Parliamentary questions

Irish Language

Noel Grealish

50. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the frequency with which Irish language interpreters were used during the term of the 31st Dáil for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [33982/16]

Vehicle Registration

Noel Grealish

85. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the length of time a vehicle from Northern Ireland can be in this State without crossing back over the Border before the VRT process starts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33980/16]

Vehicle Registration

Noel Grealish

86. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if it is illegal for a resident here to drive a car on loan from a garage in Northern Ireland while repair work is being carried out on their own car which is taxed and registered in the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Noel Grealish

116. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason, at a time when he says priority is being given to the building of houses to meet the huge need for social and other accommodation, officials from his Department have effectively stalled the building of 55 houses by Galway City Council in the Ballymoneen Road, Knocknacarra area of Galway city by instructing the council to review the possibility of building an additional five houses in the development, the effect being to further delay a development for which the council had been given verbal indication that approval was imminent almost a year ago; when he expects this development to be given approval; when construction will begin; when the houses will be completed; the other housing projects that are in the pipeline for Galway City Council and Galway County Council, including their locations and timetables of their progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33984/16]

Departmental Schemes

Noel Grealish

140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when she expects to notify local authorities which applications under the town and village renewal scheme are to go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33985/16]

Invasive Plant Species

Noel Grealish

142. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of invasive species of plants and weed detected in Connemara National Park, Letterfrack, County Galway; the extent of their presence there; the kind of threat they pose to the natural environment; the plans in place to tackle them, including an estimated cost of any such action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33983/16]

Road Network

Noel Grealish

194. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N4 from Sligo to Dublin motorway; if, in the context of Brexit and its effects on the Border region, he will prioritise this upgrade in view of the lack of any motorway to the west and north west north of the M6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33979/16]

Legislative Measures

Noel Grealish

85. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is legislation in place to limit or prevent begging or harassment in public places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33367/16]

Tax Reliefs Eligibility

Noel Grealish

80. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing capital or other allowances for single farm payment entitlements with a base cost to allow the cost, now regarded as a loss since December 2014, to be written off against income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31246/16]

Pilot Training Courses

Noel Grealish

287. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of the relevant rules here and discuss the concerns of a number of the professional bodies which, as stakeholders, have conveyed their concerns regarding the exploitation of many trainee pilots here to his Department on a number of occasions following the resolution of the European Parliament on social dumping in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31247/16]

Crime Data

Noel Grealish

111. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number, broken down by type, of crimes reported in each of the electoral area wards in Galway city for 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28439/16]

Vehicle Registration

Noel Grealish

149. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance his views on an issue in regard to vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28590/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Noel Grealish

553. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department’s engagement with the European Commission regarding the forgotten farmer; if he has sought recognition from the European Commission for forgotten farmers as a group with specific disadvantage under the national reserve in the same way that old young farmers are currently provided for; if not, when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28589/16]

Motor Tax Rates

Noel Grealish

351. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent emissions scandals, the owners of pre-2008 vehicles will continue to pay much higher rates of motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27114/16]

Local Government Fund

Noel Grealish

352. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which has been allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council under the local government fund and any other funding scheme which allocates funding to the local authorities for each of the years 2002 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27115/16]

Civil Registration Documentation

Noel Grealish

364. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection if all births, deaths and marriages are now recorded digitally; if the details of parents and grandparents names, ages, addresses and siblings will be included on the certificates to allow comprehensive genealogical searches for future generations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27117/16]

Social Welfare Code

Noel Grealish

422. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider setting up a task force to find solutions to the problem of persons on social protection payments facing so many disincentives, through loss of benefits, that they feel they cannot return to work; his plans to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27112/16]

Hospitals Funding

Noel Grealish

696. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which has been allocated to the Galway hospitals broken down by Merlin Park Hospital and University Hospital Galway from 2002 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27116/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Noel Grealish

813. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beekeeping activity does not qualify to participate in the knowledge transfer programme run by his Department considering that it is part of Ireland’s €4 billion rural development programme, 2014 to 2020 (details supplied); if he will amend the terms of this programme to include other agricultural activities such as beekeeping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27113/16]

Departmental Records

Noel Grealish

814. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if access to Land Commission data from pre-Cromwell through Griffith Valuation to the present time for County Galway can be made available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/16]