Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

229. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49135/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Dara Calleary

292. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the substantial recommendations in a study by a company (details supplied) of the medicines reimbursement system; if the recommendations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48698/19]

Inland Fisheries

Dara Calleary

400. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed national salmon life centre in Ballina, County Mayo; the projected timeframe for the commencement of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49137/19]

Rural Social Scheme

Dara Calleary

453. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he or his officials have had or are having discussions on the future of the RSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/19]

JobPath Data

Dara Calleary

460. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form. [48545/19]

Rural Social Scheme Administration

Dara Calleary

498. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to move the responsibility for the rural social scheme, RSS, to another Department; if she or her officials have had or are having discussions on the issue; if so, the status of the discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49042/19]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a public water supply scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his Department is in receipt of an application for funding from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/19]

Animal Welfare

Dara Calleary

169. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an animal welfare ex-gratia funding payment (details supplied). [48281/19]

State Pensions

Dara Calleary

245. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place for persons that have to retire at 65 years of age but cannot receive the pension until they are 67 years of age. [48363/19]

Citizenship Applications

Dara Calleary

135. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 13 February 2019, if the case of the persons in County Mayo will be re-examined in view of the decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn as unworkable the High Court finding that applicants for citizenship must have unbroken residence here in the year before they apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47897/19]

Departmental Staff

Dara Calleary

319. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work practice changes for clerical officers who were introduced in her Department in 2017; if clearly defined responsibilities and expected workloads were made available to the various staff grades; if workloads and responsibilities were assigned proportionally to the various grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47976/19]

School Closures

Dara Calleary

197. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department continues to rent a school building (details supplied) in County Mayo even though this school is closed and has no pupils; the long-term plans for the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47583/19]

Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Dara Calleary

507. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil an ndéanfaidh sé cur síos ar an tacaíocht a thabharfaidh sé maidir le todhchaí RnaG agus TG4 toisc go bhfuil ról tábhachtach acu ó thaobh teanga agus seirbhísí craoltóireachta poiblí de. [47083/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Dara Calleary

590. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a company (details supplied) is eligible to apply for the tender for broadband connection points. [47559/19]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

605. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for pensioners who have to retire from their employment at 65 years of age but cannot apply for pension until they are 67 years of age. [47183/19]

EU Funding

Dara Calleary

57. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds allocated to Ireland over the 2014 to 2020 period and expended in each year and to date in 2019 between Exchequer and EU funding to the PEACE IV 2014-2020 Programme for Peace and Reconciliation and INTERREG, in tabular form. [47059/19]

EU Funding

Dara Calleary

71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland will be eligible for EU cohesion funding in the MFF 2021-2027. [47073/19]

Library Projects

Dara Calleary

210. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the original project budget for a library project (details supplied); the anticipated final budget; the level of engagement by his Department with the relevant local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46819/19]

School Transport Appeals

Dara Calleary

193. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport appeal by a person (details supplied). [46500/19]

Minor Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

214. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to process minor works grant applications; his views on whether school managements need clarity on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46651/19]

Work Permits Applications Data

Dara Calleary

283. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of outstanding work permit applications for employers seeking to employ skilled staff in the meat industry; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of such skills within the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46150/19]

Occupational Therapy Data

Dara Calleary

369. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists by hospital; the number of occupational therapy vacancies by hospital and permanent vacancies and temporary vacancies, respectively; the number of occupational therapists employed by county in non-hospital settings; the number of occupational therapy vacancies by county in non-hospital settings by permanent vacancies and temporary vacancies, respectively; the number of occupational therapists on interview panels by county awaiting appointments as of 31 October 2019, in tabular form; and his views on the provision of occupational services nationwide. [46406/19]

Health Services Data

Dara Calleary

370. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the number of children on early intervention waiting lists for treatment for less than one year, for between one and two years and for over two years by speciality and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46407/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Dara Calleary

445. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 17 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified for early connection under the national broadband plan. [46208/19]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Dara Calleary

511. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of co-funding required for each project under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme; the projected source of co-funding as outlined in the application for project funding; and the projects that were not approved for funding that applied to the 2019 scheme by county in tabular form. [46014/19]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Dara Calleary

512. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under the town and village renewal scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019 by county in tabular form; the number of projects that were not approved by county in each year; the reason for refusal; and if there is an appeal mechanism in place to appeal refusal decisions. [46015/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Dara Calleary

514. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 573 of 9 April 2019, the status of the over 300 sites that have been identified as the first places to receive a connection under the national broadband plan. [46207/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data

Dara Calleary

517. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the co-funding required for each project further to the recent announcement of successful project applicants to be funded under the second call for funding under the rural regeneration and development fund by county in tabular form; the projected source of co-funding as outlined in the application for project funding; and the projects in each county that were not approved for funding that applied to the second call. [46525/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data

Dara Calleary

518. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects approved under the first and second calls for the rural regeneration and development fund by county in tabular form; the number of projects not approved by county in each year; the main reasons for refusal; and if there is a mechanism in place to appeal refusal decisions. [46526/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Dara Calleary

527. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, adjudication (details supplied); and if she will reply in the context of its impact on discussions within her Department in relation to pension provision for community employment supervisors. [46082/19]

Property Tax Administration

Dara Calleary

134. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if the 10% penalty for not paying local property tax that is charged on income tax returns is applied to PAYE workers; the reason for the difference between the treatment of self-employed persons and PAYE workers who have not paid the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44699/19]

Insurance Costs

Dara Calleary

146. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies in the leisure sector are still receiving insurance premium increase demands considerably in excess of insurance inflation, including those with no claim history; if his attention has been further drawn to the damage caused to the sector and to employment in the sector by these premium demands; and the actions he has taken to assist business owners and employers in this regard. [45165/19]

Garda Stations

Dara Calleary

154. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered a proposal for a rural unused Garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo. [44225/19]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been received; if the fact that the school has not received a reply to the application to date will be acknowledged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/19]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Dara Calleary

450. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the recruitment plans of the HSE in 2020, particularly for healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44284/19]

Energy Schemes Data

Dara Calleary

856. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding will be made available in late 2019 to SEAI to conduct energy efficiency works on homes of persons in receipt of eligible social welfare payments whose homes previously had limited works carried out under the remit of the free upgrade scheme; his views on whether a home that may have received nominal works in the past, such as attic insulation, would benefit greatly from full energy efficient works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/19]

LEADER Programmes

Dara Calleary

1024. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has examined the possibility of enabling private applicants for LEADER funding to qualify for the grant aid rate of 75% for projects that fall under capital investment, investment and other supports including capital+ as is permitted for community applicants; the reason private applicants receive only 50% grant aid; if the 50% grant rate is a domestic or European rule; when the rule was first introduced; the corresponding regulation or circular for same; the estimated annual cost of adapting the current rate to 75%; and the definitions of private and community applicants. [45332/19]

Jobseeker's Transitional Payment

Dara Calleary

1073. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the decision to remove lone parents from jobseeker's transitional payment automatically when the youngest child turns 14 years of age is having a negative impact on such applications for other funding streams such as SUSI (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44903/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

1. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and value of approved projects being funded under the rural regeneration and development fund; the funding allocated for the scheme in 2019; the value of the total amount of payments made for approved projects to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43881/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Dara Calleary

16. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; the progress of the provision of a map of black spots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile telephone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/19]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Dara Calleary

26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a final decision will be made on applications under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43787/19]

Brexit Supports

Dara Calleary

30. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget 2020 supports for the community and voluntary sector to deal with all Brexit scenarios. [43788/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

32. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [43789/19]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

40. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the completion of the new action plan for rural development; and if he made a request seeking the transfer of further responsibilities for rural development to his Department. [43785/19]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Dara Calleary

53. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the allocation to overseas development aid in 2020; the expected percentage this will be in respect of the ODA-GNI target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/19]

Emigrant Support Services

Dara Calleary

54. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected budget for the emigrant support programme in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44164/19]

Overseas Development Aid

Dara Calleary

55. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution of Ireland to the trust fund for Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/19]

Peace and Reconciliation Programme

Dara Calleary

56. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected expenditure in 2020 on the peace and reconciliation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/19]

Meat Processing Plants

Dara Calleary

203. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports he will put in place for small abattoirs that process sheep skins and cattle hides and that may cease trading due to market conditions. [43904/19]

Community Development Projects Funding

Dara Calleary

192. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual allocations over the 2016 to 2020 period to fund initiatives (details supplied) in each scheme; the other schemes under his remit; and the budget 2020 funding allocations to the initiative in each respective scheme. [43791/19]