Parliamentary questions

Constitutional Amendments

Gerry Adams

235. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the referendum in respect of voting rights in presidential elections for Irish citizens outside the State, which was announced recently, will be held. [13986/17]

EU Issues

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet Committee on European Affairs was held; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [15227/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on economy, trade and jobs will be held. [15403/17]

EU Meetings

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans for bilateral meetings with other Heads of State or Government in the period up to the end of June 2017. [15404/17]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Gerry Adams

331. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the review of guidelines on welfare standards for dog breeding establishments which commenced in January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/17]

Broadband Service Provision

Gerry Adams

619. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a business (details supplied) in County Louth will have access to high-speed Internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16312/17]

Government-Church Dialogue

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent meetings he has held with church leaders and faith communities. [13987/17]

Constitutional Convention Recommendations

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on outstanding recommendations arising from the Constitutional Convention. [13986/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Welsh First Minister, Mr. Carwyn Jones, in Cardiff on 10 March 2017. [15228/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he or his departmental officials have had contact with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, or officials in her office since 20 March 2017. [15229/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has met party leaders from Northern Ireland since the Assembly election on 2 March 2017. [15405/17]

Capital Assistance Scheme Applications

Gerry Adams

211. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been an application to the capital assistance scheme by an approved housing body for the provision of housing for persons with disabilities in Dundalk, County Louth; and if so, the progress of this application. [15055/17]

Capital Assistance Scheme Funding

Gerry Adams

212. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding which has been accessed each year for the past five years through the capital assistance scheme for the provision of housing for persons with disabilities. [15056/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

349. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to local authorities in each of the past five years for the provision of housing to facilitate the movement of persons with disabilities from congregated settings to decongregated settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15045/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

350. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been sought and allocated to Louth County Council for the facilitation of the policy of decongregation in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

351. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been sought and allocated by housing associations for the facilitation of the policy of decongregation within County Louth in each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

352. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if persons with disabilities who require 24-hour care and currently reside in a congregated setting will be afforded the same level of care in a decongregated setting; and if so, the mechanism for delivering this provision. [15048/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

353. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently resident in congregated settings. [15049/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

354. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the definition of a congregated setting. [15050/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

355. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the process of consultation with families of those persons currently living in congregated settings regarding their potential movement to decongregated settings. [15051/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the location of decongregated homes for persons with disabilities in County Louth; and the tutelage of each decongregated setting. [15052/17]

Health Services Funding

Gerry Adams

357. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that is available through the service reform fund; if there are priority locations for this funding; the measures this funding can support; and the details of the mechanism for applying for this funding. [15053/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

358. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the funding and supports available for persons who have been caring for sons, daughters or siblings with disabilities at home but who find themselves unable to continue providing this care. [15054/17]

Tracker Mortgages Data

Gerry Adams

65. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance the number of accounts in County Louth affected by the removal of their tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14686/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the informal meeting of European Union Heads of State and Government held on 10 March 2017. [13683/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

9. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America. [13681/17]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

Gerry Adams

115. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if special needs assistants qualify for flat rate expenses as per other educational staff; if not, the reason for this; and if he will include special needs assistants in the flat rate expenses scheme. [14310/17]

Third Level Courses Availability

Gerry Adams

141. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhD clinical psychology places available annually in universities for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14375/17]

Freedom of Information Data

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2016; the number granted; and the number refused and appealed, respectively. [13985/17]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's recently published strategy statement for 2016 to 2019. [12044/17]

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, on 9 March 2017. [13682/17]

Garda Data

Gerry Adams

131. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Louth division currently on long-term leave or sick leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13331/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Gerry Adams

917. Deputy Gerry Adams asked 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. [13636/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Gerry Adams

977. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the additional funding that was allocated to respite services for persons with disabilities in County Louth in budget 2017, as per commitments made by the Minister of State with special responsibility for disabilities (details supplied); the location and type of additional respite beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14016/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Gerry Adams

978. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1113 of 16 September 2016, the progress that has been made regarding the provision of emergency respite in County Louth for adults and children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14017/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

979. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the Mo Shaol initiative in County Louth in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14018/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Gerry Adams

980. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons that had been on a compassionate based programme of a drug (details supplied) can now no longer access same; if he will ensure a mechanism is put in place to ensure access is continued for those persons in receipt of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14023/17]

Medicinal Products Supply

Gerry Adams

981. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations with a company (details supplied) further to the decision made not to reimburse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14024/17]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

996. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the reason the minor injuries unit at Louth County Hospital can only treat persons over the age of 14; his plans to enable the unit to treat persons below age 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14087/17]

Hospitals Data

Gerry Adams

997. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of surgical beds located in Louth County Hospital; the number of surgical procedures which have been undertaken in Louth County Hospital in 2016 and to date in 2017; the operating times of the theatre at Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/17]

Hospital Services

Gerry Adams

998. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if oncology outpatient treatment is available at Louth County Hospital; if not, if he will consider introducing oncology outpatient clinics at the hospital for the administration of cancer medications and other treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14089/17]

State Airports

Gerry Adams

1254. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that has been appointed to review the preclearance agreements in respect of Dublin and Shannon airports. [8553/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with first Vice President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans, on 21 February 2017. [11420/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Brussels on 2 March 2017. [12045/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on current staffing levels in his Department; and if he envisages changes in view of the upcoming Article 50 negotiations. [11421/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [11419/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Gerry Adams

203. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been privately assessed and diagnosed as meeting the DSM V diagnostic criteria of developmental co-ordination disorder dyspraxia can access the educational supports which the assessment recommends, that is, the maximum amount of resource hours available. [11385/17]

Occupational Therapy

Gerry Adams

510. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for children who have been queried by their schools as potentially having dyspraxia to be assessed by the HSE's occupational therapy teams. [11387/17]

Occupational Therapy

Gerry Adams

511. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of children in each county currently on the waiting list for an occupational therapy assessment. [11388/17]

Occupational Therapy

Gerry Adams

512. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for occupational therapy for children who have been diagnosed with dyspraxia and recommended for occupational therapy, by county. [11389/17]

Occupational Therapy

Gerry Adams

513. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the procedure for accessing occupational therapy sessions where a child's school has recommended an occupational therapy assessment, the child's parents opt to pay for a private assessment and that assessment recommends individual occupational therapy sessions. [11390/17]

Occupational Therapy

Gerry Adams

514. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has been privately assessed and diagnosed as meeting the DSM V diagnostic criteria of developmental co-ordination disorder, dyspraxia, can access the occupational therapy supports which his assessment recommends. [11391/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has had engagement with the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, since her visit to Dublin in January 2017. [10131/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent address to the Institute of International and European Affairs at the Mansion House on 15 February 2017. [10133/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [10132/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plenary session of the all-island civic dialogue held in Dublin Castle on 17 February 2017. [9987/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform will take place. [9986/17]

EU Meetings

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s engagements with the EU's negotiating team, led by Mr Michel Barnier. [8550/17]

EU Meetings

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has had contact since 1 January 2017 with the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, regarding Brexit. [9988/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Gerry Adams

302. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are living in the four units at St. John of God, Drumcar, which have been recommended for closure by HIQA; the outcome for these persons in the event that these units are closed; the measures that need to be taken to prevent closure of these units; the steps that will be taken to ensure these units are up to the required standard; the communication that has taken place with the families of these persons since the HIQA report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9193/17]

Information and Communications Technology

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has changed the protocols in respect of the use of private e-mail accounts within his Department. [8551/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the commission of investigation into IBRC. [8367/17]

Dáil Reform

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on commitments contained in the programme for Government in respect of political reform. [8552/17]

Gaeltacht Policy

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [5893/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing last met and when it is scheduled to meet again. [8366/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

10. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Poland, his meeting with Prime Minister Beata Szydło and any other engagements he had while there. [8365/17]

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

81. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the documentation regarding the agreement he referred to with the British Government that there will be no return to the Border of the past. [8714/17]

Customs and Excise Controls

Gerry Adams

171. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if officials from the Revenue Commissioners have been engaged in examination and identification of locations for full Border checkpoints with red and green channel facilities in counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal and on the M1 motorway between Dublin and Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8710/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

172. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the documentation regarding the agreement he referred to with the British Government that there will be no return to the Border of the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8711/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the informal meeting of European Union Heads of State or Government held on 3 February 2017. [5891/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, at the most recent informal meeting of European Heads of State or Government in Malta; and if so, the issues raised. [6912/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

13. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings he has held with Heads of State or Government on the issue of Brexit in the past six months; and the details of planned meetings in the next six months. [7354/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

16. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Brexit stakeholder group in his Department; and if he will provide details of its participant organisations. [6911/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

17. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of staff working exclusively on Brexit issues within his Department; and if he will report on departmental restructuring that may be required in view of the Article 50 negotiations. [6913/17]

US Travel Restrictions

Gerry Adams

108. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into the pre-clearance agreement for Dublin and Shannon airports. [7356/17]

Programme for Government

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the agreements in place with parties and Independents to support the Government. [7355/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the north inner city ministerial task force, which he chairs. [5744/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Gerry Adams

355. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time in weeks for processing overseas registration applications by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland from the date initial correspondence was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6678/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Gerry Adams

356. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of application packs issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these application packs that then progressed to review and assessment stage; and the number that were ultimately registered successfully. [6679/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Gerry Adams

357. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a review of the overseas registration process by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in view of recent media reports on lengthy delays and the current crisis in staffing recruitment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6680/17]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Gerry Adams

358. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for overseas registration applications to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland which are currently awaiting processing. [6681/17]

Audiology Services Provision

Gerry Adams

172. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the average timeframe persons must wait to be fitted with a hearing aid following audiology assessment and prescription of a hearing aid. [6407/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

173. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within community audiology services in each CHO area; the current vacancies within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6408/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

174. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for an initial appointment for community audiology services in each CHO area; the number of persons that have been waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

175. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for an audiology assessment in each CHO area; the number of persons that have been waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6410/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

176. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments to have hearing aids fitted in each CHO area; the number of persons that have been waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

177. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the waiting times experienced by persons from an audiology assessment to the provision of hearing aids in each CHO area; the number of persons that have been waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and more than 15 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6412/17]

Audiology Services Data

Gerry Adams

178. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health the total spend in respect of audiology services in each CHO area for each of the years from 2011 to 2016, in tabular form [6413/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the all-island civic dialogue since its first plenary meeting on 2 November 2016. [4581/17]

Brexit Issues

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on Brexit is due to be held. [5892/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met. [5743/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs that have been held since 1 December 2016. [3069/17]

Constitutional Amendments

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda during 2017. [4069/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs is due to be held. [5742/17]

Garda Deployment

Gerry Adams

144. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Garda members, Garda Reserve members and civilians assigned to each Garda station in County Louth and their rank, in each year for the past five years. [6057/17]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Gerry Adams

346. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of attendance at the sectoral meetings of the All-Island Civic Dialogue held to date; the details of the representation of political parties at those meetings; and if he will provide a breakdown of attendance and invites issued and accepted on a North-South basis. [5913/17]

International Agreements

Gerry Adams

613. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated at Irish airports through the application of US policy in preclearance areas. [5914/17]

International Agreements

Gerry Adams

614. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures the Government is taking to ensure that international refugee law is not subverted through the application of US policy in preclearance areas in Irish airports. [5915/17]

International Agreements

Gerry Adams

615. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to ensure Ireland’s obligations under the TFEU, the ECHR and other applicable international law are fully complied with in preclearance areas in Irish airports. [5916/17]

European Financial Forum

Gerry Adams

85. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent engagement at the European Financial Forum in Dublin. [4582/17]