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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (24 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to strengthen the role of the Financial Services Ombudsman to prevent financial institutions appointing receivers and taking court action on housing properties while such properties are under investigation by the ombudsman for final legally binding determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (24 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will request the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to provide details of the spend by that office from initiation up to and including the European Court of Justice and to whom they were payable in a case (details supplied) arising from an investigation of complaints under Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (23 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the northern pike has not been removed from the list of native fish species here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (23 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans of Inland Fisheries Ireland to stop all northern pike controls, thus changing all State owned fisheries to mixed fisheries dominated by northern pike; the further plans of Inland Fisheries Ireland to retain existing brown trout fisheries or change to a national mixed fishery model, whereby northern pike are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I know everybody in the House has the height of respect and admiration for every member of the Defence Forces and I acknowledge the tremendous work they have done recently regarding the gorse fires in Galway and the Minister of State mentioned this last night. With regard to the pay and conditions, it is a scandal that in this day and age the men and women of our Defence Forces are so poorly...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the severance arrangements that have been introduced for enlisted personnel that have joined the Permanent Defence Force since 1994 and that retire or are discharged in circumstances as identified by the Commission on Public Service Pensions 2000; and the steps he will take to ensure an improvement in pay and conditions for members of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have put down this question on severance arrangements in view of the fact that members of the Defence Forces below the rank of sergeant have been allowed to serve a maximum of 21 years. Members at the rank of sergeant or higher may stay on until they are 50 years of age. As a result, more than 100 personnel a year are, in essence, forced out, many of whom are only in their early 40s. As...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I note the recent advertisement of an additional assistant secretary general post in the Department of Defence. As the Defence Forces has a well-established HR structure, I presume the person appointed will be responsible for just 440 civilian staff in the Department. The new and additional post will attract a salary of between €128,000 and €149,000. How does that appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Turf Cutting (16 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will meet the commitment in the review of the programme for government to introduce legislation to give effect to new licensing arrangements in respect of large scale commercial peat extraction adopted by quarter two 2017. [22693/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Applications (16 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when this will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total spend by his Department on legal or other fees in a case (details supplied) arising from an investigation of complaints under Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer and the resultant contractual obligations that derive under the transposition of that directive by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Remit (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct the permanent mission to the UN in New York to become a member of a group (details supplied) and to continue to attend the OEWG sessions at the UN and make constructive comments regarding the content of a new convention on ageing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 years of age that have been referred for an ultrasound at Doughiska primary care centre, Galway city, by month, for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 years of age that have been referred by general practitioners to the counselling services at Doughiska primary care centre, Galway city, by month for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated ambulance service can be provided in the north west Connemara area as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Ministers who have responsibilities relating to the environment; and the details of the responsibilities those Ministers have relating to the environment. [21514/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority (4 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rental agreements registered with the Property Services Regulatory Authority following the introduction of the Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority (4 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rental agreements registered with the Property Services Regulatory Authority from 2004 to 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority (4 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rental agreements registered with the Property Services Regulatory Authority that contain upward only rent review clauses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (4 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 194. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the communication process that was used to notify interested older persons in advance of the stakeholder forum on the national positive ageing strategy, which took place in his Department on 30 March 2017; the selection criteria applied for those in attendance; the senior official assigned to liaise with the relevant stakeholders; and if he will...