Parliamentary questions

Heritage Projects

Sean Conlan

1056. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is currently available from her Department to carry out emergency works on the court house-market house, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, which is in the ownership of Monaghan County Council, is a building of architectural heritage and is on the list of protected structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20832/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Payments

Sean Conlan

55. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply regarding a request to review the decision reached by her Department to reduce a farm assist payment that was lodged in January 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19214/15]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Sean Conlan

72. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply in relation to an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance. [19485/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sean Conlan

326. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been waiting three years for an operation to have her tonsils removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19446/15]

Medical Card Administration

Sean Conlan

337. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan cannot be processed until such time as her application for disability allowance has been fully processed, despite the fact that the maximum disability allowance payment is €188, which is below the eligibility rate for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/15]

Local Authority Funding

Sean Conlan

498. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the application that has been made by Monaghan County Council or Castleblayney Town Council to his Department for funding for the Court House-Market House, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, since 2009; when such an application was made; the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19677/15]

Architectural Heritage

Sean Conlan

206. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his obligations to ensure that property within the ownership of Monaghan County Council is in compliance with the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010, and in particular in relation to protected structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18973/15]

Architectural Heritage

Sean Conlan

207. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the future viability of the Court House-Market House in Castleblayney in County Monaghan, a protected structure of architectural heritage, is protected and prevented from progressing from a state of endangerment into a state of dereliction, in contravention of the Planning and Development Acts; the funding that can be made available, as a matter of urgency, to prevent this from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Sean Conlan

217. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason residents in the village of Killydoon in County Cavan do not have broadband facilities; when they can expect to be provided with broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18934/15]

Broadband Service Provision

Sean Conlan

218. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason areas in rural County Cavan on the main N55 national route have not been provided with broadband facilities; when such facilities will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18935/15]

Architectural Heritage

Sean Conlan

249. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her obligations to protect structures of architectural heritage from falling into a state of endangerment in contravention of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010; the steps her Department will take to ensure that the owner occupier operates in compliance with the Planning and Development Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18948/15]

Health Services

Sean Conlan

161. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been waiting since June 2014 for further assessment for a possible diagnosis of development co-ordination disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18861/15]

Home Help Service Appeals

Sean Conlan

493. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not received a reply in respect of a home support appeal, despite being informed that she would receive a reply within six weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18564/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Applications

Sean Conlan

62. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a reply to an application for farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17203/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Sean Conlan

72. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a response to an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17231/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sean Conlan

330. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is waiting three years for a follow-up procedure from a knee replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17493/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Sean Conlan

408. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan is waiting over a year for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17809/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Sean Conlan

133. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the amount spent, by category, on new school buildings in voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools and education and training boards schools which were formerly under the vocational education committees, since 1 January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15897/15]

Schools Refurbishment

Sean Conlan

134. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on money spent on capital grants for refurbishment and improvement of existing school buildings, by category, in voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools and education and training boards schools that were formerly under the vocational education committees, since 1 January 2010; if the details will include the average amount spent per school in the three categories of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15898/15]

Summer Works Scheme Expenditure

Sean Conlan

135. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on money spent on summer works projects in voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools and education and training board schools that were formerly under the vocational education committees, since 1 January 2010; if details will include the average amount spent per school in the three categories of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15899/15]

Electricity Transmission Network

Sean Conlan

255. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the exact transmission capacity required for the underground Grid West option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

63. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the brief for accommodation requirements in her Department's premises in Ballybay, County Monaghan, to include all specification requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12654/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Sean Conlan

104. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts he or his officials have held with the rural and economic development division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and with the Department of Social Protection to ensure that a proper consultation process is entered into between the Office of Public Works and the five property owners who have expressed an interest in providing premises to the Department of Social Protection to ensure the retention of that Department's offices in Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12653/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Sean Conlan

105. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he took cognisance of the fact that the property owners in Ballybay in County Monaghan who offered their premises to the Department of Social Protection were willing to give an undertaking to carry out all upgrading works at their own expense when reaching a decision to disregard all five properties as being unsuitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12655/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Sean Conlan

106. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify comments (details supplied) that it would not be financially sustainable based on prevailing rental levels in circumstances in which rental costs for proposed offices elsewhere are higher than they are in Ballybay, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/15]

Jobs Protection

Sean Conlan

130. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to protect public jobs in rural Ireland (details supplied) which are within the discretion of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12663/15]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Sean Conlan

168. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stolen licensed guns that were recovered by An Garda Síochána following serious crime in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12658/15]

Firearms Licences

Sean Conlan

169. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gun licence applications that have been refused since 2011; the number of those decisions that were overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12659/15]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Sean Conlan

170. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensed guns that were reported as stolen in the past 12 months, excluding guns which are marked as damaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12660/15]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Sean Conlan

171. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána have included toy guns and fake guns in their statistics of the number of stolen guns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12661/15]

School Staff

Sean Conlan

231. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse her Department's decision to place a permanent teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan onto the panel, in circumstances where the school has in excess of 25 hours allocated for resource and learning support, and has now lost two permeant teachers in one year. [12657/15]

North-South Interconnector

Sean Conlan

260. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the North South Interconnect Project did not have the same methodologies applied as grid west when considering viable underground route options, despite the fact that the independent expert panel had requested additional information in relation to underground options, and in particular the findings of the Tobin Report, which indicated that a trench of 1.1 metre wide and 1.35 metre in depth was required in comparison with the Parsons Brinckerhoff Power Report, which showed the necessity for a 20 to 22 metre working swathe, which meant that the local and regional roads were not wide enough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12662/15]

Departmental Funding

Sean Conlan

278. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the formal submission received, if she will provide funding for a World War One memorial at the Market House in Ballybay in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12652/15]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

151. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the directions given to locate offices in Ballybay, County Monaghan for the administrative arrangements for the public service card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11267/15]

Electricity Transmission Network

Sean Conlan

932. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Tobin report was within EirGrid's knowledge when the independent expert panel requested additional information regarding details of EirGrid's consideration of the suitability of public roads and disused railways lines for an underground cable route option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/15]

Departmental Offices

Sean Conlan

168. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department has failed and refused to engage in any meaningful process with the property owners (details supplied) in Ballybay, County Monaghan, who have made their town centre premises available to her Department as an alternative location for her departmental office, which is currently located at Main Street, Ballybay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10117/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

228. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason no proper consultation has taken place between the Office of Public Works, the Department of Social Protection and property owners in Ballybay, County Monaghan, to find an alternative premises to ensure that the Department of Social Protection jobs will be retained in Ballybay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

229. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken by his Department and the Office of Public Works to have an alternative premises in Ballybay, County Monaghan, made available to the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10114/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

230. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason, despite the fact that four property owners (details supplied) in Ballybay, County Monaghan, have offered their premises to the Office of Public Works, and have undertaken to do any upgrading works necessary at their own expense, his Department has failed and refused to engage with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10115/15]

Job Retention

Sean Conlan

260. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with the Department of Social Protection and the Office of Public Works to ensure the social protection jobs are retained (details supplied) in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if he will ensure that Ballybay, as a rural town, does not suffer a wholly unnecessary blow with the loss of the second largest employer in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10116/15]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Sean Conlan

405. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Health Service Executive districts implement the same policy as the executive has in place in County Galway in allowing interviews to take place via Skype for eligible applicants who were forced to emigrate (details supplied) and who wish to return home to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/15]

Hospital Facilities

Sean Conlan

410. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the reason the on-site car park designated for the nursing staff of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, has been reallocated by the Health Service Executive and provided to the doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/15]

Fuel Laundering

Sean Conlan

508. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken to stop pollution by toxic sludge from diesel laundering of the waterways in County Monaghan, in particular in the River Fane and Lough Muckno; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/15]

Fuel Laundering

Sean Conlan

509. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will liaise with the Department for the Environment in Northern Ireland to set up a cross-Border task force to deal with the issue of pollution as a result of toxic sludge from diesel laundering in the Border areas of County Monaghan and south Armagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/15]

Fuel Laundering

Sean Conlan

510. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will take water samples from the River Fane at Castleblayney, Inniskeen and Dundalk, and from various locations on Lough Muckno to have these samples properly analysed and to have the results of the testing made known to the persons in counties Monaghan and Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9995/15]

Electricity Transmission Network

Sean Conlan

557. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Tobin report was used in assessing whether it was feasible to have the North-South interconnector project put underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10119/15]

Departmental Funding

Sean Conlan

625. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide €7,675 in funding for a First World War memorial at the Market House, Ballybay, County Monaghan, for which funding has been requested by the Ballybay World War I committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10118/15]

Live Register Data

Sean Conlan

161. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons in County Monaghan and County Cavan who have signed off the live register since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7134/15]

Carbon Tax Implementation

Sean Conlan

211. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the carbon tax, in view of the competitive disadvantage suffered by suppliers in the southern Border counties, in comparison to their northern counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6655/15]

Departmental Funding

Sean Conlan

344. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Health the funding his Department makes available to senior citizen community groups, in circumstances where it does not fall within the criteria for national lottery funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6652/15]