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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Mar 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an ongoing staff shortage at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (9 Mar 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the projected time to fit out and make operational the proposed new Greystones coast guard station; the total projected cost; the money already allocated; the potential barriers to completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12767/17]

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Feb 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "calls on the Government to" and substitute the following:"negotiate for Northern Ireland to be designated with a special status within the EU, including: — to secure the ongoing realisation of rights of citizens in Northern Ireland to avail of Irish, and by consequence EU citizenship, further, to uphold all of the rights and...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the tabling-----

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the tabling of the motion by Sinn Féin on what Brexit means for the Good Friday Agreement and the people of northern Ireland and what the Irish Government needs to do about it. I would also like to acknowledge Sinn Féin's position on accepting our amendment. In the past two hours, the Taoiseach described Brexit as the most important negotiations in our history. What is...

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I regret I cannot claim any nominative determinism in terms of my surname.

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Rock for his work on this Bill. It seeks to address an issue in what is a complicated market in respect of which some very serious comments were made recently in the House of Commons, including allegations of complicity by re-sellers working with organised touts who are breaking the law and very serious allegations about links between profits being made in this industry and...

Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: The programme for Government makes a commitment to setting up a new specialist court for people in mortgage distress. Obviously, setting up such a court requires significant new primary legislation. When can we expect to see the heads of Bills to establish such a court?

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: In terms of Brexit, a new increasingly protectionist United States and the European Commission now retargeting our corporation tax regime, I believe jobs in Ireland are more at risk now than they were due to the banking collapse. That is why the Taoiseach's answer is so concerning. I accept that actions are being taken. I take the Taoiseach at his word when he says Ireland is doing things...

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: We all agree Brexit poses a very serious risk to jobs in Ireland. The British Irish Chamber of Commerce estimates there is some €1.3 billion in weekly trade between the two countries, which supports approximately 400,000 jobs across the two islands. The fall in sterling is already putting agrifood companies out of business. If the United Kingdom defaults to World Trade Organization...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of reducing the standard rate of VAT from 23% to 20% in budget 2018. [4357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent location for a school (details supplied) has been selected; if so, the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3860/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy rationale for the need to tax a vehicle which is to be declared off the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4427/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning appeals in which the case officer for An Bord Pleanála recommended a grant of permission, only for the board members to subsequently refuse permission, per county, in each the years 2015 to 2016, in tabular form. [3861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Awareness (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide mental health classes to secondary school children; the implementation plan for this proposal; the development of the curriculum; if there is a consultation process envisaged for this curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (26 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the response time for each ambulance journey in County Wicklow; the area to which the ambulance was called; the travel time for each ambulance to its destination for each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (26 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the details of any gaps in coverage for ambulance services in County Wicklow in 2015 and 2016; the dates on which these gaps occurred; the area in which these occurred; the number of requested call-outs of ambulances which occurred on these dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3576/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Ticket Touting (24 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for her response. I think the key word she used was "inflated" because we are not talking about tickets going on sale for €70 and being resold for €85. We are talking about €70 tickets being bought en masseby companies that may or may not have privileged access to the monopoly seller and then being resold not for €80 but for €1,000. I...

Topical Issue Debate: Ticket Touting (24 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I congratulate Deputy Rock on tabling the legislation and I am very happy to co-sponsor it with him. There are numerous cases of this going on, the latest being a few days ago with tickets for the U2 concert. There was reselling in bulk at the very same time that the monopoly seller, Ticketmaster, was sold out. We are not dealing with people who buy a few tickets, then decide they are not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his patience. I will finish on this. Would the Minister consider commissioning a reasonably quick report to investigate this and assess the level of crowding out that might be happening?