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

Noel Grealish: 1322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who applied for the mortgage to rent scheme in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these applications which were approved and proceeded to renting of the property by the applicant from a housing agency; the number of applications which were refused; the reason for refusal; and if he will make...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: The Minister could quit while he is winning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Expulsions (24 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's policy and procedure when a student has been expelled from a particular school and no other school in the catchment area will accept this student but that student wishes to continue with in full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I acknowledge the tremendous work that Irish Aid does. In my own constituency of Galway, we have a little organisation run by Ronan Scully called Self Help Africa. I acknowledge the tremendous work that he does. I am a big supporter of Irish Aid. When the budget is being dealt with, we always get constituents asking why we...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: The Government is finding it hard to build homes at the moment.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: We can do that. There is no need to extend boundaries.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: Make sure it is properly funded.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: I agree about bad planning.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: It is a proposal to put people in towns and villages.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: We need infrastructure.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: It will on paper.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this motion. I compliment my colleague, Deputy Michael Collins, who tabled it. The funding of local authority services is the most important and critical issue which will affect the success of any proposed amalgamation. The underfunding of Galway will be significantly worsened if the proposed amalgamation of Galway City Council and Galway...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: There has been no net gain to local authorities or the taxpayer as a result of this tax. There is no clarity on how the local property tax equalisation fund, to which every local authority contributes 20% of the local property tax raised in its area, is allocated. My colleague, Councillor Thomas Welby, has tabled a motion for the next meeting of Galway County Council calling for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions (10 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if calculations have been carried out on the tax foregone by not taxing accruing public sector pensions; the reason for not including such estimates in a future tax expenditure review in view of the fact that both public and private sector beneficiaries avail of tax relief in order to have a more accurate picture of the cost of pension provision; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (10 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued in each county in respect of each offence in the past year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42567/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (10 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the speeding offences for which penalty points were issued in the past year, for example, those who were issued points for speeding up to 5 kph above the speed limit, 6 to10 kph above the limit, 11 to15 kph above the limit and 16 kph and over above the speed limit, respectively, by the speed limit in operation in the locations in which...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (10 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers with live penalty points in the past year, by the number of penalty points accumulated and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System Data (10 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified from driving, by category of driver (details supplied), having reached the number of penalty points required for automatic disqualification; the offences which resulted in them attracting those points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (3 Oct 2017)

Noel Grealish: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transposition of the Insurance Distribution Directive; if it will be transposed on or before the EU deadline of 23 February 2018; if it will be delayed by up to a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41235/17]