Written answers
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs last met. [31819/16]
- Brexit Issues
7. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which he has had discussions with the UK authorities and his EU colleagues in the context of the UK's proposed exit from the European Union; the extent to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Media Mergers
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the influence of a media group (details supplied) on the overall Irish media landscape and, in...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expand on the measures announced in budget 2017 in relation to broadband, including an update on the...
- Waste Disposal Charges
18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements in place to monitor the agreed price freeze on waste collection charges; if he will provide details of...
- Mobile Telephony Services
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to improve the quality of mobile telephone coverage here. [32043/16]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure Ireland meets its targets under the Paris agreement; and if he will make a statement on...
- Air Pollution
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the potential health and environmental effects of the misuse or defective use of...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the expected fines Ireland will be subject to if the EU 2020 climate change mitigation...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the procurement process for the national broadband plan will be complete; and the estimated ratio of public to...
- National Mitigation Plan
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he proposes to take to ensure adherence to international agreements in respect of carbon reduction while at...
- Mobile Telephony Services
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile telephone coverage; the timetable...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any of the preferred bidders for the broadband scheme have indicated they are already rolling out high-speed broadband...
- RTE Staff
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider the adoption of legislation to curtail the practice by the national broadcaster of paying high-earning...
- Public Service Obligation Levy Application
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to phase out fossil fuel subsidies within the context of just transition; and if he has a timescale in place....
- Forestry Sector
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has engaged with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the role of forestry in addressing climate...
- Brexit Issues
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way in which it is estimated Ireland's gas supply will be affected by Britain's exit from the European Union; and if...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date with the roll out of the national broadband scheme; the minimum requirement in terms of megabits...
- National Mitigation Plan
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure Ireland reaches its CO2 emissions targets in all areas including energy production; and...
- Climate Change Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department targeted universities and companies here to sign up to the global divestment movement. [31829/16]
- Renewable Energy Incentives
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ban fossil fuels here and immediately decrease domestic dependency on them by increasing investments in and...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the targets to provide universal broadband in rural County Meath are sufficient; if his attention...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to tackle reliance on fossil fuels following the ratification of the Paris agreement on climate change; and his...
- North-South Interconnector
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the undergrounding of the National Small Industries Corporation using high-voltage direct current technology;...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expand on the measure announced in budget 2017 in relation to biomass, including the €50 million of...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when his Department first announced plans to introduce the national broadband plan; the dates on which various Ministers...
- Waste Disposal Charges
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made with waste management companies to ensure that when the new proposed pay-by-weight charging system...
- Climate Change Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the detail of the national strategic risks identified by him in the draft national risk assessment report concerned with...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered grant-aiding agrifood enterprises, such as chicken farms and mushroom growers, to support them in...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Retirements
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Garda Síochána, of the different ranks, who are within one year of retirement age, in tabular form; and the...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32214/16]
- Victim Support Services
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make changes in the procedures for identification parades in order to abolish the requirement for the victims of crime to be present...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the refurbishment of the courthouse in Kilcock, County Kildare; the timeframe involved; the nature of the works to be...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 16 September 2016, the steps she will take to offer asylum to the 200 unaccompanied children who are...
- Defence of the Dwelling
56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current rights of property owners with regard to defending their families, themselves and their property against intruders who may be armed...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs Eligibility
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can avail of the new first-time buyers grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32327/16]
- Property Ownership
58. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 82 of 6 October 2016 and Nos. 182 and 183 of 18 October 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to backdate the help to buy scheme announced as part of budget 2017 to 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mortgage Interest Rates
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that most appeals of offers to customers who lost out on tracker rates with a bank (details supplied) have been dismissed; his further...
- VAT Rate Application
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to audio books; if there are exemptions for VAT on audio books for blind persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Property Tax Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons, with a breakdown by county and within Dublin by postal district, availing of the deferral option under Part 12 of the Finance...
- Economic Data
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal GNP numbers for 2015-2021 that underpin budget 2017; the reason he excluded these figures from the budget documentation published on budget day;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Asylum Applications
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons engaged in the asylum process who are also in second level education; and the number of young persons engaged in the...
- School Management
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recurring issues involving school insurance and school opening hours (details supplied); his further views on whether this would fall...
- School Closures
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for schools (details supplied) following the recent acquisition of the campus by his Department; if he will provide a timeline for same;...
- Departmental Properties
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will close the sale of an old national school building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Minor Works Scheme
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant is being paid in 2016 (details supplied). [32219/16]
- School Staff
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to sanction the appointment of a second permanent teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the...
- School Transport Provision
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 18 October 2016, if he will extend the existing Dangan-Clooney bus service in County Clare by 2 km to...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the arrangements for the employment of SNAs as the current arrangements prevent newly qualified SNAs from gaining employment;...
- Schools Building Projects Status
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32245/16]
- Third Level Funding
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding third level funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/16]
- School Enrolments Data
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of post-primary school places which were available in advance of the commencement of the 2016/2017 academic year in schools...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to exclude a student's part-time earnings from the family's income assessment for higher education grant eligibility; his views on...
- Disadvantaged Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with representatives from a school (details supplied) who have been in touch with him regarding urban DEIS status; and if he will...
- Remote Area Boarding Grant
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the nearest school to the home of a student on Sherkin Island, Baltimore, County Cork that a student may attend to qualify...
- School Enrolments
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will resolve an issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who cannot enrol in a school without a PPSN. [32342/16]
- Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism his Department can use to intervene in cases such as that of a person (details supplied) so...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of grants and the total amount of funding awarded in 2016 to date under the housing adaptation grants for...
- Waste Management
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the safeguards and monitoring in place to protect the health of persons living near farms that spread sludge on their...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/16]
- Disability Allowance Applications
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Data
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of childcare staff employed on a CE scheme that have the required level five qualification; the current number of childcare staff...
- Back to Work Allowance Payments
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether back-to-work dividend allowances can be paid into a post office account; if so, the process by which it can be done; and if he will make a...
- Illness Benefit Applications
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an illness benefit claim in respect of a person (details supplied); and if they will qualify for occupational benefit...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration will be given to backdating payment to six months prior to application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of persons...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the serious anomaly for lone parents in receipt of maintenance payments and also rent supplement in that they receive no benefit...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement and in receipt of one parent family payment and jobseeker transition payment respectively. [32273/16]
- Social Insurance Rates
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a decision that six contract meter readers, CMRs were employed under a contract of service, that is that their employment was insurable...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a non-contributory old age pension will issue to a person (details supplied) whose application was submitted in July 2016 and in respect...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider backdating a specific allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [32340/16]
- Personal Public Service Numbers
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will resolve an issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who cannot enrol in a school without a Personal Public Service Number, PPSN....
- Disability Allowance Applications
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been awarded disability benefit. [32346/16]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Immigration Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with his French counterpart in order to request that work to dismantle the so-called jungle migrant camp in Calais be...
- Consular Services Representations
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the person the Government communicated with to date in order to assist a person (details supplied); the responses to these...
- Rockall Island Ownership
98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding negotiations over ownership of Rockall; the steps being taken by him to secure Ireland’s territorial claim; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects completion of the pension claim instigated by community employment supervisors and assistants, which has been going on...
- Public Procurement Regulations
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a regulatory impact assessment was carried out by his Department or the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, on the 2014 EU...
- EU Directives
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish his Department's assessment of the public submissions received on the implementation of the 2014 EU procurement...
- Office of Government Procurement
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to legislate to put the OGP on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/16]
- EU Directives
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when comprehensive policy and operational guidelines will be published to assist buyers and suppliers better understand the 2014...
- Office of Government Procurement
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans and the plans of the OGP to provide or to fund procurement training to benefit both buyers and suppliers; and if he will make...
- Coastal Protection
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made in respect of an application for coastal defences (details supplied) in County Donegal made by the local...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds that have been granted through his Department for an engineer for south Galway lowlands project; and if he will make a...
- State Properties
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of creating a new entrance to the archaeology museum from the office of the Leader of Seanad Éireann while works are being...
- Public Sector Allowances
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the operation of the PCW 1% allowance within the Civil Service; the purpose of this allowance; the basis...
- Civil Service Management
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the Civil Service grievance procedure Circular 11/2001, if he will clarify if there is any requirement that a staff member...
- Departmental Offices
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of rent he is paying for every Intreo centre in the country (in tabular form); the terms of the leases; the nature of the...
- State Bodies
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of current CEOs of State bodies that have served more than the seven year term stipulated in the guidelines on contracts,...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funds available from his Department to assist a person who had surgery carried out privately, within the State, but was previously on the public...
- Services for People with Disabilities
115. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide the necessary funds to open a facility (details supplied); the length of time the facility has been sitting idle; when funding will be...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for access to the fair deal scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32154/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person. (details supplied) [32155/16]
- Medicinal Products Availability
118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not available to multiple sclerosis sufferers here, despite clinical trials showing its effectiveness in reducing...
- Hospitals Data
119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 20 July 2016, if he will publish the reply provided to the Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to provide the resources to the HSE to meet the demand for residential care for adults with intellectual disabilities [32171/16]
- Cancer Services Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) in County Donegal in order to discuss the issue of cancer services in the north west and other matters; and if...
- Health Services Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposed plans (details supplied) at Cavan General Hospital; if he will address specific concerns about this matter; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service
123. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the delivery of home help packages and the persons available for delivery of service; his further views on the ongoing issue of unanswered...
- Medical Card Drugs Availability
124. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a product (details supplied) has been removed from the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32175/16]
- Residential Disability Tenders
125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the current private sector tendering process in the residential disability sector; his plans to extend more open commissioning to the charitable...
- Services for People with Disabilities
126. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for more private sector providers and private sector capital to complete the actions of the HSE’s report, Time to Move on from...
- Medical Card Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding children on domiciliary care allowance receiving medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for disability and mental health residential placement in County Tipperary; the number housed in residential placement, with a...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discretionary national lottery fund applications for 2016; if funding has been considered in respect of an application made by a voluntary...
- Home Help Service
131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delivery of home help packages; if he will confirm the persons available for delivery of service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
132. To ask the Minister for Health when he will make a decision on an application to include the drug Kuvan sapropterin in the drug reimbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
133. To ask the Minister for Health when the issue pertaining to pensions entitlements which has been ongoing in relation to employees of the Central Remedial clinic will be resolved; if, in this...
- Prescriptions Charges
134. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the European Court of Justice ruling that a fixed price system for the sale by pharmacies of prescription only medicinal products for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
136. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to alleviate the long waiting list and delays in accessing early intervention team assessments due to staff shortages in respect of a...
- HSE Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding made to the HSE from a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32325/16]
- Vaccination Programme
138. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32326/16]
- Congregated Settings Report
139. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding congregated settings for persons with special needs and disabilities; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a GLAS payment; when the issue that arose under the forestry check will...
- Basic Payment Scheme Applications
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32251/16]
- Nitrates Usage
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a breach a nitrates regulation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32339/16]
- Basic Payment Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the late payments to farmers caused by administration problems and delayed processing of satellite inspections;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Climate Change Policy
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to meet targets to reduce the effect of climate change here; and if there is an interdepartmental working group...
- Departmental Functions
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if waste management functions have transferred to his Department. [21631/16]
- Electricity Transmission Network
149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the categories under which compensation is provided to landowners where EirGrid brings power lines through their...
- Climate Change Policy
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the attainment of the various targets in respect of climate change such as reduction on dependency on...
- Environmental Policy
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects to meet international requirements in respect of protection of the environment; and if he...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to develop the communications sector with a view to ready access to state of the art technology including...
- Environmental Protection Enforcement
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which he remains satisfied that adequate measures continue to be taken to ensure environmental protection...
- Air Pollution
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which levels of air pollution continue to be monitored; if the results are in keeping with best practice...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the alternative energy sector contributes to the national grid in order to comply with international...
- Climate Change Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the Government will fundamentally reverse Ireland's falling 70% short of achieving its 2020 emissions target...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Regional Road Network
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on funding for the N72 road from Killorglin to Killarney (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Traffic Regulations Implementation
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accede to requests from representatives of a group (details supplied) that the College Green bus corridor be opened up to...
- National Cycle Network
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is still mandatory that cyclists use cycle lanes in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32181/16]
- Cycling Facilities Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will allocate funding for a cycleway along the Grand Canal in County Offaly between Edenderry and Shannonbridge, as...
- National Roads Authority Projects
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to progress the N52 Tullamore to Kilbeggan link road; if his Department has allocated any additional funding to...
- Emergency Services
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current arrangements in place for calling out mountain rescue; and the costs associated with same. [32280/16]
- Tourism Industry
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the cut in the voted capital funding for tourism services in budget 2017; and the agencies or initiatives that will...
- Sport and Recreational Development
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning behind the cut in the voted capital funding for sports and recreation services in budget 2017; and the agencies or...
- Sports Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department plans to undertake a strategic review of funding for Olympic sports to ascertain if funding could be better spent; the...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to open the sports capital programme, SCP, for applications in 2017; the amount he expects to be available under the SCP...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the maintenance of all national roads in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 in tabular form; the amount his...
- Rail Services
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the maintenance of the rail network in each of the years from 2008 to 2016 in tabular form; the amount his Department...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on the Macroom bypass; the amount of funding that has been spent on the project to date; the amount of funding...
- Light Rail Projects Provision
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on the metro north project; the amount of funding that has been spent on the project to date; the amount of...
- Rail Network Expansion
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made on the Phoenix Park tunnel; the amount of funding that has been spent on the project to date; the amount of...
- Rail Services Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are issues with a lack of capacity on the DART to meet demand during peak-hour commuting periods; and if there are any plans to...
- Driver Licences
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a driver's licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32329/16]
- Appointments to State Boards
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) has held the role of CEO at the IAA for 13 years, despite the guidelines on...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 October 2016, if she will provide clarity on the authority of her statement in relation...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Costs
192. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will elaborate on the single affordable childcare scheme and the way it aims to raise the low income of workers in the child care...
- Child Care Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the provision of child care needs to move away from the profit driven model currently in place, in view of the issue...
- Child Care Services Regulation
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the grandfather scheme applies to child care providers which have years of experience in the sector and run their own business; if so,...
- Department of Defence
- Army Barracks
196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the use of a house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32288/16]
