Parliamentary questions

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Anne Rabbitte

630. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the affordable housing scheme will be open to applicants in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39501/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Anne Rabbitte

631. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of affordable houses built under an affordable housing scheme which would not include standard local authority housing, HAP or rent supplement in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by scheme in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39502/19]

Consumer Protection

Anne Rabbitte

107. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent survey by an association (details supplied) found that, of a sample of toys purchased from third party sellers on online marketplaces, 58% were non-compliant with UK toy safety regulations and 22% had significant safety issues; and the steps she is taking to address this. [38924/19]

Consumer Protection

Anne Rabbitte

108. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged with her ministerial colleagues regarding the sale of toys by online retailers to consumers here in order to ensure that toys being sold meet Irish and EU quality standards. [38925/19]

Children in Care

Anne Rabbitte

595. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Department that has primary responsibility for the education of children in the care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/19]

Children in Care

Anne Rabbitte

596. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the data collected to assess educational outcomes for children in the care of the State; the Departments that have responsibility for collecting such data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37029/19]

Tax Credits

Anne Rabbitte

102. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home carer’s tax credit by increments (details supplied) in tabular form. [35435/19]

Crime Data

Anne Rabbitte

699. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department maintains a database of unsolved homicide and manslaughter cases here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36640/19]

Health and Safety Regulations

Anne Rabbitte

718. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent survey by an association (details supplied) found that of a sample of toys purchased from third-party sellers on online marketplaces, 58% were non-compliant with UK toy safety regulations and 22% had significant safety issues; and the steps she is taking to address the potential sale of unsafe toys to consumers here by online sellers. [35077/19]

Health and Safety Regulations

Anne Rabbitte

719. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her role in ensuring that the goods sold to consumers here by online marketplaces meet Irish and EU quality standards. [35078/19]

Health and Safety Regulations

Anne Rabbitte

720. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her role in ensuring that the goods sold to retailers here by online marketplaces meet Irish and EU quality standards. [35079/19]

Health and Safety Regulations

Anne Rabbitte

721. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or agencies under its aegis conduct inspections of toy retailers to ensure that the toys being sold in shops here meet the standards set out by SI No. 14 of 2011 - European Communities (Safety of Toys) Regulations 2011. [35080/19]

Health and Safety Regulations

Anne Rabbitte

722. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been convictions against or fines on retailers for selling toys that do not meet the standards set out by SI No. 14 of 2011 - European Communities (Safety of Toys) Regulations 2011. [35081/19]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

928. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the estimated average annual cost of operating the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain Institutions Act 2015 since the inception of the scheme. [35365/19]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data

Anne Rabbitte

929. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that accessed the various supports such as medical cards that were extended under the Redress for Women in Certain Institutions Act 2015 since its inception. [35366/19]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Anne Rabbitte

1027. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the provision of services specified under Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 in each year since its initiation; and the number of women that have benefited from the section of the Act in each year in tabular form. [35769/19]

Patient Data

Anne Rabbitte

1324. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted for alcohol and drug related illnesses in hospitals in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, including inpatient visits and to accident and emergency units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36638/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

1545. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the involvement of his Department in an organisation (details supplied); the amount invested in same to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36644/19]

Departmental Funding

Anne Rabbitte

1637. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the involvement of his Department in an organisation (details supplied); the amount invested in same to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36643/19]

School Completion Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1656. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that received targeted interventions under the school completion programme in the 2018/2019 school year. [35999/19]

Care Orders

Anne Rabbitte

1657. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special care orders which were granted in respect of children and young persons in each of the past five years. [36503/19]

Childcare Education and Training Support Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1658. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 on the childcare employment training scheme in tabular form; the number of persons that benefitted from it for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36641/19]

Community Childcare Subvention Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1659. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, on the community childcare subvention scheme; the number of persons that benefited from it for each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36642/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Anne Rabbitte

1666. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the AIM scheme to support preschool aged children attending full day care. [35101/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Anne Rabbitte

1667. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the AIM scheme to support school aged children attending full day care. [35102/19]

Childcare Services Administration

Anne Rabbitte

1668. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rules for childcare providers in relation to deposits; and if it is permissible for childcare providers to hold two separate deposits, that is, one for the child’s ECCE place and one for the child’s place in a part-time private childcare place. [35103/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Anne Rabbitte

1669. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when ECCE providers are notified of changes to the ECCE contracts; the mechanism through which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35104/19]

City and County Child Care Committees

Anne Rabbitte

1670. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many county childcare committees have different interpretations of ECCE contractual requirements; and the steps she will take to address same. [35105/19]

Early Childhood Care and Education Data

Anne Rabbitte

1673. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the ECCE capitation rates by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively; and the estimated first and full-year cost of extending the duration of the ECCE year by 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks, respectively from September 2019 onwards in tabular form. [35424/19]

School Completion Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1674. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [35425/19]

School Completion Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1675. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes in operation nationally; the number of children availing of such programmes; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35426/19]

School Completion Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1676. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes that were in operation nationally in 2009; the number of children availing of such programmes in 2009; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35427/19]

School Completion Programme

Anne Rabbitte

1677. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in the school completion programme on a full-time, part-time and sessional basis to date in 2019; the number employed in 2009, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35428/19]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

1678. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring each family resource centre has three full-time equivalent staff members. [35429/19]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

1679. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres in operation in 2008; and the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2008, in tabular form. [35430/19]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

1680. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres in operation to date in 2019; and the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2019, in tabular form. [35431/19]

Family Support Services

Anne Rabbitte

1681. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of hiring an additional family support worker. [35432/19]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Anne Rabbitte

1682. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full amount of funding provided to Tusla in 2019. [35433/19]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Anne Rabbitte

1683. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of providing the 2019 living wage to each member of staff within her Department and within agencies under the aegis of her Department. [35434/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1699. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which early years inspectors make registration inspections with reference to the average waiting times between initial inspection and report finalisation. [36370/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1700. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in the event of a service being removed or deregistered from the early years register, this deregistration applies to the person appointed as the service provider or the service itself. [36371/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1701. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in the event of a service being removed from the early years register, there are consequences for other services operated by the same service provider. [36372/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1702. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of services that are deemed non-compliant by service type, that is, sessional full day and county, in tabular form. [36373/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1703. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or an agency operating under its aegis assigns a risk rating to early years services that have been inspected. [36374/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1704. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is mandatory or policy for early years inspectors who find non-Garda-vetted members of staff on site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36375/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1705. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a memorandum of understanding between Tusla and An Garda Síochána to allow early years inspectors who find non-Garda vetted members of staff on-site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36376/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1706. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which an early years inspector can report a fire safety concern to the relevant authorities; and the follow-up that is then expected from the fire service. [36377/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1707. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of fitness to practise letters issued to early years employees with qualifications from other countries by county and year of issuance since 2016, in tabular form. [36378/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1708. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average frequency of inspections of early years services by county, in tabular form. [36379/19]

Child Abuse

Anne Rabbitte

1709. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high priority cases of retrospective child abuse referred by Tusla to An Garda Síochána between 2016 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36632/19]

Child and Family Agency Investigations

Anne Rabbitte

1710. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an audit will be carried out by Tusla of the historic case files relating to child abuse held in the headquarters of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36633/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1711. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years providers being investigated by the national panel of Tusla by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36634/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1712. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years national panel of Tusla across all service types that is sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36635/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1713. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years registration panel of Tusla across all service types, that is, sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36636/19]

Early Years Sector

Anne Rabbitte

1714. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria Tusla follows when it defines an early years provider as critical on its risk register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36637/19]

Care Orders

Anne Rabbitte

1718. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young persons admitted to special care facilities in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36757/19]

Adoption Authority of Ireland Data

Anne Rabbitte

1719. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the access of Tusla to the client identity services of the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36768/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

31. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; and the person or body that sought each study. [32949/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

73. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32939/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

130. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32943/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

197. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32942/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

295. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32947/19]

School Funding

Anne Rabbitte

335. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to groups that provide safe internet usage education in primary schools in each of the past three years by project in tabular form. [34429/19]

Transition Year Selection Process

Anne Rabbitte

353. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can choose to make transition year compulsory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31643/19]

Pupil Data Collection

Anne Rabbitte

354. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fifth or sixth year students aged 18 years or over that attended secondary school for each of the school years 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

508. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32940/19]

Special Educational Needs Data

Anne Rabbitte

524. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in direct provision centres partaking in the July provision programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33168/19]

Teachers' Professional Development

Anne Rabbitte

635. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if ongoing training or CPD training is offered to teachers on online bullying, harassment or illegal behaviour among children and appropriate responses to this behaviour within a school setting; and if so, the details of training provided. [34491/19]

School Funding

Anne Rabbitte

636. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for the purposes of school hiring external facilitators to educate students on safe online behaviour in each of the past five years with reference to the provider receiving this funding. [34492/19]

Garda Operations

Anne Rabbitte

667. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if queries have been raised with the Embassy of the United States of America regarding the publication of a security alert relating to a festival (details supplied) on 5 to 7 July 2019, which it published online; if An Garda Síochána made contact with the embassy in advance of the alert; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31742/19]

Direct Provision Data

Anne Rabbitte

672. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that resided and reside in direct provision centres in each county in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number of children aged zero to five, five to ten and ten to 18 years of age in each centre in each of the periods, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31859/19]

Direct Provision Data

Anne Rabbitte

673. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed sites for direct provision centres in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31860/19]

Immigration Controls

Anne Rabbitte

680. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a US resident can visit Ireland as a tourist for two separate periods of three months in a calendar year as long as there is a gap of 90 days between the two visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32009/19]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Anne Rabbitte

769. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review Part 11 or Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 on extending anti-social behaviour orders to social media usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32622/19]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Anne Rabbitte

770. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile good behaviour contracts issued in each of the years from 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32623/19]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Anne Rabbitte

771. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile anti-social behaviour orders issued in each of the years from 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019 under Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32624/19]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Anne Rabbitte

772. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile anti-social behaviour orders issued in each of the years from 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019 under Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/19]

Immigration Status

Anne Rabbitte

810. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied) lodged with the INIS in May 2018; when the person can expect a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32909/19]

Departmental Surveys

Anne Rabbitte

813. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/19]

Community Policing

Anne Rabbitte

952. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if training is provided to community gardaí for online bullying, harassment or illegal behaviour among children and-or adults. [34475/19]

Community Policing

Anne Rabbitte

953. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if training is provided to community gardaí for appropriately responding to online bullying, harassment or illegal behaviour among children. [34476/19]

Departmental Functions

Anne Rabbitte

1010. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of feasibility studies conducted by her Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32935/19]

Disability Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

1374. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for disability services by county in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32686/19]

Hospital Beds Data

Anne Rabbitte

1397. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term stay beds available in Raheen Community Hospital, Scarriff, County Clare; and if a person (details supplied) that is a patient fulfils the criteria to obtain a long-term stay bed at the facility. [32762/19]

Departmental Projects

Anne Rabbitte

1446. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32944/19]

Departmental Projects

Anne Rabbitte

2076. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32934/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Anne Rabbitte

2232. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and location of primary and secondary schools connected to high speed broadband; the number and locations of schools awaiting connection to high speed broadband in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32641/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Anne Rabbitte

2233. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a nursing home (details supplied) is due to be connected to high speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32642/19]

Departmental Surveys

Anne Rabbitte

2238. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/19]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Anne Rabbitte

2273. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason community based organisations are not being allocated work under the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme; if funding of such work for community based organisation has ceased; if his Department has considered measures to avoid job redundancies as a result of the ceasing of allocations; his plans to fulfil the commitment to have 50,000 homes retrofitted per annum as per the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33495/19]

Online Safety

Anne Rabbitte

2292. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of actions contained within the Action Plan for Online Safety, with reference to the amount of funding allocated to each action. [34345/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Anne Rabbitte

2293. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times that he and-or Ministers of State within his Department have met An Taoiseach regarding the Action Plan for Online Safety. [34346/19]

Roads Maintenance

Anne Rabbitte

2326. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which in terms of quantification of the coverage, amount of emergency, and periodic repairs a supplier or contractor supplies versus price is measured by local authorities and TII; if it is measured on a euro to square foot basis; if it is measured on a euro to square meter basis; if it is measured on a euro per kilometre of pavement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34600/19]

Roads Maintenance

Anne Rabbitte

2327. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the line drawn with regard to pavement repairs on local and regional roads when deciding if the repairs are periodic or emergency (details supplied); the person or body that makes the decision which contractor to employ to repair the defect when it is not put to public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34601/19]

Roads Maintenance

Anne Rabbitte

2328. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ways in which the efficiencies of suppliers of emergency and periodic pavement and highway repairs are quantified and measured within TII and local authorities; the way in which the local authorities and TII know the way in which they are getting value for money when engaging contractors in emergency repairs that are not put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34682/19]

Road Safety

Anne Rabbitte

2389. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the introduction of a special speed limit zone of 50 km/h outside schools in order to reduce the chances of a road traffic accident involving children; if he has considered such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32446/19]

Departmental Reports

Anne Rabbitte

2407. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of feasibility studies conducted by his Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32950/19]

Tender Process

Anne Rabbitte

2510. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and process set by his Department for TII in the tendering for works by an SME to carry out emergency pavement and highway repairs along the national routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34598/19]

Roads Maintenance

Anne Rabbitte

2511. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the calculated costs of closing a national, regional and local road, respectively, for periodic pavement repairs on an hourly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34602/19]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

2512. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the quarterly spend by TII on emergency highway, roadway and pavement repairs that are not put through the public tender system; if they can quantify that to a square foot, square meter or per kilometre of road (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/19]