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Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I understand Mr. Kieran Mulvey presented the interim report to members of the local community just very recently. I have been told by quite a number of people that while people very much welcome the fact that the report has been issued at all, they have serious concerns over the fact that no mention was made of the investment of money to implement the various proposals, some of which are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if there are understandings rather than agreements with any of the Independent Deputies. [4572/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: We read in the papers today in the context of today's discussions that Independent Deputies Michael Harty and Michael Lowry appear to have an understanding with the Government in the sense that they are considering supporting it in the context of Sinn Féin's motion of no confidence in the Government. In the context of the extraordinary Kafkaesque accusations which were made in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a new school (details supplied) has submitted the review of the impact to tender documents for the project arising from changes introduced in public works contracts; if the design team has submitted revised tender documents for the project; if the review and tender documents have been approved by his Department; when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the costed brief change for a new school (details supplied); if approval for the preparation of tender documents has issued to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the Government reaching its target of 400 non-denominational and multidenominational schools by 2030; the number of such schools to be opened in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the report of the Residential Tenancies Board relating to rent inflation in Maynooth in the past six quarters; if the position will be reviewed after 31 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will inquire from the Housing Agency the reason the towns of Clane, Kilcock and Kill, County Kildare, were not recommended by it for possible designation by the Residential Tenancies Board as rent pressure zones; if they can be reviewed now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the plans to regionalise the MABS services; if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out on this proposal; his views on the current governance of the MABS services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision on the application for maternity benefit by a person (details supplied) could be reviewed in view of their long-term employment history and contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7291/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has formally approved funding for the lower Morrell river flood relief scheme in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6969/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Land Acquisition (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 336. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has initiated contact with the owners of an estate (details supplied) regarding its forthcoming sale and the future status of the 5,000 acre site that is currently enjoyed as a public amenity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7255/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Register of Cultural Objects (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 337. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the register for protected cultural items was most recently reviewed; the criteria by which additional items can be added to the register; the means by which an application can be made to add to the register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there is a need for accelerated nursing degrees similar to those available in the UK in order to address the shortage of applicants for nursing positions in the HSE and to attract mature students into the profession; if he has raised with the Department of Education and Skills the need for such degrees to be approved by the HEA and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 404. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be carried out for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6859/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been provided for the endoscopy unit, new physical medicine, physical therapy, oncology services and day procedure departments at Naas General Hospital; when funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the 24-7 emergency facilities that are available to persons presenting with mental health issues here out of hours; the region that these are provided in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (14 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number incidents that have been recorded in the national incident management system in 2014, 2015 and 2016 between children and adults in adult psychiatric units at approved mental health hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: I understand the Tánaiste and the British Home Secretary had some discussions on Brexit at their recent meeting. Did they discuss the British authorities' proposals, if any, to require the movement of goods and people to be recorded and examined in the event of a hard Brexit? Has the Department of Justice and Equality examined the possibility that such a scenario might arise? The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)

Joan Burton: What situation is the Tánaiste referring to when she says "the current situation is working well"?