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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (8 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a map of north County Dublin indicating which areas are still without broadband; when those areas will receive a broadband supply under the national broadband strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6329/17]

Topical Issue Matters: Coastal Erosion (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Canney. In November 2012, I spoke here on the same issue. I described the situation then as critical and severe. Since then, there have been promises of funding, work and solutions. Yet, all that has been done has been makeshift barriers paid for and constructed by locals in fear of their lives of being swept away. During the past...

Topical Issue Matters: Coastal Erosion (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: I am absolutely dumbfounded to hear the Minister of State’s comments. I know the material has been provided. It simply is not the case that the area is of low risk and there is no home at risk. That is why it is important for the Minister of State to come out and have a look. I feel as if I am repeating myself from four years ago. The works previously carried out to safeguard the...

Topical Issue Matters: Coastal Erosion (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: Is it okay to see a whole community washed away?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community policing forums in existence here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (9 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which community policing forums here are funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that have been made for the mortgage to rent scheme since its inception; the number of applications that have been accepted or rejected respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (14 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the main reasons applications for the mortgage to rent scheme are rejected; if any studies have taken place to quantify the reasons why applications are rejected. [6923/17]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with Senator Kelleher. The views of the petitioner in this case are quite reflective of public opinion on this issue. Therefore, I think passing on the petition to the Department of the Taoiseach is the right thing to do.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (23 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a source of funding for community groups to apply for CCTV facilities to assist in tackling crime and anti social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9291/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (23 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to abolish fur farms here within the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: The Tesco dispute, like the Bus Éireann dispute, and the Dublin Bus and Luas disputes in recent months, highlights one cast-iron fact about this Government - it does not have a clue about industrial relations. It is not only that it does not have a feel for it but it just does not understand it. The reason is that in the eyes of this Government, the worker is a dispensable player in...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Ryan: As I pointed out earlier, the people supported the Tesco workers in the same way they supported the Clery's workers, Dublin Bus workers and now the Bus Éireann workers. We need to stop the race to the bottom in the area of employment contracts. The one positive step the Government can make generally for workers is to implement the recommendations of the Duffy-Cahill report. It does...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the flood relief work on the Dodder River, Dublin; the timeframe for different phases; the details of each phase; the current projection for the completion of work. [10555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the work will be completed on the flood prevention work on City Quay, Dublin 2. [10556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, by way of legislation or ministerial order, to allow INIS provide refunds or waive fees when clerical mistakes have been made in INIS applications for persons applying for naturalisation (details supplied) [11957/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is reconsidering the tenant purchase scheme to allow the tenant and the subtenant to purchase jointly. [11502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to make more provision for the inclusion of level 1 homes in the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11954/17]