Parliamentary questions

New Skills Agenda for Europe

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding he has applied for in the European Commission's New Skills Agenda for Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18292/16]

Educational Disadvantage

Catherine Connolly

12. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinitiate the suspended delivering equality of opportunity in schools programme, given the necessity for it in particular areas and the disadvantage some schools which would qualify under the programme are experiencing; when he will complete his review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18291/16]

Proposed Legislation

Catherine Connolly

227. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish further required amendments in relation to the Foreshore Act 1933 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18542/16]

Climate Change Advisory Council

Catherine Connolly

240. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he established the advisory council pursuant to section 9(1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; the names of its chairperson and members; if and how often it has met; the recommendations it has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16171/16]

Maternity Services

Catherine Connolly

417. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of reports from the National Maternity Hospital and the Rotunda Hospital, given the recommendation by the Health Information and Quality Authority following its investigation of Portlaoise hospital that monthly safety statements be published by each of the maternity hospitals; if he will require all maternity hospitals to publish reports; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

70. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures and processes she has put in place by the Reception and Integration Agency for the open competition for the management of State owned accommodation centres; the resources she has allocated to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17370/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

71. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken and she will undertake pursuant to the programme for Government's commitment to reforming the direct provision system, with particular focus on families and children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17371/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

72. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 24 May 2016, the status of the progress update for the 173 recommendations as outlined in the McMahon report; if the report is not available, the reasons for the delay and when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17372/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

73. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 17 May 2016, to outline in detail and in tabular form, specifically which 90 recommendations of the McMahon report have been fully implemented; specifically which further 26 recommendations have been implemented and to what extent; which 57 recommendations have not been addressed and the reason for each recommendation's exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17373/16]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Catherine Connolly

74. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 17 May 2016, for an update regarding the lack of reporting by the Reception and Integration Agency from which there has been no monthly report since September 2015 and the reasons for same; when the October 2015, November 2015, December 2015, January 2016, February 2016, March 2016, April 2016 and May 2016 reports will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/16]

National Transport Authority Data

Catherine Connolly

269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 14 June 2016, if the National Transport Authority produced and submitted a written report independent of Galway City Council to Galway City Council following its analysis of the traffic situation in Galway city culminating in the subsequent draft Galway transport strategy. [17406/16]

Disability Act Employment Targets

Catherine Connolly

300. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he has implemented the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the resources he has allocated to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17008/16]

Fit for Work Programme

Catherine Connolly

301. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the nature of work competency assessment in respect of the fit for work programme, including by whom such assessments will be carried out; the criteria for such assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17009/16]

Fit for Work Programme

Catherine Connolly

302. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the introduction of the fit for work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17010/16]

Fit for Work Programme

Catherine Connolly

303. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the penalties or sanctions he will apply to persons who do not engage with the fit for work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17011/16]

Fit for Work Programme

Catherine Connolly

304. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the Department or agency or private sector operator, that will have responsibility for the implementation of the fit for work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17012/16]

National Transport Authority Data

Catherine Connolly

64. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the report the National Transport Authority carried out in the past 12 months on traffic congestion and possible solutions thereto in Galway city; if he will provide this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/16]

Road Projects

Catherine Connolly

578. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to publish the criteria his Department used to evaluate which roads building projects to include in its submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform capital review; how each of the major scheme indicative list and minor scheme indicative list projects scored numerically against each of these criteria; what stage one of the Galway bypass includes and excludes, specifically regarding the purchase of land and the construction work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15752/16]

Care Orders

Catherine Connolly

5. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the number of supervision orders applied for in the courts by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, since it was established in January 2014, the number of supervision orders granted consequent on these applications and consequent on an application for a care order, but where the court granted a supervision order instead. [15262/16]

Hospital Equipment

Catherine Connolly

164. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his views that two dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanners at University Hospital Galway are not functioning due to staff shortages and cutbacks, notwithstanding the 20 year waiting list in this region; and the immediate steps needed to allow the machines to function. [15158/16]

Child and Family Agency Data

Catherine Connolly

254. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a breakdown by county of the number of supervision orders applied for in the courts by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, since it was established in January 2014. [15298/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Catherine Connolly

376. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process relating to the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s ongoing examination of compensatory measures with regard to alternative special areas of conservation, particularly in relation to the Galway Harbour extension; the criteria, guidelines and directions that are in place in relation to this process; and the proposed locations of potential alternative designated special areas of conservation. [15074/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the construction of a boundary wall between a school and a residential area, given health and safety requirements and that the necessary documents, costings and revised costings have been submitted; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13970/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

464. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the position in relation to persons living in direct provision centres and who have residency, whereby a person is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without the assistance of Social Protection and rent allowance, a person is unable to source an address; the number of persons in this position in each of the direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12867/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

465. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to those persons living in direct provision centres, and who have residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

515. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to residents of direct provision centres who have residency, whereby a claimant is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without the assistance of Social Protection and rent allowance a claimant is unable to source an address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13530/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to residents of direct provision centres, once they have achieved leave to remain status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 17 May 2016, the status of the 173 recommendations including if they have been implemented and the stage of implementation each recommendation is at in tabular form. [11656/16]

School Transport Availability

Catherine Connolly

194. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a school bus service is not available for a school (details supplied) with delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status, given that over 28 of the pupils are travelling from a distance of not less than 3.2 km from their residence, they are all attending their nearest national school, the number includes the minimum number of ten children living in a distinct locality, thus meeting all the necessary criteria for a school bus service from Knocknacarra and Clybaun to the school, and yet Bus Éireann has confirmed that it cannot provide such a service unless directed by him to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11741/16]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Connolly

247. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funds provided to Galway City Council and Galway County Council for the construction and purchase of social housing; the funds returned and unused by each council, and the number of social houses built and purchased in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/16]

DEIS Scheme

Catherine Connolly

16. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately include a school (details supplied) under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and in whatever interim arrangements are in place pending a decision on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/16]

DEIS Scheme

Catherine Connolly

25. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if he has decided to reinstate or replace it; the details of his decision given that almost seven years have passed since the scheme was temporarily suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has implemented each of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10133/16]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Catherine Connolly

60. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no Reception and Integration Agency monthly report since September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10132/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Catherine Connolly

107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed school for Claregalway Educate Together in County Galway will be built on a site, given her previous confirmation that her Department acquired ten acres of land on this site to provide for educational purposes; and the status of this construction project. [9292/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Catherine Connolly

343. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 20 April 2016, the steps which will be taken to deal with the lack of beds in the intensive care unit in University College Hospital Galway. [8454/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Catherine Connolly

404. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the 24 acre site in Claregalway, County Galway, purchased by her Department for a joint school campus which has been earmarked for a new school for Claregalway Educate Together; and the status of the tender process for this proposed new Educate Together national school. [8408/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Connolly

347. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); the steps and resources he will put in place to avoid this ongoing situation in the cardiothoracic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

438. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 6 April 2016, when the tender report was submitted to her; when the assessment will be completed; and when construction on the new school will begin given that a builder has been chosen and the current circumstances (details supplied), given the state of the existing school and that almost 16 years has elapsed since the first planning application was made to the county council. [7666/16]

Illegal Dumping

Catherine Connolly

474. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation in relation to Galway County Council and the number of fines issued by it for illegal dumping, in particular for the period 2014 to 2015 when 746 fines were imposed but only approximately 38% of this number of fines were actually paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/16]

Child Abuse Prevention

Catherine Connolly

604. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the child and adolescent sexual assault treatment service in County Galway is entering its second month of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6256/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

732. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the tendering process for the new primary school in Furbo, County Galway, including the stage it is at and when construction will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6258/16]

Land Transfers

Catherine Connolly

783. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of residential zoned land transferred from various local authorities under the land aggregation scheme, by local authority; the dates of completion of the transfers; the number of transfers awaiting completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6257/16]