31 December 2018; the level...
    • Skills Development
      712. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the increasing incidence of automation in industry; the preparations being made here for same in order to ensure it does...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      713. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if persons (details supplied) can qualify for work permits and-or stamp 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34798/19]
    • Work Permits Applications
      714. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to the application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      715. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to her and the Minister of State in her Department; the salary of...
    • Co-operative Sector
      716. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason co-operative organisations are required to file accounts with the Registrar of Friendly Societies within three months of...
    • EU Agreements
      717. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received communication from the EU Commission following the Taoiseach’s joint letter on the potential agreement on...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      718. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent survey by an association (details supplied) found that of a sample of toys...
    • Departmental Funding
      723. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant funding or financial assistance her Department and associated agencies have provided to counties Longford and...
    • Regional Development Funding
      724. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant funding allocated to counties Westmeath and Longford through the IDA and Enterprise Ireland since 2016; and if she...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      725. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected...
    • Work Permits Applications
      726. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit application or short-term residency status will be extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Brexit Preparations
      727. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of SMEs that have commenced actively planning for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35456/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      729. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      730. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if her...
    • Workplace Relations Services Data
      731. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace relations inspectors employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35657/19]
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      734. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and role of persons employed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to date in 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Work Permits Applications
      735. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35700/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      736. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28 August...
    • Departmental Operations
      737. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the...
    • Job Creation
      739. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in the creation of jobs by a company (details supplied) since they were first announced in September 2016; if...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      740. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits that have taken place in each county in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of jobs that...
    • Consumer Protection
      741. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied); the statutory and consumer rights available to customers that seek to reclaim costs...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      742. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits that have taken place in County Mayo from 1 January 2019 to date; the number scheduled to take place...
    • Brexit Supports
      743. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports being provided to the retail sector to prepare for Brexit in view of the difficulties that may arise for the retail...
    • International Conventions
      744. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland failed to ratify ILO Convention 129 on Labour Inspections in Agriculture (1969); and if she will make a statement...
    • Trade Agreements
      745. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has raised at recent European Council meetings Irish concerns on a proposed Mercosur deal and its adverse effects on the beef,...
    • Startup Funding
      746. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided for start-up support. [36660/19]
    • Research and Development Funding
      747. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided for research and development. [36661/19]
    • Company Registration
      748. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount collected in search fees by the Companies Registration Office in 2018; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its...
    • Brexit Supports
      749. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme which opened in March 2018; the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      750. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date by the CCPC regarding enforcement of the grocery goods regulations and monitoring compliance; the number of...
    • Brexit Supports
      751. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      752. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 11 July 2019, the number for all new hires and replacement staff over the three year...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      753. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of prepare your business for customs initial workshops that have taken place up to 31 August 2019; the approximate number...
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      754. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide data (details supplied) in relation to each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [36847/19]
    • Consumer Protection
      756. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consumer regulations in place to enable consumers to leave a service provider contract for a mobile phone or utility provider over...
    • Company Law
      757. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the areas flagged in a summary by an organisation (details supplied) of the potential impact of Brexit for company law...
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      758. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for work permits received in each month to date in 2019; the number of applications fully processed at the...
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      759. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy with respect to remote working; the remote working office hubs that are under the remit of her Department or a State agency...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      760. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the selection process for the recent three ministerial appointments made to the National Competitiveness Council; the number of...
    • Employment Rights
      761. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans being developed by her officials as per a news article (details supplied) regarding the rules on the right to disconnect...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
      762. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her request to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to undertake a study of the public liability insurance...
    • Brexit Preparations
      763. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a recent InterTradeIreland report (details supplied) which found that just 6% of traders were prepared for cashflow and...
    • Brexit Staff
      765. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full and part-time staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department by staff grade in tabular form. [36866/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      766. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work being carried out by the expert group on future skills needs including published reports on skills and labour shortages in...
    • Brexit Preparations
      767. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the studies or reports being carried out by her Department or commissioned by her regarding Brexit; the organisation commissioned for...
    • Trade Agreements
      768. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the studies or reports being carried out by her Department or commissioned by her regarding trade deals;the organisation commissioned...
    • Brexit Preparations
      769. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that all possible actions have been taken by her Department in anticipation of a UK...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to reduce the care hours provided for a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered, which have been reduced from ten to seven hours per...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding in relation to the nursing home support scheme will be proved in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35541/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to end the availability of the rehabilitative training bonus will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35696/19]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if the call of an organisation (details supplied) for investment will be included in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36156/19]
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      775. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34986/19]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      777. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 4 May 2017, the consideration being given to the issue raised (details supplied); his views on whether urgent...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an angiogram appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/19]
    • Maternity Services
      779. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the services provided in a clinic (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the ownership of the...
    • Hospital Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if procedures and operations for persons over 60 years of age are being carried out in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      783. To ask the Minister for Health the status of capital expenditure for a new wing to Cavan General Hospital and a 14-bed ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      784. To ask the Minister for Health if costs are determined by costs per treatment episode; the number of episodes in each of the years since 2012 by medical detoxification unit, community based...
    • Protected Disclosures
      785. To ask the Minister for Health if other Departments have been notified of the receipt of protected disclosures submitted to the National Maternity Hospital; the number of protected...
    • Hospital Services
      786. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused access to genetic testing that was recommended by their treating physician. [34696/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the national forensic mental health service facility in Portrane, County Dublin; the completion date for same; if the project...
    • Mental Health Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken during 2018 to improve outcomes for persons with comorbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [34710/19]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      790. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make flash glucose monitoring technology available for persons with type 1 diabetes regardless of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a drugs payment card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34718/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [34724/19]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the health service to date in 2019 and for the same period in 2018, by occupation, hospital and community healthcare organisation...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if St. James's Hospital, Dublin will review the case of a person (details supplied) to determine if an earlier appointment than 14 October 2019 can be...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      795. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 15 May 2019, if a referral under the treatment abroad scheme will be expedited and approved for a person (details...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      796. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence will be provided between his Department and a person (details supplied). [34734/19]
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      797. To ask the Minister for Health if there are major issues with referrals to ear, nose and throat, ENT, care for children (details supplied). [34739/19]
    • Dental Services Data
      798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments under the school dental service in Cork city in each of the past 15 years by child. [34741/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      800. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an operation in view of the fact their condition was diagnosed over three years ago; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for colposcopy appointments by hospital on 19 July 2019, in tabular form. [34758/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if a vitamin B12 injection supplied by a general practitioner is covered under the full medical card; if the patient is charged for this service; and if he...
    • Hospital Investigations
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials have considered requesting HIQA to review the circumstances in relation to a recent termination (details supplied) in Holles Street...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      804. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he has received from Holles Street Hospital regarding the ongoing safety of termination services at the hospital; if this included practices at...
    • Health Services Appeals
      805. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      806. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34773/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for spinal fusion operations; the steps he will take to ensure there is more access to operating theatres for such children...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of vaccine rates in County Wicklow by town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34781/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      809. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been on the waiting list for two years will be expedited. [34782/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34784/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      811. To ask the Minister for Health when speech therapy will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      812. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34786/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding cancer drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34803/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to house patients who have mental health problems in communities (details supplied). [34805/19]
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      815. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues facing persons with thalidomide-related injuries, both those acknowledged by the State and those who remained unacknowledged,...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      816. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the 80-bed community hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; if the estimated €25 million has been put in place to...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      817. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitor will be added to both the medical card cover and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34819/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the year-on-year change in the number of patients attending the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital in comparison to the year-on-year change...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in acquiring a site for the Knocklyon and Rathfarnham primary healthcare centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34831/19]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      821. To ask the Minister for Health the funding to be allocated to drugs and alcohol local task forces in Dublin 24; if additional funding is being allocated in 2019; if so, the amount of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      822. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which can be provided to a person (details supplied) in need of a medical card due to impending surgery for pancreatic cancer; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      823. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      824. To ask the Minister for Health the official HSE policy with regard to the filling of blister packs by pharmacists; if this process will incur a charge for patients; if the costs involved can...
    • Medicinal Products
      825. To ask the Minister for Health when medicine will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34872/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      826. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care provision being provided to persons under 65 years of age, aged 65 and over and 75 years of age and over; the smallest and largest...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      827. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no clinical psychologist at a centre (details supplied); when it is expected one will be hired; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      828. To ask the Minister for Health when a device (details supplied) will made available for free to type 1 diabetics; the qualifying criteria for same; if patients on the earlier 640g model will...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      829. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport scheme with new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34904/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      830. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment. [34915/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding overcrowding in hospitals, particularly in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      833. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34920/19]
    • Respite Care Services
      834. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter will be addressed with regard to travel to and from respite care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34938/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      835. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties regarding accessing the drug Sativex here even when prescribed by a consultant neurologist; the status and...
    • Hospital Services
      836. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34946/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34948/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      838. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for residential care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34949/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      840. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 3 July 2019, if he will provide the evidence of compliance for the site requested (details supplied); and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      841. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34958/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      842. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34959/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      843. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address issues (details supplied) regarding the medical card application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34961/19]
    • Home Help Service
      844. To ask the Minister for Health the reason arrangements with respect to the provision of home help support for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal have been changed with regard to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding charges in a nursing home for a person (details supplied). [34963/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      846. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details suppled) who has been waiting for over four years for an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant at Naas General Hospital...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      847. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had appointments for a procedure in Galway University Hospital cancelled on four occasions; when a new...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      848. To ask the Minister for Health if a neck and head support will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34981/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      849. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34982/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      850. To ask the Minister for Health the productivity levels of cytoscreeners working on behalf of CervicalCheck before and after the judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      852. To ask the Minister for Health the reason immunotherapy treatment is not being provided to cancer patients in public hospitals despite being recommended by oncologists; and if he will review...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      853. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite hours for a person (details supplied). [35001/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for cross-Border funding by a person (details supplied). [35002/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      855. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [35012/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied); if there is a concerted effort by the HSE to keep down referral numbers to consultants at smaller hospitals by...
    • Hospital Services
      857. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns regarding neurology day services and consultant clinics in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the location and days they take place; his...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stepdown beds available at a hospital (details supplied); if the additional six promised for the unit in 2018 have opened; and if he will make a...
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the dementia adviser service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/19]
    • HSE Properties
      860. To ask the Minister for Health if the sale of the old St. Felim's hospital building and grounds in Cavan town has been agreed or completed; his views on the decision of the HSE to proceed...
    • Home Help Service
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the provision of carer's and home help will be reviewed; if the shut down of home help in...
    • Hospital Services
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 20-week anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital; if it is open to all women; the days on which it operates; and if he will...
    • Emergency Departments
      863. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for the refurbishment of the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35022/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      864. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at the emergency department in Cavan General Hospital in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      865. To ask the Minister for Health if the terms of fair deal will be extended retrospectively in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35025/19]
    • HSE Reports
      866. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding a Comptroller and Auditor General report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35026/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      867. To ask the Minister for Health his plans or the plans of the HSE to provide or reimburse ocrelizumab for primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients in view of the decision of the UK...
    • Infectious Diseases
      868. To ask the Minister for Health if the rules governing public health and exemptions from attendance at court in the case of infectious diseases apply to the family courts; if not, the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      869. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an assessment in respect of a scoliosis procedure will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      870. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to include bowel cleansing services within the public health system for diverticulitis sufferers here (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      871. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35044/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      872. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 16 May 2019, the status of services as outlined in the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • HSE Properties
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a site (details supplied); if it can be retained in public ownership due to its historical significance; and if he will make a...
    • First Aid Training
      874. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding costs of first aid course certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35063/19]
    • Health Services
      875. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/19]
    • First-Aid Training
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the reason first-aid trainers do not have proper representation on the PHECC council. [35066/19]
    • Maternity Services
      878. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by each maternity hospital in the past five years to date on infant feed formula, teats and bottles by hospital, amount and year; if hospitals...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a place in a home for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35086/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      881. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35095/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      882. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the eligibility threshold for the over 70 medical card in view of increases in costs of living. [35096/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      883. To ask the Minister for Health when a new wheelchair will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35100/19]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      884. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE procurement framework for private ambulances that is being operated; when the framework was established; the period covered by...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in each HSE hospital for January to July 2019, by month and hospital in tabular form. [35111/19]
    • Dental Services
      886. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment and reopening of the HSE children's dental service (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for IVF (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35121/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      888. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35125/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      889. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment for cataracts will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35130/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      890. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35131/19]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      891. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include vitamin injections as part of medical card cover when the injections are prescribed by a doctor for medical reasons; and if he will make a...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Applications
      892. To ask the Minister for Health when the blind welfare allowance will be fully restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      893. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding his Department has allocated to services (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      894. To ask the Minister for Health when Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if the respite needs of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [35164/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the ages of women having their first BreastCheck appointment; the number of women offered subsequent appointments at two year intervals; the geographical...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35171/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      899. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cut the rehabilitative training allowance will be reviewed with a view to fully reinstating same; the reason for the decision to cut the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      900. To ask the Minister for Health the status of footwear for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35185/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      901. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore pay equality for hospital consultants appointed post-2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that health authorities are unable...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      902. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to abolishing the training allowance paid to persons who have a disability and are enrolled in training programmes; and if he...
    • Eating Disorders
      903. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35191/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [35192/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a supplier of hair pieces and wigs (details supplied) is not listed on the information pack of approved suppliers which is given to patients at...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      906. To ask the Minister for Health the level of access a company has to Guthrie cards in the archives of Temple Street Hospital; if he has granted the company access and-or view and-or use of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      908. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations regarding the administration of medicines by carers assigned by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      909. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      910. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pre-registration nurses who trained at considerable expense to the State in Galway University Hospital are not automatically being offered positions...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      911. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [35209/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the decision to move a person (details supplied) to a centre further away from the person's locality; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Duodopa which is very beneficial to Parkinson's sufferers was recently withdrawn by the HSE; if he will engage with a charity (details supplied) on...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35309/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      920. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/19]
    • Orthodontic Services
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the status of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35315/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the status of dental treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35316/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      923. To ask the Minister for Health the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      924. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rehabilitative training allowance has been abolished for new applicants with disabilities from 1 September 2019; the estimated saving that will...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      925. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35356/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      926. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regrading issues in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/19]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      928. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average annual cost of operating the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that accessed the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain Institutions Act 2015...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      930. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a response from the HSE (details supplied) to a Parliamentary Question is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      931. To ask the Minister for Health if further details of the environmental support needs referred to in correspondence from a service provider in relation to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      933. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical procedure will be carried out on a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35377/19]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not provided with ambulance transport back to the county following an operation at Galway...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35380/19]
    • Home Care Packages
      936. To ask the Minister for Health if alternative arrangements can be made to provide a homecare package in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be examined with a view to...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision by the HSE to discontinue the rehabilitative training allowance due to be abolished from 1 September 2019 will be reversed; and if he will make...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      938. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35414/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      939. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting list for occupational therapy in south central areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35416/19]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      940. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting list for psychology services in south central areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35417/19]
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      941. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a complaint must go through an internal review with the HSE before it can go to the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35418/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      942. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      943. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for an appointment for knee replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35442/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      944. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the cross border initiative in each year since 2014; the geographical breakdown of the amount paid in each of the years; the payments in respect of...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      945. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to place home support services on a statutory basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35446/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      946. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the implications of not having the speech and language therapy on a statutory basis and the neglect that can arise to persons with a clear...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical procedure that was carried out in a private clinic can be reimbursed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35449/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      948. To ask the Minister for Health his views on placing speech and language therapy services on a statutory basis as part of the early intervention service (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to allow a person (details supplied) who is wheelchair bound to avail of a bed or place locally; if so, when funding will be...
    • Brexit Preparations
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement his Department has undertaken since 25 July 2019 with the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries to adapt supply chains to minimise...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      953. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35477/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      954. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be reimbursed for treatment carried out under the cross border directive; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Preparations
      955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Brexit operations team in his Department has met since 25 July 2019. [35482/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35486/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      961. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse his decision to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance from 1 September 2019 for persons with disabilities that are applying to do...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can access treatment they require. [35503/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to allow a person (details supplied) with an intellectual disability return to support and respite services locally; if so, when the...
    • Health Services
      964. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of specialist consultants for myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, patients; and his views on whether ME is a multi-system disease...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for MRIs in UHK by age, group and waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      972. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to the roll-out of individualised budgeting for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      974. To ask the Minister for Health when shoes will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); if the appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35551/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      976. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 8 May 2019 (details supplied), if the loan referred to of €144,657 million is recouped by the HSE from the...
    • Legislative Programme
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and his plans to progress it in the Houses of...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      980. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with potential trisomy 18 or Edward's syndrome at antenatal screening nationally; when this information gathering was...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35598/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      988. To ask the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologist consultant posts in Mayo University Hospital; the number of vacant posts; the length of time they have been vacant; when the posts...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists to see a gynaecologist here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      990. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant gynaecologist posts in the CHO2 area by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a gynaecologist appointment at Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35610/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortfall in gynaecologist consultant posts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35611/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      993. To ask the Minister for Health the incentives in place to ensure the use of vacant properties under the fair deal scheme; the timeline for such changes to the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Professionals
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who sought to have their certificate of good standing and registration documentation sent by CORU to the Australian...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      995. To ask the Minister for Health if the delays being experienced by a person (details supplied) due to HSE guidelines will be addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      996. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance to purchase an item will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      997. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a multi-annual funding model for organisations in the disability sector, as advocated by the multi-annual investment programme proposal...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      998. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      999. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reverse the decision to cut from September 2019 onwards the training grant for persons with disabilities who participate in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical items for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the status of braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 commenced within three months of a completed application being...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to a post in the HSE not being filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35672/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision recently made by the HSE to cease paying the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 per week to approximately 400 applicants, who...
    • Maternity Services
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested information from the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street on shared services that are being provided to a clinic (details supplied);...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure positions are available for graduate nurses in a hospital (details supplied); his views on the situation; and if he will make...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for County Meath having only three CAMHS teams in view of the fact that the population of the county is now more than 200,000 persons and that A...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [35704/19]
    • Home Care Packages
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an update on a revised application for funding in respect of a homecare package application. [35707/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1016. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35710/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a specialist eye doctor for County Laois; and when the service will resume. [35711/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35713/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all staff in HSE nursing homes are appropriately vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health if matters will be addressed regarding a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health if matters regarding SouthDoc services in counties Kerry and Cork will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1022. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation in view of the fact his pre-op was carried out over three months ago; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Applications
      1023. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35750/19]
    • Hospital Services
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health if a place will be provided at a specific hospital for a person (details supplied) who urgently requires specialised treatment. [35755/19]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 2 July 2019, when a full response will be provided. [35756/19]
    • Psychological Services
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be assessed by a psychologist; when he will be given occupational therapy appointments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Magdalen Laundries Data
      1027. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the provision of services specified under Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 in each year since its initiation;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding nursing recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35779/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment scheduled in the urology clinic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for a person (details supplied) can be received in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1033. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can obtain varicose vein surgery at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35786/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the draft report of the independent review group to examine the removal of private practice from public acute hospitals submitted to his...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1036. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of Duopoda used in the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his attention was first drawn to correspondence from the chief medical officer of his Department to a person (details supplied) dated 13...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the status of the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35805/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a scanner in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35811/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding transport services in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35812/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for specific treatment. [35813/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health when the embargo on hiring new nursing staff at Mayo University Hospital will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35814/19]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse staff vacancies in Mayo University Hospital by department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35816/19]
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired at Mayo University Hospital; the funding spent on agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35817/19]
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has paid for agency staff in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Home Services
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a nursing home (details supplied); the number of staff employed at the unit; the number of staff vacancies at the unit; when these vacant posts...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to provide essential supported accommodation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the swift provision of new medicines to persons with multiple sclerosis here. [35824/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the dental cover available to children in the south-west areas of County Cork in circumstances in which primary school children are only receiving...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health if vacant nursing and midwifery posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35830/19]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials will meet with persons (details supplied) regarding Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the issue in relation to the availability and quality...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a staffing embargo will be in place at Sligo University Hospital; his views on whether an embargo on hiring or replacing staff will be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a long period for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35840/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35848/19]
    • First-Aid Training
      1058. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent proposals to increase the cost of first aid certification by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35851/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a generalised car parking cost for each primary care centre; if not, the person or body that decides the rates charged; and if he will make a...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision by the Health Service Executive to abolish the rehabilitative training allowance in view of the benefit which this allowance...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs in excess of three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35857/19]
    • Medical Treatment Complaints
      1064. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of complaint was received from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1065. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is being charged €4 per day for transport from their home to the community inclusion hub in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1070. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 at the end of August 2019 or latest date available in each local...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      1071. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date available; the number waiting less...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      1072. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list for each local health area at the end of August 2019 or latest date...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of August 2019 or the latest date available; the average waiting time; and the...
    • Hospital Beds Closures
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in each public and voluntary acute hospital that were closed on 30 August 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of July 2019, in tabular form. [35890/19]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in July 2019 in each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [35891/19]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      1091. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      1092. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during August 2019; the number to...
    • Home Help Service Data
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each Local Health Office, LHO, area to the end of August 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationally in August 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
    • Health Services Data
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four; four to eight and more than eight months respectively for treatment; and if the same information...
    • Audiology Services Data
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care at the end of August 2019 or the latest date...
    • Health Services Data
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care at the end of August 2019 or the latest date...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 August 2019 or the nearest available date for a MRI scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for less than three; three to six;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for an operation for a person (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for pre-assessment; the position of the person...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1144. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative local supports being put in place due to the crisis situation at a centre (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); the length of time they will be waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35970/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      1146. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload per speech and language therapist for counties Louth and Meath in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      1147. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the progression of the 50-bed new St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35979/19]
    • HIQA Reports
      1148. To ask the Minister for Health the measures undertaken since the launch of the HIQA report Office of the Chief Inspector - The use of information gathered and received in the regulation of...
    • Medical Records
      1149. To ask the Minister for Health if action has been taken against a hospital or hospital group for the numerous incidents in which personal data in the form of medical documents have been...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1150. To ask the Minister for Health if Sruthan House, Dundalk, County Louth will remain open into the future following the deferral of its closure in July 2019; the plans of the HSE in place to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1151. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a knee replacement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35986/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1152. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the steps required in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35987/19]
    • Hospital Services
      1153. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for services in Cobh Hospital for the remainder of 2019; if his attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1154. To ask the Minister for Health if the roll-out of the €4 charge for persons with a disability commuting to local day services will be ceased; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission to St. Fintan’s Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois. [35997/19]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      1157. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of the proposed transfer of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital to Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; the expected date on which the...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      1159. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cost overruns in respect of the senior care centres programme; if an assessment has been carried out of the likely...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Data
      1167. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the blind welfare allowance in 2019. [36047/19]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      1168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to taper the withdrawal of the blind welfare allowance in circumstances in which a blind person takes up employment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1170. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for orthodontic services will be prioritised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36055/19]
    • Patient Transfers
      1171. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred between hospitals to gain access to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36056/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the development of a new endoscopy unit at Naas hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36057/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six-month wait for the prostate-specific membrane antigen prostate scan to diagnose PROTRACT cancer; the reason for the high cost of the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      1174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a dermatologist in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [36060/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care, occupational therapy, home support and speech and language therapy appointments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1177. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36078/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1178. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36080/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the provision of a drug to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36081/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      1180. To ask the Minister for Health if an outstanding pension and arrears payment to be made to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1181. To ask the Minister for Health if a care plan put in place in recent weeks will be examined for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that areas of the plan have not been put in...
    • Hospital Services
      1182. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the implementation of the formal pathway between hospitals (details supplied); when the agreement will be formalised; if a date for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1183. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 26 March 2019, to which no reply was received, when a reply will issue regarding waiting times for early...
    • HSE Properties
      1184. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 26 March 2019, to which no reply was received from Beaumont Hospital, when a reply will issue; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      1185. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body a person (details supplied) should contact regarding the person's HSE pension; if same can be accessed before retirement; and if he will...
    • Departmental Internships
      1186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons...
    • Hospital Beds Closures
      1187. To ask the Minister for Health when short-term beds in West Kerry Community Hospital will be brought back into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/19]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      1188. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise and outline the measures he will take to address the significant drug-related activity that has escalated in Drogheda, County Louth and...
    • Psychological Assessments
      1189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed by a psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36160/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1190. To ask the Minister for Health if persons who are newly diagnosed with cervical cancer must pay for their own independent reviews, especially in circumstances in which all previous smears...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1192. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to protect the identity of persons who make a protected disclosure in instances in which the protected disclosures are shared with...
    • Health Services Provision
      1193. To ask the Minister for Health if a special bed will be assigned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36204/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1194. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if recent correspondence to the person from the HSE will be noted; and if he will...
    • Disability Services Funding
      1195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Occupational Therapy
      1196. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled urgently in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      1198. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if home help will be expedited for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cyber Security Data
      1199. To ask the Minister for Health if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in respect of cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his Department; if...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      1200. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36246/19]
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      1201. To ask the Minister for Health the details and timeframe of a development (details supplied). [36253/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1202. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available for a person (details supplied) at a unit in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36255/19]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      1203. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36260/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      1205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of access to treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36276/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      1206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36277/19]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      1207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the report into the cost of hospital car parks across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36281/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      1209. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1210. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36288/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1211. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36289/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [36292/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1215. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [36293/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for orthodontic treatment. [36295/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      1218. To ask the Minister for Health the number presenting at the accident and emergency department of Mayo University Hospital from January 2019 to date in comparison to the same period in 2018;...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      1219. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the adult mental health unit at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies at the adult mental health unit of Mayo University Hospital by post; the reason each post is vacant; the timeframe each post has...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1221. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines governing programmes that are put in place for patients attending a mental health facility in terms of activities, hours spent with a...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      1222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented at the adult mental health unit of Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1223. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for outpatient appointments at Mayo University Hospital and University Hospital Galway, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      1224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36303/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      1225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36304/19]
    • Audiology Services Data
      1226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an audiology appointment in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36305/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home care waiting list in County Mayo in comparison to the same period in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      1231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in County Mayo receiving counselling and services from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; the number of...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      1232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant mental health staff posts in County Mayo in child mental health services and adult mental health services by unit; the details of each...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36312/19]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      1234. To ask the Minister for Health if dental and optical treatment for children will be included under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the procedures in respect of dental and optical work...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1235. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for a knee operation since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36316/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1236. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be ensured for the fair deal nursing home scheme to meet the demand for the remainder of 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Funding
      1237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork facing closure; if his attention has been further drawn to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      1238. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time up to 31 August 2019 for persons that have been approved for the fair deal scheme to access a nursing home by county in tabular form;...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 31 August 2019 waiting for a home care support package by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      1240. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the most cost-effective way to deliver care for older persons is a home care support package at an average cost of €165 weekly;...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      1241. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a high-resolution manometry 24-hour PH study at St. James's Hospital to diagnose the cause of their...
    • Autism Support Services
      1242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo on the waiting list for an autism assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      1243. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround times in the primary care reimbursement service specifically through the cross-Border treatment scheme; his views on the adequacy of the...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      1244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow general practitioners administer a drug (details supplied) to help patients combat addiction; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions in the health service by region and type of position in cases in which an applicant received an offer of a post but was subsequently...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      1246. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive reimbursement through the cross-border treatment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36349/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1247. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36351/19]
    • Organ Donation
      1248. To ask the Minister for Health the progress regarding the organ donation opt-out scheme; the timeline for delivery of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36353/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Shannondoc locum shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1250. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36356/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1251. To ask the Minister for Health when a home help package as approved will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36359/19]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1252. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1265 of 23 July 2019, the grade of staff involved in the administrative process of reviewing applications from overseas...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan to provide prefabricated theatres at Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway; when the decision was first taken to go for a prefabricated...
    • Patient Files
      1255. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in order to locate missing information in relation to their vaccination record; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services
      1256. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken in relation to respite beds at Kenmare Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36381/19]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      1257. To ask the Minister for Health when additional financial resources will be provided to the HSE for home support in view of the delays in providing such support to patients; and if he will...
    • Children's Eye Care Services
      1258. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will extend the scheme for free eye care for primary school children to include secondary school children in view of the fact that once a child...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1259. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a development (details supplied) in County Cork. [36401/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1260. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); if a date for same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36402/19]
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      1261. To ask the Minister for Health if specific additional funding will be provided to the HSE to provide additional home support in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the delays in...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      1262. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36407/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      1263. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in nursing homes under the fair deal scheme who have a family home registered in their name which is included as part of the assessment...
    • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
      1264. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate tattoo providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36409/19]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1265. To ask the Minister for Health his role in relation to the appointment of members to the board of a hospital (details supplied); if the positions are nominated following a process conducted...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1268. To ask the Minister for Health when the correct entrance and exit for Dingle Hospital will be used (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      1269. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the fair deal nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      1270. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the perinatal epidemiology centre operate on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      1271. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary resources will be provided to staff to run the DEXA scanner at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services
      1272. To ask the Minister for Health when a maternity monthly safety statement covering serious reportable events will be published; his plans to have these issued on a monthly basis; and if he...
    • HSE National Service Plan
      1273. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE service plan 2019 and capital expenditure plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36453/19]
    • Maternity Services
      1274. To ask the Minister for Health the funding set aside for the maternity strategy in 2019; the amount provided for this purpose in each year since 2016; the amount drawn down and used in each...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1275. To ask the Minister for Health when additional placements will be provided at a HSE centre (details supplied) in view of the increased demand for services there; and if he will make a...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      1276. To ask the Minister for Health if his recent decision to remove the rehabilitative training allowance to disabled students and school leavers will be reviewed; if he will engage with the...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of duodopa for Parkinson's disease patients in view of the fact that the health technology assessment process has been...
    • Cancer Incidence
      1278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons undergoing treatment for cancer. [36476/19]
    • Medical Card Expenditure
      1279. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per person of providing healthcare under a medical card annually. [36478/19]
    • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
      1280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Traveller health action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36482/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      1281. To ask the Minister for Health if all primary school children in second, fourth and sixth class receive free dental check-ups under the school dental screening scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1282. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients at University Hospital Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1283. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting lists for robotic surgery for prostate cancer patients at University Hospital Galway is in line with the recommendations of the National Cancer...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1284. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to reopen all 20 beds in the short stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2019. [36488/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reimbursing the drug levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel known as duodopa; when a decision will be made regarding reimbursement; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1286. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36496/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1287. To ask the Minister for Health the services in place to meet the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36497/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      1288. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources have been provided to the HSE to eliminate the delays in processing of applications and the issue of payments under the HSE cross...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1289. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services in a mental health area in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      1290. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to reinstate the rehabilitative training allowance in view of its importance over the years for many young persons; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      1291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide occupational and rehabilitation services for persons under 65 years of age resident in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services Provision
      1292. To ask the Minister for Health when additional and essential health services (details supplied) will be provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      1293. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will be waiting for occupational therapy for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36530/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1294. To ask the Minister for Health if certain aspects of the HPV immunisation programme will be reviewed with the view to introducing a catch-up scheme for persons that have just missed the...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      1295. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for national lottery funding made by an organisation (details supplied) has been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for the fair deal scheme is taking a long time to be granted (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36550/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36551/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1299. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36552/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the issue of overcrowding in a hospital (details supplied). [36554/19]
    • Hospital Services
      1301. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 2 July 2019, the status of the options appraisal for the model 4 hospital at Merlin Park, Galway; the cost to...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      1302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; the timeframe for delivery; the anticipated cost of the unit; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1303. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be brought forward for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36557/19]
    • Hospital Discharges
      1304. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1203 of 23 July 2019, the number of persons waiting one week, one, three, six and 12 months, respectively, to be...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1305. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1884 of 23 July 2019, when the services listed will be operational at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Car Parks
      1307. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department and the HSE will have an implementation plan complete to accompany the review report by the HSE of hospital car parking charges; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1308. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to reduce the spread of measles and the risk of Ireland losing its measles-free status (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1309. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in reimbursing Tagrisso for the treatment of a small group of cancer patients will be reviewed (details supplied); the necessary steps to ensure...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1310. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to make intranasal naloxone spray available to healthcare professionals and drug workers which reverses the effects of opioid overdose...
    • Dental Services
      1312. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which a person (details supplied) can qualify for corrective dental treatment through their medical card or otherwise; and if he will make a...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      1313. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; if their eligibility can be applied retrospectively under a heading; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1314. To ask the Minister for Health if speech therapy can be restored to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36603/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Duodopa, which is particularly advised to patients with Parkinson’s disease who require pump therapy,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1316. To ask the Minister for Health when the Bill to give effect to the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the full extent of the proposed...
    • National Maternity Hospital Status
      1317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions with St. Vincent’s and Holles Street hospitals in relation to the governance of the new maternity hospital; and if he...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      1318. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultant contract negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36624/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      1320. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the provision of home help hours; if there are difficulties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1321. To ask the Minister for Health if there are further changes expected to the licensing of marijuana planned in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36627/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      1322. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received briefing material or held meetings on the budgetary deficits in the disability sector; if the organisations have written to him to raise...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1323. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36631/19]
    • Patient Data
      1324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted for alcohol and drug related illnesses in hospitals in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, including inpatient visits and to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1325. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36646/19]
    • Primary Care Strategy Roll-out
      1326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the recommendations of the primary care eye services review group report; the amount of funding set aside for the...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      1327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the operation of the common waiting list as required under the consultants’ contract; the manner in which this is implemented; and...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      1328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in implementing the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment to provide for salaried general practitioners in view of the...
    • Health Reports
      1329. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the six-month delay in publishing the de Buitléir report on the separation of public and private work in public hospitals; when his...
    • Health Services Staff Training
      1330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report from the Medical Council of 3 July 2019 on its annual national trainee experience survey (details supplied); if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1331. To ask the Minister for Health the child scoliosis waiting lists by hospital and length of time waiting in three-monthly intervals; the steps he is taking to deliver on his undertaking to...
    • HSE Funding
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deliver on promised multi-annual funding for the HSE in order that it can plan for the delivery of services; the reason this has not been done to...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE forecast of the level of demand for home care services in 2019; the actual level of services funded in the service plan; the way in...
    • National Maternity Hospital Status
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in reaching agreement with the owners of St. Vincent's Healthcare Group for the location of the proposed new national maternity...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment he gave that all graduating nurses and midwives in 2019 would be offered positions provided in locations in which there were approved vacant...
    • HSE Staff Data
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36714/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Staff
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36715/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Staff
      1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36716/19]
    • HSE Staff Data
      1340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists hired by the HSE by month and HSE location since January 2017. [36717/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicals being carried out for nursing-grade posts within the HSE in each month from January 2017, by each acute hospital. [36718/19]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health the nursing staff in the HSE by grade and percentage of the total amount that work in full or part-time positions. [36720/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36722/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      1345. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 10 April 2019, if the position of clinical nurse specialist for multiple sclerosis in University Hospital...
    • HSE Funding
      1346. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to establish a funding package to sustain and satisfy the long-term funding requirements of a service provider (details supplied) in County...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary health centre in Dunfanaghy, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/19]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health the details of expenditure in the NMBI relating to the organisational staff development programme; the costs associated with this development programme to...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to ensure that the South Westmeath Hospice facility is protected and adequately funded going forward; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      1352. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of additional accommodation facilities to administer the cross-border directive; and if his attention has been drawn to the impact...
    • Health Services Funding
      1353. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the pre-budget submission of an organisation (details supplied), in particular its demand for €18 million in investment for community...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address the shortage of child and adolescent acute mental health beds in view of recent figures (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1356. To ask the Minister for Health the drug reimbursement applications in cases in which the HSE has decided it will approve in tabular form; the next steps to be taken following such a...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      1357. To ask the Minister for Health the current and-or expected position in regard to the outstanding phase or phases of the Naas Hospital development programme; the extent to which progress in...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      1358. To ask the Minister for Health when Repatha will fall within the criteria for reimbursement by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36909/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1359. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the nursing home subvention scheme is planned; if the disincentives to renting out a home that is owned by a person who is in a nursing home...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Control of Horses
      1360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department or Cork City Council refuse to remove stray, unregistered horses from lands in an area (details supplied)...
    • Budget 2020
      1361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding allocation will be reviewed for budget 2020 for all schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • TAMS Funding
      1362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if €120 million for TAMS for 2020 will be allocated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/19]
    • Future Growth Loan Scheme
      1363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers and food businesses that have applied to the future growth loan scheme which opened in March 2019; the number...
    • TAMS Funding
      1364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding to support farmers will be introduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35548/19]
    • Forestry Sector
      1365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the knowledge transfer course associated with the rural communities forestry programme is adequately assessed...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1067 of 17 April 2018, if he is a member of a syndicate (details supplied) that owns a dog; if...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of...
    • Fish Discards
      1370. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the discarding of fish remains; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Beef Industry
      1374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were traded in a mart and then slaughtered within 30 days of the sale in each of the years 2016 to 2018...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      1375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the difference between raised bog and Atlantic lowland blanket bog under the definitions set out in the basic payment and the areas...
    • Beef Industry
      1378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the four movement rule for cattle in view of the fact it is no longer required for animal health protection...
    • Farm Inspections
      1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on farming premises in 2018, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Beekeeping Sector
      1382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are restrictions applying regarding the establishment of honey bee hives; if there are rules, regulations and...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      1383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can avail of agricultural relief and or business relief; if so, the rules regarding same; and if he...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      1384. 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. [35042/19]
    • Food Safety Standards Inspections
      1385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 973 of 26 March 2019, the status of a case (details supplied); if follow-up actions need to be...
    • Deer Culls
      1386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the increasing population of the deer herd here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35058/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      1387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department and associated agencies have allocated in assistance payments and grant funding to counties Longford and...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a pier (details supplied) in County Kerry will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35201/19]
    • Animal Slaughtering Data
      1389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered in each individual factory that fell outside the parameters, weight and age for the quality...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected...
    • Teagasc Courses
      1391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/19]
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      1392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full copy of a report (details supplied). [35390/19]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is still available for the weather crop-related loss scheme; the number of applications made to date; the number of...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      1394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding a licensing process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35471/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a review by a director of an agriculture appeals decision in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be...
    • GLAS Expenditure
      1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the target payment under GLAS will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35528/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      1397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the GLAS scheme will be reopened to all farmers; if payments will issue to all farmers in a calendar year; and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      1398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional items (details supplied) will be included for grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35538/19]
    • Forestry Grants
      1399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding payment for ecosystem services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forest Roads Scheme
      1402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding additional funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
      1403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BPS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35552/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context...
    • Aquaculture Licence Administration
      1405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2083 and 2084 of 23 July 2019, if his attention has been drawn to concern and anger that...
    • Forestry Grants
      1407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make grants available to persons to replant land on which trees have been felled; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to renovate a harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35623/19]
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address matters with regard to the BEAM plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35671/19]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for a felling licence (details supplied) applied for in May 2018 has not been decided on yet despite being...
    • Felling Licences Applications Data
      1412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outstanding felling licence applications on hand in his Department lodged more than four months ago; the number of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a review under the BDGP scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow farmers (details supplied) that sold cattle during the reference period to enter into the beef exceptional aid...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the restriction has been put on farmers to reduce the herd by 5% if they wish to qualify for the beef compensation scheme...
    • GLAS Payments
      1416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for the dairy equipment scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      1418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a post-mortem has been carried out on a dog (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; and if a regulation that...
    • Emergency Services Provision
      1419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the outrage amongst fishing communities and emergency services in Greencastle, Inishowen, County...
    • Forestry Grants
      1420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35950/19]
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      1421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in respect of a review request lodged on behalf of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist with the installation of seabins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36069/19]
    • GLAS Appeals
      1423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal application by a person (details supplied). [36074/19]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when construction works on the middle pier upgrade at Howth Harbour will commence; the length of time the project will take to...
    • Departmental Internships
      1425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the...
    • Departmental Operations
      1427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the dates can be altered to allow an entry to the beef exceptional aid measure scheme in relation to a person (details supplied);...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      1429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances in which mechanical grading was suspended in meat plants in cases in which a machine is found to be working...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      1430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason balancing payments for AEOS, ANC and GLAS have not been paid from 2015 to 2018 to a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      1431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine céard iad na pleananna atá aige le cé dhomhain mhara a thógáil i Ros an Mhíl, Contae na Gaillimhe;...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      1433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place for retiring farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36395/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      1434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has held to date with producers and processors in the seafood sector dealing with Brexit matters only; his...
    • Grant Aid
      1437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid is available for the preservation of honey bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36480/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      1438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of cows will be altered to allow entry to the beef exceptional aid measure scheme in the case of a person (details...
    • Brexit Supports
      1439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a comprehensive package of market support measures to assist the agricultural sector due to the adverse...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has secured agreement from the European Commission to ease the state aid limitation on the provision of support for the...
    • Beef Industry
      1441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to reconvene beef talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36504/19]
    • EU Directives
      1442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 11 June 2019, the progress made in transposing and enforcing the EU unfair trading...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      1443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the aquaculture licences issued pursuant to section 19A(4) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he put forward at the most recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in relation to the need to provide adequate...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      1445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an official from his Department will contact a person (details supplied) that wishes to develop an area of foreshore on the...
    • GLAS Applications
      1446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider accepting an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in respect of the GLAS scheme particularly in view...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 by county and tranche in tabular form;...
    • Beef Industry
      1448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of producer organisations in the beef sector that have registered with his Department; the name of each; and the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      1449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each embassy worldwide which has agricultural attachés stationed; and the number of attachés stationed in...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to tranche 14 of TAMS; the number of approved applicants; the number of applicants whose applications...
    • Brexit Staff
      1451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff assigned to the dedicated Brexit unit within his Department by staff grade in tabular...
    • Plant Protection Products
      1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for his decision not to grant a derogation for the use of a plant protection product (details supplied); the alternative...
    • Bord Bia Funding
      1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the funding application by Bord Bia to the EU to market Irish suckler beef as a premium product and increase the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      1454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason 15% of 2019 ANC payments will not be issued to approved farmers until December 2019. [36826/19]
    • Beef Industry
      1455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the latest attempts to reconvene beef talks with all stakeholders; and the efforts taken since protests...
    • EU Regulations
      1459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a proposed European Commission regulation (details supplied) regarding greater transparency in the way in...
    • Beef Industry
      1460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows by county in tabular form. [36834/19]
    • Farms Data
      1461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the 2019 national reserve and young farmers scheme by county in tabular form. [36835/19]
    • Beef Industry
      1462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of recent talks with farming organisations and meat industry representatives in relation to the serious difficulties...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that all possible actions have been taken by his Department in anticipation of a UK crash...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      1466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a grant for the purchase of e-bikes similar to the e-car incentive. [35007/19]
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce support for persons that have lifelong or long-term medical needs (details supplied); and if he...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      1468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the target of 50,000 retrofitted houses per year will be met in view of the fact that funding has run...
    • Nuclear Safety
      1471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the radiation measurements taken in County Donegal in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster have been retained by...
    • Waste Management
      1472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated first- and final-year cost of the introduction of a 15 cent levy on single-use coffee cups. [36894/19]
    • Environmental Schemes
      1473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the consultation that took place on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34748/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      1476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he remains satisfied that carbon emissions throughout the EU are measured equally with a view to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      1478. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports provided under the Climate Action Plan 2019 for the Tallaght district heating scheme; the objectives of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department;...
    • Mining Licences
      1480. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the basis for the ongoing policy that mining is not licensed in national parks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      1484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring in a new statutory instrument to replace Statutory Instrument 906, which related to salmonid waters...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average number of new vehicles sold here in each of the past 10 years; the number of electric vehicles cars sold...
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      1486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding anaerobic digesters; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      1487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to expand the warmth and well-being pilot scheme being operated in Dublin 8, 10, 12, 22 and 24 to other...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Waiting Times
      1488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will facilitate the hiring of more contractors in order to reduce the waiting times for the SEAI warmer homes...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      1489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislative powers of enforcement enacted to support the successful bidder for television licence fees to reach...
    • Prospecting Licences
      1490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the standard of assessment of an ecological impact assessment carried out by a company...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      1491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on hosting meetings, entertainment and related services associated with the national broadband...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding the provision of broadband at a location (details supplied). [35119/19]
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      1493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 2280 of 23 July 2019, if he will provide a schedule of the more than 300...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has examined a technology in respect of providing broadband (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Illegal Dumping
      1495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure on the anti-dumping initiative to date; the number of drones purchased for enforcement purposes; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      1497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      1498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider adding the FAI cup final to the list of events that must be shown on free-to-air television; and...
    • Prospecting Licences
      1499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if compensation will be payable under the provisions of the CETA trade agreement with Canada in the situation in which...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      1501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the biofuel obligation to home heating oil; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Conservation
      1502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has no more funding available for its deep retrofit pilot...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Waiting Times
      1505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the waiting time under the warmer homes scheme from the date of application to the approval of the application by the...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      1509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter (details supplied) in relation to identification for public service workers will be addressed; and if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR...
    • Energy Schemes
      1513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the financial position of some applicants of the deep retrofit scheme (details...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      1514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if research studies have been carried out by a Department or the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the network to be built under the national broadband plan will be in public ownership as recommended by the...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      1519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports being offered in relation to a case (details supplied) in view of recent developments; the status of the...
    • Energy Schemes
      1521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in circumstances in which a person had not applied for the SEAI deep retrofit grant before July 2019 in...
    • Waste Disposal
      1522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role he has in approving WEEE operations; the basis on which an organisation do not operate in certain areas...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to update the Inland Fisheries Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36106/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      1524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years...
    • Mining Industry
      1525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedure in relation to the granting of permission for large-scale rocket blasting of rock; the purposes for...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safeguards in place to protect the identity of the person who has made the protected disclosure in instances in...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the residents of an estate (details supplied) will have high speed broadband access delivered under the national...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      1532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the uptake of SEAI grants in County Mayo since the grant was introduced to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      1534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the SEAI grant to homes built after 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/19]
    • Illegal Dumping
      1535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding provided to Mayo County Council for clean-up projects in the county; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of funding provided to Mayo County Council for green initiatives projects in the county; and if he will make...
    • Postal Codes
      1537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode postcode will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/19]
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      1538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of positions on the boards of agencies and commercial State companies under the remit of his Department, in...
    • North-South Interconnector
      1540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the procurement process in respect of the proposed North-South interconnector; if procurement is...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of analyses at national and international level on the provision of high-speed 5G wireless internet and...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the proposed national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36535/19]
    • Departmental Staff
      1543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of his considerations to provide additional staff in his Department in order to implement the Climate...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the all-of-Government clean air strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36570/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement of his Department in an organisation (details supplied); the amount invested in same to date; and if...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      1546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason low-income pensioners are precluded from availing of SEAI grants for wall insulation if they received...
    • Waste Management
      1547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided in 2019 for the anti-dumping initiative. [36706/19]
    • Electric Vehicles
      1548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided to support an expanded number of electric cars and the associated infrastructure. [36707/19]
    • National Oil Reserves Agency
      1549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected receipts from the National Oil Reserves Agency levy for 2019 and each of the next five years; the...
    • Prospecting Licences
      1551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an application for a prospecting licence by a company (details supplied) to prospect for base metals in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Industry
      1552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations he had with motor manufacturers on his plan to ban the sale of internal combustion engine cars in 2030; if he is...
    • Motor Tax
      1553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) is not allowed to tax a van commercially but is required to have commercial insurance; and if he...
    • Road Projects Status
      1554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding for the proposed Narrow Water bridge between counties Louth and Down; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for sports facilities; the way to apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34712/19]
    • Electric Vehicles
      1556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of fully electrifying the national public transport bus fleet. [34714/19]
    • Road Network
      1557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if public lighting will be provided at a location (details supplied). [34745/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each...
    • Noise Pollution
      1559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to implement noise attenuation measures along a national primary road (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Fáilte Ireland
      1560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a tourist information office was moved (details supplied); if he is satisfied with the replacement office; and if he will...
    • Motor Tax Rates
      1561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the motor taxation classification that is applicable to vehicles used by circuses and funfairs to transport funfair components and...
    • Insurance Costs
      1563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate insurance costs for hackney drivers that are starting out, particularly in rural areas in which public transport...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35120/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      1565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the risk of potential traffic chaos at Rosslare Harbour in view of Brexit and the need to develop ports; his plans to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Data
      1566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant funding allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath through the sports capital programme since 2016; and if he will...
    • Grant Payments
      1567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant funding his Department and associated agencies have allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath since 2016; and if...
    • Road Safety Authority Data
      1568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income the Road Safety Authority, RSA, derives from driver tests annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35155/19]
    • Driver Test Data
      1569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to address the failure rate in driver test centres of circa 50%; and when the matter was last discussed with...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the reappearance of rickshaws on the streets of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35189/19]
    • Project Ireland 2040
      1574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the roads and other transport infrastructure being built and for which there are plans to commence building in the next five years; and...
    • Sports Funding
      1575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget available for the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; when the funding will be awarded; the number of applicants by...
    • Public Transport Data
      1576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue raised from the start date of a contract with a company (details supplied) to date in 2019 on a route-by-route basis in the...
    • National Sports Policy Framework
      1577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in each of the key performance indicators in the national sports policy to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Data
      1579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on reviewing swimming pool provision; if the findings of such a review will be provided; and when the review will be...
    • Departmental Websites
      1580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason links from search engines or other sources to documents found on the website of his Department now link to a Departmental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to...
    • Search and Rescue Service Provision
      1582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of implementing the new national search and rescue, SAR, plan; his plans to fund the plan; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      1583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is mandatory for all second-hand private cars to receive a national car testing, NCT, certificate prior to being registered here....
    • Tourism Industry
      1584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact on traditional bed and breakfasts of the use of purpose-built student accommodation for short-term lettings...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Driver Test Data
      1586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the failure rate at driver testing centres (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      1588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking on road safety and drink driving following reports on 18 and 19 August 2019 of low conviction rates in some...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      1589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport options in place to facilitate free travel pass-holding students to travel from Navan to Maynooth to attend university;...
    • Fire Service
      1590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the chemical make-up of firefighting foams used by airport fire services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35695/19]
    • Public Bike Schemes
      1591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the public bike scheme in Cork in 2019; and the meetings he has held with officials from Cork City Council or the...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      1592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a velodrome at Abbotstown sports campus; if a design has been completed for the velodrome; if the...
    • Greenways Development
      1593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on a section of the north Kerry greenway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Railway Stations
      1594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the duration and location in instances in which lifts at DART and commuter train stations were out of order since 1 January 2018 to 22...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a security company will be contracted for an event (details supplied); if the cost of such security will be covered by public...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      1596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the final report into an aircraft accident (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety Authority Reports
      1597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding prosecutions and checks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/19]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      1598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the withdrawal of a service (details supplied) under Local Link in view of his commitment given on 15 May 2019. [35863/19]
    • School Transport Data
      1599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Road Safety Authority roadside safety inspections of school buses carried out from July 2018 to July 2019; the failure...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application by a club (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Sports Policy Framework
      1601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if interim targets have been set for adult and children’s active and social participation in sport and for the reduction in the...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter regarding the payment of €4 for the use of transport will be addressed (details supplied); the reason service users...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application by a club (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Car Test Data
      1604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars (details supplied) that failed the NCT on the basis of a throttle control fault alone to date in 2019; the number of...
    • Light Rail Projects Provision
      1605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study will be considered on the extension on the MetroLink project to Templeogue, Knocklyon, Firhouse and Ballycullen...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application by a school (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Internships
      1608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019;...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      1609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the transport infrastructure programme in order to deliver the action of the Climate Action Plan 2019 to commence full...
    • Road Network
      1610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rectification works to be carried out at a location (details supplied) will be arranged as a matter of urgency. [36173/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      1611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made with regard to the draft appraisal for the Julianstown bypass; if the project has been listed as urgent; if the...
    • Roads Maintenance
      1612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the upgrading and resurfacing of the M4 motorway between Celbridge and Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      1613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be increased for initiatives such as security screens on Bus Éireann vehicles and other security measures for...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit...
    • Departmental Operations
      1615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement...
    • Roads Maintenance
      1616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when trees will be felled as part of ongoing works being undertaken on a national route (details supplied). [36252/19]
    • Sports Funding
      1618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application for a club (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      1620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provinces in Canada that have reciprocal arrangements with Ireland in relation to driver licences; the reason the other provinces do...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to a no-deal Brexit and contingency planning for...
    • Brexit Supports
      1627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific financial aid will be provided for the tourism and hospitality sector in the Border region due to the adverse impacts of...
    • Road Projects Contracts
      1628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a delay will occur in the tendering process for stage II of the Dunkettle interchange upgrade in Cork. [36432/19]
    • Regional Airports
      1629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for reviewing the funding model for regional airports; if the importance of the public service obligation, PSO, for...
    • Brexit Supports
      1630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports being provided to the haulage sector to prepare for Brexit; his plans to implement additional measures; and if he will make...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to legislate for the regulation of e-scooters in view of recommendations and a recently published report by the...
    • Cycling Policy
      1632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the tender process to select a suitable service provider for the cycling design office planned to be operational during the fourth...
    • Legislative Measures
      1633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the necessary legislation required to implement and enforce a new variable speed limit regime and the ability to deploy lane...
    • Public Transport Review
      1634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a public consultation will be launched in relation to public transport and active travel policy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport Data
      1635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric buses operating in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      1637. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the involvement of his Department in an organisation (details supplied); the amount invested in same to date; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital grant will be approved for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36645/19]
    • Bus Services
      1639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding a bus shelter for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36666/19]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      1640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to introduce a licensing system for rickshaw drivers in view of media and Garda reports on the involvement of some...
    • Light Rail Projects
      1641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans by TII to tender for an independent expert panel for MetroLink and the fact that local...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      1642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of subsidisation of public transport here by provider in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [36709/19]
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      1643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for cycling; and the percentage this represents of overall transport funding. [36710/19]
    • Vehicle Registration
      1644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vehicles can have ownership registered to persons under 17 years of age and minors and...
    • Greenways Development
      1645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of projects (details supplied). [36756/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when pending sports capital grant applications will be decided upon. [36760/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when details of the next sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36767/19]
    • Rail Services Provision
      1649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure a pilot train service operating at a later time is put in place to service the Connolly Station to Sligo route...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out an audit to date of the shipping capacity of Ireland in the event that the south England landbridge...
    • Road Projects
      1652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the upgrading of the M4 from Kilcock to Lexlip is contemplated in view of the frequency and increasing number of...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains satisfied that all possible actions have been taken by his Department in anticipation of a UK crash out...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      1654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to restore the school completion programme to 2010 levels. [35238/19]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a family resource centre at a location (details supplied); the way in which an application can be made in relation...
    • School Completion Programme
      1656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that received targeted interventions under the school completion programme in the 2018/2019 school year. [35999/19]
    • Care Orders
      1657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special care orders which were granted in respect of children and young persons in each of the past five years. [36503/19]
    • Childcare Education and Training Support Programme
      1658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 on the childcare employment training scheme in tabular form; the...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      1659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, on the community childcare subvention scheme; the number of...
    • Childcare Services
      1660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence has been received from a service provider (details supplied); if so, when a response will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to her and the Minister of State in her Department; the salary of each...
    • Youth Services Funding
      1662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the situation by which a project (details supplied) is facing a serious threat without funding will be addressed; and if she will...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      1663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason parents of children attending crèches (details supplied) were not informed of breaches and issues uncovered by Tusla; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      1664. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on having a sectoral employment order established for the early childhood education and care sector; if she has discussed this...
    • Childcare Services Administration
      1665. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 10 July 2019 and her letter of 29 July 2019, the criteria upon which Tusla and the HSE can...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1666. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the AIM scheme to support preschool aged children attending full day care. [35101/19]
    • Childcare Services Administration
      1668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rules for childcare providers in relation to deposits; and if it is permissible for childcare providers to hold two separate deposits,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when ECCE providers are notified of changes to the ECCE contracts; the mechanism through which this is done; and if she will make a...
    • City and County Child Care Committees
      1670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many county childcare committees have different interpretations of ECCE contractual...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35283/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      1673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the ECCE capitation rates by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively;...
    • School Completion Programme
      1674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [35425/19]
    • Family Resource Centres
      1678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring each family resource centre has three full-time equivalent staff members. [35429/19]
    • Family Support Services
      1681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of hiring an additional family support worker. [35432/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      1682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full amount of funding provided to Tusla in 2019. [35433/19]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      1683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of providing the 2019 living wage to each member of staff within her Department and within agencies under the...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      1684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to phase in the Mercer scale in the early childhood education and care sector to bring all employees up to the living wage...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      1685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reform the funding model for early childhood education and care in order to reflect a more a service-led model; and if she...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      1686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the high staff turnover in the early childhood education and care sector; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
      1687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the gap between spending on the early childhood education and care sector here compared to European counterparts in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of...
    • Deaths in Care
      1689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who died while in the care of the HSE in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, as per the reports of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      1690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that workers in early years facilities earn at least the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if her attention...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      1692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints by category and county received by Tusla in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
    • School Completion Programme
      1693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost in 2020 if the budget for school completion programme increased by 12%; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
      1694. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of programme weeks in the early childhood care and education programmes by two weeks; and if...
    • Departmental Internships
      1695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019;...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit of...
    • Departmental Operations
      1697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      1698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support a not-for-profit childcare model which would allow for affordability, reliability and flexibility for parents,...
    • Early Years Sector
      1699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which early years inspectors make registration inspections with reference to the average waiting times between initial...
    • Child Abuse
      1709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high priority cases of retrospective child abuse referred by Tusla to An Garda Síochána between 2016 and to date...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      1710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an audit will be carried out by Tusla of the historic case files relating to child abuse held in the headquarters of an organisation...
    • Early Years Sector
      1711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years providers being investigated by the national panel of Tusla by county in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Data
      1715. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption records identified by her Department that may be false and-or misleading, including illegal registration of births;...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      1716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided under the affordable childcare scheme. [36663/19]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      1717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of each ten additional social workers and ten additional social care workers recruited. [36664/19]
    • Adoption Authority of Ireland Data
      1719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the Adoption...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      1720. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare workers that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      1725. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of an additional ten social workers for one full year of employment on a full-time basis. [36939/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1726. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average salary of a full-time Tusla social worker; and the number of full-time social workers employed nationwide. [36940/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1727. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to increase all full-time social workers pay by 25%. [36941/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1728. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of administrative staff employed to assist Tusla social worker workloads. [36942/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      1729. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of hiring an additional ten administrative staff to assist Tusla social worker workloads. [36943/19]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      1730. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on the most recent Tusla social worker recruitment drive; the length of time the recruitment drive ran for; and the...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      1731. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on car travel mileage by Tusla crèche inspectors in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [36945/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Improvement Scheme
      1732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the need for additional funding to be made available for the local improvement scheme (details...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to an application for RRDF funding from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1734. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1735. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on applications under the town and village renewal scheme in 2019; when works approved will be...
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme
      1736. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the pilot programme to provide free carbon monoxide alarms; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      1737. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of grant funding his Department and associated agencies have allocated to counties Longford and Westmeath since its...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1738. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected...
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      1739. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount available to each local action group, LAG, for projects under the present LEADER programme; the amount of expenditure...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      1742. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address a matter regarding a group (details supplied) that has applied for funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
      1743. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a new office will open (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      1744. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August...
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      1745. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an application for further tranche of LEADER funds will be allocated to a community (details supplied); the timeframe from...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      1746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2019 outdoor recreational infrastructure scheme awards will be announced in view of the difficulties in works in 2018 due to...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the...
    • LEADER Programmes Data
      1749. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local action group, LAG, under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme; the amount expended to date under the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1750. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the CLÁR programme in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the amount paid to each...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      1751. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the local improvement scheme in 2018 and 2019; the amount paid to each local...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      1752. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the town and village renewal scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the amount...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      1753. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority or local development company, LDC, under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1754. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2019 capital spend to 31 August 2019 including the capital carryover from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1755. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date by county up to 31 August 2019; the number...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1756. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated under each measure for the CLÁR programme in 2019; the expenditure to date under each measure and by...
    • RAPID Programme
      1757. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the RAPID funding provided to each of the Dublin local authorities in 2019; the projects being funded in each case;...
    • LEADER Programmes Administration
      1758. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to revise the existing administrative process for the allocation of LEADER 2014-2020 funding including the role of local...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      1759. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by project and administration incurred under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme in each year of the period and as of 31...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      1760. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the recently published strategy Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities: A Five-Year Strategy to Support the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pensions
      1761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the general rules for the treatment of farmers with regard to State pensions contributory and non-contributory; and if she...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
      1762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the back to school allowance for clothing and footwear to pre-2011 levels. [35223/19]
    • School Meals Programme
      1764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of ensuring that all DEIS schools have access to the school meals programme. [35236/19]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      1766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if they can receive a social welfare payment to compensate the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      1767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made to the qualifying payments for the free travel pass to include the thalidomide payment as a...
    • Public Services Card
      1769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of challenging the decision made by the Data Protection Commission with regard to the public services card; and if...
    • Low Pay
      1770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has examined the policy options in respect of low skill and pay, and in respect of work disproportionately done by...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      1772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker's benefit will be awarded on appeal to a person (details supplied). [34725/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [34726/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1774. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if not, if a new...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1775. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment for a person (details supplied) will be backdated to when the qualified child returns to...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      1776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of applicants who receive the full rate of old age contributory pension in tabular form; the number qualified...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      1777. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if INTREO centres in the north west will be downgraded and turned into front offices; if so, the reason for the downgrading;...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1779. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension review by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1780. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to her and the Minister of State in her Department; the...
    • Child Benefit Data
      1781. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual extra cost that would be incurred if the age of eligibility for child benefit for those in full-time...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      1782. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance the household benefits package in the context of budget 2020; if she will increase the electricity and...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      1783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases due for review under the new total contribution system for assessing pensioners for the State pension...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34921/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date from which the increase for a qualified adult payment as part of the State pension (contributory) has been means...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      1786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement at the end of June in each of the past five years; if persons can...
    • Social Insurance
      1787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding PRSI dental check-ups (details supplied). [34973/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      1789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons already working on a community employment scheme are only given a limited time in employment when the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35035/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1791. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1792. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35038/19]
    • Pensions Reform
      1793. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of the general total contributions approach for self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1794. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      1796. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      1798. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a living alone allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1799. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      1800. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      1801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1807. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      1808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proactive measures in place to ensure that there is not a build-up of debt owed to her Department by persons who are in...
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      1811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of carer's benefit arrears for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35203/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35292/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1814. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35304/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      1816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when disability allowance arrears will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      1817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for the review of a decision made regarding a claim for supplementary welfare allowance; her views on whether...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      1818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a deserted wives payment for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      1819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      1820. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which the back to education allowance is approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1821. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      1822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an arrangement is in place for costs to be covered in respect of optical procedures in circumstances in which the process...
    • Child Benefit Expenditure
      1823. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual budgetary cost of extending child benefit to students over 18 years of age until they complete their five- or...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1826. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1827. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons born before 1 September 1946 will be considered in the review of contributory pensions under the new aggregated...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      1828. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test will be increased for farm assist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Gender Recognition
      1830. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      1833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1834. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if child benefit will be extended to families in receipt of the working family payment whose children are over 18 years of...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1836. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      1838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a special needs assistant who worked full-time before switching to part-time work and then was made redundant would be...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1839. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1842. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if...
    • State Pensions Reform
      1843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change to the calculation for the State pension (contributory) will be introduced for those who are unable to avail of...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1848. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1849. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the working family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1850. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35749/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1851. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35762/19]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      1852. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a rent support increase will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) notwithstanding replies to previous...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      1853. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a person (details supplied) came to receive an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1854. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed and approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1855. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which provision can be made to facilitate a partial social welfare payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      1856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for partial capacity benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35839/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension review claim by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Blind Person's Pension Data
      1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension at year end 2018, by gender and county. [36027/19]
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      1860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a measure to disregard the blind welfare allowance for means testing purposes; the full-year cost of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      1862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 782 of 9 July 2019, the work undertaken by the data specialist her Department engaged...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of recruiting ten additional medical assessors; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      1864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the average wait time for applicants to receive illness benefit; the length of time applications are taking to...
    • Departmental Internships
      1865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      1867. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36179/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      1868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (detail supplied); if further discussions have taken place with unions on the matter; and if she will...
    • Cyber Security Data
      1869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols...
    • Departmental Operations
      1870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and-or disaster recovery sites; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      1871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases approved for a disability allowance and in which the arrears due have not been paid to date; the reason...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      1872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36350/19]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      1873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the treatment benefit scheme will be extended to allow parents that pay PRSI contributions to claim for their dependent...
    • Pacáiste Sochair Teaghlaigh
      1874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an féidir aon eisceacht a dhéanamh, agus iarratas ar Íocaíocht do Theaghlaigh i bhFostaíocht á...
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      1875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy reason for the rule that a person must be working 38 hours in a fortnight to be eligible for the working family...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      1876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1222 of 7 September 2018, the progress made in respect of the 4% PRSI charge in cases...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the child benefit payment to cover pupils who will be 19 years of age sitting their leaving certificate...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to publish the new social inclusion strategy, which was due for publication in 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the rate of jobseeker's allowance being paid to young persons who are unable to live with family and...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      1881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for jobseeker's allowance will be accepted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      1882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review into the qualification for the working family payment can be undertaken in the case of a person (details...
    • Invalidity Pension
      1883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can transfer to invalidity pension from their present payment if they qualify for a...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment can be adjusted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      1885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of an invalidity pension appeal...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • County Development Plans
      1911. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the Mayo County Development Plan 2014-2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Property Registration Authority Data
      1912. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected in search fees by the Land Registry in 2018; and the cost of eradicating search fees on its data sets....
    • Water Quality
      1913. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements for measuring lead levels in public drinking water supplies; if the latest results will be provided by local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1914. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of deep retrofitting all local authority and social housing stock to the highest standard by unit; and the...
    • Fire Service
      1915. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when guidelines will be published in relation to new battery stations; when international best practice for fire crews will...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      1916. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/19]
    • Derelict Sites
      1917. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid each month during the period 30 January 2015 to June 2016 by the owners of a derelict site (details supplied)...
    • Planning Issues
      1918. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents in both the Citywest and Tallaght areas of Dublin 24 regarding...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1920. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the land development agency legislation; when it is planned for the agency to proceed to acquiring brownfield...
    • Land Development Agency
      1921. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consultation which has been undertaken with the four Dublin local authorities in respect of the forthcoming work of the...
    • Fire Service
      1922. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the necessary equipment and resources of Dublin Fire Brigade in view of the increasing height and...
    • Legal Proceedings
      1923. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning approvals by An Bord Pleanála of residential developments of over 100 units under the accelerated...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      1924. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Ministers of State in his Department; the...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1925. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the technical assessment by the marine licence vetting committee which was being undertaken in February 2019...
    • Rent Increases
      1926. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to areas not under rent pressure zones in which rent is increasing and in which landlords put up...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1927. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1545 of 17 April 2019, when the revision of the grant scheme to householders that incur...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      1929. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to amending the financial thresholds for social housing in view of the fact that many persons...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      1930. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority to carry out inspections of private rented dwellings in each of the years 2014...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      1934. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used to determine whether a housing assistance payment, HAP, property has passed or failed a standards...
    • EU Directives
      1935. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to discussions at EU level regarding the potential partial liberalisation of the water...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      1936. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding landlords that do not want to enter the housing assistance payment scheme with a local authority but...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      1937. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed pyrite scheme; the details of same; the funding in place for the scheme; when it is due to...
    • Planning Issues
      1938. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding unauthorised reports in planning; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      1939. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed public water schemes for Murrisk, Lecanvey, Kilsallagh and Louisburgh, County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1940. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the approved list of charitable housing bodies that apply for funding towards building homes for...
    • Derelict Sites
      1941. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes rolled out by his Department in an effort to deal with derelict buildings; the details of same; his plans for...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1942. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing assistant payment scheme at the end of each year from 2014 to 2018; the number of...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Athy local electoral area will be designated as a rent pressure zone; the rent increases in the area over the past two...
    • Electoral Register
      1944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the eligibility of persons who are homeless for inclusion on the register of electors in order to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      1945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a group wastewater scheme (details supplied). [35132/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      1946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approvals given to local authorities regarding unsold affordable houses that did not sell at the time and...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      1947. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the communications that took place between his Department and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive and an approved housing...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      1948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the communications between his Department and an approved housing body (details supplied) in respect of the provision of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1949. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is an exception to the rule that 3% of the 10% required as a deposit must come from regular savings in the context...
    • Local Authority Management
      1951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to appoint a permanent chief executive to Galway County Council to replace the acting chief executive; the last...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme
      1953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason rent is being raised in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      1954. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is sufficient funding for local authorities to refurbish void houses that need to be brought up to a standard to...
    • Planning Issues
      1955. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a stage 4 approval for a housing project (details supplied) submitted to his Department on 19...
    • Legislative Measures
      1957. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation that includes co-living arrangements; if so, the timeline for same; if it will mirror...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      1958. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      1959. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the local authority tenant purchase scheme; if tenants have an entitlement to purchase by way of...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      1960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1961. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons that are successful in obtaining a Rebuilding Ireland home loan are required to obtain mortgage protection...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1962. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deaths of homeless persons by county in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      1963. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 49 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 will be fully commenced thus enabling planning...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      1964. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average monthly housing assistance payment for each of the past five years; the average monthly HAP payment for each...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1966. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority under the housing adaptation grant scheme for persons with a disability in each...
    • Fire Service
      1967. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the chemical make-up of fire fighting foams used by each county and city fire brigade; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1968. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be made available to carry out works to a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      1970. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 in respect of a water scheme...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1971. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of each of the social housing lists held by each local authority; the overall increase or decrease on the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1972. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding is expected to be released to local authorities in order that Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications can be...
    • Planning Investigations
      1975. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a report (details supplied) will be published regarding alleged serious planning irregularities in County Donegal; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications
      1976. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for permanent housing will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1978. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to update the Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36114/19]
    • Local Authority Staff
      1979. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engineer position staffing requests under each engineer grade received from either Dublin City Council and...
    • An Bord Pleanála Data
      1980. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for An Bord Pleanála in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      1981. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when amending regulations for solar panel exemptions on rooftops will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Internships
      1982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28...
    • Quarrying Sector
      1983. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedure in relation to the granting of permission for large-scale rocket blasting of rock; the purposes for which the...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      1984. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under...
    • Departmental Operations
      1985. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make...
    • Housing Issues
      1987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to Mayo County Council for the provision of housing in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to...
    • Housing Data
      1988. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses added to the stock of Mayo County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by as...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1989. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new rural housing guidelines will be published following the Flemish decree case; the reason for the delay with...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1990. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received emails or letters of concern from staff or former staff of an organisation (details supplied) recently in...
    • Environmental Legislation
      1991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the target date he is working to for the passing of the marine planning and development management Bill. [36368/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      1992. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the conditions put in place in respect of funding allocated in recent months to Cork County Council for design and works in...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      1994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be provided in 2019 to local authorities in respect of the maintenance of council housing and the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1996. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of new funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme that will be made available to Kildare County Council;...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1998. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a design build contractor framework to deliver residential developments through the use of volumetric construction...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1999. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down by local authorities for the serviced sites fund to date; the number of affordable homes...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      2000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a requirement for persons who are approved for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan to sign up for a specific mortgage...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      2001. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated guidelines for windfarms will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36612/19]
    • Irish Water
      2003. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the national taking in charge initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      2004. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided to each local authority in each of the past three years under the housing adaptation and...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure
      2005. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the respective expenditure on the housing assistance payment and the rental accommodation scheme in each of the past five...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      2006. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units acquired under the buy and renew scheme by county; the expenditure by county per annum; the number of...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      2008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of guidelines to govern the construction of large-scale solar energy farms. [36871/19]
    • Septic Tank Grants
      2009. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed expanded septic tank grant scheme will be launched in 2019; the proposed maximum grant aid available; and...
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      2010. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the waiting times to have matters dealt with by the Land Registry; his views on whether there are resource shortages within...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      2011. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received, approved and refused under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by Galway city and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Public Parks Access
      2012. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding a footpath at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      2013. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter regarding a proposal by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      2014. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 10 July 2019, the companies in which Údarás na Gaeltachta holds shares or...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      2015. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to her and the Minister of State in her Department; the salary...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      2016. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil cinneadh déanta nach rachfar ar aghaidh le céim a dó agus a trí de thógáil ché an...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      2017. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital expenditure of her Department at the end of August 2019 by subhead as compared with the Estimate for the full year;...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      2018. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an bplean gnó atá réitithe ag Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe i leith...
    • Forbairt na nOileán
      2019. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici airgead a cheadú i mbliana d’oibreacha beaga ar na hoileáin, go mór...
    • Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe
      2020. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le ceannach Aerfort Chonamara; cén uair atá i gceist conradh nua a...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      2021. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a building (details supplied) can be retained in public ownership due to its historical significance; if she will discuss this...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2022. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by her Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount...
    • State Properties
      2023. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a request was received by her Department from the OPW or the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on behalf of the Irish...
    • Animal Welfare
      2024. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on an operator of a zoo (details supplied) not supplying the National Parks and Wildlife Service with animal census...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      2028. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      2029. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of complaints her Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if her...
    • Insurance Industry
      2030. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the difficulties facing owners of thatched houses in County Wexford in securing home insurance; and if she will make...
    • Commemorative Events
      2031. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St. Colmcille in December 2020; and if her officials...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      2032. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the report by the National Parks and Wildlife Service that found agricultural practices are...
    • Departmental Internships
      2033. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in her Department over the past five years to 28 August...
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      2034. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff to deal with cybersecurity protocols under the...
    • Departmental Operations
      2035. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if she will make a...
    • Hare Coursing
      2036. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the licences issued to a club (details supplied) were rescinded; when the licences will be reissued; and if she will...
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      2037. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén leibhéal maoinithe atá ceadaithe do bhóithre ar oileáin Dhún na nGall don bhliain reatha; an...
    • Brexit Preparations
      2039. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of occasions on which she has visited the Donegal Gaeltacht since taking office in November 2017; the number of...
    • Cultural Policy
      2040. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to establish night mayors in towns and cities; her plans to grow the potential multibillion euro night-time economy;...
    • Performing Arts
      2041. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the number of theatre spaces in Dublin that have closed (details supplied) or are at risk of...
    • Departmental Records
      2042. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish with the National Archives of Ireland the location of a file (details supplied) in view of the fact that...
    • Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha
      2043. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le hAerfort na Mine i gCo. na Gaillimhe, cad é an staid reatha a bhaineann leis an bpróiseas ceannaigh; agus an...
    • Reachtaíocht Teanga
      2044. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é stádas Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2017; cén dáta a fhoilseofar an Bille; agus an...
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      2045. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na tosaíochtaí atá aici don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht don bhliain 2020; an mbeidh breis airgid...
    • Seirbhísí agus Tacaíochtaí Gaeilge
      2047. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá tógtha aici lena dhéanamh cinnte go bhfuil dóthain daoine ar fáil ina...
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      2048. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na ceantair sa Ghaeltacht a bhfuil airgead reatha pleanála teanga ceadaithe dóibh ag Údarás na...
    • Caiteachas Caipitiúil
      2049. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgid atá ceadaithe aici i mbliana do mhionoibreacha caipitiúla ar na hoileáin; agus an...

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