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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruits who have opted out of the Garda Síochána Reserve, by division, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (28 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about the number of trainee members of An Garda Síochána who have been allowed to pass through any phase of their training without fully completing that phase since the inception of the Bachelor of Arts in Applied Policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18449/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Means Assessments (28 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a sum is taken into account for subsequent social protection allowances, if a person receives a €100,000 redundancy payment after in excess of 25 years of employment; if any interest received on the amount, subject to deposit interest retention tax is taken into account in terms of a person's social protection entitlements; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Measures (28 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislation in place and the body responsible for the preservation and ongoing maintenance of listed and preserved buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17959/16]

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: Deputy Boyd Barrett has been eating into his colleague's time. I call Deputy Paul Murphy.

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (23 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: I thank the Deputy. I will bring the comments he made at the outset to the attention of the Ceann Comhairle.

Topical Issue Matters (23 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - transport in Kildare North; (2) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - amending regulations to facilitate senior citizens in Border counties in accessing long-term nursing home care in nearby...

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: Last week, when this issue was raised first by my colleague, Deputy Dara Calleary, the impression was that the Minister was not going to meet the companies until today. Whether that was true or not, the fact that he met them as speedily as possible averted a weekend of Deputies being further inundated with anxious queries. The Minister's challenge is, in part, to demonstrate to this Chamber...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: Deputy Dooley has another commitment so I am prepared to swap my slot.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: The news is reasonable if one were to take a helicopter view of the situation, but the stark fact is in the first paragraph of the Minister of State's reply - that is, that a total of 64 children have been waiting longer than a year for ENT services. I appreciate that the Minister of State has attempted to respond to some of the issues I raised, including whether there is another hospital...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise a distressing case. It concerns a constituent of mine, the parent of a young boy who was in touch with me. She has a very young family, all aged under seven years. One of her sons, who is aged five, has had ongoing problems with his tonsils since he was approximately two years of age. He has missed a lot of school and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide better protection to victims of domestic violence by ratifying and implementing the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Domestic Violence Act to extend eligibility for safety orders to all parties who are or have been in an intimate relationship, regardless of cohabitation, and to provide for emergency barring orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17037/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce stalking legislation to cover traditional, online and digital stalking in their direct and indirect forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17038/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossessions (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will urgently legislate for a moratorium on family home evictions until such time as a reasoned solution to the family housing crisis is formulated by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17238/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what the training programme entails for a recruit to An Garda Síochána and if a group of trainee gardaí has ever been allowed to skip certain segments of the programme in order to quickly allocate gardaí to stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of permanent buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the plans to introduce a new billing system by private collectors for bin collections from 1 July 2016; if he is aware of the serious public annoyance at the dramatic increases in the flat rate for collection; the increase among some companies in their weight collection charges; to explain the legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2016)

John Lahart: 562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will restore funding to the Women's Aid organisation and to the extension of its national freefone helpline to a 24 hour, seven day service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17034/16]