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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on An Bord Pleanála's decision to refuse planning permission for the proposed Dublin civic plaza at College Green that would have seen the area pedestrianised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount windfarms contributed in rates for the period 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44253/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date on a wider fire safety review of buildings at risk here as part of the response to the Grenfell Tower disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44248/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: Apologies have been received from Deputies Bailey, Brady and Joan Collins and Senator Nash. I welcome everyone to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I remind members to turn their off mobile phones. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I welcome our witnesses, Ms Mairéad de Buitléir, Mr. Colm Ó Gógáin and Mr. Matt Kelly. Before inviting the witnesses to make their presentation, I will read a note relating to privilege. Members will have a number of questions after the presentations. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Ó Gógáin. I call Mr. Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I have one quick question. Do the seven points Mr. Kelly made reflect the views of the ESB retired staff association or are they based on the collective thinking of semi-State representative bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: Mr. Kelly noted that the Bill was published in May 2017. Members will recall that the heads of the Bill were available prior to publication and the joint committee dealt with them in pre-legislative scrutiny. We were as surprised as the witnesses to note that certain sections that we had discussed in pre-legislative scrutiny did not appear in the Bill when it was published. When I spoke in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: We might get back to the Senator again. Does any witness want to comment on the points raised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: Mr. Kelly wanted to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I will afford everyone an opportunity to speak but I want to make some general comments. From the committee's point of view, the presentations made by the witnesses were certainly eye-opening. Most of us were unaware of the lower-end pensions referred to, whereby people from semi-State bodies are on pensions that are less than the State pension. Ms de Buitléir indicated people are on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Semi-State Pensions: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

John Curran: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and presentations to the committee. As I have indicated, we will stay in correspondence. The committee is anxious that the Bill comes back before us. I specifically stated I will get the Minister's response to the seven points made by Mr. Kelly. The witnesses have heard from my colleagues on the committee who are prepared to bring forward various...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that will be made to the Dublin Bus fleet in 2019 to deal with the continuing increase in bus passenger numbers in view of the difficulty on some routes for passengers at rush hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45396/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the next steps in the roll out of the BusConnects projects; the timelines for bus based park and ride facilities, new rapid transit corridors and interchange hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45397/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appeals board has made a decision regarding an application for mainstream staffing by a school (details supplied) for the 2018/2019 school year. [44785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to finance a deep energy retrofit of schools over the coming years to meet climate change targets. [45432/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been financed and the relevant work carried out in order to reach the necessary standards of a deep energy retrofit in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; his plans for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45437/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the software changes introduced on 10 September 2018 to the INIS online booking system have been reviewed and evaluated; if they are proving successful in preventing other sites from harvesting appointments and then selling these appointments slots on for €20 to €30 each. [44603/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Nov 2018)

John Curran: 921. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the exact low emission technology for the future purchasing of Dublin buses has been determined; the work being prepared by his Department for the implementation of no longer purchasing diesel only buses from July 2019 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45433/18]