Parliamentary questions

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 23 February, if she will provide details with regard to each suspension in tabular form (details supplied). [14055/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the two members of staff currently suspended in the Revenue Commissioners, in tabular form (details supplied). [14056/17]

Third Level Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

289. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the funds allocated to third level institutions that is set aside for legal defence against student complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/17]

Third Level Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

290. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department allows funds meant for education to be spent on legal expenses in view of the importance of the core service provision across third level institutions; if there are rules and regulations to the type of defence that can be funded from core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13249/17]

Public Sector Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

386. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of employees across his Department and each agency or organisation under the aegis of his Department who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation; and if he will provide, in the case of there being one or more employee in this situation, details with regards to the suspensions (details supplied). [14064/17]

Housing for People with Disabilities Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of adapted units that will be allocated to housing persons during phase 2 and phase 3, respectively, of a development (details supplied); the estimated time of completion of both phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12805/17]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

408. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to commence the national differential rents framework provided for in section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009; his plans to exclude family income supplement and disability payments for local authority rent assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12985/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

579. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the five members of staff currently suspended in his Department, in tabular form (details supplied). [14057/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

603. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 February 2017, if he can provide details with regard to the one member of staff currently suspended in his Department, in tabular form (details supplied). [14058/17]

Departmental Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

638. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the one member of staff currently suspended in his Department, in tabular form (details supplied). [14059/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

639. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 February 2017, the reason he requested answers to the question from each Department except the Departments of Health and Education and Skills. [14062/17]

General Practitioner Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

818. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the details of general practitioners in the Ballybrack and Shankill area that have a GMS list and are still accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13257/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

893. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he has met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, including representatives of individual companies, in the past year; if the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13492/17]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

894. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the consultations he has had on the development of MRH Portlaoise emergency department; the consultations he has had regarding 24-7 mental health cover, including child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, to MRH Portlaoise emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13493/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

988. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to find a residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

990. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of employees across his Department and each agency or organisation under the aegis of his Department who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation; and if he will provide, in the case of there being one employee or more in this situation, details with regards to the suspensions, in tabular form (details supplied). [14063/17]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Richard Boyd Barrett

991. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way the HPRA is funded; the proportion of that funding which is from pharmaceutical companies; the measures taken by his Department to prevent undue influence by the pharmaceutical industry on HPRA decisions on drug policy and appointments to the HPRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14076/17]

Proposed Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

992. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the HPRA has met representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or other interested parties to discuss the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016; if there are minutes of these meetings; if so, the outcomes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

993. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the funding for HSE and other voluntary agencies which is provided for residential care for persons with disabilities; the way the level of service is agreed with these agencies; the way these agencies are accountable for keeping to service level agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14078/17]

Health Services Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

994. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the indirect State funding, through tax deductible medical expenses, including health insurance or other tax breaks, on building or developing health facilities which was made available to private sector health care providers, including a group (details supplied); the information which is collected by his Department on these private sector health care providers' staffing, bed numbers and health outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14079/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he, or officials of his Department, have met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or other interested parties to discuss the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016; if so, if there are minutes of these meetings; if so, the outcomes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1095. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 23 February 2017, if he will provide details with regard to the one member of staff currently suspended in his Department, in tabular form, (details supplied). [14060/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

1312. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 23 February 2017, if she will provide details with regard to the seven members of staff currently suspended in Tusla, in tabular form (details supplied). [14061/17]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to persons outside of the EU wishing to seek asylum in the EU or a specific country in the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12612/17]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a replacement consultant orthodontist in Loughlinstown hospital to address the fact that persons in need of orthodontic surgery cannot get a referral to St. James's Hospital as was the case in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12068/17]

Health Screening Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate an early screening programme for scoliosis and adequate early intervention measures, including physiotherapy as preventative measures which can reduce the need for invasive surgery and unnecessary deterioration and resulting suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met. [10043/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Richard Boyd Barrett

527. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes to hospitals in which infant deaths occurred and in which the circumstances of the child's death, post mortem and burial were not clarified with the parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11494/17]

Medical Card Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

586. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given in cases of persons with mental health conditions who are taking up employment for rehabilitative purposes to letters from a relevant medical practitioner confirming the rehabilitative nature of the employment and whether letters from the employer or employment agency will be sufficient evidence for medical card entitlement or assessment, rather than the existing requirements, which are extremely difficult especially for self-employment whereby the Revenue Commissioners request such persons to set themselves up as companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11727/17]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Richard Boyd Barrett

613. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if will ensure access to cysteamine bitartrate, otherwise known as procysbi, to all patients here; the stage at which the process is and the efforts he and HSE are making to be proactive in order to expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11911/17]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

653. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried or will consider carrying out a review of mental health services and supports for children and young persons in view of the fact that Ireland has the fourth highest rate of child and adolescent suicide in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the deadline regarding action 1.15 of Rebuilding Ireland, which commits to providing mental health services to those in homeless services by Q4 2016, has been attained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8950/17]

Civil Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person with limited resources is able to defend themselves in civil matters against a publicly funded institution with its own publicly funded legal supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10979/17]

Civil Legal Aid

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider putting a fund in place for persons and publicly funded institutions to apply for resources in civil legal cases where the same limits of funding would apply to both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10980/17]

Legal Services Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the independence of the legal services regulator is assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10981/17]

Legal Services Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new legal services regulator has a remit to examine cases retrospectively; if any statute of limitations applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10982/17]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

36. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the travel visa requirements that apply to a person (details supplied). [10990/17]

Third Level Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the checks and balances in place to ensure third level institutions are not using public funds to access legal services to defend themselves against persons who have no access to similar legal services thus placing them at a disadvantage to the publicly funded institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10978/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a social welfare programme for artists. [10805/17]

Cultural Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to increase funding to achieve the aims of Creative Ireland. [10804/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on health has met recently. [8468/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

12. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met. [8776/17]

Disadvantaged Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which schools are judged for DEIS status; if he is satisfied that all schools in disadvantaged areas are receiving the support and resources they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10503/17]

Third Level Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process and timeframe for the Government's decision on the options laid out in the Cassells report on funding for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10455/17]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Boyd Barrett

42. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for Music Generation; if the success of this initiative will result in similar initiatives for other art forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10483/17]

Student Grant Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students; the cost for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10454/17]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final decision over which patron to divest schools to, in view of the existing disproportionate influence the church has over primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/17]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the proposed divestment process and establish an independent working group with representatives of all the patron bodies to formulate a transparent process that puts parents' wishes at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/17]

Visa Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a re-entry visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/17]

Brexit Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcomes of the all-island civic dialogue on Brexit. [10044/17]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with discriminatory practices by motor insurance companies against particular categories of drivers in terms of the setting of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10036/17]

Motor Insurance Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

71. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to deal with discriminatory practices by motor insurance companies against young persons, elderly persons, taxi drivers and those with older cars in terms of the setting of premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10037/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9726/17]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the advice she would provide to a person (details supplied) who has made numerous complaints to An Garda Síochána between 2004 and 2013, which in the person's view were not investigated satisfactorily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9656/17]

Property Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/17]

Back to Education Allowance

Richard Boyd Barrett

416. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are social welfare supports available to persons undertaking a masters degree or if there is a saving clause in the rules of the back to education allowance scheme, BTEA, allowing it to be accessed in certain circumstances by postgraduate students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/17]

National Archives

Richard Boyd Barrett

501. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the next five years of the papers will be published in view of the fact that the years 1818 to 1822 of the Chief Secretary's office registered papers by the National Archives are published. [10345/17]

Homelessness Strategy

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether his plans to deliver social housing via the private sector are adequate in view of the increasing numbers of those in homeless services and those awaiting housing; his further views on whether they will result in homeless figures reducing and secure tenancies being provided for those awaiting homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8951/17]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider legislation to bring rents back to 2010 levels in view of the recent report by a company (details supplied) regarding rental increases across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8949/17]

Local Authority Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will recruit new staff to ensure each local authority has a housing assistance payment, HAP, team that will provide practical assistance to applicants to find tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/17]

Social and Affordable Housing

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of the fact developers can deliver the social housing Part V requirement of any given development in a different location, the way in which this provision will maintain or achieve the social mix that this requirement is meant to provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9722/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9719/17]

Disadvantaged Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

164. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive DEIS status; if there will be any further announcements regarding schools receiving more resources for educational disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9202/17]

Water Charges

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has requested local authorities to ascertain the number of swimming pools that are in private residences across the country in view of his support for an excessive use water charge. [9182/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9718/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9723/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9720/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

270. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9181/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9714/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

393. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9713/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

404. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9716/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

422. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9724/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

435. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9721/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of employees in her Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9715/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

469. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of employees in his Department and under its aegis who are suspended from work without prejudice and on full pay pending an investigation. [9717/17]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any contact with the US President, Mr. Trump, and-or the Trump Administration with regard to his support for the proposed move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/17]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had or is planning any discussions with the Taoiseach on issues that he should raise when he visits the White House in March 2017; if these issues include changes to US foreign policy with regards to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/17]

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies that have been secured in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the length of time each of these tenancies is for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/17]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

167. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current salary scales for principal, principal higher scale and assistant secretary in the Civil Service; if these grades will attract the €1,000 per annum increase with effect from March 2017; if this increase will apply to the pensions of those grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/17]

Orthodontic Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department to replace staff as they leave the HSE; if so, when the consultant orthodontist in Loughlinstown hospital will be replaced; if not, the location to which persons requiring orthodontic surgery in the catchment area of Loughlinstown hospital can be referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8940/17]

Adoption Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9156/17]

Adoption Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remove the proposed undertaking in section 41 of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9157/17]

Adoption Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the compelling reasons ground for refusing the release of information in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 only applies when adopted persons are seeking information. [9158/17]

Adoption Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the release of information to an adopted person might endanger the life of a person. [9159/17]

Adoption Legislation

Richard Boyd Barrett

251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9160/17]

Adoption Records Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [9161/17]

Adoption Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to reach out to the more than 2,000 people who were sent from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s. [9162/17]

Adoption Authority of Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9163/17]

Gaeltacht Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [7035/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Housing has met recently. [8467/17]

State Pensions Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a detailed report on the impact of the changes to contribution requirements for the State contributory pension made over the austerity years, including the numbers of men and women who are no longer eligible for the full contributory pension in each of the years since the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8443/17]

Property Services Regulatory Authority

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the income figures for the Property Services Regulatory Authority, PSRA, from property service licences per annum; if he will provide a breakdown of expenditure including staffing, operational costs and board members; if he will further provide a breakdown of the income and expenditure of the property services compensation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8712/17]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

226. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring maintenance grants for postgraduate students; the cost for doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8588/17]

Medical Card Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

471. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will consider making the application and review process for medical cards less onerous for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8542/17]

Hospital Deaths

Richard Boyd Barrett

489. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) to bring finality to a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8661/17]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability agreed by Ireland in 2007 will now be given a date for ratification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4619/17]

Immigration Controls

Richard Boyd Barrett

37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the appointment of a person or body to review the preclearance at Dublin and Shannon airports. [7034/17]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of persons (details supplied) and clarify the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7885/17]

JobsIreland Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

163. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the consistent lack of computer facilities for jobseekers in the Dún Laoghaire social welfare office (details supplied); the reason new computer facilities have yet to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7900/17]