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Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: Our history of neutrality is a strong one and we, of course, hold it very dear. Our Defence Forces historically and currently have done us proud in making peace and keeping peace all over the world. Diplomatically, our stance of neutrality has informed our approach to nuclear disarmament, which has seen us act as a world leader in this area since the late 1950s. It was our resolutions that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres Data (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, and visited the estate generally in each of the years 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres Data (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the construction of phase 1 of a school (details supplied); when construction will be completed in relation to phase 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the construction of a school (details supplied); when construction will be completed; when the school will be ready for occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive the recommendation from the new schools establishment group on the patronage of the new primary school for Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5019/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive the recommendation from the new schools establishment group on the patronage of the new primary school for Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has advertised for the recruitment of a principal for the north County Kildare Gaelcholáiste to be located at Maynooth, County Kildare; if accommodation has been secured for the new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5021/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pre-qualification of contractor's report for the construction of a school (details supplied) was approved on 2 October 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that tenders have to date not been invited from the short-list of contractors; his views on whether it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the invitation of tenders has been approved for the construction of a school (details supplied); if tenders have been invited from the short-list of contractors; the closing date for receipt of tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5023/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for major capital works funding by a school (details supplied); the work for which funding is required; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5024/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for major capital works funding by a school (details supplied); the work for which funding is required; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Landfill Sites (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of expressions of interest to tender for the remediation of Kerdiffstown landfill, Naas, County Kildare received by Kildare County Council by the closing date of 31 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5016/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Kildare County Council under the urban regeneration and development fund for the Celbridge southern relief road and second Liffey crossing; the items covered in the funding; if the funding has not been determined at this stage, when his officials will meet with Kildare County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Fingal County Council has initiated the acquisition of the necessary lands for the upgrading of the Hearse Road, Donabate, County Dublin, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5199/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (5 Feb 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all the infrastructural requirements for the second lane of the Donabate distributor road have formed part of the construction of a single lane which is in breach of its planning conditions as outlined by An Bord Pleanála in 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5200/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The petition relates to people with a stamp 3 visa. The visa is issued to the spouses or partners of workers who have come to Ireland in response to a critical skills shortage and are effectively facilitating the growth of our economy and in many ways keeping the economy going. There is a very strong case for allowing those with a stamp 3 visa the right to work without having to go through...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (24 Jan 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I appreciate him choosing this Topical Issue. It is an important issue that I have raised in the House previously. I particularly thank the Minister for Education and Skills for taking time to come in himself to deal with the issue. The Minister is still relatively new to this brief and I wish him well in his challenging position. While the Minister is new to...