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National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Imelda Munster: At the time Galway was awarded city status in the 1980s, its population was less than the current population of Drogheda.

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Imelda Munster: If the plan is to have any real effect and if it is to plan for future development and prosperity and give areas a chance, I urge the Minister of State not alone to award city status to Drogheda, but to give it the opportunity to realise its potential and enhance the future of the town and its citizens. People should not be invited to make submissions if there is no intention of paying heed...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: The Minister will recently have seen investigative journalism that produced a raw, unvarnished and factual account of the horrifying reality for thousands of tenants right across the State. I refer to thousands of tenants who are living in what can only be described as slum accommodation and grossly substandard accommodation. Many of us on the ground are more than familiar with these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 800. To ask the Minister for Health if funds for equipment for organisations, such as a particular organisation (details supplied), that are community first-responders and are recognised and trained to assist, as needed, will be allocated in view of the fact that they carry out this work on voluntary basis. [46762/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding engagement and progress between State agencies and a school (details supplied); the name of each agency; the number of meetings that each agency has had with the school since 1 January 2017; the dates of these meetings on the continued high level of suspensions and expulsions from the school; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if progress has been made by State agencies in addressing the exceptionally high ongoing level of forced absence punishments at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on suspensions as a form of student punishment, specifically on the level of suspensions at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of expulsions at a school (details supplied) for the academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 in order that the interests of transparency can be met and a more full understanding of the pattern of forced absence punishments at the school over a three-year period can be known; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a school (details supplied) has recorded the highest percentage of suspensions and expulsions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46770/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is necessary to intervene in the continued exceptionally high level of suspensions and expulsions at a school (details supplied); the shape these interventions will take; the timeframe within which she will report regarding progress on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46771/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1131. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the powers she has to address the exceptionally high level of suspensions and expulsions at a school (details supplied); her plans to invoke these powers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46772/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Discipline (7 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 1132. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ongoing monitoring and supervision of school management at a school (details supplied) being undertaken by her Department with regard to the continued and ongoing exceptionally high level of suspensions and expulsions at the school; the point at which she will take action to intervene and address the matter; and if she will make a...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: Before, during and after the strike at Bus Éireann, the Minister gave commitments on the floor of the Dáil that he would convene a forum involving all stakeholders to facilitate engagement on public transport. The Bus Éireann strike finished in mid-April so between then and October there were six long months in which the Minister did not convene such a meeting. He did not set...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: This comes back to the Minister's commitment to the stakeholder's forum. That was on 10 July, some four months ago. The Minister could have picked up a phone and set a date. He could have decided to start with the meeting and then set the agenda and the terms of reference. I am sure that, despite the Minister's apparent lack of interest in public transport, he is aware that this year...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Relations (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: It was announced six months ago.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in locating in Drogheda or have met the IDA regarding same in the past five years. [47205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in expanding an existing business in Drogheda and have met with the IDA regarding same in the past five years. [47206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 80. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have visited Drogheda IDA business park in the past five years. [47207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (8 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which commercial vehicles that are privately taxed by their owners are charged commercial rates on road tolls; if the issue can be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47260/17]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Imelda Munster: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017. My colleagues in Sinn Féin and I will support it. The Bill is designed to change the penalty for those found to be driving with a blood alcohol level above 50 mg and below 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. This is already an offence and the penalty is a fine along with three penalty points. The Bill...