Parliamentary questions

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting of the European Union Heads of State or Government in Malta on 3 February 2017. [7033/17]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

38. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of deployments of troops there were to Shannon Airport in 2016; the cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7720/17]

Motor Tax Exemptions

Richard Boyd Barrett

110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will drop VRT on vehicles specially adapted for disability to assist ongoing access to public transport for those with disabilities and to financially assist taxi drivers looking to purchase such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/17]

Schools Mental Health Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 18 January 2017 and his commitment to review the proposal to have an advertisement for Pieta House services in school journals, if he will provide an update. [7574/17]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

146. 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. [7669/17]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

147. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to give the Catholic Church the final say 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. [7670/17]

Cultural Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the plans for setting up Creative Ireland; the person or body that will be making decisions in this regard; the details of the relationship between her Department and Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7701/17]

Arts Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

192. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Creative Ireland will see an increase in the existing funding for the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7702/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will provide any reports, research documents or plans regarding the issue of social protection payments for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7703/17]

Cultural Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will provide the terms of reference, structures and make-up of the planned Creative Ireland advisory committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7704/17]

Arts Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the planned allocation of the €5 million for Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7705/17]

Cultural Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

196. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of Culture 2025; the way in which it may or may not relate to Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7706/17]

Arts Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

197. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the planned delivery mechanism to achieve the outcomes for the individual art forms under pillar 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7707/17]

Cultural Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

198. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans for Music Generation; if the success of this will mean similar initiatives for other art forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/17]

Arts Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the funding to each local authority, both amounts and rules and guidelines for the spending of these funds under pillar 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7709/17]

Culture Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, under pillar 5, she will consider reinstating the board of Culture Ireland and recruiting a new external director when the current director leaves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7710/17]

Motor Tax

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason, despite the closure of many motor tax offices, 20,000 SPSV motor tax licence holders cannot tax their vehicles online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/17]

Motor Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

282. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific proposals he has to deal with the particular and extreme difficulties facing taxi drivers who face rises in their car insurance that threaten their livelihood if they make any claim whatsoever against their motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/17]

Public Service Vehicles

Richard Boyd Barrett

283. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow for appeals to the rule that PSV licences lapse after one year and one day as many taxi drivers have legitimate reasons such as health, civil cases and other personal issues for not renewing a licence in a given year but want to return to taxi driving subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/17]

Family Reunification Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the processing of family reunification visa applications can take approximately 12 months to determine from the date they are received in the Dublin visa office. [7268/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

521. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his views on whether a planned review of a school (details supplied) is still warranted in view of the fact the terms of reference have not yet been agreed despite the review having been first mooted in June 2016. [7295/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Richard Boyd Barrett

522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to his e-mail of 22 June 2016 (details supplied), the way in which this statement tallies with an e-mail from a person of 16 January 2017 detailing the levels of funding from HSE to the service and school over the years 2012 to 2016, showing a reduction in €130,000 over those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7296/17]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the State will maintain its current stake in a studio (details supplied) and ensure it is maintained as a going concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4122/17]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

17. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she will take to ensure that a studio (details supplied) is maintained as a working film studio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4123/17]

Brexit Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit last met; and when it will next meet. [5816/17]

Universal Social Charge Application

Richard Boyd Barrett

106. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for retired public sector workers on pre-1995 contracts having to pay USC which may see them less well off than their counterparts on post-1995 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/17]

Constitutional Amendments

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his plans for constitutional referenda during 2017. [5815/17]

Media Mergers

Richard Boyd Barrett

44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his views on the future of media plurality here in view of the existing proposals with regard to the sale of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5811/17]

Media Pluralism

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will take issues of media plurality and industrial relations into account when he is making his final decision on the sale of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5810/17]

Visa Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Libyans, Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Yemenis, Sudanese and Somalis that have been issued with visas to Ireland in the past two years. [6011/17]

Pension Provisions

Richard Boyd Barrett

186. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a greater annuity from their PRSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5993/17]

Child Abduction

Richard Boyd Barrett

344. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will investigate a case (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [5640/17]

Medical Card Delays

Richard Boyd Barrett

460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/17]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

462. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason a replacement for a primary care social worker (details supplied) has not been employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5997/17]

Ministerial Correspondence

Richard Boyd Barrett

689. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will respond to correspondence dated 1 November 2016 which was sent to her office via email on 10 November 2017 and co-signed by this Deputy. [5706/17]

Skills Development

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dún Laoghaire constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4993/17]

Skills Development

Richard Boyd Barrett

112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to the Dún Laoghaire constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/17]

Skills Development

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4995/17]

Tourism Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

325. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was allocated to the Dún Laoghaire constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4997/17]

World Economic Forum

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2785/17]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [4125/17]

Emergency Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to cease the downgrading of emergency services at University Hospital Waterford consequent on the lack of 24-7 emergency cath lab facilities and the contingent transfer of patients to Cork and Dublin; if he will cease the ad hoc regional service planning between his Department, the HSE and hospital groups and ensure that local communities served have the final say in the provision of services in their areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4621/17]

Medicinal Products

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way in which parents of a child with a medical condition known to respond therapeutically to treatment with a cannabis-based product can apply to have that product made available to their child in a prompt manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4616/17]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the date for the opening of a new operating theatre in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin to deal with children waiting for operations (details supplied); if he will order an independent review of scoliosis services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4620/17]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will assure parents of children with disabilities that their assessments of needs will be completed on time, as per the Disability Act 2005; if the statements of need will be completed on time and implemented by the HSE promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4618/17]

Student Grant Scheme Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a SUSI grant. [4811/17]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with President Trump and Vice President Pence since their inauguration. [4124/17]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

312. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that all homeless persons, regardless of the location in which they live or their family status, will have access to a key worker or similar support, in view of the fact this is a crucial service in order to help persons get back on their feet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4479/17]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the limits in place in regard to personal savings for an applicant subject to a review of their dietary supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/17]

Chester Beatty Library

Richard Boyd Barrett

426. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will consider opening up the membership list for the Chester Beatty Library which currently only has room for contributing members at a cost of €500, making this very exclusive and prohibitive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4457/17]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

542. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) and outline the provisions and services available to that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/17]

Mental Health Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

573. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny Hospital mental health unit has on at least two occasions turned away a suicidal person, one of them resulting in the person taking their own life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/17]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

605. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is available for a person (details supplied) to have a full residential placement when they turn 18 years of age in June 2017 as recommended by their social workers and psychiatrists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4604/17]

Health Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4661/17]

Mental Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

609. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that persons suffering from mental health problems are given full access to emergency services on a 24-7 basis in all areas and that children under 18 years of age with mental health problems are not discriminated against in receiving age-appropriate emergency department and inpatient services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4662/17]

Disability Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

611. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that in any forthcoming review by his Department, a school (details supplied) will not see any reduction in the vital services available to the children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2002/17]

Planning Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

683. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the advice he would give to a person who is subjected to constant smoke in their garden and through their windows from a neighbouring chimney on a single storey extension, in view of the fact that a planning inspector has confirmed that it is not contravening any planning laws yet is causing great nuisance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4346/17]

Health and Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

740. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advice she would provide to a person who has had an accident in work due to lax health and safety practices and is dissatisfied with the outcome of the Health and Safety Authority's inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4471/17]

Public Sector Pay

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in his deliberations on bringing forward pay restoration to April 2017, he considered dealing with the outstanding issue of pay levels for new entrants to the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/17]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the money to bring forward pay restoration for public sector workers earning below €65,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that spinal muscular atrophy type 1 sufferers (details supplied) can urgently access nusinersen, Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/17]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, with regard to the Stormont crisis. [1706/17]

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with Ms Arlene Foster about the crisis in Stormont. [1993/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Mariano Rajoy. [1994/17]

Middle East Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the stated proposal by the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump, to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem with any of the interested parties on the basis that this move may contribute to divisions in Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3093/17]

Foreign Conflicts

Richard Boyd Barrett

60. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent US led airstrikes on Mosul which killed 30 civilians; if he will cease US military aircraft and hardware coming through Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3092/17]

Residential Institutions

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all persons accused by persons (details supplied) with regard to allegations of abuse were interviewed; if all the locations of alleged abuse mentioned in the accounts were visited and investigated; if any of the institutions mentioned are still operating as facilities which care for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3321/17]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) has an operation. [3322/17]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure people on zero-hour contracts who some weeks work the required 19 hours per week to qualify for family income supplement, FIS, are granted FIS for those weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2772/17]

Social Welfare Benefits

Richard Boyd Barrett

68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will revise the rules to ensure that all recipients of social protection payments receive the Christmas bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/17]

Protected Disclosures

Richard Boyd Barrett

129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a member of the public can bring forward information or make a submission to the Garda whistleblowers inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3131/17]

Ministerial Correspondence

Richard Boyd Barrett

358. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any reply he may have received from the Egyptian Prime Minister to his letter of November 2016 mentioned in Dáil Éireann on 23 November 2016. [1611/17]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Richard Boyd Barrett

23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussion with the Minister for Social Protection on the inclusion of FIS as a reckonable payment for local authority rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36048/16]

IDA Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

294. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all foreign companies in receipt of IDA grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2270/17]

Schools Mental Health Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

30. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a proposal on behalf of mental health activists to make it mandatory for schools to insert an advertisement for Pieta House and its services on the inside cover of all school journals as a national mental health initiative and in particular to normalise accessing mental health services for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2014/17]

Schools Healthy Living Strategies

Richard Boyd Barrett

48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make recommendations and provide support to schools to include certain advertisements in their school journals that promote health and well-being of young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2000/17]

School Patronage

Richard Boyd Barrett

50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the divestment programme commenced by the last Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2003/17]

Schools Refurbishment

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the budget granted to a school (details supplied) for its new classroom extension will be increased to cover the current cost of the building; if he will expedite this decision to ensure the costs do not increase further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1999/17]

School Staff

Richard Boyd Barrett

70. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the extra resources as a matter of urgency to a school (details supplied) to end the current situation where there are 33 pupils to one teacher in a specific class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2001/17]

Gas Networks Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the full remit of Bord Gáis in terms of gas safety, including any responsibility with regard to gas leaks, meter replacement and gas supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/17]

Planning Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any set rules or guidelines with regard to the N11 to preclude a developer putting access to a new housing development from the N11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/17]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether significant mistakes have been made by the Government in relation to vulture funds in terms of the scale of acquisitions of property and property-related assets and in terms of the taxes forgone as a result of tax loopholes benefiting these funds; if he proposes any further policy or legislative action in relation to these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1610/17]

Motor Insurance

Richard Boyd Barrett

67. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government's new motor insurance policies will result in affordable premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1652/17]

Stardust Fire

Richard Boyd Barrett

135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the records, reports and minutes of the meeting of 12 December 2008 which discussed the first final report of a person (details supplied) with regards to the Stardust tragedy available to the families of the victims of the tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41516/16]

Court Procedures

Richard Boyd Barrett

141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question number 88 of 6 December 2016, if she will investigate further a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41635/16]

VAT Rate Application

Richard Boyd Barrett

281. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the PSO levy on utility bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/17]

Corporation Tax Regime

Richard Boyd Barrett

288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fall in corporate tax revenue in December 2016 as a result of a particularly large rebate reported at €150 million to a single company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/17]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

507. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will establish unused properties registers across all local authorities (details supplied). [1393/17]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

521. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism by which notification can issue if a foreshore licence is applied for by a company (details supplied) in respect of oil and gas exploration at Kish bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1578/17]

Dietary Allowance Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

574. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a dietary supplement allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

1038. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment with a consultant at Crumlin Hospital or received confirmation that they are on the list for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/16]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Richard Boyd Barrett

1040. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will allow hemp oil to be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41746/16]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the meals on wheels service, which is indispensable to many elderly persons, is to be discontinued in the Dún Laoghaire area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1443/17]

Medicinal Products Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

1295. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason a company will no longer supply a person (details supplied) with microspore plasters, Dansac lotion and incontinence sheets on their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1579/17]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

1324. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the alternative scheme which has been devised to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; when it will be available to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1792/17]

Health Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

1335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no physiotherapy services available through the HSE for persons under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1832/17]

Pesticide Use

Richard Boyd Barrett

1381. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ban the use of glyphosate here in the interest of public health. [41517/16]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1593. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the National Transport Authority, NTA and Irish Rail on commissioning two separate reports in 2016 entitled, The North Dublin Transport-Fingal Study for the NTA, parts 1 and 2 and separately, The Dart Expansion Business Case, by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1354/17]

Traffic Management

Richard Boyd Barrett

1600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider opening up bus lanes to vehicles carrying people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America. [38631/16]