Parliamentary questions

Hospitals Capital Programme

Brendan Ryan

380. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital is included in the revised HSE capital plan 2019 following adjustments for the new national children's hospital overrun; if so, when tenders will be invited for the project; when construction will commence; the estimated construction timetable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9503/19]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Brendan Ryan

396. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital are included in the revised HSE capital plan 2019 following adjustments for the new national children's hospital overrun; if so, when tenders will be invited for the project; when construction is likely to commence; the estimated construction timetable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/19]

Landfill Sites

Brendan Ryan

490. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 5 February 2019, the number of expressions of interest received by the closing date of 14 February 2019; when tenders will be invited from the shortlist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/19]

Sports Facilities Provision

Brendan Ryan

553. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of his engagement of a mediator from an organisation (details supplied) to assist in discussions between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and a club (details supplied); the cost incurred in doing so in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the name of the mediator; if the mediator has been contracted by his Department; if so, the length of time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9455/19]

Sports Facilities Provision

Brendan Ryan

554. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of mediators engaged by him from an organisation (details supplied) between 2016 and 2019; the reason for which they were engaged; the costs incurred in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9456/19]

Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times

Brendan Ryan

622. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area for appeals for disability allowance, illness benefit, invalidity pension, carer's allowance and domiciliary care allowance, respectively for each month from January 2018 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9498/19]

Social Welfare Appeals Data

Brendan Ryan

623. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of appeals in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area that were allowed by appeals officers, partially allowed by appeals officers, revised by a deciding officer and designated persons decision, disallowed by appeals officers and withdrawn, respectively, for each the years 2016 the 2018 and to date in 2019, for all payments and benefits under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9499/19]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Ryan

624. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to regulate for-profit fixed fee welfare appeals services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9500/19]

Water Services Infrastructure

Brendan Ryan

208. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the proposed upgrade of the water infrastructure network in Donabate and Portrane, County Dublin; the timeline for delivery, duration of works and commencement date for the project; if a traffic and construction management plan has been carried out to ensure compliance with the principles of proper planning and sustainable development of the peninsula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8874/19]

State Pensions

Brendan Ryan

181. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if information (details supplied) on the professional added years schemes will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7784/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Brendan Ryan

54. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to proceed with the MetroLink project from Swords to Dublin city centre as a priority; if the entire project will not delayed by the southside alignment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7058/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

252. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) applied for the prefab replacement programme; if so, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6594/19]

Rail Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

593. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrade to the northern commuter Connolly-Drogheda line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/19]

Rail Services Provision

Brendan Ryan

594. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the plans in the short-to-medium term to alleviate the congestion on the northern commuter rail line, including an increase in extra direct bus services to the city centre; if the necessary physical infrastructure and funding are in place to provide for the upgrade; the timeline and delivery regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6372/19]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Brendan Ryan

269. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications made since the introduction of the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of applications successfully granted since the introduction of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6070/19]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Brendan Ryan

270. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the primary reason for applicants being refused the mortgage to rent scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/19]

Heritage Centres Data

Brendan Ryan

182. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, and visited the estate generally in each of the years 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/19]

Heritage Centres

Brendan Ryan

183. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/19]

Heritage Centres Data

Brendan Ryan

184. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/19]

Heritage Centres

Brendan Ryan

185. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5014/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

208. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the construction of phase 1 of a school (details supplied); when construction will be completed in relation to phase 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5017/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

209. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the construction of a school (details supplied); when construction will be completed; when the school will be ready for occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5018/19]

School Patronage

Brendan Ryan

210. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive the recommendation from the new schools establishment group on the patronage of the new primary school for Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5019/19]

School Patronage

Brendan Ryan

211. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive the recommendation from the new schools establishment group on the patronage of the new primary school for Leixlip, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5020/19]

Teacher Recruitment

Brendan Ryan

212. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has advertised for the recruitment of a principal for the north County Kildare Gaelcholáiste to be located at Maynooth, County Kildare; if accommodation has been secured for the new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5021/19]

Schools Building Projects

Brendan Ryan

213. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pre-qualification of contractor's report for the construction of a school (details supplied) was approved on 2 October 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that tenders have to date not been invited from the short-list of contractors; his views on whether it is unacceptable that the pre-qualification process is now in its tenth month when it should only take two to three months; if his officials will contact the design team for the project to progress it to tender forthwith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5022/19]

Schools Building Contractors

Brendan Ryan

214. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the invitation of tenders has been approved for the construction of a school (details supplied); if tenders have been invited from the short-list of contractors; the closing date for receipt of tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5023/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Brendan Ryan

215. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for major capital works funding by a school (details supplied); the work for which funding is required; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5024/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Brendan Ryan

216. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for major capital works funding by a school (details supplied); the work for which funding is required; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/19]

Landfill Sites

Brendan Ryan

526. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of expressions of interest to tender for the remediation of Kerdiffstown landfill, Naas, County Kildare received by Kildare County Council by the closing date of 31 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5016/19]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Brendan Ryan

646. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Kildare County Council under the urban regeneration and development fund for the Celbridge southern relief road and second Liffey crossing; the items covered in the funding; if the funding has not been determined at this stage, when his officials will meet with Kildare County Council officials to agree the work and funding required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/19]

Land Acquisition

Brendan Ryan

657. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Fingal County Council has initiated the acquisition of the necessary lands for the upgrading of the Hearse Road, Donabate, County Dublin, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5199/19]

Land Acquisition

Brendan Ryan

658. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if all the infrastructural requirements for the second lane of the Donabate distributor road have formed part of the construction of a single lane which is in breach of its planning conditions as outlined by An Bord Pleanála in 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5200/19]

Higher Education Institutions

Brendan Ryan

88. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 21 November 2018, if his Department has received the cost benefit analysis from Maynooth University, Maynooth, County Kildare in relation to future campus development plans under the NDP 2018 to 2027; if the HEA has invited applications for funding under the strategic infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3124/19]

Courts Service

Brendan Ryan

107. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 21 November 2018, if the review is now complete; if so, if the report on the review has been presented to the Courts Service building committee and the Courts Service board; if a decision has been made on the future delivery of court services in the district court area of Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3122/19]

IDA Ireland

Brendan Ryan

121. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 6 November 2018, if the IDA has received the material to market a site (details supplied); if site visits have arisen from the marketing of the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3123/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Brendan Ryan

126. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if phase 3C of Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare is included in the plan to provide 2,600 acute hospital beds under the NDP 2018 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3125/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Brendan Ryan

127. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the proposed new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare is included in the HSE capital plan for 2019; if so, when tenders will be invited for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3126/19]

Public Procurement Contracts

Brendan Ryan

280. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if tenders have been re-invited from the shortlist of building contractors for the new State Forensics Laboratory at Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare; if so, the closing date for receipt of tenders; when it is envisaged construction will commence and finish on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1338/19]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Brendan Ryan

281. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 18 September 2018, if the engineering consultants have been appointed; when planning permission will be sought for the State data centre; when tenders will be sought for construction; when construction will commence; the estimated construction time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1339/19]

Flood Prevention Measures

Brendan Ryan

282. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 9 October 2018, if consultants have been hired to complete the reassessment of the local hydrology of the area in question and the operation of the local drainage network; the expected date for completion of the studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1342/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

299. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new buildings and associated works for a school (details supplied); his views on the current arrangement in which a school resides; his further views on the appropriateness of the arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54134/18]

Schools Building Projects

Brendan Ryan

358. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 18 September 2018, if the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) have been agreed; when a design team will be appointed for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

359. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received the pre-qualification report in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); if so, if it has been approved; when tenders will be invited for the project from the shortlist of contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1331/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

360. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification process for a school (details supplied) has been concluded; if so, if tenders have been invited for the project from the shortlist of contractors; if so, the closing date for receipt of tenders; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1332/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

361. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification report for a school (details supplied) has been received; if the report has been approved; if tenders have been invited from the shortlist of contractors; if so, the closing date for receipt of tenders for the project; when construction will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1333/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Brendan Ryan

362. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the required clarifications have been received from the vendor of the site for schools (details supplied); if satisfactory, if a design team will be appointed for both projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1334/19]

Schools Building Projects

Brendan Ryan

363. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a project manager has been procured for the ADAPT programme; if so, when the manager will contact a school (details supplied) to progress its school building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Ryan

364. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification report for a school (details supplied) has been received; if so, if it has been approved; when tenders will be invited for the project from the shortlist of contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/19]

Schools Designation

Brendan Ryan

365. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the application by a school (details supplied) to become co-educational; if not, the issues delaying the sanctioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/19]