Parliamentary questions

Horse Racing Industry Funding

Clare Daly

210. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 8 November 2016, if he will provide a list of recipients who commercially and financially benefit from the spending of taxpayers' money on marketing activities by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, while acknowledging this kind of marketing and promoting is a critical element in the development of the Irish thoroughbred sector; if he will explain in precise terms the way in which all taxpayers benefit from this expenditure of public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35245/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any official communications by letter, e-mail and telephone, including landline and mobile telephone, and including by a person (details supplied), with the chairman, board, the chief executive officer or any other executive member employed by Horse Racing Ireland at an emergency general meeting of the HRI board, held on 27 September 2016, prior to the board of HRI releasing a press release which supported the reappointment of the chief executive of HRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35246/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

212. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 8 November 2016, if his position as outlined in his reply still stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35247/16]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

255. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exceptional reasons for which Tusla will deviate from its standard policy of not placing children under 12 years of age in residential care. [35250/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

263. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the stage the process is at in the report of the commission of inquiry that was handed in on 16 September 2016; her views regarding the completion timeline of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35419/16]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken by her over the past two years to ensure that gardaí who had made protected disclosures were not subjected to bullying and harassment; if she is satisfied with the outcome of those actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34558/16]

Prisoner Welfare

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with the concerns of the UN special rapporteur on torture in relation to the numbers of prisoners here being kept in solitary confinement for extended periods, well in excess of the UN-recommended 15-day limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34559/16]

Judicial Appointments

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 4 October 2016, her plans to introduce regulations to address the conflicts that can arise through the assignment of judges to districts where they may have worked for many years as a solicitor, in view of the fact that such conflicts will not be prevented by the establishment of a judicial council. [34423/16]

Judicial Pay

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 4 October 2016, the details of which travel and subsistence expenses are subject to regulation and thus must be vouched, and which travel and subsistence expenses may be claimed without being vouched. [34424/16]

Judicial Pay

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 4 October 2016, the frequency with which audits are conducted; the persons by whom they are conducted; and the number of audits per year that take place. [34425/16]

Asylum Applications

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland frequently insists that families seeking reunification under the Dublin III regulation undergo DNA testing to prove the familial relationship in cases where substantial documentary evidence of the familial relationship exists and has been provided (details supplied). [34512/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

175. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to undertake to ensure that properties which are remediated under the Government's pyrite remediation scheme can get home insurance in view of statements by insurance companies that they will not provide cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/16]

Insurance Costs

Clare Daly

280. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views regarding the fact that insurance companies are stating that they will not insure properties post pyrite remediation; the steps he proposes to take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34442/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

432. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 December 2015 and the reply to the question (details supplied), if she received the report; if so, when she will publish it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34483/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

487. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider that parents and guardians should be given the option of providing consent for each HPV vaccination and not as it is at present, that is, consenting for at the start of the series of jabs; if he will consider providing the parents the right to give consent individually for the two vaccinations; and his views on the fact that this would allow the parents to monitor the health of their daughters after each vaccination. [34594/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

488. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there is a possibility of aluminium in Gardasil forms of HPV vaccines crossing the blood brain barrier; if he will publish any data held by his Department on this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34595/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

489. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if there is a possibility of potential synergistic toxicity of aluminium in HPV vaccines. [34596/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

490. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if pandemrix was at one time considered as safe as the HPV vaccines and that the benefits outweighed the risks; and if there is a possibility that the many autoimmune reactions being experienced by HPV vaccinated girls are following a similar pattern of neurological disturbances. [34597/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

491. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the data that the manufacturer submitted to the EMA which indicated that those pre-exposed to vaccine relevant HPV may experience a 44.6% increased risk of pre-cancerous lesions after vaccination with Gardasil; and the steps in place to monitor cervical cancer rates in the HPV vaccinated population. [34598/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

635. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the felling of up to 30 mature oak trees in 2015 in a heritage woodland which had been specifically detailed for protection in a licence (details supplied) issued by the forest service. [34500/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

636. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the felling of a 100-year old sequoia tree this spring in a heritage woodland in County Longford when the forest service had been assured by the licensed operator (details supplied) that no sequoia trees would be felled. [34501/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

637. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a felling licence for an ancient broadleaf woodland was issued without the standard consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (details supplied) when two other licences in this location were so referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34502/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

638. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason as a result of complaints received, felling was suspended in an ancient woodland in County Longford on 24 March 2016, permitted to continue on 12 April 2016, and then halted again on 12 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34503/16]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

717. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is contrary to the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 to place a child aged between three and ten years of age in a residential care facility for the purposes of assessment. [34975/16]

Insurance Costs

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Working Group on the Cost of Insurance; and the timeframe for action to be taken on the spiralling cost of insurance. [34037/16]

Credit Unions

Clare Daly

42. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on plans to distribute the value of the assets held by a credit union (details supplied) to its members, in view of the fact that the statement issued by the Central Bank on 2 November 2016 made reference only to the return to members of deposits held with the credit union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34036/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

56. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish officials working on the ground in Greece administering the relocation programme are aware of a shelter (details supplied); and if they will visit that shelter to inform the refugees housed there of their options in regard to relocating here. [34128/16]

Garda Deployment

Clare Daly

64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the level of resources and experienced detective units allocated in the north central Garda district to deal with recent serious shooting incidents is sufficient in view of the serious nature of some criminal activity in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34227/16]

Student Support Schemes

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any assessment or research into the potential loss to the Exchequer arising from emigration to avoid repayment of graduate debt as has happened in other jurisdictions where student loan systems have been introduced. [34202/16]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on the recent mauling of a hare at Ballingar, County Offaly, in view of the fact that very clear video footage showing the mauling by two muzzled greyhounds has been widely shared through social media (details supplied). [34111/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action that was taken in response to the report prepared by the National Parks and Wildlife Service on 2 December 2015 in response to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 December 2015 which reported that, under a licence granted for thinning for firewood (details suppled), up to 30 oak trees between 60 to 80 years old, with the occasional older tree, had been felled in spite of a detailed condition in this licence requiring the retention of these specific oak trees. [34351/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she had informed the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine's forest service of Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 December 2015 regarding felling in an ancient woodland (details supplied) in County Longford and the report provided to her by the National Parks and Wildlife Service confirming the felling of mature oak trees specifically protected in the licence, to determine if a licence had been issued and to co-ordinate a response with the authority responsible for licensing the felling of trees. [34352/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action she will take over the felling of the oak trees specifically prohibited under licence (details supplied), in view of the fact that the same operators are continuing to operate under two current licences for operations in this woodland. [34353/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason, after requiring a condition that no felling would take place during the restricted bird nesting season from March to September in the first licence issued for forestry operations in a heritage woodland (details supplied) in County Longford, a subsequent licence was never provided to the ranger for comment and was returned to the forest service without any recommendation. [34354/16]

Forestry Sector

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of any meetings she has held with the owner of a heritage woodland (details supplied) in County Longford; and the actions that were taken because of such meetings. [34355/16]

Midwifery Services

Clare Daly

234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Rotunda Hospital is currently 42 midwives short of the recommended number of WTEs of 207.99, the National Maternity Hospital is 25 midwives short of its recommended complement of 234 and the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital is 34 midwives short of its recommended complement of 212; the steps he will take to address these serious shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34198/16]

Workplace Relations Services

Clare Daly

327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider amending the name of the Workplace Relations Commission to the workplace relations and equality commission in view of the public understanding deficit regarding the role of the WRC in adjudicating on breaches of the Equal Status Acts, and the potential effect of this understanding deficit on persons bringing claims of breaches forward for adjudication and resolution. [34117/16]

Workplace Relations Services

Clare Daly

328. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the procedures in place to deal with complaints of breaches of the Equal Status Acts have changed since the Equality Tribunal was subsumed into the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she is satisfied with the procedures used by the WRC to handle complaints regarding breaches of the Equal Status Acts, specifically the requirement that complainants in the first instance attempt a resolution with a service provider themselves, unsupported, in view of the potential power differentials involved and the difficulties this could present for complainants. [34118/16]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

341. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff assigned to Tusla or the separated children team in each of the years 2000 to date in 2016. [34173/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the records maintained by the Air Corps on the numbers, country of origin and types of foreign military aircraft that were given permission to land at Casement Aerodrome from 2010 to date in 2016; and the reason for these permissions. [33812/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

48. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the detailed medical advice given by the medical corps and the medical officer of the Defence Forces that states Lariam is the most suitable drug for members of the Defence Forces in sub-Saharan Africa. [33808/16]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the awarding of patronage for a school (details supplied) to the education training board without considering the huge demand in the area for an educate together ethos second level school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33919/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 2 November 2016, if he will confirm that there are currently plans for recruitment at assistant principal level in 2016. [33902/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Clare Daly

135. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he changed his position on the reappointment of a person (details supplied) to Horse Racing Ireland following a request from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to sanction the reappointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33951/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the obligations of the Turf Club to ensure animal welfare standards are met; the role and obligations of the Turf Club in investigating breaches of those standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33958/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the obligations of the Turf Club to ensure animal welfare standards are met and its role and obligations in investigating breaches of those standards have changed since 2011. [33959/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to publish the second interim report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; the reason the publication has been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33333/16]

Adoption Data

Clare Daly

56. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the payments to an agency (details supplied) and indemnity guarantees to Tusla that were part of the negotiations regarding the transfer of 13,000 adoption records from the agency to the State in May 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33332/16]

Prison Accommodation

Clare Daly

84. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the cost of planned refurbishment of the C division in Mountjoy Prison; the works that will be undertaken; and the reason this is the second refurbishment in five years. [33354/16]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Clare Daly

113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance to set out by year, for each of the years they have been operational, the cost to the Exchequer of the section 23 rented residential relief scheme, the section 50 student accommodation relief scheme and the rural renewal scheme. [33467/16]

Stamp Duty

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance to set out the cost to the Exchequer of the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers in each of the years for which that scheme was operational. [33469/16]

Credit Unions

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if a credit union (details supplied) will be wound up; if so, the outcome for the current members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33604/16]

Legislative Reviews

Clare Daly

169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the consultative review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; if he will make available the text of the first draft of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33282/16]

House Purchase Schemes

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of first-time buyers' grants in each of the years since 1990. [33468/16]

Local Authority Housing

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority residential units sold to private buyers in each of the years from 1960 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [33474/16]

Housing Data

Clare Daly

201. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the last value for money review into the relative cost effectiveness of rent supplement and other private rented social housing schemes versus direct public provision of social housing was completed; the outcome of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33478/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide data on the percentage of all rent supplement claimants claiming rent supplement for, respectively, up to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months and more than 18 months in each of the years 2005 to date in tabular form. [33479/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

415. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if officials in his Department were aware that the board of HRI did not know that the chairman of the board had been making representations on its behalf to his Department regarding the reappointment of the CEO without its knowledge before the reappointment was approved by his Department. [33360/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Funding

Clare Daly

416. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to bodies represented by board members of HRI, which bodies are in receipt of funding, provided by taxpayers, from HRI for the body which they represent on the board of HRI, whether directly or indirectly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33361/16]

Horse Racing Industry Funding

Clare Daly

417. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total overall amount of Exchequer money paid to Galway racecourse in the years 2006 to 2016; the amounts paid for each of the individual years of 2006 to 2016 to date, allocated by HRI to Galway racecourse by way of grant aid and or by any other form of aid or grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33362/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

418. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to outstanding or pending disputes and-or court cases which may impact on the ability of Horse Racing Ireland to provide services to the racing industry from the funding it receives from the Exchequer, in view of the fact that its budget would be impacted on and reduced in the event of an adverse finding by a court; if his attention has been further drawn to any contingency sum being set aside and-or being provided for by HRI to meet any potential liability in such an event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33363/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Expenditure

Clare Daly

419. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that included in the operating costs of Horse Racing Ireland in 2013 there is notification and a receipt of €1.5 million arising out of a High Court order concerning amounts due to a subsidiary company, some of which had previously been written off; if he will provide the name of that subsidiary company of HRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33364/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Funding

Clare Daly

420. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that in addition to grant aid being provided by HRI to Irish racecourses in the financial year of 2014, Irish racecourses also received an additional total figure of €22,616,000 from the sale of media rights, divided among racecourses commensurate to the number of race meetings held by any particular racecourse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33365/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Expenditure

Clare Daly

421. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that expenditure on a company (details supplied), a subsidiary of Horse Racing Ireland, increased from €1.6 million to €1.8 million in 2014; his views on whether discernible value accrues to HRI and to the general public from this expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33366/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

443. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amendment he proposes to make to the aquaculture licence for Altan Lough held by a company (details supplied) as a result of the company's breach of licence conditions; and the assurances that can be given to the public that the company will abide by the amendment. [33672/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

444. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his proposed review of his Department's aquaculture licensing system will commence; and the assurances that can be given to the public that it will be genuinely independent in view of his decision not to revoke a company's aquaculture licence (details supplied) for Altan Lough for commercial reasons rather than for public interest reasons. [33673/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

445. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission an independent outside body to take over from his Department the task of examining overstocking at other sites in view of the conflict of interest that arises for his Department and in view of his decision not to revoke the licence held by a company (details supplied) at Altan Lough due to commercial reasons. [33674/16]

Dublin Airport Authority

Clare Daly

474. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to information (details supplied) compiled from information provided at the DAA's October 2016 consultation sessions regarding the new major runway, which shows that more sustainable development can take place without lifting the planning conditions. [33353/16]

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

476. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 27 September 2016, the grounds on which a national governing body that did not allow any democratic participation of members could have been recognised as a national governing body by Sport Ireland, formerly the Irish Sports Council, under previously existing guidelines; and the checks in such circumstances that were performed by his Department and Sport Ireland regarding the way public funds given to such a national governing body were spent. [33442/16]

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it has always been the case that an organisation (details supplied) has been required to supply his Department with minutes of its AGM that verify that the national governing body in question is accountable to its membership with regards to the key affairs of the association. [33443/16]

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

478. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that, despite a recommendation (details supplied) by the then chairman of the then Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the matter is still outstanding and has not been resolved, nor has funding been withdrawn from the organisation despite a lack of resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33444/16]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons the Workplace Relations Commission is currently the agency dealing with cases of discrimination in the private rental market; and her views on the appropriateness of such. [33145/16]

Property Registration Authority Administration

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Property Registration Authority has an obligation in registering property titles to ensure that physical property and title documents are at one, that is, that all titles are registered as conclusive rather than an opt-out being used throughout indicating the legal title deed is non-conclusive. [33160/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to address the discrepancy in pay between temporary clerical officers and permanent staff in the shared services organisation in the Civil Service that has taken over much of the work done by local HR sections. [33143/16]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

172. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he proposes in relation to the small number of home owners whose properties are marginally outside the voluntary buy-out area, whose lives will be severely negatively impacted by the development of the new runway, from the perspective of broadening the terms of the scheme and ensuring that these persons are considered for inclusion. [33201/16]

Workplace Relations Commission

Clare Daly

199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's plans to address the inordinate delays and dysfunction in the workings of the Workplace Relations Commission. [33146/16]

EU Regulations

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 29 September 2016, his views on the planned timeframe for implementation of the legislation regarding the establishment of the competent authority to deal with EU Regulation 598/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32771/16]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

32. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) to fully understand their concerns and experience of the process thus far. [32772/16]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to deal with repeated claims from communities all across north Dublin affected by the new major runway that the daa consultation process is inadequate and that their views are not being taken on board, particularly in respect of the communities in or adjoining the areas where the noise impact will be so severe that they are affected by a buyout scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32770/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of a €15,000 cap on applications to the residential institutions statutory fund; if his attention has been further drawn to any assessment that has been carried out to justify the new limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32655/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of recruitment currently planned for the public service; the grades at which recruitment will take place; and if local authorities will be included. [33019/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

262. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department holds and operates the licensing function for control measures that can be carried out on bird species under national wildlife legislation and under the EU birds directive. [32732/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

263. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the National Parks and Wildlife Service is Ireland’s representative on the EU Ornis committee (details supplied). [32733/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

264. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 27 September 2016, if EU member states, including Ireland, submit birds directive derogation licence reports annually to the EU Ornis committee; if such reports list in detail every derogation licence issued by a member state under the birds directive, for every form of control measure, on every protected bird species; and if her Department has access to detailed information regarding the derogation licensing activities and the resulting control measures from those derogation licences in all member states that file reports to Ornis. [32734/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on the fact that Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, in addition to the birds directive derogation licences that they issue and file annually to Ornis, also issue general licences through their respective wildlife agencies that each include the herring gull, the lesser-black-backed gull and the greater black-backed gull as amenable to control measures for reasons of public health and safety. [32735/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

266. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 27 September 2016, if a typical single case application for a bird control derogation licence usually necessitates a site visit, an inspection and a report by a conservation ranger, followed by an adjudication in her Department with reference to the legislation, and concluded with a written decision from her Department being sent back to the applicant; if each such application can take several weeks to fully process; and if her Department has one conservation ranger serving all of north Dublin to service the inspection and reporting requirements of each application. [32736/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

267. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 27 September 2016, if her Department, along with the Department of Health and other public health bodies, has the resources to process a very high volume of applications on a case-by-case basis in a timely fashion (details supplied). [32737/16]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

438. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the proposed flight path for the new runway will bring aircraft over Malahide when easterly winds are blowing, estimated at 30% of the time; and the measures that have been put in place to off-set the negative impact of noise on residents' health and well-being. [32856/16]

Driver Licence Fees

Clare Daly

446. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 25 October 2016, the plans by the NDLS to include mention of the fact that a cost will attach to obtaining a medical report in its printed and online literature regarding fees for driving licences in the interests of clarity and transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33018/16]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

462. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to explore and discuss the practical issues proposed in the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016. [32525/16]

Defence Forces Investigations

Clare Daly

483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the source of information provided on pages 109 and 111 of the independent review lead by a person (details supplied) pertaining to the deaths of three Irish soldiers in the Lebanon in 1989. [32547/16]

Bovine Disease Controls

Clare Daly

41. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the effectiveness of the badger culling strategy incorporated into the national TB eradication programme in reducing the incidence of bovine TB; his further views on plans by his Department to initiate a badger vaccination programme as an alternative to culling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32196/16]

Private Security Industry Regulation

Clare Daly

45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the increased use of private security firms during eviction proceedings in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32395/16]

Private Security Industry Regulation

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a private security company involved in an eviction (details supplied) in County Clare was licensed in accordance with the law; if the company complied with legal procedures during this eviction; if the company presented an execution order to the owner of the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32396/16]

Garda Stations

Clare Daly

48. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the six Garda stations to be reopened under the pilot scheme to reopen Garda stations have yet been identified; and if Rush Garda station is to be included in the scheme. [32411/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted permission to join their families here under the Syrian humanitarian admission programme; and the number who ultimately came here. [32453/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision for independent oversight of members appointed to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority in the carrying out of their functions; and the details of the oversight mechanism, if it exists. [32503/16]

Commissions of Inquiry

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 18 October 2016, the body or person from whom he has sought legal advice in relation to procedural and administrative matters raised regarding the Dignam report; when that advice was sought; and if he has received a preliminary response. [32452/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Clare Daly

145. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 4 October 2016, his views on the impact on a person's dignity of allocating daily pocket money under the fair deal scheme, where some persons residing in nursing homes are allocated as little as €6.34 per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32502/16]

RTE Staff

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider the adoption of legislation to curtail the practice by the national broadcaster of paying high-earning television and radio presenters through personal service companies rather than as full-time staff, in view of the fact that this practice has been curtailed in other jurisdictions. [31830/16]