Parliamentary questions

Brexit Issues

Catherine Connolly

8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures which have been taken to assist small and medium businesses in the Border regions to prepare for all eventualities of the Brexit negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25608/17]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30461/17]

Trade Agreements

Catherine Connolly

56. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for CETA of the judgment of the ECJ regarding the competence of the European Union in respect of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30462/17]

Consular Services Provision

Catherine Connolly

144. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 4 May 2017, the measures taken to assist the person in expediting their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30339/17]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

195. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 3 May 2017, the progress that has been made in the development of a new ambulance base on the grounds of Merlin Park; when he expects the new ambulance base to be fully functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/17]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Connolly

213. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the resources that have been allocated in respect of each of the two reviews of fisheries policies relating to fleet capacity and mackerel quotas ongoing in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30363/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme Review

Catherine Connolly

237. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 10 May 2017, the position regarding the mid-term review of the Government’s capital plan; when he expects the review to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30354/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

264. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 11 June 2017, the progress on the issues raised; her plans for the provision of specialist expertise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30362/17]

Energy Resources

Catherine Connolly

61. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that have been taken or which are in progress to achieve the implementation of the policy to transition to a low-carbon energy system, particularly in view of Bord na Móna’s recent announcement to extend the operation of peat plants beyond 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29475/17]

Wild Fires

Catherine Connolly

65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the examination and action that have been carried out or are in the process of being carried out by his Department with regard to damage to the general environment following the fires which have caused extensive damage in substantial parts of Connemara threatening lives and livestock; the result of that examination; the extent of the damage; the steps necessary to avoid a repeat of this disaster; the extra resources that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/17]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Catherine Connolly

67. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the compliance costs that will be incurred for failure to meet the 20% reduction target in view of the projection of the EPA that the likely projected emissions for 2020 indicate that Ireland's emissions will be in the region of 6%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29841/17]

National Mitigation Plan

Catherine Connolly

68. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national mitigation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29840/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Catherine Connolly

204. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of Caranua; the names and positions of those undertaking the review; the process and criteria for their selection; the timeline for the completion of the review; the form the review is to take; the terms of reference for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29571/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

243. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 20 June 2017, the details and value of all contracts received for ministerial approval from Caranua; the date on which each application was received by his Department; the effective date of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30137/17]

Drugs Seizures

Catherine Connolly

270. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of follow-up searches undertaken further to the recent discovery by persons of substantial quantities of drugs off the west coast; the resources allocated to those searches; the number of packets found following such searches; the number of persons involved in the searches; the agencies involved in the searches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29613/17]

Drugs Seizures

Catherine Connolly

271. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources being provided for the detection of drugs being imported off the west coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29614/17]

Fishing Licences

Catherine Connolly

46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 28 March, 2017, when a decision will be made regarding fishing fleet capacity in view of the fact that the period of public consultation closed for submissions on 28 February 2017; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29123/17]

Nursing Home Services

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the provision of nursing home services in view of the fact that the private public ratio has reached critical level of approximately 80 to 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27904/17]

Ambulance Service Provision

Catherine Connolly

91. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of ambulance services in north and south Connemara, County Galway, in view of the repeated highlighting of serious issues in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27903/17]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Catherine Connolly

131. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent confirmation that the vacant physiotherapy post in south Connemara will not be filled due to financial constraints (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27906/17]

Hospitals Building Programme

Catherine Connolly

136. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the written request to him by the clinical director of Galway University Hospital and the management of a group (details supplied) to examine an options appraisal of a new hospital; if the permission has been given; if not, the status of the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27902/17]

Action Plan for Rural Development

Catherine Connolly

80. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made on the initiative to encourage increased residential occupancy in town and village centres as outlined in the action plan for rural development, by county; when the initiative is expected to commence; the funding made available for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27614/17]

Réadmhaoin Údarás na Gaeltachta

Catherine Connolly

84. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cá mhéad foirgneamh de chuid Údarás na Gaeltachta atá folamh; cé chomh fada agus atá siad folamh; cén áit a bhfuil siad; cad iad na pleananna atá ag an Údarás maidir leo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27611/17]

Action Plan for Rural Development

Catherine Connolly

91. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to meetings between the Minister of State for Gaeltacht affairs and natural resources and his staff with a company (details supplied), the position regarding action 165 of the Action Plan for Rural Development specifically regarding the proposal to establish a residential education centre in Tullycross, Connemara, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27613/17]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Catherine Connolly

98. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cá mhéad plean teanga atá curtha faoina bráid agus atá ceadaithe aici; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27612/17]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Connolly

101. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the proposed new town hall in Ballinrobe on the site of the old town hall; if the funding has been made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27615/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

423. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals personnel working at Caranua; if they are full time or part time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26626/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

424. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals awaiting decision up to six months, 12 months, 18 months and two years at Caranua, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26627/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

425. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time it is anticipated to take to clear the backlog of appeals at Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26628/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

426. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the appropriate time period for persons to wait before their appeal is decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26629/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

427. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for advocates acting on behalf of survivors and a delegation of survivors to meet the newly appointed appeals officer in order to avoid any inference of bias in view of the fact that meetings between Caranua and the appeals office take place regularly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26630/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Catherine Connolly

509. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts received for ministerial approval from Caranua to date in 2017; the date on which each application was received by his Department; the effective date of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/17]

Cóiríocht Scoile

Catherine Connolly

583. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le stádas an iarratais atá déanta ag scoil (sonraí leis seo); an bhfuil cinneadh déanta ina leith; mura bhfuil, cén uair a bheidh cinneadh déanta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28492/17]

School Costs

Catherine Connolly

642. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 4 April 2017, the detail of the correspondence between his Department and the school in question; if instructions have been issued from his Department regarding the suggestion that persons with financial difficulties should discreetly approach their school to ensure requests for voluntary contributions are not issued; if not, the reason he will not issue such an instruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28949/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Catherine Connolly

664. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 30 May 2017, the procedures his Department uses to grant permission for military aircraft to land in Irish territory or to fly through Irish airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26642/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Catherine Connolly

688. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention was drawn to the planned arrival of a plane (details supplied) before it landed; the way in which assurances can be given that there were no weapons on board and that it was not involved in military operations; the details of the plane's activities here and in Irish airspace; the destination of the plane after leaving Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27364/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Catherine Connolly

689. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention was drawn to the planned arrival of two planes (details supplied) before they landed; the way in which assurances can be given that there were no weapons on board and that they were not involved in military operations; the planes' activities here and in Irish airspace; the destination of the planes after leaving Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27365/17]

Disease Management

Catherine Connolly

1016. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the system for identifying Lyme disease; the treatment options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/17]

Disease Management

Catherine Connolly

1017. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a method (details supplied) of detecting Lyme disease; if consideration will be given to introducing a similar system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/17]

Disease Management

Catherine Connolly

1018. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if German results in respect of Lyme disease detection for persons (details supplied) will be accepted here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/17]

Disease Management

Catherine Connolly

1019. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have tested positive for Lyme disease in another jurisdiction are permitted to donate blood here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/17]

Blood Donations

Catherine Connolly

1058. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the current one-year deferral on MSM blood donors here to a three-month deferral (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/17]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Connolly

1106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the position with regard to the provision of emergency equipment and supplies to rural general practitioners who are not members of a co-operative and are acting as surrogates for the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26887/17]

Ambulance Service

Catherine Connolly

1107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ambulance crisis in south Connemara, County Galway, in which the ambulance base in Carraroe is frequently unstaffed and unmanned with resulting unacceptable waiting times for an ambulance and in the view of general practitioners on the ground will result in death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26888/17]

Departmental Data

Catherine Connolly

1112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 May 2017, if the files in question have been retrieved; if not, the reason for the delay in their retrieval; when he expects the examination of the file to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26919/17]

Health Services Staff Data

Catherine Connolly

1436. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the posts that have become vacant in a group (details supplied) in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and public health nurses in the past three years; the posts which have been filled; the date on which they were filled; the posts which have not been filled; the reason for same; the vacant posts that no longer exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28391/17]

Health Services Reports

Catherine Connolly

1456. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if a copy of the Galway Roscommon ASD service review commissioned by the Chief Officer CHO 2, HSE West can be provided; the status of each of the recommendations therein; the extent to which each recommendation has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/17]

Disability Services Provision

Catherine Connolly

1457. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway for ASD services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28562/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

2207. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, the criteria used by his Department to establish the allocation figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27579/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Catherine Connolly

2208. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 November 2016, if the funds not drawn down by the local authority were restored to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/17]

Fire Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

2269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number, location and classification of all fire stations in Galway city and county; the required complement of staff for each station; the number actually employed; the number of vacancies; the reason such vacancies exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/17]

Army Barracks

Catherine Connolly

2295. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sewerage and waste water from all buildings within a barracks (details supplied) in County Galway is connected into the Galway city sewerage system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28796/17]

State Bodies Expenditure

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature, details and value of all accommodation contracts entered into between the OPW and Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26099/17]

Social Welfare Schemes

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 14 February 2017 the input his Department had into the Defence Forces employment support scheme; the reports or documentation provided; if data on social welfare recipients were passed to the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25971/17]

Maternity Benefit Administration

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the payment of maternity benefit payments; the number of outstanding payments; the time these persons have been waiting for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/17]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Connolly

130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each person who sat on the panel to select the new board of Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26120/17]

HSE Staff

Catherine Connolly

228. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 238 of 25 January 2017 and 59 of 3 May 2017 (details supplied), the reason for the delay in granting approval for such an essential post in view of the fact it has now been vacant since August 2016 leaving the Gaeltacht area bereft of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26189/17]

Military Aircraft Landings

Catherine Connolly

50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures in place to ensure that US military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport comply with conditions related to permission to land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25948/17]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the indications he has received from President el-Sisi of Egypt that he will exercise his presidential powers to return a person (details supplied) to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25607/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Catherine Connolly

8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units that will be completed in Galway city in 2017 and in each of the next five years; the locations in which this construction will take place; the expected number of social housing units coming into the ownership of the city council in 2017 and in each of the next five years under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/17]

Land Transfers

Catherine Connolly

64. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of residential zoned land in the ownership of Galway City Council and Galway County Council and/or transferred under the land aggregation scheme by either, or both, local authorities; the location of these lands; the quantity of this land which cannot be used pending the proposed new road under the N6 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/17]

Asylum Support Services

Catherine Connolly

43. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for qualifying for the pilot grant scheme for asylum seekers to attend university introduced by the Government in 2015; the status of its implementation; the number of applicants and the number of successful applicants according to place of residence in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external companies or organisations or bodies that Caranua have engaged for a fee since its inception in tabular form; the fees that these entities have charged; the source the fees were paid from; the justification provided from Caranua for the services of these entities; his views on whether these charges could have been avoided by proper governance of Caranua in view of recent revelations regarding Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24670/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Catherine Connolly

109. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given permission to Caranua to move premises and incur rental costs; if so, when; the nature of the lease in question; the annual rent to be paid by Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Catherine Connolly

110. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he gave permission for contracts entered into by Caranua; if so, if he will provide details of the nature of the contracts in tabular form; when permission was given by him; the cost of each contract entered into by Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Catherine Connolly

195. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the new Caranua premises are owned or leased by the OPW, Office of Public Works; the nature of the lease in question between the OPW and Caranua or the OPW and another party but under which Caranua will be allowed to use the premises; the amount of rent that Caranua will pay annually; if Caranua has paid rent to the OPW since its foundation in 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, if so, the amount of same and the nature of that lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24869/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Catherine Connolly

196. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the lease at a location (details supplied); the terms, rent payable and duration of same between the OPW and Caranua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24870/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Catherine Connolly

197. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of the arrangement, lease or other agreement at a location (details supplied) between his Department and the Department of Education and Skills; if rent is paid; and if so, the details of same. [24871/17]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

87. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations from the McMahon report that have been implemented and that have not yet been implemented respectively, in tabular form; the reason for the delay in implementing these recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24386/17]

Visa Applications

Catherine Connolly

127. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures which have been taken to review the ban on Libyan citizens obtaining visas for Ireland; her views on whether this ban is fair in view of the hardships endured by Libyan citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/17]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Catherine Connolly

450. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his views on the continuing failure to implement the European working time directive which was transposed into law through the Organisation of Working Time Act and, notwithstanding which, workers in the homeless sector and more particularly, those working with a centre (details supplied), continue to receive only €4.50 per hour from the HSE west which is less than half of the minimum wage and in breach of the Labour Court recommendation as far back as September 2014; his views on whether time spent on sleepovers should be acknowledged as constituting working time; when this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24171/17]

Universal Social Charge Yield

Catherine Connolly

17. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the under-performance of USC in the January to February period of 2017; the difference in the projected and actual intake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23363/17]

Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the details of all fines paid, including the monetary value and transgression for each individual fine, by a bank (details supplied) since the State acquired a majority stake in the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Catherine Connolly

44. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sailors in the Naval Service who served on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea received the extra payments agreed in November 2016; the reason for the delay in payment; the steps he will take to ensure that future such payments will not be delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23265/17]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Catherine Connolly

54. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who must rely or have relied on family income supplement to survive in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23266/17]

Legal Aid Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

88. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 30 March 2017, the number of new staff hires who are engaged in the provision of services in the area of international protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23382/17]

Legal Aid Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

89. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 30 March 2017, the position or title of each of the new 15 staff; the date that each of the new staff members' contracts began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23383/17]

Legal Aid Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

90. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 30 March 2017, if she has conducted her own inquiries and is satisfied that the extra funding given to the Legal Aid Board in December 2016 for international protection clients was used solely for positions relating to international protection staff commencing after the funds were provided and was used for new and additional positions and not for the replacement of pre-existing positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23384/17]

Legal Aid Service Staff

Catherine Connolly

91. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 30 March 2017, the oversight or auditing in place to ensure that funds provided to the Legal Aid Board for services to international protection applicants is ring-fenced and used only for that purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23385/17]

Magdalen Laundries

Catherine Connolly

110. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 8 February 2017, the position regarding the investigation of the Ombudsman into the administration of the Magdalen redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22918/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Catherine Connolly

178. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on teachers being paid different wages for doing the same work solely based on when they began employment; his plans to redress this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22941/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

19. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made on the identification of the bodies found in the mother and baby home in Tuam; the location of the deceased; if the facilities are sufficient to allow identification of the remains; the progress that has been made in contacting members of the public that may have family members among the deceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22176/17]

Social Workers Recruitment

Catherine Connolly

32. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that have been recruited since 1 January 2017 in view of the severe shortage in social workers for children; if she expects to achieve her aim of 200 new social workers by the end of 2017; if not, the reasons for the shortfall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22175/17]

Park and Ride Facilities

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that permanent park and ride facilities are provided as a matter of urgency to both the east and the west of Galway city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22135/17]

Climate Change Advisory Council

Catherine Connolly

55. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has satisfied himself with the observations and recommendations of the advisory council in its first report; the number of recommendations that will be implemented in the final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21559/17]

National Mitigation Plan

Catherine Connolly

81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national mitigation plan; the timeframe for the publication of the plan; the resources being made available for the implementation of the plan; the reason the draft plan was not published in Irish; if the final plan will be published in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/17]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Catherine Connolly

259. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures that are used in the screening of submissions received (details supplied); the parameters applied to make the selection; if the EIA and AA screening processes were not carried out prior to June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22078/17]

Cosaint Fostaíochta

Catherine Connolly

323. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe i gcás ina ndéantar tromaíocht ar Státseirbhíseach nó ina gcaitear go héagórach leis nó léi ar shlí eile, an bhfuil an ceart ag an Státseirbhíseach, mar atá ag fostaithe eile, cás a thógáil chun an Choimisiúin um Chaidreamh san Áit Oibre chun é féin nó í féin a chosaint; agus mura bhfuil an ceart sin aige nó aici, cén chaoi ar féidir leis nó léi faoiseamh a fháil, agus cé na pleananna atá ag an Aire chun an ceart sin a chur ar fáil do Státseirbhísigh agus d’fhostaithe uile an Stáit; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21525/17]

Tuarastail Rannach

Catherine Connolly

324. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe i dtaca leis an liúntas ar a dtugtar PCW 1% go coitianta: 1. i ngnáth-theanga agus i dtéarmaí praiticiúla, céard is cuspóir don liúntas sin; 2. cé acu aicmí a fhaigheann an liúntas agus cé acu comhlachtaí stáit a íocann é; 3. cén fhormhaoirseacht a dhéanann a Roinn ar fheidhmiú na scéime; 4. i gcás ró-íocaíochta, cén treoir a thugann a Roinn i dtaca leis an airgead a fháil ar ais; 5. i gcás ró-íocaíocht le duine atá imithe ar scor, cén treoir a thugann a Roinn i dtaca leis an airgead a fháil ar ais; 6. i gcás ró-íocaíocht le duine atá imithe ar scor, an molfadh an tAire an ró-íocaíocht a thógáil ar ais as an mbuiséad do bhlianta tar éis don duine dul ar scor; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21526/17]

Fish Quotas

Catherine Connolly

518. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of mackerel allocation policy between the fleet segments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21518/17]

Fish Quotas

Catherine Connolly

519. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department can reconcile the policy stated in Fisheries Quota Management in Ireland (details supplied) with its implementation, which is allowing quotas to be concentrated in the hands of large fishing companies, the owners of which have the financial resources to buy up such rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/17]

Fishing Industry

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to safeguard the fishing industry in view of the UK’s decision to leave the EU and the complexities involved in the restructuring of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21063/17]

Fishing Vessel Licences

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 28 March 2017, when he will publish his conclusions in view of the fact the consultation process ended in February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21062/17]

Magdalen Laundries

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 98 of 8 February 2017, if she will clarify her statement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21307/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that persons worked in institutions (details supplied) unlawfully while they were supposed to be receiving education in residential schools; her plans to allow these persons into the redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21308/17]

School Costs

Catherine Connolly

106. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) continues to not make it clear to parents there is no compulsion to pay in the manner in which voluntary contributions are being sought by the school; the justification for requiring parents not in a position to make the voluntary contribution to divulge their personal financial circumstances to the authority of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21200/17]

School Costs

Catherine Connolly

107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a compulsory contribution and its definition in respect of school payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/17]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Catherine Connolly

142. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken by his Department in the case of a person (details supplied); the specific efforts that have been taken to date to assist this person; the steps that are currently being taken to expedite an appeal, particularly in view of grave medical concerns, both physical and psychological; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21148/17]

Nursing Home Services

Catherine Connolly

50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in Galway city and county with which the HSE west has entered into contracts for the provision of long-term and short-term nursing home care, that is convalescence and respite beds; the names and locations of the nursing homes; the nature and costs of the contract; the process by which the nursing homes were selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20733/17]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Catherine Connolly

59. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 25 January 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that south Connemara has been without a physiotherapy service since August 2016, leaving patients bereft of an essential health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20731/17]