Parliamentary questions

Rural Resettlement Scheme

Catherine Connolly

149. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money granted to rural resettlement each year since 2012 in respect of the Government's commitment to rural resettlement; the current uptake of the scheme; if he will reinstate funding to Rural Resettlement Ireland, whose funding was cut in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31151/16]

Equality Legislation

Catherine Connolly

104. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to introduce socio-economic status as a discrimination ground following legislative and case law trends across Europe and to ensure Ireland meets its obligations under EU and international law, such as the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Article 21) and recommendations from Ireland's second UN universal periodic review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34565/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have been refused a SUSI grant due to the fact they could not comply with the rigid requirement for specific documentation in relation to proof of address and, more particularly, in relation to those students who live with a relative and-or a friend and do not have utility bills but notwithstanding that it is their home and their address for social protection payments; the number of appeals that have been made arising from these circumstances and the number that were successful; the number of appeals that have been made to the Student Grant Appeal Board and the number that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33897/16]

State Aid

Catherine Connolly

124. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the EU's general court ruling that the Government had provided illegal state aid to a refinery (details supplied) in the amount of €10 million when the refinery was owned by a company; if the Government and-or the company has appealed this ruling; if so, if they have received a date for the hearing of the appeal; if the Government has placed the €10 million and-or the required sum into an escrow account; the legal costs incurred by the State in all hearings to date in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33648/16]

Alternative Energy Projects

Catherine Connolly

198. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide copies of the environmental appropriate assessment and the environmental impact assessment reports for the original ten year foreshore lease granted to the Marine Institute in 2006 for the wave energy test site in Spiddal, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33470/16]

Alternative Energy Projects

Catherine Connolly

199. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the UNESCO world heritage Burren and Cliffs of Moher site was excluded from the environmental impact assessment screening process in relation to a foreshore lease application (details supplied) to construct an offshore electricity generating station on Galway Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33471/16]

Exploration Licences Data

Catherine Connolly

463. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of all existing applications to frack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

68. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 1 June 2016, the status of the application to construct a boundary wall between a school and a residential area (details supplied) given that all issues have now been resolved and all requested information has been provided. [33221/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Catherine Connolly

140. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/16]

Hospital Equipment

Catherine Connolly

144. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE west has the necessary funds to replace equipment (details supplied); if not, when it will be provided with the funds; the specific time span for the provision of the equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33216/16]

Departmental Offices

Catherine Connolly

112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked 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 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32332/16]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Catherine Connolly

17. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé mhéid airgid a chuir an Rialtas ar fáil d'Údarás na Gaeltachta sna blianta 2015 agus 2016 agus i mBuiséad 2017; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [31149/16]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Catherine Connolly

20. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money that was made available to counties under the town and village renewal scheme in tabular form; specifically which towns and villages; of those funds made available, the proportion that was used; the review process and analysis in place for the effectiveness of the scheme; the results of such a review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31152/16]

Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge

Catherine Connolly

24. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an féidir léi soiléiriú agus míniú a thabhairt maidir leis an laghdú 9% ó thaobh na teanga, na Gaeltachta agus na n-oileán de; cé na heagraíochtaí agus na scéimeanna a bheidh thíos leis an laghdú seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [31148/16]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Catherine Connolly

34. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ós rud é go ndúirt an Rialtas in 2007 go raibh siad ag glacadh le moltaí an SCT (Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíochta), an bhfuil sé ar intinn acu na moltaí tábhachtacha a chur i bhfeidhm; go háirithe an bhfuil an moladh maidir le SLG (Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge) a fhorbairt agus a fheabhsú le cur i bhfeidhm; cén costas a bhainfeadh le moltaí an SCT a chur i bhfeidhm; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [31150/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Catherine Connolly

38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the appointment procedure in place for the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, in particular the procedures which were used by the Council of the Bar of Ireland for choosing its nominee to the authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/16]

Foreshore Licence Conditions

Catherine Connolly

77. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the additional one year foreshore lease for the Galway bay test site, March 2016 - March 2017, granted and dated 11 July 2016, which was applied for by the Marine Institute, Oranmore, County Galway, to continue to occupy and to utilise the existing facility under the terms and conditions of the original lease granted in 2006 (details supplied), is an extension of time only, and that no other conditions or changes have been made or granted in the one year foreshore lease extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/16]

Foreshore Licence Conditions

Catherine Connolly

78. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the original foreshore lease document (details supplied) amounts to thirteen pages, while the granted one-year, short-term foreshore lease extension document is 60 pages long in relation to the foreshore lease applied for by the Marine Institute; if he will confirm the substantive differences between the two documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31018/16]

Foreshore Licence Conditions

Catherine Connolly

79. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the foreshore lease extension of one year has been granted to the Marine Institute for the Galway Bay test site without environmental impact assessments having been conducted for this lease extension, as required under national and EU legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31072/16]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding

Catherine Connolly

118. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs given the importance of job creation in helping to retain sustainable communities in Gaeltacht areas and given Údarás na Gaeltachta's confirmation that an increase in its capital budget to €12 million per annum would enable it to create an additional 1,000 new jobs over three years, if she will commit to this funding request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22913/16]