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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fees paid to a company (details supplied) for each of the past four years in its role as the enforcement service provider for the M50 barrier-free tolling system. [11780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the revenue collected in each of the past four years and to date by a company (details supplied) acting in the capacity of enforcement service provider for the M50 barrier-free tolling system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns that those engaged with the services provided by Turas Nua and who are employed in part-time work are being pressured to leave their part-time employment and pursue unsuitable or full-time employment at great distance or expense from the location they reside and thus nullifying an income gain;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of part-time or casual workers required to attend Turas Nua in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11647/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those who have transitioned to full-time work from part-time or casual work through engaging with the services provided by Turas Nua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in County Tipperary; the number that were approved; the overall loan allocation under the scheme on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11778/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding Traveller accommodation that is lying idle at Cabragh, Thurles, County Tipperary; the expenditure on same under the Traveller-specific accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11762/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (12 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations for the specific parking on local authority owned property of so-called touring caravans under the Traveller specific accommodation scheme; when the policy and regulations were introduced; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11768/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government is strong in its commitment on rural regeneration. Thurles is famed for the founding fathers of the GAA, the trip to Semple and the matches. Now An Post, which has become a quango, has unilaterally decided to move the post office from the square in Thurles, an iconic location near Hayes hotel, out to a shopping centre. That is killing the centre of the town, as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There is promised legislation to rejuvenate towns. The Department of Deputy Michael Ring has given funding for Liberty Square of over €1.5 million. Last Monday evening I saw them painting a new sign on the post office. They are spending €6 million on new signage in post offices yet Angus Laverty said on radio last week that this one is being moved in six weeks' time. This is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste should not wash its hands of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I very much welcome the fact that there is foreign direct investment in Clonmel and south Tipperary. They are great companies providing great employment and spin-off activity. As I said, 2017 was a very good year for the IDA in the south east, with a significant deficit reduced by almost 200 jobs. The number of IDA-supported jobs increased by 10.9% in the south east, an impressive...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I know the Minister's constituency quite well. It is similar to Tipperary with regard to employment. Worryingly, of the 3,530 jobs announced in the IDA's 2018 mid-year performance update relating to 21 publicly announced projects, out of a total of 139 projects, no project was expected to generate employment in the south east. A year and a half ago, statistics from the EUROSTAT yearbook...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the visits by the IDA to County Tipperary and each county from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11390/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: How many visits has the IDA made to County Tipperary in comparison with other counties from 2016 to date? According to the findings of the South East Economic Monitor, IDA supported jobs are among the highest paid in the country, with 75% of all such jobs having incomes in excess of €35,000. While 8.8% of the population resides in the south-east, just 5.4% of all IDA supported...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if the demand by a union (details supplied) for parity of pay for its members within the flexibility available to him under the terms of the public sector pay agreement will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (7 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the demand of a union (details supplied) for parity of pay for its members within the flexibility available to him under the terms of the Public Sector Pay Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (6 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address concerns related to the election observation roster maintained by Irish Aid (details supplied); the way in which Irish Aid promotes support for disability among election observers which is mandated by both the European Union and the OSCE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (6 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made to the State Examination Commission for reasonable accommodations; the number of applications that have been refused; the nature of the accommodations granted for both junior cycle and leaving certificate examinations in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11195/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (6 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the critical incident policy has been implemented in schools in counties Tipperary, Cork, Laois and Offaly since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11196/19]