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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Air Quality (23 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: 591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the locations and timeframe for introduction of the national ambient air monitoring network. [24215/17]

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (17 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: First Stage (16 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

EU Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (16 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,(i) to accept the following measure:Regulation (EU)...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (16 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6th May 2016, setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: There are eight Bills in the programme for Government that have already been published in this session. There are ten to come in the next number of weeks and there are six we are working on and hope to publish by the end of July before the House rises for the summer. The Bill the Deputy refers to is not stuck anywhere. It will be taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Marcella Corcoran...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (16 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment (International Labour Organisation - ILO) in the State. The latest unemployment data available for Ireland are for Q4 2016. The following table shows the unemployment rates for NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions and the difference in percentage points from the national unemployment rate. Table 1:...

Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the EU and Mongolia: Referral to Select Committee (9 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part, signed at Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, on 30th April, 2013, a copy of which was laid before the Dáil on 11th April, 2017, be referred to the Select...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (9 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6th May, 2016, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance Tánaiste and Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (9 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social Protection. The most recent Live Register figures available are for April 2017. Table 1 shows the average number of persons on the Live Register in the local offices requested for each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (9 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State and this is the best source of information on the ratio of workers earning the National Minimum Wage or less as this survey covers all employees. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2016 when the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: To answer Deputy Broughan's question, the gross domestic product, GDP, will continue to be the denominator for the deficit and debt ratios under the fiscal compact rules. GNI* will just be an alternative denominator for use below the line in the ratio analysis when aggregates such as deficit, debt or investments are being expressed as a percentage of the indicator of the size of the economy....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Central Statistics Office, CSO, convened the economic statistics review group, ESRG, in September 2016. The report of the group was published on 3 February 2017, along with the CSO’s response to the report. The focus of the ESRG was to identify a suite of analyses or indicators which would provide a better understanding of the domestic components of our highly globalised economy....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: With regard to Deputy Broughan’s question about leprechaun economics, Mr. Lane was clever in so far as when we established the ESRG, he invited two members of EUROSTAT to sit on the committee to ensure they would be party to all of the hearings and analytical data that fed into why we were creating GNI*. There was a rational reason for the growth rate. The 26% increase in the 2015...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not yet available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2016 when there were 2,048,100 persons aged 15 years and over in employment in the State.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not yet available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2016 when there were 321,400 self-employed persons aged 15 years and over in the State.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Income Data (3 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2016 when there were 134,500 employees aged 15 years and over reporting earning the National Minimum Wage or less in the State.

Standing Orders: Motion (2 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business be amended by the adoption of the following Standing Order in substitution for Standing Order 21: ‘Quorum. 21. (1) The quorum necessary to constitute a meeting of the Dáil shall be twenty members, save where the sitting commences earlier than 12 noon, when it shall be ten members. (2) The...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (2 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 6th May, 2016, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (2 May 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment (ILO) in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q4 2016. Seasonally adjusted estimates of employment are produced at State level only. Changes in the seasonally adjusted QNHS employment series can be calculated on a...