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Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: The same organisations are saying the Government needs to be careful because it is destabilising the recovery.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Due mainly to our trade.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not being reduced.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why so little money was allocated to the provision of coastal defence works at the Murrough in County Wicklow; if he is aware of the significant costs of the remedial works which are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3307/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to the recent destruction of the Murrough site in County Wicklow, if he will review the events which led to the rapid erosion of the Murrough site in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3308/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to release emergency funds to deal with the rapid erosion of the Murrough in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the timetable for the actions to repair the damage caused to the Murrough in County Wicklow in early January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why the funding for the planned works in the Murrough in County Wicklow was released in November of 2015, which was too late for work to be carried out in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has reviewed the Murrough in County Wicklow to ascertain if damage has been caused to the rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3312/16]

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge the hard work done by Deputy Ciarán Lynch and the committee during the past year. They did as good a job as could be done in an imperfect situation without the tools or the time needed to do the job they might have liked to do. The most important line in the banking inquiry's report is: "The withdrawal of [emergency liquidity assistance] was used as an explicit threat to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I start by expressing on behalf of the Social Democrats our deepest sympathies to the people of Belgium, the people of Brussels and the many foreigners living there, including Irish people. I was living in London and working for Transport for London when the Tube bombings took place. The effect of horrific attacks on cities and people cannot be overstated. I express our deepest condolences...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (22 Mar 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise amounts in euros for the "Return to risk associated with School Transport business" forming part of the "contribution" as referred to on her Department's website in the explanatory notes published with the audited statement of accounts of Bus Éireann for each of the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will state in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied by documentary evidence concerning the risk reserve she referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 22 March 2016 and that Bus Éireann has never used reserve funds for any other section of its businesses other than school transport services. [6401/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the same information for the years 1997 to date as that given in the table in her response to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 22 March 2016. [6402/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the allocation of an additional stream for junior infants at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she has made a decision on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6403/16]

Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the opportunity to address the rising costs of insurance and, more generally, the ongoing increases in the cost of living in Ireland. The Social Democrats campaigned on reducing the cost of living and we will pursue this goal in this Dáil term. During the campaign, it is fair to say there was broad political agreement across all parties and the Independents on the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (20 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by companies supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in County Wicklow in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (20 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the additional resources being allocated for local authorities to assist the implementation of the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7419/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to his broadband map, if he will confirm that blue areas that are due to receive 30meg by end of 2016 via commercial operators will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7572/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to measure broadband provision in rural Ireland within either the blue or amber areas of the national broadband plan, if so, the measurement which would be provided, the areas in which this measurement will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7573/16]