Parliamentary questions

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

898. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that an association (details supplied) prohibits participants in the sport from having any vote in the affairs of the association or in the election of its governing body in view of the fact that the association has historically been and is currently recognised by Sport Ireland as the sport's national governing body, which recognition, given the exclusion of ordinary participants in the sport from the body, is ultra vires to the terms of the Irish Sports Council Act 1999, as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26918/16]

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

899. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grounds upon which a national governing body which does not allow any democratic participation of members is recognised as a national governing body by Sport Ireland; and the checks in such circumstances performed by his Department or Sport Ireland regarding the way public funds given to such a national governing body are spent. [26919/16]

Sports Funding

Clare Daly

900. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all groups or entities in receipt of public funds from Sport Ireland must fulfil criteria (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor. [26920/16]

Road Safety

Clare Daly

902. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission an independent study into the safety of zebra crossings as a potentially efficient and cost-effective measure that could be implemented to assist pedestrians crossing roads, given that some local authorities claim they are unsafe. [26937/16]

Aviation Policy

Clare Daly

903. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the review he is commissioning into the new runway at Dublin Airport; and the steps he has taken to ensure the daa recognises the enormous losses being experienced by residents in the area and takes appropriate steps to minimise the negative impact and provide effective compensation. [27011/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

960. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the aims of the United Survivors group in regard to the commission of inquiry into the mother and baby homes for an end to the use of the word "home" in reference to mothers and babies' institutions, and to the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry to include illegal adoptions and stolen babies. [27003/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

961. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to deliver a State apology and memorial garden to all survivors of mother and baby institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27004/16]

Child and Family Agency Services

Clare Daly

963. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1926 of 16 September 2016, if Tusla has agreed to make referrals to the centre in question as noted in documentation lodged with An Bord Pleanála (details supplied) should the development go ahead; the way in which such an agreement to place children between the ages of three and ten in a residential assessment setting for up to 15 weeks fits with Tusla's current policies regarding placements for children under 12 years of age; and her views regarding the appropriateness of holding children as young as three years of age in a privately run centre for up to 15 weeks for assessment.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27201/16]

Defence Forces Pensions

Clare Daly

968. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence , further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 29 September 2015, the reason section 13(2) had been predetermined as applying at that time even though no decision on the pension had been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26502/16]

Defence Forces Pensions

Clare Daly

969. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the circumstances or rules applied by his Department not to have section 13(2) applied on a case under the Army Pensions Act where previous compensation was awarded. [26503/16]

Defence Forces Pensions

Clare Daly

970. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether it is acceptable that a person who has been deemed permanently incapable of work as a result of an injury acquired in the Defence Forces which led to them being medically discharged would be granted a reduced pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26504/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

974. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions No. 308 of 2 June 2016, 88 of 21 January 2016 and 1950 of 16 September 2016, his plans to update the Defence Forces' data management systems such that important data regarding Defence Forces prescribing practices and their outcomes and consequences are available for analysis. [26909/16]

Boundary Disputes

Clare Daly

15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 27 January 2016, if she is aware of research related to increasing property boundary disputes (details supplied); if she is concerned by the harm such disputes could have on the trust which the public has in the State authority; if she will address matters (details supplied) related to the PRAI mechanism; if a person lacking adequate professional oversight could be involved in registrations or applications for same without that being open to challenge; and in determining whether an application map is suitable for registration purposes, does that determination by the PRAI rest on a narrow range of technical issues or if it also employs a consumer protection analysis. [24404/16]

Policing Co-operation

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) was paid by her Department or by An Garda Síochána for undercover work spying on Shell to Sea and Irish anti-war activists. [24869/16]

Departmental Contracts

Clare Daly

71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for her Department's decision to award the contract for the State's privatised speed camera system to a company (details supplied), in view of the fact that when the contract was awarded a former director of another company (details supplied) which owns 16% of the company was awaiting sentencing in the United States having admitted to fraud, corruption and bribery; the reason the decision was taken to award the contract to this company in view of the fact that it is based in the Isle of Man; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24919/16]

Irish Prison Service

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scoring structure used in assessing applications for recruitment to chief officer 2 - work and training in the Irish Prison Service. [24969/16]

Prison Medical Service

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of medical posts unfilled across the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25032/16]

Irish Prison Service

Clare Daly

92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the production of a code of ethics for the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25033/16]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

93. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the publication of the audit and evaluation of the prisoner complaint procedure by the Inspector of Prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25034/16]

Prison Staff

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to appoint a director of prison health care services as required by the Care and Rehabilitation Directorate under Prison Rule 99(2). [25035/16]

Irish Prison Service

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken in relation to relocating the Irish Prison Service headquarters from Longford in order to improve the organisation of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25036/16]

Prisoner Data

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 21 April 2016, if she will provide information outlining the length of each sentence, such information having been provided in similar Parliamentary Questions submitted previously; the reason this is being withheld now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25037/16]

Prison Service Strategies

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding initiatives she has taken in relation to the possibility of converting some of the countries prisons to low security status, particularly for women prisoners, in view of the fact that the overwhelming majority of prisons are of closed medium security; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25051/16]

Commissions of Investigation

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a commission of investigation into the case of a person (details supplied). [25390/16]

Equality Legislation

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the implications of the ruling on 9 February 2016 by the High Court of Northern Ireland (details supplied); her plans to amend Irish equality legislation such that cohabiting partners are no longer discriminated against relative to their married peers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25462/16]

Law Reform Proposals

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update and amend the Succession Act 1965. [25473/16]

Direct Provision Data

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision for periods of three years and beyond; her plans to end this treatment of refugees and asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25553/16]

Prison Service Strategies

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no published strategy for young adults in prison despite commitments by the Irish Prison Service that this would be in place by the end of 2015; the reason for the delay; the steps she has taken to address the lack of action to deliver a specific regime for young adults in prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25650/16]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

145. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will remove the present basic regime standard operating in prisons here and place all young adults on the enhanced accommodation standard on entry to prison. [25651/16]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of boys detained each month on remand in St. Patrick's Institution since the enactment of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015, giving child detention schools the responsibility for all children on remand or under sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25652/16]

Prisoner Data

Clare Daly

147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young adults between 18 and 20 years of age detained in prisons with adults, for each prison, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25653/16]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

148. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of each prison population detained in shared-cell accommodation for each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date. [25654/16]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

149. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on in-cell sanitation; the number of prisoners slopping out and the number who must use a toilet in the presence of others for each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25655/16]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that were placed on restricted regimes in each prison in 2015 and 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25656/16]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners placed on 23 hour lock-up in each prison in 2015 and 2016, including the average time spent on this regime and the maximum number of days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25657/16]

Sentencing Policy

Clare Daly

152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to undertake a study of the possibility of introducing house or community house arrest or secure detention as an alternative to imprisonment for young adult women, given the special needs of young persons, the damage caused by imprisonment and the small numbers of young women where imprisonment is deemed the only option. [25667/16]

Prison Service Strategies

Clare Daly

153. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration that has been given by her Department to the development of out-of-cell time of at least 14.5 hours per day for young adults in prison, with full educational, training, work, recreation and social interaction opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25668/16]

Property Tax Data

Clare Daly

210. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons expressed in ordinary numbers who are in the category of owning 201 plus properties for the purpose of local property tax. [24453/16]

Budget 2017

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to backdate the first-time buyer's grant to the beginning of July 2016 rather than 19 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24554/16]

Tax Code

Clare Daly

297. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of times that the section 110 clause has been amended since it was put in place; the degree of lobbying that was involved relating to the last amendment to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25661/16]

Tax Code

Clare Daly

298. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is acceptable for a company (details supplied) to use charities to facilitate hedge funds cutting their tax bills; his proposals regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/16]

Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity

Clare Daly

299. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners opinions or rulings similar to those offered to a company (details supplied) which have been made by the Revenue Commissioners, including the sectors and years involved and the details of the issues concerned. [25664/16]

Tax Credits

Clare Daly

300. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that corporation tax paid by multinationals can be reduced or even turned into a negative number by refundable research and development tax credits, the sectors which have claimed most such credits; and the net rate of tax paid by these companies. [25665/16]

Property Tax Deferrals

Clare Daly

301. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address the fact that those who cannot afford to pay the local property tax have interest levies imposed to claim a deferral, essentially placing an extra tax on economic hardship. [25666/16]

Revenue Commissioners Powers

Clare Daly

319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the Revenue Commissioners are refusing to issue cheques and are requiring those who seek a refund for overpayment of taxes to open bank accounts in SEPA format, even though they may usually use credit unions and post offices. [26048/16]

Educational Disadvantage

Clare Daly

386. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce the terms of reference for the review into DEIS; if there will be an interim report; the level of consultation with stakeholders which will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/16]

Third Level Facilities

Clare Daly

387. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the current situation at DIT whereby the governing body has failed to sign funding agreements with the Students' Union leaving staff without wages and students without welfare and supports in place for the new term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24482/16]

School Transport Appeals

Clare Daly

433. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the School Transport Appeals Board sits only once a month to make decisions on appeals; and the steps he will take to reform the system in order that appeals can be dealt with as and when they are lodged. [25436/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

560. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 12 July 2016, if dogs seized on welfare rather than control grounds become the responsibility of the local authority. [24694/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

564. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will amend the pyrite remediation scheme to reflect the present situation for homeowners trying to source rented accommodation during the remediation works where those in larger families moving from a four bedroom home, for example, are going to have to pay more than a single person moving from a one bedroom and that the allowance should be increased for larger families accordingly. [24706/16]