Parliamentary questions

Permanent Structured Co-operation

Bríd Smith

152. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications of Ireland’s recent endorsement of PESCO with its binding commitment to yearly increases in defence spending for wider international work on disarmament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/18]

Citizenship Status

Frank O'Rourke

153. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been reached on the legal status of a child born here to a mother with subsidiary protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/18]

Departmental Contracts Data

Niall Collins

154. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/18]

Election Monitoring Missions

Alan Kelly

155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department organised a briefing for a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade in advance of travel to Azerbaijan in October 2013 to observe the elections there; if so, the name of the person; and the capacity in which he or she travelled. [3300/18]

Departmental Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3405/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Michael McGrath

157. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid out and the number of personal injury claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3422/18]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

158. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the threats to the life of a person (details supplied) in Argentina and the ongoing repression, intimidation and delegitimisation of the Mapuche; and if he will raise the issue with his Argentine counterpart. [3439/18]

Comhfhreagras Rannach

Micheál Martin

159. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Micheál Martin den Aire Airgeadais cad é a thuairim i dtaca le comhfhreagras a bhaineann leis an Tástáil Náisiúnta Carranna agus cás duine áirithe (sonraí tugtha). [2938/18]

Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

160. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to widen the criteria to allow a person (details supplied) suffering from a rare syndrome to qualify for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3161/18]

Property Tax Administration

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is collected; if arrangements for collection are under review; the way these funds are dispersed nationally; the amount of LPT funds collected granted to each of the local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2762/18]

Property Tax

Catherine Murphy

162. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the areas and-or elements of the local property tax on which the cross-departmental group on the review of the local property tax is focused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2763/18]

Motor Tax

Catherine Murphy

163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the moneys collected in respect of motor tax are dispersed; the amount and the areas funds are allocated to that are collected in respect of motor tax, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/18]

Tracker Mortgage Examination

Michael Healy-Rae

164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance when he is next scheduled to meet with the banks regarding the tracker mortgage scandal; and the position regarding the matter in view of the fact a bank (details supplied) is still awaiting a decision. [2780/18]

Motor Insurance Costs

Charlie McConalogue

165. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance the progress made with regard to tackling the cost of motor insurance; the steps that have been implemented to date; the future steps that will be taken in order to reduce premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/18]

Credit Card Interest Rates

Michael McGrath

166. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest paid by consumers on credit cards in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2856/18]

Tax Code

Michael McGrath

167. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax incentives or State support for persons or couples wishing to downsize to a smaller property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2868/18]

Corporation Tax

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the effective rate of corporation tax on oil and gas exploration and production in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/18]

Corporation Tax

Catherine Murphy

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of profit resource rent tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the years since the inception of the tax, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2872/18]

Corporation Tax

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of corporation tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the past 20 years, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2873/18]

Mortgage Lending

Robert Troy

171. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if a person goes through the bankruptcy process in the UK, the way in which this affects their credit rating and future chances of being approved for a mortgage here. [2928/18]

Tax Collection

Eugene Murphy

172. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is being asked to repay a sum of money that was paid to them in relation to section 22 tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/18]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that in order for a person to withdraw their savings and close their State savings account, they must provide a PPS number even if the account was created before the anti money laundering provisions in the Criminal Justice Acts 2010 and 2013 were enacted and even if the reason the customer is closing the account is in protest at having to provide a PPS number in order to continue using the account. [2979/18]

Departmental Agencies

Niall Collins

174. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/18]

Tax Code

John Curran

175. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the situation in which the cap introduced in 2009 which applied to banks that had transferred assets into NAMA restricting their use of deferred tax assets to 50% of their corporation tax and was removed in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3280/18]

Tax Reliefs Application

Tom Neville

176. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding tax concessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3292/18]

Banking Sector

Róisín Shortall

177. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/18]

Departmental Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

178. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Michael McGrath

179. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3421/18]

Stamp Duty

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to reverse the lifetime reduction in pension benefits for workers in the private and commercial semi-State sector that were brought about as a consequence of the temporary pension levy introduced in 2011. [1909/18]

Exchequer Returns

Michael Fitzmaurice

181. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent moneys received back into the Exchequer from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/18]

Garda Compensation

Marc MacSharry

182. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) will be notified of a hearing date in relation to their application for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/18]

Office of Public Works Properties

Joan Burton

183. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors that availed of guided tours of Maynooth Castle, County Kildare in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2983/18]

Flood Risk Management

Joan Burton

184. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood risk management plans including the eastern CFRAM have been finalised; if the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works has submitted them to him for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2984/18]

Flood Risk Management

Joan Burton

185. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 11 September 2017, the information gathered from the installation of hydrometric gauges in the Hazelhatch and Celbridge areas of County Kildare; the further studies now being arranged based on the data gathered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/18]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Michael McGrath

186. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the benefits contained in the new public service pay agreement for existing public service pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/18]

Departmental Agencies

Niall Collins

187. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit has with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/18]

State Claims Agency Data

Michael McGrath

188. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 16 January 2018, the amount of legal fees incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of personal injuries claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by relevant State body, inclusive and exclusive of clinical personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3382/18]

State Claims Agency Data

Michael McGrath

189. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 16 January 2018, the number of personal injury claims that the State Claims Agency has paid out on for each of the years 2010 to 2017, by relevant State body, inclusive and exclusive of clinical personal injury claims; the number of claims settled outside of court proceedings in each of these years; the number of claims settled as a result of a court judgement in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3383/18]

Departmental Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

190. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions have been subsumed into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3409/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Michael McGrath

191. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments made as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/18]

Departmental Legal Cases Data

Catherine Connolly

192. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints and judicial review cases, respectively, taken on by his Department relating to allegations of unfair and or unlawful public procurement procedures for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3463/18]

Departmental Legal Cases

Catherine Connolly

193. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of judicial review cases not taken due to the practice by Departments to seek security for costs, thus preventing a judicial review of possible unfair and-or unlawful public procurement procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Eugene Murphy

194. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been waiting for an engineer to inspect the proposed new site for the purpose of building a new school for over three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3184/18]

School Transport Applications

Tony McLoughlin

195. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a transfer of school by a person (details supplied) will be decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2774/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

James Browne

196. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe of proposed development for a school building project (details supplied) to solve an inadequacy of facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2833/18]

School Accommodation Provision

James Browne

197. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Department of Health regarding a possible transfer of lands from the old health centre at Grogan’s Road, Wexford, County Wexford, which will soon be demolished, to a school (details supplied) which is located to the south east of the site, landlocked and in need of extra space to expand to meet growing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2841/18]

Physical Education Facilities

Robert Troy

198. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new sports hall in view of the fact that physical education is to be part of the leaving certificate curriculum. [2842/18]

Public Private Partnerships

Brendan Howlin

199. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for the public private partnership contract in place for school bundle five with the liquidation of a company (details supplied); the number of outstanding payments to be made; the amount paid to date; the progress and status of each individual project in the bundle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/18]

Teacher Retirements

Tom Neville

200. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who was formerly a teacher in receipt of the occupational retirement pension on medical grounds can be transferred to an occupational retirement pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2926/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Howlin

201. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/18]

Emergency Works Scheme Funding

Kathleen Funchion

202. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide financial support to the board of management of a school (details supplied) to enable it to repair the damage done to the playground and the perimeter fence separating the school from the Donagh river by the severe floods in August 2017. [2974/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Kathleen Funchion

203. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to visit County Donegal and meet the board of Donegal Education and Training Board and a delegation of parents and teachers regarding delays in securing a site for the three-school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal; and if his officials are treating this matter with urgency and ensuring that all options for securing a site are actively being pursued. [2975/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Kathleen Funchion

204. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays in progressing the extension works at a school (details supplied); and if these delays will be addressed by his Department. [2976/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joan Burton

205. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date with the construction of a school (details supplied) which commenced construction in May 2017; when it is envisaged that construction will be completed; when the new school will be ready for occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2988/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jan O'Sullivan

206. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the developments that have been made in relation to a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3026/18]

Fire Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received legal advice in relation to significant breaches of fire regulations in schools; his plans to take legal action against the builders of these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3035/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael McGrath

208. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to an application for an additional ASD class in a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [3044/18]

Teaching Contracts

Tom Neville

209. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, under his new proposal to allow teachers who are on career breaks to do substitute work, the substitute days will go towards their pension entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/18]

Minor Works Scheme Payments

Gerry Adams

210. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills when minor works grant funding will be received by a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason the funding for 2017 was delayed; and his plans for 2018 allocations to ensure schools are not put under undue financial strain. [3049/18]

School Funding

Mattie McGrath

211. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out details of the funding that is provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3137/18]

Departmental Contracts Data

Niall Collins

212. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out details of the contracts his Department or agencies under his remit have with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/18]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Anne Rabbitte

213. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason for the lack of apprenticeships in areas such as mechanics and HGV; if he will provide a list of the 26 apprenticeship programmes announced during 2017; the locations of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3157/18]

Capitation Grants

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in which the board expressed a desire for the capitation grant to be increased; if a reply to this correspondence has issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/18]

Schools Refurbishment

John Lahart

215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for the renovation of a school (details supplied) will be considered; the reason for the reluctance of his Department to proceed with this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/18]

School Enrolments

James Lawless

216. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the extent to which adequate provision is being made for the high numbers of primary school places required in Naas, County Kildare, in view of the high numbers of new residents settling and due to settle in the town; the plans being put in place to cope with the high demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3202/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Sean Fleming

217. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will begin on a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Mattie McGrath

218. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the funding and development of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3213/18]

Schools Amalgamation

Mattie McGrath

219. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3214/18]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Alan Kelly

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if partial capacity benefit will be included as an eligible payment for the purposes of a SUSI special rate grant award in circumstances in which the appellant's partial capacity benefit is dependent on the appellant satisfying the underlying eligibility conditions for invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3222/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

James Browne

221. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a preferred site for a school (details supplied) has been chosen in view of the fact that the building occupied by the school is now up for sale and no leasing arrangement is in place; if his Department has entered negotiations with the site owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3251/18]

School Patronage

Fiona O'Loughlin

222. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will schedule a meeting with the organisation regarding same. [3261/18]

School Curriculum

John Curran

223. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress to date of his Department's steering group that was set up to develop and oversee an implementation plan for leaving certificate computer science with a view to commence introduction in schools from September 2018; the group's findings in terms of cost of infrastructure and equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3269/18]

School Curriculum

John Curran

224. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to introduce computer coding at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3270/18]

Information and Communications Technology

John Curran

225. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the schools nationally that run voluntary coding programmes through initiatives such as an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/18]

Junior Cycle Reform

John Curran

226. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined introducing computer science as a junior certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/18]

School Curriculum

John Curran

227. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on whether the science curriculum is sufficient at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/18]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Joe Carey

228. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason the back-to-work family dividend cannot be regarded as a qualifying payment for the special rate of postgraduate grant as administered by SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Haughey

229. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide replacement or new schools in Clongriffin, Dublin 13; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school population in this area is increasing rapidly; the stages at which these school building projects are listed on the school buildings programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pat Casey

230. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if works at a school (details supplied) will be fully completed on time following the collapse of a company in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3324/18]

School Patronage

David Cullinane

231. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for his Department's decision to limit the intake of a school (details supplied) to 13 students per annum; if this decision is in contradiction to his Department's own conclusion regarding the school as outlined in the report on the pilot surveys regarding parental preferences on primary school patronage published in December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3387/18]

Combatting Cyberbullying

Róisín Shortall

232. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake in relation to the protection of children online from a cross governmental perspective. [3393/18]

Departmental Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

233. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3402/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Michael McGrath

234. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3419/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Stephen Donnelly

235. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the collapse of a company (details supplied) on the opening of schools in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3435/18]

Public Private Partnerships

Stephen Donnelly

236. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts with subcontractors and service level agreements impacted by the collapse of a company (details supplied) working on projects, by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3436/18]

Public Private Partnerships

Stephen Donnelly

237. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the quantum of payments to Irish registered contractors that will be impacted by the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3437/18]

Public Private Partnerships

Stephen Donnelly

238. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to put in place a mechanism to ensure that subcontractors working on projects related to the construction of schools impacted by the collapse of a company (details supplied) will be compensated in case that payments due to these contractors are not made; and if his Department will provide funding for such a programme. [3438/18]

Migrant Integration

Ruth Coppinger

239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the research contained in 'Roma in Ireland: a needs assessment' (details supplied) regarding the Roma community's experience in the education system; the action he will take to improve the Roma community's experience and educational achievements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3462/18]

Minor Works Scheme

Willie Penrose

240. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools across the country will be notified of their allocations due pursuant to the minor works grant scheme in order that they can undertake works; when a school (details supplied) will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3486/18]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Catherine Murphy

241. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed in respect of illegally parking in a disabled parking bay in each of the past five years by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2861/18]

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Patrick O'Donovan

242. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2972/18]

Public Sector Pensions

Alan Kelly

243. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when personal superannuation fund statements for 2015 and 2016 as provided for under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 are required to be issued to prison officers recruited since 2012; when they will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/18]

Garda Station Opening Hours

Jim O'Callaghan

244. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of Garda stations that are opened on a 24 hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2781/18]

Garda Deployment

Bríd Smith

245. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a report into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of a garda to County Donegal following the arrest of an employee of the Department of the Taoiseach will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2783/18]

Tribunals of Inquiry Data

Jim O'Callaghan

246. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/18]

Tribunals of Inquiry Data

Jim O'Callaghan

247. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit that are retired members of the force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2808/18]

Tribunals of Inquiry Data

Jim O'Callaghan

248. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff serving on the unit within An Garda Síochána known as the Charleton liaison unit that were appointed to the position by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2806/18]

Courts Service Properties

Pearse Doherty

249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a formal request from a community based organisation (details supplied) regarding proposals to occupy and utilise a disused property for the purpose of delivering its programmes and services; if consideration will be given to such a venture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2795/18]

Asylum Applications Data

Catherine Martin

250. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers given leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2816/18]

Deportation Orders Data

Catherine Martin

251. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2817/18]