Parliamentary questions

Noise Pollution

Brendan Ryan

64. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reflected further on the decision to award Fingal County Council the role of noise monitor for Dublin Airport in view of political and public opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/18]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Brendan Ryan

71. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a feasibility study for the provision of a segregated cycle lane to be constructed with the MetroLink project in the interests of increasing green and sustainable transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25334/18]

Airport Development Projects

Brendan Ryan

107. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a third terminal in Dublin Airport; if he will reference rumours that such a terminal would be built on the western boundary of the airport in the vicinity of St. Margaret's village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25335/18]

Immigration Status

Brendan Ryan

511. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects a decision on an immigration appeal by persons (details supplied) to be processed; if it will be expedited in view of the seriousness of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25083/18]

Bus Services

Brendan Ryan

1058. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support an increased service for the 101 Bus Éireann route with particular reference to the village of Balrothery in Fingal, which is only served by this bus and does not have another bus or rail service for its growing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25336/18]

Motor Tax Exemptions

Brendan Ryan

1096. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the case of a person (details supplied) who applied to have their car certified as not in use from July 2015 has now received a car tax bill of €1,892; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person had sent in an RF150 form to state their car was off the road; if this person is only due to pay tax from the present as they get their car back on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25199/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

247. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if capital expenditure is now planned for the building project for a school (details supplied); if work will take place in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

248. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the architect previously working on the replacement school project for a school (details supplied) was directly employed by his Department or contracted in for a specified project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

249. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the previous architect for a building project at a school (details supplied) was not replaced when they left in July 2017; the reason for delays in appointing a replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23408/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

250. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 22 November 2017, the reason there was no reference to difficulty with sourcing and hiring architects for a school (details supplied) in relation to this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

251. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no architects immediately available with his Department to take on the work of the final sign off to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23410/18]

Garda Procedures

Brendan Ryan

74. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can seek recourse from the State in cases in which the State Claims Agency refused to reimburse a person who had their property damaged by An Garda Síochána during a lawful raid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22940/18]

Court Procedures

Brendan Ryan

77. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to rectify an apparent inconsistency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/18]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Brendan Ryan

613. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the basis on which his Department approved the grant of funding under the local infrastructure housing activation fund for the Donabate distributor road in circumstances in which this road is being constructed in breach of planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála on 19 July 2011 (details supplied); the oversight his Department has in respect of projects it funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22560/18]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Brendan Ryan

614. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to enforce compliance by Fingal County Council with regard to the provisions of planning permission; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the council has requested the contractor working on the Donabate distributor road to now include an upgrade to the local water supply in the contract in circumstances in which such was not included in the original tender and in which these works are not being put out to tender, in breach of public procurement rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/18]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Brendan Ryan

132. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) that holds a primary medical certificate will be permitted to sell their car and buy a second hand automatic whilst retaining existing benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20815/18]

Housing Issues

Brendan Ryan

599. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to ban developers and builders advertising new development housing units as price on application, POA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21328/18]

Defence Forces Personnel

Brendan Ryan

11. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce flexible working time and shift arrangements to improve the work-life balance for Defence Forces members in particular for those who have family commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/18]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Brendan Ryan

16. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to change the need for compulsory medical examinations for serving Defence Forces members over 40 years of age; the rationale for compulsory medical examinations for persons over 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20435/18]

Defence Forces Training

Brendan Ryan

30. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce technical apprenticeships for aircraft maintenance; the number of apprenticeships the Defence Forces offer across disciplines; his further plans to increase this number or introduce more in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20436/18]

Syrian Conflict

Brendan Ryan

106. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Syria Donor Conference; the measures Ireland is undertaking to press EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict and increase humanitarian assistance to displaced Syrians who require better solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/18]

General Practitioner Services

Brendan Ryan

116. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a general practitioner practice (details supplied) which has closed; his views on the impact such a closure has on patient files; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19147/18]

Roads Maintenance

Brendan Ryan

27. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the restoration of over 12,000 km of secondary roads deemed to be in severe structural distress by the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17769/18]

Airport Development Projects

Brendan Ryan

33. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the appointment of Fingal County Council as the noise regulator for Dublin Airport in view of the response from local residents and the reliance the council has on rate-based income and the perception that the regulator needs to be seen as an independent stakeholder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17768/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Brendan Ryan

65. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if elements of the MetroLink project such as the provision of park and ride areas in Swords will be fast tracked separately from the railway order in order to help ease the immediate crisis of traffic into Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17766/18]

Public Transport

Brendan Ryan

79. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the setting up of a forum for public transport as committed to in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17767/18]

Schools Building Projects

Brendan Ryan

226. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe from when a site is identified and purchased for a new school or an existing school to be transferred to a new site, built and opened; the main stages in the process after land acquisition to school opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17727/18]

Wildlife Protection

Brendan Ryan

628. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if both the interim report and the final report of the State-wide derogations review will be published; if public statements that explain and justify all aspects of each derogation granted will be issued by her Department; if derogations are not State-wide, if the zoning approach used will be explained (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17937/18]

Ministerial Appointments

Brendan Ryan

363. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15450/18]

Ministerial Appointments

Brendan Ryan

364. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to appeals under section 29 of the Education Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15451/18]

School Management

Brendan Ryan

365. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the success rate for facilitators appointed by the section 29 appeals committees in circumstances in which such committees considered that it may have been possible to facilitate agreement between appellants and school boards of management in brokering agreements between parties to appeals in each of the years 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15452/18]

School Transport Availability

Brendan Ryan

384. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport route (details supplied) will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/18]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

763. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of general practitioners here with particular reference to the lack of same in the Fingal area of County Dublin; and the strategies in place to ensure an adequate number of general practitioners is available in Fingal and throughout the State. [15468/18]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

764. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in the Fingal area of County Dublin; the number of these practices that are not accepting new patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15470/18]

Household Benefits Scheme

Brendan Ryan

1421. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the removal of a household benefits package for a person (details supplied) can be re-examined with a view to reinstating this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15407/18]

Rent Controls

Brendan Ryan

1491. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the protections he will introduce for students reliant on affordable accommodation making specific reference to a case (details supplied). [15694/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Brendan Ryan

271. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide primary schools in Swords; his views on the need for a primary school in the River Valley and Ridgewood areas of Swords; the meetings that have taken place with his departmental officials on this matter in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/18]

Garda Stations

Brendan Ryan

316. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Rush Garda station will be reopened. [14037/18]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Brendan Ryan

64. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment targets for the 2018 intake in view of the opening of RDF recruitment to take place in April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10196/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Brendan Ryan

67. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the implications of the ruling of the European Committee of Social Rights to allow Defence Forces troops affiliate to a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10197/18]

Air Traffic Control Services

Brendan Ryan

294. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regular flight plan routes into Dublin Airport; if there are approach routes which travel over Lusk; if so, the altitude at which aircraft should fly if approaching over Lusk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13074/18]

JobPath Programme

Brendan Ryan

969. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the contract to run the JobPath programme by Seetec will cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12566/18]

Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Brendan Ryan

128. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department paid for advertorials titled Action Plan for Education 2018 in a newspaper (details supplied) in recent weeks; the cost of these advertorials; his views on whether this use of moneys is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11087/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Brendan Ryan

153. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency task force can be set up to include all patronage bodies and senior officials from his Department to tackle the primary school places crisis in Fingal, particularly in Swords and Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/18]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Brendan Ryan

559. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the section of legislation which requires persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) to provide bank statements and supporting documentation for dependants as part of a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11051/18]

Medical Card Administration

Brendan Ryan

415. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health the rules regarding charging medical card holders for blood tests in cases in which those medical card holders have type two diabetes and require regular blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9490/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Brendan Ryan

171. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that a high speed fibre optic broadband connection is provided to a location (details supplied) in view of the fact that the lack of such a connection is putting jobs at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8858/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Brendan Ryan

27. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed DART extension to Balbriggan; the timeframes for this; the plans for 2018 to advance this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7511/18]

Noise Pollution

Brendan Ryan

73. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for appointing Fingal County Council as the official independent noise monitor for Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7543/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Brendan Ryan

76. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when public consultation will begin for the new metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7544/18]