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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Procedures (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to streamline Garda vetting procedures and to allow for simplified procedures for persons transferring between different types of work that require Garda vetting yet do not allow for their Garda vetting approval to transfer between different jobs or responsibilities; the number of Gardaí and public servants involved in Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students over 18 years of age and under 21 years of age who were in full-time secondary education in the past year for which figures are available. [6250/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the performance indicators in local authorities, as compiled by the National Oversight and Audit Commission in regard to the measure concerning transport, only measures the quality of road surface and amount of road grants and does not measure any metric relating to sustainable transport and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the performance indicators in local authorities, as compiled by the National Oversight and Audit Commission concerning the related measure, do not examine the issue of carbon emissions; and if he plans to make any changes to the indicators measured. [6253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to allowing members of the public to make observations on subsequent planning applications on the same site in a five-year period without paying the €20 fee, where the member of the public has previously made an observation, given that the cost of commenting on repeat...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces that are controlled by the Office of Public Works in Dublin's inner city; the Department or other body which leases them; the number of spaces available for free use; the locations of same; and the number rented and the price paid to the State for same. [6249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Data (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost to the State of holding the referenda on the 34th and 35th amendments to the Constitution in 2015. [6254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in addition to advertising scholarships for students undertaking taught MSc degrees commencing in the academic year 2017-2018 on topics of direct relevance to the development of Ireland’s petroleum resources, he will consider offering similar scholarships in the field of renewable energy; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to altering the rules of the road to reflect the advice (details supplied) provided to drivers in the Netherlands. [6248/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. O'Brien for his attendance. I must leave shortly to ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport a question in the House. I am particularly interested in IBEC's document entitled Connected: A prosperous island of 10 million. I attended the launch of the national planning framework that took place in Maynooth last week. Mr. O'Brien is right that we should use this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Outlook: IBEC (8 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: In Mr. O'Brien's city of Kilkenny, the historic city is being knocked down in order to put roads in place. That is very 20th century. I am shocked that IBEC thinks that the approach it has to take now is to stick in the 20th century for another ten or 20 years and then we will get into the 21st century. Our competitor cities are moving in the direction of smart travel and away from the...

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad that this is not being put to a vote today at 4 p.m. It is an example of how this is evolving. My understanding at the meeting of the Business Committee only two or three hours ago was that we would be voting on it. I am glad we are not because it is time to pause for thought. This is not an insignificant issue. It is a very important issue at the intersection of the...

Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise. I was not aware an appointment had been made. We have an important responsibility in how we do our work. The judgment in the Angela Kerins case last week, as I already pointed out in this Chamber, gives us additional powers, and rightly so. However, as the Supreme Court ruling indicated, this is not a jurisdictional Chamber. In this instance, we are right and it is...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: This refers to business agreed last Thursday. The Business Committee will convene again at 4 p.m. today. Today’s business shall be No. 9, motion re Parliamentary Questions rota change, without debate; No. 10, motion re report of services by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2015, referral to committee, without debate; No. 16, National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017 -...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I do not think anyone I met at the Business Committee meeting at 1.30 p.m. who thought that we were actually going to follow the Order of Business I had the great pleasure of reading out at length. We agreed that we would have to come back at 4 p.m., reorder the business and start the process again. We should be seeking to prioritise statements from Ministers who, as best they can, should...

Other Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department is working with the Departments of Justice and Equality, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Education and Skills and Health to ensure that concerted adequate provision is made for refugee minors in all aspects of State responsibility on entry into Ireland, in view of the complexity of the integration process; and...

Other Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I do not know if the Minister read theSunday Timesmagazine, because she had a busy day yesterday. However, Christina Lamb had an article in that paper about unaccompanied migrant children. Some 25,800 unaccompanied minors arrived in Italy last year, half of whom have now gone missing. Some 91% of the children on those boats coming across the Mediterranean do not have their parents with...

Other Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for that reply. I have some specific follow-on questions but if she cannot answer them directly perhaps her Department could write to me. I am keen to know whether children will be entitled to family reunification rights after they have been relocated to Ireland. If so, will this extend to their parents, siblings and grandparents? In many cases, these children only...

Other Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am sorry. There were a few questions.

Other Questions: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (14 Feb 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On a slightly wider front, I understand that those unaccompanied minors from Calais are, in a sense, going to be treated in the same way as the 160,000 refugees from Italy or Greece the European Union has agreed we would take as programme refugees. In that regard, however, I understand that only 8,000 of those refugees have been relocated, and there are only 171 unaccompanied minors in...