Parliamentary questions

Hospital Services

Dara Calleary

401. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the suspension of DEXA scanning services at hospital (details supplied); his future plans for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14310/16]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Dara Calleary

404. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the reason medical items (details supplied) are not covered on the medical card [14340/16]

Medical Products

Dara Calleary

71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the discussions his Department has had with representative groups in relation to a new agreement for supply of drugs to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13089/16]

Departmental Properties

Dara Calleary

72. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for a former Garda station (details supplied); the discussions that have taken place with the local authority and other stakeholders on the future of the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13848/16]

Social Insurance

Dara Calleary

124. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if adoptive mothers who gave up work under adoption rules and who subsequently had children of their own are entitled to claim credits for the period from the adoption to the birth of their own child (details supplied); if not, the reason; to examine the possibility of allowing these credits to be claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13851/16]

Public Procurement Regulations

Dara Calleary

31. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform how the Office of Government Procurement operates to ensure maximum participation by small and medium enterprises in public contracts; to set specific targets for the proportion of Government procurement to reach these enterprises; to support greater co-operation between groups of these enterprises in bidding for contracts; if all public contracts are advertised in an accessible way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13252/16]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Dara Calleary

34. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to bring forward the review of the capital plan to ensure that critical unmet infrastructure needs are addressed, in particular the need to increase the overall share of gross domestic product represented by investment expenditure; if he is considering additional non-Exchequer sources of funding for capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13253/16]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

341. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the application will processed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/16]

Leader Programmes Administration

Dara Calleary

355. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which the more competitive capital funding, as promised in the programme for Government to Leader groups, will be made available, and the associated timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Dara Calleary

395. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the stipulation in the tenant purchase scheme that a tenant must have a minimum income of €15,000 to be eligible to purchase and that social protection income can only count as a secondary source to get to the €15,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/16]

Work Placement Programmes

Dara Calleary

486. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the number of places available on employment schemes across the country (details supplied), in particular for existing participants and potential applicants over the age of 55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/16]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Dara Calleary

552. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have paid the public service pension reduction, PSPR, in each year since its introduction; the projected number who will pay it in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Dara Calleary

836. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll-out of high-speed broadband in rural Ireland; his further plans for the roll-out of broadband to a region (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Dara Calleary

844. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations surrounding the use of private helicopters and aircraft, including if minimum height restrictions exist for flying in built-up residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/16]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Dara Calleary

876. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding announced for re-alignment of a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13232/16]

Motor Tax

Dara Calleary

104. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will change the motor tax system in certain circumstances (details supplied); if the rules in these circumstances could be viewed as being unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12443/16]

Ministerial Allowances

Dara Calleary

165. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Ministers and Ministers of State in the Thirty-second Dáil who are eligible for annual funding under the leaders' allowance scheme and the maximum amount that can be paid to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12264/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

105. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Dara Calleary

243. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health to outline the waiting times for child and adolescent mental health service in County Mayo; the future plans for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11909/16]

Health and Safety Regulations

Dara Calleary

355. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm that a sport activity and competition (details supplied) lie outside the remit of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; if she will confirm that such events are not defined as workplaces in the context of the Act; if she will confirm that the investigation of injuries and fatalities in sport is outside the remit of the Health and Safety Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12220/16]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Dara Calleary

274. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if students availing of the back to education allowance are permitted to work during the summer period when not in college; if, by doing so, they will lose their entitlement to the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11260/16]

Prescriptions Charges

Dara Calleary

424. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if, and when, he will reduce the €2.50 prescription charge for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/16]

Farm Inspections

Dara Calleary

524. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a mechanism within his Department to request a second review following a farm inspection and subsequent reduction in payment which was upheld in the original review, before proceeding to the appeal process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Dara Calleary

105. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices projected to be in training, by employment sector, in each of the years to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Dara Calleary

106. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the national skills strategy published in January 2016 and containing the target to support the delivery of 50,000 apprenticeship and traineeship places up to 2020 is still Government policy, given that the programme for Government states that 31,000 places are targeted for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/16]

Community Services Programme

Dara Calleary

126. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources that exist for community services programme scheme sponsors to provide the areas of activity as outlined on page 10 of the operating manual for community services programme contract holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11018/16]

Social Welfare Offices

Dara Calleary

141. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the future of a social protection office (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the present service will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11117/16]

National Parks

Dara Calleary

155. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the context of a recent announcement, to extend the seasonal opening hours of a national park (details supplied).in County Mayo. [11067/16]

Workplace Relations Commission

Dara Calleary

215. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding administrative processes of the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11147/16]

Economic Competitiveness

Dara Calleary

216. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she will tackle the severe competitiveness challenges identified by the National Competitiveness Council report, Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2016, and Ireland’s position as a high cost location for business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11148/16]

Action Plan for Jobs

Dara Calleary

217. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected number of extra jobs targeted in each nomenclature of units for territorial statistics 3 region by 2020, by year, in tabular form, as envisaged under the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11149/16]

Job Creation Targets

Dara Calleary

218. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the starting period from which the job targets projected up until 2020 will commence as envisaged under the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11153/16]

Examinership Arrangements

Dara Calleary

219. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to protect jobs in a company (details supplied) since the appointment of an examiner to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11154/16]

Tax Credits

Dara Calleary

37. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if an unmarried but co-habiting father or mother who is returning to the workforce can claim tax credit allowances in respect of their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10820/16]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools will avail of the JobBridge scheme for the purposes of filling ancillary positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10720/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Dara Calleary

95. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills his timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers endure and to establish a public service pay commission; why he has not moved towards ending the policy of inequality imposed on teachers, some of whom have been discriminated against in the amount of €20,000 plus for up to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10867/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Dara Calleary

173. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the speech and language services available in County Mayo; the breakdown of that service per clinic area within County Mayo; the waiting times for initial assessment; the waiting times from initial assessment to commencement of treatment; why maternity leave is not being covered in a clinic (details supplied); why a planned training course for parents has not taken place; the steps that he will take to ensure a proper service is made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10823/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Dara Calleary

181. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health to reinitiate plans to develop a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/16]

Industrial Disputes

Dara Calleary

224. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered availing of section 38 of the 1990 Industrial relations Act to enable her invoke the services of the Labour Court or the services of other persons in order to resolve the industrial dispute (details supplied) as an issue of huge public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10829/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Dara Calleary

243. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that retired teachers of woodwork and building studies who qualified in 1980 and who worked in schools run by a vocational education committee are entitled to five years' enhancement as per technical and specialist civil servants on their pensions, but teachers who qualified on the same course but who taught in community schools are not allowed the same added years; the legal basis for this distinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9350/16]

Educational Disadvantage

Dara Calleary

324. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the review of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme commissioned by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10508/16]

Waste Management

Dara Calleary

367. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the nature of discussions that have taken place between his Department and groups representing persons with special needs in relation to the forthcoming pay-by-weight waste management arrangements; if he is aware that this change in policy will have a significant impact on households with adults and children who have special needs; if he has offered potential solutions to this increased financial liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9457/16]

Back to Education Allowance

Dara Calleary

448. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the back to education allowance can work during the summer without it affecting the person's payment on returning to education in September 2016. [9491/16]

National Internship Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

505. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies that have been disqualified from the JobBridge scheme following investigations by his Department, the number of recipients who were participating in the scheme in companies that were subsequently disqualified, by year since the scheme was established, by employment sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9856/16]

National Internship Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

506. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of participants in the JobBridge scheme who have secured paid employment within three, six, nine and 12 months of completing an internship, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9857/16]

National Internship Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

507. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in the JobBridge national internship programme and the number who dropped out before completion, by county, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9858/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

770. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of approvals issued, the number of applications outstanding and the average time taken under the fair deal scheme since September 2015, by month, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/16]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Dara Calleary

771. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his proposals for dealing with delays in nursing registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

988. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who applied for a place on a green certificate course prior to 25 December 2015 but who cannot avail of a place until after 16 May 2016 due to a lack of places, can apply under the 2016 young farmers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9452/16]

Single Payment Scheme Administration

Dara Calleary

990. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to permit hard copy applications as well as online applications under the single payment scheme; if the move to a full online system is unfair on older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9462/16]

Consumer Protection

Dara Calleary

1181. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her actions, as lead Minster with responsibility for consumer protection, and the actions or agencies under her control to monitor and safeguard consumers from escalating costs in many areas; her powers to ensure consumers are protected from excessive price increasers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9859/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

1182. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on an organisation (details supplied) and the intention to unilaterally change the existing employment contracts of worker which will result in reduced pay and conditions for long-serving workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9860/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Dara Calleary

1204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding avenues available to a child care facilities to upgrade and renovate their premises; if there is any emergency funding that may be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9774/16]

GLAS Payments

Dara Calleary

32. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on payments for 2015 and 2016 to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [9257/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

76. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in respect of land issues. [8814/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

78. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2015 disadvantaged areas scheme. [8841/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

83. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 agri-environment options scheme 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Dara Calleary

166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to have coeliac patients covered under the long-term illness scheme. [8979/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Dara Calleary

167. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to have some coeliac foods made available free for patients with medical cards. [8980/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

299. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will award financial assistance to make a family-owned home habitable and therefore remove persons from a council housing list, in the context of a person who is on a list and is availing of rent supplement but who has access to a family home in great need of refurbishment. [8983/16]

Energy Efficiency

Dara Calleary

322. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant assistance for homes built after 2006. [8981/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

24. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of staff, vacancies, and new staff appointed, by grade, and the number of clients, by social protection offices, from 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8249/16]

Employment Support Services

Dara Calleary

25. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of the roll-out of the Intreo service, since it commenced, by year, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8250/16]

Departmental Staff

Dara Calleary

26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a social protection deciding officer must be appointed by the Minister to a specific role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/16]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Dara Calleary

118. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to define the term "freeze" in the context of section 2.19 of the Haddington Road agreement; if, now that the agreement has concluded, such freezes have finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/16]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Dara Calleary

130. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has considered the consequences of a recent court judgment (details supplied) on the compulsory purchase order process; if legislative change is required or envisaged in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8149/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Dara Calleary

267. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [8036/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

100. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a primary school construction project (details supplied) in County Mayo, if she will outline a projected timeframe for the sanctioning of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7906/16]

Credit Availability

Dara Calleary

108. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the total rate of credit lending to small and medium enterprises via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the total level of take-up from the fund by businesses at 31 December 2015 and in quarter one of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7654/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Dara Calleary

147. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has carried out an impact analysis of the effect on Irish enterprises in the event of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union in the upcoming referendum; if his Department has examined the effect such an event would have on competitiveness levels and the ability to attract future businesses to establish here; the impact on exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7655/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

156. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for farm payments by a person (details supplied). [7250/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

157. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the national reserve young farmers' payment by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7253/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [7525/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Dara Calleary

164. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency Ireland client visits in quarter 1 of 2016 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7149/16]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Dara Calleary

165. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland by county at 31 December 2015 and at 31 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7150/16]

Enterprise Ireland

Dara Calleary

166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland by county at 31 December 2015 and at 31 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7151/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Dara Calleary

167. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the Industrial Development Agency’s Horizon 2020 Strategy and the target that 50% of investment will be located outside Dublin and Cork, the latest breakdown of the number of the agency's sponsored visits to County Dublin which also visited County Cork; and the number of the agency's sponsored visits to County Cork which also visited County Dublin, in 2015 and in the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7152/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

176. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the area aid payment scheme. [6358/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Dara Calleary

192. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will process a payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the young farmers payment scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/16]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

214. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the rural environment protection scheme. [6753/16]

GLAS Payments

Dara Calleary

215. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [6754/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

216. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the agri-environment options scheme. [6755/16]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Dara Calleary

9. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amounts paid out for flooding to applicants from County Mayo in January and February 2016 and the number of applications still to be paid at the end of February 2016 under the humanitarian assistance scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5369/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

199. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood prevention schemes (details supplied) in County Mayo; the works that have been undertaken by the Office of Public Works on the rivers in question since November 2015; if there have been meetings of all the stakeholders involved on the rivers; the action points of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5620/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

200. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications he has received from Mayo County Council under the minor flood mitigation scheme in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the level of funding sought under each application; the status of each application; when he will make a final decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5621/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

737. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts he has granted to each local authority for local authority housing repairs in 2014 and in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

738. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts drawn down by Mayo County Council in 2014 and in 2015 for local authority housing repairs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5367/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

739. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to local authority tenants, where the local authority will not carry out necessary repairs to a home it has rented to a tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5368/16]

Severe Weather Events Expenditure

Dara Calleary

742. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount each local authority requested to repair damage as a result of all storms since Storm Desmond in December 2015; the amount he has granted to each authority; the amount each local authority has drawn down as of 11 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/16]

Severe Weather Events Expenditure

Dara Calleary

809. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount each local authority requested to repair damage as a result of all storms since Storm Desmond in December 2015; the amount he has granted to each authority; the amount each local authority has drawn down as of 11 March 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/16]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

849. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why funding was declined to a summer school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [5419/16]

Small and Medium Enterprises Debt

Dara Calleary

52. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to deal with the small and medium enterprise legacy debt issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

130. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is planning an awareness campaign to ensure all families are aware of any ramifications arising from the recent ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission on au pairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5259/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

131. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce a definition of the job of an "au pair" and responsibilities associated with this work in order to avoid any potential exploitation in such roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5260/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

132. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined the regulatory frameworks and codes of conduct regarding au pairs and associated responsibilities with this work in other European Union states such as the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5261/16]

Low Pay

Dara Calleary

133. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the preponderance of women in low-pay employment following the recent article by Nevin Economic Research Institute on the subject in its quarterly economic publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5262/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Dara Calleary

134. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined banning zero-hour contracts as has transpired in New Zealand recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/16]

Trade Agreements

Dara Calleary

135. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason legal and veterinary services are excluded from the recent Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/16]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Dara Calleary

321. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his Department is in receipt of a funding application from an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he is aware of the urgency of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/16]