Parliamentary questions

Financial Services Sector

Clare Daly

134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the incorrect valuation of loan assets is enriching wealthy hedge funds at the expense of small business owners, given that according to the Tomlinson report banks are deliberately closing down businesses and forcing small business owners to sell assets on distressed terms to favoured clients, including companies (details supplied); on the fact that a law firm has examined if an Irish bank is engaged in the same activities; on whether his assurances that banks are not systemically overvaluing assets are in direct contradiction of evidence to the banking inquiry in which bankers have admitted that by following International Accounting Standard 39 they are deliberately overvaluing assets. [16878/16]

EU Regulations

Clare Daly

135. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the European Union having indicated to this Deputy that it is possible to update a regulation by a later directive and that it has used this technique to justify the over-valuation of assets and the hiding of losses in Irish banks; and the circumstances in which a directive, passed after a regulation, can be used to update that regulation. [16879/16]

NAMA Transactions

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the steps the National Asset Management Agency is obliged to take should it come to its attention that a person has lobbied it regarding a transaction on behalf of a person with whom the person has a business relationship. [17284/16]

NAMA Transactions

Clare Daly

152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if it is permissible for public representatives to lobby the National Asset Management Agency on behalf of persons with whom they have a business relationship without disclosing that relationship to the agency. [17285/16]

Preschool Services

Clare Daly

155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 17 May 2016, to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) for a naíonra as a matter of urgency, given that it has submitted all the documentation. [16655/16]

Water Quality

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in relation to the do not swim notices which have been repeatedly issued in June 2016 in Portmarnock, Balbriggan and Skerries, County Dublin as a result of overflows in the Portmarnock Strand Pumping Station and Hampton Cove Pumping Station; and how he will address this matter. [16685/16]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing legislation to halt evictions from family homes until solutions to the housing crisis are in place. [17227/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 9 of 30 September 2015, if he will take steps to address the anomaly in how PRSI contributions are calculated for pension purposes in order to correct the anomaly that in some cases women who were subject to the marriage bar and who worked thereafter, are not entitled to a full contributory pension and are worse off than if they had not worked at all prior to the lifting of the marriage bar. [16677/16]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money being spent by community employment schemes on mandatory health and safety training, which in many instances can absorb the entire training allowance; and his plans to enable this training to be funded separately, as it leaves very little else for other training which would assist in the employability of community employment participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16682/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

315. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to ascertain whether the sharp increase in military aircraft of the US landing and overflying Shannon Airport in County Clare between 4 June and 12 June 2016, (details supplied) was linked to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Annaconda military exercises in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16949/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

316. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at the activity of two aircraft (details supplied) which made multiple take-offs and landings from Shannon Airport during the period 4 June to 12 June 2016; if these aircraft were involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16950/16]

Disability Services Provision

Clare Daly

343. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline the steps he will take to ensure the vocational training department in a school (details supplied) will continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16684/16]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Clare Daly

369. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health based on the Health Products Regulatory Authority adverse reactions database, the ten worst drugs for suicide related reactions, that is, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt or self-harm and completed suicide based on the number of reported suicide related cases expressed as a percentage of the total number of all reported adverse reaction cases for each drug listed; and to provide the actual percentage for each of the drugs. [16799/16]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Clare Daly

370. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health based on the Health Products Regulatory Authority adverse reactions database, the ten worst drugs for completed suicide based on the number of reported completed suicides expressed as a percentage of the total number of all reported adverse reaction cases for each drug listed; and to provide the actual percentage for each of the drugs. [16800/16]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Clare Daly

476. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 14 April 2016, if he will appoint an independent person from outside his Department to undertake the review of his Department’s aquaculture licensing system in order that non-industry stakeholders and the general public can have confidence that the review is balanced and genuine. [16824/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 of 27 January 2016 and 181 of 14 April 2016, when he will complete the examination of overstocking at the sites; if he will publish the findings; and if he will ensure that the requirement to comply with European Union environmental legislation on aquaculture will not be ignored by his Department in the handling of these cases. [16825/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

478. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will suspend the granting of aquaculture licences until the proposed review of his Department’s aquaculture licensing regime, as promised in Food Wise 2025, is completed. [16826/16]

Sports Events

Clare Daly

542. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the remit of the National Horse Arena in Abbotstown and to whom it is accountable, with particular reference to where income from the equestrian activities that it hosts goes. [16992/16]

Sports Events

Clare Daly

543. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that activities and shows being run by the National Horse Arena are impacting upon local businesses which traditionally provided Dressage Ireland shows, and other riding club qualifiers, with particular reference to the fact that such activities are being organised with the support of taxpayers' money, which went into establishing the facility, thus giving an unfair advantage. [16993/16]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

557. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to implement the European Union Directive 97/81/EC to protect part-time workers here. [16877/16]

Postal Codes

Clare Daly

34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the progress of operations of the Eircode system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16117/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the long promised review of the Caranua scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16472/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he engages in a due diligence process including a review and analysis of professional conduct, competence and background prior to appointing legal advisers to public bodies including the Standards in Public Office Commission. [16558/16]

Social Welfare Schemes

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection why persons (details supplied) enrolled through the Swords Intreo service are not receiving a grant towards the cost of essential training tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16250/16]

Irish Aid

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the non-government organisations funded by Irish Aid since 2000. [16325/16]

Air Services Provision

Clare Daly

83. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps the Irish regulatory authorities will take to control and oversee an airline's (detailed supplied) operations particularly in regard to work practices, in the event that the airline commences services from Cork city to the United States of America. [15508/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach 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. [15423/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

87. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach 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. [15439/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the number of staff working in his Department's human resources section. [15455/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15471/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

90. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the changes in the numbers employed in his Department's human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15487/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

101. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be necessary to produce statutory instruments prior to commencement with respect to legal services regulation; when she will complete this; if she is being lobbied on matters related to commencing the reform; and the budget she requires for 2017. [15334/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to develop a robust protected disclosure process to underpin the new legal services regulation oversight system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15335/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money her Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [15436/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in her human resources section. [15452/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for her. [15468/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the changes in the numbers employed in her human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15484/16]

Garda Confidential Recipient

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of confidential reports made under the Garda Síochána (Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007 in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [15666/16]

Garda Confidential Recipient

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases dealt with and concluded by a person (details supplied) in the role of confidential recipient under the Garda Síochána (Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007; the number that were referred to other bodies for investigation; and the status and location of the relevant files. [15667/16]

Garda Confidential Recipient

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 667 of 27 May 2014, the basis of the Garda Commissioner's assertion that there were no outstanding matters under investigation or otherwise; and from where she received that information. [15668/16]

Garda Confidential Recipient

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location of the files held by previous confidential recipients under the Garda Síochána (Corruption or Malpractice) Regulations 2007. [15669/16]

Policing Authority

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to instruct the Garda Síochána to cease promotions until she enables the relevant sections of the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015. [15671/16]

Direct Provision System

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the working group on improvement to the protection process including the direct provision scheme and support to asylum seekers. [15956/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance 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. [15416/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15432/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15448/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15464/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

160. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15480/16]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that the administration, consultancy and actuarial services to the Central Remedial Clinic pension plan were all provided by the same organisation (details supplied) and that this organisation also owned the trustee of the plan, given the abrupt wind-up of a plan that the actuary had said in 2014 was on track to meet the minimum funding standard by 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15967/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

186. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [15414/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15430/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15446/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

189. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15462/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15478/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will implement Part 5 of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2015. [15648/16]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

203. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to proceed with divesting primary schools and giving due regard to the problems associated with religious patronage. [15699/16]

School Transport Administration

Clare Daly

205. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if paragraph 11.5 of the 1975 agreed accounting arrangements for school transport means that either he or Bus Éireann can terminate the agreement on 12 months' notice, or earlier by mutual consent, and that he can vary the agreement by mutual consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15740/16]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on national schools in receipt of public funds discriminating on religious grounds in their admission policies, in some instances requiring parents and children to adopt a religion or to change their religion, attend religious celebrations and get their children baptised, solely to be allowed to attend their local national school. [15948/16]

Direct Provision Data

Clare Daly

223. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in direct provision centres who are sitting the junior certificate and the leaving certificate examinations in 2016. [16043/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

233. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [15415/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

234. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [15431/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

235. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15447/16]

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]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

344. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15481/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

345. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 31 May 2016, if he has an obligation to carry out an audit of compliance with the conditions on which he grants permission through the conducting of unannounced inspections in the context of his statement that the United States of America is fully aware of the need to comply with these strict conditions. [15492/16]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

346. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will highlight the death threats to social leaders in Colombia, where 28 social campaigners and trade unionists were murdered and a further nine were massacred in Putumayo in March 2016. [15533/16]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

347. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the growing level of State-sponsored violence and intimidation against agrarian protesters in Colombia which has taken the lives of three protesters in June 2016. [15534/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

352. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a military aircraft (details supplied) of the US was at Shannon Airport on 1 June 2016; and the implications for our neutrality. [15753/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

353. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, and the details, permission was requested on occasions other than 1 June 2016 (details supplied) for a military aircraft of the US to land at Shannon Airport, County Clare. [15754/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

354. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a military aircraft of the US (details supplied), which was present at Shannon Airport on 1 June 2016, sought permission to land and if he granted this permission. [15755/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

355. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date permission was sought and the date on which he granted permission to a military aircraft of the US (details supplied) to land at Shannon Airport on 1 June 2016. [15756/16]

Official Apology

Clare Daly

358. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why a Minister retracted an apology on 27 November 2007 which had been given by a Minister on 9 August 2004 (details supplied); if the apology originally given should stand, given that the Ombudsman has retracted a citing against a person; and if he will correct the record of Dáil Éireann on this matter through the Joint Committee on Public Oversight and Petitions or through the Ombudsman. [15988/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

363. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15421/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

364. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount 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. [15437/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

365. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15453/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

366. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15469/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

367. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15485/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

383. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money her Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15410/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

384. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [15426/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

385. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff working in her human resources section. [15442/16]