Parliamentary questions

Citizens Assembly

Ruth Coppinger

1. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens' Assembly. [27085/16]

Citizens Assembly

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Citizens' Assembly. [28357/16]

Citizens Assembly

Ruth Coppinger

3. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the convening of the Citizens' Assembly which will discuss a number of proposed constitutional changes. [28716/16]

Citizens Assembly

Bríd Smith

4. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach his plans for convening the Citizens' Assembly. [28720/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Brendan Smith

5. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he discussed with other heads of Government within the EU the serious implications for Ireland of Britain leaving the EU. [27105/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the European Union division of his Department has changed its structures since the Brexit referendum result; and if extra human resources and funding have been allocated to same. [28624/16]

EU Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with the European Council President, Donald Tusk. [27125/16]

Referendum Campaigns

Richard Boyd Barrett

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the referenda he proposes to hold during the term of Government. [27126/16]

Referendum Campaigns

Bríd Smith

9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach the plans he has for any referenda in the coming year. [27372/16]

Third Level Institutions

Thomas Byrne

17. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decline experienced by Irish universities in international rankings; his plans to improve and enhance Irish third-level institutions; and his further plans to deal with the funding issues in the third-level sector. [28473/16]

School Guidance Counsellors

Carol Nolan

18. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore guidance counselling services in secondary schools. [28421/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Thomas Byrne

19. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [28474/16]

National Educational Psychological Service

Carol Nolan

20. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enhance the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, specifically the capacity to increase the level of assessments undertaken. [28420/16]

Schools Building Projects

Joan Burton

21. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the projects which have been delayed with regard to the planned capital programme for 2016; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/16]

Schools Building Projects

Brian Stanley

22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in resolving the issues that are delaying a new school (details supplied). [28359/16]

School Patronage

Brian Stanley

23. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding the patronage of the proposed new secondary school in Portlaoise. [28358/16]

Back to School Costs

Joan Collins

24. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent Irish League of Credit Unions report showing that back-to-school costs have risen every year since 2012, with almost a third of parents getting into debt to cover the increasing expenses and some 13% of families cutting back on food spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23034/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Josepha Madigan

25. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will make a decision on the permanent location of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28041/16]

Education Funding

Bernard Durkan

26. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he will respond to the various requests received from primary, secondary and third level educational interests wherein the various bodies prioritised their respective needs; his plans for the future in respect of the educational sector in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28390/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Ruth Coppinger

27. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his meeting with members of the board of management of a school (details supplied); the progress on the building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28385/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Ruth Coppinger

28. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the treatment of newly-qualified teachers; and if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI, on this matter. [28384/16]

Capitation Grants

Thomas Pringle

29. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the capitation rate for children in primary education in the upcoming budget in order that parents and communities will not have to fund-raise constantly to provide an education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Thomas Byrne

30. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further second level provision in County Meath, including language diversity and general provision for the parts of County Meath in which pupils currently predominantly attend secondary school in Drogheda. [28285/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the terms of reference for the review of services by Caranua; and when he expects that review to conclude. [28181/16]

Child Abuse Prevention

Carol Nolan

32. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's implementation in relation to the O'Keeffe ruling. [28334/16]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Clare Daly

33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of complaints and delays regarding the processing of applications to Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28182/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Mick Barry

34. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the concerns of a group of parents whose children attend a school (details supplied) that classes are too big in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28388/16]

Legislative Programme

Thomas Pringle

35. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill will reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28381/16]

Third Level Funding

Ruth Coppinger

36. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the Union of Students in Ireland survey (details supplied) showing 87% of students feared leaving third level education due to the cost of education, he will implement policies to reduce the cost of education for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28387/16]

Special Education Review

Mick Wallace

37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to carry out a specific assessment of the educational outcomes of children with special educational needs, as recommended by the Children's Rights Alliance, to complement the promised assessment of special needs assistants as outlined in the recently published Action Plan for Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/16]

Third Level Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

38. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal from the Union of Students in Ireland for a Government injection of an additional €140 million into the higher education sector during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28354/16]

Croke Park Agreement

Bríd Smith

39. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether his Department's withholding of certain payments from members of the ASTI will help achieve the Government's aim of modernising the education system or promote excellence and innovation in schools. [28375/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

40. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/16]

Multidenominational Schools

Thomas Pringle

41. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve by the end of 2016 the Acton Plan for Education objective to map out new approaches in order to reach the target of 400 new non-denominational and multi-denominational schools by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28380/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Charlie McConalogue

42. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28184/16]

Industrial Disputes

Mick Barry

43. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the indications from the ASTI that it will ballot for strike action on the grounds of the use of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation against it. [28389/16]

Industrial Disputes

Thomas Byrne

44. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on progress being made to resolve the ongoing industrial relations issues between his Department and the ASTI union; and if he will ensure that no child will be deducted marks by the State Examinations Commission as a result of these issues. [28286/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Thomas Pringle

45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/16]

School Transport Availability

James Lawless

46. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the large number of students from north-west Kildare who cannot get a school bus place despite his Department's commitment that no child would lose his or her place on school buses pending the outcome of a review by his Department; the position regarding the establishment of a cross-party committee to review the outstanding problems with the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28353/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

47. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he will implement to increase the uptake of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22541/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Maureen O'Sullivan

48. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the way the Teaching Council withdraws payment to teachers for late subscriptions when there can be legitimate reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/16]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Robert Troy

49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a new school building to progress to tender stage for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28042/16]

Third Level Funding

Ruth Coppinger

50. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the expert group on future funding for higher education chaired by a person (details supplied); if he will rule out the imposition of a student loan scheme and tuition fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28386/16]

Industrial Disputes

Bríd Smith

51. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether present disputes may affect the morale of secondary school teachers and the ability of the system to deliver excellence and innovation as per the programme for Government. [28376/16]

School Transport Review

Bernard Durkan

52. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected a review of the school transport system is likely to be undertaken with the objective of the streamlining of school transport in rural areas where parents and children have been greatly inconvenienced by changes which separate siblings and force parents to send their children to schools neither of their choice nor necessarily the nearest, as in the case of Johnstown and Kilshanroe, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/16]

School Transport Review

Thomas Byrne

53. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives and progress of the review of school transport; and when he expects to finalise the objectives of the review. [28289/16]

University Global Rankings

Thomas Byrne

54. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decline experienced by Irish universities in international rankings; and the way he plans to restore to proper levels the teaching staff ratios and to enhance the reputation abroad of Irish third-level institutions. [28287/16]

Third Level Participation

Carol Nolan

55. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create more equal access to third-level education. [28335/16]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Robert Troy

56. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advance an application for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28043/16]

Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation

Maureen O'Sullivan

57. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the serious situation where teachers who are not members of unions are being treated as unionised based on the primary membership union in the particular school where they are teaching. [28056/16]

University Global Rankings

James Lawless

58. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings which show no Irish university in the top 200 globally ranked universities; his plans to address this via a significant capital and research programme at least equivalent to the previous five-year funding cycle of the programme for research in third-level institutions or otherwise; his plans to commit investment in the recurrent grant to higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28352/16]

Speech and Language Therapy Provision

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

59. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a new model of in-school speech and language therapy will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/16]

School Guidance Counsellors

Thomas Byrne

60. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the ex-quota provision of guidance counselling to secondary schools; his views on the benefits to pupils of ex-quota guidance, including advice and direction on third-level options and career, but also importantly, the necessity of ex-quota guidance in view of the serious issues of youth mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28288/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Mick Wallace

61. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an assessment of the effectiveness of current laws, policies and spending on special needs and disability supports in the education system, with a view to publishing a roadmap to meet the rights of children with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28374/16]

Institutes of Technology Funding

Thomas Pringle

62. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional funding available in the upcoming budget to institutes of technology, which have been disproportionately affected by the cuts to third-level institutions since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28377/16]

Industrial Disputes

Ruth Coppinger

63. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland in view of the ballot for industrial action due to issues with terms and conditions, the Lansdowne Road agreement and Croke Park hours. [28383/16]

Emigration Data

Niall Collins

64. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of emigrants who have returned here for employment since the Government came to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/16]

European Council Meetings

Micheál Martin

65. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he had any bilateral at the informal EU council in September 2016. [28157/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

66. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel recently regarding EU immigration in particular. [28159/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

67. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committees which were held in September 2016. [28160/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

68. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on transport met in September 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28161/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Micheál Martin

69. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Ireland is in favour of Article 50 being invoked as soon as possible. [28163/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Micheál Martin

70. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the work done by the group he set up under the auspices of his Department on Brexit. [28164/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Niall Collins

71. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach if he has set up a departmental task force to acquire EU agencies and research projects from the UK that may have to relocate from Britain after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28264/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

72. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on justice last met. [28652/16]

Commissions of Inquiry

Micheál Martin

73. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the progress regarding the setting up of the commission of inquiry into Project Eagle. [28653/16]

Regeneration Projects Status

Micheál Martin

74. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the north Dublin inner city forum; and the actions that have been taken in this regard. [28655/16]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Micheál Martin

75. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the public sector reform measures taken in his Department in the past year. [28657/16]

Public Sector Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

76. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach the number of retired public sector employees in his Department and bodies under its aegis who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28985/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Brian Stanley

77. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Taoiseach the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Darragh O'Brien

78. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made by her and her EU counterparts to protect and assist unaccompanied minors in camps such as Calais; the efforts being made to ensure that such children do not disappear from such camps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28318/16]

Garda Equipment

Mattie McGrath

79. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider fitting all Garda stations with a defibrillator to serve their communities; if the cost of maintaining defibrillator units already fitted at Garda stations by the community could be met by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28044/16]

Garda Compensation

Bobby Aylward

80. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda compensation claims under assessment in her Department from gardaí who have been previously or are stationed in County Carlow, or who were or are residing in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28101/16]

Garda Compensation

Bobby Aylward

81. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda compensation claims under assessment in her Department from gardaí who have been or are stationed in County Kilkenny, or who were or are residing in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28102/16]

Garda Reserve

Michael Healy-Rae

82. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to change the rules whereby members of the Garda Reserve cannot patrol without a garda being with them (details supplied). [28126/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

83. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 2013 for an application for naturalisation to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28131/16]

Legislative Programme

Róisín Shortall

84. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; when she expects to bring the Bill to Second Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28132/16]

Policing Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol regarding the presence of undercover officers from another jurisdiction operating here; if the Garda Commissioner has to authorise the presence of foreign undercover police; if the Garda Commissioner is obliged to inform her of the presence of undercover police officers in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28140/16]

Policing Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the identity of an external activist is revealed to the Garda Commissioner and-or her on foot of authorisation being granted by the Garda Commissioner to another police force to place an external activist under surveillance in the State. [28141/16]

Policing Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards in place to ensure that foreign undercover police officers carrying out surveillance of external activists within the State are not acting as agent provocateurs and that the civil liberties of Irish citizens are not compromised. [28142/16]

Policing Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

88. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the surveillance gathered by foreign undercover police officers while operating in the State is shared with An Garda Síochána. [28143/16]

Policing Co-operation

Pearse Doherty

89. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the definition of exercising police powers when referring to members of undercover police units from another jurisdiction operating in the State. [28144/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

90. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status pursuant to the Zambrano judgment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28145/16]

Visa Applications

Peter Burke

91. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/16]

Visa Applications

Peter Burke

92. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28149/16]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

93. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which an application for residency status and naturalisation has been processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28150/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

94. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if current status can be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28167/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

95. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation in the case of the children of a person (details supplied) will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28172/16]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

96. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28173/16]

Legislative Programme

John Curran

97. Deputy John Curran asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give priority to move the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 through all Stages in Dáil Éireann and if she will indicate a timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28187/16]

Human Trafficking

Charlie McConalogue

98. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation to tackle sex trafficking will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28194/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); the correct procedure to be followed in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28196/16]

Citizenship Applications

Jack Chambers

100. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28201/16]

Asylum Applications

Thomas Pringle

101. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) is used, or has been used in the past, by State agencies involved in the assessment of asylum claims here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28218/16]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

102. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28227/16]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Clare Daly

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in the statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way her Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28230/16]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28233/16]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status and potential eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28267/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

106. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to obtain stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28305/16]

Visa Applications

Jack Chambers

107. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for long stay (join spouse) visa submitted by a person (details supplied) more than a year ago; the reason for the delay in this case; the reason the person has not received any information relating to their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28319/16]