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Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: The report from the NOAC indicates nothing short of a crisis when it comes to potholes. I know people will say - the Minister has said it - that potholes are a matter for councils and councillors. That is true to some extent. However, when the problem is so wide-spread on a national scale and councils are so starved of money that they cannot afford to fix these problems, it is most...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: Fingal County Council can only self-fund so much. Freak weather events have a disproportionate effect on damaged roads. Frost and ice permeate existing cracks and holes and make them bigger, deeper and even more dangerous. I see evidence of this as I drive around. We need a fund for these repairs and for a new priority to be placed on making these roads safe. We are talking about road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if elements of the MetroLink project such as the provision of park and ride areas in Swords will be fast tracked separately from the railway order in order to help ease the immediate crisis of traffic into Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the setting up of a forum for public transport as committed to in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe from when a site is identified and purchased for a new school or an existing school to be transferred to a new site, built and opened; the main stages in the process after land acquisition to school opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (24 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if both the interim report and the final report of the State-wide derogations review will be published; if public statements that explain and justify all aspects of each derogation granted will be issued by her Department; if derogations are not State-wide, if the zoning approach used will be explained (details supplied); and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Appointments (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Appointments (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15451/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the success rate for facilitators appointed by the section 29 appeals committees in circumstances in which such committees considered that it may have been possible to facilitate agreement between appellants and school boards of management in brokering agreements between parties to appeals in each of the years 2016 and 2017 and to date in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route (details supplied) will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 763. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of general practitioners here with particular reference to the lack of same in the Fingal area of County Dublin; and the strategies in place to ensure an adequate number of general practitioners is available in Fingal and throughout the State. [15468/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in the Fingal area of County Dublin; the number of these practices that are not accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15470/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 1421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the removal of a household benefits package for a person (details supplied) can be re-examined with a view to reinstating this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Apr 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 1491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections he will introduce for students reliant on affordable accommodation making specific reference to a case (details supplied). [15694/18]

European Union Directives: Motion (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: As Deputies will be aware, it was the intention on the Order of Business yesterday to have this process seen through without debate, but the Labour Party sought a debate on it. Normally, when somebody seeks a debate, it is because he or she has an issue and wants to raise certain concerns, but that is not the case on this occasion. On the Order of Business yesterday there was no report...

Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I echo the sentiments of the Minister of State to the effect that 2018 is an opportune time to acknowledge the six decades of commitment to Irish Defence Forces participation in UN missions. Our tradition of peacekeeping is rich and proud. Ireland has always been a staunch supporter of the United Nations peacekeeping philosophy and has played a primary and active role in keeping vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide primary schools in Swords; his views on the need for a primary school in the River Valley and Ridgewood area of Swords; the meetings that have taken place with his Departmental officials on this matter in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Rush Garda station will be reopened. [14037/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister for his response. I have been working closely with the school in recent times, so I am aware of the various developments and reasons for delays, but I cannot emphasise strongly enough how stretched the school is. Pupils cannot take their required breaks. There are also pressures on space from a staff perspective, which has a direct effect on how well they can deliver...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I am disappointed by the slow development of much-needed school provision by the Government. In my constituency we have towns which are under serious pressure for mainstream school places at primary school level and it is becoming a crisis, with serious problems in Swords, Balbriggan and Donabate. Today, however, I am speaking directly to the problem of school places in one particular...