Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Seán Fleming

551. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the hours a person can work up to of 18.5 hours per week and claim carer's allowance and-or benefit will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46351/19]

Carer's Benefit Eligibility

Seán Fleming

552. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's benefit can be paid to a parent whose son or daughter reaches 16 years of age and will receive a disability payment in his or her own right having previously been on the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46352/19]

Building Regulations

Seán Fleming

562. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to assist persons with disabilities in wheelchairs to ensure there is a minimum standard for toilets to be 2 m wide by 2 m long for wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46326/19]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Seán Fleming

67. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding persons who take up positions in the public service, if previous similar work can be taken into consideration in terms of their starting points on the scale (details supplied); if this applies across each Department and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45899/19]

School Staff

Seán Fleming

87. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a suppression of a teaching post by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45978/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Seán Fleming

163. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45977/19]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Fleming

187. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the national broadband plan; when the maps that are being re-examined for the intervention area will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/19]

Hedge Cutting Season

Seán Fleming

222. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the period of time during which it is permitted to cut hedges and ditches here; the position regarding the levy of fines that can be imposed in circumstances in which landowners do not cut their hedges that can cause difficulty for road users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45926/19]

Carbon Tax Yield

Seán Fleming

149. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the carbon taxes levied on various fuels under headings (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45326/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Seán Fleming

356. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of naturalisation applications on hand; the number of applications by the country of each applicant; the number of applications received in respect of each country from the oldest application to 2018 and to date in 2019, by country; the length of time applications have remained in the system without a resolution; his plans to follow-up on old applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45160/19]

Hospital Admissions

Seán Fleming

600. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an admission to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44877/19]

GLAS Appeals

Seán Fleming

807. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44890/19]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Seán Fleming

112. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a higher education grant will issue to a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44049/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Seán Fleming

180. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) for a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44003/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Seán Fleming

181. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied) to sustain its activities in the 2020 Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44004/19]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Seán Fleming

205. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the basic payment scheme and the area based schemes payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44000/19]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Seán Fleming

278. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the need for a women’s refuge at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44001/19]

Domestic Violence Services Funding

Seán Fleming

279. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided for a children's worker (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44002/19]

Housing Assistance Payment

Seán Fleming

356. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details regarding eligibility for landlords to enter under the HAP scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44046/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seán Fleming

225. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 25 June 2019 (details supplied), when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43487/19]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Seán Fleming

248. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the serious living conditions in a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/19]

Orthodontic Services

Seán Fleming

304. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address issues with staffing levels in the orthodontic services in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/19]

Home Care Packages Data

Seán Fleming

306. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the regional variations in the eligibility and allocation of services relating to publicly funded home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43074/19]

Home Care Packages Provision

Seán Fleming

316. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the action to be taken to reduce the waiting list for homecare packages in County Laois in which the number waiting have seen a significant increase to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43113/19]

Respite Care Services Provision

Seán Fleming

409. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43488/19]

VAT Rate Application

Seán Fleming

90. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the VAT rate charged on food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42482/19]

School Staff

Seán Fleming

102. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be examined in respect of the possible suppression of a teaching post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42357/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Seán Fleming

559. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a capital grant will be approved for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Seán Fleming

560. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a capital grant will be approved for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42154/19]

International Agreements

Seán Fleming

17. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will sign an international treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40675/19]

Tax Reliefs Application

Seán Fleming

36. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the reason some third level education courses that are eligible for tax relief have a €1,500 disregard in respect of amounts spent on fees which is not eligible for tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40676/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Fleming

83. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pre-tender stage of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/19]

School Transport Eligibility

Seán Fleming

114. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the appropriate person to contact in his Department regarding a document (details supplied) in respect of a family that has children with special needs in different schools and have difficulty in taking their children to and from school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/19]

Refugee Status Applications

Seán Fleming

141. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will make contact with a person in respect of the recommendation from his Department that the person (details supplied) will be given a refugee declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/19]

Refugee Status Applications

Seán Fleming

142. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will make contact with a person in respect of the recommendation from his Department that the person (details supplied) will be given a refugee declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40644/19]

Transport Support Scheme

Seán Fleming

230. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a replacement for the transport grant for disabled drivers which was abolished five years ago; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40696/19]

National Dementia Strategy

Seán Fleming

231. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be ensured for dementia services provided by county in the health spending Estimates for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40699/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Fleming

294. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/19]

VAT Rate Application

Seán Fleming

54. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of the VAT rate to 9% to improve competitiveness in view of the fact this is the highest rate of VAT on tourist accommodation in the E.U; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40251/19]

VAT Exemptions

Seán Fleming

55. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the zero VAT rate on food supplements which is in the Irish legislation will continue; if the concession introduced in recent times not to have 23% VAT rate for food supplements be withdrawn in view of the fact that there was never a 23% VAT rate based on a freedom of information e-mail prepared by the VAT interpretation branch, indirect taxes division for the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40279/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Seán Fleming

100. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date of an assessment of the caseload of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; when it will be received by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40178/19]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Seán Fleming

102. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulations that have been introduced in relation to the safeguarding of ammunition in respect of shotguns and the requirement for them to be kept in a locked box in vehicles when they are not on the property of the owner; the consultation and the organisations that were involved in the discussions prior to these rules or regulations being introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40197/19]

Bankruptcy Data

Seán Fleming

104. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 84 and 85 of 6 September, the number of families the lost their homes as a result of bankruptcies which were initiated by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied) and in which the official assignee,which is a function of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, dealt with these matters in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

Seán Fleming

137. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction on making FreeStyle Libre available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40181/19]

Fallen Animal Collection Scheme

Seán Fleming

268. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the subsequent changes that were introduced including the introduction of the 125km rule was made via a statutory instrument or through another mechanism further to the review of the fallen animal TSE subsidy scheme undertaken in 2013; if so, the name and website link of the statutory instrument. [40194/19]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Seán Fleming

344. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1808 to 1810, inclusive, of 6 September 2019 in respect of large debts owed to her Department from customers, if the figures can be further broken down in respect of the number of cases; the amount outstanding in respect of which payment arrangements are in place; the number and value of cases in which no pay arrangements are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40263/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Seán Fleming

369. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ongoing position regarding discussions between the Office of Public Works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40208/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Seán Fleming

370. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the consideration of an analysis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40207/19]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Seán Fleming

156. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved for the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38273/19]

Tax Code

Seán Fleming

83. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the amount of income a couple with joint assessment can earn without being subject to income tax in circumstances in which both parties are under 65 years of age; the position in circumstances in which one party is under 65 years of age and the other is over 65 years of age; the amounts by which there is a PAYE allowance available to one or other of the persons involved; the income threshold they must cross before they are liable to pay income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35108/19]