Parliamentary questions

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

236. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15463/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

237. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15479/16]

Waste Management

Clare Daly

240. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how it is that the polluter-pays principle, under which fees to collect household waste are to be charged under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Amendment Regulations 2016, is upheld by the practice of waste companies charging flat per-week service charges to consumers under the pay-by-weight scheme, a charge which must be paid regardless of whether a consumer has presented any waste for collection; if he will amend the regulations in order that service charges that can be charged by waste companies are capped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15529/16]

Waste Management Regulations

Clare Daly

241. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he will monitor the compliance of waste companies with the Metrology Act 1996, and with the technical specifications laid out in the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Amendment Regulations 2016; his plans to institute an inspection scheme; how consumers can have confidence that the reported weights of their waste are accurate; and the dispute resolution mechanisms that exist where customers believe they have been overcharged. [15530/16]

Waste Management

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will continue to pass on the landfill levy to customers on top of the flat service charges being introduced by waste companies under the pay-by-weight scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15546/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to halt the pumping of raw sewage onto the beach at Doldrum Bay, Howth, County Dublin. [15564/16]

Local Authority Management

Clare Daly

272. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the executive of Sligo County Council, in a report to councillors dated 1 June 2016, stated that payments for works carried out under the special resolution fund by Sligo County Council were made without deduction of relevant contract tax; and that when the Revenue Commissioners contacted the council querying the tax treatment that had been applied to payments made from the fund, the council advised the Revenue Commissioners that payments were made without deducting the relevant contract tax in line with the guidance issued by his Department. [16023/16]

Tax Collection

Clare Daly

273. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a revenue audit held on 30 March 2016 at the offices of Sligo County Council resulted in a liability of €256,521.51 for relevant contracts tax, value added tax and related penalties; if he issued misleading guidelines to the council and other local authorities in respect of payments for works carried out under the special resolution fund; if he will compensate the council to cover the cost of the said tax liability and penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16024/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to stop the ongoing pumping of raw sewage into the sea at Rush harbour and beach in County Dublin. [16084/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

290. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15438/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15454/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

293. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15470/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

294. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15486/16]

Public Services Card Authentication

Clare Daly

305. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the procedure for activating public service cards which is based on a telephone call, given that this is not appropriate for deaf persons; and if he will arrange for an alternative procedure to accommodate them. [15591/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Clare Daly

319. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the imminent closure of the WALK PEER programme in County Louth and the provisions he will put in place to provide alternative projects for the service users who will have no service from 1 August 2016. [15893/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15417/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15433/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15449/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

343. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15465/16]