Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Dara Calleary

23. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair atá sé i gceist Bille nua na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24443/19]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Dara Calleary

59. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sí sásta leis na hullmhúcháin atá déanta don Bhreatimeacht chun go mbeidh cliant chuideachtaí an Údaráis ábalta dul i ngleic leis an mBreatimeacht. [24268/19]

An Coimisinéir Teanga

Dara Calleary

60. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad a cheapann sí faoi Thuarascáil Bhliantúil 2018 an Choimisinéara Teanga. [24267/19]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Dara Calleary

387. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the planning status of IDA-owned lands on the Sligo Road, Ballina, County Mayo; if it has planning permission for industrial development; the plans the IDA has for the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24116/19]

Veterinary Inspection Service

Dara Calleary

741. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the changes to the veterinary inspection scheme at meat factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23832/19]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Dara Calleary

122. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes in tabular form. [23062/19]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

135. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes in tabular form. [23061/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

140. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend to date in 2019 including the capital carry-over from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead including the capital carry-over from 2018 provided for in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2019; the details of the significant overspends or underspends under each subhead; the action to be taken to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23059/19]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

141. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes in tabular form. [23060/19]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

142. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local authorities supported in applications for WiFi4EU funding; the local authorities that have and have not been successful in their applications to date; and the amount of funding to each local authority that has been successfully approved in tabular form. [23063/19]

National Broadband Plan

Dara Calleary

26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural communities, including the role of his Department in the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/19]

Regional Development Funding

Dara Calleary

33. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the EU funding supports available for regional development. [22887/19]

LEADER Programmes Data

Dara Calleary

35. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme by project and administration costs, respectively; the amount expended to date on project costs by each local action group, LAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22890/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

40. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date per category; the number of applications granted funding per category; the funding approved for the scheme in 2019; the number and value of payments made to date for approved projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22891/19]

Rural Broadband Scheme

Dara Calleary

49. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

67. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on expenditure in his Department up until the end of quarter 1 of 2019 with regard to 2017 and 2018 allocation made for schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22888/19]

Departmental Agencies Data

Dara Calleary

131. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 18 April 2019, if the information requested regarding staffing levels has been collated. [22896/19]

Occupational Therapy

Dara Calleary

192. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect an appointment with the early intervention services, namely, occupational therapy, psychology and speech and language therapy; the reason the appointments for them with these services have been delayed; if an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22549/19]

General Practitioner Services

Dara Calleary

314. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 16 April 2019, if the information requested has been collated. [22894/19]

Departmental Agencies Data

Dara Calleary

315. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 18 April 2019, if the information requested regarding non-commercial State agencies has been collated. [22895/19]

Energy Efficiency

Dara Calleary

367. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is grant assistance available to dairying farms and other small enterprises to install three-phase electricity; if not, if he will consider reintroducing such grant support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22601/19]

CLÁR Programme

Dara Calleary

436. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the CLÁR programme. [22892/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

437. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made with the implementation of the Action Plan for Rural Development to date; when the next progress report will issue; and the status of the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the plan. [22893/19]

Water Services Funding

Dara Calleary

491. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an application has been received for funding from Mayo County Council on behalf of a local group water scheme (details supplied); if so, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/19]

Water Services Funding

Dara Calleary

497. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an application has been received from Mayo County Council for a group water scheme (details supplied); when a decision on funding will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22700/19]

Departmental Bodies Data

Dara Calleary

507. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 18 April 2019, if he will provide the original information requested in tabular form, in view of the fact that the county location and agency staff breakdown is not accessible in the link provided. [22897/19]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Dara Calleary

209. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual current and capital funding allocations made under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021; the 2019 allocation made for capital works on group water schemes; and the 2019 allocation for grant aid for private wells and septic tanks in tabular form. [22236/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

169. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended with respect to promoting and carrying out the Rural Opportunity roadshow campaign to date; the costs associated with advertising, by online and offline, design work, photography, event staging and venue hire, respectively; the cost of creating online content to promote this campaign and maintenance costs to date in tabular form; the budget allocated for promotional activities in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21323/19]

Local Authority Staff Data

Dara Calleary

185. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the local authorities that employ and do not employ, respectively, a full-time Irish language officer in tabular form; and the estimated annual cost for employing such a position. [21324/19]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants

Dara Calleary

186. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of all grant payment schemes available for private well owners in tabular form; the number of private wells that are grant aided by county; and the cost of these in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [21325/19]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants

Dara Calleary

187. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding available in 2019 for new group sewerage and water schemes, respectively; the maximum grants available for each type of scheme per connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/19]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Dara Calleary

38. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if health service recruitment in CHO 2 is being curtailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20816/19]

School Playgrounds

Dara Calleary

100. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a school planning to refurbish outdoor play areas on the school grounds to incorporate play equipment in the interests of promoting physical activity within the school community. [20948/19]

School Playgrounds

Dara Calleary

248. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available via the CLÁR programme or other programmes within his Department to a school in a rural area planning to refurbish outdoor play areas on the school grounds to incorporate play equipment in the interests of promoting physical activity within the school community; his views on whether a CLÁR-funded playground must be made available to the wider community; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this condition is imposing extensive insurance costs on school communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

77. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in the Action Plan for Rural Development to increase the spread of jobs in all regions. [15474/19]

State Pathology Service

Dara Calleary

232. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of post-mortems, specifically those that entailed a subsequent inquest, carried out at the mortuary in University Hospital Waterford on an annual basis since 2010; his views on whether the decision of 7 May 2019 by the State Pathologist not to use the facility has implications for findings made by these inquests; the way in which he has come to this view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20722/19]

Departmental Agencies Data

Dara Calleary

52. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18435/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

357. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied). [19591/19]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

358. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of emergency works funding for a school (details supplied). [19593/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Dara Calleary

675. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the reason for not publishing the 2017 pricing review of the nursing home support scheme; the timeframe for same; his views on whether supports under the scheme need to be reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18633/19]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Dara Calleary

676. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the provisions relating to nursing homes contained in the proposed 2019 GMS contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18634/19]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Dara Calleary

893. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if Versatis patches will be reinstated on the medical card scheme. [19443/19]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports

Dara Calleary

1207. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will adopt the key recommendations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission report published 28 September 2018 to establish an economic regulator for household waste collection; if he will consider its functions to include economic licensing, data collection and analysis, market design and consumer protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18440/19]

Local Authority Funding

Dara Calleary

1271. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant allocation to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019 for each of the three main grant categories - restoration improvement, discretionary grant and restoration maintenance - for regional and local roads; the amount expended in each year to date; and the amount paid out to date out as a percentage of the amount allocated to each local authority in each year in tabular form. [18523/19]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Dara Calleary

1272. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if separate funding is provided for footpath refurbishment and construction in view of insufficient roads maintenance funds available to carry out such works on district roads. [18524/19]

LEADER Programmes Administration

Dara Calleary

1372. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to requesting from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that the threshold for the requirement for e-tenders be increased in order to cut the level of bureaucracy that is hindering community groups from bringing smaller Leader projects forward. [18525/19]

Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta

Dara Calleary

1606. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual capital allocation to Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and the 2019 allocation in this regard. [18901/19]

Departmental Bodies Data

Dara Calleary

46. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18229/19]

Departmental Bodies Data

Dara Calleary

50. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18233/19]

Departmental Agencies Data

Dara Calleary

66. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full- and part-time persons employed in each such body. [18232/19]