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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Landfill Sites (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 5 February 2019, the number of expressions of interest received by the closing date of 14 February 2019; when tenders will be invited from the shortlist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of his engagement of a mediator from an organisation (details supplied) to assist in discussions between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and a club (details supplied); the cost incurred in doing so in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the name of the mediator; if the mediator has been contracted...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of mediators engaged by him from an organisation (details supplied) between 2016 and 2019; the reason for which they were engaged; the costs incurred in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area for appeals for disability allowance, illness benefit, invalidity pension, carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance, respectively for each month from January 2018 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9498/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of appeals in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area that were allowed by appeals officers, partially allowed by appeals officers, revised by a deciding officer and designated persons decision, disallowed by appeals officers and withdrawn, respectively, for each the years 2016 the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to regulate for-profit fixed fee welfare appeals services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9500/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the processes in place in terms of procurement in relation to the sourcing and provision of office furniture throughout the Civil Service and Departments; the number of companies that provide this service; the rules in place for the providers of these services in terms of winning a contract with the State; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of the contract or contracts for the provision of furniture to the Civil Service and Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10063/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (7 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the peace commissioners appointed since 1 January 2019 to date; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11444/19]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: On amendment No. 91 in the name of the Minister, section (3)(a) states: "The airport authority, or a person upon whom there is a noise impact ... may ... request the competent authority to review the effectiveness of the noise mitigation measures". However, in section 3(b), the amendment provides that the competent authority "may, at its discretion, comply" with such a request. Therefore,...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: Could I come back on that point please?

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister's reply to me suggests that following a request for information, the competent authority will have to respond. The point I am making, however, is that the person on whom there is a noise impact may request a review but paragraph (b) says that the competent authority "may, at its discretion" comply or, read another way, choose to ignore a request for a review. I am not just...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: No. A complaint is not a request for a review. They are two different issues.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I too support Deputy Clare Daly's amendments. The proposed wording changes such as "authorise a lead in time for" as opposed to "defer" the coming into effect of the operating restrictions, is far stronger language. Given that the Minister, Deputy Ross, has already indicated he will bring forward amendments in the Seanad, I ask that he agrees to these amendments or that he addresses the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: Deputy Darragh O'Brien said the competent authority was imperfect but that we had to work with it. The reality is that we are passing legislation with which we do not have to work.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: We do not have to work with it and we would not have to work with it if Fianna Fáil had not abstained at key moments. We had a key vote which the Government won by three or four votes and Fianna Fáil sat it out.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I was at the committee.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The Deputy is in government because he undertook to the Government Whip to abstain.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 26 February 2019, if the further study being commissioned by Kildare County Council has commenced; if not, when it will commence; when the study will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autistic spectrum units that will be provided at schools (details supplied) in County Kildare when a campus opens in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12708/19]