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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: We can have 18 minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputies will not be deprived. The Minister will answer and then we will go around the House.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputy will get two supplementary questions, as will Deputy Ó Broin. We will be as generous as possible. The Minister has a long reply.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: That is okay, we will take them that way.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: I raise the issue of Rockall in view of the unilateral illegal decision by the Scottish Government last Friday. Will the Taoiseach confirm whether the issue of fishing rights around Rockall was raised when he met the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, some weeks ago, particularly given that discussions have been taking place over the past two years between Ministers and officials? Would the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his housing strategy for County Donegal over the next five year period; the proposed number of units planned to be built in the county for the five year period 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23252/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for reforming the commercial rates system in view of the fact that the current system is perceived to be outdated, archaic and an unfair burden on many businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23253/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the employment of school secretaries nationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 10% of school secretaries are employed directly by his Department while the other 90% are paid from school funding that should be otherwise used for running the schools; if the situation will be corrected; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in County Donegal; the estimated net increase for the next academic year; the number of SNAs employed in County Donegal in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form, for both primary and secondary school sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grants for schools in budget 2020; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools are struggling financially due to the reduced rates of grants available under the capitation grants at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23487/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if 18 national schools in County Donegal have experienced cuts in the number of special needs assistants allocated to their respective schools; the reason the cuts have occurred; the appeals mechanism open to these schools; the names of the 18 schools directly affected by his decision to reduce the allocation of SNAs for the county; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Donegal division; the number of gardaí based in the division in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the number of new recruits placed in the division between 2017 and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being used in County Donegal; the details of the time delay in approving home help packages from the application date to approval until the applicant is in actual receipt of the assistance in the applicant's home; the number of home help hours in County Donegal for each year from 2016 to date; the new additional hours made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to provide a second ambulance for south-west County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at present only one ambulance crew covers the area from Inver to Glencolmcille with a population of over 6,000 persons and an area covering 70 km east to west and 30 km north to south at the furthest points of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fund the necessary approval for three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; if all three community hospitals will form part of the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23533/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the improvement works and pier extension at Killybegs fishery harbour centre; when works will commence; the stage the tender processes are at in the entire project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a commitment will be given to the representative bodies of the entire seafood sector in addition to the spokespersons for marine of the various parties within Dáil Éireann that he will consult them before he takes his next step in drafting an alternative to Statutory Instrument No. 89 of 2018, which Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 793. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2019 sports capital grants will be allocated; the budget allocated for the 2019 round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23336/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 795. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the next phases of the N56 in County Donegal; if contractors have been appointed for the next sections of this national secondary road; if additional plans are being prepared for other sections of the N56 in addition to those parts being tendered at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23362/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Pat Gallagher: 803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate further funding for the R232 in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the critical importance of the road (details supplied); his further plans to fund the road in order to bring it to the standard required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23475/19]