Tuesday, 6 Dec 2016

Written answers

• Written Answers Nos. 34-47
  • Broadband Service Speeds (Question No. 39)
• Written Answers Nos. 48-65
  • Sustainable Development Strategy (Question No. 48)
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (Question No. 49)
  • Broadcasting Charge (Question No. 50)
  • Television Licence Fee Collection (Question No. 51)
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Question No. 52)
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Question No. 59)
  • Electric Vehicles (Question No. 53)
  • Broadcasting Sector (Question No. 54)
  • Broadcasting Sector (Question No. 55)
  • Broadcasting Sector (Question No. 66)
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (Question No. 56)
  • Telecommunications Services Provision (Question No. 57)
  • Departmental Priorities (Question No. 58)
  • Media Pluralism (Question No. 60)
  • Mobile Telephony Services (Question No. 61)
  • Climate Change Negotiations (Question No. 62)
  • Renewable Energy Generation Targets (Question No. 63)
  • Telecommunications Services Provision (Question No. 64)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 65)
• Written Answers Nos. 66-83
  • Alternative Energy Projects (Question No. 67)
  • Landfill Sites (Question No. 68)
  • Telecommunications Infrastructure (Question No. 69)
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (Question No. 70)
  • Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (Question No. 71)
  • National Broadband Plan Data (Question No. 72)
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (Question No. 73)
  • Employment Data (Question No. 74)
  • Employment Data (Question No. 75)
  • Departmental Communications (Question No. 76)
  • Departmental Communications (Question No. 77)
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Data (Question No. 78)
  • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Question No. 79)
  • Property Tax (Question No. 80)
  • Employment Rights (Question No. 81)
  • Departmental Staff Careers (Question No. 82)
  • Crime Prevention (Question No. 83)
• Written Answers Nos. 84-101
  • Garda Vetting of Personnel (Question No. 84)
  • Garda Training (Question No. 85)
  • Garda Deployment (Question No. 86)
  • Public Sector Staff Retirements (Question No. 87)
  • Court Procedures (Question No. 88)
  • Naturalisation Applications (Question No. 89)
  • Legal Aid Service (Question No. 90)
  • Missing Persons Data (Question No. 91)
  • Garda Vetting Applications (Question No. 92)
  • Garda Investigations (Question No. 93)
  • Direct Provision System (Question No. 94)
  • Criminal Assets Bureau (Question No. 95)
  • Community Policing (Question No. 96)
  • Garda Operations (Question No. 97)
  • Remembrance Commission (Question No. 98)
  • Refugee Resettlement Programme (Question No. 99)
  • Citizenship Status (Question No. 100)
  • Garda Deployment (Question No. 101)
• Written Answers Nos. 102-119
  • Garda Districts (Question No. 102)
  • Insurance Costs (Question No. 103)
  • Tax Rebates (Question No. 104)
  • Legislative Measures (Question No. 105)
  • Insurance Costs (Question No. 106)
  • Banking Sector Data (Question No. 107)
  • Banking Sector Investigations (Question No. 108)
  • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (Question No. 109)
  • Tax Credits (Question No. 110)
  • Banking Sector Investigations (Question No. 111)
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources (Question No. 112)
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources (Question No. 114)
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources (Question No. 115)
  • Revenue Commissioners Resources (Question No. 113)
  • Revenue Commissioners Powers (Question No. 116)
  • Property Tax Data (Question No. 117)
  • Central Bank of Ireland Staff (Question No. 118)
  • EU Directives (Question No. 119)
• Written Answers Nos. 120-138
  • Banking Operations (Question No. 120)
  • Property Tax Administration (Question No. 121)
  • VAT Yield (Question No. 122)
  • School Transport Provision (Question No. 123)
  • National Educational Psychological Service (Question No. 124)
  • National Educational Psychological Service (Question No. 125)
  • School Accommodation Provision (Question No. 126)
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (Question No. 127)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (Question No. 128)
  • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (Question No. 129)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (Question No. 130)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (Question No. 131)
  • Education Grants (Question No. 132)
  • School Transport Review (Question No. 133)
  • Third Level Staff Data (Question No. 134)
  • Higher Education Schemes (Question No. 135)
  • Student Assistance Fund (Question No. 136)
  • Third Level Funding (Question No. 137)
  • Third Level Funding (Question No. 138)
• Written Answers Nos. 139-157
  • Schools Building Projects Applications (Question No. 139)
  • Teaching Contracts (Question No. 140)
  • Schools Refurbishment (Question No. 141)
  • School Closures (Question No. 142)
  • Preschool Services (Question No. 143)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (Question No. 144)
  • Schools Building Projects Applications (Question No. 145)
  • Broadband Service Provision (Question No. 146)
  • Oideachas Gaeilge (Question No. 147)
  • Schools Amalgamation (Question No. 148)
  • Educational Disadvantage (Question No. 149)
  • Educational Disadvantage (Question No. 150)
  • Institutes of Technology Expenditure (Question No. 151)
  • Institutes of Technology Funding (Question No. 152)
  • Institutes of Technology Funding (Question No. 153)
  • Institutes of Technology Expenditure (Question No. 154)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 155)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 156)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 157)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 172)
• Written Answers Nos. 158-173
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 158)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 159)
  • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (Question No. 160)
  • Third Level Funding (Question No. 161)
  • Schools Building Projects Status (Question No. 162)
  • School Accommodation (Question No. 163)
  • School Transport (Question No. 164)
  • School Accommodation (Question No. 165)
  • Supervision and Substitution Scheme (Question No. 166)
  • Institutes of Technology Funding (Question No. 167)
  • Technological Universities (Question No. 168)
  • Student Data (Question No. 169)
  • Third Level Funding (Question No. 170)
  • Institutes of Technology Funding (Question No. 171)
  • Quality and Qualifications Ireland (Question No. 173)
• Written Answers Nos. 174-191
  • Social Insurance Refunds (Question No. 174)
  • Special Educational Needs (Question No. 175)
  • School Staff (Question No. 176)
  • Student Grant Scheme (Question No. 177)
  • School Accommodation (Question No. 178)
  • Nitrates Usage (Question No. 179)
  • Motor Tax Yield (Question No. 180)
  • Motor Tax Yield (Question No. 182)
  • Motor Tax Yield (Question No. 181)
  • Water Services (Question No. 183)
  • Local Authority Housing (Question No. 184)
  • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (Question No. 185)
  • Local Authority Housing Mortgages (Question No. 186)
  • Local Authority Staff Remuneration (Question No. 187)
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme (Question No. 188)
  • International Conventions (Question No. 189)
  • Local Authority Staff Remuneration (Question No. 190)
  • Urban Renewal Schemes (Question No. 191)
• Written Answers Nos. 192-210
  • Local Authority Expenditure (Question No. 192)
  • Local Authority Expenditure (Question No. 193)
  • Private Rented Accommodation Data (Question No. 194)
  • Private Rented Accommodation Data (Question No. 195)
  • Private Rented Accommodation Data (Question No. 198)
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (Question No. 196)
  • Electoral Commission Administration (Question No. 197)
  • National Spatial Strategy (Question No. 199)
  • Water Services Expenditure (Question No. 200)
  • Library Services Funding (Question No. 201)
  • Commercial Rates (Question No. 202)
  • Local Authority Housing Data (Question No. 203)
  • Library Services Staff (Question No. 204)
  • Local Authority Housing Data (Question No. 205)
  • Local Authority Housing Data (Question No. 206)
  • Emergency Accommodation Data (Question No. 207)
  • Emergency Accommodation Data (Question No. 208)
  • Emergency Accommodation Data (Question No. 209)
  • Emergency Accommodation Data (Question No. 210)
• Written Answers Nos. 211-227
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme (Question No. 211)
  • Environmental Policy (Question No. 212)
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (Question No. 213)
  • Social Insurance (Question No. 214)
  • Invalidity Pension Payments (Question No. 216)
  • Illness Benefit Payments (Question No. 217)
  • Illness Benefit Payments (Question No. 218)
  • Carer's Benefit Applications (Question No. 219)
  • Pension Provisions (Question No. 220)
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (Question No. 221)
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (Question No. 222)
  • Invalidity Pension Applications (Question No. 223)
  • Social Welfare Overpayments (Question No. 224)
  • Data Collection (Question No. 225)
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (Question No. 226)
  • One-Parent Family Payment Payments (Question No. 227)
• Written Answers Nos. 228-245
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (Question No. 228)
  • Family Income Supplement Appeals (Question No. 229)
  • Homeless Persons Data (Question No. 230)
  • School Meals Programme (Question No. 231)
  • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (Question No. 232)
  • Pension Provisions (Question No. 233)
  • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (Question No. 234)
  • Carer's Allowance Appeals (Question No. 235)
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments (Question No. 236)
  • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments (Question No. 237)
  • Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments (Question No. 238)
  • Community Services Programme (Question No. 239)
  • Disability Allowance Applications (Question No. 240)
  • Invalidity Pension Applications (Question No. 241)
  • Disability Allowance Renewals (Question No. 242)
  • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (Question No. 243)
  • Carer's Allowance Applications (Question No. 244)
  • Pensions Legislation (Question No. 245)
• Written Answers Nos. 246-263
  • Disablement Benefit (Question No. 246)
  • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (Question No. 247)
  • Carer's Allowance Applications (Question No. 248)
  • Social Welfare Appeals (Question No. 249)
  • Passport Applications Fees (Question No. 250)
  • Humanitarian Aid Provision (Question No. 251)
  • Humanitarian Aid Provision (Question No. 252)
  • Humanitarian Aid Provision (Question No. 253)
  • Humanitarian Aid Provision (Question No. 254)
  • Passport Services (Question No. 255)
  • Human Rights (Question No. 256)
  • Human Rights Cases (Question No. 257)
  • EU Enlargement (Question No. 258)
  • Passport Applications Data (Question No. 259)
  • Humanitarian Aid Provision (Question No. 260)
  • Ministerial Meetings (Question No. 261)
  • Northern Ireland (Question No. 262)
  • Protected Disclosures (Question No. 263)
• Written Answers Nos. 264-281
  • Garda Station Closures (Question No. 264)
  • Garda Station Expenditure (Question No. 265)
  • Garda Expenditure (Question No. 266)
  • Public Sector Pay (Question No. 267)
  • Public Sector Pay (Question No. 268)
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes (Question No. 269)
  • Public Procurement Contracts (Question No. 270)
  • Public Parks Conveniences (Question No. 271)
  • Drainage Schemes (Question No. 272)
  • Departmental Staff Promotions (Question No. 273)
  • Defence Forces Personnel (Question No. 274)
  • Animal Welfare (Question No. 275)
  • Motor Tax Collection (Question No. 276)
  • Údarás na Gaeltachta (Question No. 277)
  • Departmental Expenditure (Question No. 278)
  • Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (Question No. 279)
  • Disability Support Services Provision (Question No. 280)
  • Health Services Provision (Question No. 281)
• Written Answers Nos. 282-299
  • Ambulance Service Staff (Question No. 282)
  • Drugs Payment Scheme (Question No. 283)
  • HSE Correspondence (Question No. 284)
  • Vaccination Programme Data (Question No. 285)
  • Vaccination Programme (Question No. 286)
  • Vaccination Programme Data (Question No. 287)
  • Vaccination Programme (Question No. 288)
  • Medical Card Eligibility (Question No. 289)
  • Medical Card Eligibility (Question No. 335)
  • Medical Card Eligibility (Question No. 386)
  • Ministerial Hospital Visits (Question No. 290)
  • Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 291)
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment (Question No. 292)
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 293)
  • Medicinal Products Availability (Question No. 294)
  • Departmental Reports (Question No. 295)
  • Departmental Reports (Question No. 296)
  • Departmental Meetings (Question No. 297)
  • Hospital Overcrowding (Question No. 298)
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 299)
• Written Answers Nos. 300-317
  • Hospitals Expenditure (Question No. 300)
  • Ambulance Service (Question No. 301)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 302)
  • Ambulance Service (Question No. 303)
  • Ambulance Service (Question No. 304)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 305)
  • Home Care Packages Funding (Question No. 306)
  • Drug Treatment Programmes (Question No. 307)
  • Addiction Treatment Services (Question No. 308)
  • Occupational Therapy (Question No. 309)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 310)
  • Mental Health Services Report (Question No. 311)
  • Mental Health Services Data (Question No. 312)
  • Mental Health Services Data (Question No. 313)
  • Emergency Departments Data (Question No. 314)
  • Mental Health Services Funding (Question No. 315)
  • Health Services Staff (Question No. 316)
  • Health Products Regulatory Authority (Question No. 317)
• Written Answers Nos. 318-335
  • National Children's Hospital (Question No. 318)
  • Health Services Funding (Question No. 319)
  • Mental Health Services Data (Question No. 320)
  • Mental Health Services Data (Question No. 321)
  • Invalidity Pension Eligibility (Question No. 322)
  • General Practitioner Services (Question No. 323)
  • Mental Health Services Staff (Question No. 324)
  • Disability Services Provision (Question No. 325)
  • Drug Treatment Programmes (Question No. 326)
  • Health Services (Question No. 327)
  • Hospital Staff (Question No. 328)
  • Mental Health Policy (Question No. 329)
  • Mental Health Services Funding (Question No. 330)
  • Health Services Staff (Question No. 331)
  • Hospital Staff Data (Question No. 332)
  • Medicinal Products Prices (Question No. 333)
  • Alcohol Treatment Programmes (Question No. 334)
• Written Answers Nos. 336-353
  • Disease Management (Question No. 336)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 337)
  • Primary Care Centres (Question No. 338)
  • Hospital Services (Question No. 339)
  • Vaccination Programme (Question No. 340)
  • Vaccination Programme (Question No. 341)
  • Vaccination Programme (Question No. 342)
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (Question No. 343)
  • General Practitioner Data (Question No. 344)
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (Question No. 345)
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (Question No. 348)
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (Question No. 346)
  • Medicinal Products Prices (Question No. 347)
  • Rare Diseases Strategy (Question No. 349)
  • Departmental Funding (Question No. 350)
  • Hospital Beds Data (Question No. 351)
  • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (Question No. 352)
  • Hospital Appointments Delays (Question No. 353)
• Written Answers Nos. 354-371
  • Protected Disclosures (Question No. 354)
  • Protected Disclosures (Question No. 355)
  • Primary Care Centres (Question No. 356)
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Question No. 357)
  • Home Help Service (Question No. 358)
  • Home Help Service (Question No. 359)
  • Medicinal Products Prices (Question No. 360)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 361)
  • Services for People with Disabilities (Question No. 362)
  • Home Help Service (Question No. 363)
  • Hospital Services (Question No. 364)
  • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (Question No. 365)
  • Supported Residential Accommodation Provision (Question No. 366)
  • Health Services (Question No. 367)
  • Respite Care Grant Expenditure (Question No. 368)
  • Respite Care Grant Expenditure (Question No. 369)
  • Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 370)
  • Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 371)
• Written Answers Nos. 372-389
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 372)
  • Hospital Appointments Delays (Question No. 373)
  • Mental Health Services Provision (Question No. 374)
  • Disease Awareness (Question No. 375)
  • Hospital Appointments Delays (Question No. 376)
  • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (Question No. 377)
  • Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (Question No. 378)
  • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (Question No. 379)
  • Hospital Appointments Delays (Question No. 380)
  • Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 381)
  • Hospital Appointments Status (Question No. 382)
  • Health Services Staff Recruitment (Question No. 383)
  • HSE Staff (Question No. 384)
  • Hospital Waiting Lists (Question No. 385)
  • Audiology Services Provision (Question No. 387)
  • Audiology Services Provision (Question No. 388)
  • Afforestation Programme (Question No. 389)
• Written Answers Nos. 390-407
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 390)
  • Transfer of Entitlements Application (Question No. 391)
  • Inland Fisheries Stocks (Question No. 392)
  • Animal Identification Schemes (Question No. 393)
  • Food Safety Standards (Question No. 394)
  • Coillte Teoranta Activities (Question No. 395)
  • Felling Licences (Question No. 396)
  • Felling Licences (Question No. 397)
  • Fish Quotas (Question No. 398)
  • Fisheries Protection (Question No. 399)
  • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan (Question No. 400)
  • Basic Payment Scheme Payments (Question No. 401)
  • Agriculture Schemes (Question No. 402)
  • Dairy Sector (Question No. 403)
  • Agriculture Scheme Penalties (Question No. 404)
  • Farm Inspections (Question No. 405)
  • Farm Inspections (Question No. 406)
  • Animal Welfare (Question No. 407)
• Written Answers Nos. 408-425
  • Grant Aid (Question No. 408)
  • Harbours and Piers Maintenance (Question No. 409)
  • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (Question No. 410)
  • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (Question No. 411)
  • Dairy Hygiene Scheme Applications (Question No. 412)
  • Single Payment Scheme Applications (Question No. 413)
  • Basic Payment Scheme Applications (Question No. 414)
  • Forestry Grants (Question No. 415)
  • GLAS Payments (Question No. 416)
  • Rural Development Programme (Question No. 417)
  • Agriculture Schemes (Question No. 418)
  • Historical Records (Question No. 419)
  • Beef Industry (Question No. 420)
  • Aquaculture Licence Applications (Question No. 421)
  • Radon Control Strategy (Question No. 422)
  • Fisheries Protection (Question No. 423)
  • Media Mergers (Question No. 424)
  • Broadband Service Provision (Question No. 425)
• Written Answers Nos. 426-443
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 426)
  • Company Data (Question No. 427)
  • Inland Fisheries Data (Question No. 428)
  • Energy Infrastructure (Question No. 429)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 430)
  • Alternative Energy Projects (Question No. 431)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 432)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 433)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 434)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 436)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 435)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 437)
  • National Broadband Plan (Question No. 438)
  • Broadband Service Provision (Question No. 439)
  • Renewable Energy Generation Targets (Question No. 440)
  • Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (Question No. 441)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 442)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 445)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 446)
  • Climate Change Policy (Question No. 451)
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation (Question No. 443)
• Written Answers Nos 444-461
  • Mobile Telephony Services (Question No. 444)
  • Electric Vehicles (Question No. 447)
  • Electric Vehicles (Question No. 450)
  • Broadband Service Provision (Question No. 448)
  • Departmental Expenditure (Question No. 449)
  • National Postcode System Implementation (Question No. 452)
  • National Postcode System Implementation (Question No. 453)
  • National Postcode System Expenditure (Question No. 454)
  • Legislative Measures (Question No. 455)
  • Football Players Transfer System (Question No. 456)
  • Football Players Transfer System (Question No. 457)
  • Road Projects Status (Question No. 458)
  • Cycling Policy (Question No. 459)
  • Driver Licences (Question No. 460)
  • Driver Licences (Question No. 461)
• Written Answers Nos. 462-479
  • Public Service Vehicles (Question No. 462)
  • Rail Network (Question No. 463)
  • Ferry Services Provision (Question No. 464)
  • Road Projects Status (Question No. 465)
  • Roads Maintenance Funding (Question No. 466)
  • Trans European Transport Network Programme (Question No. 467)
  • Public Service Vehicles (Question No. 468)
  • Public Transport (Question No. 469)
  • Tourism Industry (Question No. 470)
  • Free Travel Scheme Review (Question No. 471)
  • Rural Transport Services (Question No. 472)
  • Rail Network Expansion (Question No. 473)
  • Driver Licence Applications (Question No. 474)
  • Sports Facilities Provision (Question No. 475)
  • Rail Network (Question No. 476)
  • Rail Network (Question No. 477)
  • Roads Maintenance Funding (Question No. 478)
  • Tourism Industry (Question No. 479)
• Written Answers Nos. 480-497
  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (Question No. 480)
  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (Question No. 481)
  • Air Navigation Orders (Question No. 482)
  • Military Aircraft Landings (Question No. 483)
  • Child Abuse (Question No. 484)
  • Youth Cafés Provision (Question No. 485)
  • Children in Care (Question No. 486)
  • Psychological Services (Question No. 487)
  • Homeless Persons Data (Question No. 488)
  • Children in Care (Question No. 489)
  • Child and Family Agency Staff (Question No. 490)
  • Child Care Qualifications (Question No. 491)
  • Child Care Services (Question No. 492)
  • Intercountry Adoptions Agreements (Question No. 493)
  • European Defence Capabilities (Question No. 494)
  • Easter Rising Commemorations (Question No. 495)
  • Ferry Services Provision (Question No. 496)
  • Civil Defence (Question No. 497)