Parliamentary questions

Ministerial Functions

Michael Moynihan

38. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the statutory duties of the Minister of State with responsibility for flood relief. [17970/18]

EU Funding

Michael Moynihan

39. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his departmental officials have in respect of utilising the European Structural and Investment Funds to meet Europe 2020 objectives under social inclusion. [17676/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Michael Moynihan

104. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for the replacement of a portakabin; if the application will be expedited in view of the need for extra accommodation at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21860/18]

Migration Data

Michael Moynihan

2. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the current rates of immigration. [21098/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Michael Moynihan

23. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if he has met the CEOs of the Irish banks recently. [19095/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

3. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met. [21096/18]

Departmental Policy Functions

Michael Moynihan

8. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the detail of the public service reform unit within his Department. [21097/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Michael Moynihan

37. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with Mr. Michel Barnier recently. [17678/18]

All-Island Civic Dialogue

Michael Moynihan

61. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the fourth civic forum that was held in Dundalk on 30 April 2018. [18796/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Moynihan

2. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the overall number of staff employed in his Department in 2018 compared with 2017. [19096/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

5. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Newry on 30 April 2018. [19720/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

6. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Warrenpoint on 30 April 2018; and if he held meetings there. [19721/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

7. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to a school (details supplied). [19722/18]

Commemorative Events

Michael Moynihan

52. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 declaration of a Republic in 2019; and if plans will include all political parties. [17971/18]

Road Projects

Michael Moynihan

248. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to assist farms with the cost of installing a road underpass; his views on the safety implications of farms not being able to afford these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/18]

Fuel Allowance Expenditure

Michael Moynihan

12. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance for the elderly to cover the extended cold period. [11376/18]

General Data Protection Regulation

Michael Moynihan

1. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that the data protection measures in place in his Department are robust. [17677/18]

General Data Protection Regulation

Michael Moynihan

3. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if his Department is prepared for the introduction of the general data protection regulation on 25 May 2018. [18797/18]

Strategic Communications Unit

Michael Moynihan

4. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the report on matters relating to the strategic communications unit that was published in late March 2018. [16524/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Michael Moynihan

155. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17932/18]

Garda Data

Michael Moynihan

284. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda station in the Cork west division in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17800/18]

Garda Retirements

Michael Moynihan

285. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in each Garda station in the Cork west division in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17801/18]

Garda Retirements

Michael Moynihan

286. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in each Garda station in the Cork north division in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17802/18]

Garda Retirements

Michael Moynihan

301. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda retirements from each Garda station in north County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18078/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Michael Moynihan

383. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure new medicines are available to persons with MS as soon as possible; his views on the fact that it can take over four years for a new medicine to be reimbursed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17629/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Michael Moynihan

453. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments have issued to participants in the knowledge transfer dairy programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17961/18]

Wildlife Protection

Michael Moynihan

619. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to protect the Irish hare; the measures that are already in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18024/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Michael Moynihan

30. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the further delays in relation to the extension and refurbishment works at Kanturk and Millstreet community hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17035/18]

Courts Service

Michael Moynihan

172. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the reduction in the rate of interest payable on judgment debts from 8% to 2% enacted by SI 624 of 2016 is applicable to judgments which were made prior to January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17156/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

4. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [16525/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Michael Moynihan

5. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee in which agriculture is discussed; and when it last met. [16522/18]

Garda Deployment

Michael Moynihan

42. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new recruits assigned to each Garda station in north County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/18]

Independent Review Mechanism

Michael Moynihan

100. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the publication of the report carried out by a person (details supplied) that was published on 27 March 2018. [16523/18]

School Staff

Michael Moynihan

475. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the additional teaching posts that have been applied for by a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned; his views on whether the school is entitled to the additional teachers due to the number of students enrolled at the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16743/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Moynihan

871. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high waiting list for ENT assessments in County Cork; if the replacement consultant has been appointed following the recent retirement of the previous consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15854/18]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Michael Moynihan

1364. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the grants for refurbishing old buildings in rural communities that were announced in the action plan for rural development will be available; the details of the scheme; the grant assistance which will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16008/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

5. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish with President Trump; and if there was a process discussed to deal with this ongoing issue. [12798/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

6. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he discussed free trade with President Trump; and if tariffs were mentioned. [12799/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

7. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he discussed Brexit with President Trump. [12800/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Michael Moynihan

14. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions with President Trump on Brexit and the possibility of a border with Northern Ireland. [13946/18]

European Council Meetings

Michael Moynihan

20. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if he held bilateral meetings while attending the March 2018 EU Council meeting; and the issues that were discussed. [14160/18]

European Council Meetings

Michael Moynihan

21. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if corporation tax was discussed at the March 2018 EU Council meeting. [14161/18]

European Council Meetings

Michael Moynihan

25. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if the regulation of social media sites and the political ramifications that loose regulation is having on elections across the EU and globally were discussed at the March 2018 EU Council meeting, following the revelations regarding companies (details supplied). [14162/18]

Northern Ireland

Michael Moynihan

49. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the possibility of appointing an independent chair to facilitate talks in Northern Ireland. [13947/18]

Good Friday Agreement

Michael Moynihan

89. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the involvement of his Department's officials in planning the commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement; and if an all party group is being established to discuss same. [9651/18]

Northern Ireland

Michael Moynihan

113. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department officials have sought legal advice on the implications of direct rule on the Good Friday Agreement since the talks on Northern Ireland broke down. [8713/18]

Syrian Conflict

Michael Moynihan

114. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to speak at the next EU leaders' meeting on the need for increased intervention due to the increased violence and deaths in Syria (details supplied). [9653/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Michael Moynihan

200. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment works at Millstreet community hospital, Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14337/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Michael Moynihan

225. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days lost to date in 2018 in Mallow hospital owing to bed closures; the number by beds being closed due to staff shortages, refurbishment and cost containment in tabular form. [14468/18]

State Visits

Michael Moynihan

1. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach if officials in his Department are working on the Pope's visit in August 2018. [11375/18]