Parliamentary questions

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

614. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new public sector workers in his Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings in payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20147/16]

Inland Fisheries Regulation

Charlie McConalogue

615. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons Inland Fisheries Ireland are seeking to prohibit an angling practice at a location (details supplied); if representatives from Inland Fisheries Ireland will meet with an angling club (details supplied) to consult on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19319/16]

Energy Production

Seán Sherlock

616. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union within two years will have a particular impact on the continued operation of the single electricity market; if he proposes in current circumstances to proceed with legislation making provision in respect of proposed revised arrangements in this State and in Northern Ireland relating to the single electricity market or if he will await further clarification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/16]

Energy Production

Timmy Dooley

617. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard security of energy supply here, following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19054/16]

Energy Production

Timmy Dooley

618. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely energy cost implications for the single electricity market, SEM, the integrated single electricity market, I-SEM and the electricity market as well as the existing energy interconnection between the United Kingdom and Ireland following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the EU in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Seán Sherlock

619. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is expediting the refit for solar energy scheme; the number of beneficiaries; and the funding granted to date. [19140/16]

Gas Exploration Licences

Mick Wallace

620. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the decision making process with regard to issuing of licences in the Atlantic margin oil and gas exploration licensing round and whether Ireland's commitments to climate change mitigation are factored into these decision making processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/16]

Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme

Barry Cowen

621. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide renewable energy feed-in tariffs to solar energy in 2016; the likely tariff given Ireland’s lower radiation levels which are about half of those experienced in southern Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19453/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Barry Cowen

622. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons wind energy currently is given preference over other more non-intrusive technologies, such as solar, in Government renewable energy policy. [19454/16]

Renewable Energy Generation

Barry Cowen

623. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of renewable energy that will come from energy sources (details supplied) in the Government’s plan to achieve its 2020 renewables target. [19455/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

624. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has transposed the European broadband directive, 2014/61/EU, relating to infrastructure sharing, which will reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks; if not, when this is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19488/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Brian Stanley

625. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the infrastructure to facilitate the roll out of the national broadband plan will be kept in State ownership. [19540/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Brian Stanley

626. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date on which he will announce the awarding of the contract for the roll out of the national broadband plan. [19541/16]

Departmental Records

Niamh Smyth

627. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archives Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19612/16]

Electricity Transmission Network

Seán Fleming

628. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his role relating to compliance or non-compliance with the strategic environmental impact assessment regarding Gate 3 decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19652/16]

Departmental Bodies

Seán Fleming

629. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role of his Department regarding bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, including oversight functions; his role with regard to the Commission for Energy Regulation to ensure that all statutory obligations are being complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19653/16]

Alternative Energy Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

630. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy to ensure that micro-generation by persons is encouraged and that particularly where micro-generation is taking place persons have access to the national grid and get paid a fair amount by way of credit on their bills by their electricity supplier; his plans to introduce legislation to change the regulatory regime as many micro-generators of electricity complain about the terms they are offered and the lack of competition in the market for micro-produced solar and wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19709/16]

Roads Maintenance

Peadar Tóibín

631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the request made by the Committee of Public Accounts on 21 January 2016 which outlined concerns that up to 300,000 tonnes may have been disposed of illegally in County Meath with regard to the upgrade of the R158 Trim to Summerhill to Kilcock Road; if Meath County Council has been forthcoming with all the necessary information; if the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has fulfilled its duties to the public purse; and if there is a need for an investigation into the upgrade contracts and the disposal of the waste and surplus materials. [19172/16]

Public Transport

Eugene Murphy

632. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that while over 60% of Bus Éireann coaches, over 200 vehicles, are now wheelchair accessible, it is virtually impossible for wheelchair users to access the coach services in rural Ireland due to a lack of accessible bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19107/16]

Roads Maintenance

Fergus O'Dowd

633. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is willing to release the funding necessary to expedite the R150 Laytown to Bettystown spine road project due to the very large number of young children in educational campuses in the area and the significant safety concerns that continue due to not having this spine road in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19126/16]

Road Projects Status

Pat Buckley

634. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he will progress the M20 project and if not, his plans to improve road infrastructure in the region. [19138/16]

Road Signage

Maurice Quinlivan

635. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the absence of a signpost for Castleconnell at junction 27 of the M7 motorway, which is the last junction before motorists from Dublin would bypass the tourist village; and the steps he will take without delay to correct this anomaly. [19180/16]

Road Safety

Seán Fleming

636. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding speed limits in housing estates that have not yet been taken in charge by local authorities; the speed limits that apply in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19182/16]

Rail Network Expansion

Joan Burton

637. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the electrification of the Dublin to Maynooth railway line as proposed in the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19262/16]

Dublin Bus

Joan Burton

638. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any report from Dublin Bus on the results of having revenue protection officers board buses at random; the scale of fare evasion noted; the level of improper use of free travel passes that has been observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/16]

Public Transport Initiatives

Joan Burton

639. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans for the Swiftway rapid bus services in particular the proposed Blanchardstown to University College Dublin route; when the service will become operational; if a final route has been chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19264/16]

Roads Maintenance

Maurice Quinlivan

640. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy whereby when footpaths are being upgraded disabled ramps and a designated parking spot are included in the plans; if there is a specific fund allocated to local authorities to provide disabled parking spots in rural towns in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/16]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

James Lawless

641. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and financial supports available to a voluntary sporting organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19490/16]

Road Projects

Kevin O'Keeffe

642. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the proposal to develop a motorway between Limerick and Mitchelstown by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as opposed to the development of a motorway between Limerick and Cork; and if he will provide full details of this proposal. [19508/16]

Road Signage

Imelda Munster

643. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the absence of a signpost for Castleconnell at junction 27 of the M7; his plans to deal with the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/16]

Departmental Records

Niamh Smyth

644. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in his Department's Archive Unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/16]

Road Projects

Fergus O'Dowd

645. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the access allowed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to private service providers to ducting along the M1, M2 and M3 motorways for the provision of broadband and telecommunications services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19649/16]

Departmental Meetings

Brendan Smith

646. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider a request from a local authority (details supplied). [19692/16]

Sports Capital Programme

Willie Penrose

647. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce a sports capital programme so as to enable clubs and organisations to apply for funding to upgrade and refurbish their facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

648. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the European Commission will present a proposal to the Council of Ministers asking the Council to vote to give the Commission the authority to sign off on the final text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, with the Canadian Government that is to adopt a decision concluding the agreement as per TFEU Article 218.6; when the Government will get access to this proposal to conclude CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19571/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

649. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Commission’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, proposal prior to the Council’s vote on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19572/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

650. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Government's position as to provisionally applying the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19573/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

651. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, considering the investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism of CETA is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would create a constitutional crisis for Ireland and the EU, whereby Ireland, as an EU member state, could be the subject of ISDS cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19574/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

652. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government can claim that CETA and its investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, will not be enforced upon Ireland prior to the CETA being approved by Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19575/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

653. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the necessity test (details supplied) being used to inform the Government's thinking on the provisional application of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19576/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

654. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government can explain its position that the ISDS of CETA is compatible with EU law (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19577/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

655. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Government will explain its position that the ISDS of CETA is compatible with EU law; the reason the Government does not invoke Article 218.11 of the TFEU and ask the ECJ to deliver a legal ruling as to whether or not ISDS is compatible with EU law (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19578/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

656. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way on the one hand intra-EU bilateral investment treaties with investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, promote discrimination based on nationality, but somehow, in a post Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement legal landscape, allowing Canadian businesses or EU-businesses with a Canadian owner, to have privileged access to a legal remedy, namely ISDS, does not allow for discrimination based on nationality (details supplied). [19579/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

657. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the Government's support for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and its investor-state dispute settlement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19580/16]

International Agreements

Thomas Pringle

658. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government intends to protect Irish citizens from the European Union Commission’s proposal to provisionally apply the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, prior to a definitive legal ruling as to the distribution of competences relating to new proposals to subject the EU to an investor-state dispute settlement under the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19581/16]

Legislative Reviews

Joan Burton

659. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will undertake a full review of the rights of artists here, including a thorough examination of our existing copyright laws and the current Competition Act. [19823/16]

Local Enterprise Offices Establishment

Fergus O'Dowd

660. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will establish a local enterprise office in Drogheda, County Louth, following the recent referendum decision in the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19131/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Niall Collins

661. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the findings of a risk assessment report in 2013 regarding contingency plans considered in the event of Brexit and whether Enterprise Ireland had sufficient resources in place, including staff allocations, to deal with such an outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19300/16]

Waste Disposal Charges

Clare Daly

662. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) is in breach of consumer protection legislation by automatically opting customers into a pay-by-weight system on 1 August 2016 unless customers contact the company themselves before 1 August 2016 to state that they wish to opt out and avail of the 12-month price freeze announced by Government last week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19448/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that have been adopted to date to transpose Directive 2014/104/EU on private party actions for damages for infringements of European Union competition law; the further measures proposed; if it is intended that the directive will be fully transposed into national law by 27 December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19547/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

664. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, received the lowest ranking of any antitrust enforcement agency worldwide in the 2015 Global Competition Review ratings; if she will give consideration to both a staffing and organisational review of the CCPC, in particular regarding cartel investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19548/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

665. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the European Commission will present a proposal to the Council of Ministers asking the Council to vote to give the Commission the authority to sign-off on the final text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the Canadian government (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19595/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

666. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Government gets access to the wording of the proposal to conclude the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; if she will make public the Commission’s proposal prior to the Council of Ministers' vote on the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19596/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

667. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will publish the position as to provisionally applying the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19597/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

668. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places an imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds to be approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and considering the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism of the agreement is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would be in breach of the Constitution, whereby Ireland could be the subject of settlement cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19598/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

669. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she can assert that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the investor state dispute settlement will not be enforced upon Ireland prior to Dáil Éirean approving the agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19599/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

670. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the necessity test being used to inform the Government position on the provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19600/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

671. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will explain her position that the investor state dispute settlement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is compatible with European Union law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19601/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will explain her position that the investor state dispute settlement of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is compatible with European Union law; and why she does not invoke Article 218.11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and ask the European Court of Justice to deliver a legal ruling as to whether or not the settlement is compatible with European Union law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19602/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how intra-European Union bilateral investment treaty solutions with the investor-state dispute settlement promote discrimination based on nationality, but in a post-Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement legal landscape allowing Canadian businesses or European Union businesses with a Canadian owner to have privileged access to a legal remedy, namely the settlement, somehow does not allow for discrimination based on nationality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19603/16]

International Agreements

Paul Murphy

674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she intends to protect Irish citizens from the EU Commission’s proposal to provisionally apply the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement prior to a definitive legal ruling as to the distribution of competences relating to new proposals to subject the European Union to an investor-state dispute settlement under the agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19604/16]

Departmental Records

Niamh Smyth

675. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; her plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19619/16]

IDA Data

Niamh Smyth

676. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Industrial Development Agency last visited Cavan and Monaghan; the number of new jobs which have been created by the IDA in the past 12 months; the plans of the IDA to attract companies to Cavan and Monaghan; the success of the IDA with this strategy for Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19638/16]

Employment Rights

Brendan Griffin

677. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding au pairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19683/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Thomas P. Broughan

678. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to fill the 18 vacant posts in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19726/16]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

679. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional public sector staff hired in her Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new positions only as and from 31 December 2010, broken down for each of the years 2011 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20145/16]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

680. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new public sector workers in her Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings in payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20152/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jim Daly

681. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how a parent can apply under the special needs assistant scheme in respect of a child in preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19136/16]

Child Protection

Anne Rabbitte

682. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and percentage of current child protection and welfare cases that have not been allocated a social worker, who are adult disclosures or historical referral cases; to provide estimates for the average waiting time for an adult disclosure case to be allocated a social worker; and the number of these which are considered high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk cases. [19151/16]

Child Protection

Anne Rabbitte

683. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and the percentage of referrals going through social work offices that are adult disclosure cases. [19152/16]

Child Protection

Anne Rabbitte

684. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, will publish its draft policy or strategy on adult disclosure cases, so-called section 3 referrals; and the current guidelines on dealing with adult disclosure cases by social worker offices. [19153/16]

Child Protection Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

685. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why the walk-in child sexual abuse service in County Galway is being shut down by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; her views on whether this is the correct approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19154/16]

Information and Communications Technology

Anne Rabbitte

686. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the barriers to integrating information technology, IT, systems across social worker regional offices; if she is aware of the fact that there is no integration of referral systems across social service regions due to the lack of integration of IT systems and as a result, vital pieces of information that may be detailed regarding a prior case or individual in the files of one social work office are regularly not known by social worker offices in other regions dealing with the same case or individual; her views that this lack of integration is acceptable; and her plans to reform this unacceptable situation. [19155/16]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Anne Rabbitte

687. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to all independent guardians ad litem, GAL, in 2015; and the amount which was paid to each individual to act as an independent GAL in the same year. [19157/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Peter Burke

688. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the substantial cuts experienced by Westmeath County Childcare Committee Limited, which has seen a drop of 26% in funding since 2010 and is now facing a very serious situation in relation to the support of children and working families in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/16]

Adoption Services Provision

Seán Haughey

689. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide post-adoptive services for adopted children as proposed by the Russian Irish Adoption Group and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19394/16]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

690. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); and if she or officials in her Department will agree to meet with the board of the centre to discuss the proposed closure. [19503/16]

Community Childcare Subvention Programme

Bríd Smith

691. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 8,000 community child care subvention scheme places from budget 2016 which have become available; the level of the uptake from child care service providers; and the number of places which have become available since the scheme was launched, by area, in Dublin and nationwide. [19546/16]

Departmental Records

Niamh Smyth

692. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in her Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; her plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archives Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Willie Penrose

693. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will take steps to reverse the 26% cut in the financial allocation from €316,797 in 2010 to €241,000 in 2016 to Westmeath County Childcare Committee Limited, which has led to a serious position for the delivery of services and support for children and families in the county, where in excess of 4,000 children are attending a range of such services; if, in this context, she will immediately provide increased supports and resources to this committee to enable it to continue its vital work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19706/16]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional public sector staff hired in her Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new positions only as and from 31 December 2010, broken down for each of the years 2011 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20140/16]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

695. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new public sector workers in her Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings in payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20149/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Niamh Smyth

696. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his contingency plans in place for counties Cavan and Monaghan following the Brexit referendum result; if Army personnel will be relocated in Cavan or Monaghan; if Border controls will be reintroduced; the estimated amount this will cost as there is no Army barracks following their disposal due to cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19150/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Pat Buckley

697. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Lariam is still being provided to members of the Defence Forces; if not, when this practice ended; if it is still being administered, the rationale for this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19169/16]

Naval Service

Thomas P. Broughan

698. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 21 June 2016, regarding the potential strategic implications of the planned waste incinerator, currently in the planning permission process, on the Naval Service headquarters in County Cork, his Department's contingency plans, should this planning permission be granted; the next steps in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19341/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

699. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views as to whether officers travelling to sub-Saharan areas are prescribed Malarone or Doxycycline, rather than Lariam; when this policy was initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19386/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

700. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views confirming that Lariam is prescribed for a six-month period when Defence Forces personnel are on a four-month tour of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19387/16]

Departmental Records

Niamh Smyth

701. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016, to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archives Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19613/16]