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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: There is no amendment number because I am not referring to an amendment but to the section.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: May we query what is stated in the section at the end?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: I will reserve the right to introduce an amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: I appreciate that, but I am not referring to my previous amendments. Is it possible to query the wording of the section and, if there is a question mark against it, is there a right to introduce an amendment on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: I reserve the right to do so. I would welcome any comment the Minister of State might wish to make on it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: Yes. I welcome that amendment. I thank the Minister for tabling it. I had intended to table a similar amendment and I am delighted that this provision is included.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (23 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of PRTLI funding will occur; if the PRTLI funding programme is not confirmed her plans to provide a successor programme of this type of essential funding for third level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49612/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: I welcome Mr. Meagher to the committee and wish him the best of luck with his new position. I know he is five weeks into the job and has probably had a baptism of fire. Tonight, the committee might help him with that because he is already taking questions thick and fast and is learning on the job. I represent north Kildare. With the Bog of Allen, we are never too far from the bog,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: Overnight, a change was announced to the mortgage lending rules of the Central Bank. In essence, it has become harder for second-time buyers to move on. We are all well aware of the chronic difficulties in the housing market. Apparently, the change is based on a presumption that second-time buyers are more settled and secure than first-time buyers. While that might be the position in a...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

James Lawless: At the outset, to begin on a positive note, I welcome the beginning of the unwinding of the FEMPI legislation. My party has always had this as a goal, as has been outlined by Deputies Calleary and Cahill. That aspect, at least, is to be welcomed. It is a long time coming and, as Deputy Cahill mentioned, our gardaí, teachers, nurses and other public servants are extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Kildare as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51661/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (5 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue an updated medical card to a person (details supplied) following the person's change of general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51920/17]

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for transparency in the disclosure of information in online political advertising; and to provide for related matters. Online media and social media are at least as important and influential as traditional media in today's discourse and political debate, yet the same norms of behaviours, conventions and accepted...

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: In case we think that we are immune in this jurisdiction, remember that six years ago, an eternity in politics and technology, in the 2011 presidential election, the "Frontline" programme saw an acrimonious debacle which led to much recrimination and arguably altered the course of the Irish presidential campaign. It is too late afterwards to address it when the damage has been done. We...

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: First Stage (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in offering additional supports to the higher education sector, in view of the recent university rankings which saw Ireland achieve just one university in the top 200 while Scotland, with a similar population, achieved five of its colleges in the top rankings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of parking spaces available; the number of annual parking permits being made available for sale for each station; the carpark occupancy rates at each station, for each of the train stations in north County Kildare (details supplied), in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the purchase of an annual parking permit at the commuter railway stations includes an implicit guarantee of spaces being available; if not, if there is compensation or a redress mechanism in place if a person with such a ticket is unable to use it due to a lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52173/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (6 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to reserving a particular set of parking spaces for holders of annual parking permits within each high demand commuter railway station as a means to ensure spaces for those persons that have invested in and paid up front for such a space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52174/17]