Parliamentary questions

Third Level Expenditure

Alan Kelly

353. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the expenditure of €60,000 per annum plus VAT over an eight year period by University College Cork, UCC, for a roof sign on Cork Opera House is a good use of taxpayer's money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24744/18]

Third Level Staff Remuneration

Alan Kelly

410. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration packages for presidents of third level institutions in tabular form. [25196/18]

Leave to Remain

Alan Kelly

501. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the INIS has access to an ink stamp to appropriately endorse a passport allowing a person to remain in the State (details supplied) on a stamp 1 basis and seek employment without the requirement for an employment permit; if not, if it will be supplied with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24937/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Alan Kelly

661. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if all electronic correspondence between him and either of his two special advisers regarding all aspects of the CervicalCheck crisis will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/18]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

1300. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if each approved construction, turnkey and large scale acquisition projects, that is, capital funded in 2015 and 2016 have been completed and occupied in accordance with Appendix 2 of Laying the Foundations: Housing Actions Report in April 2016, in tabular form. [24769/18]

Broadcasting Sector

Alan Kelly

36. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources to ensure greater investment in independent television production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20007/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

40. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has full confidence in HSE management and its practices and, in particular, those in charge of the national screening programme both past and present. [23798/18]

Garda Reports

Alan Kelly

289. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that have been taken as a result of the 2012 Garda professional standards report into the Bray district, which found serious failings; when the actions were taken; the person who took the actions; if assurances will be given that the district is not operating in a similar fashion at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/18]

Garda Code of Ethics

Alan Kelly

297. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are two different ethics training programmes being conducted internally in An Garda Síochána for rank and file members and management, respectively; his views on whether this is appropriate in view of the apparent void between both that is outlined in the recent Garda Cultural Audit Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23682/18]

Departmental Legal Costs

Alan Kelly

48. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date of legal fees incurred in the case being pursued by the State relating to the decision of the European Commission regarding the alleged grant of State aid to a company (details supplied); the names and amount of fees paid to date to each law firm, senior counsel and barrister; if the barristers are full-time public servants; his views on whether such payments are in breach of the one person, one salary principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23020/18]

Appointments to State Boards

Alan Kelly

69. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason four members of the Higher Education Authority who are not ordinarily resident in the State have remained as members of the authority despite section 9 of the Schedule to the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 stating that such persons shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office in circumstances in which they cease to be ordinarily resident in the State. [23018/18]

Higher Education Authority Administration

Alan Kelly

70. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a group within an application (details supplied) that has been established for communication by members of the Higher Education Authority; his views on whether this is an appropriate method of communication between members of the authority; if a record is kept of all such communications; and if they are subject to freedom of information legislation. [23019/18]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Alan Kelly

550. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if non-taxable subsistence payments while working in rehabilitative employment are exempt from the means test for the purposes of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21986/18]

Disability Allowance Eligibility

Alan Kelly

551. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in receipt of disability allowance who serves in a voluntary capacity on a body and is eligible to claim a small amount of non-taxable travel and subsistence for same will have same regarded as means for the purposes of the means assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21987/18]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

150. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of circular 1/91 issued by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21611/18]

Employment Investment Incentive Scheme

Alan Kelly

212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to comments made by the chair of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the need to reform the administration of the business expansion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/18]

Consumer Protection

Alan Kelly

213. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) to equip persons to make better financial decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/18]

HSE Legal Cases

Alan Kelly

335. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times his Department or the HSE has sought and or obtained a gagging order in respect of persons that have taken a legal action against either body in the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20803/18]

Wildlife Protection

Alan Kelly

612. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of efforts being made to eradicate the American mink from offshore islands under the protection of the State, in particular the Blasket Islands, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21329/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and formats by which each of the HSE’s hospital group managers were told of the 2014 audit of cervical cancer cases; if he will publish the correspondence by which they were told; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20611/18]