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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: On sub-head A 5, the Minister mentioned the online trading voucher scheme which has been very successful and I congratulate the Minister and the Department on that. I have seen many businesses in my own constituency avail of it and the local enterprise office has been very proactive in pushing it out and encouraging its usage. When my own constituency office highlighted it, it was inundated...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: I have questions on C5 and C7. Is it possible to take those now?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: Can the Minister provide us with an outline of the C5 spend on energy and research programmes? What research is being done and what is the goal of the programmes? Are they renewable energy programmes? In a similar vein, C7 covers subscriptions to international organisations. Which organisations are they? Members attended a renewable energy conference towards the end of last year. While...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: I have a question on geosurveying and topological surveys. It is something I raised when the Minerals Development Bill was before the House a few weeks ago. A notion has come from recent research that rare earth minerals which are very valuable and used in iPhones and other consumer technology manifest in slag heaps in a mine previously in use which was abandoned or discontinued and thought...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: Is it possible to get some indication of how Inland Fisheries Ireland is faring, particularly in the conservation of stocks? In recent conversations I have had it was suggested that in much of western Europe stocks were under pressure. What level of conservation has been achieved by Inland Fisheries Ireland? I appreciate that there are wider factors which are outside its remit, but how are...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: The Minister must forgive me for being parochial. For some time significant issues have arisen in the remediation of the Kerdiffstown landfill site near Sallins in my constituency. An ambitious plan is in place with Kildare County Council aimed at remediating the site and developing a public park and other amenities on the site. I am not sure if this work is provided for in the subhead as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (12 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will investigate the difficulty had by a person (details supplied) on the Tús programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for waiting times incurred by a person (details supplied); if he will expedite this person's appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/17]

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Apr 2017)

James Lawless: I am happy to be able to contribute to the debate on the Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill. The objective of the Bill is technical as well as urgent in terms of enhancing the prosecution powers of Inland Fisheries Ireland in order that it can enforce legislation. There is a lacuna in the law that prevents the organisation from doing so at the moment. Therefore, the Bill is urgent and...

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 48. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way many local authorities have appointed dedicated broadband roll-out co-ordinators as required by her Department's task force on broadband installation; the details of the relevant officers for each local authority, with contact details in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13684/17]

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: My question relates to the announcement prior to Christmas by the Minister's Department and that of the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, of a range of measures, including a broadband and mobile phone task force. One of the measures was the appointment of dedicated personnel in each local authority to assist in the roll-out of the mobile and broadband task force. I ask for an update and a...

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: I am curious as to which of the two are as láthair if 29 of the 31 are in place. Which two local authorities do not have them? This is of interest. The Minister mentioned that she has the list and I would be obliged if she would furnish it to me. I am particularly interested in the names, contact details and the local authority in each case. I welcome the fact 29 have been appointed...

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister for the clarification. I appreciate that the Department has funded the 31 officers. The real point of appointing these people is so they can begin to address the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies in local authorities and work with the operators. It makes a lot of sense. Since they are in place, what progress have we made on the waivers that were to be introduced in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current strategy for applied maths as a subject at secondary level; his plans to increase the availability of this subject or to reduce it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers for each science subject on the secondary school curriculum who have an undergraduate qualification in that subject; the number who have a postgraduate qualification in that subject and the number who have no qualification in that particular subject, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19652/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school building projects, including extensions, that are currently under way and which have been requested but are awaiting approval, which have recently completed in north Kildare; the status of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19653/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the pay discrepancies incurred by a person (details supplied) when employed by his Department to provide home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty for parents in sourcing tutors to provide home tuition for children with special educational needs; his plans to address the shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (2 May 2017)

James Lawless: 457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding from LIHAF may be available to progress a second bridge over the River Liffey in Celbridge and provide some of the required infrastructure to allow the magnitude of new housing provided for in the context of the Celbridge local area plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19654/17]