Parliamentary questions

Inshore Fisheries

Clare Daly

1070. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take to protect the inshore boats which operate within the six nautical mile coast line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15457/18]

Greyhound Industry Data

Clare Daly

1120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual registered and unregistered greyhound pups born each year to litters registered with organisations (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to 2017. [16253/18]

Greyhound Industry Data

Clare Daly

1121. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of unregistered greyhounds rehomed directly by the Irish Greyhound Board in each of the years 2010 to 2017. [16254/18]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

1226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 27 March 2018, the legal basis upon which the DAA is permitted to withhold public information from residents, namely, the longitudinal data which have long been outstanding that are being withheld on the basis of pending litigation. [15304/18]

JobPath Programme

Clare Daly

1438. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures regarding JobPath and the signing of a personal progression plan; if the procedure has been changed or altered; and if a person in receipt of a welfare payment that is on JobPath is obliged to sign a form. [15776/18]

Home Loan Scheme

Clare Daly

1554. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the options available to persons who had hoped to obtain a house purchase loan from a local authority and had saved the 3% deposit required, since the abolition of the house purchase loan and its replacement with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan, which has a 10% deposit requirement (details supplied). [15641/18]

Rent Controls

Clare Daly

1556. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent 27% year-on-year increase in rent at a student residence (details supplied) in a rent pressure zone, bringing total rent per annum to €8,695; and his plans to ensure that rent caps of 4% per annum apply to purpose built or contracted student accommodation. [15735/18]

National Monuments

Clare Daly

1635. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will designate Emmett Hall, Inchicore, as a national monument in view of the role played by the building in the period 1913 to 1916. [15118/18]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

53. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the primary school needs of children in the River Valley, Ridgewood and Boroimhe areas of Swords can be met in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14267/18]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to sanction new primary schools within the Swords area in the next 18 months; the likely location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14266/18]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing times for applications (details supplied). [14594/18]

Home Care Packages Provision

Clare Daly

278. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in organising a home care package for a person (details supplied); and the steps which will be taken to organise same in view of the fact that the person has been in hospital for seven weeks due to no home care package being available. [14680/18]

Syrian Conflict

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received the findings of the most recent EU review of the impact of sanctions on Syria (details supplied); the date on which the review was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11058/18]

Army Training Programme

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Army Rangers participated in the recent anti-terrorist exercise at Shannon; and if not, if the Army Ranger Wing is being maintained in order to provide support for European projects such as battle groups rather than anti-terrorist operations within Ireland. [14413/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 February 2018, his plans to provide for public oversight of the auditing of the funds of wards of court in the absence of an amendment to the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993. [13634/18]

Waste Management

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take to deal with the price increases imposed by a company (details supplied) for recycling material with particular reference to areas in which no alternative provider exists. [14284/18]

Illegal Dumping

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an impact statement has been commissioned in relation to the likely increase in illegal dumping as a result of the increase in bin charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14373/18]

State Airports

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasoning for his decision to appoint Fingal County Council as the competent authority in relation to the implementation of EU Regulation 5981/4; the way in which the local authority will play that role in Shannon, Cork and all the other regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/18]

State Airports

Clare Daly

244. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the senior management person or persons designated by the DAA to act as community liaison representatives in view of substantial changes to the management team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14318/18]

Pension Levy

Clare Daly

100. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken a review of the quantum of the reduction in pension benefits payable to persons in the private and commercial sector as a result of the pension levy that was introduced in 2011 since that levy was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13635/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

233. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/18]

Noise Pollution

Clare Daly

538. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 10 May 2017, in the context of this litigation being completed, if he will request that this documentation to be furnished to the residents without delay. [14119/18]

Coastal Protection

Clare Daly

35. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the intervention which will be made to prevent further coastal damage at Portrane and to develop a long term plan to ensure the safety of the homes in the area that are currently in danger due to damage to the dunes further to the recent visit by the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to the Burrow, Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11308/18]

Vehicle Clamping

Clare Daly

262. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the release charges under section 15(2)(a) of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015 fixed at €100 has been changed by legislation; and the charges that apply to private companies managing clamping at train station car parks (details supplied). [13508/18]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Clare Daly

51. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the membership and terms of reference of the medical advisory group to be established by his Department to advise on various medical matters, including malaria chemoprophylaxis, will be made public. [10206/18]

Defence Forces Equipment

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the acquisition of a multi-role vessel at a cost of approximately €200 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10208/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 11 privates are left of the 29 who passed out of the 2015 class; and the steps he will take to improve Defences Forces pay and conditions to address the retention crisis. [12524/18]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for initiatives to encourage coursing clubs to transition from live coursing to drag coursing (details supplied). [13029/18]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the identity of persons involved in capturing hares for coursing clubs; and if financial transactions take place between the trappers and the clubs. [13027/18]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

343. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that all registered coursing clubs are accurately recording the purchases of all hares in accordance with their legal requirements and are compliant with the Revenue Commissioners. [13028/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Israeli Prime Minister and bring to his attention that while he condemned Iran at the Munich Security Conference on 18 February 2018 in relation to an incursion (details supplied), in the period from 1 July to 30 October 2017, Israel violated Lebanon's airspace 758 times for a total of 3,188 hours and that since 2012, Israeli aircraft have violated Syrian sovereignty on roughly 100 occasions in the course of bombing targets in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11916/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 6 March 2018, his plans to amend section 730GA of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to exempt wards of court from exit tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/18]

Public Appointments Service

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if guidelines to be followed by State bodies in running a recruitment process for CEOs are produced by his Department; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [12410/18]

Public Appointments Service

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a requirement for State bodies to use validated assessment tools and techniques during the interview stages of a recruitment process for the position of CEO of State bodies. [12411/18]

Public Appointments Service

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if records of selection methods utilised including interview records and sufficient documentation to support each stage of a recruitment process for CEO of a State body must be maintained by the State body concerned. [12412/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, the nature and number of consultations in 2016 referred to in his reply; and if survivor groups were involved in these consultations. [11957/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, if he has satisfied himself that the changed criteria introduced by the board of Caranua forced some survivors into an opt-in system while others who were above a €15,000 limit were barred from opting in, effectively operating a two-applications system which was not called for in the legislation. [11958/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, the evidence that there has been an increase in face-to-face meetings with survivors and Caranua staff or applicant advisers. [11959/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

189. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, when a report of the review, which agreed terms of reference in June 2017, will be published. [11960/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 February 2018, his views on whether the length of time taken by the board of Caranua to review the customer charter is appropriate; and when a new charter will be published. [11961/18]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the implications of the review of Garda youth diversion projects which are recommending a new model which will result in the closure of smaller independent youth organisations and the loss of jobs and important services. [12724/18]

Garda Data

Clare Daly

336. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of trained gardaí dealing with child sex offence cases. [12322/18]

Travel Documents

Clare Daly

339. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person that has been granted leave to remain here can apply for a travel document. [12354/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

346. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 8 March 2018 and in view of the fact that it has taken the Office of Wards of Court seven months to issue 350 statements, the timeframe for the issuing of all 2,500 statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12475/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

347. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of case officers attached to the Office of Wards of Court that have received specialist training in family liaison, communications, mediation or other specialist training with a view to enabling effective, prompt and sensitive communication with the families of wards of court under the committeeship of the general solicitor. [12476/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

355. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Exchequer is obliged to make up the shortfall in circumstances in which there is a loss to the funds of wards of court. [12692/18]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Clare Daly

356. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the review of the Garda youth diversion projects which proposes a new model which will result in the closure of numerous projects and the cessation of the present system of secondary referrals which is an early intervention with young persons at risk. [12723/18]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Clare Daly

374. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the INIS website has ever been subject to a user experience, UX, audit; and if so, the results of the audit. [12930/18]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Clare Daly

375. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the automated visa application and tracking system, AVATS, online application form for a join family visa on the INIS website asks applicants to enter a reference number issued by his Department in view of the fact that such numbers are no longer issued. [12931/18]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

453. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to enforce and embed the evidence-based practice midwives have worked to master to make the retention of graduating midwives a reality in view of figures given to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on 21 February 2018 (details supplied) and his recent announcement that a full time permanent contract will be offered to all graduating midwives in 2018 to attract and keep midwives. [11933/18]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

454. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the evidence-based practice of offering a vaginal birth after a first caesarean section and after a second caesarean section which has been offered through the public midwives clinic in a hospital (details supplied) has been discontinued in view of the fact that this evidence-based approach is still being made available to pregnant women who attend as private patients; and if women who are public patients and who are now deprived of this clinical support have been written to in person with a full explanation from the hospital. [11934/18]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

455. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the report on perinatal deaths in Portiuncula Hospital will be published in view of the fact that the original review of perinatal deaths in the hospital was commenced in 2015 and the original undertaking was that the report would be completed in four months. [11935/18]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

456. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the title of the national clinical programme for obstetrics and gynaecology will be changed to reflect the fact that the reality is that the majority of the workforce dealing with pregnancy and birth are midwives. [11936/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to intervene in the ongoing critical staff shortages in a service (details supplied) in view of the fact that these issues have remained unresolved over the past two years. [12093/18]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

517. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to tackle the staffing deficits in neurology services nationally; his plans for long term investment to develop specialist services for specific neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12234/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Clare Daly

561. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 27 February 2018, if he has encouraged the HSE to re-engage with a company regarding a drug (details supplied) and has been informed that will happen as stated in Dáil Éireann on 28 February 2018; if the HSE has to date re-engaged with this company; and if not, the reason therefor. [12414/18]

Disability Support Services

Clare Daly

574. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address deficiencies in view of a HSE memo (details supplied) highlighting deficiencies in service provision for school leavers and those persons leaving rehabilitative training, RT, programmes who will require a HSE-funded day service commencing in September 2018 [12443/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

605. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the early intervention team; his plans to address wait times and staff shortages in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12542/18]

Irish National Stud Data

Clare Daly

728. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of owners in each of the stallions standing at the Irish National Stud to date by percentage of ownership by a National Stud director or party related to directors both past and present; and the details of ownership by the company secretary and related parties. [12525/18]

Irish National Stud Data

Clare Daly

729. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the purchase and or acquisition of each of the stallions standing at the Irish National Stud to date. [12526/18]

Irish National Stud

Clare Daly

731. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is the policy of the Irish National Stud to encourage members of the board of the Irish National Stud and those connected with them to trade with the company and with stallion syndicates managed by the company despite the provisions of the company's articles of association in regard to disqualification of directors in cases in which a director profits or benefits from an activity, scheme or undertaking of the company; and if this policy has departmental sanction. [12543/18]

Greyhound Industry Data

Clare Daly

758. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department maintains statistics on the wastage rate in the greyhound racing industry regarding the number of dogs every year deemed surplus to the industry's requirements and either rehomed, euthanised or illegally killed; and if so, if he will provide these statistics for each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [12844/18]

Children First Guidelines

Clare Daly

808. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if section 11 of the Children First Act 2015 and the Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools 2017 and a risk assessment carried out regarding same would be a basis upon which an existing one hundred year old right of way could be lawfully extinguished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12371/18]

Rights of Way

Clare Daly

809. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative basis upon which a right of way can be extinguished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/18]

Departmental Communications

Clare Daly

890. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 6 February 2018, if a substantive response from Tusla is likely to be forthcoming soon. [11994/18]

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Clare Daly

896. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Ireland will ratify the second optional protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. [12323/18]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

1027. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a contractor engaged by the Housing Agency to provide samples of underfloor fill for tests to prove heave-inducing pyrite is not sampling in accordance with the sampling procedures (details supplied); and his plans to address this issue. [12135/18]

Local Authority Funding

Clare Daly

1066. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it is Government policy to encourage city and county councils to apply for European Investment Bank loans which are subject to interest for capital projects rather than having Exchequer funding made available to them for same; and if this policy is being pursued to keep capital investment by city and county councils off balance sheet. [12936/18]

Naval Service Operations

Clare Daly

4. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role played by the Naval Service in the arrest of scafisti in the Mediterranean, that is persons who are forced to drive boats and then arrested as human smugglers and in the event of there being an involvement to justify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11685/18]

Middle East Issues

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make a case within the EU against entering new contracts with Israel until the Palestinian occupation is ended; and his further plans to push for support for BDS until Israel withdraws from Palestine in accordance with EU resolutions. [11689/18]

International Agreements

Clare Daly

28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his influence diplomatically at all international levels to persuade Greece and Cyprus to withdraw from their planned agreement with Israel for the supply of gas. [11690/18]

Human Rights Cases

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take with the British authorities and his EU counterparts in relation to the violation of human rights and the rule of law in relation to the detention of a person (details supplied) without allegation or evidence of wrongdoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/18]

Tax Reliefs Application

Clare Daly

78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to restore tax relief for trade union membership subscriptions in line with a similar provision is in place for membership of professional bodies by self employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11679/18]

Public Sector Pay

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the costings of pay equality will be completed; and the timeframe to achieve same (details supplied). [11681/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 February 2018, the reason for the contradiction between his reply and the advice received by the Public Accounts Committee in 2001 when the Attorney General stated there was no obstacle to the Comptroller and Auditor General assuming this function (details supplied). [11686/18]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

112. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of discussions of the Community High Level Forum relating to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking through their union representatives the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme; and the steps he will take to ensure that the Labour Court recommendation is implemented by Departments in view of the fact that private sector employers and unions are requested to respect the labour court. [11691/18]

School Transport Expenditure

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) raising funds at a greyhound track to cover the cost of a school bus; his views on whether it is appropriate that schools have to fund raise for basic transport needs in view of the fact that more funding is made available for greyhound racing than for transport; and if funding will be ensured to replace the school bus. [10859/18]

Appointments to State Boards

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when two new members will be appointed to the board of Caranua to replace members that recently resigned; and his plans to appoint to a new board to manage the day to day operations of Caranua. [11074/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Clare Daly

171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department's planning and building unit has not contacted primary schools in Balbriggan to assess capacity needs for the 2018/2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are enough primary school places in the Balbriggan area to cater for the demand for the 2018/2019 school year in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) has completed its junior infant intake for September 2018 and was unable to cater for the applications of 88 children. [11498/18]

Departmental Properties

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision was taken to lease a building (details supplied) without prior consultation with all stakeholders, including local primary schools. [11499/18]

Prison Building Programme

Clare Daly

184. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 101 and 102 of 22 June 2017, when a response will issue. [10835/18]

Eating Disorders

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 653 of 16 January 2018 and 188 of 1 February 2018, the number of young children and teenagers ruled to have died in the past five years as a result of eating disorders. [10900/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Clare Daly

195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the redress measures recommend by Mr. Justice Quirke, including back-dated pensions, access to a HAA standard card, access to the scheme for women who are deemed to lack capacity and funding for memorialisation in view of the appearance of the ombudsman at the Oireachtas justice committee to discuss his report Opportunity Lost. [11073/18]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Clare Daly

230. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of consultation undertaken to satisfy himself regarding the effectiveness of SI 646 regarding the storage of firearms; if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by responsible dealers in relation to unintended consequences from this measure and if he is willing to postpone implementation pending meeting the groups concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/18]

Direct Provision System

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Lisdoonvarna was chosen for a new direct provision centre; and the steps he has taken to ensure that the medical and educational needs of asylum seekers can be met in the area. [11683/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business; Enterprise and Innovation if she has satisfied herself that breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 identified by NERA in 2010 regarding sleep over shifts in the social care sector have been adequately resolved and that employees affected have been fully compensated for underpayments. [11365/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business; Enterprise and Innovation the levels of underpayment of minimum wage to employees working sleep over shifts in the social care sector which were established by NERA in each of the years 2010 to 2017 respectively; and the level of repayment of arrears which has been secured by the inspectorate on behalf of employees affected. [11366/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

244. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business; Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken between 2010 and 2017 to ensure against breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 in the social care sector specifically with reference to sleep over shift payments; the further steps she plans to take in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11367/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

245. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business; Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 20 February 2018, the proportion of the unpaid wages recouped for employees which applies to the social care sector in which employees were underpaid for sleep over shifts. [11368/18]

Hospital Equipment

Clare Daly

254. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 325, 345, 349, 350, 351 and 352 of 20 February 2018, his views on whether it is appropriate that one of the persons (details supplied) on the risk assessment team investigating issues with the monitoring of foetal heart rates occupied a management role in one of the hospitals involved from February 2014 until 2017. [10834/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

392. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the assessments conducted by his Department of the reasons girls did not complete the two-dose HPV vaccination course in 2016 and 2017; and his plans to adopt an approach of listening to testimony of girls in cases in which problems have occurred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/18]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Clare Daly

393. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the function of polysorbate 80 also known as Tween 80 and polyoxyethylene-sorbitan-20 mono-oleate in the Gardasil HPV Vaccine; the consideration that has been given by his Department that this has contributed towards increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier facilitating the passage of HPV-16-L 1 into the brain tissue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Clare Daly

452. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his plans to provide access to high-speed broadband to all persons living on the R130 Ashbourne to Garristown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11101/18]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

509. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the mother and baby homes commission of investigations failed in its first three years to issue a call for information regarding the burials of children at Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11075/18]

Pensions Reform

Clare Daly

581. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is planned to allow for a phasing in of the new total contributions approach for the first ten years or so to reduce unfair and sudden losses to the first generation of new pensioners from 2020 onwards in view of the recent publication of the Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023. [11393/18]

Pensions Reform

Clare Daly

582. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the jettisoning of the 30 year base for pension calculation used in the National Pension Framework and explored in the Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund 31 December 2015, in view of the recent publication of the Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018-2023. [11394/18]

Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Clare Daly

591. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in full-time work or study in receipt of back to work enterprise allowance, back to education allowance and the one-parent family allowance. [11561/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Clare Daly

592. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [11562/18]

Live Register Data

Clare Daly

593. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 28 February 2018, the reason a breakdown of the top 20 employers is not available to her Department; and when it will be available. [11563/18]