Written answers
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Greenways Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a proposed project (details supplied); his views that this project has potential to unlock significant tourism sector...
- Tourism Project Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the status of the Marconi site at Derrygimlagh in Connemara, County Galway, for which funding was announced in late 2014...
- Road Projects
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the A5 road; and on his recent engagement with his Northern Ireland counterparts in relation to this; and if he will make...
- Tourism Promotion
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the success of the Wild Atlantic Way; the investment timelines over the next few years, in terms of initiatives in the...
- Road Traffic Offences
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reports that just 40% of cases result in a conviction; what his Department is doing to revise and reform legislation on drink...
- Public Transport Initiatives
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport alternatives being considered for the North Kildare region; the rail options that will be prioritised to alleviate...
- Air Navigation Orders
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has requested any changes in procedures regarding permits for transiting troops or munitions through Shannon Airport, given the...
- Road Traffic Offences
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the third payment option for the payment of fixed charge notices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39050/15]
- Sale of Aer Lingus
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress his Department has made in using the proceeds of the sale of Aer Lingus for a connectivity fund. [39266/15]
- Aviation Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for a second runway at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39245/15]
- Public Transport Subsidies
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary to increase the levels of public subsidy to public transport services in order to safeguard public service obligation...
- Transport Infrastructure
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport improvements planned for County Donegal over the next ten years; if these plans will address areas along the Wild Atlantic...
- Public Transport
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the unreliability of Dublin Bus services, in terms of meeting timetables or failing to turn up at all, may be related to...
- Road Network
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a project (details supplied) in County Meath. [39054/15]
- Public Transport
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the funding provided to Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann for 2015 and 2016; and his plans to increase...
- Taxi Regulations
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow the Uber service; similar ride-sharing services; to operate in the taxi market; for an update on his recent meeting...
- Harbour Authorities
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the due diligence that was requested by his Department into the finance of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; and if...
- Military Aircraft Landings
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 23 September 2015, if he will provide a further update on discussions he has had with the...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised issues of staff concern regarding the operation of the new Dublin Airport Authority pension scheme and legacy issues from...
- Traffic Management
31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken to reduce traffic congestion in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/15]
- Tourism Promotion
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to promote and develop the tourism sector in the areas of the country that are not included in the Ancient East area or in the...
- Harbour Authorities
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including a specific category for Dún Laoghaire in the Harbours Bill, given Dún Laoghaire's historic and...
- Tourism Promotion
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his assessment of the Dublin - A Breath of Fresh Air tourism marketing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/15]
- Road Traffic Offences
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the measures, and follow-up, being taken by his Department to ensure that driver licence numbers are being recorded in...
- Rail Services
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline those regions, residential areas, communities, towns and villages most likely to benefit from an improved and enhanced...
- Rural Transport Services
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the establishment of the transport co-ordination units to replace the former structure of the rural transport programme,...
- Conference Sector Promotion
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a commitment to engaging with the web summit with a view to retaining the event here in 2016 and in future years; and if...
- Department of Social Protection
- Water Conservation Grant Applications
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late application for the water conservation grant from a person (details supplied) in County Louth who has...
- Public Investment Projects
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department, by county, in tabular...
- Disability Allowance Applications
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be re-instated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a farm assist appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all relevant information...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there are groups which no longer qualify for the fuel allowance and the Christmas bonus in budget 2016. [39699/15]
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how private pension contributions or additional voluntary contributions are assessed in determining qualification for a carer's...
- Water Conservation Grant Applications
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a water conservation grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite an overpayment of jobseeker's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, as all...
- Poverty Data
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of children in consistent poverty at the start of each of the past five years to 2015 to date; the target for reduction...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the one parent family payment on the jobseeker's transitional allowance are ineligible for the Christmas...
- Disability Allowance Applications
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she...
- Departmental Staff Training
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the staff in the Intreo offices are fully trained and updated on all payments and allowances available to...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a review of a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Department of Finance
- Credit Availability
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains in contact with the stakeholders in the hotel sector with a view to ensuring the availability of adequate working capital; and...
- Public Investment Projects
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- State Banking Sector
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue contributed to the State under all headings such as the bank guarantee scheme, levies, tax on profits, etc. by the two pillar banks for...
- State Claims Agency
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers who were appointed to each of the State Claims Agency panels; and the fees each of these barristers received in 2014 and in 2015 to...
- State Banking Sector
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected returns in dividends or any other form from the State's stake in Allied Irish Banks in 2015 and 2016 and beyond, given the announcement on 6...
- Proposed Legislation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making amendments (details supplied) to the Finance Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/15]
- Tax Code
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include full-time carers who live with an aged parent, but who own another property, in the dwelling house exemptions, as part of the capital...
- Budget Submissions
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups or persons he, or his officials, have met to discuss budget 2016 and the Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39747/15]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in relation to the recruitment of clerical officers as part of the 2014 recruitment campaign into the Civil Service; the...
- Public Investment Projects
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when urgently needed funding will be made available by the Office of Public Works for the drainage of swallow holes and the cleaning of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will exercise restraint on the height of flood walls in areas of beauty and amenity; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regional Development
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will formulate an industrialisation plan for the Shannon estuary; if he has reviewed the handling of the Shannon liquified...
- Public Investment Projects
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out in tabular form the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by...
- Employment Rights
70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the consultation process on zero-hour contracts will commence; how it will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Reserve
71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to bring forward legislation to facilitate greater participation by the national workforce in the Reserve Defence...
- National Minimum Wage
72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the position regarding the increased minimum wage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/15]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Farm Safety
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out his plans to extend the registration date beyond 26 November 2015 for farmers to register as professional users of...
- Animal Welfare
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to make micro-chipping of cats mandatory, so as to reduce the number of wild and feral cats; and if...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payments scheme for persons (details supplied) in County...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2015 basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay;...
- Public Investment Projects
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form;...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a single payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be finalised. [39680/15]
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) . [39698/15]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will arrange to issue payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the 2015 basic payment scheme and...
- Direct Payment Scheme Applications
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payments; the reason for the delay in processing same; and if he will make a statement...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39746/15]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 October 2015, when a payment under the areas of natural constraints scheme 2015 will...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made by the land parcel identification system appeals committee regarding a basic payment scheme forage area...
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry of a non-compliance penalty; and if he will...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme have not issued to a person (details...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive outstanding farm payments; his views that it is unfair on young farmers...
- Marine Safety
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that poorly placed lobster pots in Dublin Bay are making sailing dangerous, and could lead to a loss of life; the...
- Department of Defence
- Public Investment Projects
95. To ask the Minister for Defence the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
96. To ask the Minister for Defence the risk assessments that were carried out prior to prescribing Lariam in relation to the risk of the drug, in order to comply with the Safety, Health and...
- Vaccination Programme
97. To ask the Minister for Defence further to the replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 111 of 8 July 2015 and 156 of 15 July 2015, wherein he states that he will write to the Deputy when the...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
98. To ask the Minister for Defence further to the reply to Parliamentary Question Number 118 of 2 July 2015, wherein he states that he will write to the Deputy when the information is to hand,...
- National Internship Scheme Data
99. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department is availing of the JobsBridge scheme; if so, the number of personnel recruited; the type of duties being undertaken; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Reserve
100. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of applications received by his Department for recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force in 2015; the number of recruits who were offered...
- Defence Forces Properties
102. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the lands immediately contiguous to Magee Terrace in Kildare town, this area being separate from Magee Barracks lands; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Public Investment Projects
103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of capital investment projects and grants underway or approved for funding by her Department, by county, in tabular form; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will appoint a new Secretary General to her Department; and the reason for the delay. [39679/15]
- Criminal Legal Aid
105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding sentencing and legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39706/15]
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding the prisoner complaints procedure which was introduced in June 2014, and the audit and evaluation which is currently being...
- Courts Service Data
107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink-driving cases heard at Swords District Court in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the outcome of each case; and if she...
- Courts Service
108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take on board the criticisms of the United Nations Human Rights Committee with regard to the establishment of a second non-jury...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Public Investment Projects
110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if...
- Early Childhood Care Education
111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider extending availability to the free preschool year, as announced in budget 2016, to children born up to the end of...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Applications
112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [39636/15]
- Public Investment Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Health the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of a dedicated programme of investment for persons with an acquired brain injury to implement the current neuro-rehabilitation...
- Health Strategies
116. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's strategy to develop the content of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland's pre-budget submission 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
117. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an ambulance arriving to assist at the scene of a critically injured person (details supplied) who later died in Dundalk in County...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
118. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will allow Skype interviews in lieu of face-to-face interviews for the post of occupational therapist as the applicants...
- Ambulance Service Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances prior to his announcement of 64 new ambulances on 5 November 2015; and the number of emergency ambulances there will be when...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a person to be treated in Anderson House in County Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39691/15]
- Primary Care Centre Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a primary care centre in Kilcock in County Kildare; when the centre will be completed and open to the public; and if he will...
- Hospital Staff
122. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) have returned to employment in St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin 4; if he is satisfied with this situation; and if he...
- Medical Card Reviews
123. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a review of an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when the decision will be issued; and if he...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
124. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to address failings with the treatment abroad scheme (details supplied); and if he is aware of the great distress suffered as a...
- Health Care Professionals
125. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the protection of the title of physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39724/15]
- Orthodontic Service Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be called for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39740/15]
- Community Care Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the allocation of resources to community care given the circumstances outlined in correspondence (details supplied). [39741/15]
- Health Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to find out what happened, and to ensure that it does not happen again; and if...
- Disability Services Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Disability Team's occupational therapy services are consistently unavailable for a child (details supplied) in an urgent situation; the...
- Medical Card Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/15]
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received any payment with regard to a mobility allowance and-or a motorised transport grant since...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
132. To ask the Minister for Health for a report on the outbreak of Clostridium difficile at Portiuncula Hospital in County Galway; and the action being taken to deal with it. [39771/15]
- Hospital Staff Data
133. To ask the Minister for Health for details of consultant posts, as of 5 November 2015, in tabular form (details supplied) [39776/15]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive posts that are currently advertised outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/15]
- Drugs Crime
135. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the widespread problem of street dealing and abuse of prescription drugs; the reason no progress has been made on finalising the draft...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Public Investment Projects
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and if...
- European Council Meetings
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Number 130 of 3 November 2015, the proposals he will put forward at the November 2015 European Union...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in Kinnegad in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39635/15]
- Teacher Recruitment
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on retired teachers taking up teaching posts at the expense of recently qualified teachers; and if she will make a...
- Public Investment Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department by county in tabular form; and if she...
- Schools Establishment
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as a result of the population increase in the Johnstownbridge and Enfield areas in County Kildare, she has given consideration to the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the Naas Community College located in the Millennium Park near Naas in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a Student Universal Support Ireland grant for a person (details supplied) is processed without further delay. [39744/15]
- Teacher Recruitment
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that schools should not be allowed to require applicants for teaching positions to only apply by way of hard copy applications, and...
- Third Level Funding
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding that will be provided to higher education institutions via the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions in 2015;...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who despite being deemed eligible to apply for a grant for the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department recently reduced the number of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will...
- State Examinations
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a review (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [39780/15]
- School Services Staff
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the current system of employing school secretaries and caretakers by way of grant aid is wholly unsatisfactory, and results in...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department does not accommodate autistic children with different religious backgrounds (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Public Investment Projects
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the housing agencies operating and receiving Government funding; and the amount they received in the past three years....
- Motor Tax Collection
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of three-litre commercial vehicles for which motor tax has been paid in each of the past five years, by...
- Housing Issues
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the basis for his direction to the Dublin local authorities earlier in 2015 not to rezone any more land for housing; his...
- Leader Programmes Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Inland Fisheries Ireland Investigations
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources why the Inland Fisheries Ireland did not seek to prosecute the Electricity Supply Board for the events of 15 May...
- Public Investment Projects
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assure the persons of the greater Dún Laoghaire, Sallynoggin and Loughlinstown areas of County Dublin that any changes to...
- Harbours and Piers Development
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the correspondence between his Department and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company regarding the plans for the...
- Public Transport Fares
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on plans by Dublin Bus, Luas and Bus Éireann to increase fares in January 2016; that these fare hikes are justified; and...
- Motor Insurance Regulation
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider removing the requirement for motorists to display insurance discs and replace it with a system of number plate...
- Public Investment Projects
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by his Department, by county, in tabular form; and...
- Regional Airports
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which regional airports are expected to continue to play a major part in the national transport network in the future; and...
- Tourism Industry
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the tourism sector has contributed to national economic recovery; if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the...
- Integrated Ticketing
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which integrated ticketing continues to be successful; if further expansion is planned; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sports Facilities Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which studies have been carried out and comparisons made with other jurisdictions with a view to ensuring that Irish...
- Job Creation
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department continues to evaluate employment creation opportunities, directly and indirectly, through co-ordinated efforts between...
- Road Safety
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the road safety measures that have been taken and that have impacted most positively on reducing road traffic accidents; and if he will...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of registration in respect of the sports capital programme, any difficulties were experienced by applicants...
- Hotel Accommodation
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which hotel occupancy has been monitored over the past three years to date, with a view to identifying growth trends and...
- Rail Network
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works are due to commence on the extension of the commuter rail service, as set out in the capital plan; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects Status
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when necessary upgrade works will commence on the M7 Naas to Newbridge-Osberstown Interchange and Sallins Bypass in County Kildare, as...
- Regional Airports
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State funding for Galway Airport; for Sligo Airport; and the programmes under which funding was provided, for example,...
- Swimming Pool Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent of any discussions that have taken place with Maynooth College in County Kildare or the local authority in regard to the...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Public Investment Projects
180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of capital investment projects and grants under way or approved for funding by her Department, by county, in tabular form;...
- Labour Activation Measures
181. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is availing of the JobsBridge scheme; if so, the number of personnel recruited, and the type of duties being...
