Parliamentary questions

House Purchase Schemes

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider examining the Rentplus scheme in the UK, which helps people to buy affordable homes, with a view to initiating a similar scheme across the State. [28873/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

141. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses which have been selected for hardcore testing, had a second test done and been refused entry into the pyrite remediation scheme. [28926/16]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

164. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on reports showing that Irish employees of American multinationals based here can receive a monetary reward for reporting fraud offences within their workplace; his views on the fact that 51 Irish citizens have provided information under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 between 2011 and 2015; his views on the fact that financial incentives based on this scheme have been paid to 21 Irish citizens; if he will replicate this US anti-corruption innovation in keeping with some of his other strategic decisions; and if his officials have produced any reports, analysis or projections pertaining to such a scheme. [28860/16]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in respect of his comments at the Joint Committee on Health on 29 September 2016, the reason there are no national guidelines for dealing with maternal death; the reason the HSE did not approach the widowers and partners whose names are in HSE records who have endured maternal deaths for appropriate support guidelines, based on those views. [28840/16]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

183. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the report on changes in Sligo University Hospital (details supplied) will be issued. [28841/16]

Defence Forces Personnel

Clare Daly

246. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to respond to the issues raised by a person (details supplied). [28810/16]

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]

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]

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]

Prison Education Service

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at present, in each institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28401/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers she has under the legislation to take action in instances where there are allegations that proper procedures have not been followed by any organisation or body in nominating individuals to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority. [28411/16]

Judicial Appointments

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the appointment of judges to districts in which they had formerly had a large solicitors practice; and the details of the regulations and legislation pertaining to managing potential conflicts of interest given that in such circumstances a person would be appearing as a judge before parties and defendants that they had earlier represented as a solicitor. [28544/16]

Judicial Investigations

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a number of complaints by solicitors and other legal practitioners against a person (details supplied); and if she will investigate the matter. [28545/16]

Judicial Pay

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if travel and subsistence expenses claimed by judges are vouched and audited; and her views on the €780,000 in expenses claimed by judges in the first half of 2016. [28546/16]

Independent Review Mechanism

Clare Daly

123. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the commencement of the statutory inquiry in relation to a case (details supplied); when it will be convened; and the likely timeframe for completion. [28616/16]

Education Policy

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way his Department engages with the programme for a partnership Government's commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28232/16]

School Transport Provision

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide transport for young adults attending special services. [28333/16]

School Curriculum

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the ISL programme in secondary schools currently available to those in the junior cycle to encourage an increase in the take-up of the use of Irish Sign Language. [28512/16]

Home Tuition Scheme

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families with deaf children who are availing of his Department's home tuition scheme; and the steps his Department is currently taking to advertise this scheme to the public. [28547/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the discrepancy in the advocacy services here, whereby there are currently only three persons employed by the service here while there are 26 employed in similar services in Northern Ireland, which has a significantly smaller deaf population. [28492/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

222. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 638 of 16 September 2016, if he will exercise his powers under section 222 of the Local Government Act 2001 to request the information sought from the local authority in question. [28096/16]

Local Authority Funding

Clare Daly

236. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the offer of assistance his Department made to Sligo County Council, conditional on the council agreeing to increase the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/16]

Northern Ireland

Clare Daly

317. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the ongoing incarceration of a person (details supplied) in Maghaberry Prison on revocation of licence with no clear reason provided by the authorities; and his views on whether this is a breach of international law. [28312/16]

Anti-Terrorism Measures

Clare Daly

320. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding reports that civil servants from his Department, along with the Irish Aviation Authority, entered into a bilateral agreement with the RAF, the Civil Aviation Authority, the British Ministry for Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to permit the British military to conduct armed operations in Irish sovereign or Irish-controlled airspace in the event of a real time envisaged threat of a terrorist related attack from the skies on either this country or a neighbouring state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27095/16]

Diplomatic Representation

Clare Daly

322. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent health issues of a person (details supplied); if his Department has made a representation to ensure that he, as an Irish citizen imprisoned without due course to international law, is being provided with the appropriate medical care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on maximum lump sum payments to retiring public servants in 2016, in view of media commentary to the effect that sums of €1 million have been paid out. [28554/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Clare Daly

386. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the policy implemented under the fair deal scheme by which residents in nursing homes are allocated a daily allowance of €6.34; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28193/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Clare Daly

416. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting 13 months for an application to be processed for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28331/16]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department expects to complete an examination of overstocking at fish farms operated by a company (details supplied); and if the examination will include potential damage to the marine environment and to the organic status of the fish produced at the sites. [28064/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

484. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conduct the proposed review of aquaculture licensing; and if he will suspend all aquaculture licensing pending the outcome of the review. [28065/16]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Clare Daly

485. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public money that has been spent by Bord lascaigh Mhara to date on its proposed licence application for a giant fish farm off Inishturk. [28066/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

536. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has to date exercised his powers under section 29A of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 to demand that Horse Racing Ireland provides a full account of the way the reappointment of its chief executive officer complies with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. [28503/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

537. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has to date exercised his powers under section 29A of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 to give a direction to Horse Racing Ireland on its compliance with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies or any other code or policy issued by the Government. [28504/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

538. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department had any contact from any member of the board of Horse Racing Ireland prior to 13 July 2016 noting that support for the reappointment of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland was not unanimous within the board. [28505/16]

State Bodies

Clare Daly

539. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 12 July 2016, in which he stated (details supplied), in view of the fact that on the same day the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform stated in Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 July 2016 that he had sanctioned the reappointment of the chief executive officer based on the strength of the business case presented to him, which was strongly supported by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [28506/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

540. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which his Department requested permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the contract of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland by a further five years. [28507/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

541. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions between his Department and the Department of Finance regarding the latter's stated position in 2011 that the contract governing the second term of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland should preclude that person from retaining their position when that second term came to an end. [28508/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

542. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his statement at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 27 September 2016 regarding amendments to the pay and entitlements of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland; if he will clarify specifically the amendment of pay and entitlements which took place and when; if those amendments did not encompass basic pay and pension entitlements; if the chief executive officer's pay up to the date that they finished their second term was €191,000 plus €56,000 in pension entitlements; and the details of all pay and entitlements contained in the chief executive officer's new contract. [28509/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

543. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not insist upon an open competition to fill the role of chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland when the incumbent's second term in the role came to an end. [28510/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

546. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were homed by the Irish Greyhound Board in 2015; the arrangements which were made for retired racing greyhounds that were not homed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28555/16]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

547. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were euthanised at greyhound tracks here after sustaining racing injures; if the statistics for injuries to greyhounds during racing can be published by the Irish Greyhound Board on a track by track basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

548. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money the Irish Greyhound Board expended on retired greyhounds which were finished racing in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28557/16]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the surplus moneys allocated to the greyhound industry in 2015 which was spent on greyhound welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28558/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

550. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Coursing Club has a homing scheme for retired coursing dogs; the number of dogs the Irish Coursing Club rehomed in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/16]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the Departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/16]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

611. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 963 of 27 September 2016, if Tusla will refer children for assessment to centres that are not registered as residential centres with Tusla. [28578/16]

NAMA Investigations

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the serious allegations and revelations regarding NAMA's activities both North and South; the steps he has taken to address these matters; his plans to freeze all NAMA activity until such time as a full and thorough inquiry into all aspects of NAMA's work has concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/16]

Insurance Costs

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address spiralling insurance costs and the allegations that price signalling by insurance companies is leading them to increase insurance costs to a point that those costs are threatening the capacity of many small businesses to continue in operation. [27543/16]

Departmental Agencies Board Appointments

Clare Daly

58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date her Department requested the Bar Council to appoint nominees to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority; and the date they were given to have the names of the nominees submitted. [27953/16]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she referred the matter of the conflict between the evidence given to the O'Higgins inquiry by two senior Garda and a person (details supplied) regarding a meeting that took place between them in Mullingar to GSOC; the expected timeframe of the investigation; and if the report will be published. [27955/16]