Parliamentary questions

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

53. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken further to the motion passed unopposed in Dáil Éireann on 28 June 2017 which instructed his Department, along with others, to draw up a plan of action to help alleviate and address ongoing concerns regarding the anti-malaria drug Lariam issued to military personnel serving on overseas missions in sub-Saharan Africa. [52726/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

71. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to prevent members of the Defence Forces having to routinely serve multiple excessively long shifts contrary to the working time directive which covers other occupations but which has not been implemented in relation to members of the Defence Forces when not on active service. [52722/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

80. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the introduction of recent measures have stemmed the exodus from the Defence Forces; and his views on whether his policies over the past eight years have failed and contributed to the exodus, low morale and the feeling of being undervalued among Defence Forces personnel. [52723/19]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

84. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken since the first protected disclosure regarding chemical poisoning in the Air Corps was received four years ago; the steps he will take to address the health legacy issues including suicide of years of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals of persons based in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell; and if he will instruct that a health review be carried out of serving and former members of the Air Corps. [52724/19]

Protected Disclosures Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures made to his Department since the current legislation was introduced; the number of personnel dismissed from the Defences Forces; the number still serving members; and the number that have applied to rejoin the Defence Forces in view of the retention crisis that exists. [53118/19]

Army Barracks

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

86. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that living quarters in barracks nationwide are fit and habitable. [52721/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the food budget of the Defence Forces equates to €4.35 per day while the budget per prisoner is €6.25; and his views in relation to same. [52725/19]

Arts Council

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Arts Council is set to move offices to a less appropriate building; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact the proposed new building has substantially higher rent and an atypical buy option; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that if the deal is completed, it will involve the breaking of its existing lease (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52179/19]

Insurance Costs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance her Department can provide to cultural festivals and venues that are faced with closure due to spiralling insurance costs; if she has raised the challenge to cultural life with the insurance industry representatives and the Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Finance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51908/19]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

16. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there has been no announcement of the planned State and State-sponsored Decade of Centenaries 2013-2023 commemorative events for 2020. [51907/19]

National Monuments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

18. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the reconfigured Moore Street advisory group as recommended in the second Moore Street progress report, which she received in August 2019 will be announced. [51906/19]

Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

28. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta míniú a thabhairt ar chaiteachas na Roinne ar Chlár na Leabhar Gaeilge agus a mbaineann leis trí Fhoras na Gaeilge. [51910/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

250. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a wheelchair that is appropriate to the person's needs. [52361/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

251. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assigned a social worker as a matter of urgency. [52362/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

252. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied). [52363/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

206. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have had discussions with and received correspondence from a trust (details supplied) or the religious orders in charge of three of the secondary schools in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, regarding an amalgamation of the three schools moving to a single campus and the creation of a single board; if there will be involvement of parents and teaching staff at each stage prior to decisions being taken; if his attention has been drawn to discussions to date on the fact a third of the pupils at the schools have special educational needs, that none of the three campuses are large enough to contain all three schools and the fact that the population of Ballyfermot, Cherry Orchard, Chapelizod and Bluebell is rising; the level of funding that will be committed to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51486/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [50527/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

150. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [50434/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the operational non-pay budget for the Air Corps is less than 2% of the Defence Vote in view of his recent decision to temporarily shut down the helicopter operation in Athlone, County Westmeath. [50343/19]

Bail Law

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation on bail reform; if so, the organisations he has or will consult with in advance of proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49791/19]

Bail Law

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

264. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing legalisation which would allow judges to impose restrictions on bail conditions, such as curfews, exclusion or restricted zones and or ankle bracelets and so on, for those charged with murder or manslaughter and who have a previous conviction involving violence; if so, the groups he has consulted with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49803/19]

Nursing Home Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

330. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the public nursing homes in south central areas of Dublin city. [49734/19]

Buiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

644. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sí nach bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fháil ag pobal na Gaeilge de bharr na hinfheistíochta easnamhaí agus míchothroime atá déanta tríd an ngníomhaireacht trasteorann, Foras na Gaeilge, ar laghdaíodh a bhuiséad de €700,000 le trí bliana anuas, i gcomparáid leis an gComhairle Ealaíon, ar méadaíodh a buiséad de €12 mhilliún sa tréimhse chéanna; an lorgóidh an tAire maoiniú breise don Ghaeilge sna meastacháin athbhreithnithe roimh an Nollaig i bhfianaise go mbeidh ardú buiséid ann do na heagraíochtaí trasteorann Uiscebhealaí Éireann agus InterTrade Ireland. [49852/19]

Naval Service Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

132. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service who spent more than 80 days at sea in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [48683/19]

Defence Forces Transport

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vehicles (details supplied) purchased in 2001 which are still in service; and his plans to replace same. [48692/19]

Defence Forces Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

134. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the renewal and replacement programme he and the military authorities have for weaponry and other military equipment over the next three years; and when tenders for same will be issued. [48693/19]

Defence Forces Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

135. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the weaponry or other military equipment in the Defence Forces that has been upgraded or replaced since 2011 to replace outdated or defunct equipment; the cost of same; and when the equipment was delivered. [48694/19]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

139. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional two full-time clinical psychologists for the Defence Forces. [49034/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

140. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for both the Air Corps and Naval Service will commence before the end of 2019. [49035/19]

Army Barracks

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

141. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if construction work on the new gymnasia at Sarsfield Barracks, County Limerick, and Stephen's Barracks, County Kilkenny, has commenced; if so, the duration of the works; and the estimated cost of the projects. [49036/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

309. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) home help hours have been reduced from two hours per week to only one hour a week. [48827/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

310. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated back to two hours per week. [48828/19]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the pilot retention scheme in the Air Corps announced in July 2019; the results to date; and the number of pilots and other grades in the Air Corps that resigned their commission and retired from the service since 4 July 2019. [48397/19]

Citizenship Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding citizenship in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48377/19]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

373. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding status from the rural regeneration and development fund to refurbish a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/19]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

374. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47975/19]

Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

131. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a voluntary homeowners relocation scheme application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47079/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

372. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of the Linn Dara campus in Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10; the number of residential beds operational; the services offered by the day hospital; the staffing levels; the number of staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47312/19]

Labour Activation Programmes Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

619. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants on each of the labour activation programmes administered by her Department in the past ten years; and the annual cost of each programme during those years. [47427/19]

JobPath Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

620. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date the contracts she and her predecessor entered into with the JobPath companies Seetec and Turas Nua. [47428/19]

JobPath Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

621. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred by her officials in Intreo offices to Seetec and Turas Nua each month since they were awarded the JobPath contract; and the length of time on average they were in receipt of social welfare payments before the referral. [47429/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

622. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason bring proposals were not brought forward as promised to address the issues which had led to community employment supervisors planning to take industrial action; and her views on the suspended dispute. [47430/19]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

623. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reinstate the dietary allowance as a stand-alone payment as it was pre-2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/19]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

624. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if wages of participants of the community employment are open to meanstesting or reduction at source based on family status, age or other status. [47432/19]

Hospital Charges

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can claim back some or all of the cost of a hip replacement surgery. [46907/19]

Citizenship Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to their application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46725/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by an early intervention team; and if the liaison officer will contact their parents directly. [46719/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

219. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kevin Street Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46041/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

220. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kilmainham Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46042/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

221. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Crumlin Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46043/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Sundrive Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46044/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

223. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Ballyfermot Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46045/19]

Crime Levels

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

224. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual number of crimes by category recorded by Garda stations (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/19]

Garda Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

225. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the local drugs units attached to Garda stations (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [46048/19]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

346. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken regarding Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin once the facilities have moved to the new national children's hospital. [46271/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

385. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed the funds used to pay privately for an assessment of the person's child in view of the fact that CAMHS refused to perform one. [46534/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date to attend the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [46600/19]

Road Safety

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

465. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to the introduction of a scheme to protect cyclists similar to that which was introduced in London recently (details supplied); and if further measures to increase the minimum standards for trucks, which would protect both cyclists and pedestrians, will be part of the annual CVRT. [46053/19]

Planning Guidelines

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

565. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the requirement for allotments to be provided with new housing developments being incorporated into the planning system here in view of the community interest in same and the benefits in terms of sustainability and self-sufficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46019/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the situation within sections of the Defence Forces is so bad that the viability of those units is at risk due to the failure to address the exodus from the Defence Forces; and the immediate steps he will take to stem the tide of resignations of commissions and other ranks leaving the Defence Forces in large numbers. [45672/19]

Army Barracks

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

6. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of accommodation blocks that recruits and soldiers are required to live or stay in while receiving training in the Curragh; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the Cadet School is operating out of prefabs and that the Army Ranger Wing is located in old stables with no running water; and if a five-year demolition, restoration and construction strategy will be developed in order to address the needs of a modern military training school. [45677/19]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

11. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Defence Forces are the only soldiers in the various missions in Mali that are required to take Lariam; and when he will abide by the instructions of Dáil Éireann to cease the use of the drug of first choice in preventing malaria in view of the fact that most other military authorities have switched to alternative anti-malaria drugs and that already some of those in the latest deployment have had an adverse reaction to a drug no longer on public sale here. [45675/19]

Defence Forces Strength

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

19. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in the various branches of the Defence Forces, in particular in specific ranks and specialist fields, and the additional workload it is placing on the remaining members; and the steps he has taken to address the problem since he was assigned responsibility for defence in March 2011. [45674/19]

Naval Service Operations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

22. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of each of the ships of the Naval Service, for example, in dry dock or at sea, if and each has a full complement of crew; and when he expects all ships will be at sea at the one time in view of the challenges of drug smuggling, sea fishery protection, possible UN or EU duty in the Mediterranean Sea or local search and rescue and ordinary sea patrols, in the case of ships not in service. [45676/19]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

33. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has ever requested that moneys not spent from the defence Vote annually due to the establishment number of the Defence Forces not being reached that year could be ring-fenced and used in each of the following years to address the reasons many members of the Defence Forces have left or are contemplating leaving the service. [45673/19]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

20. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a leagan amach conas a dhéanfar dul chun cinn ar thograí athbheochana dár dteanga náisiúnta laistigh de chonstaicí an mhaoinithe a leagadh amach i mbuiséad 2020. [45468/19]

Reachtaíocht Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

30. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bhfoilseofar Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) mar atá geallta le blianta. [45459/19]

Invasive Plant Species

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

37. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking to rid Ireland of invasive species and noxious weeds in national parks and in other parks and lands controlled by the OPW or local authorities. [45463/19]

National Monuments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

52. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken by her on foot of the recommendations contained in the Moore Street report of 2 July 2019 from the Moore Street Advisory Group. [45461/19]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

64. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén fáth ar tugadh neamhaird ar iarratas Údarás na Gaeltachta ar mhaoiniú cuí chun gnáthobair an Údaráis a chomhlíonadh mar aon le tograí fiontraíochta a chur i gcrích a chothóidh poist úra sa Ghaeltacht. [45460/19]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

68. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish an indicative programme of State and State-sponsored commemorative events under the decade of centenaries, 1913-1923, programme. [45462/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the serious shortfall in the number of civilian maintenance staff at the Defence Forces training centre at the Curragh, which has fallen to just over 30 from a previous figure of 200; and the steps he is taking along with the OPW to ensure full and proper maintenance of the buildings on the Curragh. [45705/19]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na heagraíochtaí agus na tograí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta a bheidh sí ag maoiniú sa bhliain 2020 i gcomparáid leo siúd a tugadh maoiniú dóibh sa bhliain 2019. [45469/19]

Defence Forces Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

92. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual payroll and associated costs allocated to the Defence Forces which remained unspent due to the establishment number not being achieved; and if requests were made by him or the Minister for Finance for same to be reconfigured and ring-fenced for payment of military service allowances or for military capital projects, rather than being returned to the Exchequer. [45168/19]

Defence Forces Strength

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

93. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of each branch of the Defence Forces, including the Naval Service Reserve; and the strength of same in each of the years from 9 March 2011 to date. [45169/19]

Army Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of each branch of the Army in 1 and 2 brigades (details supplied); and the strength of each organisational structure in each of the years from October 2012 to date. [45170/19]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

95. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces in the ordnance corps explosive ordnance disposal team; the grade of each; and the number in November 2009. [45171/19]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

96. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number in each branch of the Defence Forces by rank. [45172/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

97. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel by grade in his Department in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [45173/19]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of military police by grade in the Defence Forces; and the number in October 2009. [45174/19]

Tax Exemptions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

138. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the exemption of exit tax rules on investments secured from compensation payments; the circumstances in which exit tax is charged on withdrawals from investment funds and must be reclaimed from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44778/19]

Tax Exemptions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

139. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if tax exemptions exist for persons transferring investment moneys between financial companies and whose moneys have been acquired as a result of medical compensation statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44781/19]

Special Educational Needs Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special school places available in an area (details supplied); the number of children waiting for a special school place in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44809/19]

Garda Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

326. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda in the Clondalkin division; the number of vacancies that exist in the division; the rank or level of the vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44802/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

578. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the Central Remedial Clinic services for children in University Hospital Waterford to the adult population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44777/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

588. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of bed spaces available at Cherry Orchard Hospital; the number of patients that have been admitted on trolleys awaiting a bed in each month over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44803/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

589. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of bed spaces available at St. James's Hospital; the number of patients that have been admitted on trolleys awaiting a bed in each month over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44804/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

590. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that are open for recruitment in Cherry Orchard Hospital; the breakdown of posts available by medical profession and clinical speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/19]

Hospital Staff Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

591. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that are open for recruitment in St. James's Hospital; the breakdown of posts available by medical profession and clinical speciality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44806/19]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

592. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of bed spaces available at the Linn Dara CAMHS unit in Cherry Orchard Hospital; the number of admissions and average length of stay per patient in the past five years; the waiting list for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44810/19]

Cycling Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

898. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the Dublin bikes scheme further; the areas of Dublin that will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/19]

Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

923. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the review carried out by the National Transport Authority in conjunction with an association (details supplied) relating to accessible buses, specifically single decker buses, in County Waterford and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44780/19]

Local Authority Housing Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1146. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants on the local authority housing list in an area (details supplied) in each of the past five years by area; the number of applicants housed in the same period; the number of new projected housing builds in the planning stage for the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44807/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1147. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in an area (details supplied) in the past five years; the amount being paid by his Department and the local authority to fund these HAP payments over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/19]

Defence Forces Reports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

100. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to publish the report and recommendations of the Defence Forces colour vision working group; and his further plans to implement the recommendations in full. [43140/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

647. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to Dublin City Council to allow its choice-based letting scheme to resume. [43396/19]

Curaclam Scoile

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

52. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth nach bhfuil sé chun ábhar éigeantach a dhéanamh athuair den stair i gcomhair an Teastais Shóisearaigh, agus cad iad a thuairimí ar an ábhar sin. [41408/19]

Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

59. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé chun aon athrú a dhéanamh ar an éagóir atá i gceist maidir leis na táillí suntasacha is gá d’ábhair múinteoirí a íoc as an gcoicís éigeantach a chaitheann said sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid den chúrsa bunmhúinteoireachta i mbliain a haon agus i mbliain a trí den chúrsa, agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an táille a ísliú nó deireadh a chur léi. [41407/19]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

157. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if funding will be available to a service (details supplied) in order for it to hire additional speech and language therapists to prevent cutbacks to the vital service it provides to children with autism. [40228/19]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

600. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case. [39672/19]