Parliamentary questions

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ensuring public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/16]

Public Sector Allowances

David Cullinane

265. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17680/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

266. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/16]

Public Sector Allowances

David Cullinane

285. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/16]

Public Sector Allowances

David Cullinane

293. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17690/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

294. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17700/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

300. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17687/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

301. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid at the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17697/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

309. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17682/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

310. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid at the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17693/16]

Public Sector Allowances

David Cullinane

30. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reintroducing allowances for public sector workers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17103/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

31. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring that workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17104/16]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

111. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it, the amount they paid and the number that did not pay it, in each case by payment band (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2007 in tabular form. [17575/16]

Public Sector Allowances

David Cullinane

112. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for public sector workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

113. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the cost of ensuring that public sector workers recruited in his Department post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

22. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of ensuring that workers in his Department recruited post-2011 are paid the pre-2011 salary rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16653/16]

Departmental Staff Allowances

David Cullinane

28. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of reintroducing public sector allowances for workers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/16]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Irish National Teachers Organisation since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17274/16]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

219. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17275/16]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

220. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Teachers Union of Ireland since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17276/16]

Ministerial Meetings

David Cullinane

221. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if has met with the Irish Federation of University Teachers since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17277/16]

Technological Universities

David Cullinane

222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the dialogue he has had with the Teachers Union of Ireland regarding technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17278/16]

Technological Universities

David Cullinane

223. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish the report jointly submitted to the Higher Education Authority by the chairs and the presidents of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow, in respect of the technological university process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17279/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

David Cullinane

242. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if different local authorities can derive different interpretations from the implementation of the incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

David Cullinane

243. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an anomaly that exists under the incremental purchase scheme in that an income of €15,000 per year is the minimum required to make an application but a minimum of €25,000 per year is required for tenants wishing to use the local authority house purchase loan scheme; if it is therefore possible to qualify for the 60% discount for earning between €15,000 and €20,000 and to apply under the latter scheme with a €25,000 minimum earnings per year requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16838/16]

Pension Provisions

David Cullinane

312. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the Waterford Crystal pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17315/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

327. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the various measures in relation to pay and pensions introduced as part of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation 2009 to 2013; and the cost of rescinding each measure if the FEMPI legislation was to lapse, in tabular form. [16910/16]

Public Sector Pensions Data

David Cullinane

334. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the net effect of the imposition of the public service pension reduction which commenced on 1 January 2011, the legislation, as amended, from 1 January 2012 and the additional changes that were part of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013; the net effects of the PSPR amelioration applicable on 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018; the difference between the net loss as a consequence of the FEMPI legislation indicated and the amelioration measures of 2016 to 2018; if this can be broken down in pension bands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17210/16]

Health Services

David Cullinane

362. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when patients with type 1 diabetes will be able to avail of dose adjustment for normal eating courses or any carbohydrate counting courses in Waterford city and county either at University Hospital Waterford or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/16]

Health Services Data

David Cullinane

363. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetes adult dieticians employed at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to make new posts available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/16]

Health Services Data

David Cullinane

364. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the waiting times and number of patients in the bands zero to three months, three months to six months, six months to one year, one year to two years, two years and above to see an endocrinologist at University Hospital Waterford by type 1 and type 2 diabetics in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/16]

Health Services Data

David Cullinane

365. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients in University Hospital Waterford who are diabetics awaiting an appointment with an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/16]

Health Strategies

David Cullinane

382. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that 80% of blindness incidence is preventable and that five persons per week became blind here in the years 2013 to 2016; if he agrees that investment in cost effective interventions can reduce economic costs; if he is committed to the development and full implementation of a comprehensive national vision strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16904/16]

Departmental Contracts

David Cullinane

497. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that the company awarded a public contract for delivering the emergency call answering service is not a living wage employer and that staff are paid less than the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16911/16]

Warmer Homes Scheme

David Cullinane

502. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €5 million pilot scheme under the warmer homes scheme whereby persons who have a medical illness can have their homes upgraded by Waterford City and County Council; if he is aware that the Waterford Energy Bureau is aware of at least 50 private homes that would benefit under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16785/16]

Better Energy Communities Programme

David Cullinane

511. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that Waterford City and County Council has made an application to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for funding under the better energy communities scheme and that its initial application was declined; if he is providing additional funding under the scheme; if he will consider the application in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17246/16]

Regional Airports

David Cullinane

539. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet the board of Waterford Airport given the discontinuation of services by a company (details supplied) recently at the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16973/16]

Regional Airports

David Cullinane

540. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increased funding he will make available to Waterford Airport following commitments in the programme for Government; the restrictions that exist in terms of European Union law and EU directives in providing funding to regional airports; and if he will make an investment in extending the runway at the airport.
[16974/16]

Corporation Tax

David Cullinane

87. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid it and the amount they paid; the number that did not pay it, in each case by payment bands (details supplied) in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form. [16471/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

255. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of ensuring that workers his Department recruited post-2011 are paid on the pre-2011 salary rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16591/16]

Disability Services Provision

David Cullinane

172. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when he will provide a range of therapies, including occupational, speech and language therapies, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16286/16]

Child and Family Agency Funding

David Cullinane

14. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to further resource Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to address the heavy caseloads of social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14829/16]

Adoption Legislation

David Cullinane

38. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered amalgamating the proposed adoption information and tracing Bill with the current Adoption Amendment Bill 2016; if not, her rationale for not doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14830/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

366. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of reverting to a single-tier pay structure across the public sector. [14620/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

367. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of eliminating the lowest grade on the pay grade scale across the public sector and merging those on the lowest grade on the pay grade scale with the second grade on the pay grade scale; the cost of eliminating the first and second lowest grades on the pay grade scale across the public sector and merging those on the first and second lowest grades on the pay grade scale with the third lowest grade on the pay grade scale; and the cost of eliminating the first, second and third lowest grades on the pay grade scale across the public sector and merging those on the first, second and third lowest grades on the pay grade scale with the fourth lowest grade on the pay grade scale in tabular form. [14621/16]

Departmental Management Structures

David Cullinane

28. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the new policy strategy and integration unit established within his Department will support in its work the new Oireachtas committee that will be established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten years, as per the programme for Government and Government approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/16]

Health Care Policy

David Cullinane

106. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the ongoing work being conducted by his Department and the Economic and Social Research Institute's three-year programme on health reform will support in its work the new Oireachtas committee that will be established to develop cross-party consensus on the future of the health service over ten years, as per the programme for Government and Government approval; if the research undertaken to date will be made available to the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/16]

Irish Water

David Cullinane

185. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his commitment to retaining Irish Water in public ownership, and given this, if he will introduce legislation to amend section 4 of the Water Services Act 2013, which refers to the subsidiary, Irish Water, as a private company limited by shares. [14067/16]

Commemorative Events

David Cullinane

50. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the centenary funds dedicated to the 2016 programme will be ring-fenced for the purpose of arts, heritage and culture in budget 2017. [13193/16]

An Clár Rialtais

David Cullinane

61. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí léiriú a thabhairt ar roinnt an bhuiséid atá geallta d’Údarás na Gaeltachta sa Chlár don Rialtas. [13192/16]