Parliamentary questions

North-South Interconnector

Timmy Dooley

31. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's review of the costs of undergrounding the North-South interconnector relative to the cost of overgrounding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/18]

Renewable Energy Generation

Timmy Dooley

46. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the renewable energy support scheme; the date by which this scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7468/18]

Departmental Bodies Establishment

Timmy Dooley

64. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline by which his Department in conjunction with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs will appoint a digital safety commissioner. [7469/18]

Post Office Network

Timmy Dooley

73. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which he will publish An Post's strategic plan for the future of the post office network; if he is satisfied with the implementation of the An Post business network development group report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/18]

Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group

Timmy Dooley

83. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's review of the functioning of the household waste collection system; the date by which he will provide an independent regulator for this market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Timmy Dooley

451. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason Versatis patches have been withdrawn from the medical card scheme for persons that are in pain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7432/18]

Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group

Timmy Dooley

553. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's review of the functioning of the household waste collection system here; the date by which he will provide an independent regulator for this market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7436/18]

Post Office Network

Timmy Dooley

555. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount budgeted for the preparation and publication of the post office business network development group report. [7494/18]

Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments

Timmy Dooley

697. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment on the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7203/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

185. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a hip operation in Croom hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/18]

JobPath Data

Timmy Dooley

284. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred on a weekly basis in County Clare to Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6120/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Timmy Dooley

160. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when information requested from PeoplePoint relating to a person's (details supplied) contribution record will be provided to the contributory pension section of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to finalise an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5393/18]

Respite Care Services Funding

Timmy Dooley

337. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if additional transitional funding for a respite bed for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5399/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

395. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have ear surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/18]

Commission for Communications Regulation Investigations

Timmy Dooley

506. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ComReg's broadband market review has yet to be published; if he has been provided with reasoning for these delays; and if he will request the commission to ensure its immediate publication. [5665/18]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Timmy Dooley

507. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the change in ownership of a company (details supplied) subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the commitment by the proposed new owners to the national broadband plan following public statements regarding redirecting investment to urban areas; his further views on whether this will lead to further delays in the roll-out plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5666/18]

National Broadband Plan

Timmy Dooley

508. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reduction of the intervention area for the national broadband plan by 300,000 homes will lead to savings to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5667/18]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

509. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the amber areas of the national broadband map as of January 2018, by county, in tabular form. [5689/18]

National Broadband Plan Data

Timmy Dooley

510. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that are still awaiting a broadband connection in the light blue areas of the national broadband map as of January 2018, by county, in tabular form. [5690/18]

Internet Safety

Timmy Dooley

264. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's progress in implementing the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group. [4629/18]

Hospital Procedures

Timmy Dooley

349. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have additional surgery carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3932/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

445. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have hip-replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4416/18]

Afforestation Programme

Timmy Dooley

478. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an archaeology report will issue regarding a proposed forestry plantation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3953/18]

Postal Codes

Timmy Dooley

517. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain telecommunications companies require an Eircode for a household to access their services and the considerable delay that this can cause for persons with new homes in accessing these services. [4377/18]

Postal Codes

Timmy Dooley

518. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Eircode receives an updated address file just four times per year (details supplied); and the steps he is planning to take to address this. [4378/18]

Internet Safety

Timmy Dooley

527. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's progress in implementing the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group. [4628/18]

Departmental Reports

Timmy Dooley

133. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of each of the 40 actions in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report. [3545/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

369. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant in the department of respiratory medicine, University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

383. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when an MRI in University Hospital Limerick will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in order for their surgery to proceed. [3022/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

429. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have an appointment for gallstone surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/18]

GLAS Payments

Timmy Dooley

443. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3028/18]

GLAS Payments

Timmy Dooley

450. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3169/18]

Electric Vehicles

Timmy Dooley

488. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of standard charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3316/18]

Electric Vehicles

Timmy Dooley

489. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of rapid charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3317/18]

Better Energy Homes Scheme Data

Timmy Dooley

490. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded by his Department over the past four years, by county and programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3318/18]

Illegal Dumping

Timmy Dooley

491. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding given to each local authority for the express purpose of cleaning up illegally dumped materials, by county, in tabular form. [3319/18]

Departmental Funding

Timmy Dooley

492. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies or organisations that are scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's vote of expenditure or the group of votes of expenditure connected with his Department in 2018 for the provision of services, by the body or the organisation concerned; the amount involved in each case; if there is a signed service level agreement in place in respect of the services to be carried out by these bodies or organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3320/18]

Air Quality

Timmy Dooley

493. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location and operational status of each air quality monitoring station. [3322/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

494. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken to ensure that commercial operators follow through on their commitments to deliver high speed broadband services to areas marked in blue and light blue on the high speed broadband map; the deadline within which such works must be completed by commercial operators; the estimated completion dates for each blue and light blue area in each county, in tabular form; if there is a provision for redesignation of these areas as State intervention areas if the services are not delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3323/18]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Timmy Dooley

495. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that were awarded online trading vouchers in 2017, by county. [3333/18]

Local Authority Staff

Timmy Dooley

567. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local authorities that have a full-time equivalent, FTE, broadband officer. [3321/18]

Air Pollution

Timmy Dooley

156. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to geo-engineering activity, for example, stratospheric aerosol geo-engineering, being conducted here; if there are plans to commence such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/18]

Climate Change Policy

Timmy Dooley

140. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department is providing to the Green Climate Fund in 2018; if this is his Department's only contribution to overseas climate adaptation and mitigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1182/18]

Electric Vehicles

Timmy Dooley

175. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the amount his Department plans to spend on the recently announced 0% benefit in kind rate on electric vehicles, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1620/18]

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications

Timmy Dooley

249. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed flood defence works at Quilty, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1209/18]

HSE Agency Staff

Timmy Dooley

701. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding temporary and agency workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54513/17]

Hospital Appointments Status

Timmy Dooley

805. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have surgery scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54915/17]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Timmy Dooley

1284. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants and support schemes that are available to new companies in the renewable energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1044/18]

Electric Vehicle Grants

Timmy Dooley

1286. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, electric vehicle grant in each of the years 2020 to 2022. [1145/18]

Electric Vehicle Grants

Timmy Dooley

1287. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual expenditure on the SEAI grant scheme for plug-in electrical, PEV, and HBEV vehicles in each year since its introduction; the amount that was spent each year on battery electric, BEVs, and plug-in hybrid electric, PHEVs, respectively; and the average grant amount for each of PHEVs and BEVs. [1146/18]