Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Questions and answers for Dáil or Seanad term
Page 69 of 99
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
written
Regeneration Projects
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
189. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual housing budget his Department allocated to Dublin City Council including the amount allocated to regeneration projects and if the money was fully drawn down in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the housing projects, by Dublin local authority, by housing body, by those granted, by grant given, by the number of dwellings proposed, then authorised, by the number of applications refused; by commencement date and by rejection date, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [14136/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
written
Regeneration Projects Funding
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his future policy on and commitment to delivering social, economic, cultural and environmental goals in regeneration areas with particular regard to the level of resource allocation given a statement (details supplied). [14137/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
written
Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
292. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills to re-open the redress board to investigate cases from a school (detrails supplied). [12503/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
written
Disability Allowance Appeals
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
429. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme, including when he will issue a decision. [12607/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
written
Medicinal Products
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
640. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide the drug, Orkambi, for sufferers of cystic fibrosis. [12500/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
written
Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
944. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or company which supplied the anti-malaria drug Malarone to medical personnel for distribution to Irish soldiers serving overseas from 2000 and referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 18 July 2013. [12964/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
written
Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
945. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 18 July 2013 to provide the name/s of the supplier anti-malaria drug Malarone to medical personnel for distribution to Irish soldiers serving overseas from 2000. [13558/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
252. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to provide an earlier appointment to a person (details supplied). [11981/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
written
Carer's Allowance Payments
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
345. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a backdated payment to a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and to issue the payment as soon as possible. [11850/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
written
Home Help Service Oversight
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
445. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why the Health Information and Quality Authority has instructed all those who use the services of home help providers to have key lock boxes installed outside their home to store their house keys in rather than placing it in the care of the home help provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11389/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
written
Hospital Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
450. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to have a medical procedure scheduled. [11399/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
written
Roads Maintenance Funding
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
205. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide sufficient funding to Tipperary County Council to carry out the very urgent grade 5 repairs that are required on the busy historic bridge at Ardfinnan in County Tipperary which has been reduced to one lane due to heavy traffic, and closed during the recent floods for safety reasons, thus affecting the town's long-term economical viability. [10949/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
written
Swimming Pool Programme Funding
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
206. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will provide funding to start phase 2 of the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan in County Dublin. [10950/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
written
Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
89. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a student grant will be awarded as all requesting documentation has been submitted showing that the family’s income is within the meanstest to be eligible for the grant. [10799/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Foreshore Issues
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
111. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 263 of 14 April 2016 and given that acting on legal advice received from the office of the Attorney General the original cartographic representation of the townlands affected by the lake line change is being re-established as per the original boundary register and sketch maps archived in the National Archives, when this will happen; and if it will include changes made recently to the boundary by a person (details supplied). [9835/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Miscarriages of Justice
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
128. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a television programme (details supplied) regarding the miscarriages of justice in the Sallins mail train robbery case, her plans to review the alleged behaviour of members of An Garda Síochána. [10257/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Miscarriages of Justice
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
129. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number, date and results of reviews that were instigated as a result of the Sallins mail train robbery in view of a recent television programme (details supplied) regarding alleged miscarriages of justice. [10258/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
209. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the tax relief at source for mortgage interest paid on a home loan, given that many home owners who are eligible under this scheme will struggle to pay their mortgage when the scheme finishes in 2017. [10255/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
School Staff
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
291. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills to accept an appeal from a school (details supplied) further to the loss of two teaching posts on the grounds that its rooms are too small to accommodate classes of 29 and 31 children and to maintain the two teaching posts, given that the loss would have a huge impact on this most disadvantaged community. [9935/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Community Employment Schemes Operation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
432. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will allow the person an extra year up to retirement age. [10738/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Disability Support Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
472. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to continue the funding of the walk peer programme under the disability activation project, given that otherwise the programme will close, resulting in a group of young persons who have taken the difficult steps into mainstream further education, training and employment options being without support from 1 August 2016 and as a result applying to the HSE for expensive day service places, and given that the cost to the Exchequer of continuing this initiative is €280,000 per year while the cost of ceasing it could be as high as €1.704 million per year. [9570/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Departmental Staff
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
510. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure officials comply with the customer charter; and the actions which can be taken when an official fails to comply with the customer charter. [9901/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Social Welfare Payments Administration
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
511. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases in which a late claim for a social protection payment was backdated due to incorrect information having been supplied by his Department, in each of the years 2010 to 2015. [9902/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Social Welfare Payments Administration
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
512. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the maximum period of backdated payments which his Department will make where persons are unaware of their entitlements; and the amount of money which has been saved by his Department due to restrictions on backdating late claims under all schemes for each year from 2010 to 2015. [9903/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Community Employment Schemes Operation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
520. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a case (details supplied); and to allow the person an extra year which will bring the person up to retirement age. [10096/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Social Welfare Appeals Status
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
528. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the carer’s allowance scheme and if a medical report was attached with the original application. [10192/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
535. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection why the rent allowance scheme contact telephone line and e-mail address have been down for over two months; and to reactivate this facility as a matter of urgency in order for persons to be able to make enquires regarding payments. [10229/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Disability Allowance Appeals
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to grant a person (details supplied) an appeal in respect of a disallowance under the disability allowance scheme, given that at the time of the disallowance the person did not have the required documentation to lodge an appeal and was also in court during this period. [10467/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Passport Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
590. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional resources he has made available to ensure there is not undue delay in processing passport applications at this busy time of the year. [10503/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Passport Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
591. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that An Post is advising its customers that Passport Express will deliver a passport within ten working days whereas the Passport Office is suggesting at least six weeks; and to ensure An Post gives out the correct advice at times of increased workload on the Passport Office given that it cannot reasonably comply with or achieve the ambitious timeframe of Passport Express, thus leaving many Irish travellers scrambling to get their passports at the last minute. [10504/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Waterways Ireland Remit
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
611. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person responsible for Waterways Ireland and why he or she is allowing a full commercial development to operate on land and water owned by Waterways Ireland which is clearly outside the Waterways Ireland jurisdiction line in Killinure Lough, County Westmeath. [9836/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
665. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to continue the funding of the walk peer programme under the disability activation project, given that otherwise the programme will close, resulting in a group of young persons who have taken the difficult steps into mainstream further education, training and employment options being without support from 1 August 2016 and as a result applying to the Health Service Executive for expensive day service places, and given that the cost to the Exchequer of continuing this initiative is €280,000 per year while the cost of ceasing it could be as high as €1,704,000 per year. [9571/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
written
Hospital Appointments Status
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
753. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied). [9936/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a person (details supplied) with a date for surgery. [9216/16]
Thu, 5 May 2016
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
65. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a person (details supplied) with a date for an operation. [9218/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
written
Treatment Abroad Scheme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for treatment abroad, as recommended by the person's doctor, will be re-examined by a medical assessor; and if the application will be granted. [9079/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
written
Traveller Accommodation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
316. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum distance limit between accommodation units on temporary Traveller halting sites. [9090/16]
Thu, 28 Apr 2016
written
Hospital Waiting Lists
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
99. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) has had to wait for over a year for surgery; and if he will urgently provide a date for the surgery. [8670/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
written
Health Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
336. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who paid privately for an occupational therapist report for their child can be given a refund of the cost of the report. [8430/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
7. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7258/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
8. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of supplementary welfare allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
9. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of illness benefit and disability allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7260/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
10. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of one-parent family payment over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7261/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
11. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views the projected numbers of recipients of carer's benefit and carer's allowance over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7262/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
12. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the projected numbers of recipients of State pension, contributory and non-contributory, over the next five years and to provide a table including the estimated number of recipients in a given week each year and the percentage change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7263/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to provide a table indicating the estimated annual cost of index-linking each of the following payments to inflation over the next five years: jobseeker's benefit; jobseeker's allowance; supplementary welfare allowance; illness benefit; disability allowance; one-parent family payment; carer's benefit; carer's allowance; State pension, contributory; and State pension, non-contributory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7264/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of index-linking all weekly social protection payments to inflation over the next five years. [7265/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of index-linking all social protection payments to inflation over the next five years. [7266/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Invalidity Pension Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
26. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the invalidity pension scheme; and when the person can expect a decision on the case. [7330/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
written
Labour Market
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
47. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for an update on the current situation regarding access to job activation, training and education for unrecognised jobseekers not on the live register, following the debate by the Joint Committee for Education and Social Protection. [7503/16]