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Tue, 24 Oct 2017
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School Discipline
Noel Grealish
152. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's policy and procedure when a student has been expelled from a particular school and no other school in the catchment area will accept this student but that student wishes to continue with full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Public Sector Pensions
Noel Grealish
43. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if calculations have been carried out on the tax forgone by not taxing accruing public sector pensions; the reason for not including such estimates in a future tax expenditure review in view of the fact that both public and private sector beneficiaries avail of tax relief in order to have a more accurate picture of the cost of pension provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43003/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Penalty Points System Data
Noel Grealish
537. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued in each county in respect of each offence in the past year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42567/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Penalty Points System Data
Noel Grealish
538. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the speeding offences for which penalty points were issued in the past year, for example, those who were issued points for speeding up to 5 kph above the speed limit, 6 to10 kph above the limit, 11 to15 kph above the limit and 16 kph and over above the speed limit, respectively, by the speed limit in operation in the locations in which the offences occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Penalty Points System Data
Noel Grealish
539. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers with live penalty points in the past year, by the number of penalty points accumulated and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/17]
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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Penalty Points System Data
Noel Grealish
540. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified from driving, by category of driver (details supplied), having reached the number of penalty points required for automatic disqualification; the offences which resulted in them attracting those points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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EU Directives
Noel Grealish
101. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transposition of the Insurance Distribution Directive; if it will be transposed on or before the EU deadline of 23 February 2018; if it will be delayed by up to a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41235/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Garda Divisional Headquarters
Noel Grealish
222. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the opening of the new Garda regional and divisional headquarters in Galway city; the stage the development is at; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Garda Strength
Noel Grealish
236. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in 2014, in tabular form; the reason the Galway division had the second lowest number of recruits assigned of all divisions in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41540/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Garda Strength
Noel Grealish
237. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and the ranks of each in the Galway division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Garda Strength
Noel Grealish
238. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the population centres served by each Garda division in the country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41542/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Garda Strength
Noel Grealish
239. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Galway division in each of the past ten years, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41543/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Noel Grealish
383. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided in budget 2018 for an additional podiatrist for Galway, in view of the fact that Galway has one of the largest year-on-year increases in persons requiring inpatient treatment for diabetic foot ulceration and there has also been an increase in the number of persons in Galway with diabetes being hospitalised for lower limb amputation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41544/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Traffic Management
Noel Grealish
511. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for a ring road or outer city bypass for Galway; the involvement his Department has in this area and other efforts to resolve traffic congestion in Galway city; when he expects to have progress on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41291/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Transport Policy
Noel Grealish
536. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for proposals put to his Department by Galway city and county councils for the provision of a park and ride service between Galway Airport and Galway city in order to ease traffic congestion for commuters and to support the business community in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41761/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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HSE Data
Noel Grealish
364. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for the elderly that have received capital funding from his Department or the HSE in 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40577/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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HSE Data
Noel Grealish
365. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of community-run day care facilities that are in operation; the number of persons that attend these centres on a weekly basis; the number of persons referred to these facilities by the HSE on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40578/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
Noel Grealish
366. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if there are grants from his Department, the HSE or another Department for community groups to purchase defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40582/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Noel Grealish
517. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors employed by sponsor companies operating community employment schemes on behalf of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40579/17]
Tue, 26 Sep 2017
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Community Employment Schemes Data
Noel Grealish
518. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed on community employment schemes as of 20 September 2017; the cost to her Department for each of these persons; the estimated cost of welfare payments to these persons if they were still in receipt of their qualifying social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40580/17]