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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department earning over €100,000 per year, by grade, in each of the years 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3241/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the photography costs for his Department, inclusive of costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked in each of the years 2000 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3242/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Relations Contracts Data (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department for each of the years 2000 to 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of airfares for each Minister in his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times an official Government jet or aircraft was used by each Minister and Minister of State of his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2010, including the destination, and the purpose of the travel in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3245/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Allowances (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rent allowances available to public servants and his departmental officials who are posted overseas, by country, for each of the years 2005 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 398. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of statutory and non-statutory public advertising that his Department funded for each of the years 2002 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3248/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 399. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of each Irish embassy overseas in each of the years 2002 to 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3249/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Expenditure (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 400. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenses incurred by each Minister of his Department for each of the years 2002 to 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (26 Jan 2016)

John Paul Phelan: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when another round of funding will be announced for locations under the marketing of Ireland's Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2826/16]

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

John Paul Phelan: I thank my fellow members of the banking inquiry, the inquiry Chairman and its staff, including the external staff who were brought in to participate in the investigation. The past 19 or 20 months have been interesting to say the least. At times, it appeared a report would not be produced and the inquiry would not complete its work. Thankfully, the report was published yesterday and I...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I join with everybody who has spoken so far in this brief debate and express my horror and revulsion at the reports that have emerged in the past week or ten days of abuse and neglect in this particular home in the south east region. I fully support and endorse the Government's decision to set up a statutory inquiry to ascertain the full facts and information surrounding what sounds like an...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I will try not to interrupt myself. I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle, as have other speakers, on his historic election. I was interested in Deputy Eamon Scanlon's comments earlier when he wished the Ceann Comhairle the best of luck in his deliberations over the next few weeks. I presume he was referring to the committee and not having a premonition about the...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I will try to keep my contribution as close to five minutes as I can. I welcome most of the speeches I have heard so far in this evening's debate. I have tried to follow as much of it as possible. There have been some good contributions. I would particularly like to mention my constituency colleague, Deputy Funchion. I congratulate her on her maiden comments in the Dáil Chamber. I...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I grew up in a particular situation. My parents were not able to build a house until 25 years after they got married. They eventually left our uncle in the house in which we all used to live along with a grand-aunt. It was just that they were not able to afford to do it. I do not think it is the case that there is something automatically wrong with three generations living under the same...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I was particularly struck by Deputy Wallace's contribution. I rarely agree with him on anything, but I would say that most of what he said tonight was on the money, if Deputies will pardon the unfortunate expression. He spoke about the importance of the creation of a national investment bank, or some similar initiative, to fund housing. In fairness, some of the Sinn Féin speakers...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: There are many vacant units that are not habitable, which some sort of scheme along the lines proposed by Deputy Griffin could make habitable. I can assure Deputy McGuinness that I canvassed as far as I was allowed by my superiors in the party. That type of imaginative proposal would benefit the centre of villages, such as Goresbridge and so on in the Kilkenny constituency which are, to a...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: Those buildings should be adapted to ensure that some dent is made in our housing lists.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I did not say that, I said they were not habitable.

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

John Paul Phelan: I will briefly take up some of the points raised by Deputy Rock. He mentioned community text alerts that exist in some parts of the country and I would fully echo what he said. In my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny, most communities have a text alert system and it works very well. I can get alerts in my office in Leinster House regarding what is happening in my home parish of Tullogher...