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Wed, 18 Jan 2017
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Anne Rabbitte
223. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive an AEOS payment. [2142/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Direct Provision Data
Anne Rabbitte
157. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in each of the years 2011 to 2016, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1019/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Ministerial Correspondence
Anne Rabbitte
514. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1505/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Civil Service Renewal Plan
Anne Rabbitte
745. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report of the Independent Panel on Strengthening the Civil Service Accountability and Performance will be implemented; if any element has been implemented and the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Health Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
1269. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the data his Department gathered and the findings it has made regarding the side effects of swine flu vaccine on adults and children; if he met a group (details supplied); if not, if he will facilitate a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1506/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Health Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
1270. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to fund a national narcolepsy service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1507/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Public Service Vehicles
Anne Rabbitte
1622. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be reviewing the hackney licence law with a view to providing an opportunity for registered owners to purchase same in order to expand their businesses. [1935/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Public Service Vehicles
Anne Rabbitte
1623. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review legislation under which hackney cars older than 15 years can no longer be used in the taxi business (details supplied). [1936/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Road Projects
Anne Rabbitte
1624. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide design plans for works scheduled for 2017 (details supplied). [1937/17]
Tue, 17 Jan 2017
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Industrial Development
Anne Rabbitte
1668. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is conducting or planning to conduct an industrial development policy review in view of the results in the elections in the UK and the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1945/17]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Gambling Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
16. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law on the advertising of gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40307/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Gambling Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
66. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to put in place any new measures relating to age restrictions in gambling laws. [40306/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Legislative Measures
Anne Rabbitte
69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increasing proliferation of social media applications that are being used by young persons and children to arrange online and offline exchanges with strangers; the steps she is taking to ensure the safety of children using these apps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39927/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Immigration Data
Anne Rabbitte
82. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented migrants under 18 years of age that are currently here. [40749/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Local Authority Housing Eligibility
Anne Rabbitte
192. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if care leavers have been recognised as a priority cohort for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40744/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
Anne Rabbitte
494. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and monetary amounts of sports capital grants that have been provided since February 2016, broken down by constituency, in tabular form. [40747/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Youth Justice Strategy
Anne Rabbitte
551. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the bail supervision scheme for young offenders; her plans to extend this scheme beyond Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40741/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Area Based Childhood Programme
Anne Rabbitte
552. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of national interim reports on the ABC programme by the Centre of Effective Centres; and when she expects those reports to be available for each centre. [40742/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Departmental Reports
Anne Rabbitte
553. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the second annual report under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40743/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Capitation Grants
Anne Rabbitte
554. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capitation grants that have been awarded to providers of ECCE services, broken down by month and county, in tabular form. [40745/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Child Care Services Regulation
Anne Rabbitte
555. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new child care regulations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40746/16]
Fri, 16 Dec 2016
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Legislative Measures
Anne Rabbitte
556. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the Children First Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40748/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Child Care Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
26. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeframe that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40303/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Child and Family Agency Remit
Anne Rabbitte
28. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [40304/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Child Protection Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
30. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Child Protection
Anne Rabbitte
36. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39923/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Legislative Measures
Anne Rabbitte
43. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeline that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39926/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Preschool Services
Anne Rabbitte
55. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for the support of children with disabilities who are in preschool facilities; her views on whether there are barriers for children with disabilities to accessing preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39924/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Homelessness Strategy
Anne Rabbitte
61. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children that are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [39925/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Tax Credits
Anne Rabbitte
87. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance his views on the future of the home carer tax credit. [40259/16]
Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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Flood Relief Schemes
Anne Rabbitte
138. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the scope of works along the Dunkellin River for a further three kilometres towards Kilconeiron (details supplied). [40260/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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Legislative Measures
Anne Rabbitte
102. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish legislation to provide for disclosure by gardaí of details on sex offenders where they consider public safety concerns exist, including disclosure in relevant circumstances to individual parents. [39756/16]
Tue, 13 Dec 2016
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State Pension (Contributory)
Anne Rabbitte
306. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for maximum rate pension despite having 1,690 reckonable paid and credited contributions; the reason it is calculated as a yearly average; and the way in which this person can qualify for maximum rate pension. [39663/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Motorised Transport Grant Closure
Anne Rabbitte
177. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if he plans to bring back the motorised transport grant following on from a review committee being set up in 2013; if so, when; and the conditions that will be attached to the grant. [39015/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Child Care Services
Anne Rabbitte
286. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 29 November 2016, if she will provide clarity in particular on a sentence (details supplied); if this means that the universal subsidy will be paid to parents on a pro rata basis; if so, the number of hours of child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for its parents to be eligible for the maximum subsidy of €900; and if she will provide an explanation for a scenario (details supplied). [38904/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Child Care Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
287. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, if she has consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner on PPSN use, data sharing provisions and changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that will be made in the new primary legislation proposed; if she will provide a description of the Data Protection Commissioner's views or recommendations; and if she has received approval from the commissioner to make these changes to data sharing that will be required. [38909/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Child Care Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
288. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, when she expects to bring this legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the date this legislation will have to be commenced for the administrative system for the new scheme to be in place by September 2017. [38910/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Commercial Rates
Anne Rabbitte
202. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assistance and supports available to retailers in circumstances in which a local business finds itself in difficulty with rates payments due to years of austerity and a build up of hardcore debt and in which the repayment arrangement is in fact placing the retailer further into debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38653/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Anne Rabbitte
205. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses the local authority purchased off the open market in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [38809/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Anne Rabbitte
206. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price that the local authority paid for properties purchased in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date by county, in tabular form. [38810/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Anne Rabbitte
207. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department paid on bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 to date by county, in tabular form. [38811/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Anne Rabbitte
208. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families who were in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38812/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Anne Rabbitte
209. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one-parent families that are in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38813/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Emergency Accommodation Data
Anne Rabbitte
210. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of children that are in bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in September, October and November 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38814/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
Anne Rabbitte
480. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38831/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
Anne Rabbitte
481. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Intercountry Adoptions Agreements
Anne Rabbitte
493. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for opening the adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will prioritise that programme given the fact that there are more than 30,000 children in institutions in that country, that many Irish families are approved for inter-country adoption and that there are many links between Ireland and Haiti. [38755/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Maternity Services
Anne Rabbitte
7. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on maternity services in University Hospital Galway following the departure of two key members of staff in recent months. [38043/16]
Thu, 1 Dec 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Anne Rabbitte
40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason 3,635 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day-case treatment in University Hospital Galway in October 2016; and the reason the numbers waiting more than a year have increased by 5,000% since April 2014. [38042/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
Anne Rabbitte
338. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the eligibility criteria for the rural social scheme, including the length of time a person is allowed to be on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/16]