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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a pension levy is imposed on certain pensions; the way in which the proceeds from this levy are spent; his plans to abolish this levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra temporary accommodation to a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2017/2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to review the eligibility criteria for house purchase loans available from local authorities in order that non first time buyers that had their houses repossessed or sold due to mortgage difficulties but that are now in a financial position to take out new loans but cannot due to the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of legislation to exclude compensation awards arising from the Stardust fire as means for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24243/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 400. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the measures introduced in Balbriggan, County Dublin to curtail the seagull population; the reason these measures were introduced; if similar measures can be considered for other areas such as Howth which is experiencing a similar problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24183/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital Location (23 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy to relocate the national maternity hospital to St Vincent's Hospital and the Rotunda Hospital to James Connolly Memorial Hospital; his plans to provide a maternity hospital on the northside of Dublin in due course in view of the population growth in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/17]

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

Seán Haughey: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the provision of charge points for electric cars throughout the country; if he will introduce measures to increase the number of charge points which are in working order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24182/17]

Other Questions: Financial Services Sector (18 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Government and, in particular, his Department is promoting the IFSC as an ideal location in which to do business; and if the IFSC Clearing House Group is still meeting regularly. [20413/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, has informed me in a written reply to a parliamentary question that he intends to introduce legislation to ensure payments made in respect of the Stardust fire of 1981 will not be counted as means in calculations for social welfare purposes. I do not expect the Minister opposite to know the detail of that commitment, but he might...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: All of us who share European values welcome the election of Emmanuel Macron as President of the French Republic. He is a voice for tolerance in these difficult times. President Macron met with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, yesterday. The Franco-German relationship is very much back on track and at the centre of Europe in the context of the discussion we are having now about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the next EU Council meeting will take place. [23278/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 32. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Brexit has met since January 2017; and if he will report on the Government's publication, Ireland and the negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. [21847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will sanction a 16 classroom primary school for a school (details supplied); the figures his Department is using to determine demand for primary school places in this locality; if these figures are out of date; if he will facilitate the demand for places in a Gaelscoil in this locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new access will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the construction of the proposed 640 homes on the Dublin City Council site at Oscar Traynor Road in Santry, Dublin 9, as part of the Oscar Traynor Road land initiative project, will be built without delay; if the local community through the newly established consultative forum can be actively involved in drawing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will regulate the use of drones particularly in private spaces; the way in which the existing laws are being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will commence the Haiti international adoption programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22790/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: I welcome that we are having a discussion on the national reform programme, which is a very useful exercise. The witnesses have raised every controversial issue in the political sphere, such as the broadening of the tax base, the universal social charge, the funding of third-level education and water charges. I will be brief as I know time is running out. As the witness mentioned, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: It obviously does not need our support to form a Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Seán Haughey: Fine Gael will have to support our next Government.