Parliamentary questions

Organic Farming Scheme

Alan Kelly

513. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment he carried out in 2018 prior to his announcement to immediately reopen the organic farming scheme; if he will provide a report on the work of the organic sector strategy group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/19]

Departmental Legal Costs

Alan Kelly

54. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date of legal fees incurred in the case being pursued by the State relating to the decision of the European Commission regarding the alleged grant of state aid to a company (details supplied); the names and amount of fees paid to date to each law firm, senior counsel and barrister; if the senior counsel or barristers are full-time employees of universities here; his views on whether such payments are in breach of the one person, one salary principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24623/19]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

121. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the process by which she plans to transpose the ECN+ directive, Directive 2019/1; if consideration will be given to the establishment of an expert advisory group to advise on the significant administrative, resource and legislative requirements of transposition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24596/19]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that the European Commission deemed it necessary to open a formal investigation into alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the insurance sector here in view of the fact that the matter is one that falls within the competence of the CCPC; her further views on whether the CCPC has sufficient resources to effectively enforce competition law here; her views on the ability of the CCPC to effectively investigate alleged infringements of competition law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24597/19]

An Bord Pleanála Review

Alan Kelly

237. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the implementation status of the organisational review of An Bord Pleanála published in 2016; and the implementation status of each of the 101 recommendations contained in the report in tabular form. [24766/19]

Departmental Bodies Data

Alan Kelly

100. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of finance and strategy committee meetings which were held in the Institute of Public Administration in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the date and attendees of each meeting. [24536/19]

Departmental Bodies

Alan Kelly

101. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the corporate governance and compliance structures of the Institute of Public Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24537/19]

Air Quality

Alan Kelly

209. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received advice from his officials not to implement a nationwide smoky coal ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24531/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he has met with the taxi advisory committee; the attendees of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Alan Kelly

99. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the date of all Cabinet committee meetings on climate change since 1 May 2016. [23472/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Alan Kelly

349. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a reference number will be issued to an applicant for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23753/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to preliminary findings from the review of cervical cancer slides by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/19]

Ambulance Service Provision

Alan Kelly

479. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the agreements in place with sporting organisations to provide ambulance coverage at large-scale sporting events; if a copy of all individual or collective agreements with such organisations will be provided; if arrangements with such organisations have created a cost for the HSE; if so, the amount in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23473/19]

Greyhound Industry

Alan Kelly

740. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of a document which was prepared by a company (details supplied) was sent to his Department; if his officials received it; if his officials read it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/19]

Fáilte Ireland Expenditure

Alan Kelly

800. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided by Fáilte Ireland to tourism providers for product development or tourism projects and for marketing plans and strategies since 1 January 2019, by county (details supplied); and the locations to which funding has been allocated. [23465/19]

Taxi Licences

Alan Kelly

801. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi licences that have been withdrawn from drivers since 2011, by year and location of licence. [23466/19]

Tourism Ireland Funding

Alan Kelly

802. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Tourism Ireland by year since 2009; the percentage of the funding by year provided by the State as opposed to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23467/19]

Departmental Funding

Alan Kelly

848. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the volume of funding by county allocated across funding programmes since the inception of his Department (details supplied). [23468/19]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Alan Kelly

946. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the date on which a budget for the running of the Tipperary task force was approved; the amount approved; the way in which it will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23457/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Alan Kelly

965. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to cases in which an approved housing body has bid on a property or properties in competition with a local authority thereby elevating the purchase price; if so, if a list of such cases will be provided; the steps he is taking to co-ordinate such activity in order to protect the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23474/19]

Passport Applications

Alan Kelly

75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 21 May 2019, the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); the approximate date for the issuing of the passport; if the application will be expedited to allow the person to travel for Eid on 5 June 2019 in view of the fact that proof of travel has been supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23053/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Alan Kelly

133. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of employees employed by each State agency and local authority who meet the requirements of section 47(1) of the Disability Act 2005, in tabular form (details supplied). [22382/19]

Home Care Packages Administration

Alan Kelly

248. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the health budget for home support and public health nurse visits is managed for those exiting hospital care while recognising local need, particularly in areas with high levels of more senior and frailer residents such as those living in the Beaumont area; the way in which he plans to increase the levels of home support and regular public health nurse visits in this area for those exiting hospital care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22508/19]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

287. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 21 May 2019, if he will provide a list of all meetings, consultations, correspondence and the purposes of each, between Ministers or officials and a person (details supplied) or members of their team since they undertook work in relation to CervicalCheck; if similar information will be provided regarding meetings between HSE officials and the person for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/19]

Health Services Reports

Alan Kelly

146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) on removing private practice from public hospitals will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/19]

Passport Applications

Alan Kelly

116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and processed in time for them to travel on 5 June 2019 in view of the fact that proof of travel has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Alan Kelly

325. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) sent by post from Dáil Éireann on 28 March 2019 has been received; when they can expect to receive the return of their British passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22125/19]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

426. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date and time of all meetings, consultations and correspondence, and the purposes of each, between Ministers or officials and a person (details supplied) since the person undertook work in relation to CervicalCheck; if similar information will be provided regarding meetings between HSE officials and the person for the same time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21862/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Alan Kelly

428. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the 2019 current funding deficit for section 39 disability organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/19]

Disability Services Funding

Alan Kelly

429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount in advance loans funding given to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE in each of the past five years; the purpose of the funding; the reason the funding is not provided as part of the normal service agreement with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21871/19]

Disability Services Funding

Alan Kelly

430. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number and value of loans that have been advanced to each section 39 disability organisation since 2014, in tabular form; the reason for such loans; the reason the funding is not being provided as part of the HSE service agreement with these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21872/19]

Departmental Meetings

Alan Kelly

431. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings between his Department and RehabCare since 1 May 2016; and the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings between the HSE and RehabCare since 1 May 2016. [21873/19]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Kelly

432. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of services in Cappoquin health centre since the departure of the regular general practitioner there; the status of all patient records in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21874/19]

Disability Support Services Funding

Alan Kelly

5. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of the deficit in funding for section 38 and 39 disability organisations; if an organisation (details supplied) is the only organisation that has informed him of difficulties in funding and service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21004/19]

Hospital Overcrowding

Alan Kelly

28. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ease the record overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20491/19]

Health Services Funding

Alan Kelly

49. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if additional demands have been made by his Department in respect of budget overruns to date in 2019 and the anticipated overruns up to 31 December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/19]

Health Strategies

Alan Kelly

76. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the level of respiratory illness affecting Irish persons; the policies he is pursuing to this effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20492/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Alan Kelly

121. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the accommodation of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21167/19]

Schools Review

Alan Kelly

122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the formal review has been completed of the whole-school evaluation management, leadership, learning report carried out on a school (details supplied); if he will publish the decision of the chief inspector; when the findings of the report will be published on the website of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21171/19]

Archaeological Sites

Alan Kelly

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that a site (details supplied) will be afforded the status of preservation in situ as opposed to preservation by record in view of the fact that a Bronze Age burial site and settlement has been discovered at the site; her further plans to ensure that the site is protected from development in order that the archaeological findings may be preserved for the benefit of the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21170/19]

School Curriculum

Alan Kelly

45. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enhance sex education in schools in order to provide students with a safe space in which they can discuss, ask questions and talk about all aspects of relationships and sexuality; his plans to enhance the level of training for teachers tasked with delivering relationship and sex education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19833/19]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Alan Kelly

219. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on restoration and maintenance of the Rock of Cashel in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the detail of such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/19]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Alan Kelly

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on the maintenance of the Farmleigh Estate in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the detail of such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18860/19]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Alan Kelly

221. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on the upkeep and use of the Stewards Lodge in Farmleigh in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the dates and purpose for which it has been used, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18861/19]

Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme

Alan Kelly

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications he has accepted for the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme; the amount of funding set aside for the scheme; the progress that has been made in delivering the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18862/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Alan Kelly

262. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when works are due to commence with the installation of the three temporary classrooms and toilet block at a school (details supplied). [18492/19]

Schools Building Projects Data

Alan Kelly

305. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that were put on the school building capital plans for new schools or large extensions between 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the schools that have been built; the status of the other schools; when each one will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18937/19]

Higher Education Authority Administration

Alan Kelly

343. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that minutes of meetings of the Higher Education Authority have not been published on its website since the meeting of 6 November 2018; the reason minutes of recent meetings have not been published; if minutes of all recent meetings of the authority will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19426/19]

IDA Ireland Supports

Alan Kelly

580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a facility (details supplied) has received supports from IDA Ireland and-or Enterprise Ireland; if so, the type of supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19303/19]

Hospital Services

Alan Kelly

659. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the report by a company (details supplied) into the University Limerick hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18586/19]