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Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: The motion originally tabled for tonight, as the Minister for Health will be aware, called on him to sack the director general of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien. Such a motion such never have had to be tabled by Opposition Members as the Government should have acted correctly and relieved him of his position when the extent of the scandal started to unfold over the past number of weeks. Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency relating to historical child sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims settled by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018 relating to historical child sexual abuse; the value of these settlements in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cease the prior complaint requirement for eligibility for ex gratia payment to school sexual abuse victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that provided the interpretation of a judgment (details supplied) that showed that a prior complaint is a requirement; if this interpretation will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21160/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Claims Agency (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason information relating to ex gratia scheme applications to the State Claims Agency is being refused in view of it being requested in November 2016 and after the State Claims Agency sent numerous reminders to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21161/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the survivor consultation talks; when these talks will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Limerick Prison in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [20985/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Expenditure (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for Limerick Prison in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [20986/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of properties and the number of acres of land owned the IDA in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20982/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 321. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications that have been received to date for loans under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of these that have been granted; the value of loans approved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20997/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated to Enterprise Ireland’s Market Discovery Fund; the number of applications for this grant to date; the number of applications granted; the funding granted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (15 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Limerick city is not designated as a rent pressure zone despite an increase of 17.1% in rents in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20816/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: How is the Minister building capacity within the Civil Service and the public service to ensure there is access to adequate information to pursue equality proofing in future budgets as outlined by the Government in the public service report for 2017?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister for his response and remind him that the Government's economic and evaluation service recognised in the 2017 report that the budget was something more than a neutral process of resource allocation, that rather it was a value-laden process which embodied and potentially informed and influenced long-standing societal change in how resources were deployed. Those in our...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am aware of the Minister of State's responsibility, but that was not the issue I was raising. Technical guidance document M - on access and use - of the building regulations 2010 stipulates that all new builds must guarantee circulation within dwellings for disabled persons. Will the Government ensure compliance with the regulations within the private housing market and, if not, why not?...

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how capital projects will be prioritised under the national development plan.

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: The national development plans were introduced in 1989 on the recommendation of the EU to ensure an evidence based approach for prioritising projects to guarantee the taxpayers value for money. With the publication of the National Development Plan 2006, this evidence-based approach was diminished. The NDP which the Minister's Government has published displays the same deficiencies. The...

Other Questions: National Development Plan (17 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: In chapter 6.2 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 it is stated that the work of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service network in building analytical capacity across the Civil Service through specialist recruitment and learning and development will also play an important role in enhancing the evidence base for decision making. In year one of the NDP, what work has the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (22 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 1 May 2018, the reason no funds have been drawn down to date; and when all funds will be drawn down and available. [22102/18]