2583. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected unemployment rate in 2019; the projected savings on the live register in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35240/18]
2582. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on rent supplement in each year since 2000, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35239/18]
2581. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies by county in which the payment was increased above prescribed limits; the cost of same in 2017; the projected cost in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35238/18]
2580. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the rent limits for rent supplement; the estimated cost of increasing limits by 20% and 10%, respectively; the estimated cost of benchmarking the maximum rent at the 35th percentile of those rents registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35237/18]
2579. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number in receipt of rent supplement in 2017 and 2018, respectively; the cost in 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of new awards of rent supplement to date in 2018; the projected number in 2019; the number expected to transition to HAP in 2018 and 2019 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35236/18]
2578. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools in receipt of payments under the school meals programme; the number of pupils that benefited; the number of schools in DEIS not utilising the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35235/18]
2577. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance scheme by an extra week in 2018; the projected cost for same in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35234/18]
2576. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the introduction of a cold weather payment scheme similar to that of the UK in which if the temperature is forecast at zero or below for seven days an additional payment is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35233/18]
2575. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of increasing the weekly fuel allowance by €5; the history of changes to the payment since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35232/18]
2574. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons and households in receipt of fuel allowance in 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the projected number in 2019; the breakdown of recipients by payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35231/18]
2413. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €88 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €141 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35282/18]
2357. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €28 million in 2018 to her Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €32 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35278/18]
2302. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €1,327 million in 2018 to his Department; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €1,843 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35276/18]
2128. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €209 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €256 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35280/18]
1995. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €248 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €255 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/18]
1844. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free general practitioner care to all children aged 18 years of age and under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35257/18]
1843. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the number of detoxification beds for persons recovering from addiction, by county; the number of rehabilitation beds for persons recovering from addiction, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35256/18]
1842. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the amount raised independently by charitable organisations as a financial contribution to public services co-funded by his Department and-or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35255/18]
1841. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered in a full year from private health insurers as a percentage of the money owed by private insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35254/18]
1840. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered in a full year from private health insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35253/18]
1839. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the full-time equivalent number of staff positions in the health services whose role is to process payments relating to private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35252/18]
1838. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €493 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €667 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35251/18]
1837. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the programmes and initiatives or hiring of staff to which the additional €123 million allocated to his Department in 2019 to meet demographic costs will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35250/18]
1836. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 16 EU Ministers for health signed a declaration in Brussels in April 2018 to pursue a public project to sequence 1 million European genomes; the reason Ireland did not participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35249/18]
1835. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the national public genome projects in European countries such as Finland, Denmark, Estonia and England; the work undertaken to assess the impact of an Irish public genome project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35248/18]
1834. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; the projected costs of reintroducing a mobility allowance and motorised transport scheme to new applicants in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35247/18]
1303. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €555 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €620 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35277/18]
1302. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested Science Foundation Ireland to fund a public genome project and provide for the participation of Ireland in a European genome sequencing project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35273/18]
1212. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing officers; the locations in which they are active, by district; the estimated cost of deploying an additional 300 community gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35263/18]
1211. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budgetary provision for the purchase of new equipment and vehicles for An Garda Síochána in 2018; the provision in 2019; the capital expenditure in that regard; the expected purchases in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35262/18]
1210. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána; the projected number at the end of 2018; the number in training; the provision for training new gardaí in 2018; if his Department is funded for the training of additional gardaí in 2019; the projected force strength in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35261/18]
1209. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals in prison by category of offence and length of sentence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35260/18]
1208. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision categorised by the number of years they have been there, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35259/18]
1207. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €145 million in 2018 to his vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €241 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35258/18]
609. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of financial support provided to third level institutions in 2017-18; the projected level of support in 2018-19 under current expenditure plans by current and capital spending and by programme and scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35230/18]
608. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in the 2017-18 school year; the additional number who will be hired in September 2018; the projected additional hires in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35229/18]
607. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed in primary and secondary schools; the additional number who will be employed in September 2018; the projected additional hires in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35228/18]
606. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes and payments or hiring of staff to which the additional €49 million allocated to his Department in 2019 to meet demographic costs will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35227/18]
605. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €745 million in 2018 to the education and skills Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €941 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35226/18]
604. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with either a secretary or caretaker directly employed by his Department; the criteria that apply to the allocation of these posts; the number of staff employed in schools under the ancillary services grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35225/18]
449. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €174 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €203 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35281/18]
387. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €26 million in 2018 to his Vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €25 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35283/18]
160. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35222/18]
159. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure to date on outside contractors and promotional events and materials as part of Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN security council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35221/18]
158. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocated to Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council; the projected spend on this campaign in 2018; the projected spend in 2019; the programme it comes under; if he will seek additional funds in budget 2019 for the campaign; the estimated amount that will be required in 2019; the events planned over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35220/18]
157. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional funding requirements required for his Department in 2018 to open additional embassies and consulates; the amount spent to date in 2018; the projected extra costs in 2018; the additional funding that will be required in 2019 to meet the costs of new missions under the plans to double Ireland's global footprint by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35219/18]
156. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on official development assistance outside of the Irish Aid programme in 2017 and to date in 2018; the projected end of year spend; the amounts and the commitments by programme; the commitments Ireland has for 2019 under EU and international agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35218/18]
155. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, on overseas development aid; the amount committed through Irish Aid; the projected outturn for 2018; his plans to meet Ireland’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on ODA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35217/18]
154. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the capital allocation of €13 million in 2018 to his Vote group by project; the proposed allocation of €17 million in 2019, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35216/18]
75. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €77 million in 2018 to his Department; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €106 million in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35275/18]