DÁIL ÉIREANN
Dé Máirt, 24 Iúil, 2018 Tuesday, 24th July, 2018
CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS
68.1 DÁIL ÉIREANN 3033 Dé Máirt, 24 Iúil, 2018 Tuesday, 24th July, 2018
CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREADRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
Chun an Taoisigh: To the Taoiseach.
*1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons at work in the mid-west region; and the number of persons at work by individual categories in the same region. — Jackie Cahill. [33311/18]
*2. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated number of persons aged 66 years of age and over that will be residing in the State in each of the next ten years. — John Brady. [33452/18]
*3. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated full year running cost of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33737/18]
*4. To ask the Taoiseach the applications submitted for funding and projects from Meath and Louth County Councils in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for projects decided upon or in progress in tabular form. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32405/18]
*5. To ask the Taoiseach the funding that has been provided towards capital projects in counties Meath and Louth in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by project name, location and cost in tabular form. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32406/18]
*6. To ask the Taoiseach the ratio of men and women at each civil service grade within his Department. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32434/18]
*7. To ask the Taoiseach the NUTS 2 regions that are within 1% of the national unemployment rate; and the NUTS 2 regions that are not within 1% of the national unemployment rate in tabular form. — Billy Kelleher. [32435/18]
*8. To ask the Taoiseach the volume of domestic and multinational exports by the countries exported to based on the most recent data on a percentage basis in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Billy Kelleher. [32436/18]
*9. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and or in agencies funded by his Department. — Billy Kelleher. [32437/18]
*10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s annual report. — Micheál Martin. [32468/18]
*11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Prince Harry and the issues that were discussed. — Micheál Martin. [32469/18]
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*12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has published his speech that he gave at the opening at the West Belfast Fleadh recently. — Micheál Martin. [32473/18]
*13. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years. — Mattie McGrath. [32533/18]
*14. To ask the Taoiseach the latest participation rates of men and women in the labour force by age ranges (details supplied); the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 participation rates for the same age ranges by gender in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [32129/18]
*15. To ask the Taoiseach the latest employment rates of men and women in the labour force by ranges (details supplied); the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 employment rates for the same age ranges by gender in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [32130/18]
*16. To ask the Taoiseach the latest participation rates of men and women in the labour force by age ranges (details supplied) and by those that have attained a third level qualification and those that have not; the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 participation rates for the same age by gender and third level qualification attainment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [32131/18]
*17. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; and if so, the costs involved. — Mattie McGrath. [32648/18]
*18. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on sponsored content on social media by merrionstreet.ie in the past six months; the reach achieved on platforms (details supplied); and the demographics targeted. — Sean Sherlock. [33306/18]
*19. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with President Juncker since 16 July 2018. — Micheál Martin. [33403/18]
*20. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (Infrastructure) last met. — Micheál Martin. [33720/18]
*21. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B (Social Policy and Public Service) last met. — Micheál Martin. [33721/18]
*22. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the announcements he made in County Kerry while there in July 2018. — Micheál Martin. [33725/18]
*23. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet EU leaders before the October 2018 EU Council meeting. — Micheál Martin. [33726/18]
*24. To ask the Taoiseach the costs including travel, accommodation and supports to hold the recent Government meeting in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33888/18]
*25. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid 3035 in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; and the estimated cost of those claims. — Michael McGrath. [34006/18]
*26. To ask the Taoiseach his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34221/18]
*27. To ask the Taoiseach his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34238/18]
*28. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34255/18]
*29. To ask the Taoiseach his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34272/18]
*30. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the qualifications required for each of those positions. — Jack Chambers. [34289/18]
*31. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34306/18]
*32. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34323/18]
*33. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; and the value of these contracts. — Róisín Shortall. [34367/18]
*34. To ask the Taoiseach the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; and the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies. — Barry Cowen. [34689/18]
*35. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34717/18]
*36. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s annual report. — Micheál Martin. [35086/18]
*37. To ask the Taoiseach the status of plans for the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Dublin and Knock. — Micheál Martin. [35088/18]
*38. To ask the Taoiseach the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form. — Billy Kelleher. [35149/18]
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*39. To ask the Taoiseach the budget for the promotion of Government initiatives; and the amount spent to date in 2018, for each promotion. — Brendan Howlin. [35223/18]
*40. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent to date in 2018 on social media advertising; the amount spent commissioning collateral including videos and graphics; the amount spent by campaign and provider; and his plans for further advertising for the remainder of 2018. — Brendan Howlin. [35224/18]
*41. To ask the Taoiseach if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35375/18]
*42. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; and the hourly rates that applied to each company. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35388/18]
*43. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; and the hourly rates that applied to each company. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35403/18]
Chun an Taoiseach agus Aire Cosanta: To the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence.
*44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his officials have met recently to discuss the large exodus from the Defence Forces; and his plans to address these issues. — Micheál Martin. [35090/18]
*45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a green discharge book will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if the request will be expedited. — John McGuinness. [32463/18]
*46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will request the Defence Forces to review under the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016, if the development of an incinerator in Ringaskiddy and the lower Cork Harbour poses a threat to national security. — Sean Sherlock. [32510/18]
*47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32523/18]
*48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32638/18]
*49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will revisit the decision of 15 December 2017 not to issue a 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal to Veterans medal to former members of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and the reason the proposal was rejected in the past. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [32678/18] 3037
*50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider sanctioning the award of the Centenary Commemorative Medal to members of an organisation (details supplied) and to other veterans that might apply for the award. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32683/18]
*51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he has responded to a protected disclosure regarding the untimely deaths of Air Corps personnel made to him in January 2018. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [32843/18]
*52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if additional air traffic controllers and pilots will be recruited for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32859/18]
*53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the dates of all the mandatory drug testing that took place at Casement Aerodrome in the past 15 years; the number of personnel tested on each occasion; the number of failed tests; the reason for failure of same; the surname letters used to select those scheduled for testing (details supplied); and the number of personnel scheduled for testing that were not tested. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [32925/18]
*54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if agencies operate and or investigate on Naval Service ships while they are engaged in Operation Sophia. — Clare Daly. [33145/18]
*55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of 1916 commemorative medals produced in 2016; the organisations to which members were awarded medals; the number of such medals unallocated and held by the relevant authority; and the costs associated with this. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33178/18]
*56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason retired members of the Defence Forces have not been awarded the 1916 commemorative medal; the costs of awarding the medal to veterans; and if the matter will be reconsidered and medals awarded to veterans. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33179/18]
*57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided for the upgrading of accommodation facilities in the Defence Forces training centre at the Curragh; when works on this project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33530/18]
*58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33707/18]
*59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the decision not to grant the 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal to retired military personnel that are members of an organisation (details supplied) in recognition of their service to the State will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33898/18]
*60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33996/18]
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*61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34211/18]
*62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34228/18]
*63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34245/18]
*64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34262/18]
*65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34279/18]
*66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34296/18]
*67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34313/18]
*68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34357/18]
*69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures being considered to improve retention rates among the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Heydon. [34381/18]
*70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34661/18]
*71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34679/18]
*72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34707/18] 3039
*73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) who has served as an Army Ranger for the past seven years and who has now been accepted as a member of An Garda Síochána; and if the fee for leaving the Defence Forces can be waived in this instance in consideration of the fact that this person is joining a fraternal peacekeeping State agency. — Gerry Adams. [35109/18]
*74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35139/18]
*75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €77 million in 2018 to his Department; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €106 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35275/18]
*76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35369/18]
*77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35381/18]
*78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35395/18]
*79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will implement the recommendations of the workplace climate in the Defence Forces phase by Kenny business school, UL. — Robert Troy. [35406/18]
Chun an Tánaiste agus Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála: To the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
*80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Mr. Michel Barnier since the communiqué was published further to the meeting of the British Cabinet at Chequers. — Micheál Martin. [32471/18]
*81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with other EU leaders since the communiqué from the meeting from Chequers was published; and if so, if he received a response to same. — Micheál Martin. [32472/18]
*82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he can address the difficulties being faced by holders of Irish passports that due to having visited a certain country, the name of which is stamped on their passport, are precluded from visiting other specific countries. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33420/18]
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*83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met officials from the Revenue Commissioners in 2018 in the context of Brexit preparation. — Micheál Martin. [33724/18]
*84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Israel and Palestine in the near future. — Micheál Martin. [35087/18]
*85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his visit to Derry recently. — Micheál Martin. [35094/18]
*86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a request was submitted formally by his Department to the Brexit preparedness group under the European Commission’s Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom seeking mitigation funding for the companies and exporting businesses here exposed to a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. — Billy Kelleher. [35123/18]
*87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing separatist conflict in Cameroon; the steps Ireland and the international community can take in order to help to resolve the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Tony McLoughlin. [32409/18]
*88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to having them returned here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seamus Healy. [32492/18]
*89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32527/18]
*90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32642/18]
*91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings and dates of meetings that a person (details supplied) has had since being appointed as the special envoy in relation to the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [32661/18]
*92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional resources have been provided to a person (details supplied) in their capacity as the special envoy in relation to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [32662/18]
*93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the post of Irish Ambassador to Japan will be filled; the length of time this post is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32857/18]
*94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet his Czech Republic counterpart to discuss Brexit, strengthen ties between the Czech Republic and Ireland and EU related issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32858/18] 3041
*95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if concerns that Ireland via its programme for overseas development Irish Aid, provides millions of euros through direct and indirect funding processes to politicised non-governmental organisations operating here, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza have been raised; his views on the fact that organisations receiving Irish funding lead campaigns and political activities that are inconsistent with Ireland’s policies to promote peace and a two-state framework in the Arab-Israeli conflict; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of these groups also promote anti-Semitic rhetoric and have alleged ties to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32880/18]
*96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his officials have studied and met to discuss the White Paper on Brexit published by the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33003/18]
*97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations he is making for the IGC at end of July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33004/18]
*98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the violence in Derry up to and including 12 July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33005/18]
*99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department that are working on media and communications, both civil servants and non-civil servants; the role of each; the reporting structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33006/18]
*100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work he and his officials are undertaking to urge China to end the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong and release imprisoned practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33010/18]
*101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department was notified in advance by the US Embassy of an aircraft (details supplied) which landed at Shannon Airport on 11 and 12 July 2018 on contract to the US military being refuelled at the airport. — Clare Daly. [33079/18]
*102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 21 June 2018, if the aircraft was or was not in Irish controlled airspace. — Clare Daly. [33089/18]
*103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage weight allocated to languages in the competition for election observers; the reason the languages sought are now more restrictive than in the past with, for example, Russian not be sought despite this being a language of communications in many countries in which elections are observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33172/18]
*104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when and the locations in which interviews for places on the new election roster will take place; if video interviews will be offered to those living abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33173/18]
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*105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the current election roster competition excludes permanent residents here that are not Irish citizens; if this will be altered to bring it in line with the more open approach of his Department’s rapid response roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33174/18]
*106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when activity to undertake a new competition for election observers was first undertaken by his Department; the bodies and organisation that were consulted in relation to the matter; if Irish election observers were consulted; if so, the way in which this was done; the reason for the delay in moving forward the new competition to ensure that it would be in place before the old roster expired in May 2018; when the new roster will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33175/18]
*107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of election observers on the May 2013 roster that have not been on one election observation mission since the roster came into being; the number of such observers that have not applied for one mission in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33176/18]
*108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a number of members of the Syrian media being trapped at the Jordanian border; the efforts being made by the EU and the international community to ensure their safe passage out of Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33181/18]
*109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the election roster members and non-roster members, respectively sent abroad from the establishment of the roster in May 2013 to date for monitoring elections and referenda in tabular form; the dates of the missions; the name of each observer sent; the cost to his Department of each member; the number of members that did not depart for their missions; if grants were refunded or written-off for them; the reason this roster has been extended to the end of 2018; when and the level at which this decision was made; if legal advice was obtained in advance of that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33193/18]
*110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on calls for the full publication of all details of the memorandum of understanding between the UN and Myanmar. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33227/18]
*111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on EU-Iran relations; if his attention has been drawn to reports of a person (detailed supplied) being arrested in Germany in relation to a terror plot; his views on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33532/18]
*112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure and requirements for obtaining a visa for a person married to an Irish citizen in circumstances in which the non-citizen has never resided here and the marriage has taken place outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [33611/18]
*113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he is taking with the EU, the UK Government, the National Assembly for Wales and the French Government to minimise the economic impact of Brexit on County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33613/18] 3043
*114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out an analysis of the potential impact of Brexit here by county with particular reference to County Wexford. — James Browne. [33625/18]
*115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33711/18]
*116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport application processing times through online and by post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33811/18]
*117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33990/18]
*118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted an assessment of the additional resources that may be required in the event of a hard or no deal Brexit; the preparations that have been made for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [34114/18]
*119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has assessed the number of additional staff, officials or inspectors and so on that may be required in the event of a hard or no deal Brexit; if so, the number that may be required across the various areas in tabular form; the rationale for the number determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [34131/18]
*120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he was consulted on the preparations and provided an input into same further to the recent Government announcement it is stepping up its preparations and contingency planning for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [34148/18]
*121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department commenced specific and detailed preparations for a hard or no deal Brexit; when it commenced assessing or examining the number of additional staff, officials, inspectors and so on that may be required in the event of a hard or no deal Brexit; when this assessment was concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [34165/18]
*122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out analysis by county of the potential impact of Brexit here with particular reference to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34186/18]
*123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34215/18]
*124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34232/18]
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*125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34249/18]
*126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34283/18]
*127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34300/18]
*128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34317/18]
*129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34361/18]
*130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kevin O’Keeffe. [34473/18]
*131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of immigration reform in the United States of America with particular reference to the status of the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34479/18]
*132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following the recent violence in Belfast and Derry regarding the urgent need to have the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34480/18]
*133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected expenditure needed for the Brexit section of his Department in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34535/18]
*134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting period for new passport applications and passport renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34597/18]
*135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will institute a process in the passport office by which all new documentation received for a new passport application or a passport renewal is catalogued upon receipt and by which an applicant would be informed immediately of other documentation required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34598/18]
*136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34665/18] 3045
*137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34683/18]
*138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34711/18]
*139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting times for a first time passport and a passport renewal; if extra resources will be provided to the passport office during this busy holiday period; and if new changes to streamline the passport application process will be implemented. — Seán Crowe. [34885/18]
*140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions there are with the British Government in relation to the implementation of the Stormont House and Fresh Start Agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34923/18]
*141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the new Bill passed by the Israeli Knesset defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people (details supplied). — Seán Crowe. [35074/18]
*142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the assassinations of political and community activists in Colombia which has massively increased in recent months (details supplied). — Seán Crowe. [35075/18]
*143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Cerrejón mine in the north-east of Colombia (details supplied). — Seán Crowe. [35076/18]
*144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his Departmental officials are concerned in relation to the recent announcement regarding the official language of Israel excluding Arabic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [35091/18]
*145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met Ms. Arlene Foster recently regarding the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [35092/18]
*146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of reconvening the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [35093/18]
*147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Brexit going forward; if the additional 1,000 customs and veterinary officials will be in place by 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [35101/18]
*148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if emergency legislation will be required in the event of a no deal Brexit; if the process of drafting this legislation has
P.T.O 3046 commenced in the event of such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [35102/18]
*149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the common travel area and all its associated rights will be fully preserved in the event of a no deal Brexit. — Lisa Chambers. [35103/18]
*150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Northern Ireland’s specific needs are represented in the EU post Brexit in view of the fact that citizens of Northern Ireland have an entitlement to European citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Lisa Chambers. [35104/18]
*151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35143/18]
*152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent amendments to legislation in Westminster and the way in which they will affect the proposals contained in the British White Paper concerning Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35178/18]
*153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent amendments to legislation in Westminster and their possible effects on the backstop provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35179/18]
*154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the capital allocation of €13 million in 2018 to his vote group by project; the proposed allocation of €17 million in 2019, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35216/18]
*155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, on overseas development aid; the amount committed through Irish Aid; the projected outturn for 2018; his plans to meet Ireland’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on ODA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35217/18]
*156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on official development assistance outside of the Irish Aid programme in 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected end of year spend; the amounts and the commitments by programme; the commitments Ireland has for 2019 under EU and international agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35218/18]
*157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional funding requirements required for his Department in 2018 to open additional embassies and consulates; the amount spent to date in 2018; the projected extra costs in 2018; the additional funding that will be required in 2019 to meet the costs of new missions under the plans to double Ireland’s global footprint by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35219/18]
*158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocated to Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN security council; the projected spend on this campaign in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; the programme it comes under; if he will seek additional funds in 3047 budget 2019 for the campaign; the estimated that will be required in 2019; the events planned over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35220/18]
*159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure to date on outside contractors and promotional events and materials as part of Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN security council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35221/18]
*160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35222/18]
*161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35398/18]
Chun an Aire Airgeadais: To the Minister for Finance.
*162. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the State Claims Agency or awarded in respect of personal injury claims both including and excluding medical negligence claims to date in 2018, by relevant State body the claims related to; the corresponding figure for the same period in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33790/18]
*163. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason injectable medicines here are subjected to a VAT rate of 23% in view of the fact there is no VAT on oral medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33885/18]
*164. To ask the Minister for Finance when the IFS public sector coordination group was established in relation to action 3 of IFS2020; the number of times the group has met each year since 2015; the persons that sit on this group; the frequency with which the briefings have been updated since its establishment; the changes that have been made in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33936/18]
*165. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 5 of IFS2020; the number of high-profile IFS platform events that were attended each year by high-level officials; the number of overseas trade missions established each year since 2015; the number of those that required Ministerial participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33938/18]
*166. To ask the Minister for Finance when the banner brand and associated marketing material was first launched in relation to action 8 of IFS2020; if there has been a relaunch due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33941/18]
*167. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 18 of IFS2020; when a review of the authorisation service standards took place; the specific changes implemented as a result; if a review took place after the Brexit result; the changes that came from that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33951/18]
*168. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 19 of IFS2020; the specific changes made to DTAs as a result of this action point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33952/18]
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*169. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 20 of IFS2020; the specific changes made under this action point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33953/18]
*170. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of action 29 of IFS2020; when the working group was first established; the persons that sit on the working group; the number of times the working group has met each year since 2015; the specific undertakings implemented by the working group on securitisation and the capital markets forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33962/18]
*171. To ask the Minister for Finance when the last IFS progress report was published; when the next IFS progress report is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33963/18]
*172. To ask the Minister for Finance if the extra customs officers being recruited will solely be deployed to the country’s ports and airports; and if they will have role in cross-Border trade even though all agree that a hard Border on the island of Ireland is not planned. — Micheál Martin. [35085/18]
*173. To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary amount of help-to-buy grants granted and or paid to persons on a monthly basis since the scheme was launched to 1 July 2018; the number of grants issued for qualifying properties priced between ranges (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [32413/18]
*174. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of maximum monetary reliefs available under the rent tax credit per annum from 2008 to 2017 under the various categories in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [32431/18]
*175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a proposal (details supplied) will be costed. — Jonathan O’Brien. [32461/18]
*176. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the artists exemption under section 195 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. — Thomas Byrne. [32495/18]
*177. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32526/18]
*178. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32641/18]
*179. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 5 July 2017, his views on whether the debt refinancing loan sale Project Nantes relating to a company (details supplied) may have constituted a substantial loss to the taxpayer; if the loans related to Project Nantes were sold for €26.6 million and had a nominal value of €352 million; if his attention has been drawn to a conflict of interest with regard to the company that purchased the loans and the original debtor; if he will make immediate enquiries with NAMA in relation to this sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Wallace. [32695/18] 3049
*180. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax yield from taxes and other duties and so on in relation to transport and transport related items as a proportion of the overall annual budget in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — John Lahart. [32725/18]
*181. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the pension system in order to ensure that a greater number of pension plans are exempted from the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [32730/18]
*182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in 2017 through VAT on female menstrual hygiene products. — Louise O’Reilly. [32847/18]
*183. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures that apply in relation to the exceptional circumstances procedure in the fiscal rules by which a member state may be permitted to spend above and beyond that which is normally permitted under the fiscal rules; if he is satisfied that there is an adequate flexibility under the EU and domestic fiscal rules at present to enable the drawdown of funds from the proposed rainy day fund as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [32870/18]
*184. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for tax incentives for culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32875/18]
*185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy grant approvals on a monthly basis since the scheme was launched up to 29 June 2018; the number of drawdowns in this regard since the scheme was introduced to 29 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32902/18]
*186. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax relief provided for under section 481 in each of the past five years; and the number of staff directly employed by the largest 12 recipients of section 481 tax reliefs. — Peadar Tóibín. [32931/18]
*187. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the VAT payable on sales of local and regional newspapers which are the highest rates in Europe in order to ensure the viability of a strong independent media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32944/18]
*188. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32970/18]
*189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32971/18]
*190. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32972/18]
*191. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that
P.T.O 3050 received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32973/18]
*192. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32974/18]
*193. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32975/18]
*194. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Central Bank the amount consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32976/18]
*195. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Central Bank has paid for external legal services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32994/18]
*196. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has paid for consultancy services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32995/18]
*197. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has paid for external legal services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32996/18]
*198. To ask the Minister for Finance if the current reporting exemptions for social finance providers, that is, charities, will exist under the markets in financial instruments Bill; if such an exemption is not in place, if he will insert such an exemption; the potential obstacles for inserting such exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33014/18]
*199. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated way in which European Central Bank interest rate increases of 0.1%, 0.25% and 0.5% would impact the level of yearly sovereign debt repayments in each year until 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33107/18]
*200. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated resources that would be borrowed to spend at minimum compliance with the fiscal rules in each year until 2021, including figures for gross borrowing and additional borrowing above Government levels. — Pearse Doherty. [33108/18]
*201. To ask the Minister for Finance if the decision by his predecessor to extend to 100% the value of intangible assets that could be used to write-off profit was linked to the abolition of the double Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33155/18] 3051
*202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work and public consultation in 2018 with the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform, Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Revenue Commissioners in relation to local property tax; when the review will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33188/18]
*203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been provided with a copy of a document (details supplied); if the proposals contained therein are under consideration in the context of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33205/18]
*204. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering the personal pay as you earn and earned income credits by 1.43% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33207/18]
*205. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the single personal, that is, no taper for married portion of credit entitlements €1,650 pay as you earn and earned income credits by 1.43% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €170,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €170,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33208/18]
*206. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33209/18]
*207. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €150,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €150,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33210/18]
*208. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the PAYE and earned income credit by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €120,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €120,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33211/18]
*209. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the PAYE and earned income credit by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €120,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €120,000, coupled with this an additional USC rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33212/18]
*210. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €140,000, coupled with this an additional USC rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33213/18]
*211. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €150,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess
P.T.O 3052 of €150,000, coupled with this an additional USC rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33214/18]
*212. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the and PAYE credit and earned income credit from income in excess of €80,000, a reduced credit, by 5% per €1,000, for gross income between €80,000 and €100,000 and a 0% credit on gross income in excess of €100.000. — Pearse Doherty. [33215/18]
*213. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the view of ECB President, Mr. Mario Draghi that commercial real estate here is vulnerable to a fall in value; if the Central Bank is giving consideration to imposing lending caps to apply to non-bank lenders to the commercial real estate sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33254/18]
*214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether increases in the price of oil constitutes a threat to growth in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33270/18]
*215. To ask the Minister for Finance if advice and assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33276/18]
*216. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of the VRT rebate for electric vehicle purchases will be included in the base for 2022 despite it being scheduled to end in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33313/18]
*217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the head of the Central Bank to confirm the way in which the mortgage accounts of customers that have renegotiated terms and are repaying the mortgage under these terms can be classed as non-performing; the efforts being made to ensure that customers that continue to meet their commitments are protected from the possibility of their account being sold on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33352/18]
*218. To ask the Minister for Finance if during a recent appearance before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach a bank (details supplied) confirmed that family homes would not be included in the proposed mortgage portfolio sale; if so, the actions he or the Committee have taken to confirm that this will be the case; if the Committee has powers to demand an explanation or confirmation from the bank regarding this statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33353/18]
*219. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 4 July 2018, the name of the large professional services firm hired to carry out the investigation. — Pearse Doherty. [33435/18]
*220. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that a company (details supplied) has received €25 million in State funding from the NTMA via the ISIF while in 2012 the same company’s loan book was sold via a refinancing transaction for an average discount of 92%; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing companies that have previously received such write- downs; his plans to discuss this €25 million financing provided by ISIF to the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Wallace. [33436/18]
*221. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total level of tax expenditure annually to budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33483/18] 3053
*222. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown annually of the current level of tax expenditures down to budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33484/18]
*223. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield if the tax relief on all private pensions was lowered to the standard rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33485/18]
*224. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield if the tax refund element of research and development tax credits was removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33486/18]
*225. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost of reintroducing tax relief on private rented accommodation; if the reintroduction of the measure is being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33488/18]
*226. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from the introduction of a third rate of income tax at 45%, 48% and 50%, respectively on incomes of over €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33505/18]
*227. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from the introduction of a third rate of income tax at 45%, 48% and 50%, respectively on incomes of over €120,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33506/18]
*228. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of additional revenue that would be generated if the betting tax was increased from 1% to 3% and 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33508/18]
*229. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield through the implementation of a vacant property tax of 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33515/18]
*230. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be raised in 2019 if the minimum effective tax rate of persons earning in excess of €300,000 per year increased from 30% to 35%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33517/18]
*231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on recent research available to his Department on the relative annual direct or indirect tax burden on each Irish household and member of the labour force and the trends in that burden since 2007/2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33518/18]
*232. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on budget 2019 if the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality industry were increased to 10%, 11%, 12% and 13.5%, respectively; the additional estimated yield at each rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33519/18]
*233. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of current projections on additional tax yield if excise duties on petrol and diesel were equalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33520/18]
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*234. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anti-consumer anomaly in section 50(3) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (details supplied); his plans to amend the legislation to allow for a situation in which a person’s official complaint is under investigation by the Ombudsman for up to a year before a financial provider initiates court action relating to the same complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [33556/18]
*235. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners anticipate increased levels of customs checks and enforcement following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33618/18]
*236. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date and plans to take in preparation for post-Brexit customs checks at ports here specifically Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33622/18]
*237. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33710/18]
*238. To ask the Minister for Finance the average cost of borrowing for SMEs here compared to corresponding figures for other euro area countries in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33781/18]
*239. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers have made a claim under the cycle to work scheme for each year since the scheme was introduced; the cost of the scheme for each year to date; the estimated cost for 2018; the number of persons that applied under the scheme; the number of persons that made applications (details supplied) under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33787/18]
*240. To ask the Minister for Finance when a report on the effect of limiting tax relief on losses carried forward for banks will be produced, in view of the commitment given at the Committee Stage of the Finance Bill 2017; if a sunset clause and a comparison with the approach taken on losses by other administrations will be considered in the report; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33788/18]
*241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which financial institutions deal with customers in situations in which a couple have separated and both their names remain on the mortgage account; his plans to introduce changes in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33789/18]
*242. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to persons acquiring a vehicle by means of a personal contract plan being entitled to avail of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme provided the applicant and the vehicle meet the relevant criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33792/18]
*243. To ask the Minister for Finance the investments including lending made by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in the area of residential and non-residential property since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33794/18] 3055
*244. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming tax relief on third-level tuition fees in each complete tax year since 2014; the cost of the relief for each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33795/18]
*245. To ask the Minister for Finance the final amount that has now been collected by the Revenue Commissioners under the compliance initiative announced in budget 2017 relating to tackling offshore tax evasion and related initiatives; the interest and penalties that have been applied in aggregate form; the number of disclosures that were made in respect of each offshore jurisdiction; the nature of the tax evasion captured by the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33797/18]
*246. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the vacancies in each functional area of the Central Bank; the percentage that vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for that function; the date each position has been vacant since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33799/18]
*247. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount reported by insurance companies to the Central Bank as having been paid out on motor insurance claims in each of the years 2013 to 2017; if the Central Bank has data on the number of claims the total payouts relate to; the value of premium receipts for the years in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33802/18]
*248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages here that are classified as sub-prime; the number of sub-prime lenders operating in the market; the value of sub-prime mortgages outstanding; the rate of arrears on these mortgages; the actions specific to the sub-prime sector which are being taken to address arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33803/18]
*249. To ask the Minister for Finance the treatment of rental income from residential property situated here from a taxation point of view; the rate of taxation that applies by different classes of recipients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33806/18]
*250. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of life loans in respect of residential properties in issuance here; the amount owed on these loans; if such loans are still being marketed by banks; if he is satisfied that the attention of consumers is being drawn to the risk associated with a life loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33807/18]
*251. To ask the Minister for Finance the contingency plans the Revenue Commissioners are putting in place to deal with the scenario of a no deal, hard Brexit from the customs perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33859/18]
*252. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and nature of authorisation applications the Central Bank has received to date in 2018 from financial services firms; the amount that may be Brexit related; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33860/18]
*253. To ask the Minister for Finance if the special liquidator of IBRC is a plaintiff or defendant; the details of the other party to the case; the amount being sought or claimed; the nature of the case; the legal cases or actions that the special liquidator is a party to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33861/18]
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*254. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA is a plaintiff or defendant; the details of the other party to the case; the amount being sought or claimed; the nature of the case; the legal cases or actions that NAMA is a party to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33862/18]
*255. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to mount a legal case against the Maltese regulatory authorities in respect of the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33863/18]
*256. To ask the Minister for Finance when the collection of the new 2% levy on gross written motor insurance premiums imposed under the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018 will commence; if he has had discussions with the insurance industry on whether this levy has already been priced into premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33864/18]
*257. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of applications approved under the help to buy scheme; the amount of tax refunds issued in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33865/18]
*258. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of enforcement investigations being undertaken by the Central Bank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33866/18]
*259. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of financial services firms by category such as insurance, credit card, mortgage providers and SME lenders selling business in the market here to end consumers that are prudentially regulated in the UK and that rely on the freedom of movement of services across the EU to sell here; the relevant quantum of financial activity involved for each category using latest estimates; if there are risks for consumers here in the event of a hard Brexit in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33868/18]
*260. To ask the Minister for Finance the contingencies that have been put in place by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with a hard Brexit; his plans to increase staffing levels in his Department or the agencies under his remit in relation to same; if the Central Bank and the Revenue Commissioners will be given the scope and resources to increase staffing levels to deal with a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33875/18]
*261. To ask the Minister for Finance the contingencies that have been put in place by the Revenue Commissioners to deal with a new customs regime in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33876/18]
*262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report by the Central Bank on banking culture ordered in the wake of the tracker mortgage scandal; when he will bring that report to Cabinet; when he will be publishing it; when he expects to act on the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33907/18]
*263. To ask the Minister for Finance if an update to IFS2020 is being worked on in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33909/18]
*264. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 1 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to accelerate restoration of full mortgage interest deductibility for landlords of residential property; if he envisages changes 3057 under option 1 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33910/18]
*265. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 2 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow LPT as a deductible for landlords; if he envisages changes under option 2 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33911/18]
*266. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 3 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to enhance loss relief for landlords; if he envisage any changes under option 3 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33912/18]
*267. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 4 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow pre-letting expenses to be deducted for previously vacant properties; if he envisages changes under option 4 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33913/18]
*268. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 5 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to improve the collection and sharing of data on the rental sector; if he envisages changes under option 5 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33914/18]
*269. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 6 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow a deduction against rental income for the capital cost of the property in the initial years of ownership of a rental unit; if he envisages changes under option 6 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33915/18]
*270. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 7 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to provide capital gains tax relief for properties acquired and retained as rental accommodation; if he envisages changes under option 7 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33916/18]
*271. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 8 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to provide an incentive to attract investment capital into the construction of property to be let for social and affordable rents; if he envisages changes under option 8 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33917/18]
*272. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 9 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to review provisions for the holding of rental property via pension vehicles; if he envisages changes under option 9 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33918/18]
*273. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on option 10 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to consider the development of a separate method of taxing rental income; if he envisages changes under option 10 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33919/18]
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*274. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of limited partnerships in the IFS that have been set up here in each year since 2015; the comparable number in other EU countries for each of the years since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33920/18]
*275. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the research and development tax credit for the previous five years including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33921/18]
*276. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the knowledge development box in each year since its creation; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33922/18]
*277. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the entrepreneurial relief for each year since its establishment including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33923/18]
*278. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the special assignee relief programme for the previous five years including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; the number of individuals that have availed of the scheme in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33924/18]
*279. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the foreign earnings deduction for the previous five years including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; the number of individuals that have availed of the scheme in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33925/18]
*280. To ask the Minister for Finance the take up of the key employee engagement programme in each month since its establishment the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33926/18]
*281. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the employment and investment incentive scheme for each year since it commenced including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years by multinational companies and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33927/18]
*282. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the start-up refunds for entrepreneurs for the previous five years including 2017; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33928/18]
*283. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 June 2018, if insurance intermediaries as regulated by the Central Bank potentially include claims harvesters; if the Central Bank has any role in regulating so called claims harvesters or if it is solely for the Law Society; if he has considered implementing stronger regulation on claims harvesters similar to that 3059 being considered by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33929/18]
*284. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has taken enforcement action in relation to claims harvesting; the outcome of such actions in relation to the 2,235 registered insurance intermediaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33930/18]
*285. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bank cards issued by each of the banks in which the State has a shareholding; the number of days turnaround for issuing new cards for each of the same banks in which each of the banks have their cards printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33931/18]
*286. To ask the Minister for Finance the average interest rate on deposits for SMEs here; the equivalent figure in each of the other Eurozone countries in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33932/18]
*287. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33999/18]
*288. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a policy on whether ATMs should dispense €50 notes to customers instead of €20 notes; the practice of retail banks here in relation to dispensing notes; the breakdown of actual notes dispensed in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34008/18]
*289. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the problem of illegal moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34017/18]
*290. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials from his Department met with hauliers or an organisation (details supplied) in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34018/18]
*291. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial institution that has ownership of hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34019/18]
*292. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that availed of the option to have their property tax deferred until 2019; the reason stated for the deferral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34021/18]
*293. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have applied under the first time buyers scheme as announced in budget 2017; the counties they applied form in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34022/18]
*294. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the excise fuel duty to the freight industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34063/18]
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*295. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the measures that have been taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers, particularly in counties Cavan and Monaghan. — Niamh Smyth. [34064/18]
*296. To ask the Minister for Finance the location in which the €400 million Bord Gáis proceeds reside; if it is held by ISIF and or the NTMA; the annual rate of return earned on the €400 million since the proceeds were received from the sale; the intended use for the €200 million left after the pilot social housing project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34175/18]
*297. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage loans in receipt of mortgage interest relief for a principal dwelling; the number of persons benefitting from mortgage interest relief on their principal dwelling house mortgage; the projected cost of principal dwelling mortgage interest relief in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34197/18]
*298. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Central Bank is taking to prevent dual pricing of insurance policies whereby teaser rates are offered in the first year; his views on the use of such a pricing model; if the Central Bank has powers to prevent this from taking place; his views on whether new and existing insurance customers should be treated the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34198/18]
*299. To ask the Minister for Finance his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34214/18]
*300. To ask the Minister for Finance his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34231/18]
*301. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34248/18]
*302. To ask the Minister for Finance his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34265/18]
*303. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34282/18]
*304. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34299/18]
*305. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34316/18]
*306. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34360/18]
*307. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 28 June 2018, the annual cost of applying a flat rate on dividend income for both entrepreneurs and external 3061 investors of 10%, 20% and 30% on unquoted Irish resident companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34469/18]
*308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of self employed persons that converted their self employed business into a company in each of the years 2015 to 2017 based on the most recent data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34470/18]
*309. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a cost of removing the split relief under EIIS of 3 quarters in year one and 1 quarter in year four and applying a year one relief of 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34471/18]
*310. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of countries the foreign earnings deduction is available for; the countries the FED is available for; the cost of €3.2 million in 2015 by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34472/18]
*311. To ask the Minister for Finance the involvement he or his officials had in preparing to employ additional customs and agri officers for all ports; the number of additional personnel that will be appointed to each port and each airport; the way in which the number was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34549/18]
*312. To ask the Minister for Finance when preparations for additional staff began in view of an interview given by the CEO of Dublin Port the morning after the announcement that there would be 1,000 additional officials hired to prepare for hard Brexit (details supplied); when the jobs will be advertised; the timeframe to complete the recruitment process; the timeframe for training; and when employment will be commenced. — Robert Troy. [34553/18]
*313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the inequity between the rate of VAT applicable to locations (details supplied) and VAT on hotels providing convention facilities to remove the imbalance. — Robert Troy. [34565/18]
*314. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open vacancies in the Revenue Commissioners; the time these vacancies have remained unfilled since first being advertised to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34644/18]
*315. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of open vacancies in the Central Bank, the time these vacancies have remained unfilled since first being advertised to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34645/18]
*316. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount invested by a company (details supplied) in 2018; the average interest charged; the number of homes completed in each of the years since its establishment to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34646/18]
*317. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross contribution Ireland has made to the European Union budget per annum in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the estimated contribution in 2018; the net benefit or contribution made in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34647/18]
*318. To ask the Minister for Finance the GDP for 2017; the portion of the GDP figure that is deemed to be as a result of contract manufacturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34648/18]
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*319. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made for declined insurance in each month of 2018 and each year since 2014; the number of applications accepted for declined insurance in each month of 2018 and each year since 2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34649/18]
*320. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34664/18]
*321. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34682/18]
*322. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the VAT payable on services (details supplied) to 9%. — Timmy Dooley. [34694/18]
*323. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34710/18]
*324. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of CervicalCheck cases now being managed by the State Claims Agency; and the details of each of the laboratories involved. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34829/18]
*325. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help to buy scheme in 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected full year cost in 2018 and 2019; the number of purchases supported in each year; the projected full year numbers in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34856/18]
*326. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield to date in 2018 from the decision to increased the commercial stamp duty by 4% to 6% in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34857/18]
*327. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the CGT entrepreneur relief by year; the projected cost in 2018 and 2019; his plans to make changes to this relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34858/18]
*328. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date in 2018 of the key employee engagement programme; the number of persons that have used the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34859/18]
*329. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to date in 2018 from the compliance measures announced as part of budget 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34860/18] 3063
*330. To ask the Minister for Finance the products and services to which the second reduced rate of VAT applies; when the reduced rate first applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34862/18]
*331. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year yield from changing the 9% VAT rate to 10% and then reverting to 13.5% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34863/18]
*332. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the knowledge development box to date; the value of intellectual property subject to the KDB tax rate; his plans to extend the scheme; his plans to review the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34864/18]
*333. To ask the Minister for Finance the Exchequer borrowing requirement for 2018; the projected borrowing requirement for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34865/18]
*334. To ask the Minister for Finance the gross and net general Government debt for 2017 by cash amount in tabular form; the projected end of year amounts for 2018 and 2019; the details of the Exchequer cash and other assets, the ISIF cash and non-equity investments and other cash and assets held by source; the amounts as a percentage of GDP and GNI in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34866/18]
*335. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the medium term objective of a structural deficit of 0.5% will not be met in 2018; the estimated structural deficit for 2018 and 2019 under the proposed budgetary fiscal space as outlined in the SES; the estimated structural deficit if €500 million of fiscal space for the rainy day fund was committed to capital expenditure; the estimated structural deficit if the €900 million of fiscal space that will not be utilised under the Government’s plans was also committed to new expenditure measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34867/18]
*336. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield of a bed night tax levy of €1 per night in a hotel or bed and breakfast in a full year for each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34868/18]
*337. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Exchequer cash and liquid assets currently on hand; the reason for such a large amount; the carrying cost of this for 2018; the amount of debt and bonds to be refinanced or paid in 2018; the amount of debt raised to date in 2018 by the NTMA; the amount expected to be raised at the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34871/18]
*338. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State is carrying large cash reserves in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34872/18]
*339. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of payable refundable research and development tax credits paid out by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to companies that did not pay corporation tax in those years; the estimated refunds or payable amounts to be paid out in 2018; the cost of the research and development tax credit in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34873/18]
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*340. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding liability from refundable payable research and development credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34874/18]
*341. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected savings in 2019 if the research and development tax credit was no longer refundable or payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34875/18]
*342. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that claimed payable refundable research and development tax credits in each of years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the highest refund paid out in each year; the average value of a refund in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34876/18]
*343. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of allowing up-front refunds under the research and development tax credit for young SME companies four years old or younger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34894/18]
*344. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the VAT registration thresholds for SMEs and the self employed to €50,000, €60,000, €80,000 and €90,000, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34895/18]
*345. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of expanding the SARP scheme to new recruits and not just existing employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34896/18]
*346. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of increasing the portion of expenses allowed for deduction under the research and development tax credit from 25% to 30% for SME companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34897/18]
*347. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to ensure that a directly supervised bank (details supplied) complies with its obligations under EU legislation, directives, regulations, guidelines and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union on arrears and foreclosures; the procedures and or mechanisms in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34914/18]
*348. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of reducing the VAT rate on all sun screen products to 13.5% and 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34999/18]
*349. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of retaining the bike to work scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35000/18]
*350. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of extending the bike to work scheme to allow for two claims in five years if a bike is stolen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35001/18]
*351. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of extending the bike to work scheme to permit the sharing or transfer of the allowance to enable parents to buy bicycles for children and young adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35002/18] 3065
*352. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of a bike for all scheme modelled on the bike to work scheme to allow for subsidised bikes for all on social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35003/18]
*353. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of introducing a scheme for those that use their bikes for commuting to work along the lines of that available in Belgium where €0.23 is paid per kilometre distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35004/18]
*354. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue foregone as a result of section 110 tax relief as it applies to rental income and capital gains from property for all the years to which the section applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35009/18]
*355. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that is foregone annually due to tax breaks for private schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35013/18]
*356. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount which would be saved if tax breaks for private schooling were allowed at only the 20% marginal rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35014/18]
*357. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was foregone in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 through tax breaks on private medical insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35015/18]
*358. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35016/18]
*359. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge for persons earning less than €90,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35017/18]
*360. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the universal social charge for persons earning less than €80,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35018/18]
*361. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be collected if extra tax bands were introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35019/18]
*362. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be collected in a single year if the rate of USC was only applied to those earning more than €90,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35020/18]
*363. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of the national debt. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35026/18]
*364. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that will be paid on the national debt in 2019. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35027/18]
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*365. To ask the Minister for Finance the primary exchequer surplus for 2019. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35028/18]
*366. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected through vehicle registration tax in 2017. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35029/18]
*367. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was foregone due to the knowledge box in the latest available figures.. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35030/18]
*368. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty charged on the purchase of stocks and marketable securities of Irish incorporated companies in 2017. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35031/18]
*369. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has made available to developers in loan facilities to complete projects by year up to the end of quarter 2 of 2018. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35032/18]
*370. To ask the Minister for Finance the total household wealth here including all property and financial assets less all liabilities. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35033/18]
*371. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount NAMA has paid out to date for repair and maintenance of properties in its portfolio. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35034/18]
*372. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid in 2018 that was contracted since 2008. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35035/18]
*373. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out annually in motor insurance claims from all insurance companies. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35036/18]
*374. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 of tax reliefs and exemptions available to property developers. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35037/18]
*375. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to property owners. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35038/18]
*376. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 of the tax reliefs and exemptions available to land owners. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35039/18]
*377. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs created by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in its commercial partnerships; and the locations in which these jobs were created by companies obtaining such investment. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35040/18]
*378. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised from imposing a 2% public health levy on the profits of private human health and pharmaceutical companies here including nursing homes and homecare agencies. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35041/18]
*379. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year cost of abolishing the local property tax. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35042/18] 3067
*380. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all its empty properties and land banks that have not yet been sold with regard to NAMA’s assets; the negotiations that have taken place to acquire these homes for social and or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35043/18]
*381. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in shares here in 2017. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35044/18]
*382. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of commercial trade that took place in derivatives here in 2017. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35045/18]
*383. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 12 July 2018, the number of small companies by medium and micros sized firms with accounting periods ended on or before 31 December 2016 that have claimed KDB relief to date in tabular form. — Billy Kelleher. [35133/18]
*384. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35142/18]
*385. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue if alongside the existing 12.5% rate an effective actual rate of corporation tax of 6% was collected in each of the years 2000 to 2017; the projected income in 2018 and 2019 if an effective rate of 6% was in effect in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Ryan. [35201/18]
*386. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an assessment of the likely revenue generated from the public sale of State holdings in a bank (details supplied); the figure that has been advised to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Ryan. [35202/18]
*387. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €26 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €25 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35283/18]
*388. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax status of private members’ clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35327/18]
*389. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax status of arcades, gambling terminals in pubs, bookmakers’ shops and clubs; his plans to make to their status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35328/18]
*390. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases taken by the Revenue Commissioners against premises that were suspected of being in violation of a rule (details supplied); the number of inspections carried out nationally to ensure that this is being adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35329/18]
*391. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of valid licences for amusement machines nationally; and the number issued to date in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [35330/18]
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*392. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount provided by his Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35409/18]
Chun an Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe: To the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
*393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the implementation of an amendment which will close the legal loophole that permits bet-on-lottery operators to take bets on lottery products impacting good cause funds here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat Deering. [32693/18]
*394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to grant the Comptroller and Auditor General the remit to audit Irish Water in view of the fact that the utility company is in receipt of public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33194/18]
*395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a provision will be made that Irish Water be required to report as required to the Comptroller and Auditor General and to be amenable to all reporting guidelines and inspection and audit powers of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as provided for in the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 in view of the fact that it receives public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33259/18]
*396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the construction forum working group; the membership of the working group; and the number of meetings it has had to date. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33366/18]
*397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the completion date for construction works at the new Bailieborough Garda station; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this new station was first announced in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33384/18]
*398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated to the UNESCO world heritage site at Brú Ná Bóinne in each of the past five years. — Gerry Adams. [35175/18]
*399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW’s proposal to a build a science museum in conjunction with the Exploration Station in the grounds of the National Concert Hall which is adjacent to Iveagh Gardens have taken into account the fact that the Iveagh Gardens were bequeathed to the State in 1939, with a condition to protect, conserve and restore them; if structural changes are planned to the gardens as part of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. [32459/18]
*400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) is still on a panel for a civil service vacancy which was advertised in 2016; if so, the position of the person on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32504/18]
*401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32531/18] 3069
*402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32646/18]
*403. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe cé mhead daoine ag obair sa seirbhís poiblí; cad é aois profíl na daoine seo; cén grád ina bhfuil na daoine seo; agus cé mhéad daoine a bhíonn ag fágáil an seirbhí gach bliain. — Peadar Tóibín. [32828/18]
*404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to reopen Ardamullivan tower house (details supplied) which has been closed to the public for more than a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32943/18]
*405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied); his plans to review the use of 1890 phone numbers across all departments in view of the fact that these lines may incur higher call charges from mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33038/18]
*406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and cost of all tenders awarded to companies (details supplied) under the external workplace investigations services guidelines of 2015. — Bríd Smith. [33167/18]
*407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [33168/18]
*408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the companies selected to be placed on the panel for external workplace investigation services since the first contracting out of such investigations; the number of investigations undertaken by each company; and the cost of each investigation. — Bríd Smith. [33169/18]
*409. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected changes to the public service retirement age; if the changes will come into force from the date on which they were announced or from the date they are signed in to law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33216/18]
*410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is putting in place to yield in whole or in part the pension claims of community employment supervisors in budget 2019 and to honour the recommendations of Labour Court Recommendations LCR 19293 and LCR 16000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [33545/18]
*411. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the decision in relation to the construction of a modular Garda station for Stepaside, County Dublin is final (details supplied); if it is still planned that the station itself will be refurbished or rebuilt; if consideration has been given to making drawings or models of the modular construction available to the local community in advance of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33569/18]
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*412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed under the disability percentage programme across the public service; the systems in place to monitor the implementation of these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33657/18]
*413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of the Office of Public Works in drawing up a master plan for a location (details supplied); the person or body that prepared the brief for this project; the decision making process that proposed that this location be used for a number of purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33673/18]
*414. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for flood relief at a location (details supplied); the available funding in 2018 for the project; the estimated funding available in 2019; the programme of works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33696/18]
*415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the protection offered under public private partnerships to sub-contractors that carry out work on projects in which the main contractor does not pay for the work carried out; the arrangements in place to ensure that those that carry out work under publicly funded contracts with the public private partnership system are paid for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33699/18]
*416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the protection offered under publicly funded contracts to sub-contractors that carry out work on such projects in which the main contractor does not pay for the work carried out; the arrangements in place to ensure that those that carry out work on publicly funded contracts are paid for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33700/18]
*417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33715/18]
*418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applicants that sought to be included under the disability percentage programme in terms of recruitment in the public service in respect of a competition (details supplied) administered by the Public Appointments Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33728/18]
*419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) received funding; the person or body accountable for ways in which this funding is spent; and if he has oversight on the matter. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33887/18]
*420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34004/18]
*421. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of consultation between the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief and an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of insurance in areas protected by demountable flood defence systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34176/18] 3071
*422. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies that have been put in place to deal with a hard Brexit; if there is scope to increase expenditure ceilings in Departments that will be most affected; if there is scope to increase staffing levels in Departments and agencies most affected; if his Department has consulted with other departments on contingencies to deal with a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34177/18]
*423. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of restoring pensions in full for retired public sector workers by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34180/18]
*424. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of construction procurement processes that the Office of Government Procurement has been involved in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of those contracts that have gone to Irish SME construction companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34181/18]
*425. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of construction procurement contracts involving the Office of Government Procurement in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 whereby the construction firm went into liquidation or insolvency during the implementation of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34182/18]
*426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered changes to the public procurement process to prevent low cost competition among construction firms whereby the financial stability of those companies is jeopardised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34183/18]
*427. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the State will pay fines accruing if Ireland fails to meet its targets under the Paris Agreement; the cost of those fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34184/18]
*428. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34219/18]
*429. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34236/18]
*430. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34253/18]
*431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34270/18]
*432. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34287/18]
*433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34304/18]
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*434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34321/18]
*435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the particular infrastructural needs of areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be given priority consideration if cohesion funds are available post-2020 in view of the negative impacts Brexit will have on the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34331/18]
*436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34365/18]
*437. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe cén dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh ag Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí chun áit shábháilte le páirceáil do rothair, carráistí capall agus busanna a chur ar fáil gar do láthair Dhún Aonghusa in Árainn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34375/18]
*438. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received documentation in relation to funding for a building (details supplied) in the past month. — Sean Sherlock. [34388/18]
*439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of employing 1,000 extra staff to prepare for a hard Brexit; the number of these jobs to be filled in 2018; the impact of same on Ireland’s structural balance and general balance for 2018; the number of these jobs to be filled in 2019; the impact of same on Ireland’s structural and general balance for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34652/18]
*440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the 1,000 extra staff to be employed to prepare for a hard Brexit by department and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34653/18]
*441. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider outsourcing certain services to private companies if positions are not filled in time to prepare for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34654/18]
*442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34669/18]
*443. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34687/18]
*444. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34715/18] 3073
*445. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of assigning responsibility for funding and management of rivers not identified under the Arterial Drainage (Amendment) Act 1995, as being under the remit of the OPW in order to ensure that an agency is made responsible for their management, in view of the damage to many waterways in Inishowen, County Donegal as a result of floods in August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34728/18]
*446. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of repealing the FEMPI legislation. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35053/18]
*447. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year cost of paying all employed public sector staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35054/18]
*448. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35147/18]
*449. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €174 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €203 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35281/18]
*450. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35386/18]
*451. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35401/18]
Chun an Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna: To the Minister for Education and Skills.
*452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Irish person working as a teacher in South Korea and that pays towards an occupational pension there for a period will receive credit for such contributions on return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [32688/18]
*453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a Youthreach coordinator resource person can assume the role of designated liaison person and deputy designated liaison person when they are not required to be registered with the Teaching Council and not deemed to be teachers by their respective employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32708/18]
*454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for applicants for the HEAR Programme in cases in which neighbouring students with identical criteria one of which is eligible and the other not; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the poverty deprivation index assessment compiled by POBAL can demonstrate a false impression of an applicant’s background; if a mechanism in which applicants can appeal such decisions and provide the necessary information will be examined; his views on whether this programme is an essential part
P.T.O 3074 of providing greater access for students from rural and deprived areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32890/18]
*455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of NEPS psychologists by 20 to progressively achieve a target of 238; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33541/18]
*456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the yield to date in 2018 from the increase in the national training fund levy in budget 2018; the projected end of year yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34861/18]
*457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [32401/18]
*458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [32404/18]
*459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 12 June 2018, the location of sites that have been identified for new schools (details supplied); the dates on which these schools will be enrolling pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [32412/18]
*460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Scanlon. [32416/18]
*461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to access school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy- Rae. [32432/18]
*462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 13 June 2018, if the review in relation to a school (details supplied) has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32491/18]
*463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if centres of education, that is, Youthreach centres are bound by the terms of circular letter, circular 0081/2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32493/18]
*464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a special needs unit in a school (details supplied); the reason work has been halted; when it will resume; when the unit will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [32502/18]
*465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32524/18]
*466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of ensuring there is an arts education officer in each education training board here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32541/18] 3075
*467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent issues with the salaries of teachers in which the tax deductions were calculated incorrectly; and if these teachers will be recompensed for the error. — Thomas Byrne. [32542/18]
*468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct procedure for the appointment of a designated liaison person and deputy designated liaison person as stipulated within the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [32543/18]
*469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a Youthreach coordinator resource person can assume the role of designated liaison person and deputy designated liaison person when they are not required to be registered with the Teaching Council and not deemed to be teachers by their respective employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [32544/18]
*470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a panel for special needs assistants in each county; if a SNA must have specific qualifications to be part of the panel prior to applying for an advertised position; the length of time a panel runs for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. [32562/18]
*471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32639/18]
*472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly trained carpenters that will qualify in 2019. — Sean Sherlock. [32651/18]
*473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly trained plumbers that will qualify in 2019. — Sean Sherlock. [32652/18]
*474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly trained electricians that will qualify in 2019. — Sean Sherlock. [32653/18]
*475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trained blocklayers that will qualify in 2019. — Sean Sherlock. [32654/18]
*476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the patronage change for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32682/18]
*477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an all weather pitch will be completed at a school (details supplied); and the status of same. — Thomas Byrne. [32692/18]
*478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection report on Tackling Back to School Costs published in June 2013. — Kathleen Funchion. [32697/18]
*479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing a single tier payscale for teachers. — Kathleen Funchion. [32698/18]
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*480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a cost associated with allowing teachers to use their Croke Park hours to teach extra curricular hours; and if so, the estimated cost of same. — Kathleen Funchion. [32699/18]
*481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correct procedure for the appointment of the designated liaison person and deputy designated liaison person as stipulated within the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32707/18]
*482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated average class to teacher ratio. — Kathleen Funchion. [32709/18]
*483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated percentage of children in classes of over 25 pupils. — Kathleen Funchion. [32710/18]
*484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated percentage of children in classes of over 30 pupils. — Kathleen Funchion. [32711/18]
*485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size by county in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [32712/18]
*486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average pupil to teacher ratio for the staffing schedule. — Kathleen Funchion. [32713/18]
*487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the charge for children on primary school routes on the school transport scheme; and the maximum charge per family. — Kathleen Funchion. [32714/18]
*488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children availing of the concessionary transport scheme in the past school year. — Kathleen Funchion. [32715/18]
*489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied); if pre-tender cost estimates have been finalised; if the project has proceeded to tender further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 17 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32825/18]
*490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for applicants for the HEAR programme in cases in which neighbouring students with identical criteria one of which is eligible and the other not; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the poverty deprivation index assessment can on occasions demonstrate a false impression of an applicant’s background; if a mechanism in which applicants can appeal such decisions and provide the necessary information will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32889/18]
*491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32894/18]
*492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 28 June 2018, the schools that will have new ASD special classes in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32895/18] 3077
*493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the ongoing review of the need for a new secondary school in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32896/18]
*494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes available for energy efficiency measures in schools including the installation of energy efficient light bulbs and heat pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32898/18]
*495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in the level of capitation grants for schools will be considered in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32899/18]
*496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in releasing interest in a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32913/18]
*497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the site acquisition process that will identify the location of the new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be established in 2020 to serve the Citywest, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32914/18]
*498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to ensure that schools no longer have difficulties obtaining substitute teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32915/18]
*499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protected disclosures policy and procedures in place for employees of the higher education sector prior to enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; the Higher Education Authority’s role in the oversight and implementation of such disclosures prior to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Lou McDonald. [32938/18]
*500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that parents are not pressurised by schools into paying voluntary contributions; his plans to ensure that such contributions are actually voluntary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32958/18]
*501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there are no schools in the Dublin 15 area included in the recently announced project to bring specialised therapists into schools and pre-schools; if schools from the Dublin 15 area will be added to this project which has a stated aim of serving west Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [32961/18]
*502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) whose application for assistive technology is still being processed by the NCSEN, having been submitted in April 2018, will now not have a laptop in September 2018 when they start secondary school as a consequence of this lengthy delay. — Clare Daly. [32982/18]
*503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of departmental circulars issued in respect of primary schools, their staff or management in each of the years 2000 to 2017. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33044/18]
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*504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision to refuse an application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33095/18]
*505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be provided with a new purpose built school on the site allocated for the school on Dominick Street; the funds that have already been spent to date; the funds that are allocated for the development of the school; the facilities the school will be provided with; and when it will be available for the school community to use. — Thomas Byrne. [33148/18]
*506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person that completed a level 7 degree in 2009 and paid the required fees themselves is eligible for funding under the free fees initiative to undertake a level 8 degree (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33192/18]
*507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of sub-contracting companies that have suffered losses consequent to the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33255/18]
*508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the sub-contractors working on the public private partnership that suffered losses as a result of non-payment by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33256/18]
*509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that sub-contractors are appropriately protected under current schemes of the public private partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33257/18]
*510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure payment for those sub-contractors working on public private partnership contracts that have suffered losses as a result of the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33258/18]
*511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to amend the SUSI regulations to take into account families with serious medical conditions that affect outgoings in a significant way. — Sean Sherlock. [33281/18]
*512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an exemption on overtime on SUSI applications in the interests of fairness for applicants that have parents availing of overtime to counter third-level costs. — Sean Sherlock. [33282/18]
*513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultations which were undertaken to reform contracts on school bus sizes to accommodate concessionary ticket holders for the 2018/2019 academic school year. — Sean Sherlock. [33293/18]
*514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects parents of children availing of the concessionary tickets under the school transport scheme will be informed of their success or failure to secure a seat for the forthcoming academic year. — Sean Sherlock. [33294/18]
*515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of primary schools partaking in the book rental scheme. — Kathleen Funchion. [33324/18] 3079
*516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of post-primary schools partaking in the book rental scheme. — Kathleen Funchion. [33325/18]
*517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools participating in the book rental scheme by county in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [33328/18]
*518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools participating in the book rental scheme by county in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [33329/18]
*519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a new school building for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the present school building is not adequate for the needs of the school or future enrolment requirement of the school; the timeframe for the delivery of a new school building for the school in view of the need there is at the school at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33349/18]
*520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost of a school in the DEIS programme. — Kathleen Funchion. [33374/18]
*521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a final report from a person (details supplied) regarding issues at Kildare Wicklow ETB; if he will publish the final report; the actions or directions he is considering as a result of the report findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33395/18]
*522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for large scale funding under the school building programme by a school (details supplied); the reason this application has been ongoing for so long; and the steps he will take to have same addressed. — Robert Troy. [33418/18]
*523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a commitment from his Department to provide a schedule of accommodation for the new school building at a school (details supplied) in May 2018 was not met; when this schedule will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33422/18]
*524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding accommodation for students at a school (details supplied); the plans being put in place for temporary accommodation for school year 2018 to 2019; the proposed location of the temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33446/18]
*525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case a person (details supplied). — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33458/18]
*526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the observation in a report (details supplied) by the Comptroller and Auditor General that weaknesses in control over grant payments by the board of Caranua continued in 2016; the number of instances in which grant expenditure was not or may not have been used for the purposes intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33460/18]
*527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide funding for key contacts and support persons for students with disabilities; the measures he is taking to assist students with
P.T.O 3080 disabilities in completing their education; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33542/18]
*528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression to new premises of a school (details supplied); and the further status of the project within either the planning or forward planning unit of his Department. — Carol Nolan. [33544/18]
*529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which capitation grants are calculated for students registered but not attending school; if schools are still being provided capitation for children not in attendance at school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [33573/18]
*530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated and or targeted number of apprentices on craft apprenticeship programmes in 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33599/18]
*531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated and or targeted number of apprentices on newly developed apprenticeship programmes in 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33600/18]
*532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated and or targeted total number of apprentices in 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33601/18]
*533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship courses that will be in operation in each of the years 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33602/18]
*534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new apprenticeship courses that are in development; the stage of this development; the year each will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33603/18]
*535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated budget allocation needed to meet apprenticeship enrolments in 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33604/18]
*536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into the pathways to participation in apprenticeships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33605/18]
*537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; the contractor appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33641/18]
*538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) with regard to assistance for students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33654/18]
*539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mandatory training for teachers in the use of epi-pens in classrooms will be introduced; and if the introduction of a pilot scheme to test the 3081 operation of such training for teachers in one of the education and training board areas will be introduced. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33655/18]
*540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33658/18]
*541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33672/18]
*542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of adults deemed to have low levels of literacy skills; his plans to address the issue; the level of funding being spent on adult literacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33693/18]
*543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children enrolled in both primary and secondary schools that have opted into the Gaeltacht schools recognition scheme; and the number of teachers employed by both primary and secondary schools which have opted into the scheme. — Peadar Tóibín. [33694/18]
*544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding putting arrangements in place to ensure that persons that carry out work on school building projects are paid for their work as sub-contractors in cases in which the main sub-contractor encounters financial difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33701/18]
*545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33708/18]
*546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending third-level colleges in which courses are provided that qualify for tax relief on tuition fees in each year since 2014; the number that paid fees in excess of the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33796/18]
*547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of the planned education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline, County Cork; when he expects the project to go to tender, the commencement of construction and the occupancy of the three new school buildings; if the capital funding is in place for the delivery of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33800/18]
*548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to meet the temporary and permanent accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33809/18]
*549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of providing cover for one day of mandatory training per primary and secondary school teacher. — Peadar Tóibín. [33886/18]
*550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision not to approve a grant for an undergraduate course at a college (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33899/18]
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*551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33997/18]
*552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 30 May 2018, if he will provide costings for the implementation of the education components of the 5 year action plan for Irish 2018 to 2022 in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in view of the action plan being finalised. — Peadar Tóibín. [34010/18]
*553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasoning behind a change in legislation regarding the evaluation of non-euro income for the purposes of the SUSI grant to include reference to the Central Bank in view of the fact it has claimed its exchange rates are merely for information purposes and should not be used as a benchmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [34011/18]
*554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university for the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [34068/18]
*555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34094/18]
*556. 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. — Niamh Smyth. [34200/18]
*557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34212/18]
*558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34229/18]
*559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34246/18]
*560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34263/18]
*561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34280/18]
*562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34297/18]
*563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34314/18] 3083
*564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; the possible solutions to the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34346/18]
*565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post primary school transport scheme will be reviewed in order to address the number of families in counties Cavan and Monaghan being deemed ineligible due to the nearest school rule. — Niamh Smyth. [34347/18]
*566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34348/18]
*567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34358/18]
*568. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist múinteoir breise a cheapadh i Scoil Bhríde, Mionlach, i gCathair na Gaillimhe, ó tharla go mbeidh rang amháin sa scoil an bhliain seo chugainn ina mbeidh 42 scoláire; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34378/18]
*569. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéad am breise múinteoireachta a chuirfear ar fáil do Scoil Bhríde, Mionlach, i gCathair na Gaillimhe, an bhliain seo chugainn ó tharla gur scoil Ghaeltachta í an scoil atá ag glacadh páirt sa scéim nua do scoileanna Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34379/18]
*570. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh an scrúdú don Teastas Gaeilge do Mhúinteoirí iar-Bhunscoile ar siúl níos mó na uair amháin sa mbliain toisc, faoin gcóras atá ann faoi láthair, go bhféadfadh go mbeadh ar mhúinteoir a thosaíonn ag múineadh i nGaelcholáiste i mí Eanáir fanacht go dtí Bealtaine na bliana dár gcionn leis an liúntas a fháil don cháilíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34380/18]
*571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that SOLAS training centres have the same access to high speed broadband as primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34463/18]
*572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to solve the crisis in some island schools in hiring teachers since the island and Gaeltacht allowances were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34464/18]
*573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34524/18]
*574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34525/18]
*575. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna chun a fhiafraí den Aire cad é líon na scoileanna ina mbíonn an Fhoghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha á cleachtadh. — Peadar Tóibín. [34528/18]
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*576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce legislation to enable institutes of technology to borrow for the provision of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34556/18]
*577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exploratory work carried out regarding the reintroduction of free travel for students; and if he will provide a costing for the proposal. — Robert Troy. [34558/18]
*578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to commence a reduction in the third level contributions. — Robert Troy. [34561/18]
*579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a second-level school in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. — Robert Troy. [34564/18]
*580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional space will be provided for a school (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [34571/18]
*581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location from which a prospective applicant can get accurate information on the mileage rates available for the special transport grant. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34615/18]
*582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mileage rates available for the special transport grant; the way in which they compare to revenue mileage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34616/18]
*583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding amounts due by religious congregations to the Caranua fund in tabular form; when it is expected that the moneys will be collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34618/18]
*584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the outstanding amount due to the Caranua fund will be paid over in advance of the wind-down of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34619/18]
*585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that those religious congregations with outstanding amounts due to the Caranua fund will have paid in full in advance of the wind-down of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34620/18]
*586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the patronage of the new primary school for Donabate to be built by 2020 will be decided; when it will be decided by; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [34641/18]
*587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the patronage of the new primary schools for Swords north and south to be built by 2019 are to be decided; and when they will be decided by. — John Lahart. [34642/18]
*588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date 3085 for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34680/18]
*589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a submission (details supplied) by a person regarding the use of single use plastics for pre-submitted elements of State exams; if he will conduct a review of this practice and or find a suitable alternative tamper proof parcel for this component of examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [34697/18]
*590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34708/18]
*591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new building extension to a school (details supplied) will commence in autumn 2018; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34725/18]
*592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34726/18]
*593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications by a college (details supplied) for works. — Robert Troy. [34740/18]
*594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the National Council for Special Education’s Policy Advice on Educational Provision for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders; the progress made on implementing each of the 11 recommendations in tabular form; the timeframe for its implementation; and the estimated full year cost of same. — Thomas Byrne. [34743/18]
*595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding a bus route will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34753/18]
*596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PLC places available at the Drogheda Institute of Further Education in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of additional places that will be made available to the institute for the 2018\2019 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34910/18]
*597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 will be commenced; if the provisions of the Bill particularly those relating to the partial removal of the baptism barrier will be applicable for the 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [34913/18]
*598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35057/18]
*599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of implementing provisions (details supplied). — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35058/18]
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*600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35140/18]
*601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants provided to schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim in the school year 2017/2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [35176/18]
*602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that will be provided to schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim for the school year 2018/2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [35177/18]
*603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be moved to Roslyn Park; and if he will identify a liaison within his Department with whom parents can discuss ongoing concerns. — Eamon Ryan. [35208/18]
*604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with either a secretary or caretaker directly employed by his Department; the criteria that apply to the allocation of these posts; the number of staff employed in schools under the ancillary services grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35225/18]
*605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €745 million in 2018 to the Education and Skills vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €941 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35226/18]
*606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes and payments or hiring of staff to which the additional €49 million allocated to his Department in 2019 to meet demographic costs will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35227/18]
*607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in primary and secondary schools; the additional number that will be employed in September 2018; the projected additional hires in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35228/18]
*608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in the 2017/2018 school year; the additional number that will be hired in September 2018; the projected additional hires in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35229/18]
*609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of financial support provided to third level institutions in 2017/2018; the projected level of support in 2018/2019 under current expenditure plans by current and capital spending and by programme and scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35230/18]
*610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the considerable inconvenience caused by the fact that SUSI grants cannot not be paid into bank accounts that are based outside of Ireland within the European Union, despite the considerable number of SUSI grant recipients that study outside of Ireland in the European Union. — Thomas Byrne. [35295/18] 3087
*611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35370/18]
*612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35382/18]
*613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35396/18]
Chun an Aire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais: To the Minister for Justice and Equality.
*614. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the vote and costs allocated to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32745/18]
*615. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have been provided with ASIST training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33101/18]
*616. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations in place in relation to counselling services for sexual offenders in respect of location of treatment facility, hours of treatment required, co-location of services with other services and other requirements in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [33377/18]
*617. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding assistive technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy- Rae. [33583/18]
*618. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues open to a project (details supplied) to access public funding when it has no permanent income stream of its own to be matched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34090/18]
*619. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a fund for text alert schemes for rural areas in 2018 and 2019. — Sean Sherlock. [34390/18]
*620. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in a location in each of the years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [32403/18]
*621. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 6 February 2018, if the report he requested from An Garda Síochána in relation to the enforcement role An Garda Síochána has with regard to unlicensed gaming activities and the availability of gaming machines in locations in which gaming in prohibited has been received. — Mick Wallace. [32433/18]
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*622. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary visa will issue to a person (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [32446/18]
*623. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to bring it in compliance with GDPR, Article 38.1 of the Constitution and Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32475/18]
*624. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment; the action his Department will take to meet the five recommendations contained therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32477/18]
*625. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to require business enterprises to meet their responsibility to respect the rights of the child in the digital environment as per a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32478/18]
*626. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will examine the implementation of recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment and the guidelines in its appendix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32479/18]
*627. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will review its legislation, policies and practice to ensure that they are in line with a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32480/18]
*628. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to amend section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018 in order that profiling is prohibited in law and that the section can be commenced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32481/18]
*629. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be made available to allow the continued operation of a centre (details supplied); if assurances will be give in relation to the future of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [32501/18]
*630. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to end ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32503/18]
*631. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32517/18]
*632. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32530/18]
*633. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children with leave to remain at the end of June 2018 that are still living in direct provision. — Eoin Ó Broin. [32535/18] 3089
*634. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount received by the courts through contributions to the court poor box in each of the past four years; his plans to abolish the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32537/18]
*635. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32540/18]
*636. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32602/18]
*637. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32603/18]
*638. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32604/18]
*639. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32605/18]
*640. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by district and sub-district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32606/18]
*641. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32607/18]
*642. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32608/18]
*643. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Youth Diversion Projects in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the areas in which they are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32609/18]
*644. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the regional support unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32610/18]
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*645. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the emergency response unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32611/18]
*646. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special detective unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32612/18]
*647. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit, in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32613/18]
*648. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32614/18]
*649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32615/18]
*650. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32616/18]
*651. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32617/18]
*652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32618/18]
*653. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in the Donegal division, by types of offences, division, district and sub-district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32619/18]
*654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Donegal division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32620/18]
*655. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Donegal division and each district within it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32621/18]
*656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32622/18] 3091
*657. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32623/18]
*658. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit, in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32624/18]
*659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32625/18]
*660. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32626/18]
*661. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the criminal assets bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32627/18]
*662. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32628/18]
*663. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32629/18]
*664. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32630/18]
*665. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32631/18]
*666. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32632/18]
*667. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32645/18]
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*668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take following the majority of Dáil Éireann voting in favour of the establishment of a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied). — Mary Lou McDonald. [32663/18]
*669. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding the investigation into a tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32667/18]
*670. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent by An Garda Síochána on professional, interpretation and translation services each year since 2006 to date. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32680/18]
*671. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda management in the Sligo and Leitrim division as to whether the Enniscrone-Dromore West area could be moved from the Ballymote division to the Ballina division (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Tony McLoughlin. [32684/18]
*672. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Garda vetting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32690/18]
*673. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 10 July 2018, the number of prisoners on each night in April, May and June 2018, sleeping on the floor in Cloverhill Prison. — Clare Daly. [32716/18]
*674. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 19 June 2018, when he expects to hear back from the Garda Commissioner in relation to the reopening of Stepaside Garda station; the expected timeline for the reopening of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [32719/18]
*675. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years year 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32751/18]
*676. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division by rank in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, broken down by rank, division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32752/18]
*677. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32753/18]
*678. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in Tallaght, Rathfarnham, Terenure and Crumlin. — Seán Crowe. [32754/18]
*679. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by district and sub-district. — Seán Crowe. [32755/18] 3093
*680. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32756/18]
*681. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32757/18]
*682. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 and the areas in which they are located. — Seán Crowe. [32758/18]
*683. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the regional support unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32759/18]
*684. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the emergency response unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32760/18]
*685. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special detective unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32761/18]
*686. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32762/18]
*687. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32763/18]
*688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32764/18]
*689. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32765/18]
*690. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32766/18]
*691. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32767/18]
*692. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum, by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32768/18]
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*693. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Dublin metropolitan region south division. — Seán Crowe. [32769/18]
*694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division and each district within it. — Seán Crowe. [32770/18]
*695. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32771/18]
*696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32772/18]
*697. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32773/18]
*698. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32774/18]
*699. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32775/18]
*700. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the criminal assets bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32776/18]
*701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32777/18]
*702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32778/18]
*703. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32779/18]
*704. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32780/18]
*705. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. — Seán Crowe. [32781/18] 3095
*706. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Louth Division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32791/18]
*707. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Louth division by rank in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32792/18]
*708. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32793/18]
*709. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each Garda station in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Gerry Adams. [32794/18]
*710. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by district and sub-district. — Gerry Adams. [32795/18]
*711. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [32796/18]
*712. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32797/18]
*713. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Gerry Adams. [32798/18]
*714. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the regional support unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32799/18]
*715. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the emergency response unit, by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32800/18]
*716. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special detective unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32801/18]
*717. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32802/18]
*718. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32803/18]
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*719. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32804/18]
*720. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32805/18]
*721. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Louth division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32806/18]
*722. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32807/18]
*723. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by type of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in the Louth division by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32808/18]
*724. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Louth division. — Gerry Adams. [32809/18]
*725. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Louth division and each district within it. — Gerry Adams. [32810/18]
*726. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32811/18]
*727. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32812/18]
*728. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32813/18]
*729. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32814/18]
*730. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32815/18]
*731. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the criminal assets bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32816/18] 3097
*732. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32817/18]
*733. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32818/18]
*734. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32819/18]
*735. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32820/18]
*736. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national protective services bureau by rank in the Louth division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [32821/18]
*737. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 10 July 2018, the way in which prisoners sleeping on the floor of Cloverhill Prison during April, May and June 2018 are categorised as homeless. — Clare Daly. [32830/18]
*738. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 10 July 2018, the steps he is taking to address the overcrowding at Cloverhill Prison; and the overall steps he is taking to divert low level criminality away from the penal system towards more appropriate intervention services. — Clare Daly. [32831/18]
*739. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding for the refurbishment of the cell block of Malahide Garda station will be provided in view of the fact that the cells in this station are in need of refurbishment; when works on this project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32854/18]
*740. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí that were allocated to each station in the Garda R and J districts following the most recent Garda graduation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32855/18]
*741. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 3 July 2018, the parallel evaluations of the Drug Related Intimidation Reporting Programme which are underway; when the evaluation commenced; when An Garda Síochána and the National Family Support Network expect the evaluation to be completed; and if a report of the findings of the evaluations will be published. — Gerry Adams. [32884/18]
*742. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 3 July 2018, if additional resources will be provided to County Louth to address drug related intimidation within communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [32885/18]
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*743. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 244, 245, 246 and 247 of 3 July 2018, when the requested report from the Garda Commissioner with specific reference to the position in County Louth will be available. — Gerry Adams. [32886/18]
*744. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the parental leave process to further strengthen support for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32892/18]
*745. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused asylum; the number of deportations that resulted from a refusal to grant asylum; the number of appeals made against the decision to refuse asylum; the number of successful appeals in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32900/18]
*746. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision that have had their asylum application granted but remain in the system; the reason these persons remain in the system; his plans to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32901/18]
*747. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy matters being examined by the gender equality division within his Department; the number of staff assigned to the division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32904/18]
*748. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of nights slept on the floor in Cloverhill Prison by each prisoner that did so in April, May and June 2018, by month and over the entire period. — Clare Daly. [32921/18]
*749. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Ó Ríordáin high level report into his Department will be laid before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32923/18]
*750. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation is being considered to address hate crime as reported by the IHREC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32924/18]
*751. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that have been seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018 nationwide under section 14 of the Waste Management Act 1996; the number in County Galway for the same period belonging to persons caught dumping illegally without a waste permit; the number of persons that have been convicted for these offences under the Act in the past five years; if a unit will be set up in An Garda Síochána to tackle the issue of illegal dumping; if a unit will be set up in the each Garda division; if legislation will be strengthened and penalties increased in order to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32950/18]
*752. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional policing measures that will be put in place to ensure the security of Pope Francis during his visit to Knock in August 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32953/18]
*753. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department has paid for consultancy services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received 3099 same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32991/18]
*754. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount his Department has paid for external legal services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32992/18]
*755. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid out as legal aid under criminal and civil legal aid schemes to external legal firms from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32993/18]
*756. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Adoptive Leave Acts in order that adoptive fathers are entitled to a period of adoptive leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [32997/18]
*757. To ask the 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); when the application is likely to be brought to a conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33013/18]
*758. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the DPP appealed the leniency of a sentence in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the percentage of sentences imposed that this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33016/18]
*759. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 346 and 349 of 20 September 2017, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33018/18]
*760. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 7 November 2017, which was a follow-up to Parliamentary Question Nos. 888 of 20 June 2017 and 550 of 26 July 2017, respectively, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33019/18]
*761. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 7 November 2017, which was a follow-up to Parliamentary Question Nos. 794 of 20 June 2017 and 551 of 26 July 2017, respectively, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33020/18]
*762. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 7 November 2017, which was a follow up to Parliamentary Question Nos. 795 of 20 June 2017 and 552 of 26 July 2017, respectively, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33021/18]
*763. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 7 November 2017, which was a follow up to Parliamentary Question Nos. 796 of 20 June 2017 and 553 of 26 July 2017, respectively, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33022/18]
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*764. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 7 November 2017, which was a follow-up to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 9 May 2017, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33023/18]
*765. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 23 January 2018, the number of manual summons for court appearances issued for non-payment; if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33024/18]
*766. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 23 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33025/18]
*767. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 23 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33026/18]
*768. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 30 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33027/18]
*769. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 30 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33028/18]
*770. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 30 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33029/18]
*771. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 30 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33030/18]
*772. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 30 January 2018, if the Garda report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33031/18]
*773. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the immigrant investor programme will be published. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33042/18]
*774. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff per Garda station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33043/18]
*775. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33046/18]
*776. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33047/18] 3101
*777. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33048/18]
*778. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each Garda station in Limerick city in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33049/18]
*779. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33050/18]
*780. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33051/18]
*781. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33052/18]
*782. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of garda youth diversion projects in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33053/18]
*783. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached the regional support unit, by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33054/18]
*784. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached the emergency response unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33055/18]
*785. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached the special detective unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33056/18]
*786. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33057/18]
*787. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33058/18]
*788. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33059/18]
*789. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33060/18]
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*790. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Limerick city division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33061/18]
*791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33062/18]
*792. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in the Limerick city division by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33063/18]
*793. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Limerick city division. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33064/18]
*794. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Limerick city division and each district within it. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33065/18]
*795. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33066/18]
*796. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33067/18]
*797. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33068/18]
*798. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33069/18]
*799. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33070/18]
*800. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the criminal assets bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33071/18]
*801. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33072/18]
*802. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33073/18] 3103
*803. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33074/18]
*804. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33075/18]
*805. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national protective services bureau by rank in the Limerick city division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33076/18]
*806. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of An Garda Síochána was drawn the fact that an aircraft (details supplied) which landed at Shannon Airport on 11 and 12 July 2018 was on contract to the US military while it was at the airport.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33082/18]
*807. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 status will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); if consideration will be given to awarding them temporary stamp 4 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33084/18]
*808. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 11 July 2018, if he will address matters (details supplied) relating to the case of a missing person. — Joan Collins. [33090/18]
*809. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners classified as protection prisoners by each prison and place of detention on the day of the Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners January 2018 and on the day Census of Restricted Regime Prisoners April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33120/18]
*810. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a requirement with regard to family reunification visa applications which unfairly disadvantages young persons that pursue third-level education (details supplied); if same will be investigated to ensure young persons that pursue education are not unfairly disadvantaged in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [33125/18]
*811. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria that constitutes special circumstances in join spouse visa applications which may warrant the granting of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [33126/18]
*812. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda vetting application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33158/18]
*813. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for each probate office to provide a grant of probate and a grant of letters of administration; his views on whether probate offices are providing a timely service in all areas; his further views on whether they have adequate resources and staff to provide a timely and efficient service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33200/18]
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*814. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the probate system by the Courts Service; when it will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33201/18]
*815. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year and second to fifth year cost, respectively of hiring 100 new recruits to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33202/18]
*816. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average operational cost of a Garda station that is opened on a 24 hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33222/18]
*817. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the five most recently built Garda stations; the cost associated with each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33223/18]
*818. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted bail in in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33224/18]
*819. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of the status of a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33263/18]
*820. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the 111 Garda stations not connected to the Garda network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33277/18]
*821. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before the Criminal Injury Compensation Tribunal involving the prison service; the length of time each one has been waiting for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33316/18]
*822. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of those that serve on the Criminal Injury Compensation Tribunal; the number of cases dealt with each year; the cost per year of the tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33317/18]
*823. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the improvement works to be carried out at Donegal town Garda station; the timeframe for the completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33357/18]
*824. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in County Donegal that do not have full access to high speed broadband; the timeframe for connection of those stations which do not have broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33358/18]
*825. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations within the Donegal division that only have one Garda posted within the station; his views on whether in order to provide a critical basic service level that each station should have a minimum of two gardaí stationed at each station; if the possibility of providing such a minimum number of gardaí per operational Garda station within the Donegal division will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33359/18] 3105
*826. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the net increase of gardaí in each Garda station within the Donegal division in each of the years the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; his views on the fact that since 2010, the 20% decrease in Garda numbers within the Donegal division is unacceptable and unsustainable in the possible future context of Brexit and the increasing concerns of criminality and robbery experienced in rural areas at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33360/18]
*827. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of construction works on the Garda station in Cootehill, County Cavan; his plans for investment in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33380/18]
*828. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a project (details supplied); the number of additional personnel assigned to the station; the locations they are coming from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33381/18]
*829. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a Garda district (details supplied) in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division is receiving no new probational gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33382/18]
*830. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an armed support unit to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division; the location of the closest unit at present; his plans to introduce a unit in the Border region due to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33389/18]
*831. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in each district since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33390/18]
*832. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33393/18]
*833. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in Cork city and county without access to the internet and or the PULSE system; the steps being taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33411/18]
*834. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the CCTV scheme at the M8/M7 motorway junction at Littleton, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33429/18]
*835. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans for the construction of a dedicated and integrated purpose built family law and children’s court complex in addition to a new Supreme Court and courts offices on the Hammond Lane site as committed to in the Capital Plan 2016-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33432/18]
*836. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that investigates all information submitted by a person applying for free legal aid. — Robert Troy. [33456/18]
*837. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a scheme available to provide compensation to persons that give evidence in court cases in which, as a result of same, they
P.T.O 3106 experience a negative impact on their lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33477/18]
*838. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Laois-Offaly division from January 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Carol Nolan. [33478/18]
*839. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Laois- Offaly division from January 2009 to date by rank, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Carol Nolan. [33479/18]
*840. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of Garda stations (details supplied) in the Laois-Offaly division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Carol Nolan. [33480/18]
*841. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [33482/18]
*842. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting 1,000 additional gardaí in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33497/18]
*843. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers attached to the Garda DMR north division in each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33527/18]
*844. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Garda DMR north division in each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33528/18]
*845. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have the Garda DMR north division public order vans based out of Ballymun Garda station available to deal with incidents on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33529/18]
*846. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles allocated to the Laois-Offaly division for each year from January 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Carol Nolan. [33553/18]
*847. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the community CCTV scheme in view of the extremely low take-up of same and the concerns raised at the introduction of the scheme by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33558/18]
*848. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision in relation to the construction of a modular Garda station for Stepaside, County Dublin is final (details supplied); if it is still planned that the station itself will be refurbished or rebuilt; if consideration has been given to making drawings or models of the modular construction available to the local community in advance of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33568/18]
*849. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to the opening hours and number of gardaí stationed in respect of the opening of a Garda station in 3107
Stepaside, County Dublin modular or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33570/18]
*850. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs associated with court cases involving child maintenance payments in each of the years 2012 to 2017. — John Brady. [33571/18]
*851. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the civilian staff numbers in the Garda technical bureau; the types of posts civilians may fill in this section; his further plans to increase the number of qualified policing staff in the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33637/18]
*852. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of police staff and civilian staff per specialised Garda unit and or specialised section; the grade of civilian staff per specialised unit and or specialised section on a divisional basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33640/18]
*853. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a site will be finalised for a new building (details supplied); when construction work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33677/18]
*854. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing five forensic accountants in the Garda national economic crime bureau. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33682/18]
*855. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of reducing the minimum contribution for free civil legal aid by €70, €80, €90 and €100, respectively in tabular form. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33683/18]
*856. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have CBD level 2 driving training if increased by rates (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33685/18]
*857. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies awaiting the appointment of judges; the timeframe to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33689/18]
*858. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33714/18]
*859. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new frontline gardaí. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33730/18]
*860. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new administration staff located within An Garda Síochána. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33731/18]
*861. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of providing all frontline gardaí with body cameras. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33732/18]
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*862. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of providing frontline Garda vehicles with GPS. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33733/18]
*863. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a new Garda youth diversion project; and the estimated full year running cost of such a project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33734/18]
*864. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of reducing free civil legal aid by €70, €80, €90 and €100, respectively in tabular form. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33735/18]
*865. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year running cost of the Courts Service. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33736/18]
*866. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of forensic accounts dedicated to tackling white collar crime. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33739/18]
*867. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing five forensic accountants in the Garda national economic crime bureau. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33740/18]
*868. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the staff complement of the Garda national economic crime bureau by rank and role. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33741/18]
*869. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Garda national economic crime bureau by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33742/18]
*870. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered establishing a dedicated organisation to tackle white collar crime; and if so, the estimated cost of same. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33743/18]
*871. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget of An Garda Síochána for maintenance and small capital works in each of the past five years. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33744/18]
*872. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of electronic tagging of persons released from prison by individual. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33745/18]
*873. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of serious sexual offences per annum. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33746/18]
*874. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons released from prison per annum that were in prison by reason of a conviction of a serious sexual assault. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33747/18]
*875. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of ensuring all gardaí have a secure encoded USB device at all times for compiling evidence. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33749/18] 3109
*876. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of ensuring all Garda stations have broadband access; and the estimated cost for all Garda stations to have high speed broadband access. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33750/18]
*877. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian members of staff An Garda Síochána has taken on each year for the past five years; the number of civilian members it is possible to train in a given year; and the estimated cost for training and recruiting that number of civilian members of staff. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33751/18]
*878. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided by his Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33752/18]
*879. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants his Department provides to organisations representing or supporting victims of crime, statutory or otherwise. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33753/18]
*880. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regularity with which the provisions in the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2016 which lowered the threshold value of property which can be pursued and seized by CAB from €13,000 to €5,000 and cash amounts from €6,500 to €1,000 have been used; and the areas to which the proceeds of these moneys are directed. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33754/18]
*881. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capital costs of a new Garda station; and the full year costs of running such a station in circumstances in which the station is not a district headquarters or a divisional headquarters. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33755/18]
*882. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of reopening a Garda station. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33756/18]
*883. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the population to Garda ratio. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33757/18]
*884. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the population to Garda station ratio. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33758/18]
*885. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that retire per annum. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33759/18]
*886. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of a Garda insurance fraud unit in circumstances in which the cost of this would be borne by the State. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33760/18]
*887. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the direct provision system; the centres that are run publicly and privately; and when each of the existing contracts for the direct provision centres will come to a conclusion. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33761/18]
*888. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing GSOC with an investigator, a senior investigating officer and a head of unit at principal officer grade. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33762/18]
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*889. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of ending the requirement for victims of domestic violence to make financial contributions for legal aid. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33764/18]
*890. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing funding to the Legal Aid Board for the purposes of civil legal aid cases by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33765/18]
*891. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for civil and criminal legal aid, respectively by centre. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33766/18]
*892. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of developing a contact centre for the purposes of facilitating court directed supervised access; and the estimated full year cost of running such a facility. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33767/18]
*893. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that court directed supervised access can be facilitated through publicly funded facilities; his further plans to provide funding for this purpose; and the estimated cost of providing 100 hours of access per annum. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33768/18]
*894. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the staff complement of the SDU, RSU and ERU; and the estimated cost of increasing the budget for each of these units by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33769/18]
*895. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of an additional member of each of the SCU, RSU and ERU. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33770/18]
*896. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of restoring armed Garda cover on a 24/7 basis in the Cork region. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33771/18]
*897. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the training budget for An Garda Síochána by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33772/18]
*898. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of an additional analyst within the cyber crime unit. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33773/18]
*899. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the staff complement within An Garda Síochána dealing with cyber crime; and the cost of each position. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33774/18]
*900. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it will take for the backlog in cases being dealt with by An Garda Síochána cyber crime units; and the estimated cost of recruiting the additional staff required for this purpose. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33776/18]
*901. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of dedicated community gardaí by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33777/18] 3111
*902. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of juvenile liaison officers by 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33778/18]
*903. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probate cases being processed; the expected turnaround time for dealing with probate cases; the number of residential homes in the probate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33798/18]
*904. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals (details supplied) submitted to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33801/18]
*905. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court cases in each of the years since 2014 in which it has been shown that the claimant has made a fraudulent claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33808/18]
*906. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when approval for an appropriate visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33821/18]
*907. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal acts of violence using a knife that have been reported in the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33896/18]
*908. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had discussions with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with a view to enabling asylum seekers to apply for a driver licence in view of the fact that his Department has relaxed the criteria for asylum seekers that are seeking employment; if he has not held discussions on this issue, if he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33900/18]
*909. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties still being experienced by those that use centres (details supplied); and if a new potential funding stream was identified and sourced to keep the facilities open on a daily basis. — Seán Crowe. [33906/18]
*910. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if concerns in relation to the lack of gardaí in north County Meath (details supplied) will be reviewed; the Garda numbers working in Drunconrath, Meath Hill, Nobber, Kilmainhamwood and Castletown; his plans to address these concerns and allocate additional gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33986/18]
*911. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34003/18]
*912. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 9 May 2018, the reason the organisations have not been approached yet as part of the work of the cross-agency group in view of their expertise, local knowledge and his undertaking that they would be consulted; if his officials will make contact with the groups without further delay in view
P.T.O 3112 of the urgency of the situation in the communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34009/18]
*913. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legal aid can be supplied for test cases being taken in the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [34012/18]
*914. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken following the vote of Dáil Éireann to have a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [34014/18]
*915. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the implementation of GDPR legislation impacts on community CCTV schemes; if such requirements will delay the roll-out of this scheme nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34040/18]
*916. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community designated Garda officers in each Garda district in tabular form; and the funding available to those officers to engage in community projects such as text alert schemes. — Sean Sherlock. [34043/18]
*917. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding court waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34067/18]
*918. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is funding or grants available for local refugee projects such as project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34091/18]
*919. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in Cork City Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [34098/18]
*920. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in Cork City Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [34099/18]
*921. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in counties Cavan and Monaghan by station in 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34193/18]
*922. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the acting peace commissioners and notaries public in counties Cavan and Monaghan. — Niamh Smyth. [34194/18]
*923. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34218/18]
*924. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34235/18]
*925. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34252/18] 3113
*926. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34269/18]
*927. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34286/18]
*928. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34303/18]
*929. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34320/18]
*930. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 231 and 232 of 3 July 2018, if the report promised in his response has been received; when it will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34342/18]
*931. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 110, 111 and 112 of 14 June 2018, if he has received the outstanding information referred to in his response; the reason for the delay in the issuing of this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34343/18]
*932. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34364/18]
*933. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34391/18]
*934. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached by rank to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34392/18]
*935. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34393/18]
*936. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in County Carlow for each year from 2009 to date. — Kathleen Funchion. [34394/18]
*937. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of Gardaí in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by district and sub-district. — Kathleen Funchion. [34395/18]
*938. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34396/18]
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*939. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34397/18]
*940. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date; and the areas in which they are located. — Kathleen Funchion. [34398/18]
*941. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the regional support unit, in the Carlow division for each year from the 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34399/18]
*942. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the emergency response unit, in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34400/18]
*943. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special detective unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34401/18]
*944. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34402/18]
*945. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34403/18]
*946. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34404/18]
*947. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34405/18]
*948. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Carlow division by division, district and sub-district for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34406/18]
*949. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum allocated to core gardaí attached to the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34407/18]
*950. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by types of offences for each year from 2009 to date, in the Carlow division by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34408/18]
*951. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Carlow division. — Kathleen Funchion. [34409/18] 3115
*952. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Carlow division and each district within it. — Kathleen Funchion. [34410/18]
*953. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to serious crime review team in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34411/18]
*954. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34412/18]
*955. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34413/18]
*956. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34414/18]
*957. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34415/18]
*958. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34416/18]
*959. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34417/18]
*960. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34418/18]
*961. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34419/18]
*962. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34420/18]
*963. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Carlow division for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34421/18]
*964. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Carlow Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. — Kathleen Funchion. [34422/18]
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*965. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Carlow Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Kathleen Funchion. [34423/18]
*966. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Carlow Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Kathleen Funchion. [34424/18]
*967. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that were open in the Meath Garda division in each year since 2009; and the names of same. — Peadar Tóibín. [34425/18]
*968. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Meath Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Peadar Tóibín. [34426/18]
*969. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Meath Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Peadar Tóibín. [34427/18]
*970. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34428/18]
*971. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by rank, division, district, and sub- district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34429/18]
*972. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34430/18]
*973. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station (details supplied) in County Meath in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018. — Peadar Tóibín. [34431/18]
*974. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by district and sub-district. — Peadar Tóibín. [34432/18]
*975. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Meath division, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34433/18]
*976. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34434/18]
*977. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Peadar Tóibín. [34435/18] 3117
*978. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the regional support unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34436/18]
*979. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the emergency response unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34437/18]
*980. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special detective unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34438/18]
*981. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34439/18]
*982. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34440/18]
*983. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34441/18]
*984. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34442/18]
*985. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34443/18]
*986. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34444/18]
*987. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34445/18]
*988. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34446/18]
*989. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34447/18]
*990. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34448/18]
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*991. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34449/18]
*992. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34450/18]
*993. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34451/18]
*994. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Meath division by division, district and sub-district, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 , in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34452/18]
*995. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018 , in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34453/18]
*996. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by type of offence (details supplied) in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in the Meath division by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34454/18]
*997. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Meath division. — Peadar Tóibín. [34455/18]
*998. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Meath division and each district within it. — Peadar Tóibín. [34456/18]
*999. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the serious crime review team, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34457/18]
*1000. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services, in the Meath division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Peadar Tóibín. [34458/18]
*1001. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if adequate resources will be provided for the Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains in view of the important and sensitive work of this Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34476/18]
*1002. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra gardaí that have been hired in preparation for a hard Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34486/18]
*1003. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a mechanism by which a person that has pleaded guilty to a crime they did not commit that wishes to vacate their guilty plea on the basis that their legal representation did not represent them adequately and advised them wrongly to plead guilty and wishes the case to be re-tried; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34491/18] 3119
*1004. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure and requirements for obtaining a visa for a person married to an Irish citizen in circumstances in which the non-citizen has never resided here and in which the marriage took place outside the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34492/18]
*1005. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34493/18]
*1006. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region by rank for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34494/18]
*1007. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34495/18]
*1008. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of stations (details supplied) in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date. — Louise O’Reilly. [34496/18]
*1009. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date by district and sub-district. — Louise O’Reilly. [34497/18]
*1010. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub- district in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34498/18]
*1011. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34499/18]
*1012. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date; and the areas in which they are located. — Louise O’Reilly. [34500/18]
*1013. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the regional support unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34501/18]
*1014. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the emergency response unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34502/18]
*1015. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special detective unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34503/18]
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*1016. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34504/18]
*1017. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34505/18]
*1018. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34506/18]
*1019. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34507/18]
*1020. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Dublin northern metropolitan region by division, district and sub-district for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34508/18]
*1021. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date. — Louise O’Reilly. [34509/18]
*1022. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by types of offences for each year from 2009 to date in the Dublin northern metropolitan region by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34510/18]
*1023. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Dublin northern metropolitan region. — Louise O’Reilly. [34511/18]
*1024. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Dublin northern metropolitan region and each district within it. — Louise O’Reilly. [34512/18]
*1025. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the serious crime review team in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34513/18]
*1026. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34514/18]
*1027. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34515/18]
*1028. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34516/18] 3121
*1029. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34517/18]
*1030. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34518/18]
*1031. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34519/18]
*1032. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34520/18]
*1033. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34521/18]
*1034. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34522/18]
*1035. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Dublin northern metropolitan region for each year from 2009 to date in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34523/18]
*1036. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the community CCTV scheme should be amended to remove the responsibility from the local authorities and community groups regarding data control in view of the poor uptake of the scheme; if this suggestion was brought forward to the local authorities’ attention previously; and if so, the steps taken to date. — Robert Troy. [34566/18]
*1037. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Dublin northern metropolitan region Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. — Louise O’Reilly. [34575/18]
*1038. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in he Dublin northern metropolitan region Garda division with access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Louise O’Reilly. [34576/18]
*1039. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Dublin northern metropolitan region Garda division with access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Louise O’Reilly. [34577/18]
*1040. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 12 July 2018 which was referred to the CSO, if the information to be provided will include in particular but not be limited to categories (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [34585/18]
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*1041. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division in each year since 2009 by name; the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division that had access to broadband, in each year since 2009; and the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division that had access to high speed broadband, in each year since 2009. — David Cullinane. [34640/18]
*1042. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34668/18]
*1043. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34686/18]
*1044. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations which have been closed in the Cavan Monaghan Garda Division in the past decade in tabular form; the number of these buildings that have been sold; if An Garda Síochána has plans for the remaining stations in State ownership; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34699/18]
*1045. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34714/18]
*1046. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in relation to the need for a full and comprehensive investigation into the bombing in Belturbet in December 1972 which caused the death of two young persons and injuries to many others; if he is satisfied with the level of cooperation with the Northern Irish and British authorities in relation to a full investigation into this atrocity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34719/18]
*1047. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if supervisory ranks will be filled at a location (details supplied); the positions vacant at present; when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34750/18]
*1048. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Kilkenny division, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, broken down by division, district, and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34759/18]
*1049. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Kilkenny division, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, division, district, and sub- district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34760/18]
*1050. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Kilkenny division, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district, and sub district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34761/18] 3123
*1051. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in County Kilkenny in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Kathleen Funchion. [34762/18]
*1052. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by district and sub-district. — Kathleen Funchion. [34763/18]
*1053. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district, and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34764/18]
*1054. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34765/18]
*1055. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Kathleen Funchion. [34766/18]
*1056. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the regional support unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34767/18]
*1057. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the emergency response unit, in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34768/18]
*1058. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to the special detective unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34769/18]
*1059. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34770/18]
*1060. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit, in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34771/18]
*1061. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34772/18]
*1062. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34773/18]
*1063. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Kilkenny division by division, district, and sub-district, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34774/18]
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*1064. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34775/18]
*1065. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes by type of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in the Kilkenny division by division, district, and sub-district in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34776/18]
*1066. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Kilkenny division. — Kathleen Funchion. [34778/18]
*1067. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Kilkenny division; and each district within it. — Kathleen Funchion. [34779/18]
*1068. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the serious crime review team in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34780/18]
*1069. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34781/18]
*1070. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit, in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34782/18]
*1071. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34783/18]
*1072. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34784/18]
*1073. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34785/18]
*1074. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34786/18]
*1075. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34787/18]
*1076. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34788/18] 3125
*1077. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34789/18]
*1078. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Kilkenny division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [34790/18]
*1079. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that were open in the Kilkenny Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. — Kathleen Funchion. [34791/18]
*1080. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Kilkenny Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Kathleen Funchion. [34792/18]
*1081. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in Kilkenny Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Kathleen Funchion. [34793/18]
*1082. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the names of same. — Louise O’Reilly. [34794/18]
*1083. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Mayo division that had access to broadband in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [34795/18]
*1084. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Mayo division that had access to high speed broadband in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [34796/18]
*1085. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [34797/18]
*1086. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34798/18]
*1087. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached by rank to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34799/18]
*1088. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34800/18]
*1089. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [34801/18]
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*1090. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by district and sub-district. — Louise O’Reilly. [34802/18]
*1091. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34803/18]
*1092. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34804/18]
*1093. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Louise O’Reilly. [34805/18]
*1094. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the regional support unit, in the Mayo division, in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34806/18]
*1095. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the emergency response unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34807/18]
*1096. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special detective unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34808/18]
*1097. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34809/18]
*1098. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34810/18]
*1099. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34811/18]
*1100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34812/18]
*1101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Mayo division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34813/18]
*1102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34814/18] 3127
*1103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the Mayo division by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34815/18]
*1104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Mayo division. — Louise O’Reilly. [34816/18]
*1105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Mayo division and each district within it. — Louise O’Reilly. [34817/18]
*1106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the serious crime review team in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34818/18]
*1107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34819/18]
*1108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34820/18]
*1109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34821/18]
*1110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34822/18]
*1111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the criminal assets bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34823/18]
*1112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34824/18]
*1113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34825/18]
*1114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34826/18]
*1115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34827/18]
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*1116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Mayo division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34828/18]
*1117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court appeal applications which have been made by lending institutions in relation to repossession cases in which the case has been dismissed or struck out; and the procedure used for such applications for appeals to the court system. — Róisín Shortall. [34832/18]
*1118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Louth Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. — Gerry Adams. [34841/18]
*1119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Louth Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Gerry Adams. [34842/18]
*1120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Louth Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Gerry Adams. [34843/18]
*1121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Sligo Leitrim Garda division in each year since 2009; and the name of each. — Martin Kenny. [34844/18]
*1122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Sligo Leitrim Garda division that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Martin Kenny. [34845/18]
*1123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Sligo Leitrim Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Martin Kenny. [34846/18]
*1124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the national drugs unit in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of gardaí working in the local drugs units in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34850/18]
*1125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of the national drugs unit in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the annual cost of each local drugs unit by area in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34851/18]
*1126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing legislative measures as required under the 2014 Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34879/18]
*1127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time the categorisation of recorded crime statistics as statistics under reservation will remain in place; his plans to review the way in which such statistics are categorised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [34902/18] 3129
*1128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded crime incidents in their respective groups for the Louth Garda division for the first quarter of 2017 and 2018, respectively in tabular form. — Gerry Adams. [34903/18]
*1129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34924/18]
*1130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north by rank in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34925/18]
*1131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north by rank in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34926/18]
*1132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Dublin metropolitan region north, R district. — Denise Mitchell. [34927/18]
*1133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each station in the Dublin metropolitan division, district R in each year since 2009 to date in 2018. — Denise Mitchell. [34928/18]
*1134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region north by rank in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by district and sub- district. — Denise Mitchell. [34929/18]
*1135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34930/18]
*1136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018 by division, district and sub- district, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34931/18]
*1137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Denise Mitchell. [34932/18]
*1138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the regional support unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34933/18]
*1139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the emergency response unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34934/18]
*1140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special detective unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34935/18]
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*1141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34936/18]
*1142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the traffic corps unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34937/18]
*1143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the public order unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34938/18]
*1144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34939/18]
*1145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Dublin metropolitan region north by division, district and sub-district in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34940/18]
*1146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34941/18]
*1147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum by types of offences (details supplied) in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018 the in Dublin metropolitan region north by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34942/18]
*1148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units the Dublin metropolitan region north. — Denise Mitchell. [34943/18]
*1149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region north and each district within it. — Denise Mitchell. [34944/18]
*1150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34945/18]
*1151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34946/18]
*1152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34947/18]
*1153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34948/18] 3131
*1154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34949/18]
*1155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the criminal assets bureau by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34950/18]
*1156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34951/18]
*1157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34952/18]
*1158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34953/18]
*1159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau by rank the Dublin metropolitan region north, in each of the years since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34954/18]
*1160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations opened in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each of the years since 2009; and the name of each. — Denise Mitchell. [34955/18]
*1161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region north that had access to broadband in each of the years since 2009. — Denise Mitchell. [34956/18]
*1162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Dublin metropolitan region north that had access to high speed broadband in each of the years since 2009. — Denise Mitchell. [34957/18]
*1163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda national protective services bureau by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north in each year since 2009 to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Denise Mitchell. [34958/18]
*1164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in counties Laois and Offaly Garda division in each year since 2009 and the names of same. — Brian Stanley. [34959/18]
*1165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in counties Laois and Offaly that had access to broadband in each year since 2009. — Brian Stanley. [34960/18]
*1166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that had access to high speed broadband in each year since 2009. — Brian Stanley. [34961/18]
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*1167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí attached to the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34966/18]
*1168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Sligo- Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by rank, division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34967/18]
*1169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles attached to the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34968/18]
*1170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the weekly opening hours of each Garda station in Sligo-Leitrim in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Martin Kenny. [34969/18]
*1171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full complement of gardaí in the Sligo- Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by district and sub-district. — Martin Kenny. [34970/18]
*1172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff attached to the Sligo-Leitrim Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34971/18]
*1173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of JLOs attached to the Sligo- Leitrim Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34972/18]
*1174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda youth diversion projects in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the areas in which they are located. — Martin Kenny. [34973/18]
*1175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the regional support unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34974/18]
*1176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the emergency response unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34975/18]
*1177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special detective unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34976/18]
*1178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34977/18]
*1179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the traffic corps unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34978/18] 3133
*1180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the public order unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34979/18]
*1181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community relations unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34980/18]
*1182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members in the Sligo-Leitrim division by division, district and sub-district in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34981/18]
*1183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of member training hours per annum that are allocated to core gardaí attached to the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34982/18]
*1184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the Sligo-Leitrim division by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34983/18]
*1185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Sligo-Leitrim division. — Martin Kenny. [34984/18]
*1186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Sligo-Leitrim division and each district within it. — Martin Kenny. [34985/18]
*1187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the serious crime review team in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34986/18]
*1188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the operational support services in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34987/18]
*1189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34988/18]
*1190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the technical bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34989/18]
*1191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the immigration unit in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34990/18]
*1192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34991/18]
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*1193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national economic crime bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34992/18]
*1194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national bureau of criminal investigation in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34993/18]
*1195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34994/18]
*1196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national cyber crime bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34995/18]
*1197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda national protective services bureau in the Sligo-Leitrim division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Martin Kenny. [34996/18]
*1198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí per capita in each division across the State. — Gerry Adams. [35095/18]
*1199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the drugs and serious crime unit will be operative in Dundalk; the number of Garda personnel attached to this unit; the rank of gardaí attached to this unit; the resources this unit will have in terms of premises, vehicles and equipment; the location in the Louth division in which this unit will be based; if gardaí attached to this unit will work solely on the business of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [35096/18]
*1200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí in County Louth have been trained in the Drug Related Intimidation Reporting Programme. — Gerry Adams. [35097/18]
*1201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel attached to the community policing unit in Dundalk in each year for the past five years; if numbers in this unit have been reduced; and if so, the reason for this reduction. — Gerry Adams. [35098/18]
*1202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the antisocial behaviour in Carlingford, County Louth; the number of incidents of antisocial behaviour in Carlingford that have been reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years; and if An Garda Síochána has plans to counteract this behaviour. — Gerry Adams. [35100/18]
*1203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35146/18]
*1204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations opened in Limerick City Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the name of each. — Maurice Quinlivan. [35180/18] 3135
*1205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Limerick City Garda division that had access to broadband in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Maurice Quinlivan. [35181/18]
*1206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in Limerick City Garda division that had access to high speed broadband in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018. — Maurice Quinlivan. [35182/18]
*1207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €145 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €241 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35258/18]
*1208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals that are currently in direct provision by the number of years they have been there in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35259/18]
*1209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals in prison by category of offence and length of sentence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35260/18]
*1210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána; the projected number at the end of 2018; the number in training; the provision for training new gardaí in 2018; if his Department is funded for the training of additional gardaí in 2019; and the projected force strength in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35261/18]
*1211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budgetary provision for the purchase of new equipment and vehicles for An Garda Síochána in 2018; the provision in 2019; the capital expenditure in this regard; the expected purchases in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35262/18]
*1212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing officers; the locations these are active, by district; the estimated cost of deploying an additional 300 community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35263/18]
*1213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures of steroids and other such illegal drugs used primarily for enhancing sporting performance in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35317/18]
*1214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35373/18]
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Chun an Aire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta: To the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
*1215. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SFI funded research centres that will be defunded between 2018 and 2021 inclusive; the criteria used to justify their defunding; the locations of same; and the name of each specific centre. — Sean Sherlock. [32655/18]
*1216. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when Ireland will join CERN. — Sean Sherlock. [32656/18]
*1217. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount which was paid to the European Space Agency between 2016 to date in 2018. — Sean Sherlock. [32657/18]
*1218. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount which has been drawn down by Ireland from the Horizon 2020 fund. — Sean Sherlock. [32658/18]
*1219. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount excluding other sources of funding or in kind contributions, being made available to each of the SFI research centres established since 2012 within her remit; the exact amount per centre; the timespan in which funding is allocated; the purpose of the funding; and if funding will cease for those centres within the next five years. — Sean Sherlock. [32659/18]
*1220. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason figures for IDA visits can only be provided by county as opposed to by town; and the number of IDA visits made to Mullingar in the past seven years. — Robert Troy. [34570/18]
*1221. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she will amend migration policy to allow industries that are experiencing serious staff shortages hire persons outside the current available pool. — Robert Troy. [34627/18]
*1222. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32519/18]
*1223. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the meeting of the EU’s Regulatory Cooperation Forum under CETA in mid-April 2018; the way in which Ireland was represented at that meeting; the progress made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32579/18]
*1224. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32634/18]
*1225. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if changes to the approach in calculating the Book of Quantum using the cap and concept of proportionality already established by the Court of Appeal will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [32679/18] 3137
*1226. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for a trade mission to Australia before the end of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32856/18]
*1227. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the financial help or support available to a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33183/18]
*1228. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the removal of homecare workers from the ineligible categories of employment listing will be considered in view of the staffing shortfall and expected growth in the industry as a result of demographic changes and to improve employment conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [33524/18]
*1229. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits with international companies based in the United Kingdom that have taken place to Cork city and county in the past six months. — Sean Sherlock. [33552/18]
*1230. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter regarding an application by a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33559/18]
*1231. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases waiting for a hearing and waiting for a decision by number of months waiting at the Workplace Relations Commission in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33590/18]
*1232. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases waiting for a hearing and waiting for a decision by number of months waiting at the Labour Court in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33591/18]
*1233. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Science Foundation Ireland research centres; the estimated cost of establishing each centre; the cost per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33592/18]
*1234. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit scorecard to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33593/18]
*1235. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Be Prepared grant to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33594/18]
*1236. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the market discovery fund to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33595/18]
*1237. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit loan scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33596/18]
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*1238. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit start planning vouchers to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33597/18]
*1239. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the local enterprise offices in each of the years 2015 to 2018. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33598/18]
*1240. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department plans to offset the impact of Brexit in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33620/18]
*1241. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and name of the groups she met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33703/18]
*1242. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of increasing staff in the ODCE by 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33748/18]
*1243. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning operational issues at the Companies Registration Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33814/18]
*1244. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 1 of IFS2020; the specific steps taken; the number of persons within IDA Ireland that have been dedicated to this action point; the number employed specifically to implement this action; the way in which this action has changed in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33934/18]
*1245. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 2 of IFS2020; the specific steps taken; the number of persons within Enterprise Ireland that have been dedicated to this action point; the number employed specifically to implement this action; the way in which this action has changed in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33935/18]
*1246. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 4 of IFS2020; the actions taken before Quarter 2 2015; the way in which this action has altered as a result of Brexit; the number of international conferences and events that were attended by high level officials each year; the number of international conferences and events that were attended by An Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, by other Cabinet ministers and by Ministers of State in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33937/18]
*1247. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of secondments established each year since 2015 in relation to action 6 of IFS2020, by department and State agency and by secondments here and overseas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33939/18]
*1248. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the representative of the IFS industry on the Export Trade Council in relation to action 7 of IFS2020; when this position was first filled under IFS2020; the periods since the establishment of IFS2020 this position has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33940/18] 3139
*1249. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the first IFS summit was launched in relation to action 9 of IFS2020; the number of IFS summits held in each year since 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33942/18]
*1250. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the IFS education and skills liaison group was first established in relation to action 10 of IFS 2020; the persons that sit on the group; the number of times the group has met each year since 2015; the specific undertakings the group has undertaken since 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33943/18]
*1251. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the first training and future skills needs assessment was published in relation to action 11 of IFS2020; the number of assessments published or brought to her attention in each year since 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33944/18]
*1252. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific changes made to the Finuas network since 2015 in relation to action 12 of IFS2020; the way in which this has been changed as a result of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33945/18]
*1253. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps the IFS education and skills liaison group has taken to raise the profile of IFS career opportunities in relation to action 13 of IFS2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33946/18]
*1254. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 14 of IFS2020; the way in which the critical skills list for employment permits has been altered since 2015; if this has changed since the Brexit result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33947/18]
*1255. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 15 of IFS2020; if a single website portal has been established to attract international information and communications technology talent; the number of visits this portal has received in each year since its creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33948/18]
*1256. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 16 of IFS2020; the outcomes achieved under this action point; her plans for the future under this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33949/18]
*1257. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 17 of IFS2020; the number of times Dublin City Council as the SDZ development agency, NAMA, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have met since 2015 in relation to this action point; the specific outcomes reached under this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33950/18]
*1258. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 21 of IFS2020; the number of companies that have engaged each year by technology centre, gateway and strategic research cluster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33954/18]
*1259. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 22 of IFS2020; the specific undertakings implemented to increase research, development and innovation
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*1260. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 23 of IFS2020; the specific undertakings implemented to enhance IFS ICT sectoral collaboration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33956/18]
*1261. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 24 of IFS2020; the specific domestic or international sources of finance identified for fintech companies; the specific undertakings implemented in order to enhance funding mechanisms for fintech start- ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33957/18]
*1262. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 25 of IFS2020; the specific outcomes that have come from this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33958/18]
*1263. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 26 of IFS2020; if an indigenous funds services cluster has been set-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33959/18]
*1264. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 27 of IFS2020; if a payments forum has been established; the persons that sit on the forum; the number of times it has met since 2015; if a sectoral strategy paper has been developed; if that paper has been changed due to the Brexit result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33960/18]
*1265. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 28 of IFS2020; when this high level group was set-up; the persons that sit on the group; the number of times the group has met each year since 2015; the specific outcomes from the group that have occurred which have enhanced the capabilities of the business process outsourcing cluster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33961/18]
*1266. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for her Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against her Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33992/18]
*1267. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she is taking to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of recent media reports. — Niamh Smyth. [34055/18]
*1268. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she is taking to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Monaghan in view of recent media reports. — Niamh Smyth. [34056/18]
*1269. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two county towns and other areas of the counties respectively in tabular form. — Niamh Smyth. [34057/18] 3141
*1270. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits of prospective clients to each county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34058/18]
*1271. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs by county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34059/18]
*1272. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs here; the number of jobs created and lost respectively to date in 2018, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34060/18]
*1273. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the plans that are being put in place to protect businesses along the Border in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34062/18]
*1274. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government for an extra €300 million in capital funding between Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta; the amount of expenditure allocated to this commitment in 2016, 2017 and 2018 between Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta; the amount expended between both agencies in each year to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34074/18]
*1275. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34207/18]
*1276. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34224/18]
*1277. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34241/18]
*1278. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34258/18]
*1279. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34275/18]
*1280. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34292/18]
*1281. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. — Jack Chambers. [34309/18]
*1282. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34353/18]
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*1283. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland have requested increased funding for Brexit-related matters for 2019; the amount of additional funding requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34536/18]
*1284. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the various schemes which are available to businesses to prepare for Brexit; the uptake for each scheme in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34617/18]
*1285. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of extra employees to be hired in her Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on her Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34657/18]
*1286. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of labour inspectors employed by the WRC in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34673/18]
*1287. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of unfilled vacancies in her Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under her remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34675/18]
*1288. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the EU directives that fall under her remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34703/18]
*1289. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases dealt with by the Labour Court under the terms of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 since the commencement of the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34901/18]
*1290. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide information relating to the PIAB (details supplied) for 2018 to 30 June2018. — Billy Kelleher. [35122/18]
*1291. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a request was formally submitted by her Department to the Brexit preparedness group under the European Commission’s Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom requesting that the state aid ceiling under EU Regulation No 1407/2013 be temporally adapted as a policy response to protect companies and exporting businesses here exposed to a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. — Billy Kelleher. [35124/18]
*1292. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department completed or is considering sending a formal application to DG Competition requesting that the state aid ceiling under EU Regulation No 1407/2013 be temporally adapted as a policy response to protect vulnerable businesses that are impacted by Brexit. — Billy Kelleher. [35125/18] 3143
*1293. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers’ meeting at which she or her predecessors made the case for the need for a revision of State aid rules of Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 to protect Irish enterprises and related jobs during the UK’s two-year exit phase from the EU and the subsequent transition phase; the date of every such meeting at which this was raised, in tabular form; the status of progress being made at EU level to increase current State aid thresholds to support Irish enterprises in the event of a hard no deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35126/18]
*1294. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the methodology used for job creation forecasts in Enterprise 2025 Renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35127/18]
*1295. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of jobs multiplier models used for employment forecasts by her Department in Enterprise 2025 Renewed; the exact statistical forecasting model used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35128/18]
*1296. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme. — Billy Kelleher. [35129/18]
*1297. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the protections and recourse available to consumers from excessive ticket prices for sporting and entertainment events. — Billy Kelleher. [35130/18]
*1298. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports being considered to help businesses with the increasing cost of doing business including increased energy prices. — Billy Kelleher. [35131/18]
*1299. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding member states ratifying the CETA agreement in their national parliaments; and if provisional agreement ceases to exist should a national parliament vote against national level endorsement. — Billy Kelleher. [35132/18]
*1300. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35135/18]
*1301. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative; the cost of this review to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [35184/18]
*1302. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested Science Foundation Ireland to fund a public genome project and provide for the participation of Ireland in a European genome sequencing project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35273/18]
*1303. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €555 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €620 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35277/18]
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*1304. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35377/18]
*1305. To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35391/18]
Chun an Aire Sláinte: To the Minister for Health.
*1306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recommendation CM/ Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment; the action his Department will take to meet the five recommendations contained therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32482/18]
*1307. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to require business enterprises to meet their responsibility to respect the rights of the child in the digital environment as per a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32483/18]
*1308. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will examine the implementation of recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment and the guidelines in its appendix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32484/18]
*1309. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will review its legislation, policies and practice to ensure that they are in line with a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32485/18]
*1310. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has a family relationship with another person that was involved in vaccine trials. — Clare Daly. [32538/18]
*1311. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of certain vaccine damage claims referred to in point b of the list of broad areas to be examined by the expert group considering alternative mechanisms to the court process for resolving clinical negligence claims. — Clare Daly. [32539/18]
*1312. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether sleep apnoea should be included in the list of illnesses under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33445/18]
*1313. To ask the Minister for Health the cases the State Claims Agency is dealing with in relation to the various cancer screening programmes; the stage each case is at by programme; the notifications it has received from the HSE or the programmes themselves in relation to correspondence received from persons or their legal representatives regarding a possible claim; the approach of the Agency in dealing with these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33783/18] 3145
*1314. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding personalised budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33813/18]
*1315. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing FEMPI related cuts as they impact on general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35008/18]
*1316. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will make Pembrolizumab available for NSCLC patients with a low PD-L1 expression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Tony McLoughlin. [32410/18]
*1317. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [32414/18]
*1318. To ask the Minister for Health the charging structure in relation to the out of hours on call doctors services by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [32417/18]
*1319. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to a drug company’s submission to add the drug Translarna to the drug reimbursement scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Frank O’Rourke. [32420/18]
*1320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32421/18]
*1321. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a reimbursement payment for hospital treatment undertaken recently under the Cross Border Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32423/18]
*1322. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make provision to expedite the process for persons that apply for reimbursement through the treatment abroad scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32424/18]
*1323. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at the ENT department at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32425/18]
*1324. To ask the Minister for Health if there are consultants that specialise in non-elasticity posterior tongue tie surgery for children under five years of age in a public setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32426/18]
*1325. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with full-time residential care to meet their needs; when they will be provided with full-time residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32427/18]
*1326. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [32429/18]
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*1327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32439/18]
*1328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the complex care plan in relation to a person (details supplied) using services; the way in which the family can be assured that the care services agreed for the person can be implemented in full in view of the serious issues raised in various reports, the ongoing monitoring and improvement of these services,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat Casey. [32440/18]
*1329. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait to be seen by a consultant; and the length of time they must be on the waiting list before other options become available to them. — Pat Deering. [32441/18]
*1330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age that were admitted to adult psychiatric services in County Limerick and the mid-west in each of the past five years to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32443/18]
*1331. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon will remain open and be enhanced to suit the HSE requirement and serve the area. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [32449/18]
*1332. To ask the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon will remain open and be enhanced to suit the HSE requirement and serve the area. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [32450/18]
*1333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deploy a modular catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32451/18]
*1334. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services here; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32452/18]
*1335. To ask the Minister for Health the expected costs associated with providing a modular catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32453/18]
*1336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for interventional cardiology procedures from January to June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32454/18]
*1337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant cardiologists approved for funding from the HSE for UHW for 2018. — Mary Butler. [32455/18]
*1338. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant cardiologists employed or under contract at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32456/18]
*1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant orthopaedic surgeons approved for funding from the HSE for UHW for 2018. — Mary Butler. [32457/18] 3147
*1340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed or under contract at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32458/18]
*1341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application on behalf of a child (details supplied) for a paediatric bed has been declined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Ferris. [32460/18]
*1342. To ask the Minister for Health if an adequate level of funding will be provided for care homes in County Kilkenny that to date have been underfunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [32464/18]
*1343. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employees at a centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny that reach retirement age and that want to continue working are being offered a salary based on the first point of the salary scale; his views on whether this is appropriate; if this is the practice in all section 38 and 39 organisations; his further views on whether such a practice has the potential to have a bias towards pay levels in the sector relative to experience and qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [32465/18]
*1344. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which treat stroke patients that do not have access to CT angiography; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32474/18]
*1345. To ask the Minister for Health when the stakeholder forum on the built environment will be convened; the stakeholders and range of same that will be invited to attend and make a presentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32476/18]
*1346. To ask the Minister for Health the clinics and services offered from the premises of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32494/18]
*1347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests for medical files that have been submitted; the number by persons and legal teams; the number that have been issued in this regard; the number still being processed; the number that have been denied; the reason for them being denied access; and the wait time for a file. — Mary Lou McDonald. [32508/18]
*1348. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement one point of contact for the women and families affected by CervicalCheck; the number of medical cards that have been provided to the women affected and their dependents; the number of families that have been offered counselling; and the number that have been offered support in addition to the services available by the public health system. — Mary Lou McDonald. [32509/18]
*1349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in most countries that have personalised budget services for persons with disabilities there is no lower age limit; his plans to include persons under 18 years of age in the pilot scheme or demonstration project here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32512/18]
*1350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 27 March 2018, the number of sites without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations of same; the number of staff recruited to provide seven over seven mental health supports since 11 January
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2018; the timeline for implementation of seven over seven mental health supports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32513/18]
*1351. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is seeking extra home help hours at weekends is likely to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Ferris. [32514/18]
*1352. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for a medical assessment at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32515/18]
*1353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for pre-assessment; the person’s position on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32516/18]
*1354. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32528/18]
*1355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses on the HSE panels seeking work in mental health or CAMHS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32546/18]
*1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist posts that are vacant; the type of each vacancy and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32547/18]
*1357. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available for voluntary groups that wish to purchase and install automated external defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32548/18]
*1358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved CAMHS psychiatrist posts which have been approved; the number of posts vacant; the location of each; the number filled by agency staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32549/18]
*1359. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS whole-time equivalent posts filled in contrast to the number set out in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32550/18]
*1360. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of adult mental health services whole-time equivalent posts filled in contrast to the number set out in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32551/18]
*1361. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of mental health and intellectual disability whole-time equivalent posts filled in contrast to the number set out in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32552/18]
*1362. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of elderly mental health services whole-time equivalent posts filled in contrast to the number set out in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32553/18] 3149
*1363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a primary care psychology appointment; the number of these persons waiting more than one year and more than eighteen months in each CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32554/18]
*1364. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE spend on mental health agency staff in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32555/18]
*1365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are receiving treatment in adult psychiatric wards; the number that received treatment in these wards in each of the years 2011 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32556/18]
*1366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason planning permission was sought for parking facilities for a facility (details supplied) and not utilised. — Peter Burke. [32563/18]
*1367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Ombudsman for Children’s report, Take my Hand; his views on whether the chronic shortage of psychiatrists is the most critical factor in poor service for children requiring mental health services; and the way in which he is addressing the shortfalls in service provision. — Sean Sherlock. [32564/18]
*1368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); if there is a timeframe for pre-assessment; the position of the person on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32577/18]
*1369. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CHO 9 covering Dublin north city and county, has no funding for homecare packages resulting in the unavailability of a package for a person (details supplied) for at least nine months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32580/18]
*1370. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times; the target ambulance response times over the past 12 months by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [32581/18]
*1371. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have eye surgery scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32588/18]
*1372. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe a person (details supplied) has to wait to see a consultant in rheumatoid arthritis at Navan Hospital. — Peadar Tóibín. [32590/18]
*1373. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE west will replace the staff positions (details supplied) left vacant in Galway University Hospital and which have not been replaced to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [32591/18]
*1374. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 June 2018, if there is a written record in all 45 cases of persons colonised or infected with CPE in Tallaght Hospital in 2018 of their having been informed of this fact. — Clare Daly. [32593/18]
*1375. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 June 2018, the number of persons colonised or infected with CPE in Tallaght Hospital in 2018 that have died as a result of acquiring same. — Clare Daly. [32594/18]
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*1376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for home help hours at weekends. — Thomas Byrne. [32598/18]
*1377. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32643/18]
*1378. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a respite facility (details supplied) to extend from a five day facility to a seven day facility to provide residential care to include weekends will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [32650/18]
*1379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting early intervention in County Cork; the length of time they are awaiting assessments of need; and the age of the children involved in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [32665/18]
*1380. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be awarded home help hours. — Thomas Byrne. [32668/18]
*1381. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan (details supplied) has been implemented; the purpose of same; the person in the HSE that oversaw its proposed implementation; if it has been discussed by the senior executive team in the HSE; the cost of the report; the person that commissioned it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [32669/18]
*1382. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to improve the homecare scheme to allow older persons stay in their homes as they age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32671/18]
*1383. To ask the Minister for Health if reducing the prescription charges for medical card holders and pensioners has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32675/18]
*1384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a situation regarding a person (details supplied). — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32681/18]
*1385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32689/18]
*1386. To ask the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency had settled CervicalCheck claims prior to April 2018; if so, the details of same; if confidentiality clauses applied to such settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [32696/18]
*1387. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 17 April 2018, the status of the Basic Safety Standards Directive; if a proposal has been further considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [32701/18]
*1388. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for persons to be awarded home help hours in counties Meath, Cavan and Louth. — Thomas Byrne. [32702/18]
*1389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the retention of services including long stay residential care beds at Lifford, Ramelton and St. Joseph’s Community Hospitals in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32706/18] 3151
*1390. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 10 July 2018, the estimated cost of general practitioner training per 1, 10 and 100 doctors respectively, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [32717/18]
*1391. To ask the Minister for Health if the role of Assistant National Director of Communications has been filled; if so, the role and function of that person; if the person will be interfacing with members of Dáil Éireann; and the remuneration for the role. — Sean Sherlock. [32726/18]
*1392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding community supports for disabled persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32731/18]
*1393. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the age restriction that prevents patients accessing proper and appropriate dementia care in view of the increase of patients experiencing early onset dementia prior to 65 years of age when they can avail of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [32740/18]
*1394. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for knee replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32741/18]
*1395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a child and adolescent mental health advocacy group (details supplied) to discuss the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in County Wexford. — Mick Wallace. [32742/18]
*1396. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not filled the continuing care placement coordinator for the south Lee area even though the former office holder retired in April 2018 and gave notice in January 2018; his views on the impact this has on service delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32746/18]
*1397. To ask the Minister for Health the responsibilities for continuing care placement coordinators employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32747/18]
*1398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for continuing care placement coordinators employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32748/18]
*1399. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of mental health nurses working in County Donegal in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [32750/18]
*1400. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol used to determine the response of ambulance units to emergency calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [32782/18]
*1401. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols used by the NAS to prioritise emergency calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [32783/18]
*1402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles available in the north east region by location in each of the past five years. — Gerry Adams. [32784/18]
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*1403. To ask the Minister for Health the age of each ambulance vehicle; and the number of kilometres on each vehicle. — Gerry Adams. [32785/18]
*1404. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of ambulance staff available in the north east region by location and in each of the past five years. — Gerry Adams. [32786/18]
*1405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE’s implementation of HIQA’s response time standards in respect of ambulance response times in the north east region. — Gerry Adams. [32787/18]
*1406. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the classifying of 112/999 emergency calls by clinical status. — Gerry Adams. [32788/18]
*1407. To ask the Minister for Health the time allocated for ambulance response times for clinical status 1 ECHO calls in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the percentage of ambulances that achieved this goal. — Gerry Adams. [32789/18]
*1408. To ask the Minister for Health the time allocated for ambulance response times for DELTA cases in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and the percentage of ambulances that achieved this goal. — Gerry Adams. [32790/18]
*1409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a specialist paediatric dietetic service is not in place in the north Kildare disability network team; the steps being taken to appoint a qualified professional to this position; the location this position is being advertised; the newspapers and so on the advertisements were placed in; the dates of same; and when the person will commence work. — Micheál Martin. [32823/18]
*1410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a centre (details supplied); the way in which it is planned to progress this project which requires a new build in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32824/18]
*1411. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy assessment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32829/18]
*1412. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to BreastCheck in 2017; and the estimated funding for 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [32835/18]
*1413. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for BreastCheck by 10%. — Louise O’Reilly. [32836/18]
*1414. To ask the Minister for Health the funding given to CervicalCheck in 2017; and the estimated funding for 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [32837/18]
*1415. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for CervicalCheck by 10%. — Louise O’Reilly. [32838/18]
*1416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to the National Clinical Programme for Asthma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32840/18] 3153
*1417. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to improving primary care for persons with asthma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy- Rae. [32841/18]
*1418. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the sharply increasing use of oxycontin; and the steps he is taking to prevent addiction to this and other painkillers. — Róisín Shortall. [32842/18]
*1419. 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. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32845/18]
*1420. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 10 July 2018, if the legal framework being finalised with regard to the intention to protect the State’s investment in the new maternity hospital will be brought before Dáil Éireann before it is finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [32846/18]
*1421. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issue of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32849/18]
*1422. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent patient advocacy service recommended by HIQA in May 2015 will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32852/18]
*1423. To ask the Minister for Health the supports which will be provided to a service (details supplied) to develop its advocacy service arising from the merging of services; the level of funding to be provided to both organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32853/18]
*1424. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issue of women that have developed severe adverse effects following transvaginal mesh devices and vaginal mesh implant procedures (details supplied); his plans to ban mesh as occurred in England and Northern Ireland recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gino Kenny. [32867/18]
*1425. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding regulations in relation to life saving medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32868/18]
*1426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding respiratory consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32869/18]
*1427. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for Dublin north city and county audiology services, Grangegorman primary care centre; when a person (details supplied) will have their hearing aid repaired or replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32871/18]
*1428. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the capital allocation for health which will be spent on major projects in each of the years 2018 to 2024. — Louise O’Reilly. [32874/18]
*1429. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the high cost of asthma medication (details supplied). — Michael Healy-Rae. [32878/18]
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*1430. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the issue of the postcode lottery for persons with severe asthma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32879/18]
*1431. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract for the analysis of the smear test results will be put out for tender; if so, when this will commence; if the original procurement guidelines will be reviewed with a view to improving them; if retests are being analysed within the original standards; and if not, if standards have been upgraded, for example, to include extra safeguards. — Bríd Smith. [32881/18]
*1432. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories from which misread cervical smear tests came; and if the misread figures will be distinguished from those that were false negatives. — Bríd Smith. [32882/18]
*1433. To ask the Minister for Health if a request from CHO 1 in relation to community hospitals in County Donegal has been received; if this request was a submission by CHO 1 to obtain departmental permission to amend the existing capital plan which was launched in January 2016 and directly effects three Donegal community hospitals in particular St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ramelton and Lifford Community Hospital; his views on whether this is a matter for his Department as opposed to a function of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32883/18]
*1434. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the threat tobacco poses for persons with asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32887/18]
*1435. To ask the Minister for Health the process of the recently announced review into hospital car park charges; the estimated date of completion; the details that relate to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32893/18]
*1436. To ask the Minister for Health if the delays being experienced in the delivery of homecare packages in the CHO 7 areas in counties Kildare and Wicklow will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [32897/18]
*1437. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32903/18]
*1438. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been granted for a full-time social worker for oncology patients at Letterkenny University Hospital; if so, the date on which the post was first sanctioned; if this post has yet to be advertised, the reason for same; when the advertisement of same will commence; when the post will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [32916/18]
*1439. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed use for the site of the former St. Brigid’s Hospital in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32917/18]
*1440. To ask the Minister for Health the income limits when applying for a medical card; when the limits were last changed; if he plans to increase the eligibility limit for receipt of a medical card by a single person over 70 years of age; the limit for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32919/18] 3155
*1441. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital plan for investment for Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; the works proposed at the hospital; the timeframe for the works to be carried out; the estimated costs for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32927/18]
*1442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the capital plan for investment for Falcarragh Community Hospital, County Donegal; the works proposed at the hospital; the timeframe for the works to be carried out; the estimated costs of the entire improvement works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32928/18]
*1443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 781 of 12 July 2018, if a meeting has been arranged with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [32929/18]
*1444. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the drug Translarna available through the HSE for the small number of young persons needing this particular medication in view of its availability in neighbouring jurisdictions and in 22 European countries in total; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [32933/18]
*1445. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 13 June 2018, the status of developments in the process of negotiations for the funding of the drug Translarna; the length of time the application process will take; his views on whether a two year long application process is too long a time period for many of those that require access to this drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [32934/18]
*1446. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide alternative respite care whilst the Boyne View centre, Drogheda is being refurbished; the details relating to the project; the plan to minimise the impact to service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [32935/18]
*1447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work he is undertaking to support mesh injured women; when full removals of transvaginal mesh will be available to women here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32936/18]
*1448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of environmental health officers employed in each county; the number of inspections of food outlets they have carried out by county in each of the past three years and to date in 2018; the number of closure orders made by county in the same period in tabular form; if inspections of food outlets are also carried out by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32946/18]
*1449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call outs in the Connemara area by month from January 2016 to date in 2018 by the number of emergency calls, other calls and their response times in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32947/18]
*1450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours by county, by new applicants and those waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32948/18]
*1451. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each county waiting for assessment and reassessment for home help hours and for additional home help hours; the number that have
P.T.O 3156 been approved but are on a waiting list; the length of time they have been waiting in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32949/18]
*1452. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay and the expected date for an assessment of needs to be undertaken for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32959/18]
*1453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay and the expected date for an assessment of needs to be undertaken for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [32960/18]
*1454. To ask the Minister for Health his policy towards the introduction and use of medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32962/18]
*1455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the advisory committee on bioethics within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32963/18]
*1456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults or attacks on hospital staff at South Tipperary General Hospital in each of the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32964/18]
*1457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 26 June 2018, the number of older persons waiting for home support by LHO. — Louise O’Reilly. [32980/18]
*1458. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a reduction in the homecare services provided in the CHO 7 area of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [32981/18]
*1459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to provide a general practitioner in Carnew, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [32983/18]
*1460. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for children and adolescents in direct provision to access mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32984/18]
*1461. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for adults in direct provision to access mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32985/18]
*1462. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by his Department for consultancy services from 2012 to 2017; the details of the payment; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32989/18]
*1463. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department paid out for external legal services from 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received same; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32990/18]
*1464. To ask the Minister for Health when a similar suspension will be implemented here in view of the acceptance by the UK NHS of a recommendation from the Independent Medicines and 3157
Medical Devices Safety Review to suspend the use of vaginal mesh implants to treat stress urinary incontinence. — Clare Daly. [33007/18]
*1465. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to equip HSE hospitals with the scanning equipment necessary to detect vaginal mesh implants in view of the fact that Irish women suffering complications from mesh must travel to the UK for scans. — Clare Daly. [33008/18]
*1466. To ask the Minister for Health if the Chief Medical Officer’s report on vaginal mesh implants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33009/18]
*1467. To ask the Minister for Health when there will be a reform of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33011/18]
*1468. To ask the Minister for Health the intervention services that will be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork in line with their needs identified in the assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33015/18]
*1469. To ask the Minister for Health when the island health care review will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing and implementing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [33017/18]
*1470. To ask the Minister for Health if the qualification allowance paid to public health nurses that hold a children’s nursing degree will be paid to all public health nurses in all regions that have attained this qualification. — Shane Cassells. [33032/18]
*1471. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns regarding the use of vaginal mesh; if vaginal mesh surgery will be suspended here in line with the decision of authorities in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. [33033/18]
*1472. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown for CHO area 8 for those on a home support services for older person waiting list. — Gerry Adams. [33034/18]
*1473. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated in the past five years for home support services for older persons (details supplied). — Gerry Adams. [33035/18]
*1474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to answer a representation (details supplied) which was submitted on 23 April 2018 and remains unanswered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [33036/18]
*1475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds allocated in hospitals for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33039/18]
*1476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Limerick for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33040/18]
*1477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Clare for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33041/18]
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*1478. To ask the Minister for Health if panic buttons and personal alarms will be made available to persons under 65 years of age that are vulnerable and require 24/7 care. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33091/18]
*1479. 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. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33092/18]
*1480. To ask the Minister for Health the net additional number of staff within mental health services on 1 June 2018 in comparison to 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33096/18]
*1481. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no response from either the HSE or Dublin Fire Brigade to a 999 call placed on 11 May 2018 for a sick child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33098/18]
*1482. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is a shortage of at least twenty adult psychiatric beds in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33099/18]
*1483. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an additional adult psychiatric unit in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33100/18]
*1484. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise assistant psychologists in a professional role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33102/18]
*1485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of doctorates in counselling psychology positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33103/18]
*1486. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a payscale for assistant psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33104/18]
*1487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission. — Barry Cowen. [33106/18]
*1488. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1004, 1005 and 1006 of 26 July 2017, if the record of Dáil Éireann will be amended to correct erroneous information given regarding the future of long-stay residential care beds and services at community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the official position in respect of the future of these beds and services at these hospitals will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33123/18]
*1489. To ask the Minister for Health the legal basis for general practitioners charging insurance companies or patients for filling out general practitioner or consultant medical questionnaires issued by insurance companies as part of the process of deciding on a patient’s claim for insurance for medical treatment. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33124/18]
*1490. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been approved for a homecare package will receive the care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [33143/18] 3159
*1491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from Passage West, County Cork and surrounding areas that are utilising the health centre in Carrigaline. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33146/18]
*1492. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding for an organisation (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33147/18]
*1493. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a ban on the use of vaginal mesh implants; the measures being taken to acquire a scanner here in order to assess the integrity and position of mesh in patients; the supports he plans to give to those with vaginal mesh implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Murphy. [33153/18]
*1494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33154/18]
*1495. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic referral for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33159/18]
*1496. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will communicate with a person (details supplied) regarding retrospective payment of a specialist qualification allowance. — Gerry Adams. [33177/18]
*1497. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding care for older persons; his plans to provide the service of the statutory entitlement to care for those that may qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fergus O’Dowd. [33180/18]
*1498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for the introduction of legislation regarding medicinal cannabis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33182/18]
*1499. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore the 10% budget 2018 cut to the health and well-being division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33185/18]
*1500. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the flu vaccine programme in 2018 in view of the fact that over 1,000 children under 15 years of age were hospitalised with the flu and that a number of children died from the flu; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33186/18]
*1501. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for County Louth. — Gerry Adams. [33191/18]
*1502. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33195/18]
*1503. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33206/18]
*1504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the national rare disease plan’s recommendations that have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33217/18]
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*1505. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to engage with a company (details supplied) regarding the drug Translarna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33218/18]
*1506. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the committee on rare diseases has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33219/18]
*1507. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he plans to meet with an organisation to discuss access to the new MS drug Ocrevus and other medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33220/18]
*1508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns in relation to a matter (details supplied); if he will meet with a person and clarify their plan regarding the downgrading of Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33225/18]
*1509. To ask the Minister for Health the care plan in place for a person (details supplied). — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33226/18]
*1510. 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. — Niamh Smyth. [33232/18]
*1511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary services are not in place in relation to the specialist diabetic clinic at University Hospital Kerry to allow it to operate as a centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33249/18]
*1512. To ask the Minister for Health if access to insulin pump treatment and pumps at school is the same for children in counties Kerry and Cork; the number of children that access insulin pump treatment; the number from counties Kerry and Cork, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33250/18]
*1513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason podiatry services are not being delivered on an ongoing at the diabetic clinic at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); if he is satisfied with the level of service being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33251/18]
*1514. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the filling of a post (details supplied) in the HSE in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33252/18]
*1515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on primary care psychology waiting lists by CHO and length of wait in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33253/18]
*1516. To ask the Minister for Health if sanction has been given by the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for funding applied for though housing disability services for the purchase of housing in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33264/18]
*1517. To ask the Minister for Health the meetings, briefings or lobbying he or his departmental officials have had with representatives either in an official or unofficial capacity of a company (details supplied) since 2013. — Bríd Smith. [33265/18] 3161
*1518. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to suspend the use of surgical mesh in order to consider launching a full inquiry into the issue in view of events in the UK in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [33268/18]
*1519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant radiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford; the respective speciality, for example, mammography, MRI and so on of each; his plans to increase the number employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33269/18]
*1520. To ask the Minister for Health if hip and knee operations deemed to be urgent will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33271/18]
*1521. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and assistance being provided to persons suffering from unique narcolepsy disorder; his views on a no fault compensation redress scheme for the 65 or more families now commencing legal action; if he will engage with the group, the HSE and the State Claims Agency to resolve matters outside court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33274/18]
*1522. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of patients seen by nurses in the community according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form; and the number of nurses allocated. — Sean Sherlock. [33283/18]
*1523. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of patients seen by community intervention teams according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form; and the geographical breakdown of each intervention team. — Sean Sherlock. [33284/18]
*1524. To ask the Minister for Health the reason according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, there has been a reduction in dental treatments provided; and the reason for refusals. — Sean Sherlock. [33285/18]
*1525. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of the number of persons awaiting approval for medical and general practitioner service cards according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form; and the reason for the delay in approval. — Sean Sherlock. [33286/18]
*1526. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of the number of persons awaiting emergency hip fracture surgery beyond 48 hours according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [33287/18]
*1527. To ask the Minister for Health the reason according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, no children’s disability network teams have been established. — Sean Sherlock. [33288/18]
*1528. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of the referrals offered appointments and seen within 12 weeks by child and adolescent mental health teams according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [33289/18]
*1529. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of women not offered hospital admission for treatment within three weeks of diagnosis of breast cancer according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [33291/18]
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*1530. To ask the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of the BreastCheck screening uptake rate according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form; the locations of those that have not availed of the screening; and the reason given. — Sean Sherlock. [33292/18]
*1531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no specific budget for orphan drugs as committed to in the drugs and rare disease plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33304/18]
*1532. To ask the Minister for Health when two children (details supplied) will receive orthotic suits for their congenital scoliosis; and the progress made in separating funding for children and adult disability needs in County Cork. — Sean Sherlock. [33305/18]
*1533. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a consultation to be assessed for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [33308/18]
*1534. To ask the Minister for Health the amount outstanding in payments due from private health insurers to public hospitals; the amount due to each hospital on an aged debt spreadsheet; if there is a system in place in each hospital to ensure the full amount is claimed from health insurance companies and that the hospital is not underbilling; the number of bed nights that are partially paid for or rejected by insurers in public hospitals in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33315/18]
*1535. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment for a person (details supplied) which was granted for treatment undertaken recently under the cross-Border initiative will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33330/18]
*1536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the appointment of an executive director to lead the implementation team for Sláintecare; the targets he has set for this executive director for the remainder of 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33334/18]
*1537. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a pre-tender market sounding conducted by the HSE for the provision of oncofertility treatment; the progress to date on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [33335/18]
*1538. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to issue a tender for the provision of oncofertility treatment here; when it expects to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [33336/18]
*1539. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of funding free fertility preservation treatment for oncology patients in 2016 and 2017 provided at the national oncology cryopreservation centre at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [33337/18]
*1540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of male and female oncology patients that availed of free fertility preservation treatment at the national oncology cryopreservation centre at the Rotunda Hospital in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [33338/18] 3163
*1541. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing ten consultants on the average pay grade on a type A contract. — Louise O’Reilly. [33339/18]
*1542. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing ten consultants on the average pay grade on a type B contract. — Louise O’Reilly. [33340/18]
*1543. To ask the Minister for Health if permission will be granted by the HSE to allow a group (details supplied) to use a room at St. Stephen’s Hospital, Sarsfields Court, Glanmire, County Cork to convene its meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33341/18]
*1544. To ask the Minister for Health the key regulations for qualification for homecare assistants employed by nursing homes and care companies; if there is a minimum requirement for 70% of the homecare assistant staff to be qualified with QQI level 5; if all professional care assistants are required to have this standard of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33345/18]
*1545. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with general practitioner representative bodies regarding the fees to be paid for the provision of abortion services; his plans to introduce a mandatory set fee in the event of an inability to reach agreement with general practitioner representatives on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33350/18]
*1546. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) continues to be on the waiting list for CAMHS and psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [33356/18]
*1547. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an advocacy contact point within the HSE, his Department or the appropriate ombudsman for residents in long-stay facilities such as a nursing home that may wish to raise issues or have someone to represent them outside the long-stay facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33364/18]
*1548. To ask the Minister for Health if there are unfilled authorised posts in a hospital (details supplied); if so, the number of unfilled whole-time equivalent posts in the hospital, including nursing posts, consultants and non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33367/18]
*1549. To ask the Minister for Health if he has announced that some women with cervical cancer will receive free access to the drug Pembrolizumab while the HSE confirm that other women with cervical cancer will not get free access to this drug; if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [33373/18]
*1550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33383/18]
*1551. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new primary care centre in Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33385/18]
*1552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2018 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound procedure at Kerry University Hospital in waiting periods
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(details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33391/18]
*1553. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2018 or the nearest available date for a MRI procedure at Kerry University Hospital in waiting periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33392/18]
*1554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2018 or the nearest available date for an orthopaedic outpatient appointment at Kerry University Hospital in waiting periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33394/18]
*1555. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is currently in a step down facility at Cedar Ward, Mount Carmel Hospital, has a care package in place to enable them to return home; the hours involved in the package per day and week, respectively; and when they will be put it in place. — Seán Crowe. [33396/18]
*1556. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be restored to ensure the continuation of a service (details supplied) which provides immediate access to psychological services for children under its care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33397/18]
*1557. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a mobility allowance payment restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33412/18]
*1558. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33415/18]
*1559. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 1 May 2018, if he will provide a breakdown of the figure for individual service user supports for a person (details supplied). — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33419/18]
*1560. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a person aged 65 years of age and over to avail of orthotics and specialised footwear as a HSE funded patient; the number of pairs of shoes a person can avail of yearly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33426/18]
*1561. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; the number of these persons that are in need of spinal fusion; the arrangement in place to allow persons with the condition to access spinal fusion via the National Treatment Purchase Fund; his plans to ensure adequate HSE provision of clinical supports for EDS partings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33430/18]
*1562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare packages in the CHO 4 area; the number of applications pending in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [33434/18]
*1563. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 26 June 2018, the status of the wait for a person (details supplied). — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33457/18] 3165
*1564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of treatment for a person (details supplied). — Fiona O’Loughlin. [33459/18]
*1565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to ophthalmology services for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33462/18]
*1566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE in counties Laois and Offaly; and the number of persons below 18 years of age awaiting access to treatment for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33463/18]
*1567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical child psychologists currently providing services to children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly. — Carol Nolan. [33464/18]
*1568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties of Laois and Offaly awaiting an assessment of need. — Carol Nolan. [33465/18]
*1569. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists employed in counties Laois and Offaly to provide dentistry services to primary school children; and his plans to improve the service. — Carol Nolan. [33466/18]
*1570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to audiology services for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33467/18]
*1571. To ask the Minister for Health Minister the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to CAMHS services for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33468/18]
*1572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to speech and language therapy services for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33469/18]
*1573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting access to occupational therapy services for periods (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33470/18]
*1574. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the fair deal scheme; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [33471/18]
*1575. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will purchase a building (details supplied) in County Cork in order to ensure a continuation of vital day care and other services in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33472/18]
*1576. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a replacement consultant cardiologist working in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; if not, when the position will be filled; the position regarding patients at the hospital that are waiting to see the cardiologist; the number of persons waiting on the cardiologist list at Navan; the average wait; and the longest wait. — Peadar Tóibín. [33473/18]
*1577. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at WUH for a person (details supplied). — John McGuinness. [33474/18]
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*1578. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). — John McGuinness. [33475/18]
*1579. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE sexual health and crisis pregnancy programme (SHCPP) is adequately funded to ensure that all agencies offering support in crisis pregnancy can continue their well established services; the amount of funding allocated to such agencies by SHCPP in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; if funding will not be cut or withdrawn from the agencies concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [33476/18]
*1580. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to fully implement the Vision for Change strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33489/18]
*1581. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing Kuvan to persons affected by PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33490/18]
*1582. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commit to a multi-annual investment programme of €211 million per year from 2019 to 2023 for community services for persons with intellectual, physical, sensory and neurological disabilities as advocated by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33491/18]
*1583. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant amount of time for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33498/18]
*1584. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of removing the prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33504/18]
*1585. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding levels of the Dublin City Council Fire Brigade Service in order for it to provide more ambulances and to recruit more staff in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33523/18]
*1586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time child psychologists in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33525/18]
*1587. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses that are engaged in child health screening programmes in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33526/18]
*1588. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each public and voluntary hospital that have been removed from outpatient lists each month in 2018 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33533/18]
*1589. To ask the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which MRI scans are provided in each in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33534/18] 3167
*1590. To ask the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which CT scans are provided in each in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33535/18]
*1591. To ask the Minister for Health the days of the week and hours of the day during which ultrasound scans are provided in each in each public and voluntary hospital to public patients in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33536/18]
*1592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to restore pay to staff in section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33540/18]
*1593. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding delays in ambulance response times in the south County Leitrim, west County Cavan and north County Longford areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33548/18]
*1594. To ask the Minister for Health if the need for a dedicated ambulance service depot based out of Ballinamore, County Leitrim will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33549/18]
*1595. 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. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33550/18]
*1596. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding awarded to voluntary groups in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, for the provision of services and supports for parents and children with autism; the organisations that have received funding; the amount of funding received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [33555/18]
*1597. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 3 July 2018, if he has amended the Capital Plan 2016-2021 as per the request received from CHO 1 in March 2018; the specifics of the amendment he has made in terms of St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar and Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the request made by CHO 1 is not solely a matter for the HSE and requires Ministerial approval; if he has approved the request made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33560/18]
*1598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 3 July 2018, the number of long-stay accommodation beds and dementia care beds his revised and amended Capital Plan provides for both St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar and Ramelton Community Hospital as per the amendments to the plan which is now agreed; the specifics of the funding which is earmarked for both community hospitals; the timeframe for the delivery of both projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [33561/18]
*1599. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Nusinersen Spinraza which has been prescribed for a person (details supplied) will be made available to them. — John McGuinness. [33574/18]
*1600. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has refused to deduct union subscriptions at source for ambulance service personnel including paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians that wish to join a union (details supplied) and exercise their right to organise and join the union; if so, the reason for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — David Cullinane. [33575/18]
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*1601. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no reduction in services at a health facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33608/18]
*1602. To ask the Minister for Health if a service will continue to be delivered at a health facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33609/18]
*1603. To ask the Minister for Health when the provision of a new health care facility (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33610/18]
*1604. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be scheduled. — Robert Troy. [33627/18]
*1605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33628/18]
*1606. To ask the Minister for Health the number and the location of ASD facilities in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33632/18]
*1607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with autism spectrum disorder in receipt of work or work-like activity services in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33633/18]
*1608. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with autism spectrum disorder in receipt of respite services in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33634/18]
*1609. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an increase in nursing support, that is, RGN hours to include two further nights on a temporary basis in view of the exceptional circumstances that apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33636/18]
*1610. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out free access to contraception in line with the ancillary recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. — Louise O’Reilly. [33643/18]
*1611. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out free access to emergency contraception in line with the ancillary recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. — Louise O’Reilly. [33644/18]
*1612. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cataract surgery at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33652/18]
*1613. To ask the Minister for Health if an Irish person living and working in Barcelona is entitled to healthcare through their European health card after having an accident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33660/18]
*1614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with an acquired brain injury; the non-acute supports and services available to persons with such an injury; the level of funding 3169 to support these programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33690/18]
*1615. To ask the Minister for Health when the oral health policy will be published; if such a policy was published in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33695/18]
*1616. To ask the Minister for Health the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33712/18]
*1617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and in Cork city and county on the waiting list for an autism assessment; the number waiting for periods (details supplied) for each HSE area in Cork city and county in tabular form; the estimated waiting time for a child joining the waiting list in each HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33782/18]
*1618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in Cork city and county on a waiting list for orthodontic assessment and orthodontic treatment; the length of time they have been waiting; the number of consultants providing such services in the area; the vacancies in the area for same; the steps being taken to reduce the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33786/18]
*1619. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33793/18]
*1620. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding public hospital waiting lists. — Michael McGrath. [33804/18]
*1621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding public hospital waiting lists for surgery. — Michael McGrath. [33805/18]
*1622. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include persons under 18 years of age in accessing personalised budgets. — Kevin O’Keeffe. [33810/18]
*1623. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of rolling out the HPV based test as part of the cervical cancer screening programme. — Louise O’Reilly. [33816/18]
*1624. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing one dentist; and the cost of employing ten dentists. — Louise O’Reilly. [33817/18]
*1625. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing one orthodontist; and the cost of employing ten orthodontists. — Louise O’Reilly. [33818/18]
*1626. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing one dental nurse; and the cost of employing ten dental nurses. — Louise O’Reilly. [33819/18]
*1627. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing one dental secretary; and the cost of employing ten dental secretaries. — Louise O’Reilly. [33820/18]
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*1628. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated funding increase needed to ensure the community dental network can ensure that all children in primary schools have their dental needs met at all stages of their development. — Louise O’Reilly. [33823/18]
*1629. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the medical card prescription charge by one euro. — Louise O’Reilly. [33824/18]
*1630. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of lowering the drugs payment scheme monthly threshold to €110. — Louise O’Reilly. [33825/18]
*1631. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of application for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33827/18]
*1632. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case from the HSE or a care provider to deliver respite to persons with disabilities in a property on the Dublin Road, Dundalk is being considered. — Gerry Adams. [33845/18]
*1633. To ask the Minister for Health the service level agreement between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of respite services at its premises in Ardee, County Louth; the number of bedrooms the premises has; the number of service users that will be accessing respite at this location; the allocation of respite for service users; when the premises will begin providing respite; and if respite will continue at Drumcar in the interim. — Gerry Adams. [33846/18]
*1634. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is working with an approved housing body (details supplied) to construct residential places at a location in Dundalk for disabled persons living in the community with their parents. — Gerry Adams. [33847/18]
*1635. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the care needs of persons that access residential places at a location (details supplied) in County Louth once it is constructed. — Gerry Adams. [33848/18]
*1636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a day centre (details supplied) is being closed; if inspections have taken place; the consultations with users that have taken place; the plan in place for service users to access the same supports elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [33851/18]
*1637. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no appeals regarding decisions made in relation to granting primary medical certificates for a person (details supplied) will be heard until a date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [33869/18]
*1638. To ask the Minister for Health when the commencement of Part 8 in respect of legislation (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33872/18]
*1639. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for an organisation (details supplied); the number of persons that are supported by the funding; his plans to reduce the number of staff providing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33873/18] 3171
*1640. To ask the Minister for Health when the new health (transports support) Bill will be finalised and fully implemented to facilitate the new transport support scheme for persons that require assistance that received it previously under the former motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33874/18]
*1641. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to tackling problem drinking and alcohol addiction in 2017; and the estimated amount to be provided in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [33880/18]
*1642. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to tackling drug addiction in 2017; and the estimated amount to be provided in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [33881/18]
*1643. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to tackle gambling and gambling addiction in 2017; and the estimated amount to be provided in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [33882/18]
*1644. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to tackling smoking in 2017; and the estimated amount to be provided in 2018. — Louise O’Reilly. [33883/18]
*1645. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the threshold of the drug payment scheme by every euro from €134 to €110. — Louise O’Reilly. [33884/18]
*1646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 12 June 2018, when the information will be supplied in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33890/18]
*1647. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with an increase in home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33891/18]
*1648. To ask the Minister for Health if the collection of union subscriptions via payroll will be extended to members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Ruth Coppinger. [33897/18]
*1649. To ask the Minister for Health the level of qualification of hospital managers; the educational attainment of each hospital manager, per hospital group, in an anonymised form; the subject area of study in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33903/18]
*1650. To ask the Minister for Health the level of qualification and educational attainment including subject area, per grade for each hospital grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [33904/18]
*1651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 21 June 2018, if there have been further developments in relation to the availability through the HSE of the drug Pembrolizumab in view of its potential benefits to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33964/18]
*1652. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided to assist a person (details supplied). — Brian Stanley. [33965/18]
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*1653. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reintroduction or replacement of the mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33970/18]
*1654. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns that the ambulance staff that are members of an organisation (details supplied) have balloted for strike action have been addressed; the contingency measures that will be put in place if the ballot proceeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33971/18]
*1655. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions that have taken place with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to setting up a centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the cost involved; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33973/18]
*1656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a home care support package by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33974/18]
*1657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by the fair deal scheme and residing in a nursing home by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33975/18]
*1658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAHMS hours of service available by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33976/18]
*1659. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on the waiting list for CAMHS services in counties Cavan and Monaghan at the end of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33977/18]
*1660. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times for funding for orthodontics to be approved by the HSE for persons with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the waiting period for this type of funding in the counties in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33978/18]
*1661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a primary care psychology appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan more than 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and more than 36 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33979/18]
*1662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day places available for training young persons with disabilities by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33980/18]
*1663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home help hours in each county, by new applicants and those waiting for additional hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33981/18]
*1664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of short term beds in each area in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the funding available to each area for service arrangements and grant aid agreements for older persons in CHO 1 in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33982/18] 3173
*1665. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is designating home help hours to its external agency carers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33983/18]
*1666. To ask the Minister for Health the home help hours allocated for counties Cavan and Monaghan from 2010 to 2018; the number of applications received in this period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33984/18]
*1667. To ask the Minister for Health if extra fulltime carer positions for the provision of home help hours in counties Cavan and Monaghan will be funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33985/18]
*1668. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns in relation to ambulance response times in north County Meath particularly in the Drumconrath area will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33987/18]
*1669. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the publication of the HSE performance reports; when the reports will be made publically accessible; the platform on which they will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [33988/18]
*1670. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34001/18]
*1671. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an assistive technology passport; and the estimated cost of introducing same. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34041/18]
*1672. To ask the Minister for Health when additional facilities and services will be provided at a hospital (details supplied) which provides a particular treatment for patients from a large part of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34046/18]
*1673. To ask the Minister for Health when additional services will be provided for counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34047/18]
*1674. To ask the Minister for Health the number of MRI scanners in University Hospital Limerick; the number of scans carried out during the week from Monday to Friday; the number of scans carried out at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Harty. [34065/18]
*1675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 MRI scanners were out of operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Harty. [34066/18]
*1676. To ask the Minister for Health when carers are expected to receive a free general practitioners visit card following the passing of legislation recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34069/18]
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*1677. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of restoring distance coding and increasing the rural practice allowance to amounts (details supplied) in tabular form. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34070/18]
*1678. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. — Barry Cowen. [34079/18]
*1679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to ambulance response times. — Niamh Smyth. [34080/18]
*1680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the budget allocation for respite care for intellectual disabilities at a service (details supplied); if not, the other services on offer for the parents and carers that use this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34081/18]
*1681. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the general practitioner shortage across the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34085/18]
*1682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners across the country by area by population and demographics; his views on whether these numbers are enough to provide a service for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34086/18]
*1683. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to abolish the in loco parentis clause from HSE policy with regard to a child with complex needs that requires a competent adult to be in the home when a carer is present which makes parents of severely disabled children virtual prisoners in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34092/18]
*1684. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transport support scheme in view of the fact that it was on the list of priority legislation for publication in the spring/summer session 2018; when this legislation will be introduced; and the expected cost of introducing this scheme. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34095/18]
*1685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have received treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the category or speciality of procedures provided; the number provided in Northern Ireland; and the number provided in Britain. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34100/18]
*1686. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the allocation of €55 million in 2018 to fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund to address waiting lists for those waiting longest; the amount of this funding now spent; the number of patients that have been treated under the auspices of the fund to date in 2018; and the number that have now been treated since the fund’s restoration in 2016. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34101/18]
*1687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 cases that were screened at each of the labs used by CervicalCheck. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34102/18]
*1688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of smear tests that were carried out by all labs used by CervicalCheck since the screening programme first began in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34103/18] 3175
*1689. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place at Mullingar Midlands Hospital to fill the vacancy created in March 2018 by the departure of a consultant dermatologist (details supplied); if there are plans to outsource the doctor’s patient list for treatment under the to the National Treatment Purchase Fund. — Carol Nolan. [34173/18]
*1690. To ask the Minister for Health if the referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list for urgent treatment for more than three years will be authorised. — Carol Nolan. [34174/18]
*1691. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of restoring pay in section 39 health organisations based on the analysis undertaken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34179/18]
*1692. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of staffing levels at a facility (details supplied) in view of the increasingly high dependency of persons living at the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34195/18]
*1693. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish reform of the Mental Health Act 2001; if it will provide both for mental health patients right to control over their own treatment and the regulation of community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [34196/18]
*1694. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34199/18]
*1695. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of the new transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance and transport grant schemes; the timeframe for the provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34205/18]
*1696. To ask the Minister for Health his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34216/18]
*1697. To ask the Minister for Health his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34233/18]
*1698. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34250/18]
*1699. To ask the Minister for Health his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34267/18]
*1700. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34284/18]
*1701. To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34301/18]
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*1702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34318/18]
*1703. To ask the Minister for Health the legal status of children arising from embryos stored in facilities abroad which were created in a clinic in advance of the commencement of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if the parents of the embryos will be able to apply for parentage of these children. — Anne Rabbitte. [34325/18]
*1704. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add persons that have been diagnosed with renal failure to the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34329/18]
*1705. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a primary care psychology appointment in counties Cavan and Monaghan for 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34336/18]
*1706. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide primary care psychology appointments to children in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34337/18]
*1707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE outreach workers or outreach workers funded by the HSE in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and the areas that are covered by these persons. — Niamh Smyth. [34338/18]
*1708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential care places in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care in the counties; the estimated waiting time and cost per place for residential care in the counties; the way in which these figures compare to other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34339/18]
*1709. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to create new places for residential care in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34340/18]
*1710. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34341/18]
*1711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 23 May 2018, if correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to same will be examined; the timeframe for the drug to be made available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34349/18]
*1712. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34350/18]
*1713. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34362/18] 3177
*1714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to facilitate payroll deductions for members of a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34369/18]
*1715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [34374/18]
*1716. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Sláinte cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ar athnuachan cárta leighis do dhuine i mo Dháilcheantar (sonraí tugtha); cad é údar na moille ag próiseáil an iarratais; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34376/18]
*1717. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to meet an organisation (details supplied) to discuss access to the new drug Ocevus and other medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34461/18]
*1718. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a back operation in view of the urgency of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34462/18]
*1719. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he and the Health Service Executive have taken regarding the issue of children affected by foetal anticonvulsant syndrome in circumstances in which children were exposed to sodium valproate medicines in the womb further to a meeting with members of group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bobby Aylward. [34474/18]
*1720. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 28 September 2017, the progress that has been made to acquire a site to house the community mental health team in west County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34481/18]
*1721. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 28 September 2017, when and the location to which the two teams covering Galway city and the Connemara region from the unsuitable adult acute mental health unit will be relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34482/18]
*1722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 28 September 2017, the status of the review of the accommodation of community mental health teams in Galway; when it commenced; when it will be completed; the person or body undertaking the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34483/18]
*1723. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 28 September 2017, the position in relation to the building to replace the building that burned down in Merlin Park Hospital and which housed the essential alcohol addiction counselling services; the value of the insurance moneys ring fenced by the HSE for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34484/18]
*1724. To ask the Minister for Health the number and positions of all agency staff employed in the new 50 bed adult acute mental heath unit in Galway University Hospital; the agencies used; the cost to the HSE West of agency staff; the number and positions of all non-agency staff employed at the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34485/18]
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*1725. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34526/18]
*1726. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate medical care will be provided to a person (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [34539/18]
*1727. To ask the Minister for Health the person responsible for signing an agreement for a primary care centre in Mullingar which in opening has a chronic shortage of car spaces and is now seeking additional land to provide the spaces. — Robert Troy. [34545/18]
*1728. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on achieving additional spaces at the primary care centre in Mullingar. — Robert Troy. [34546/18]
*1729. To ask the Minister for Health the mortality rate for each emergency department in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34573/18]
*1730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided in the first half of 2018; and the way in which this compares with the first half of 2017 by CHO and LHO in tabular form. — Louise O’Reilly. [34574/18]
*1731. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34578/18]
*1732. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of services available in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34579/18]
*1733. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is adequate provision in the Sláintecare report in relation to the potential for cross-Border cooperation and the delivery of health services on an all-island basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34580/18]
*1734. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have an operation to have cataracts removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Ferris. [34584/18]
*1735. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons are selected for review of their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34614/18]
*1736. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of projects (details supplied); if other similar projects are in the planning stages in counties Cavan, Monaghan or Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34622/18]
*1737. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works planned for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34623/18]
*1738. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2018 outpatient action plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [34624/18] 3179
*1739. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce national standards and a register for home care workers. — Robert Troy. [34625/18]
*1740. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34631/18]
*1741. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is equality nationwide in terms of access to anomaly scans for pregnant women; the steps he has taken to ensure equality in the provision of anomaly scans for pregnant women that do not reside in close proximity to the country’s dedicated maternity hospitals in Dublin and Cork; his plans to remove discrimination based on location in terms of access to anomaly scans for pregnant women by extending the service to other maternity units around the country including a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bobby Aylward. [34632/18]
*1742. To ask the Minister for Health if the €80 charge imposed by certain hospital groups on persons with haemochromatosis requiring venesection will be removed as recommended by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bobby Aylward. [34633/18]
*1743. To ask the Minister for Health the level of services provided at a health facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34634/18]
*1744. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in hospital services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34655/18]
*1745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34666/18]
*1746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34684/18]
*1747. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34693/18]
*1748. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the pre-budget submission of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the need to improve services for persons living with neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34695/18]
*1749. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated unit will be established in Cavan General Hospital with the required medical, nursing and support personnel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34696/18]
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*1750. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of staff whole-time equivalent employed by the National Treatment Purchase Fund at the end of 2016, 2017 and to date in in 2018. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34698/18]
*1751. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the ambulance response times in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the latest response times available to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34700/18]
*1752. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time cardiologists working between hospitals (details supplied); the number of days per week in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34701/18]
*1753. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34712/18]
*1754. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to invest in Ramelton Community Hospital, St. Joseph’s Community Hospital and Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal to ensure that long term beds are maintained and expanded into the future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34722/18]
*1755. To ask the Minister for Health if an industrial dispute is impacting on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34723/18]
*1756. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for increased service provision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34724/18]
*1757. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of community based accommodation to residents of a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; if recruitment has commenced for a new manager of the centre; if the centre will be painted in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34729/18]
*1758. To ask the Minister for Health if Carndonagh Community Hospital will be painted; when it was last painted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34730/18]
*1759. To ask the Minister for Health when a new day centre facility will be made available to service users of the day service centre at the James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Carndonagh, County Donegal; if a contract has been agreed for the provision of a new centre; when service users will move to the new centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34731/18]
*1760. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home help services in County Donegal that have not yet received a service; the number of months each approved applicant has been waiting by month in tabular form; his plans to recruit additional home help staff; the number of staff employed by the service for each of the past five years; the number of hours provided by the service in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34732/18]
*1761. To ask the Minister for Health the level of service provision at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34733/18] 3181
*1762. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to reopening the short stay ward in Letterkenny University Hospital in autumn 2018 with 19 additional beds; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34736/18]
*1763. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a consultant led urology service at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34737/18]
*1764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited by the HSE in County Donegal using the discretionary permission provided to recruit through local process rather than through the national recruitment service; the number of nurses from the recruitment drive allocated to each service or hospital in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34738/18]
*1765. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the spouses and families of participants of rural social schemes are not entitled to a medical card; his plans to introduce this measure in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [34744/18]
*1766. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 28 June 2018, if the information sought will be provided as a matter of urgency in view if the fact that no reply has been received from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [34745/18]
*1767. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 June 2018, if the information sought will be provided as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that no reply has been received from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [34746/18]
*1768. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parlianentary Question No. 19 of 28 June 2018, if he will communicate directly with the Ombudsman with regard to all communications between Laois and Offaly CAMHS management and the Ombudsman in relation to referral pathways in view of the fact that no reply has been received from the HSE; if the draft report in this regard published in 2010 was finalised; the final outcome of the discussions in relation to agreed referral pathways in Laois and Offaly CAMHS in view of the understaffing of the service at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34747/18]
*1769. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staffing levels in Laois and Offaly CAMHS in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by profession and grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34748/18]
*1770. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 28 June 2018, if the information sought will be provided as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that no reply has been received from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34749/18]
*1771. To ask the Minister for Health the areas that public health and district nurses in counties Cavan and Monaghan cover; if positions are vacant at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34751/18]
*1772. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full time cardiologists at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34752/18]
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*1773. To ask the Minister for Health the crisis liaison services operating at accident and emergency departments nationally; the staff numbers employed; the position and title of each; the hospital from which they operate; the yearly costs for same; and the rationale for the service. — Pat Buckley. [34754/18]
*1774. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of recommendations of the complaint officers report in relation to a matter (details supplied). — Pat Buckley. [34755/18]
*1775. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress toward providing phase 2 of the national forensic mental health service capital project namely new regional intensive care rehabilitation units to be built in the HSE west and HSE south areas which will complement the new hospital under construction in Portrane, County Dublin; the stage of progress on the various elements of phase 2 namely site identification, pre-planning consultations and funding provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34830/18]
*1776. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 July 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has not drawn down budgeted funding for homecare services at the mid-year point resulting in waiting lists of over 6,000 older persons; if this practice will be ceased in view of the impact on this vulnerable group; the steps he will take to ensure that attempts to control the overall health budget are not at the expense of older persons that need supports to live at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34834/18]
*1777. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that all public hospitals operate a single waiting list on grounds of equity and in line with the consultants’ contract; the position in each of the large public teaching hospitals in respect of diagnostics, outpatient appointments and day and inpatient procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34835/18]
*1778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been removed from the lists by specialty and hospital in respect of the HSE programme to validate hospital waiting lists; the number of persons that have been restored to a waiting list following intervention by a general practitioner or other person in tabular form; his views on the time limits allowed to persons to respond to this validation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34836/18]
*1779. To ask the Minister for Health if a coordinator has been hired for Bray drugs task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [34837/18]
*1780. To ask the Minister for Health if the Minister of State for Mental Health plans to visit the HSE community mental health premises at Ladywell, Dundalk; if his attention has been drawn to previous commitments made by the former Minister of State for Mental Health to visit the facility; if his attention has been further drawn to the unsuitability of the premises at the facility; if there is a business case being considered for the upgrade of these premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [34840/18]
*1781. To ask the Minister for Health when the audiologist at the centre of the review of paediatric audiology services in more than 900 cases in counties Mayo and Roscommon from 2011 to 2015 was relieved of their duties; the process that took place; the sanctions that occurred in relation to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [34847/18] 3183
*1782. To ask the Minister for Health if the audiologist at the centre of the review of paediatric audiology services in more than 900 cases in counties Mayo and Roscommon from 2011 to 2015 is employed as an audiologist in a different jurisdiction on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [34848/18]
*1783. To ask the Minister for Health the costs for each year of the implementation of reducing harm, supporting recovery strategy addressing the harm caused by substance misuse in society over the next eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34849/18]
*1784. To ask the Minister for Health the funding received by each of the drugs and alcohol task forces in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34852/18]
*1785. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a 5%, 10%, 20% and 30% increase in funding for each of the DATFs would amount to based on current funding in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34853/18]
*1786. To ask the Minister for Health the location of each adult medical detoxification unit and community based residential detoxification beds; and the location of same for adolescents. — Dessie Ellis. [34854/18]
*1787. To ask the Minister for Health the location of each adult residential rehabilitation bed; the number of each; the number provided for adolescents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34855/18]
*1788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number which are filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number which are vacant as of 19 July 2018 or the latest date available; and the number which are filled on a locum or non-specialist basis in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34880/18]
*1789. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff in each public and voluntary hospital to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34881/18]
*1790. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff for each community healthcare organisation to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34882/18]
*1791. To ask the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staff to date in 2018; and the proportion of the projected spend for agency staff originally estimated for 2018 that has now been spent. — Stephen S. Donnelly. [34883/18]
*1792. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times and difficulties being experienced by families accessing speech and language supports from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the length of time and number of children that are waiting on speech and language supports; and his plans to alleviate the pressure on these families and their children. — Seán Crowe. [34884/18]
*1793. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 29 May 2018, if the process for wider consultation has commenced in relation to the draft action plan for the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the progress to date in relation to the matter; the status of the draft plan prepared by regional management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [34890/18]
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*1794. To ask the Minister for Health if the maximum redundancy package will be offered to the staff at St. Patrick’s Care Centre, Kells Road, Kilkenny; if his Department or the HSE are involved in the negotiations with the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [34891/18]
*1795. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of residential places for persons (details supplied) with disabilities in Dundalk whose parents are elderly; when such provision will be available; the number of places that will be provided; if his Department is working with Louth County Council, housing bodies and external agencies in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [34893/18]
*1796. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary percutaneous coronary interventions carried out at University Hospital Waterford for the first six months of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [34899/18]
*1797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency percutaneous coronary interventions carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2016 and 2017 for the first six months of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [34900/18]
*1798. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a secure medical card for persons with disabilities. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34905/18]
*1799. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of developing twelve neuro-rehabilitation teams and three transitional units. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34909/18]
*1800. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on his discussions with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and local authorities in relation to plans to provide State funded retirement villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34919/18]
*1801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children of 12 to 16 years of age the have had their eye care provided by the HSE reduced and or stopped; the reason for their treatment being reduced or stopped; the number of children in this cohort that had previously received vouchers for the purchase of new glasses that will no longer receive such vouchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Dessie Ellis. [34922/18]
*1802. To ask the Minister for Health if a MRI appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [34997/18]
*1803. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of reversing all the cuts to dental care introduced since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35005/18]
*1804. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of introducing home care as a demand led service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35006/18]
*1805. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of abolishing inpatient and emergency department charges for public patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35007/18] 3185
*1806. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of providing universal free general practitioner care for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35021/18]
*1807. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the mental health budget to the levels in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35022/18]
*1808. To ask the Minister for Health the amount it will cost to maintain the current levels of service provision across the health service in 2019 in view of demographic changes and inflation. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35046/18]
*1809. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of implementing all the measures recommended in the Sláintecare report. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35047/18]
*1810. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost it to reduce prescription charges by €0.50. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35048/18]
*1811. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of reducing the DPS threshold to €50, €100 and €132, respectively. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35049/18]
*1812. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of adding 1,000 acute beds to the hospital network. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35050/18]
*1813. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of hiring 4,000 new nurses on the pre- 2011 rate of pay. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35051/18]
*1814. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of hiring 500 consultants. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35052/18]
*1815. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shovel ready site on the footprint of Tallaght Hospital ready to deliver extra hospital beds in view of the ongoing difficulties being experienced by patients in emergency department units across the State; and his plans to fast-track funding for this project. — Seán Crowe. [35072/18]
*1816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies (details supplied) unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in counties Cavan and Monaghan hospitals; and the details of each. — Niamh Smyth. [35080/18]
*1817. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE commitment to deliver a new primary care centre in Dundalk that will accommodate the needs of local community mental health services; the action that has been undertaken to advance this delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [35082/18]
*1818. To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS services available to families in Dundalk; the number of young persons awaiting CAMHS services in the Dundalk area; and the length of time they have been waiting to access the services. — Gerry Adams. [35083/18]
*1819. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken to identify and develop community mental health services in Dundalk. — Gerry Adams. [35084/18]
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*1820. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of funding to an organisation (details supplied) in view of a cut in its financial allocation it has had to cut back on beds and respite services for children with profound needs. — Seán Crowe. [35105/18]
*1821. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home help hours in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [35111/18]
*1822. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Act 2018 addresses the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied). — Fiona O’Loughlin. [35114/18]
*1823. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the National Office of Suicide Prevention over the past five years to date in 2018. — Pat Buckley. [35115/18]
*1824. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate waiting time for a cataract operation in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2. — Seán Crowe. [35116/18]
*1825. To ask the Minister for Health the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35144/18]
*1826. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has all necessary information and permissions to ensure the immediate opening of a tendering process for the planned modular catheterisation lab at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe that such a procurement process will take; when the new lab will begin functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Ryan. [35185/18]
*1827. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the €55 million in new funding for mental health in 2018; the additional or new services being provided in 2018; and the funding provided to each; and if he will provide a CHO breakdown of the funding; and the additional posts being provided in each in tabular form. — James Browne. [35209/18]
*1828. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new whole-time equivalent positions the allocation of the €55 million in new funding for mental health in 2018 will ultimately provide; the number of such positions now in place; the number of positions in each category (details supplied) in tabular form. — James Browne. [35210/18]
*1829. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff for mental health services in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the original estimate for expenditure for mental health agency staff in each year. — James Browne. [35211/18]
*1830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have received mental health services under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past five years. — James Browne. [35212/18]
*1831. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [35213/18] 3187
*1832. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2016 €35 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [35214/18]
*1833. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2017 €15 million funding for mental health; the number of posts this allocation supports; the number that have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [35215/18]
*1834. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; the projected costs of re-introducing a mobility allowance and motorised transport scheme to new applicants in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35247/18]
*1835. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the national public genome projects in European countries such as Finland, Denmark, Estonia and England; the work undertaken to assess the impact of an Irish public genome project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35248/18]
*1836. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 16 EU ministers for health signed a declaration in Brussels in April 2018 to pursue a public project to sequence a million European genomes; the reason Ireland did not participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35249/18]
*1837. To ask the Minister for Health the programmes and initiatives or hiring of staff the additional €123 million allocated to his Department in 2019 to meet demographic costs will be allocated towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35250/18]
*1838. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €493 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €667 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35251/18]
*1839. To ask the Minister for Health the full-time equivalent number of staff positions in the health services whose role is to process payments in relation to private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35252/18]
*1840. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered in a full year from private health insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35253/18]
*1841. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered in a full year from private health insurers as a percentage of the money owed by private insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35254/18]
*1842. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised independently by charitable organisations as a financial contribution to public services co-funded by his Department and or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35255/18]
*1843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of detoxification beds for persons recovering from addiction by county; the number of rehabilitation beds for persons recovering from addiction by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35256/18]
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*1844. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free general practitioner care to all children aged 18 years of age and under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35257/18]
*1845. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on agency staff in the CUH, the Mercy University Hospital, the CUMH, St. Finbarr’s and the SIVUH in the past 12 months. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35284/18]
*1846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the homecare package waiting list in south Lee; the length of time each is on the waiting list; the way in which this compares to this time in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35285/18]
*1847. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the home help hours waiting list in south Lee; the length of time each is on the waiting list; the way in which this compares to this time in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35286/18]
*1848. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south Lee; the length of time each person is on the waiting list; the way in which this compares to this time in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35287/18]
*1849. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received submissions regarding capital funding for St. Michael’s Acute Mental Health Ward in the Mercy University Hospital; and his plans to provide capital investment in that area. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35288/18]
*1850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the inpatient and outpatient list for gynaecological procedures in CUMH; the capital investment plans he has for CUMH; the way in which he plans to ensure that the waiting lists are reduced; and his plans to ensure that theatre 1 and 2 can be opened up five days a week, that a gynaecology day unit be opened and a one stop shop be developed. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35289/18]
*1851. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a psychiatrist designated in a full-time capacity specifically for the Togher and Ballyphehane areas of Cork city. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35290/18]
*1852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists and psychologists employed by the HSE by role and location in the south Lee area; and the way in which this compares to each year since 2010. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35291/18]
*1853. To ask the Minister for Health the funding supplied for mental health care services at primary, secondary and third-level educational institutions across the State; and the way in which this funding is used by institution, staff and initiatives. — Pat Buckley. [35296/18]
*1854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds operating in the adult mental health services and CAMHS, respectively by facility. — Pat Buckley. [35297/18]
*1855. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated maximum capacity for CAMHS bed numbers in the State in view of staffing numbers and available facilities. — Pat Buckley. [35298/18] 3189
*1856. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of new units and staff needed to meet the recommendations of A Vision for Change in terms of CAMHS beds in the State adjusted for population growth. — Pat Buckley. [35299/18]
*1857. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of establishing the most recent CAMHS inpatient unit; the number of beds provided by this unit and in operation; the staff required to operate these beds; and the annual cost of this by category of costs. — Pat Buckley. [35300/18]
*1858. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Central Mental Hospital Dundrum site; and the estimated cost of refurbishment in order for it to be fit for use. — Pat Buckley. [35301/18]
*1859. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of additional mental health inpatient beds for both adults and CAMHS in the coming years; the funding set aside for this; the progress which has already been made; the targets and deadlines in place; the number of beds expected; the staff required for operation; and the estimated annual cost of operation after establishment. — Pat Buckley. [35302/18]
*1860. To ask the Minister for Health the status of support for mental health early intervention initiatives; his plans for enhancing and adding to existing services; and the funding required for this. — Pat Buckley. [35303/18]
*1861. To ask the Minister for Health the annual costs of operating counselling at primary care in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. — Pat Buckley. [35304/18]
*1862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons accessing counselling at primary care services in each of the past three years and to date in 2018 by location, age and gender. — Pat Buckley. [35305/18]
*1863. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an initial appointment for primary care counselling for adults, children and adolescents respectively by CHO and primary care service. — Pat Buckley. [35306/18]
*1864. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of sessions availed of by each person accessing counselling at primary care in the past three years and to date in 2018 by CHO and primary care service. — Pat Buckley. [35307/18]
*1865. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts to improve access to primary care counselling including the training, recruitment and retention of new psychologists to the service; and the estimated additional costs for staffing in each of the next five years respectively. — Pat Buckley. [35308/18]
*1866. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for initiatives to encourage the study of psychology and for students of psychology to advance to clinical studies and work within the health service here; and the specific supports, grants or incentives for same. — Pat Buckley. [35309/18]
*1867. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of SCAN nurses in place nationally; the target number for these positions; and the number of these positions filled to date by service. — Pat Buckley. [35310/18]
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*1868. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost for providing free counselling at primary care for all persons in receipt of a free general practitioner visit card. — Pat Buckley. [35311/18]
*1869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the free general practitioner visit card. — Pat Buckley. [35312/18]
*1870. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of providing free primary care counselling to those on medical cards for the past three years and to date in 2018. — Pat Buckley. [35313/18]
*1871. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of medical cards in the past three years and to date in 2018. — Pat Buckley. [35314/18]
*1872. To ask the Minister for Health the status of initiatives to provide employment and housing supports for persons with enduring mental health conditions; his plans for new initiatives; the current and estimated future costs including staff required; his views on the importance of the matter in view of the link between employment and housing issues and the danger of readmission and relapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat Buckley. [35315/18]
*1873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendees in emergency departments suffering from steroid use, steroid addiction or other ailments relating to the use of illegal drugs for enhancing sporting performance in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35318/18]
*1874. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to the recently announced positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack-Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35319/18]
*1875. To ask the Minister for Health the developmental process of the recently announced positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack-Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35320/18]
*1876. To ask the Minister for Health the international model of best practice which underpins the recently announced and positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack- Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35321/18]
*1877. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated in 2017 and 2018 for the implementation of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery-a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35322/18]
*1878. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made for each of the strategic actions contained within Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery-a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35323/18]
*1879. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in cases in which a suicidal person presents to an accident and emergency unit; the waiting times by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35324/18] 3191
*1880. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for those with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction issues; the waiting times for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35325/18]
*1881. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to independent charities that work in harm reduction in drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [35326/18]
*1882. To ask the Minister for Health the process available to employees of the HSE that wish to make a protected disclosure; the timelines that should be met by the officer in charge of protected disclosures within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35366/18]
*1883. To ask the Minister for Health if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35372/18]
*1884. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35384/18]
*1885. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35399/18]
*1886. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided by his Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35410/18]
Chun an Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara: To the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
*1887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on investigating measures to increase the carbon efficiency of agriculture in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [33166/18]
*1888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that has been committed to the clean-up of Haulbowline Island, County Cork; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33784/18]
*1889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ways in which he will ensure that the next CAP rural development programme will have a much more ambitious agri- environment scheme that delivers worthwhile benefit, such as the case with REPS, to farmers that go the extra mile for the environment and climate change. — Eamon Ryan. [35199/18]
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*1890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the lands division of his Department to finalise a commonage division (details supplied). — Alan Kelly. [32408/18]
*1891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints against farm inspectors in relation to farm inspections nationally in each of the years 2013 to 2017, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32496/18]
*1892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which a complaint from a farmer in relation to an inspection is handled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32497/18]
*1893. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sanctions or penalties applied when a complaint by a farmer in relation to an inspector is upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32498/18]
*1894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints received by from farmers regarding inspections since 2013; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32499/18]
*1895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed by his Department in human resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32500/18]
*1896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32518/18]
*1897. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if veterinary inspectors will visit mink farms to ensure that all measures are being met to alleviate suffering for the animals in view of the recent hot weather (details supplied). — Bríd Smith. [32592/18]
*1898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact the heatwave is having upon mink held in mink farms here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [32596/18]
*1899. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32633/18]
*1900. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when funding will issue to farmers in the west and north west under the Fodder Transport Support Measure 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [32721/18]
*1901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State is liable for all costs for the legal challenges and the cases against his Department in relation to SI No. 3 of 2014; his plans to release the costs incurred as a result of these cases to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32833/18] 3193
*1902. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of increasing the sheep welfare scheme by €5 per ewe as an incentive to farmers to use electronic tagging of sheep. — Martin Kenny. [32922/18]
*1903. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calves born in the suckler herd register on 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2018. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [32937/18]
*1904. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an outbreak of botulism on a farm in County Kildare in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32939/18]
*1905. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an investigation to establish the facts surrounding an outbreak of botulism on a farm in County Kildare in February 2018; if the investigation has concluded; if so, if the findings of the investigation will be made available to the parties concerned, the land owner and the herd owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32940/18]
*1906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his legal advisors are delaying the implementing of a statutory instrument to bring into force the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Points System) Regulations (EC) No 1224/2009; the further reason his Department is not better prepared to implement such a system especially in the context of the letter of 17 May 2018 from the EU Commission; the background context and reason these eventualities were not better considered and prepared for in the context of two court cases specifically dealing with the previously drafted SIs on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32941/18]
*1907. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of tackling gorse fires over each of the past three years; the number of landowners that have been prosecuted during that time; the number of landowners that have had their single farm payments suspended as a result of breaching controlled burning guidelines in each county; the number of times a helicopter has been called in to help deal with such fires over the past three years and to date in 2018; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32951/18]
*1908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials in his Department were in a position to issue a decision to an application submitted by a company (details supplied) that has applied for TAMS grant approval of its products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Lowry. [32969/18]
*1909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33196/18]
*1910. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 741 of 10 July 2018, the details of the owners and transporters that exported each of the greyhounds to China in 2014 and 2016, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33197/18]
*1911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of quota allocated annually to fishermen across each of the various groups, including ring-fenced operators and inshore vessels under 12 metres in the Northwest Herring (Scientific) Fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33229/18]
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*1912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure in place for the purpose of effectively managing unused quota in relation to the Northwest Herring (Scientific) Fishery; if unused quota is reallocated to eligible fishermen; if so, the amount reallocated to ring- fenced vessels; the amount reallocated to inshore vessels under 12 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33230/18]
*1913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria employed for the purpose of determining a fisherman’s eligibility to receive quota under the Northwest Herring (Scientific) Fishery scheme; if he will provide this information in relation to each of the various groupings, including ring-fenced operators and inshore vessels under 12 metres; if fishermen whose income is primarily generated through fishing and related activities are prioritised when allocated quota in respect of inshore vessels under 12 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pearse Doherty. [33231/18]
*1914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was in a position to expedite the first round of payments of the 2018 basic payment scheme to allow farmers mitigate and prepare in advance of a potential fodder shortage in winter 2018 (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers are already using their first cut of tillage to feed animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Sherlock. [33275/18]
*1915. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated impacts the proposed incinerator in Ringaskiddy will have on the Haulbowline remediation completion project. — Sean Sherlock. [33298/18]
*1916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with officials from Cork County Council in the past five months on the Haulbowline east tip remediation project. — Sean Sherlock. [33299/18]
*1917. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if allowing an exemption under the terms of the GLAS scheme to allow farmers to harvest fallow from 1 September 2018 will be considered in an effort to increase fodder stocks around the country ahead of the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bobby Aylward. [33319/18]
*1918. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist fishermen that lost pots and other fishing gear critical to their work following Storm Emma either with national funding or using the emergency EU funds that exist for such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Wallace. [33355/18]
*1919. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that have tested positive for clenbuterol in counties Cavan and Monaghan from 2016 to date; the way in which they came to the attention of inspectors; the details of the latest detection; the measures being taken to reassure farmers and consumers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33388/18]
*1920. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of dredging Howth Harbour, County Dublin in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33509/18]
*1921. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to increase the number of inspections of transport vehicles of exporters of live animals to at least 2,000 inspections per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33510/18] 3195
*1922. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints submitted following farm inspections since January 2015 in circumstances in which such a complaint related either to the process of inspection related to procedures or methods of inspection or related to an inspector; and the number which related to an aspect of a farm inspection by county and nature of complaint. — Carol Nolan. [33531/18]
*1923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33589/18]
*1924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the number of departmental personnel at Rosslare Harbour in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33612/18]
*1925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to respond to the threats facing agriculture in County Wexford regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33615/18]
*1926. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the post-Brexit contingency plans in place for future agrifood trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33616/18]
*1927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is proposing to limit the impact of Brexit on farmers in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33619/18]
*1928. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the beef genomics scheme will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33656/18]
*1929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a situation in which a person (details supplied) will now be subject to forestry plantation on four sides of their home without consultation will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33659/18]
*1930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to consolidating office accommodation to reduce the number of buildings being used by his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33674/18]
*1931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of buildings and the annual rent for each building occupied in whole or in part by his Department at a location (details supplied); the rental cost in 2017; the estimated cost in 2018; the number of persons based in each of these offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33675/18]
*1932. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 315 of 6 April 2016 and 223 of 14 April 2016, the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33676/18]
*1933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33702/18]
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*1934. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33991/18]
*1935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding avenues for farmers to enhance safety measures on their farms; his plans for farmers to claim back VAT on equipment they purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34015/18]
*1936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is dedicated funding that does not involve taking out finance available to dairy farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are struggling to pay their bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34020/18]
*1937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences granted and refused respectively for forestry development in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [34023/18]
*1938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application has been made to the EU Weather Crisis Fund since the bad winter and also for the present summer drought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34024/18]
*1939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding available to farmers under the low cost loan/credit scheme; the number of applications that have been received to date; the body to which farmers apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34025/18]
*1940. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the stakeholders forum has met in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34026/18]
*1941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the labour supply shortages farmers are experiencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34027/18]
*1942. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his consultations with the co-ops regarding credit terms and interest free credit in view the recent weather and the demand for feed supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34029/18]
*1943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his discussions with the banks to seek a facility for farmers to pay interest only on bank debt due to cash flow issues which will arise from the recent drought and bad winter weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34030/18]
*1944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of debt farmers have with the pillar banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34031/18] 3197
*1945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the fertiliser spreading deadline has been considered in view of the recent drought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34032/18]
*1946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the roll-out of a compensation scheme for landowners impacted by the hen harrier designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34033/18]
*1947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken and will take to address mental health and the impact of isolation and loneliness on farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34034/18]
*1948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide farmers with a grant to sink their own wells in view of the recent drought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34037/18]
*1949. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged or will engage with the Revenue Commissioners in order that they are made aware that farmers will experience cash flow issues in 2018 due to the severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34038/18]
*1950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional cattle which have been slaughtered due to the recent severe weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34039/18]
*1951. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce grant aid for land drainage for farmers due to severe wet weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34049/18]
*1952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been received from counties Cavan and Monaghan and nationally under the fodder transport scheme in tabular form. — Niamh Smyth. [34050/18]
*1953. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan waiting for GLAS payments; the number of part payments issued; and his plans to process the outstanding payments. — Niamh Smyth. [34051/18]
*1954. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of delayed GLAS payments to persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34052/18]
*1955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to offset the impact of Brexit on farmers in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34053/18]
*1956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and the supports in place to support farmers to feed livestock; if his Department and an organisation (details supplied) have discussed the potential fodder crisis in view of recent hot weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34054/18]
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*1957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of sheep farmers that are of the view that lambs going direct from the holding of birth to slaughter should be fully exempt from EID tagging in the incoming mandatory extension of electronic identification EID tagging to all sheep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34104/18]
*1958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34206/18]
*1959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34223/18]
*1960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34240/18]
*1961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34257/18]
*1962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34274/18]
*1963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34291/18]
*1964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34308/18]
*1965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34352/18]
*1966. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an bhfuil achomharc, foirmeálta nó neamh-fhoirmeálta, déanta ag feirmeoir (sonraí tugtha) in aghaidh pionós a gearradh air faoi scéim AEOS; má ta achomharc déanta cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an achomharc; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34377/18]
*1967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent EU Agriculture Council in relation to CAP Post-2020 with particular reference to simplification issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34477/18]
*1968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at the recent EU Agriculture Council in relation to the need to ensure that there will be no reduction in CAP funding post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34478/18]
*1969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an outstanding payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34542/18] 3199
*1970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement he or his officials had in preparing to employ additional customs and agri officers for all ports; the number of additional personnel that will be appointed to each port and each airport; the way in which the number was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34550/18]
*1971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when preparations for additional staff began in view of an interview given by the CEO of Dublin Port the morning after the announcement that there would be 1,000 additional officials hired to prepare for hard Brexit (details supplied); when the jobs will be advertised; the timeframe to complete the recruitment process; the timeframe for training; and when employment will be commenced. — Robert Troy. [34552/18]
*1972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a track (details supplied) will receive an investment following a commitment to invest in other dog racing tracks after the closure of Shelbourne Park. — Robert Troy. [34569/18]
*1973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34599/18]
*1974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef data and genomics programme payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34600/18]
*1975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of areas of natural constraint and areas of specific constraint payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34601/18]
*1976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34602/18]
*1977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34603/18]
*1978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sheep welfare scheme payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34604/18]
*1979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of knowledge transfer programme payments which are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34605/18]
*1980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34656/18]
*1981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised
P.T.O 3200 to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34674/18]
*1982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34702/18]
*1983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to leased land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [34756/18]
*1984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial costs of the fodder aid provided to address the fodder crisis of 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [34838/18]
*1985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been recent discussions at the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the need to protect the agrifood sector here in negotiations on a possible Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34886/18]
*1986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had recent discussions with the EU Agriculture and Trade Commissioners in relation to the need to protect the agrifood sector here in negotiations on a possible Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34887/18]
*1987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the fodder transport subsidy scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34888/18]
*1988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and the statutory agencies are engaged with farming and agrifood representatives in relation to the development of a strategy to ensure adequate feed and fodder supplies for the remainder of 2018 and the early part of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34889/18]
*1989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions there have been in relation to the European Commission proposals aimed at banning unfair trading practices in the food supply chain; if he put forward specific proposals in relation to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34915/18]
*1990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new low cost loan scheme will be introduced at an early date in view of the particular financial pressures on farming at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34916/18]
*1991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35134/18]
*1992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a €10 million shortfall in BDGP spending will be ring-fenced to benefit suckler farmers. — Eamon Ryan. [35198/18] 3201
*1993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the negative effects of the transition from REPS to the GLAS scheme especially on low income cattle and sheep farmers and that GLAS as currently configured does not perform well in rewarding more environmentally focused farmers. — Eamon Ryan. [35200/18]
*1994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of feed imported over the past five years, as compared to 10, 50 and 100 years ago, respectively; the amount of soybean meal and grain as separate from overall feed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Ryan. [35206/18]
*1995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €248 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €255 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35279/18]
*1996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position he took in relation to a paper (details supplied) at the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16 July 2018; and the reason for his position on the paper. — Charlie McConalogue. [35342/18]
*1997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef and sheep farmers participating and not participating respectively in the sustainable beef and lamb assurance schemes by county in tabular form. — Charlie McConalogue. [35343/18]
*1998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers participating and not participating respectively in the sustainable dairy assurance scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35344/18]
*1999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). — Charlie McConalogue. [35345/18]
*2000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has submitted technical data to date to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission regarding the ANC review with regard to redesignation using a set list of bio-physical criteria; when this data was submitted; the feedback that has been received since the submission; and when the final maps will be submitted to the JRC and DG AGRI. — Charlie McConalogue. [35346/18]
*2001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the British white paper The Future Relationship Between The United Kingdom And The European Union of 12 July 2018; and the analysis of this which has taken place from an Irish agriculture and fisheries perspective. — Charlie McConalogue. [35347/18]
*2002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans his Department has in place for a no deal hard Brexit scenario; the plans that have been made with regard to increased Irish sanitary and phytosanitary checks and increased veterinary inspections in the event of the UK becoming a third country with the EU; and the number of additional veterinary inspectors that will be required for such a scenario in view of confirmation by An Taoiseach that 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors will be hired. — Charlie McConalogue. [35348/18]
*2003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place for the hiring of increased staff in the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) area and veterinary inspections at ports, airports and Border crossing points here in the event of a hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third
P.T.O 3202 country within the EU; the date on which since June 2016 such plans were agreed and finalised; if estimates for additional SPS checks and the number of new veterinary inspector hires have been costed; and if so, if the data for same will be provided in tabular form. — Charlie McConalogue. [35349/18]
*2004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department submitted a formal request to the Brexit preparedness group under the European Commission’s Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom seeking mitigation funding for the agrifood and fisheries sectors here in order to safeguard farmers and fishermen from a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. — Charlie McConalogue. [35350/18]
*2005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a European Commission communication on Brexit preparedness (details supplied). — Charlie McConalogue. [35351/18]
*2006. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full and part-time staff veterinary officers and inspectors respectively employed in his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by civil service grade and division; and the annual cost of employing such staff in tabular form. — Charlie McConalogue. [35352/18]
*2007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary officers and inspectors recruited by his Department since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 by new staff hires and replacement staff in this area annually in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35353/18]
*2008. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full and part-time staff employed in the national disease control centre and Border inspection posts division in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by civil service grade; and the annual cost of this division in tabular form. — Charlie McConalogue. [35354/18]
*2009. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the certification required to work as a veterinary officer and or inspector in his Department; the third-level and professional qualification required; if further internal departmental training is required when new veterinary officers or inspectors are hired; and if so, the duration of such training. — Charlie McConalogue. [35355/18]
*2010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 12 July 2018, if the requested data will be provided in tabular form (details supplied). — Charlie McConalogue. [35357/18]
*2011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest fodder census results announced by Teagasc with estimates of the national fodder deficit now at 28%; and the contingencies and supports in place for farmers. — Charlie McConalogue. [35358/18]
*2012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35367/18] 3203
*2013. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35376/18]
*2014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35390/18]
Chun an Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil: To the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment.
*2015. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason tags for salmon are expensive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32422/18]
*2016. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views in relation to air pollution and its effects on persons with asthma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32839/18]
*2017. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of non-compliance complaints against Ireland under the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; the State’s response to the complaints; when each will be decided upon; his views on whether developments which are subject to these non-compliance complaints should proceed while decisions on these cases are still pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33871/18]
*2018. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated yield of a plastic bottle levy of 10 cent, on the same model as the plastic bag levy, to be levied on all bottled beverages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34869/18]
*2019. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated yield of a plastic-lined carton levy of ten cent, on the same model as the plastic bag levy, to be levied on all foods packaged in a plastic-lined carton; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [34870/18]
*2020. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will be proposing or making legislative changes to achieve full compliance of Irish law with the obligations of the Aarhus Convention; and the form he expects those changes to take. — Eamon Ryan. [35192/18]
*2021. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the introduction of a carbon floor price for electric sales similar to the one introduced in the United Kingdom; and if so, the price at which he plans to set same. — Eamon Ryan. [32415/18]
*2022. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment; the action his Department will take to meet the five recommendations contained therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32482/18]
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*2023. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he will take to require business enterprises to meet their responsibility to respect the rights of the child in the digital environment as per a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32483/18]
*2024. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will examine the implementation of recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment and the guidelines in its appendix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32484/18]
*2025. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will review its legislation, policies and practice to ensure that they are in line with a recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32485/18]
*2026. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32521/18]
*2027. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a complaint has ever been made to the European Commission by agencies within its remit in respect of a breach of the Water Framework Directive or other EU legislation on the Munster Blackwater at Fermoy, County Cork. — Sean Sherlock. [32597/18]
*2028. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32636/18]
*2029. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a better energy warmer homes scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32670/18]
*2030. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) and other community organisations that provide training courses to older persons in rural Ireland; if follow-on programmes subsequent to training already provided such as getting citizens online will be authorised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32677/18]
*2031. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that there is sufficient capacity in landfill sites to cater for the increase in construction waste; and if not, his plans to increase capacity or to make alternative arrangements. — John Lahart. [32722/18]
*2032. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the locations in which he plans to allow disposal of construction waste; the locations in which construction waste is received and disposed of; the basis for licensing; and the limits governing this increase in construction waste disposal. — John Lahart. [32723/18] 3205
*2033. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the amount of available landfill here in terms of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [32724/18]
*2034. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local authorities and An Garda Síochána have the power to seize and impound vehicles involved in illegal dumping and other environmental pollution; if these powers are being enforced; the fines and release fees for such vehicles; if legislation in this area will be strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32732/18]
*2035. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode will be provided for a building in order that a charity (details supplied) can continue its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [32733/18]
*2036. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding indoor air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32877/18]
*2037. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce packaging at household level in order to reduce further increases in charges on householders in view of the recently introduced charges for recyclable waste by some waste management providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32909/18]
*2038. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the renewable energy support scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32910/18]
*2039. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports planned for micro generation of renewable energy as an important role in Ireland’s transition to a low carbon economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32911/18]
*2040. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the success or otherwise of the warmth and well-being pilot programme that commenced in 2016 and which was piloted in parts of Dublin 8, 10, 12, 22 and 24; the number of persons that have benefitted from the programme in each area to date; his plans for expansion of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32912/18]
*2041. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he plans to take to ensure the viability of a strong local and regional newspaper sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32945/18]
*2042. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the funding provided for home and community energy efficiency scheme grants in County Tipperary; the number of grants that have allocated in County Tipperary under the warmer home scheme in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32965/18]
*2043. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out plan for a person (details supplied) and their neighbours will be modified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33118/18]
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*2044. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the SEAI’s behavioural economics unit; if this unit has published its first report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [33163/18]
*2045. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of ongoing talks between the SEAI and the CRU on reforming energy rates here to reflect the research findings of the SEAI’s behavioural economics unit. — Timmy Dooley. [33164/18]
*2046. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to translate the 2016 EU Clean Energy Package into policy here; and the way in which he plans to support the rights of private home owners to generate electricity in their home and the rights of private homeowners to sell the electricity generated at market price. — Timmy Dooley. [33165/18]
*2047. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings, briefings or lobbying he or his departmental officials have had with representatives either in an official or unofficial capacity of a company (details supplied) since 2013. — Bríd Smith. [33266/18]
*2048. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the pace of the completion of the tender for the National Broadband Plan; and when on the ground work will begin. — Sean Sherlock. [33300/18]
*2049. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to remove the contract from An Post for collecting the annual television licence fee and assign it instead to either the Revenue Commissioners or a private contractor; the arrangements he will make for the persons that purchase weekly licence stamps at their local post office as a convenient way to pay for their television licence when due for renewal in the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Declan Breathnach. [33307/18]
*2050. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission will publish its study on the operation of the household waste collection; if this report will address the escalating charges being applied to customers by waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33347/18]
*2051. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide fibre optic broadband facilities in the Ballinalack and Rathowen areas of County Westmeath. — Robert Troy. [33351/18]
*2052. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding of TG4 in each of the past five years; the way in which this funding compares to the annual budget for stations (details supplied). — Peadar Tóibín. [33378/18]
*2053. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 12 June 2018, the agenda for the meeting; the persons or bodies that attended; the outcome or action points agreed arising from the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33444/18]
*2054. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount of uncollected television licence fees due to evasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33547/18] 3207
*2055. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he received the two independent reports in relation to the proposed North-South Interconnector; when it is proposed to publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33585/18]
*2056. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 22 February 2018, the progress made in relation to the appointment of a digital safety commissioner; when he expects such an appointment to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33586/18]
*2057. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a meeting took place between his officials and a waste management company (details supplied) on 15 July 2011; if so, the persons that attended the meeting; the purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33687/18]
*2058. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a meeting took place between his officials and a waste management company (details supplied) on 9 March 2011; if so, the persons that attended the meeting; the purpose of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33688/18]
*2059. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 3 July 2018, the names and role of each person from his Department that attended meetings with EirGrid, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities and other parties in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33698/18]
*2060. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33705/18]
*2061. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the commitment to appoint a digital ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33719/18]
*2062. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and businesses in County Cork without high speed broadband; the number by geographic unit within the county; when he expects these homes and businesses to have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33791/18]
*2063. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to remove the immunity from prosecution provided to the EPA in section 15 of the EPA Act of 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33857/18]
*2064. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33858/18]
*2065. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his visit to New York; the persons that travelled with him from his Department; the meetings he attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33895/18]
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*2066. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a universal service obligation on mobile telephony providers in relation to the need to provide adequate and up to date mobile telephone coverage throughout the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33901/18]
*2067. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate mobile telephone coverage in many parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; if he, his Department or the Communications Regulator will engage with mobile telecoms providers to ensure that customers in that area are provided with improved coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [33902/18]
*2068. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of measures being taken to improve the quality of mobile phone coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33969/18]
*2069. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33994/18]
*2070. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when mobile coverage in an urban area (details supplied) will be rectified under the Mobile Broadband Taskforce. — Sean Sherlock. [34042/18]
*2071. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the publication of studies in relation to the North-South Interconnector has been delayed; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34045/18]
*2072. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for broadband services to become available in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the National Broadband Plan; the status of fibre installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34048/18]
*2073. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of household and businesses waiting on the roll out of the National Broadband Plan in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationally in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34061/18]
*2074. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be available at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34185/18]
*2075. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34209/18]
*2076. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34226/18] 3209
*2077. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34243/18]
*2078. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34260/18]
*2079. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34277/18]
*2080. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34294/18]
*2081. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34311/18]
*2082. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be available at a location (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34330/18]
*2083. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34355/18]
*2084. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to take fossil fuels out of electricity generation by 2030 as promised in his United Nations speech. — Sean Sherlock. [34386/18]
*2085. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the persons he met with from a company (details supplied) in New York on 19 July 2018; the location in which the meeting took place; the matters discussed; and the persons present from his Department. — Sean Sherlock. [34389/18]
*2086. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce stronger penalties for illegal dumping as a deterrent. — Robert Troy. [34567/18]
*2087. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34586/18]
*2088. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34587/18]
*2089. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34588/18]
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*2090. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34589/18]
*2091. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34590/18]
*2092. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34591/18]
*2093. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34592/18]
*2094. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34593/18]
*2095. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34594/18]
*2096. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34595/18]
*2097. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed, fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34596/18]
*2098. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discretion he has in relation to the imposition of a levy for a broadcaster whose base year qualifying income is more than €250,000 pursuant to section 33 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and SI No 7 of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34636/18]
*2099. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on section 33 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and SI No 7 of 2010, in view of the fact the income on which the levy is calculated is grant income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [34638/18]
*2100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34659/18]
*2101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled 3211 vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34677/18]
*2102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has received funding applications or requests from Cork County Council in relation to maintenance, refurbishment or works of that nature to be carried out on Fermoy Weir; if so, the details of these requests; and the status of their progress. — Pat Buckley. [34691/18]
*2103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department’s work to improve, enhance or maintain flood relief measures at Fermoy, County Cork. — Pat Buckley. [34692/18]
*2104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34705/18]
*2105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 1 May 2018, the status of the pilot illegal dumping project rolled out by Sligo County Council; if the project has been successful; if it will be rolled out by other local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34757/18]
*2106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the renewable energy support scheme for offshore and onshore wind energy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [34892/18]
*2107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost per annum if a grant of €2,500 was introduced for solar PV based on the uptake of the solar thermal grant under the better energy homes; and the estimated cost of introducing a scheme to provide the full cost of solar PV to 2,000 households. — Brian Stanley. [34962/18]
*2108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing the grant under the better energy home scheme for heat pumps by €1000 for air to water, ground source to water, water to water heat pumps and increasing the grant to air to air heat pumps by €400. — Brian Stanley. [34963/18]
*2109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing the grant for solar heating by three times the current level under the better energy homeowners grant. — Brian Stanley. [34964/18]
*2110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of extending the grant by €2,000 for each category of electric vehicle under the SEAI grant scheme. — Brian Stanley. [34965/18]
*2111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the subject matter of meetings between his Department and a company (details supplied) since 2011; the outcome of those meetings; and if they were minuted. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35077/18]
*2112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reintroduction of an incineration levy has been considered; the process for same; the rate at which
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*2113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35137/18]
*2114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has made progress on the creation of the office of the digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Law Reform Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [35163/18]
*2115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has held meetings with An Taoiseach, the Ministers for Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the establishment of the office of the digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [35164/18]
*2116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the establishment of the office of the digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [35165/18]
*2117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that while hotels can avail of a single hotel licence for multiple televisions in the same property holiday home owners must purchase an individual licence for a number of properties resulting in considerable costs. — Timmy Dooley. [35166/18]
*2118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take to support micro-generators of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [35167/18]
*2119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the National Broadband Plan contract will be signed; and the date by which construction will commence on the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [35168/18]
*2120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the independent cost review of the North-South interconnector; and the date by which this will be published. — Timmy Dooley. [35169/18]
*2121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the national broadband plan (access to infrastructure) Bill has not been passed despite his stated intention to award the National Broadband Plan contract as soon as possible. — Timmy Dooley. [35170/18]
*2122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken or proposes to take to assist the EPA and local authorities in being more effective in taking enforcement action against illegal waste handling and dumping in view of the situations revealed by a documentary (details supplied) recently; and his plans to propose legislative changes in that regard. — Eamon Ryan. [35187/18] 3213
*2123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on progress in developing a programme for wetland management to give effect to Ireland’s obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. — Eamon Ryan. [35194/18]
*2124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increase in greenhouse gas emissions expected for each of the years 2021 to 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. — Eamon Ryan. [35195/18]
*2125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost expected in each year between 2021 and 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. — Eamon Ryan. [35196/18]
*2126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extra greenhouse gas emissions for each year up to 2030 predicted by the EPA and SEAI to result from the continuation of the existing biomass co-firing subsidy at Edenderry and the proposed extension of this subsidy to the other two peat-fired power plants which subsidy would have the effect of keeping these three uneconomic peat plants in operation. — Eamon Ryan. [35197/18]
*2127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he or the Minister of State for Rural Affairs and Natural Resources has met with oil companies since taking office; and the locations in which and when those meetings took place. — Eamon Ryan. [35207/18]
*2128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €209 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €256 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35280/18]
*2129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35368/18]
*2130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35379/18]
*2131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35393/18]
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*2132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount provided by his Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35408/18]
Chun an Aire Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt: To the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
*2133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding waiting lists for driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32589/18]
*2134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to create statutory or non- statutory responsibility for local transport planning and delivery in order to ensure a stable platform from which the LocalLink model could be developed through the local authority structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33567/18]
*2135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual yield for motor tax projected for 2019; the yield for the past five years; the way in which these moneys were allocated; his plans for allocation of these funds for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35059/18]
*2136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of a budget (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Paul Kehoe. [32402/18]
*2137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times for driver tests in counties Laois, Offaly, Carlow and Kildare; and the number of driver testers in each county. — Brian Stanley. [32411/18]
*2138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [32418/18]
*2139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver testers employed in the Carrick-on-Shannon testing centre; if there have been changes recently to the number of testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [32419/18]
*2140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Fáilte Ireland retains the function to encourage, promote and support the recruitment, training, education and development of persons for the purposes of employment in connection with the tourism industry. — Robert Troy. [32447/18]
*2141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if extra funding will be allocated to fund repairs which are required on roads in the west of Ireland (details supplied). — Michael Fitzmaurice. [32448/18]
*2142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish or make available to a company (details supplied) the report submitted to the RSA from a group relative to certain matters pertaining to the company; if he will request the RSA to engage with the company to resolve matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John McGuinness. [32462/18] 3215
*2143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding renewal of contracts for a service (details supplied) further to discussions held between organisations and the National Transport Authority. — Gerry Adams. [32486/18]
*2144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed among local providers in County Louth and elsewhere arising from proposed changes to the tendering process for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [32487/18]
*2145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has provided for commercial bus providers to be able to tender for routes (details supplied) alongside not for profit operators. — Gerry Adams. [32488/18]
*2146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when confirmation will be provided in respect of the public procurement process for a service (details supplied). — Gerry Adams. [32489/18]
*2147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32534/18]
*2148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in recovering €32,000 from a club (details supplied) regarding breaches of the sports capital funding programme; if sanctions have been applied to the club; if the club has made an appeal regarding the outstanding sum owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [32536/18]
*2149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Dublin Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32565/18]
*2150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Port of Cork Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32566/18]
*2151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Shannon Foynes Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32567/18]
*2152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Port of Waterford Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32568/18]
*2153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Drogheda Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32569/18]
*2154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32570/18]
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*2155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Galway Harbour Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32571/18]
*2156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the New Ross Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32572/18]
*2157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his previous meeting with the board of the Wicklow Port Company; and if he will provide the minutes thereof. — Noel Rock. [32573/18]
*2158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce governing legislation and safety regulations for the testing of driverless cars here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Rock. [32574/18]
*2159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce governing legislation with regard to electric scooters; if the issues relating to these vehicles have been examined to date; and his plans to introduce legislation to bring Dublin in line with other European cities similar to EN 15194 with regard to electric bicycles. — Noel Rock. [32575/18]
*2160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received communications from various members of the business community in Cork city and county regarding the lack of a direct flight from Cork to Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32582/18]
*2161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received communications from various members of the business community in Cork city and county regarding the poor connections from Cork Airport to Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32583/18]
*2162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received communications from various members of the business community in Cork city and county regarding the lack of a direct flight from Cork to Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32584/18]
*2163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received communications from various members of the business community in Cork city and county regarding the lack of a direct flight from Cork to Switzerland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32585/18]
*2164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to utilise Cork Airport for extra flights in view of the fact that Dublin Airport is near capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32586/18]
*2165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has recently reviewed the possible independence of Cork Airport from the DAA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [32587/18] 3217
*2166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32649/18]
*2167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 10 July 2018, the number of private vehicles that are ten years of age and older that have passed the national car test in the past three years; the number of private vehicles that are ten years of age and older that have failed the national car test in the past three years and required a full retest, visual retest and that were failed outright; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [32832/18]
*2168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on a road (details supplied) in County Donegal since he met with a deputation on this matter recently; his plans to fund the project as part of budget 2018; his further plans to earmark funding for this project in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32861/18]
*2169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the Tír Chonail Street Bridge in Donegal town; if the allocation made in budget 2018 will be spent within the yearly timeframe; the funding he plans to ring-fence for this project in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32862/18]
*2170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the Fintra Bridge project on the R263 in County Donegal since he met with a deputation on this matter recently; his plans to fund this project as part of budget 2018; his further plans to earmark funding this project in budget 2019; the timeframe for the complete delivery of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32863/18]
*2171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce a specific funding programme for improvements to be carried out to the regional road network; his further plans to implement a funding programme similar to the specific road grants or formerly known as the EU Co-finance scheme in order to improve the regional road network on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32926/18]
*2172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the planned new Barna to Screebe road in County Galway; when it will commence and be completed; the funding that will be provided for the work; when it will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32954/18]
*2173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass and failure rates for the PSV licence area knowledge test in each taxi area of the country for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32955/18]
*2174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of active taxi and hackney licences in each taxi area of the country; the number of those that are wheelchair accessible; the grant assistance available to drivers that buy a wheelchair accessible vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32956/18]
*2175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections that have been carried out to ensure that taxis and hackneys are complying with the law; the number of offences or breaches that were detected; the details of same; the number of prosecutions that have
P.T.O 3218 been taken against those in breach of the law; the number that have had their licences revoked by each taxi area within the country in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32957/18]
*2176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant incentives provided for the uptake of electric vehicles in the small public service vehicle sector and discounted tolling charges for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32966/18]
*2177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the €1,343,304 external expenditure costs paid to a company (details supplied) for an evaluation of sustainable transport areas in 2017; the reason no report was published on this service consultancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32967/18]
*2178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the €225,156 external expenditure costs paid to a company (details supplied) for national vehicle driver file Eircodes implementation in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32968/18]
*2179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he gave permission for munitions or explosives to be taken through Shannon Airport on an aircraft (details supplied) which landed at the airport on 11 and 12 July 2018. — Clare Daly. [33080/18]
*2180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the attention of the Shannon Airport authorities and fire personnel at the airport was drawn to munitions and or explosives on board an aircraft (details supplied) which landed there on 11 and 12 July 2018 while it was parked very close to civilian passenger aircraft at the main terminal building at the airport; and the special precautions taken to minimise the danger to civilians at the airport on 11 and 12 July 2018. — Clare Daly. [33081/18]
*2181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure in relation to the provision of road signage and markings in residential areas; the steps open to residents in cases in which they are of the view that markings are in breach of road traffic regulations; the way in which they can have the situation rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33087/18]
*2182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the procurement process for contracts for the operation of local transport coordination units of the Local Link Rural Transport Programme being restricted to non-profit entities. — Clare Daly. [33105/18]
*2183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to create a park and ride and share facility at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Declan Breathnach. [33248/18]
*2184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions which have been held with an organisation (details supplied) on its funding requirements ahead of an event. — Sean Sherlock. [33295/18]
*2185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role he has taken to ensure parity of male and female participation in publicly funded stadia in different codes operating here. — Sean Sherlock. [33296/18] 3219
*2186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the funding for a programme (details supplied) over the past two years. — Sean Sherlock. [33297/18]
*2187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the delay in processing a PSV licence for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Lawless. [33312/18]
*2188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of Dublin Bus since 2007 annually in tabular form. — Bríd Smith. [33320/18]
*2189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of Bus Éireann since 2007 annually in tabular form. — Bríd Smith. [33321/18]
*2190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the bus fleet of Dublin Bus and a company (details supplied) that the NTA envision under the operation of the new BusConnects plans in tabular form. — Bríd Smith. [33322/18]
*2191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed number of buses that will operate in the Dublin Bus fleet between July 2018 and 2020, in tabular form. — Bríd Smith. [33323/18]
*2192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a further appeal process period available to clubs which made applications for 2017 capital sports grants that were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33354/18]
*2193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date the further appeal process period will open to clubs which made applications for 2017 capital sports grants that were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33361/18]
*2194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed works will be carried out on a national route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33365/18]
*2195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33421/18]
*2196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for driver tests in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33423/18]
*2197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of invalid applications under the 2018 Sports Capital Programme that are being reviewed by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33424/18]
*2198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the purchase of wheelchair accessible vehicles; the number of grants paid for same in each year since 2014, by county in tabular form. — Niamh Smyth. [33425/18]
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*2199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans of Irish Rail to reopen and upgrade the Limerick to Foynes railway line which has not been in use for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33440/18]
*2200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of consultation which took place between the NTA and Dublin Bus regarding the BusConnects proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33521/18]
*2201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact on Dublin Bus and its workforce of the privatisation of orbital routes in the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33522/18]
*2202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the inability to pay player wages at clubs (details supplied) by the club owners and management; his plans to ensure player welfare and the integrity of the sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33546/18]
*2203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal requirements on the operators of hedge-cutting machinery working on or near to public roads in respect of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33562/18]
*2204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific guidelines have been produced on the legal requirements on the operators of hedge-cutting machinery working on or near to public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33563/18]
*2205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safe distance that should be kept between hedge-cutting machinery working on or near to public roads and unprotected road users such as pedestrians and cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33565/18]
*2206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if League of Ireland football clubs that are encountering financial difficulties and that have delayed payment of wages to professional footballers will be assisted to stay viable in view of the wide range of activities in these clubs including underage, youth and women’s soccer that are at risk particularly in Limerick and Bray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33572/18]
*2207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been increases in the CIÉ wage grade pension scheme for retirees since 2007; if the board in place has advised the trustees to make an increase in the pension payment since 2007; if the trustees have consulted the actuary on such an increase in that time; if such increases are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [33576/18]
*2208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the repair of rural roads due to stretched council resources and weather occurrences will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33578/18]
*2209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the timeframe for a safety review of a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33579/18] 3221
*2210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the extension of roads (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33581/18]
*2211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the east-west link road; his views on whether there is a need for such a vital piece of infrastructure from east to west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33582/18]
*2212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans to increase investment to develop Rosslare Europort in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33614/18]
*2213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the potential impact of Brexit on road hauliers using Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33617/18]
*2214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to examine road connectivity between Rosslare Europort and the west of the country; his plans to link roads (details supplied) in view of the importance in increasing direct accessibility between the west and continental Europe and avoiding likely UK customs delays post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33621/18]
*2215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted his British counterpart regarding the ownership of Rosslare Europort, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33623/18]
*2216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding recent reports examining Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33624/18]
*2217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of Irish Rail’s engagement with Departments regarding coastal erosion affecting the Dublin to Rosslare railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [33626/18]
*2218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33635/18]
*2219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the tourism office in a village (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether this would be a good investment in view of the extra tourism attractions developed in the area in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33645/18]
*2220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to open the next round of the Sports Capital Grant programme for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33653/18]
*2221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of privately owned vehicles that are still on the road from pre-2008 that are taxed on the basis of their engine’s capacity; the number of privately owned vehicles on the road from 2008 onwards that are taxed on CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33679/18]
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*2222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of county councils that have county transport plans; his plans to make it a statutory requirement for each county council to have a plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [33681/18]
*2223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33718/18]
*2224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason some of those that applied for a driver test in Tullamore in January 2017 have still not been called; and the steps being taken to rectify same. — Brian Stanley. [33815/18]
*2225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised with Louth County Council the concerns of residents that live on the Mullanstown Road, Townspark Road and Silverhill Road, with plans for the N52 to create cul-de-sacs on the roads. — Gerry Adams. [33826/18]
*2226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is scope for Louth County Council to produce a supplementary or additional plan providing for two overpasses which would avoid disruption to the residents of Mullanstown Road, Townspark Road and Silverhill Road. — Gerry Adams. [33849/18]
*2227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for additional infrastructure will be considered for an additional or supplementary plan produced by Louth County Council for overpasses to the proposed N52 Ardee bypass on the Mullanstown Road, Townspark Road and Silverhill Road. — Gerry Adams. [33850/18]
*2228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the marine search and rescue region will be widened beyond its limits on the eastern shore of the Inishowen Peninsula and further out around County Donegal to enable the Coast Guard coordination centre at Malin Head to more effectively coordinate the local response to marine emergencies in the region. — Imelda Munster. [33852/18]
*2229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reintroducing financial assistance to the City of Derry Airport to reflect the high percentage of passengers from County Donegal using the airport. — Imelda Munster. [33853/18]
*2230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bus Éireann and Ianród Éireann buses and trains that are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33972/18]
*2231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34007/18]
*2232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing the toll at the Dublin Port tunnel for taxi drivers for 2019. — Imelda Munster. [34016/18] 3223
*2233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on a €100 million capital investment in the Wild Atlantic Way and greenways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34071/18]
*2234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on €10 million in additional funding for regional airports; the capital expenditure allocation made for this commitment in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the amount expended for each such year to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34072/18]
*2235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on the review of the Western Rail Corridor phase two between Athenry and Claremorris for passenger and freight use; the commitments made under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34073/18]
*2236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on TEN-T transport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34076/18]
*2237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on a capital budget for local and regional roads and the commitment to increase this budget by approximately 50%; the capital expenditure allocation made for this commitment in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; the amount expended for each year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34077/18]
*2238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on rural transport and the commitment that a report will be provided to the relevant Houses of the Oireachtas committee within six months examining the way in which existing routes can be made more sustainable and accessible to the public and the potential for new routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34078/18]
*2239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the successful applicants that applied for a capital sports grant 2018 will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34096/18]
*2240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of making all public transport services fully wheelchair accessible. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34097/18]
*2241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the administrative cost of running the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34178/18]
*2242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected waiting times and the number of persons waiting for a practical driver test by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34189/18]
*2243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of commercial vehicle motor tax collected in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the amount paid online; the amount paid in a
P.T.O 3224 local authority office, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34190/18]
*2244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of hotel and guesthouse bedrooms available in each county; and the projected demand for hotel and guesthouse bed nights in each county over the next number of years. — Niamh Smyth. [34191/18]
*2245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new town and rural bus services that will be provided under the National Development Plan 2018-2027, by county in tabular form. — Niamh Smyth. [34192/18]
*2246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34222/18]
*2247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34239/18]
*2248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34256/18]
*2249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34273/18]
*2250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34290/18]
*2251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34307/18]
*2252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund dockless public bike schemes in county towns over a certain size. — Sean Sherlock. [34328/18]
*2253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34368/18]
*2254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing a company (details supplied) or similar operate in rural areas in which no taxi service exists. — Robert Troy. [34372/18]
*2255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of a bus shelter at Clarinbridge, County Galway will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34373/18]
*2256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when clubs and community organisations can apply for the latest round of sports capital funding. — Sean Sherlock. [34387/18] 3225
*2257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the way in which taxi licenses are regulated will be reviewed in order to enable persons that wish to sell same (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [34487/18]
*2258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to legislate and regulate drones to date. — Robert Troy. [34529/18]
*2259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the increase in PSO which is accounted for in existing services; and the amount for new services. — Robert Troy. [34531/18]
*2260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met his UK counterpart to discuss the challenges of a no deal Brexit. — Robert Troy. [34554/18]
*2261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined capacity issues at all airports and sea ports; his views on whether following Brexit there may be longer queues; the actions he has taken to address same; if there will be a need to redirect sailings from ports with capacity issues to ports with spare capacity; and if legislative changes are required. — Robert Troy. [34555/18]
*2262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exploratory work carried out regarding the reintroduction of free travel for students; and if he will provide a costing for the proposal. — Robert Troy. [34557/18]
*2263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he is making with regard to a review of the mountain rescue team maintenance grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34560/18]
*2264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installing a dual rail line between Dublin and Mullingar; and the estimated cost of installing passing bays to enable an increase in trains to serve commuters and introduce an express service in mornings and evenings. — Robert Troy. [34562/18]
*2265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exploratory work carried out with a view to reopening Killucan railway station. — Robert Troy. [34563/18]
*2266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nationwide taxi statistics by county under headings (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [34628/18]
*2267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories of road users permitted to use bus lanes. — Robert Troy. [34629/18]
*2268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of executive hire vehicles and limousines registered in County Dublin. — Robert Troy. [34630/18]
*2269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34672/18]
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*2270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34690/18]
*2271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34718/18]
*2272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 dual carriageway project in Northern Ireland; the details of his Ent engagements with officials from Northern Ireland on the project; the funding commitment to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34727/18]
*2273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the visitor experience plan for Inishowen, County Donegal; when the plan will be completed; the timelines involved; the amount of funding that will be made available for grants towards the development of new tourism projects once the plan is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34735/18]
*2274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for works to be carried out on the Sligo, Leitrim, North Counties Railway Greenway will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [34911/18]
*2275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Drogheda Northern Port Access Route will be completed; if an application has been made by Louth County Council for funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34917/18]
*2276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of official Border crossings with Northern Ireland; the location of such crossings; the classification of the roads leading to such crossing points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34918/18]
*2277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of increasing the Dublin Bus fleet by 500 buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35010/18]
*2278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full year cost of abolishing public transport fees for all those in full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35011/18]
*2279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport full year cost of reducing public transport costs by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35012/18]
*2280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it would cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35055/18] 3227
*2281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it would cost to restore the CIÉ subvention to 2008 levels and add 33%. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35056/18]
*2282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade and develop the road between Tallaght and Blessington in view of the danger and difficulties being experienced by commuters on a daily basis on the N81 and in view of the fact that plans and proposals have been muted for many years. — Seán Crowe. [35073/18]
*2283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures for the haulage industry such as fleet renewal and retrofitting to Euro VI standard which was undertaken on a grand scale by Transport for London TfL and proved to be hugely successful will be considered; if adding the TfL retrofit equipment to SEAI’s triple E and accelerated capital allowance listings will be further considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [35106/18]
*2284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the identification requirement for a person that wishes to renew their Irish licence online that is abroad; if a public services card is required; the identification required in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Willie Penrose. [35113/18]
*2285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to difficulties that exist for residents living in the Whitechurch area of Rathfarnham in accessing a bus service to local shopping centres, hospitals and nearby universities; and if he is satisfied that the proposals being discussed will improve access. — Seán Crowe. [35117/18]
*2286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for works to be carried out on the Cavan, Leitrim Greenway will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [35118/18]
*2287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35150/18]
*2288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the policy of his Department and Irish Rail to develop a train station on the north side of Drogheda; if a site has been selected for such a station; if his Department and agencies have costed the project; the overall cost of the development of a north Drogheda train station project; when such a station will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [35152/18]
*2289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the challenges that a hard Brexit would present to Ireland’s agricultural exporters and on the need to increase cold-storage and other customs facilities in this event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [35154/18]
*2290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on road maintenance in each year since 2007, in tabular form. — Robert Troy. [35155/18]
*2291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grants for wheelchair accessible taxis by year and value (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [35156/18]
*2292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality on the challenges that a hard Brexit would present to Ireland’s exporters and
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*2293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new licences for wheelchair accessible vehicles taxis that have been granted in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [35158/18]
*2294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis that have been operational here in each year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [35159/18]
*2295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there are a sufficient number of taxis operational here to meet increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [35160/18]
*2296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to protect Ireland’s aviation industry and broader connectivity should the United Kingdom exit the Open Skies agreement. — Robert Troy. [35161/18]
*2297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time in weeks for a person to receive an appointment to do their driver theory test and practical driver test, respectively in tabular form. — Robert Troy. [35162/18]
*2298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the National Cycle Policy Framework which he informed Dáil Éireann on a number of occasions in 2017, including 10 May 2017, would be published later in 2017; and if he has received a draft of the review. — Eamon Ryan. [35188/18]
*2299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. — Eamon Ryan. [35189/18]
*2300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for implementing EU Regulation 598/14; and if he plans to accede to the Dublin Airport Authority’s request that he propose legislation to empower another authority to overrule the planning conditions inserted by An Bord Pleanála restricting the night time use of the airport in the interest of the health of local residents. — Eamon Ryan. [35191/18]
*2301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to receipt of a letter from Dublin City Council dated 21 May 2018, if he will meet with councillors to discuss cycling infrastructure. — Eamon Ryan. [35204/18]
*2302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €1,327 million in 2018 to his Department; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €1,843 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35276/18]
*2303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the project at Lehenaghmore and Lehenaghbeg, Togher, County Cork will be considered for inclusion in the next round of grants under the specific improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35293/18] 3229
*2304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the transport strategy being prepared for the Cork metropolitan area which he referred to during the course of a Topical Issue debate on 17 January 2018; and when he expects such a strategy to be published. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35294/18]
*2305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the future development of the rural transport network; the way in which the potential of the network can be further realised in conjunction with the LocalLink operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Heydon. [35340/18]
*2306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications of a proposed tender process for rural transport routes on the future development of the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Heydon. [35341/18]
*2307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35389/18]
*2308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35404/18]
Chun an Aire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige: To the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
*2309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment; the action her Department will take to meet the five recommendations contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32482/18]
*2310. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department will examine the implementation of recommendation CM/Rec(2018)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on guidelines to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of the child in the digital environment and the guidelines in its appendix; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32484/18]
*2311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department will review its legislation, policies and practice to ensure that they are in line with a recommendation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Louise O’Reilly. [32485/18]
*2312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an exception can be made in the case of person (details supplied) to secure year 2 for a free child place under the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33083/18]
*2313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against her Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld
P.T.O 3230 against her Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [33168/18]
*2314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 10 July 2018, if the referrals made in 2016, 2017 and 2018 have resulted in a child being placed on the child protection notification system. — Gerry Adams. [33438/18]
*2315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 10 July 2018, if the referrals for 2018 resulted in children awaiting allocation to a social worker; the waiting time from referral to allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [33439/18]
*2316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the second year is not being granted to children at a playschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32438/18]
*2317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32520/18]
*2318. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children that spent time in Tusla funded domestic violence refuge and step down accommodation in 2017; and the average length of time these families spent in emergency accommodation. — Eoin Ó Broin. [32561/18]
*2319. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32635/18]
*2320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the foster care allowance for a child aged under 12 years of age was increased from €325 to €335 per week and from €352 to €372 per week for a child that is over 12 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [32872/18]
*2321. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress of the development of new governance structures for school completion programmes; the timescale she is working to in order to complete this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32988/18]
*2322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the consultation process of the ECCE (details supplied); if recommendations arising from it will be implemented; the nature of changes she has made to the overage exemptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33037/18]
*2323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo to support the employment of a youth officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [33142/18]
*2324. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will make a decision on the future direction of the school completion programme and its future governance structure. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33152/18] 3231
*2325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is discretion which can be exercised in a case of a person (details supplied); if not, if there is an appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33221/18]
*2326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a fund or a capital grant is available to help in the construction of a childcare facility (details supplied) in County Meath that is in danger of closing due to the decision by a landlord to convert the centre to housing. — Peadar Tóibín. [33290/18]
*2327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regional breakdown as per the Public Service Performance Report 2017 of children in care without a care plan in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [33301/18]
*2328. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regional breakdown as per the Public Service Performance Report 2017 of the cases awaiting allocation classed as high priority in tabular form. — Sean Sherlock. [33302/18]
*2329. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regional breakdown as per the Public Service Performance Report 2017 of the foster carers on the panel of approved foster carers. — Sean Sherlock. [33303/18]
*2330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints received in respect of the operation of the ECCE scheme three entry points for enrolment categories of persons (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33499/18]
*2331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints received in respect of the proposed changes in the ECCE scheme reduction of three entry points for enrolment to a single entry point from categories of persons (details supplied). — Carol Nolan. [33500/18]
*2332. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting 500 new social workers and 1,000 new social workers, including aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33507/18]
*2333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that creches particularly in the Dublin 7 area that are advertising themselves as being registered facilities, but are in fact not; the action Tusla can take against unregistered facilities in order to provide transparency and peace of mind for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33584/18]
*2334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and name of the groups she met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33704/18]
*2335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a creche (details supplied) in Dublin 7 that is advertising as a registered facility but is not; if a facility is unregistered, the action Tusla can take against the facility to provide transparency and peace of mind for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33856/18]
*2336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for her Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for
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2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against her Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33993/18]
*2337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34208/18]
*2338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34225/18]
*2339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34242/18]
*2340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34259/18]
*2341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34276/18]
*2342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34293/18]
*2343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. — Jack Chambers. [34310/18]
*2344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34354/18]
*2345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that there is parity in the cost of childcare for working parents versus the cost of childcare for non-working parents in terms of state subventions; the steps being taken to achieve parity in the cost of childcare for working parents versus the cost of childcare for non-working parents; her plans to raise the State subvention to better assist working parents in meeting the significant costs of childcare thus allowing them to remain in the workplace during the early years of childhood; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bobby Aylward. [34459/18]
*2346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection cases reported to Tusla that have yet to be investigated or assigned a social worker; the length of time since the reporting of the cases by periods (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34534/18]
*2347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated additional cost in 2019 of increasing the universal minimum subsidy across the proposed affordable childcare scheme assuming the minimum target subsidy is increased in tandem, in 50 cent intervals up to an additional €4.50 reaching €5.00, assuming a start date of September; the estimated cost for a full year; and the number of children that would benefit. — Denise Mitchell. [34544/18] 3233
*2348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of extra employees to be hired in her Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on her Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34658/18]
*2349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unfilled vacancies in her Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under her remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34676/18]
*2350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the EU directives that fall under her remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34704/18]
*2351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 5 July 2018, the specific funding allocation for each of the centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34833/18]
*2352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 3 July 2018, her views on whether HIQA should be awarded the power to enforce its recommendations on foster care and child protection services. — Anne Rabbitte. [34907/18]
*2353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of efforts to recruit additional social care workers and additional administrative staff to assist social care workers. — Anne Rabbitte. [34908/18]
*2354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when further details of the new affordable childcare scheme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35120/18]
*2355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the level of childcare subvention and universal subsidy payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35121/18]
*2356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35136/18]
*2357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €28 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €32 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35278/18]
*2358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35378/18]
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*2359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35392/18]
*2360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. — Anne Rabbitte. [35405/18]
*2361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount provided by her Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35407/18]
Chun an Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail: To the Minister for Rural and Community Development.
*2362. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the pilot motorway CCTV scheme in County Laois that was announced in 2015; the number of cameras involved; the set-up cost; the annual running cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jim O’Callaghan. [33171/18]
*2363. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of convictions obtained to date in respect of offences under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33414/18]
*2364. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost and estimated cost to double inspections of dog breeding establishments to investigate animal cruelty allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33511/18]
*2365. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the various RAPID programmes operating in the Dublin area; the funding that each has received in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the other funding that has been allocated for the RAPID programmes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [33580/18]
*2366. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under Pillar 2: Supporting Enterprise and Employment in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the Second Progress Report published in April 2018, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35362/18]
*2367. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under Pillar 3: Maximising our Rural Tourism and Recreation Potential in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the Second Progress Report published in April 2018, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35363/18]
*2368. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under Pillar 4: Fostering Culture and Creativity in Rural Communities in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the Second Progress Report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35364/18] 3235
*2369. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under Pillar 5: Improving Rural Infrastructure and Connectivity by the targeted date as set out in the Second Progress Report published in April 2018 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35365/18]
*2370. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32532/18]
*2371. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32647/18]
*2372. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 847 of 10 July 2018, the number of expressions of interest received by Galway city and county councils; the number selected and submitted to his Department for consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [32873/18]
*2373. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his Department’s review of the RAPID Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32907/18]
*2374. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details and timeframe for proposals to replace the RAPID scheme with a new programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [32908/18]
*2375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount collected by local authorities on an annual basis to licence puppy farms; the number of inspections that take place; the measures taken to ensure regulation of this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [33094/18]
*2376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available for safety measures for schools that are not entitled to apply for CLÁR funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33184/18]
*2377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason an application by a school (details supplied) for CLÁR funding was not granted; if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for the work highlighted in the application to be carried out; and if the application will be reviewed in view of this necessity. — Robert Troy. [33433/18]
*2378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason County Westmeath only received €218,000 in CLÁR funding for 2018 (details supplied); the reason the total received is less in comparative terms than 2017 when the county received over €300,000 from a total budget of €5 million; and the reason no project in County Westmeath was awarded funding under measure 2 of CLÁR in 2018. — Robert Troy. [33441/18]
*2379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason funding was not awarded through CLÁR to a group (details supplied). — Robert Troy. [33443/18]
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*2380. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the extension of the senior alerts scheme has been considered for persons under 65 years of age with a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33692/18]
*2381. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33716/18]
*2382. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocated to the Western Development Commission for 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33892/18]
*2383. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of employees in the Western Development Commission in June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33893/18]
*2384. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money available through the Western Development Commission for the WIF fund 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33894/18]
*2385. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the establishment of a fund to support towns and villages which have been economically devastated by the creation of major bypasses will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eugene Murphy. [33967/18]
*2386. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34005/18]
*2387. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of progress as provided under the Programme for Partnership Government on the development of a new Atlantic Economic Corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34075/18]
*2388. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding to be allocated to each county under the rural regeneration and development fund in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34187/18]
*2389. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on the local community development programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and the allocated spend for 2018, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34188/18]
*2390. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34220/18] 3237
*2391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34237/18]
*2392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34254/18]
*2393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34271/18]
*2394. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34288/18]
*2395. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34305/18]
*2396. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34322/18]
*2397. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34366/18]
*2398. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress of Comhairle na Tuaithe’s mountain access project; the key indicators used to measure implementation; the status of these indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [34382/18]
*2399. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a report on the two mountain access pilot schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [34383/18]
*2400. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress of an indemnity scheme in relation to access to the countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [34384/18]
*2401. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for an updated strategy for outdoor recreation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [34385/18]
*2402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason an application for CLÁR funding by a school (details supplied) was deemed unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34583/18]
*2403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees;
P.T.O 3238 the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34670/18]
*2404. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies now; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34688/18]
*2405. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34716/18]
*2406. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the outcome of recent discussion his Department had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the European Commission in relation to the funding of cross-Border projects post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34877/18]
*2407. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated for the Leader programme in 2018; the expenditure level to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34878/18]
*2408. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to extend the Boyne Greenway project at Mornington, County Meath into Drogheda, County Louth; the resources available to his Department for the next round of greenway funding; when the next round of funding allocations will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34898/18]
*2409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for works to be carried out on the Sligo, Leitrim, North Counties Railway Greenway will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [34912/18]
*2410. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount that has been spent from the Leader budget in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the amount projected to be spent for the remainder of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [35108/18]
*2411. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for works to be carried out on the Cavan, Leitrim Greenway will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Martin Kenny. [35119/18]
*2412. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35148/18]
*2413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €88 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €141 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35282/18] 3239
*2414. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2018 allocation to the CLÁR programme. — Charlie McConalogue. [35359/18]
*2415. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the RAPID and the community facilities scheme will cease to be funded after 2018 and be replaced by the community enhancement programme. — Charlie McConalogue. [35360/18]
*2416. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the delivery of each action under Pillar 1: Supporting Sustainable Communities in the Action Plan for Rural Development by the targeted date as set out in the Second Progress Report published in April 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [35361/18]
*2417. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against his Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against his Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35374/18]
*2418. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35387/18]
*2419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35402/18]
*2420. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount provided by his Department to rape crisis centres each year for the past ten years; and the services and supports provided from this funding by each centre or project. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35411/18]
Chun an Aire Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí: To the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
*2421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Registration of Wills Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Noel Grealish. [32557/18]
*2422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for farm assist will be processed for a person (details supplied). — Alan Kelly. [32560/18]
*2423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the State pension to pre-recession rates in view of the increase in the cost of living and the higher cost of living incurred by those living alone in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32672/18]
*2424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a travel allowance for those that hold a free travel pass but are unable to utilise it due to living rurally
P.T.O 3240 and away from access to public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32676/18]
*2425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to combat the issue of poverty among disabled adults (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32728/18]
*2426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the regional imbalance resulting from the recent announcement of the ability programme grants which ignored the northwest region and failed to provide funding north of a line from counties Galway to Roscommon to Dublin; and the progress she has made since this Deputy provided a submission on the matter of regional funding imbalances with an accompanying map highlighting the funding neglect of the north west area in early June 2018. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32827/18]
*2427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in each of the years 2019 to 2023 of meeting the projected deficits in the social insurance fund; if those projected costs have been incorporated into the expenditure base for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33204/18]
*2428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals programme; and the number of children benefitting in this regard. — Kathleen Funchion. [33326/18]
*2429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools participating in the school meals programme by county in tabular form. — Kathleen Funchion. [33327/18]
*2430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is discretion which can be exercised in a case (details supplied); if not, if there is an appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [33342/18]
*2431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s benefit payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33413/18]
*2432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of a 50% increase in payments made to those are resident in direct provision. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33684/18]
*2433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of doubling the payments made to those that are resident in direct provision. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33738/18]
*2434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly allowance for asylum seekers living in direct provision to €38.74 for adults and €29.80 for children in line with the recommendations of the McMahon report. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [33763/18]
*2435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of prosecutions which the State took against those suspected of social welfare fraud in each of the 3241 years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of appeals in relation to either conviction or sentencing taken by the State in relation to such cases; and the cost in pursuing these cases. — Clare Daly. [33842/18]
*2436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection he reason a single parent that is paying a mortgage cannot rent an unoccupied room in their house to help assist in the payment of the mortgage in view of the fact if they do rent a room the equivalent of the income generated is removed from the social welfare payment; her plans to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [32407/18]
*2437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [32490/18]
*2438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for jobseeker’s benefit or other social welfare entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [32505/18]
*2439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32525/18]
*2440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her definition of biometric data; her views on whether this definition is compatible with GDPR, EU case law, the advice of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the recommendations of the Article 29 Working Party. — Mick Wallace. [32576/18]
*2441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32640/18]
*2442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered raising the telephone allowance to €4 per week; if extending the eligibility for the telephone allowance to all those in receipt of the State pension has been considered in view of the prevalence of rural isolation and loneliness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32673/18]
*2443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of restoring the bereavement grant; if its reintroduction has been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32674/18]
*2444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, one parent family payment, family income supplement, disability allowance, invalidity pension and non-contributory pension. — Eoin Ó Broin. [32686/18]
*2445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32704/18]
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*2446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 10 July 2018, the steps she is taking to ensure that there are adequate staff in her Department to deal with applications for carer’s benefit in a timely fashion in order that applicants are not left for weeks with no payment due to processing times of between 9 and 11 weeks. — Clare Daly. [32720/18]
*2447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32729/18]
*2448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a copy of the report compiled by her Department into seasonal and part-time workers entitlements to social protection payments will be published in view of the commitment by her predecessor in November 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32734/18]
*2449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the regional imbalance in the recent funding announced under the Ability Programme; her plans regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) which was a joint application with other disability groups within County Donegal; the efforts being made to address the need for funding for disability groups in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32744/18]
*2450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has completed a JobPath course with Turas Nua and has been offered a community employment scheme, is now being advised that they cannot take up this scheme unless they complete another JobPath course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. [32822/18]
*2451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employees from a liquidated company (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be issued redundancy payments by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32850/18]
*2452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 880 of 10 July 2018, if she will clarify the second part of the question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [32851/18]
*2453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reducing the number of paid PRSI contributions to qualify for a widower’s pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension from 260 contributions to 230; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Haughey. [32860/18]
*2454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue in relation to a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Willie O’Dea. [32891/18]
*2455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32906/18]
*2456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of projects, supervisors, assistant supervisors and participants in Waterford city and county in community 3243 employment in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [32932/18]
*2457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child payment by €5 for all children over 12 years of age. — John Brady. [32979/18]
*2458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time a person (details supplied) has been awaiting an appeal for a carer’s allowance; the average appeal waiting time for a carer’s allowance; and the further length of time the person will have to wait for their appeal to be processed in view of the hardship being experienced. — Seán Crowe. [32986/18]
*2459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension calculation based on isolated Irish contributions only or isolated UK contributions only would heed a higher State pension payment than a person’s (details supplied) current payment based on combined Irish and UK contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33002/18]
*2460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the targets agreed in relation to tackling poverty. — John Brady. [33077/18]
*2461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on poverty rates; and the actions being taken to tackle poverty as a result. — John Brady. [33078/18]
*2462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a decision to be made on their appeal against the decision to refuse their working family payment application which they applied for in January 2018. — Brian Stanley. [33093/18]
*2463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the amount paid in maintenance grants to participants on community employment schemes to reflect the increase in costs experienced by these schemes particularly in relation to insurance. — Shane Cassells. [33097/18]
*2464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds upon which it can transpire that 25 years of combined contributions in the case of a person (details supplied) equates to a particularly reduced pension; if their case will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33122/18]
*2465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the disability allowance by €5. — John Brady. [33127/18]
*2466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the carer’s allowance by €5. — John Brady. [33128/18]
*2467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing carer’s benefit by €5. — John Brady. [33129/18]
*2468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the blind pension by €5. — John Brady. [33130/18]
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*2469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the one parent family payment by €5. — John Brady. [33131/18]
*2470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the invalidity pension by €5. — John Brady. [33132/18]
*2471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the working family payment by 5%. — John Brady. [33133/18]
*2472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing all jobseeker’s payments for those aged 18 to 25 years of age by €30. — John Brady. [33134/18]
*2473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit, supplementary welfare allowance and farm assist by €5. — John Brady. [33135/18]
*2474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of extending the fuel allowance by four weeks. — John Brady. [33136/18]
*2475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the State pension by €5. — John Brady. [33137/18]
*2476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for jobseeker’s allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); if they will be approved for a basic social welfare payment or equivalent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33156/18]
*2477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a basic social welfare payment or carer’s payment will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33157/18]
*2478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the restructuring of MABS and CIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33187/18]
*2479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the report submitted recently relative to an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) will be considered as a matter of urgency; and if a request for an oral hearing will be expedited. — John McGuinness. [33189/18]
*2480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected surplus or deficit of the social insurance fund in each of the years 2019 to 2023; if this surplus or deficit includes the extension of invalidity pension to the self-employed; if the surplus or deficit has excluded the cost of extending illness, jobseeker’s and carer’s benefit to the self-employed; if the cost has been factored into the expenditure base for her Department for deficit years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33203/18]
*2481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full entitlements. — John McGuinness. [33273/18] 3245
*2482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, 4% of contributory claims were not awarded within processing time standards. — Sean Sherlock. [33278/18]
*2483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, 39% of State pension (non-contributory) claims were not awarded within processing time standards. — Sean Sherlock. [33279/18]
*2484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, 20% of child benefit claims were not awarded within processing time standards. — Sean Sherlock. [33280/18]
*2485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the possible restructuring of an airline (details supplied) at Dublin Airport; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the airline is planning to make up to 11 workers redundant and allow a ground handler take over the duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Imelda Munster. [33310/18]
*2486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. — Robert Troy. [33343/18]
*2487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. — Robert Troy. [33344/18]
*2488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the proposed setting-up of the total contributions approach scheme in the social welfare services office in Sligo; the estimated timeframe for the project; the spend for the entire project; the cost under headings (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33369/18]
*2489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims expected to be reviewed in the context of the proposed setting-up of the total contributions approach scheme; the quantum of staff allocated for the scheme by full-time staff and grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33370/18]
*2490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the quantum of resources that will be allocated to communicating with customers of her Department, that is, telephone, email and post in terms of the move to the total contributions approach; the resources that will be allocated to the setting-up of the areas, that is, computer instalment and set-up of user accounts for the operation of the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33371/18]
*2491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given and account taken of the additional workloads for service officers in the context of the total contributions approach project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33372/18]
*2492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in conjunction with the OPW in relation to accommodation in terms of the total contributions approach project in Sligo; if tenders have been awarded to building contractors for the work on-site; the estimated date of completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33375/18]
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*2493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to transfer staff awaiting a position in Sligo to the social welfare services office to reduce the dependency on temporary staff; her further plans to fill all vacancies across social welfare services offices with permanent staff prior to the implementation of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33376/18]
*2494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for child benefit payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33428/18]
*2495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33431/18]
*2496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment and jobseeker’s transition payment to €161 per week assuming an increase in the age limit of 7 to 14 years. — John Brady. [33448/18]
*2497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the age limit of the one parent family payment to 14 years of age assuming an increase in the payment of €5. — John Brady. [33449/18]
*2498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the age related jobseeker’s payment rates for 18 to 25 year olds to the top rate of €198. — John Brady. [33450/18]
*2499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average payment rate made to those in receipt of the working family payment. — John Brady. [33451/18]
*2500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount of revenue which could be raised if Ireland’s rate of employer PRSI contributions was raised in line with the EU average with Hungary, Belgium and France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [33453/18]
*2501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 66 years of age and over that received assistance through the exceptional needs payment and urgent needs payment in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the payment rate made to these persons; and the total spend in this regard. — John Brady. [33454/18]
*2502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 66 years of age and over that receive and have received the supplementary welfare allowance in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the amount awarded; and the total spend in this regard. — John Brady. [33455/18]
*2503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include surviving partners that have dependant children that were not legally married but cohabitating under the widowed and surviving civil partner grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33461/18] 3247
*2504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer’s allowance in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [33481/18]
*2505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing a cost of disability payment of €20 per week to persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33492/18]
*2506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the Christmas bonus to 100%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33493/18]
*2507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for the one parent family payment and jobseeker’s transitional payment to €146.50 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33494/18]
*2508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of rent supplement in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the expenditure on the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33495/18]
*2509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension that were and are also in receipt of a housing support payment in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33496/18]
*2510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing all basic social protection payments by €5, €7 and €10, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33501/18]
*2511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2, €3 and €5, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33502/18]
*2512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €7 and €10, respectively and extending it by a further four weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33503/18]
*2513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application by a person (details supplied) took so long to process; the further reason it was refused; the options available to them based on circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33554/18]
*2514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2017 and 2018 budget for the WALK PEER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33606/18]
*2515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for the wage subsidy scheme in 2018; the number of persons availing of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33607/18]
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*2516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 20 February 2018, if she will request her departmental officials to examine the issue of foster parents accessing the one parent family payment in advance of budget 2019 with a view to amending the legislation to include single foster parents in the list of eligible households for the purposes of claiming the payment. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33629/18]
*2517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding poverty among persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33638/18]
*2518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for processing carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33647/18]
*2519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views in relation to issues (details supplied) regarding loneliness here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33686/18]
*2520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to publish a new or updated anti-poverty strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33691/18]
*2521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and name of the groups she met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33709/18]
*2522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that Intreo offices comply with EU data privacy laws when they send information to Seetec without knowledge or consent of persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33854/18]
*2523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one parent family payment by gender in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [33968/18]
*2524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to adjust the system that mitigates against an older person that may have had to work before they were 16 years of age or after their 66th birthday for reckonable contributions for a State pension. — Seán Crowe. [33989/18]
*2525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for her Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against her Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33998/18]
*2526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make farm assist more available to farmers in view of the recent bad winter and summer drought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34035/18] 3249
*2527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist by county in each of the years since 2010 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34036/18]
*2528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); the paths open to the person to appeal this decision on the basis that it seemed to be a temporary admittance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34083/18]
*2529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if personal progression plans issued by JobPath and Seetec must be signed by the person without them receiving a hard copy of the contract to review; if in the absence of a signature by the individual it would be common practice for either JobPath or Seetec to sign the contract on behalf of the individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34084/18]
*2530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age participating on a community employment scheme by county, in January 2017 and in June 2018, in tabular form. — Niamh Smyth. [34201/18]
*2531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age that are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, jobseeker’s benefit and signing for credits for 12 months or more, by county in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34202/18]
*2532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34213/18]
*2533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34230/18]
*2534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34247/18]
*2535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34264/18]
*2536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the detail of each non- civil service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34281/18]
*2537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34298/18]
*2538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full- time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. — Jack Chambers. [34315/18]
P.T.O 3250
*2539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34359/18]
*2540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. — Robert Troy. [34371/18]
*2541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for the loan parent’s allowance that failed to have the father’s name registered on their child’s birth certificate; and the measures she is taking to ensure fathers’ names are registered on all birth certificates and maintenance is paid. — Robert Troy. [34530/18]
*2542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average number of weeks waiting time for processing appeals for each of the social protection payments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34532/18]
*2543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the carer’s support grant; the number of applicants; the number granted, refused and appealed to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34533/18]
*2544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34538/18]
*2545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s benefit will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34541/18]
*2546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [34543/18]
*2547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exploratory work carried out regarding the reintroduction of free travel for students; and if she will provide a costing for the proposal. — Robert Troy. [34559/18]
*2548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the decision was made to cut benefits in the case of a person (details supplied); if the one parent family payment will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [34581/18]
*2549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding an application by a person (details supplied). — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [34582/18]
*2550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34606/18]
*2551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34607/18] 3251
*2552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for the non-contributory State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34609/18]
*2553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34610/18]
*2554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times to process applications for the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34611/18]
*2555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons are selected for review of their children’s allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [34613/18]
*2556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase staffing resources to reduce the delays in having applications such as carer’s allowance processed and finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34635/18]
*2557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of extra employees to be hired in her Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on her Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34663/18]
*2558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of unfilled vacancies in her Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under her remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34681/18]
*2559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the EU directives that fall under her remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34709/18]
*2560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. — Robert Troy. [34741/18]
*2561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget outlay provided to the WALK PEER programme in Walkinstown, Dublin 12; and the estimated cost of rolling out a similar programme to each county. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [34839/18]
*2562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of reducing the pension age for all to 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34998/18]
P.T.O 3252
*2563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that would be collected if both current bands of employers’ PRSI were increased by 2%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35024/18]
*2564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that would be collected if a new PRSI rate of 19.75% was introduced for employers hiring staff that earn more than €100,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35025/18]
*2565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost for proposals (details supplied). — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35067/18]
*2566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that was paid out annually in rent allowance in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the projected amount in 2018 and 2019. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35068/18]
*2567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the transfer of rent allowance recipients to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS, if the moneys saved have then been transferred to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government; the organisation responsible for the payments; if so, the amount in each of the years since the beginning of these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35069/18]
*2568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the back to school allowance by €10. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35070/18]
*2569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost of reintroducing a concurrent payment of half rate illness benefit and jobseeker’s benefit in addition to one parent family payment and widow’s and widower’s pensions. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35071/18]
*2570. 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 the matter. — Willie Penrose. [35112/18]
*2571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35141/18]
*2572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that processing time limits for appeals in respect of social welfare payments is at an acceptable level; her plans to reduce the time delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [35153/18]
*2573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the budget for the working family payment in 2017 and 2018. — Maurice Quinlivan. [35183/18]
*2574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons and households in receipt of fuel allowance in 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the projected number in 2019; the breakdown of recipients by payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35231/18] 3253
*2575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of increasing the weekly fuel allowance by €5; the history of changes to the payment since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35232/18]
*2576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the introduction of a cold weather payment scheme similar to that of the UK in which if the temperature is forecast at zero or below for seven days an additional payment is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35233/18]
*2577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance scheme by an extra week in 2018; the projected cost for same in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35234/18]
*2578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in receipt of payments under the school meals programme; the number of pupils that benefitted; the number of schools in DEIS not utilising the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35235/18]
*2579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number in receipt of rent supplement in 2017 and 2018, respectively; the cost in 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of new awards of rent supplement to date in 2018; the projected number in 2019; the number expected to transition to HAP in 2018 and 2019 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35236/18]
*2580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the rent limits for rent supplement; the estimated cost of increasing limits by 20% and 10%, respectively; the estimated cost of benchmarking the maximum rent at the 35th percentile of those rents registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35237/18]
*2581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies by county in which the payment was increased above prescribed limits; the cost of same in 2017; the projected cost in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35238/18]
*2582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in each year since 2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35239/18]
*2583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected unemployment rate in 2019; the projected savings on the live register in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35240/18]
*2584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the programmes and payments to which the additional €241 million projected to meet demographic costs in her Department in 2019 net of the €50 million live register savings will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35241/18]
*2585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places budgeted for JobsPlus; the projected spend for 2018; the number of persons on the JobsPlus scheme in 2017; the number to date in 2018; the projected number by the end of 2018; the number of
P.T.O 3254 persons under each qualifying criteria; the number of those under 50 years of age on the €7,500 rate and €10,000 rate, respectively if it is following unemployment of 12, 24 or 36 months; the number of persons over 50 years of age on the 12 month €10,000 rate; the number of those under 25 years of age on the four month €7,500 rate in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35242/18]
*2586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons 26 years of age and under in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance by age and payment; the number of qualified adult rates included in these groups; the estimated cost in a full year of restoring all the reduced payments for persons under 26 to the full adult rate of €198 and same with the qualified adult rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35243/18]
*2587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on exceptional needs payments and urgent needs payments respectively, in each of the past ten years; the amount projected for 2018 for each; the number of claims in each year; the breakdown for ENPs and UNPs of the type of payment it was used for in 2017 and to date in 2018 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35244/18]
*2588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the accessibility and availability of the community welfare service; if there is a dedicated person available in each Intreo and social welfare office during opening hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35245/18]
*2589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €10 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €14 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35246/18]
*2590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date; the number referred to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [35331/18]
*2591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to each of the LES offices in 2017 and to date in 2018. — John Brady. [35332/18]
*2592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on JobPath in 2017 and to date in 2018. — John Brady. [35333/18]
*2593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process in place for the wind-down of JobPath for the end of referrals in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [35334/18]
*2594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged on JobPath that have taken up places on community employment schemes, the rural social scheme or Tús since June 2018. — John Brady. [35335/18]
*2595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to remove child maintenance payments as means for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [35336/18] 3255
*2596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for all social welfare payments. — John Brady. [35337/18]
*2597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had contact with the Department of Justice and Equality in relation to child maintenance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [35338/18]
*2598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the practice in place within her Department in cases in which a person has received an overpayment due to a departmental error; if the person is obliged to repay the amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Brady. [35339/18]
*2599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an audit of all external workplace investigations conducted by companies (details supplied) will be provided; the outcome in relation to complaints against her Department; when the investigation will commence in relation to an allegation against an employee, that is, the number of occasions on which a complaint was upheld against her Department by the investigators; and the number of occasions on which an investigation against an employee found grounds for disciplinary action. — Bríd Smith. [35371/18]
*2600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35383/18]
*2601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35397/18]
Chun an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil: To the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.
*2602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which an applicant to the Rebuilding Ireland home loans scheme meets difficulty in view of the fact their contractual employment does not cover the calendar year in spite of their employment as a second-level teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — James Browne. [32545/18]
*2603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the planned urban regeneration and development fund is a potential source of funding for a road scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [32687/18]
*2604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a project (details supplied) will be considered for funding under the urban regeneration and development fund when it is released in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33260/18]
*2605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the comments in the Draft National Risk Assessment 2018 regarding the shortage of houses being one of the most prominent risks and challenges facing Ireland and that for the foreseeable future the
P.T.O 3256 housing shortages are likely to act as economic constraints on economic activity; if he has held recent meetings on same; and the role his Department has in tackling this major risk. — Micheál Martin. [33404/18]
*2606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated yield by increasing the vacant site levy to 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33516/18]
*2607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason a proposed road development in Naas, County Kildare originally planned in 1992 may be funded by the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund as part of the proposed Naas inner relief road; the reason an outdated road development provides two of three options for the completion of the road; the reason the LIHAF funding for the road has been approved in view of the significant passage of time and the exponential increase in the population of Naas over the past 26 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [33566/18]
*2608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the cohort of persons that cannot obtain a mortgage and are unable to save a deposit for a house due to high rental costs but are over the threshold for council housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34013/18]
*2609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the slurry spreading deadline will be extended in view of the recent weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34028/18]
*2610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the threshold for a threat to national security under the new planning and development acts for planning permission to be overturned; and if a potential interference with a naval base or military base of the State would constitute such a threat. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35079/18]
*2611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of recipients of the rental accommodation scheme and the housing assistance payment in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the expenditure on each payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33495/18]
*2612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of targeted sites to be acquired under the serviced sites fund in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; the estimated average subsidy per site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [32430/18]
*2613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the requirement on elected members of local authorities to declare contracts they or their business interests have with the local authority of which they are a member in terms of the Local Government Act 2001, the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 and related legislation and regulations; his plans to amend these requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [32444/18]
*2614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the housing legislation which governs the planting of hedgerows in residential areas; if there is a specific height which hedgerows cannot be allowed to grow beyond in such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [32445/18] 3257
*2615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a minimum amount a person or persons must save per month when preparing for an application for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [32506/18]
*2616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure incurred by his Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32529/18]
*2617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are emergency regulations, such as the hosepipe ban, regarding the use of large quantities of water for irrigation other than for food production. — Eamon Ryan. [32558/18]
*2618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of water being used for irrigation purposes for landscaping other than food production, for example, maintaining animal racecourses and golf courses. — Eamon Ryan. [32559/18]
*2619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of active RAS tenancies by local authority area for the most recent month available in tabular form. — Eoin Ó Broin. [32595/18]
*2620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he has taken to introduce a BER style water conservation rating for buildings in line with the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [32599/18]
*2621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he has taken to review the EPA’s research budget on water management and conservation in line with the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [32600/18]
*2622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he has taken to fund and promote water conservation systems in line with the recommendations of the Special Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [32601/18]
*2623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32644/18]
*2624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will change the wording in the Social Housing Support Household Means Policy to reflect the fact that FÁS schemes have been replaced by community employment schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Shane Cassells. [32664/18]
*2625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expected social housing output for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, by type of build, acquisition, leasing, RAS and HAP. — Eoin Ó Broin. [32685/18]
P.T.O 3258
*2626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the supports available to a person (details supplied) to help cover the cost of the remedial works to fix pyrite damage on their home. — Peadar Tóibín. [32694/18]
*2627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding applications made by Cork County Council for the provision of social housing in locations (details supplied) in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Sean Sherlock. [32700/18]
*2628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant site levy registration appeals to An Bord Pleanála that were accepted and rejected respectively. — Darragh O’Brien. [32727/18]
*2629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when Irish Water will change the account of a person (details supplied) from commercial to domestic in view of all the evidence provided and the necessary declaration form being submitted over a year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Timmy Dooley. [32739/18]
*2630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when funds to local authorities for adaptations to local authority rented dwellings under the housing adaptation for people with a disability scheme will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seamus Healy. [32844/18]
*2631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the recent tendering process for repairs to local authority houses by Waterford County Council which contravenes the terms of Circular Letter 10/14: Initiatives to Assist SMEs in Public Procurement and has resulted in 120 job losses among small builders in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seamus Healy. [32918/18]
*2632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rent to buy scheme (details supplied) will be reintroduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32930/18]
*2633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the provision of a sewerage system for the residents of Coolmagort Avenue, Beaufort, County Kerry will be urgently addressed in view of the fact that raw sewerage is seeping into gardens and is the cause of serious health and safety concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Brassil. [32942/18]
*2634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to bring forward the commercial rates and evaluation Bill; if this Bill will assist small businesses in rural Ireland that are struggling under the burden of local commercial rates; his views on whether the levying of commercial rates without giving due regard to turnover of the business is an outdated and archaic system of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32977/18]
*2635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the various commercial rates struck in each of the local authority areas throughout the country to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32978/18]
*2636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he plans to take to receive a response from county council housing departments (details supplied) requesting 3259 information on the number of council houses that each local authority built in 2017 on council owned ground, that is, started as a greenfield and brownfield site, contracted out to tender to builders, built and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Fitzmaurice. [33085/18]
*2637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of allocations under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund in 2018; if such allocations come under the capital expenditure heading of departmental expenditure under Vote 34; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33109/18]
*2638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 945 of 10 July 2018, the status of the anticipated allocation amount under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33110/18]
*2639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the report of the working group on short-term lets submitted to his Department; and when a targeted public consultation will be initiated on its proposals. — Darragh O’Brien. [33111/18]
*2640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of serviced sites completed to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33112/18]
*2641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason section 79(4) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 was not commenced in SI No. 206 of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33113/18]
*2642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the affordable dwellings fund will be established under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33114/18]
*2643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the anticipated contribution in 2018 and in the future to the affordable dwellings fund under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33115/18]
*2644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the role of the affordable dwellings fund in the provision of affordable units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33116/18]
*2645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 945 of 10 July 2018 and 733 and 744 of 12 July 2018, the financial year in which the €75 million in Exchequer funding to the fund will be available; if the amount available in Exchequer funding in 2018 is €15 million or €25 million as separately outlined in replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33117/18]
*2646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Irish Water’s practice of charging a standing charge for each connection for commercial water users that have multiple connections for the same business will be reviewed in view of the fact that Irish Water state that it endeavours to have equality and no undue discrimination in its water charges and this practice goes against that objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jackie Cahill. [33121/18]
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*2647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of full-time firefighters currently employed by Waterford city and county council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33149/18]
*2648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of retained firefighters currently employed by Waterford City and County Council by station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33150/18]
*2649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his plans to construct a new modern fit for purpose fire station in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Mary Butler. [33151/18]
*2650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff in An Bord Pleanála in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33198/18]
*2651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget of An Bord Pleanála in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Darragh O’Brien. [33199/18]
*2652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding a review of the national stock of fire stations; his plans for a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Robert Troy. [33262/18]
*2653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the meetings, briefings or lobbying he or his departmental officials have had with representatives either in an official or unofficial capacity of a company (details supplied) since 2013. — Bríd Smith. [33267/18]
*2654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated number of private residential landlords as per the latest Residential Tenancies Board information and other sources; the number across each local authority area; the number of privately rented residential units per local authority area controlled by these landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33331/18]
*2655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated number of private residential landlords with multiple rented properties as per the latest Residential Tenancies Board information and other sources; the landlords of each across each local authority; the range of numbers of properties controlled by such landlords, for example, the number and percentage of landlords that have more than 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 properties and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33332/18]
*2656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has sought a report on the structural problems which have emerged at an apartment complex (details supplied) and on measures to ensure the safety of residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33333/18]
*2657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Irish Water automatic meter reading technology is still in use; the number of automatic meter readings Irish Water has conducted in the past two years to date nationally; if Irish Water has outsourced the drive by automatic meter readings to a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33348/18] 3261
*2658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when there will be a review of the rent pressure zones with consideration of the inclusion of further parts of the country, including Limerick and Waterford cities; if the criteria for qualification as a rent pressure zone will be changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [33368/18]
*2659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which a large licence for mechanical harvesting of kelp can be issued without an environmental impact assessment in regard to Bantry Bay; if it is a requirement of the terms of licence; the reason there was no public consultation meetings held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [33379/18]
*2660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses that have been acquired or purchased by Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council, respectively in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33386/18]
*2661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses that have been built by the local authorities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33387/18]
*2662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government f he will report on the recent announcement that Irish Water is targeting savings of €70 million further to the Government decision to separate Irish Water from its parent company Ervia in order that it becomes a publicly owned utility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33405/18]
*2663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to separate Irish Water from Ervia and allow for Irish Water to be independent; the process of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33406/18]
*2664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he informed Ervia regarding his proposed changes to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33407/18]
*2665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of voids that have been renovated in the first six months of 2018, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33408/18]
*2666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the new housing agency; if he has received legal advice on same on mandatory purchasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33409/18]
*2667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider using the new powers available under the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 to revoke a planning permission in the case of An Bord Pleanála’s recent decision to grant permission to a company (details supplied) for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, County Cork in view of the submission made by the Department of Defence during the planning process in relation to the impact this development would have on the operation of the Naval Service headquarters at Haulbowline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33442/18]
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*2668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide a home to each person on local authority homeless lists, excluding the use of the private rental market in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33512/18]
*2669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide a home to each person that has been on a local authority social housing waiting list for over five years, excluding use of the private rental market in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33513/18]
*2670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated annual cost to build 20,000 new social and affordable homes per year for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33514/18]
*2671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children under 18 years of age that have been residing in emergency accommodation in counties Laois and Offaly; the number that have been in residence for periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [33537/18]
*2672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to commit 7% of all social housing stock in 2019 to the provision of appropriate housing for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33538/18]
*2673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units that are appropriate housing for persons with disabilities that are occupied, ready for occupation and in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [33539/18]
*2674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria for persons applying for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in view of the fact that some persons are experiencing difficulty or are following unclear advice regarding the scheme; the average timeframe in which persons are being informed that they have submitted a valid or invalid application, that is to say they receive notice that they are approved in principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [33587/18]
*2675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the provision of housing for persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [33588/18]
*2676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the working family payment is considered as income for the purposes of qualifying for local authority housing lists but is not considered income for the purposes of qualifying for a mortgage under the Rebuilding Ireland mortgage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [33630/18]
*2677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 952 of 10 July 2018, if he has requested additional work to be undertaken on the issue of assisting householders whose homes are unable to secure a green cert due to the presence of pyrite but that are not included in the remediation scheme. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33642/18] 3263
*2678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of council owned homes or approved housing body units that were allocated for persons with a disability in 2017; and the targets for 2018 and 2019. — Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. [33646/18]
*2679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average loan amount that has been approved in the Dublin region under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33661/18]
*2680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications for funding under the serviced sites fund; the number being assessed; the number approved for this funding to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33662/18]
*2681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding that has been drawn down from the serviced sites fund in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33663/18]
*2682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund that has been drawn down in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33664/18]
*2683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the progress being made to develop an affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33665/18]
*2684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the Working Group on Rental Standards; the budget allocation, target setting and performance monitoring for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33666/18]
*2685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of rapid build housing units that have been constructed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33667/18]
*2686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding that has been drawn down through the LIHAF in 2018; the number of draw down requests that have been submitted; the number of requests being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33668/18]
*2687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the capital assistance scheme in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33669/18]
*2688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the draft policy statement on housing options for older persons will be published by his Department and the Department of Health’s multi agency steering group on housing accommodation for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33670/18]
*2689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant units returned to the housing stock for each local authority in 2017; the amount of funding allocated
P.T.O 3264 to each local authority for same in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — John Curran. [33671/18]
*2690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a system will be introduced to ensure information in relation to the details of land owned by approved housing bodies is obtained and made available in view of the fact the regulation office of the Housing Agency does not collect same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33697/18]
*2691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number and name of the groups he met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33713/18]
*2692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the role in terms of public health of the chief executive of a local authority in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33729/18]
*2693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when members of the fire and rescue service across the State will receive 1916 commemorative medals. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33779/18]
*2694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a response will issue to the proposal from an association (details supplied) to establish an expert review panel to extend the retirement age of retained firefighters. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33780/18]
*2695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless adults, families and dependants in Cork city and county; the number staying in hotels; the corresponding figures for the same date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33812/18]
*2696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to separate Irish Water from Ervia; the way in which this will be done; the anticipated timeline; the engagement that has been held or is planned with staff representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33822/18]
*2697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units that have been acquired under the repair and leasing scheme since its introduction by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33828/18]
*2698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units that have been purchased under the buy and renew scheme since its introduction by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33829/18]
*2699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units that have been acquired under the housing agency vacant housing purchase initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33830/18]
*2700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies that are now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33831/18] 3265
*2701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenants that have requested that they be included on a local authority transfer list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33832/18]
*2702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households previously in a HAP supported tenancy that have obtained a local authority home as a result of being on the transfer list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33833/18]
*2703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP supported private rented properties that have been inspected within the required eight months of the commencement of the tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33834/18]
*2704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households that have presented as homeless having previously lived in a HAP tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33835/18]
*2705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households that have exited emergency accommodation into a HAP tenancy and subsequently re-presented as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33836/18]
*2706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households supported by the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33837/18]
*2707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households supported by the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33838/18]
*2708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of family hubs in operation in and outside Dublin respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33839/18]
*2709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families accommodated in family hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33840/18]
*2710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of rapid build homes that have been completed and occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Clare Daly. [33841/18]
*2711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department is working with the HSE and an approved housing body (details supplied) to construct residential places at a location in Dundalk for disabled persons living in the community with their parents. — Gerry Adams. [33843/18]
*2712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an approved housing body (details supplied) has made an application for additional funds towards the construction residential places; the value of the application; and when the outcome of the application will issue. — Gerry Adams. [33844/18]
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*2713. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of complaints to the European Commission of breaches of EU environmental directives in respect of Ireland or State agencies here; when each of these will be decided; his views on whether the projects in respect of these complaints should proceed pending a decision by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33870/18]
*2714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the legislation was commenced in respect of allowing planning applications for housing by approved housing bodies to be dealt with under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Acts; the number of planning applications approved by this method to date; the number of housing units covered by these applications; the number of these housing units that have been built and occupied to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Sean Fleming. [33905/18]
*2715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 17 April 2018, the number of notices issued by each planning authority in relation to vacant site tax in tabular form; if his Department is monitoring the progress of each planning authority in identifying vacant sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33908/18]
*2716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of mortgage holders that have purchased their home under an affordable housing scheme; if he has commenced the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 which would enable new purchasers to switch mortgage providers; when he expects to bring forward legislative changes to enable existing mortgage holders that purchased their home through an affordable housing scheme to switch mortgage providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33933/18]
*2717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34002/18]
*2718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grounds or circumstances in which a county council can use its powers to freeze land zoned for development to ensure that no development takes place for a period of time; the parameters of this freezing; if this is an executive or reserved function of the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34082/18]
*2719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the changes he will make to ensure that a person with a mortgage on an affordable home that is jointly with a council and with a mortgage provider, can change mortgage providers to avail of the best rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [34093/18]
*2720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34217/18]
*2721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34234/18] 3267
*2722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34251/18]
*2723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34268/18]
*2724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the detail of each non- civil service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34285/18]
*2725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34302/18]
*2726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. — Jack Chambers. [34319/18]
*2727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the local authorities that have and have not appointed an officer with responsibility for migrant integration, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34332/18]
*2728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding which will be allocated to the Rebuilding Ireland programme over the duration of its lifetime by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34333/18]
*2729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant or derelict hotel and guesthouse properties in each county. — Niamh Smyth. [34334/18]
*2730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to raise the threshold for social housing supports in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34335/18]
*2731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34363/18]
*2732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will reintroduce an affordable housing scheme to assist persons that are over the income limit for social housing but are not in a position to pay market rates (details supplied); and the supports available to assist such a person own their own home. — Robert Troy. [34370/18]
*2733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he plans raising the eligibility thresholds for going on the local authority lists as per sections 20 and 21 of the Housing Act 2009 in view of the low income thresholds in place at present that mean that many working persons on low incomes are neither eligible to go on the housing lists nor have the resources to buy their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34460/18]
*2734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications received under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to date; the number of loans
P.T.O 3268 that have been approved; the number of applications rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34465/18]
*2735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the report on the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 will be published; the reason for the delay; his plans to implement its recommendations; when he plans to make changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34466/18]
*2736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses sold under the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 to date by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34467/18]
*2737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications received to date under the mortgage to rent scheme since its inception; the number of these approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34468/18]
*2738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the outcome of the proposals considered at the European Council meeting in June 2018 in relation to the reallocation of seats in the European Parliament; if Ireland’s number of seats has increased; if so, the proposals in place to revise the European Parliament constituencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [34475/18]
*2739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the deposit protection scheme; when it will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas P. Broughan. [34537/18]
*2740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the next round of funding under the local infrastructure housing activation fund will be announced; and if all councils have been communicated with to seek their priorities. — Robert Troy. [34547/18]
*2741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that there are strong enough measures in place to deal with local authority tenants involved in anti- social behaviour. — Robert Troy. [34568/18]
*2742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a land transfer; if he will provide advice or assistance on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34572/18]
*2743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans and the timeline for the delivery of a fire station (details supplied); if there are other similar projects proposed in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the stages these are at in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34621/18]
*2744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the targets for the delivery of social housing by build, acquisition, leasing, RAS and HAP for 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. — Eoin Ó Broin. [34643/18]
*2745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have taken place each year since its establishment and in each month of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34650/18] 3269
*2746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies here; the number of mortgage to rent transactions undertaken by each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34651/18]
*2747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34667/18]
*2748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of unfilled vacancies in his Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies now; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under his remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34685/18]
*2749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the EU directives that fall under his remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34713/18]
*2750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a new panel has been established to assess methods by which to repair houses in County Donegal affected by muscovite mica; the membership of the panel; the terms of reference; the chairperson of the panel; the deadline for completion of its assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34720/18]
*2751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a redress scheme will be provided to repair houses in County Donegal affected by muscovite mica; the date by which a redress scheme will be commenced; the way in which it will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34721/18]
*2752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he has had following a meeting (details supplied) to provide funding for the repair of Swan Park in Buncrana, County Donegal; if funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Charlie McConalogue. [34734/18]
*2753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of units covered by the enhanced leasing scheme by county; the anticipated cost in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [34758/18]
*2754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the planning authorities have taken steps to comply with section 10(2)(o) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended regarding the need the planning authorities to mark public rights of way on development plan maps; the authorities which have not in tabular form; his plans to issue a ministerial direction to planning authorities to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34831/18]
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*2755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the caravan loan scheme will be reviewed to ensure that it is appropriate to needs and costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34904/18]
*2756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the West Gate Vision document produced by Louth County Council; if an application has been made by Louth County Council to access funding for the development of the plan; the amount of funding available for urban renewal and regeneration in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jan O’Sullivan. [34906/18]
*2757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress on his discussions with the Department of Health and local authorities in relation of plans to provide State funded retirement villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34920/18]
*2758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing a special designation for older person’s housing in all residential developments as happens in other European countries such as Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34921/18]
*2759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing applicants on local authority lists here after the assessment of needs earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35060/18]
*2760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants on the RAS and HAP transfer lists. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35061/18]
*2761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant properties here; the number suitable for social housing; the number that have been considered for acquisition by local authorities by authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35062/18]
*2762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the full cost of emergency accommodation in 2015, 2016, 2017 and projected for 2018 and 2019 by local authority and type of emergency accommodation, that is, hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels and family hubs. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35063/18]
*2763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual spend for 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the projected spend for 2018 and 2019 on leasing, HAP and RAS agreements between local authorities and landlords by authority and type of agreement; and the number of these arrangements that are direct transfers from rent allowance arrangements. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35065/18]
*2764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide a home to every person on local authority homeless lists, that is, excluding use of the private rental market in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35066/18]
*2765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average cost of building council housing on publicly owned land that is fully serviced. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35064/18] 3271
*2766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether An Bord Pleanála requires reform in view of the frequency of the overturning of decisions by the Board of Inspector Recommendations, the length of time taken for deliberations in some examples and the limited details of discussion undertaken by the Board after an approval or refusal provided to the public. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35081/18]
*2767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35145/18]
*2768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 May 2018, when he or his predecessor decided not to implement Action 20 of the National Radon Control Strategy (Amend the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations to address radon); and the reason therefor. — Eamon Ryan. [35186/18]
*2769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. — Eamon Ryan. [35190/18]
*2770. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken and plans to take in relation to the large-scale illegal extraction of peat for horticultural use in view of the data on unauthorised and unlicensed peat extraction gathered by University College Cork commissioned by an organisation (details supplied) with funding from his Department. — Eamon Ryan. [35193/18]
*2771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing schemes bought by charitable organisations in each of the four Dublin local authorities; the unit cost per dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Ryan. [35203/18]
*2772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he sought legal advice on the senior counsel report to him on planning matters in County Donegal. — Eamon Ryan. [35205/18]
*2773. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €1,632 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €2,033 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35264/18]
*2774. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of unique individuals that have experienced homelessness since the PASS online database was brought into existence in homeless services as recorded on that database; the length of time that these individuals have been homeless in years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35265/18]
*2775. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units that were built in 2017; the number projected to be built in 2018 and 2019, respectively; the number that have been purchased by local authorities or other public bodies; the number delivered through AHBs by local authority area in tabular form; and the number of units by number of bedrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35266/18]
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*2776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies in 2017 and to date in 2018; the estimated full year number for 2018 and 2019; the cost in each year by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35267/18]
*2777. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies in 2017 and to date in 2018; the estimated full year number for 2018 and 2019; the cost in each year by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35268/18]
*2778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to review the rent limits for HAP; the estimated cost of increasing the limits by 10% and 20% respectively; the estimated cost of benchmarking the maximum rent at the 35th percentile of those rents registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35269/18]
*2779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount allocated to Traveller housing since 2016; the percentage that has been drawn down by local authority area by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35270/18]
*2780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of clean drinking water provided by Irish Water; the amount of clean drinking water provided by Irish Water believed to be lost through leaks in the public mains; the amount of clean drinking water provided by Irish Water believed to be lost through leaks in pipes on private land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35271/18]
*2781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent on housing adaptation grants in each year since 2015 by local authority; the number of houses adapted in each case; the level of funding available in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35272/18]
*2782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social or affordable housing units that have been built in Cork city or county since 2011; and the number of submissions received from either council or from AHBs for County Cork for projects to be developed in 2018 and 2019; and the number of units involved. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35316/18]
*2783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35385/18]
*2784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35400/18] 3273
Chun an Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta: To the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
*2785. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding investment in arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32876/18]
*2786. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for a roadmap to show clearly the way in which investment in arts and culture will be doubled over the next six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32888/18]
*2787. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe in which complete and adequate funding will be provided to Waterways Ireland to fully restore Meelick Weir (details supplied) in its entirety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Anne Rabbitte. [32920/18]
*2788. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe in which she will provide complete funding to Waterways Ireland to restore the walkway on a weir (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [33416/18]
*2789. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when restoration works will commence on a weir (details supplied); when it is proposed that the works will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Carol Nolan. [33417/18]
*2790. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of pre-school services operating in the Gaeltacht; the number of these operating through the medium of Irish; the number of children registered with these services from September 2017; and the number that attended services that were provided through the medium of Irish. — Peadar Tóibín. [33727/18]
*2791. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of CITES certificates issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2013 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Marc MacSharry. [32428/18]
*2792. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the three year trial period in relation to sections 7 and 8 of the Heritage Bill 2016 will work; the way in which results will be measured; the action that may be taken in relation to trial outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peter Burke. [32442/18]
*2793. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of legal fees in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32522/18]
*2794. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contracted the legal services of a company (details supplied) at any point over each of the past six years; if so, the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mattie McGrath. [32637/18]
*2795. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun maoiniú a sholáthar le haghaidh feabhsúcháin bhóithre ar oileáin i nDún na nGall; an ndeimhneoidh sí na pleananna chun feabhas a chur ar bhóithre ar oileán Árainn Mhór agus go háirithe ar an bhóthar fhad le teach solais Árainn Mhór; an ndeimhneoidh sí go bhfuil allúntas le
P.T.O 3274 cur ar fáil do na bóithre ar na hoileáin i mbuiséad na bliana seo; an gcuirfidh sí síos ar na pleananna atá aici do na hoileáin i bpróiseas Bhuiséid 2019; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Pat The Cope Gallagher. [32703/18]
*2796. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a lease on one or all of the properties 14 to 17 Moore Street; the name under which it was signed; the terms and conditions of same; if the lease was approved as part of the purchase; if the lease is still in place; if the leaseholders are keyholders; if so, the length of time for which they will be keyholders; and the reason it was not disclosed to the chair and members of a group (details supplied). — Peadar Tóibín. [32705/18]
*2797. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the application procedure for the recent allocation of €76,000 to support small scale local festivals and summer schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32735/18]
*2798. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the applications process for the recent allocation of €76,000 to support small scale local festivals and summer schools was advertised; the locations of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32736/18]
*2799. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the festivals and summer schools that were awarded funding under the recent allocation of €76,000 to support small scale local festivals and summer schools; the areas in which the events take place; the amount of funding awarded to each festival and summer school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32737/18]
*2800. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received from small scale local festivals and summer schools in relation to the recent allocation of €76,000; the number of those applications that were successful and not successful, retrospectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [32738/18]
*2801. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the need for the arm’s-length principle to be upheld and assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [32848/18]
*2802. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the recent engagement by Galway 2020 of a British consultant to advise the Galway European City of Culture 2020 team; the duration of the contract; the remuneration in respect of the contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [32866/18]
*2803. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the National Archives in capital and current spending in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [32998/18]
*2804. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the National Museum of Ireland in capital and current spending in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [32999/18]
*2805. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the National Library of Ireland in capital and current spending in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [33000/18] 3275
*2806. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation to the National Gallery of Ireland in capital and current spending in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Peadar Tóibín. [33001/18]
*2807. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta ar leanúint ó Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 600 an 11 Iúil 2018, an breithiúnas cúirte é; ar tugadh dúshlán dó; an dtacaíonn sí leis; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Peadar Tóibín. [33012/18]
*2808. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to Galway City of Culture 2020; the steps she has taken in relation to these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33161/18]
*2809. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost per school of the artists in schools pilot project under the Creative Ireland programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33170/18]
*2810. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of rolling out the creative schools programme to all primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33233/18]
*2811. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 21 June 2018, the date on which the performance delivery agreement in relation to the contribution of €15 million by her Department to Galway 2020 is expected to be finalised; the details of the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33234/18]
*2812. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of all moneys drawn down by and advanced to Galway 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33235/18]
*2813. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the provision of €15 million by her Department to Galway 2020 is contingent on funding secured from other sources; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33236/18]
*2814. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of the contribution by the EU to the Galway 2020 project; if the provision of these moneys is contingent on funding secured from other sources; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33237/18]
*2815. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the performance of the board of Galway 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33238/18]
*2816. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the appointment by Galway 2020 of a business engagement manager; the terms of the contract; the value of the contract; the penalty clauses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33239/18]
*2817. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a new business engagement manager has been appointed to Galway 2020; if so, the details of the contract; if not, when the
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*2818. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and value of all salaries paid to staff and or consultants to date in relation to Galway 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33241/18]
*2819. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent comment by the chair of Galway 2020 that the event will tailor the programme to the private sector’s needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33242/18]
*2820. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the funding from other sources in relation to Galway 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33243/18]
*2821. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the report by the EU monitoring committee in relation to Galway 2020 following the meeting with the ECOC monitoring panel on 28 and 29 June 2018 will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33244/18]
*2822. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the shortfall in funding for Galway 2020 of €5.45 million in 2017 and €5.08 million to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33245/18]
*2823. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €5.49 million budget in respect of marketing for Galway 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33246/18]
*2824. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of service level agreements signed by local authorities excluding Galway City Council and Galway County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33247/18]
*2825. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each political appointment to her Department since she was appointed; the pay grade, experience and qualification of each person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33318/18]
*2826. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will meet with a group (details supplied) with a view to her Department coordinating a cross-departmental task force including departments such as the Departments of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Justice and Equality in relation to supporting a project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [33410/18]
*2827. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 1 May 2018, when she will publish the economic analysis of the film, television and animation sector carried out by companies (details supplied) that was commissioned in 2016; the reason for the delay in publishing this study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33437/18]
*2828. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when recipients of the small scale local festivals and summer schools funding scheme 2018 will be informed. — Sean Sherlock. [33551/18] 3277
*2829. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has received funding from Screen Ireland since March 2017; her views in relation to a connection between Screen Ireland board members and the company and the perception of unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33648/18]
*2830. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has received funding from Screen Ireland since March 2017; her views in relation to a connection between Screen Ireland board members and the company and the perception of unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33649/18]
*2831. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has received funding from Screen Ireland since March 2017; her views in relation to a connection between Screen Ireland board members and the company and the perception of unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33650/18]
*2832. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a company (details supplied) has received funding from Screen Ireland since March 2017; her views in relation to a connection between Screen Ireland board members and the company and the perception of unfairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [33651/18]
*2833. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and name of the groups she met each month to date in 2018 that fall under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Micheál Martin. [33706/18]
*2834. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 May 2018, if her Department has completed its analysis of the project; if it has been referred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if legal advice is being provided in relation to extra public funding; when a final decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33785/18]
*2835. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to deny hare coursing licences to coursing clubs this season (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Maureen O’Sullivan. [33855/18]
*2836. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na critéir a úsáidfear chun a chinneadh cé acu an €100,000 nó €150,000 a thabharfar do na grúpaí pleanála teanga. — Peadar Tóibín. [33877/18]
*2837. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an soláthróidh sí eolas i dtábla maidir leis na hiarratais éagsúla a fuarthas ar mhaoiniú le haghaidh pleananna teanga agus maidir le stádas na n-iarratas sin faoi láthair. — Peadar Tóibín. [33878/18]
*2838. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta ráiteas a dhéanamh ar na coinníollacha oibre, lena n-áirítear tuarastal, teideal, pinsean, laethanta saoire agus laethanta tinnis, a bheidh ag na hoifigigh pleanála teanga atá le fostú sna 26 limistéar pleanála teanga; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Peadar Tóibín. [33879/18]
*2839. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for her Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against her
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Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [33995/18]
*2840. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for the National Heritage Areas Designation received in 2017 (details supplied). — Sean Sherlock. [34044/18]
*2841. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén sort measúnú a rinneadh ar chúrsaí gearra Gaeilge do pháistí atá á reáchtáil ag coláistí samhraidh áirithe ó thaobh sealbhú teanga, dul chun cinn agus aistriú na ndaltaí go cúrsaí eile, agus ar aile; muna raibh, an bhfuil measúnú á déanamh ag an Roinn faoi láthair ar an tionchar atá acu ar na nithe seo; cathain a cheadaíodh na cúrsaí seo den chéad uair; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Pearse Doherty. [34204/18]
*2842. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34210/18]
*2843. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34227/18]
*2844. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34244/18]
*2845. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34261/18]
*2846. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of each non-civil service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. — Jack Chambers. [34278/18]
*2847. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. — Jack Chambers. [34295/18]
*2848. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. — Jack Chambers. [34312/18]
*2849. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the requirements on those that wish to cut roadside hedges for road safety purposes to identify if there are nesting birds in order to ensure that no works are carried out in such an area which might be in contravention of national law or the EU Birds Directive; the qualifications required of those carrying out inspections in cases in which inspections need to be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [34326/18]
*2850. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, during the period of breeding and rearing, a licence will be required to carry out an inspection of hedgerows to determine if hedge cutting in that area would involve the disturbance of a wild bird on or near a nest containing eggs or unflown young; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [34327/18] 3279
*2851. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the data that will be used to ensure that the provisions of sections 7(1), 7(2) and 8 of the Heritage Act 2018 will not negatively impact breeding birds and other wildlife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [34344/18]
*2852. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the baseline data and analysis upon which the regulations she plans to bring into force under sections 7(1) and 7(2) of the Heritage Act 2018 will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Martin. [34345/18]
*2853. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Róisín Shortall. [34356/18]
*2854. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a fixed day each year to host the national famine memorial day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [34489/18]
*2855. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for archaeologists to examine a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [34490/18]
*2856. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projected cultural spending in each year from 2019 to 2024; and the projects and initiatives that will receive this funding in each of these years (details supplied). — Peadar Tóibín. [34527/18]
*2857. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of extra employees to be hired in her Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on her Department’s expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34660/18]
*2858. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of unfilled vacancies in her Department; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under her remit; the time these vacancies have been open from when the roles were first advertised to date for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Barry Cowen. [34678/18]
*2859. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the EU directives that fall under her remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. — Jim O’Callaghan. [34706/18]
*2860. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of increasing spending on the arts to 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.6% of GDP respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35023/18]
*2861. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Billy Kelleher. [35138/18]
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*2862. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the archaeological dig underway in the Boyne Valley region; the guidance issued by her Department in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Gerry Adams. [35171/18]
*2863. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the media reports on the significant archaeological finds uncovered recently by aerial photography in the Boyne Valley region. — Gerry Adams. [35172/18]
*2864. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the recent archaeological finds in the Boyne Valley region will be fully conserved; and if they will become open to the public to visit upon completion of the dig and associated works. — Gerry Adams. [35173/18]
*2865. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding made available and allocated each year for the past five years to the National Monuments Service. — Gerry Adams. [35174/18]
*2866. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €54 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €75 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Howlin. [35274/18]
*2867. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35380/18]
*2868. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [35394/18]
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