Parliamentary questions

Farmers Indebtedness

Michael Collins

510. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request all co-ops to have more forbearance with farmers - dairy, suckler, beef and tillage - in their current plight caused by poor prices, bad weather and other circumstances outside their control; if he will request the co-ops to allow for more flexibility in their billing system in line with farmers income times; and his views in this regard. [28283/16]

Commonage Land Use

Charlie McConalogue

511. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have no planner approved to complete a commonage management plan, by county in tabular form; the total number of commonages under GLAS 1 and 2 that have been approved a planner to complete a commonage management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28294/16]

GLAS Data

Charlie McConalogue

512. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers by county, in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have applied to GLAS 1 and 2; the total number of commonage farmers that have had their applications processed by county; the total number of commonage farmers by county that have received and not received GLAS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28295/16]

Commonage Management Plans

Charlie McConalogue

513. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of commonage farmers who have completed a commonage management plan, CMP, by county in tabular form; the total number of commonage farmers who have not completed a CMP; the total amount of commonage farmers who have received GLAS payments to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28296/16]

GLAS Payments

Charlie McConalogue

514. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to facilitate all commonage farmers who wish to submit an application to GLAS by the extended deadline considering planners have encountered difficulties logging into the online system or completing commonage management plans as mandatory under the scheme; if he will ensure that no delay to payments will occur considering the issues being encountered are beyond the control of commonage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28297/16]

Departmental Contracts

Charlie McConalogue

515. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has decided to roll over the current genomics tag contract with the existing supplier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28298/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data

Charlie McConalogue

516. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers participating in the areas of natural constraint scheme per county, in tabular form on an annual basis over the 2014 to 2016 period; the total annual budget allocation for the scheme in this period; the total amount of funds expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28299/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

517. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of technical work carried out to date by his Department with respect to designating eligible areas under the areas of natural constraint scheme by reference to new biophysical criteria by 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

518. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the counties that have had technical work carried out to date by his Department with respect to designating eligible areas under the areas of natural constraint scheme by reference to new biophysical criteria by 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28301/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

519. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the existing areas that are currently designated as an eligible area under the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme by reference to new biophysical criteria by 2018 that have been identified as being ineligible following technical mapping work carried out to date by his Department, by county in tabular form; the number of farmers currently enrolled in the ANC sheme who have been provisionally observed as having ineligible areas under the new criteria following mapping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28302/16]

Milk Supply

Charlie McConalogue

520. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers who have applied to the EU voluntary milk reduction scheme by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28303/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Charlie McConalogue

521. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has satisfied himself that all State body guidelines were fulfilled and full transparency observed in all aspects of the reappointment of Horse Racing Ireland's CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/16]

Animal Welfare

Michael McGrath

522. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the law to tackle abuses to animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28311/16]

Departmental Programmes

Thomas Pringle

523. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Pat Breen

524. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28330/16]

Rural Development Programme Projects

Brendan Griffin

525. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the introduction of a sheep payment; the proposed requirements to receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28343/16]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Brendan Griffin

526. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the beef data and genomics programme for new participants with additional funding for suckler cow support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Funding

Brendan Griffin

527. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be increased for areas of the natural constraints scheme to reverse cuts in previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28345/16]

TAMS Funding

Brendan Griffin

528. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if unspent TAMS II funding from 2016 will be carried forward to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28346/16]

Herd Number Applications

Seán Sherlock

529. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) who has applied for the return of a herd number. [28402/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

530. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce new schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28440/16]

Fisheries Protection

Pearse Doherty

531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures which will be taken to ensure that events which occurred in 2015 arising from the activities of supertrawlers fishing off the coast of Donegal, which resulted in the destruction of hundreds of locally owned fishing traps and pots, will not be repeated or happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28442/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

532. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2016 area of natural constraints scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

533. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

534. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area of natural constraints scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Pearse Doherty

535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who availed of the historical farm rescue package scheme of 1982 to 1985; the average payment through the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

536. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has to date exercised his powers under section 29A of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 to demand that Horse Racing Ireland provides a full account of the way the reappointment of its chief executive officer complies with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. [28503/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

537. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has to date exercised his powers under section 29A of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 to give a direction to Horse Racing Ireland on its compliance with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies or any other code or policy issued by the Government. [28504/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

538. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department had any contact from any member of the board of Horse Racing Ireland prior to 13 July 2016 noting that support for the reappointment of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland was not unanimous within the board. [28505/16]

State Bodies

Clare Daly

539. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 686 of 12 July 2016, in which he stated (details supplied), in view of the fact that on the same day the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform stated in Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 July 2016 that he had sanctioned the reappointment of the chief executive officer based on the strength of the business case presented to him, which was strongly supported by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [28506/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

540. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which his Department requested permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the contract of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland by a further five years. [28507/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

541. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions between his Department and the Department of Finance regarding the latter's stated position in 2011 that the contract governing the second term of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland should preclude that person from retaining their position when that second term came to an end. [28508/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

542. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his statement at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on 27 September 2016 regarding amendments to the pay and entitlements of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland; if he will clarify specifically the amendment of pay and entitlements which took place and when; if those amendments did not encompass basic pay and pension entitlements; if the chief executive officer's pay up to the date that they finished their second term was €191,000 plus €56,000 in pension entitlements; and the details of all pay and entitlements contained in the chief executive officer's new contract. [28509/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

543. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department did not insist upon an open competition to fill the role of chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland when the incumbent's second term in the role came to an end. [28510/16]

Animal Identification Schemes

Pearse Doherty

544. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application made by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in respect of a certificate of compliance for the movement of cattle from a single holding to or from another holding for feeding purposes was not generated until 3 June 2015, yet the person can provide a certificate of posting for 28 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Robert Troy

545. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a headage payment will be made to a person (details supplied) without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

546. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were homed by the Irish Greyhound Board in 2015; the arrangements which were made for retired racing greyhounds that were not homed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28555/16]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

547. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds which were euthanised at greyhound tracks here after sustaining racing injures; if the statistics for injuries to greyhounds during racing can be published by the Irish Greyhound Board on a track by track basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

548. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money the Irish Greyhound Board expended on retired greyhounds which were finished racing in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28557/16]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the surplus moneys allocated to the greyhound industry in 2015 which was spent on greyhound welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28558/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

550. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Coursing Club has a homing scheme for retired coursing dogs; the number of dogs the Irish Coursing Club rehomed in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/16]

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

551. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) in County Galway has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28569/16]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Jackie Cahill

552. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the knowledge transfer programme to allow the entry of young farmers in particular who are not in a financial position to slaughter cattle at this time but who would otherwise benefit from participation in the programme. [28588/16]

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]

Land Issues

Michael Moynihan

554. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an online database of the Land Commission data dating from the pre-Cromwell time to the Griffith Valuation and through to the present day records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/16]

Plant Protection Products

Louise O'Reilly

555. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland is one of the 15 EU member states to oppose the EU Commission proposal for criteria for endocrine disruptors; the Government position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28660/16]

TAMS Applications

Niamh Smyth

556. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and process a TAMS application for a person (details attached) without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28663/16]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Pearse Doherty

557. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons why in a Ministerial determination relating to EIS requirements for an aquaculture licence application in County Donegal (details supplied), it has been determined that an EIS is not required with respect to the application; if consideration was given to the fact that the area to which the application relates is located within a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28666/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Michael Fitzmaurice

558. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28974/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Gerry Adams

559. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact which the lack of high-speed broadband is having on a business (details supplied); the timeframe for the delivery of high speed broadband to this address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/16]

Media Mergers

Niamh Smyth

560. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the sale of a company (details supplied); his views on the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/16]

Departmental Records

Tom Neville

561. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Civil Service records. [28081/16]

Fish Farming

Seán Haughey

562. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that Inland Fisheries Ireland continues with its fish farming operations; if he will provide significant capital investment to deal with the deficiencies that exist at Inland Fisheries Ireland's trout production facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28228/16]

Departmental Strategy Statements

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in its statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the Departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/16]

North-South Interconnector

Niamh Smyth

564. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Brexit will have any implications for the North-South Interconnector project which, if it gets the go ahead, will see a 400kV powerline run cross-Border through Counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/16]

Broadcasting Sector Regulation

Thomas Byrne

565. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale behind his decision to not add the Six Nations Rugby competition to Ireland's compulsory free-to-air sporting events list; if this decision was made after public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/16]

Postal Codes

Ciaran Cannon

566. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Eircode will be made compatible with Google Maps and GPS platforms (details supplied). [28463/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Michael Healy-Rae

567. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at Kilmoyley Graveyard, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/16]

Broadcasting Charge

Jan O'Sullivan

568. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to replace the television licence fee with a broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28523/16]

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Thomas P. Broughan

569. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, in the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; if his Department has received any requests from the BAI during this period for extra staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28582/16]

Energy Prices

Robert Troy

570. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views that certain reconnection charges to the ESB service are excessively high and if he will investigate the matter. [28597/16]

Energy Prices

Robert Troy

571. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who was charged €1,975 in a reconnection fee even though the sole source of income is a social protection payment; and if he will secure a reduction in this fee or have this fee waived. [28598/16]

Electricity Generation

Brian Stanley

572. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that small micro generation projects such as the gas extraction at Kyletalesha landfill at Portlaoise are connected to the national grid. [28662/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

573. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Brian Stanley

574. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28988/16]

Aviation Industry

Robert Troy

575. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a declaration from a company (details supplied) to the US Department of Transport that all the crews employed in this operation would, whatever their nationality, be employed on EU or US contracts of employment under normal EU and US labour laws, be of great assistance in removing the objections of many who oppose the application. [28367/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

576. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to the local authority to resurface the Rathscannell road from Abbeydorney to Ballyduff in North Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/16]

Aviation Industry

Jim Daly

577. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider leading or arranging a senior delegation to travel to Washington to lobby for the granting of a licence for the Cork-Boston route, noting the recent decision by the Northern Ireland Assembly to invest over €9 million to secure a transatlantic connection with the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28548/16]

Bus Éireann

Louise O'Reilly

578. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Bus Éireann and the Department of Health to erect a bus shelter at a location (details supplied) in order that patients after brain injury rehabilitation are sufficiently resourced with public transport and that they can re-learn to use bus transport as part of the rehabilitative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28052/16]

Driver Safety

Michael Healy-Rae

579. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA is planning on making changes with regard to hands-free kits in cars, in particular in buses and coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28103/16]

Roads Maintenance

Pat Buckley

580. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the road surface on the N25 Cork to Waterford road between Castlemartyr village and Youghal town in view of the fact it is in an extremely dangerous condition. [28151/16]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

581. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has set up a departmental taskforce to acquire EU agencies and research projects from the UK that may have to relocate from Britain after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/16]

Bus Éireann

Róisín Shortall

582. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profit or loss of Bus Éireann's various businesses such as public service obligations, PSOs, expressway services, school transport and other businesses (details supplied) in tabular form. [28279/16]

Aviation Industry

Robert Troy

583. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has a commercial mandate to provide air navigation and traffic services on and in the vicinity of Dublin Airport (details supplied). [28366/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Robert Troy

584. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the resolution of the European Parliament on social dumping in the EU and in particular the request to the Commission and the member states to review rules on initial training and on the licensing of air crew with a view to eliminating shortcomings leading to the exploitation of pilots. [28368/16]

National Women's Strategy

Thomas Pringle

585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Martin Heydon

586. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 road widening project in County Kildare; when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28480/16]

Rail Services Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

587. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to provide funding in 2017 to Iarnród Éireann to purchase additional DART carriages, commuter carriages or intercity carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28583/16]

Roads Maintenance

Pat Casey

588. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the maintenance of the roadside verge at a location (details supplied); his plans to remove the large trees which pose a significant danger to the residents of an estate; the timeframe for the removal of these trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28601/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Robert Troy

589. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to conduct a review of the relevant rules here and to discuss the concerns of a number of the professional bodies which as stakeholders have already conveyed their concerns regarding the exploitation of many trainee pilots here to his Department on many occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28607/16]

Aviation Industry

Darragh O'Brien

590. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement EU legislation on the regulation of air traffic noise; the impact this will have on existing planning control and pollution control, specifically in the case of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28664/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

591. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension, who have been re-employed either part-time, full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/16]

IDA Ireland Supports

Bríd Smith

592. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the precise supports given by the IDA and any other State agency to a company (details supplied). [28046/16]

IDA Ireland Supports

Bríd Smith

593. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial support, if any, offered by the State to a company (details supplied). [28047/16]

IDA Ireland Supports

Bríd Smith

594. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs her Department expects a company (details supplied) to provide here in 2017. [28048/16]

IDA Ireland Supports

Bríd Smith

595. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the general supports client-supported companies can expect from the IDA and any other State agency that fall under her Department's remit. [28049/16]

Manufacturing Sector

Brendan Smith

596. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date to secure a replacement industry following the closure of a manufacturing plant in County Monaghan; if she will ensure that discussions are held with a company (details supplied) that proposes to relocate here with a view to establishing that business in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28050/16]

Public Procurement Contracts

Maureen O'Sullivan

597. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the areas of public procurement which have been explicitly excluded from the application of CETA for Canada and for the EU (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28133/16]

Action Plan for Jobs

Ruth Coppinger

598. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to increase employment in the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28175/16]

Work Permits Applications

Bernard Durkan

599. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28197/16]

EU Issues

Niall Collins

600. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had any discussions at EU Council level in redistributing EU agencies from the UK after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28245/16]

Job Creation

David Cullinane

601. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of entrepreneur that is used by her Department when framing legislation and in particular tax relief schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28271/16]

Trade Agreements

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

602. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide an assurance that the Government, by signing up to provisional application of CETA, will not open Ireland to ISDS procedures or rulings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28349/16]

Trade Agreements

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

603. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government’s position regarding the constitutionality of provisional application of CETA in relation to Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28350/16]

Trade Agreements

Maurice Quinlivan

604. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to initiate a debate in relation to the agreed text of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA); when Dáil Éireann will be given the opportunity to vote on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28483/16]

Regional Development Initiatives

Brendan Smith

605. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to develop and promote a location (details supplied) as a suitable location for inward investment property held by the IDA in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28628/16]

Programme for Government

Catherine Connolly

606. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in her Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which her Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28649/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

607. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired public sector employees in her Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension that have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise by the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28982/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Brian Stanley

608. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by her Department or seconded to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28995/16]

Preschool Services

Pearse Doherty

609. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes that will be made to present funding mechanisms for allocations to preschool providers, including under the early childhood care and education programme; if her attention has been drawn to the increasing financial difficulties which many preschool providers and those employed in the sector are experiencing in order to provide preschool education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28191/16]