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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays in the payment of teachers salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects likely to be impacted by recent cuts to the projected capital spend envisaged for his Department in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42545/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the talks in respect of industrial action being undertaken by school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (17 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a digital literacy education programme at both primary and secondary level in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42544/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the apparent overpayments by his Department in purchasing land intended for new schools in Dublin, specifically the purchase of sites in Harold's Cross and Sandymount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42543/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the top ten personal insolvency practitioner, PIP, providers for vouchers redeemed under the Abhaile scheme for financial advice in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [43120/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vouchers redeemed by the top ten PIPs for financial advice under the Abhaile scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019, in tabular form. [43121/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Data (22 Oct 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded personal insolvency arrangements arranged by the top ten PIPs under the Abhaile scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [43122/19]

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There was some confusion with the Whips office so I thank the House for the time. I trust the Minister will indulge me for a moment. My leaving certificate history project was on the miners' strike in Great Britain and the associated fall-out. One thing that struck me was how isolated parts of Wales, Yorkshire and Derbyshire endured destitution after the mines closed. There were...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Some months ago, if not a year ago, I raised an issue in regard to rent pressure zones with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. While rent pressure zones are not perfect, because they are not applied uniformly, some anomalies have been created. I raised with the Minister a particular anomaly in regard to Carrigaline, at which point he said that he...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not captured.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is a daft.iereport out today. For the 14th quarter in a row, average rents have risen. The average rent in Cork is now €1,372 per month. In Dublin, it is over €2,000 per month. This rental crisis - and it is beyond question a crisis - is crushing workers and families. It is costing people €2,000 per month, which equates to €24,000 per annum, to put a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am talking about a rent freeze.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is done in many cities throughout the world.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach has made a lot of the fact that the rate of increase is slowing. What does that say to people in reality? The Taoiseach is telling people they are still drowning, just not drowning as quickly they were, but it is going to keep getting worse. He is closing the door long after the horse has bolted and has offered nothing to deal with the crisis that is facing renters. Under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Five hundred people are homeless.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The programme for Government commits to the plans set out by Irish Water to continue to upgrade the dilapidated national water infrastructure. Currently 615,000 people in parts of Dublin, Kildare and Meath do not know whether their water is safe to drink. That is a huge proportion of the population. While the Minister has, it is fair to say, inferred the outcome of a meeting later this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask my questions now. Was that instrument related to, or a repetition of, what occurred in March? Can the Minister affirm that the plant in Leixlip is fit for purpose, reliable and has the ability to protect water in the long term?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This Cabinet committee is tasked with considering health policy, including the Sláintecare report. The joint committee that launched this report aims to reorientate the health service to a universal single tier system. However, the Government's implementation strategy, as we always feared, is not moving the health service to universality. The barriers to care remain sky high. Charges...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the rejection of Judge Haughton's terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of Shane O'Farrell, this being relevant to An Garda Síochána and Garda reform. This situation is extraordinary. Earlier this year, Deputy McGuinness asked the Taoiseach why there had not been an inquiry, for which the majority of the Dáil had voted....