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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: One needs it particularly if one is making the case for legislation.

Dublin Transport: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 2 o’clock I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “recognises that:— transport and travel trends within the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) are unsustainable, congestion is increasing, transport emissions are growing, economic competitiveness is suffering and quality of life for commuters and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (18 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 308. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed as staff in the child and family social work department in the Tusla office in Dundalk; and if she will provide a breakdown of those staff members' roles and qualifications in the specific area of child and family protection. [23681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (18 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases which have been received by the child and family social work department in the Tusla office in Dundalk between May 2016 and May 2017; and the length of time that passed between each case being received and contact being made with each family or person. [23682/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 478. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 2 May 2017 and further to the response received from the HSE on 10 May 2017, if the Louth Meath constituency area CHO8 schedules part 2 in relation to St. John of Gods is signed or unsigned; if it is unsigned, the reason schedules would remain unsigned in view of the level of funding involved; the value the 20%...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (23 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the number and names of Coast Guard stations on the east coast; the cost of running each Coast Guard station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (23 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out in tabular form the cost of insurance in each of the past ten years for each of the public transport companies, namely, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann and Luas. [24634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Coast Guard Issues (23 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if members of the Irish Coast Guard are permitted to enter the water in an emergency situation. [24708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (23 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Ireland at European and world athletic championships; if the Athletics Association of Ireland represents the island of Ireland or the State at these events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: The extension of the living city initiative is part of the programme for Government and I ask the Taoiseach to extend the initiative to Drogheda. Drogheda is the largest town in the country and has the population of a city without any of the perks. It has, like other large towns across the State, been neglected by successive Governments for decades, and many of the buildings that would...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: Would the Taoiseach support the extension of the living city initiative to Drogheda?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures in place to ensure that persons do not experience difficulties in obtaining and retaining insurance cover on their properties, in view of the fact that they are built on an area which has long been acknowledged as a flood plain. [24834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 22 acres of land which was a flood plain was rezoned for housing (details supplied) in Bettystown, County Meath in 2005. [24832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the mechanisms in place for the residents of a development (details supplied) should they be victims in the event of flooding, in view of the fact that the land was rezoned and planning permission was granted for the construction of the development. [24833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are avenues open for recompense for residents of adjacent housing that experience an increase in flooding due to the construction of a development (details supplied). [24835/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. Is their group the only one that is looking after the students that lost out due to the collapse of the training college?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: In his opening statement, Mr. Kealy referred to the fact that the legislation on the basis of which the IAA was established makes it very difficult to take legal action. Given the huge cost involved for an individual to take legal action after suffering such financial loss, what is the remedy? On the issue of the wrong accounts being audited, the fact that the pilot training college's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: A small offer of that nature is like trying to close the gate after the horse has bolted. It did not deal with the substantial issue that it was tasked with, which was to ensure that the company was in a sufficient financial state to continue with the education courses that it was advertising. That would have come under the remit of the IAA at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: The IAA was quite possibly aware of it earlier on in so far as Enterprise Ireland had stepped in with funding. It was aware that there may have been financial issues. Did it ever give an explanation for its delay in taking action before it got to this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training College of Ireland: Discussion (24 May 2017)

Imelda Munster: Representatives of the IAA appeared before the committee in 2012 and it was agreed that an inquiry should be conducted, but that decision was reversed by the committee in private session. Did the action group receive an explanation as to why that decision was taken by the committee at the time, the IAA or the Minister's office?