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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: On St. Patrick's Day, I fully support the Taoiseach going to the White House and the Ministers going abroad. We are the only country in the world whose national day is celebrated, and whose Ministers can get access to prime ministers and presidents, in various countries around the world. That should continue.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I acknowledge the tremendous work done by the consular services abroad. Unfortunately, when there is an accident abroad, the first port of call is the local Deputy who will then ring the embassy or consulate. A telephone call from an embassy or a consulate to a family affected gives them comfort that there is somebody who can handle the situation. Will the Minister, please, pass on to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Will the Minister of State visit the refugee camps in Lebanon?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. Were any organisations or projects suspended owing to fraud or because they were not being run properly? Are there projects or agencies under the remit of the Department under investigation in terms of the manner in which funding was spent? How does the Department police the spend of funding on projects? How does it ensure money is spent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units purchased for social housing in 2015 and 2016 and costs involved for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units built by each of the 31 local authorities for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing stock in each of the 31 local authorities as of January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing applicants waiting for social housing for each of the 31 local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Sinn Féin Deputies never mentioned it in any of their contributions - not one of them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the timeframe for the deployment of Apple Pay non-cash payment facilities by Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one-off privately owned houses or apartments Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has purchased in each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by South Dublin County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Dublin City Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Fingal County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector pension liabilities are calculated using the same formula and assumptions as private sector defined benefit pension schemes; if not, the detail of the formula and assumptions which are used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 546. To ask the Minister for Health as a result of the emergency department crisis nationwide, the number of days surgical day wards have been closed with trolleys from emergency departments being moved into these wards from September 2015 to January 2017; the number of hospitals engaging in this practice; if he can name the hospitals and the number of day surgeries and day procedures that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (7 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request coupled payments on suckler cows and breeding sheep in the next round of CAP reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (7 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce a €200 payment to maintain the suckler cow herd to help maintain incomes on farms in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5380/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (2 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Garda regional and divisional headquarters at Murrough, Renmore, Galway city, will be completed and fully operational; and if it will result in an increase in Garda numbers in Galway city. [5098/17]