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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (7 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the general system of protection in place here for breeding birds as is required under article 5 of the birds directive. [46786/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (7 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 1356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 728 and 734 of 10 October 2017, the number of persons who have been forced to pay outstanding water charges before they can avail of a mortgage to rent agreement. [46951/17]

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Rural parts of Ireland are in serious trouble. In many ways, we have a two-tier economy and society. We have been rudderless since 2002 without a spatial plan. Most of the economic activity is concentrating on the mid-east and greater Dublin region. Comparatively speaking, Dublin's dominance is significantly out of kilter. Its dominance economically and population-wise would be three or...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The feed-in tariffs allowed people to bring energy into the system in the North of Ireland, but the Minister of State is right in that there has been corruption in the North with regard to the renewable heating scheme, which is why we have taken that issue so seriously. The spatial imbalance has been added to by the Government's onslaught on services in regional and rural parts of Ireland,...

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I will raise one case which is useful in respect of what is happening here. A family in County Meath bought two houses in 2006 as part of their plans to provide for their pensions. The mortgage was contractually to revert to a tracker mortgage after two years. In 2008 this did not happen and the bank started to overcharge. The bank charged the family to the tune of €31,000 over the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (25 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that will be allocated to the general expenses of the National Archives and National Archives advisory council in 2018; if this is an increase or a decrease from 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45184/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the budget 2018 Estimates of her Department are due to be released. [45297/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Service (25 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for multiple delays in calling out the fire service for significant road accidents. [45141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (24 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the statutory protection for archaeological and historical sites that post-date 1700; if this protection has been changed in the past ten years; if so, the reason this protection was changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44778/17]

National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (19 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Transparency and accountability are fundamental to the functioning of a democracy and the release of state papers is a valuable mechanism whereby we can scrutinise decisions made behind closed doors. They offer a valuable insight into the shaping of the State's predominant political narrative. The importance of transparency came to light a number of weeks ago when 14 years of footage of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda per capita figure for each county. [44470/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (19 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow mothers that have lost their sons or daughters before 24 weeks gestation to have their children's names registered on the still birth register (details supplied). [44467/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the section 481 film relief beyond 2020 in the near future in view of the long lead time required in the production sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of school bus places being made available for children in 2017; and if the transport supports required by a person (details supplied) will be made available to the person. [43442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure of the Creative Ireland programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State’s contribution to cultural services per capita in comparison to the rest of the EU 28; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Programmes (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund application assistance for Creative Europe applications for large scale projects in view of the underperformance of Irish applications in funding rounds to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of increase in the Leader allocation for 2018 compared to the allocation for 2017 that was announced in budget 2017; and if the 2017 budget allocation was revised at some point, the detail of same. [43896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of the €1.8 million increase to the rural and community affairs programme expenditure line in budget 2018; and the amount that will be spent on the Leader programme. [43897/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Minister having a joke?