Parliamentary questions

Preschool Services

Robert Troy

613. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the source of the figure he cited on a programme (details supplied) on RTE that there are 10,000 vacant and unoccupied places in preschools; if it comes from the latest annual Pobal survey in 2014, his views that this survey's statistics are not a reliable indicator of free capacity in the preschool sector, given that they come from a single survey that will be two to three years old when the early childhood care and education scheme expansion takes place in September 2016; and his plans for undertaking a more comprehensive, contemporaneous and reliable survey of capacity in the preschool sector prior to implementing the expansion of the scheme. [37238/15]

Foster Care Supports

Robert Troy

621. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will re-instate the foster carer's allowance to the full monthly rate for persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow [37410/15]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Robert Troy

634. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the current legislation relating to Irish citizens and their choice to use a surrogate internationally. [37251/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

768. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [37985/15]

Inland Fisheries

Robert Troy

1118. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that there is an invasion of the Asian clam species in the Shannon river which has the potential to harm and eradicate the fish there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37432/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

41. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the length of time old age pensioners are on waiting lists for knee, hip and cataract procedures, and other treatments generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36564/15]

Hospital Services

Robert Troy

46. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the lack of rehabilitative services and facilities available in County Westmeath for post-operative patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36563/15]

Crime Data

Robert Troy

199. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Longford Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37010/15]

Crime Data

Robert Troy

200. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Westmeath Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37011/15]

Child and Family Agency

Robert Troy

241. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 24 June 2015, when a response will issue; if he will provide the timeframe for which parliamentary question responses from Tusla Child and Family Agency should be expected, in general, for example as is given in parliamentary question replies by the Department of Health for the Health Service Executive. [36871/15]

Youth Services

Robert Troy

242. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding his Department provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2014; and in 2015; the portion of its budget this makes up; and if his Department will be providing ongoing funding support to the organisation in 2016. [36888/15]

Child Care Costs

Robert Troy

243. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for not introducing demand-side measures for making child care more affordable, such as child care tax credits or direct child care subsidies; for a list of the research studies that his Department has considered, as evidence that such child care tax credits or cash subsidies to parents and guardians for child care have led to systematic cost inflation in child care in other jurisdictions. [37078/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

268. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is given a retinopathy screening in the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin, without further delay. [36940/15]

Local Authority Services

Robert Troy

347. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure lighting is restored to an estate (details supplied) in County Longford without further delay. [36869/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Robert Troy

1. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for details of the changes to the early childhood care and education scheme announced as part of budget 2016; a breakdown of the number of children his Department estimates will benefit from a full second free preschool year of an additional 38 weeks; and the level of consultation he has had with preschool providers regarding extending the contract of the scheme. [36663/15]

Family Resource Centres

Robert Troy

4. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to providing adequate resources to put family resource centres, FRCs, on a sustainable financial footing to protect their essential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36664/15]

Inter-Country Adoptions

Robert Troy

8. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the announcement that his Department is no longer pursuing an adoption agreement with Russia; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/15]

Autism Support Services

Robert Troy

11. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the early education supports available to children diagnosed with autism; and the reason these children cannot avail of early education through the early childhood care and education scheme, in conjunction with one-to-one home schooling by a home tutor. [35531/15]

Detention Centres Provision

Robert Troy

19. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he is dealing with the deteriorating safety situation at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre, where staff and children in care have been put at risk, with numerous physical assaults in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35530/15]

Child Protection Services Provision

Robert Troy

27. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has warned the Government, in an unpublished briefing document, of serious risks to children in child protection services due to pressure placed on underfunded services, as outlined by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (details supplied); and the action he is taking to respond to this underfunding. [35532/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Robert Troy

41. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the annual Pobal early years sector survey which found that children with special educational needs face a huge challenge in participating in preschool education due to the reduction in the number of special needs assistant hours per child care provider during the reporting period, which was 2014; the solutions he will put in place to enhance access for children with disabilities or special education needs to mainstream child care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/15]

GLAS Applications

Robert Troy

71. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme which was cut by 50% given that this is directly penalising good farmers who wish to join; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Robert Troy

90. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the €16 million cost of 800 low-cost child care places announced in budget 2016 is a full-year cost estimate; how this cost was estimated by this Department; and if there is an expectation that all of these places will be filled in September 2016. [36696/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Robert Troy

91. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all private providers will be eligible to provide low-cost child care places under the changes announced to the community child care scheme in budget 2016, or only providers in areas with a low coverage of community providers; if the latter, how areas with low coverage will be identified; and if his Department considers the capitation rates, higher and lower, currently provided under the scheme will be sufficient for low-income parents to afford a full, part or sessional care place with a private provider. [36723/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Robert Troy

107. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €47 million for the expansion of the early childhood care and education programme announced in Budget 2016 will be spent on higher Capitation rates; the amount on higher participation numbers; and the full-year costs of both initiatives. [36778/15]

Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements

Robert Troy

152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consult with the Central Applications Office regarding a person (details supplied) who recently applied to study nursing and missed out by one point. [36798/15]

Disability Allowance Payments

Robert Troy

208. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure arrears of a disability allowance will issue without delay to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [35964/15]

National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan

Robert Troy

360. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department will take to recommit to the full implementation of the national disability strategy. [36454/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Robert Troy

432. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under Early Childhood Care and Education changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children his Department estimates could lose out on some weeks of preschool out of the current 38 weeks provision, if at present they were expected to enrol preschool age at 3.2 and begin school age at 4 to 4.5, due to the requirement that children have to enrol in either January, September or April. [36540/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Robert Troy

433. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an outline of all assumptions underlying his Department's analysis, including assumptions used on the number of children that start school aged four to five, compared to ages five to six; the way the estimate for the average 23 weeks of additional preschool that his Department has stated has been arrived at. [36541/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Robert Troy

434. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department has calculated that the expansion of eligibility for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme free preschool year to ages 3 to 5.5, in addition to the reinstatement of pre-2012 capitation rates, will cost in the region of €47 million, while the current programme costs approximately €175 million, and in replies to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied) issued by his Department he indicated that an expansion of the ECCE Scheme to a second year would cost in the region of €175 million; if the information provided in the replies to these Parliamentary Questions was an accurate response to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36542/15]

Early Childhood Care Education

Robert Troy

435. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children that his Department estimates will benefit from additional weeks of preschool and the number of additional weeks they are expected to gain on average if they were born in the months 1 January to 31 March, 1 April to 31 August, and 1 September to 31 December; and if they begin school aged four to five years compared to if they begin school aged 5.1 to six years. [36543/15]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Robert Troy

469. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that while 120 jobs have been promised in the area of speech and language therapy, approximately 120 therapists qualify annually from Irish universities in this area; and, given this, his plans to redress this issue. [36295/15]

Childhood Obesity

Robert Troy

534. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to address levels of childhood obesity and the measures his Department is taking to promote healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity among children and young persons. [27333/15]

Environmental Policy

Robert Troy

656. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Topical Issue on the matter, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the waste tyre industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36339/15]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Robert Troy

685. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 11 June 2015, the consultation to date regarding the need for investment in eel farming due to the decline in eel stocks which is causing great distress to fishermen. [36178/15]

GLAS Administration

Robert Troy

33. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will justify the removal of the most popular measures under green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, low input permanent pasture, which has been criticised by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association for unfairly penalising low-income cattle and sheep farmers. [35905/15]

HSE Staff

Robert Troy

66. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to employ more dental nurses for the Health Service Executive midland region. [35866/15]

Road Signage

Robert Troy

113. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the National Roads Authority provides sufficient signage for the amenity park in Moate in County Westmeath as was previously promised. [35935/15]

Consumer Protection

Robert Troy

48. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the way the Cerberus Group is regulated. [35380/15]

Consumer Protection

Robert Troy

49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the mechanism the public has for bringing complaints against the Cerberus Group, other than through the courts. [35381/15]

Debt Collection

Robert Troy

60. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the sheriff operating under the Revenue Commissioners does not contact or make claim to any possession of persons (details supplied) in County Longford. [35627/15]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Data

Robert Troy

138. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the amount of funding allocated under the disadvantaged areas scheme for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each of the years from 2008 and 2015. [35657/15]

Defence Forces Personnel

Robert Troy

144. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence if he will ensure a disability army pension is granted and paid to a person (details supplied) without further delay. [35606/15]

Garda Deployment

Robert Troy

194. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Roscommon Longford division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35701/15]

Garda Deployment

Robert Troy

198. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Westmeath division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015, or the latest date available. [35705/15]

Preschool Services

Robert Troy

229. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of the number of preschool inspection officers employed by Tusla - Child and Family Agency; and of preschools which were inspected in 2014 and to date in 2015, by county. [35574/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Robert Troy

231. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to individual strands of child care for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each year from 2008 to date in 2015. [35655/15]

Child Care Services Funding

Robert Troy

232. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 6 October 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of funding for community child care services under funding strand 1 of the early years capital programme in 2015; if similar funding will be available for 2016; if so, if it will be at an increased level; and if child care providers will receive advanced notice of this. [35810/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Robert Troy

320. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an appointment for orthodontic care, without further delay. [35715/15]

Consular Services Provision

Robert Troy

354. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the consultation and engagement his Department has had with the authorities in India following the tragic and sudden death of a person (details supplied); if an investigation is under way into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death; and if he will ensure the family receive the toxicology report, without further delay. [35562/15]

School Transport Availability

Robert Troy

373. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the bus route for a school (details supplied) in County Longford and a school in County Westmeath will not be separated, and will continue as a joint bus route into the future. [35341/15]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Robert Troy

383. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland review for a person (details supplied). [35414/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Robert Troy

390. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide free school transport for a child (details supplied) In County Longford. [35502/15]

Education Expenditure

Robert Troy

401. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to primary and post-primary education, for counties Longford and Westmeath, for each of the years 2008 to 2015 to date. [35654/15]

National Lottery Funding Applications

Robert Troy

402. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant an application for national lottery funding for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [35667/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Robert Troy

405. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school in County Longford. [35720/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Robert Troy

409. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Meath receives a special needs assistant. [35763/15]

Services for People with Disabilities

Robert Troy

412. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding for a person (details supplied), who is deaf and who cannot participate in a certain course without the assistance of an interpreter; and the methods by which the person can obtain funding for an interpreter. [35811/15]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Robert Troy

417. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocated funding for housing in counties Longford and Westmeath for each of the years 2008 to 2015 to date. [35658/15]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Robert Troy

465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of funding allocated to counties Westmeath and Longford for the provision of road maintenance in each of the years from 2008 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [35597/15]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Robert Troy

467. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated for road grants for counties Longford and Westmeath in each of the years from 2008 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [35656/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Robert Troy

18. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence his priorities for Custume Barracks in Athlone in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34451/15]

Army Personnel

Robert Troy

30. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence his priorities for Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34450/15]

Garda Recruitment

Robert Troy

116. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when further recruitment to An Garda Síochána will commence. [34858/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

131. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for hip surgery will be scheduled without further delay for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [34767/15]

Public Transport Provision

Robert Troy

207. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to resolve the issue of overcrowding on commuter routes where passengers are often refused admission to buses or are required to stand. [34913/15]

Public Transport Provision

Robert Troy

208. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce an express bus services from Dublin to major commuter towns to expedite travel time for commuters. [34914/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Robert Troy

305. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deal with the flooding issues in the Shannon region, in particular in areas surrounding Athlone in County Westmeath. [34454/15]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Robert Troy

374. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reintroduce a land drainage scheme, as it would greatly improve land quality and provide much-needed employment in rural areas. [34282/15]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Robert Troy

459. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on the current status of mother and baby home investigations; and if all persons who have spent periods of time in institutions will be afforded an opportunity to relate their stories, as was repeatedly promised. [34266/15]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Robert Troy

460. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a breakdown of Tusla - Child and Family Agency legal expenses, including solicitors' services tendered. [34270/15]

Child Care Services Funding

Robert Troy

465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria used for allocating funding to community child care services under strand 1 of early years capital programme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34471/15]

Child Care Services Provision

Robert Troy

466. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons on the AJ subvention band, that is, those who hold a medical card and currently work; and the number of these who wish to avail of the community child care subvention programme from a private creche. [34487/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

577. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange to schedule a child (details supplied) to have tonsils removed, as a matter of urgency, in the regional hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly, [34618/15]

School Transport Eligibility

Robert Troy

641. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a family (details supplied) in County Westmeath with four children has been granted seats on the bus to a local school for only two children and a letter issued stating the younger two children cannot be accommodated. [34292/15]

Departmental Schemes

Robert Troy

721. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the eligibility criteria for the €30 million village and town enhancement scheme which was recently announced; the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Robert Troy

769. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve an application under the sports capital grant scheme for a sports club (details supplied) in County Cavan. [34433/15]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

Robert Troy

772. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there are no midlands greenway signs erected to date, given that there are 2,500 signs erected for the Wild Atlantic Way. [34469/15]

Dental Services Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

132. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an appointment for dental work [33516/15]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Robert Troy

170. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that Carrickedmond Gaelic Athletic Association club in Longford will receive funding under the Sports Capital Programme 2015 (details supplied). [33502/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32963/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Robert Troy

160. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the JobBridge process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33256/15]

Disability Support Services

Robert Troy

425. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are no respite beds available in Athlone and south Westmeath since the closure of the two respite beds in St. Vincent's Hospital; that there will be none available for the rest of this year; his views on whether this is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32938/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

447. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [33152/15]

Local Authority Housing Data

Robert Troy

572. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of voids in each local authority. [33004/15]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Robert Troy

582. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allocate further funding towards housing adaptation, mobility and housing aid for the elderly grants to compensate for the cuts local authorities have experienced in these grants since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33155/15]

Traffic Calming Measures

Robert Troy

621. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding to Westmeath County Council from the National Roads Authority for the provision of traffic calming measures at Portnashangan Cross on the N4 road outside Mullingar in County Westmeath (details supplied). [33136/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

55. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and to agencies under her aegis, to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made, and their purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32542/15]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and to agencies under his aegis in 2015 to date; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32536/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

105. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

106. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

110. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

112. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32533/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

123. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and in agencies under her aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

143. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32531/15]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

155. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32538/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

175. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32537/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

182. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in her Department and in agencies under her aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32534/15]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Robert Troy

201. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of bonus remuneration paid to staff in his Department and in agencies under his aegis to date in 2015; the number of persons to whom these payments were made and their purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/15]