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Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Garda Deployment
Eamon Ryan
315. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Garda sergeant positions vacant across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Road Traffic Offences Data
Eamon Ryan
316. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-penalty notices issued for speeding in the Dublin Port tunnel in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37658/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Prisoner Data
Eamon Ryan
317. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in jail continuously for a period of more than 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Climate Change Policy
Eamon Ryan
619. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department has in the formulation of the climate and energy plan. [26893/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eamon Ryan
678. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of atmospheric emissions generated by the Dublin Bus fleet; his plans to bring forward proposals to reduce emissions across the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37650/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Eamon Ryan
679. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding property. [37659/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Rail Services Data
Eamon Ryan
680. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of days that each line was out of service on each rail route under the control of Iarnród Éireann in each of the past five years; the reason for disruption; the amount spent on rail replacement services by bus or taxi; the number of passengers discommoded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37660/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Planning Guidelines
Eamon Ryan
806. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department keeps track of the number of crèches granted planning permission in estates larger than 75 houses as was required under the childcare facilities guidelines for local authorities, June 2001; if his attention has been drawn to the number of these childcare facilities that subsequently underwent a change of use to some other facility; his plans to review the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Planning Issues
Eamon Ryan
807. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the UK regarding shared space guidance in the public realm; his plans to make changes in Irish guidance to reflect this, such as modifying the technical guidance documents for the building regulations or the design manual for urban streets and roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37655/18]
Tue, 18 Sep 2018
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Rental Sector
Eamon Ryan
808. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proposals from the working group examining the appropriate regulatory approaches for short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37657/18]
Fri, 7 Sep 2018
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Dublin Bus Fleet
Eamon Ryan
1071. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Transport Authority, NTA, is proposing a new colour scheme for buses in Dublin which would be dark blue on the front and back and that persons with visual impairments are concerned that this colour scheme will make the buses much less visible; if there has or will be public consultation in relation to this change; and if he has had discussions with the NTA, in relation to this change. [35447/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
385. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue if alongside the existing 12.5% rate an effective actual rate of corporation tax of 6% was collected in each of the years 2000 to 2017; the projected income in 2018 and 2019 if an effective rate of 6% was in effect in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35201/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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State Banking Sector
Eamon Ryan
386. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an assessment of the likely revenue generated from the public sale of State holdings in a bank (details supplied); the figure that has been advised to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Schools Building Projects Status
Eamon Ryan
603. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be moved to Roslyn Park; and if he will identify a liaison in his Department with whom parents can discuss ongoing concerns. [35208/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Services
Eamon Ryan
1826. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has all necessary information and permissions to ensure the immediate opening of a tendering process for the planned modular catheterisation lab at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe that such a procurement process will take; when the new lab will begin functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35185/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
Eamon Ryan
1889. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ways in which he will ensure that the next CAP rural development programme will have a much more ambitious agri-environment scheme that delivers worthwhile benefit to farmers that go the extra mile for the environment and climate change, such as is the case with the rural environment protection scheme, REPS. [35199/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Beef Data and Genomics Programme
Eamon Ryan
1992. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a €10 million shortfall in beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, expenditure will be ring-fenced to benefit suckler farmers. [35198/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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GLAS Issues
Eamon Ryan
1993. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the negative effects of the transition from REPS to GLAS, especially on low-income cattle and sheep farmers, and to the fact that GLAS, as currently configured, does not perform well in rewarding more environmentally focused farmers. [35200/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Animal Feedstuffs
Eamon Ryan
1994. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of feed imported over the past five years by comparison with ten, 50 and 100 years ago, respectively; the amount of soybean meal and grain as separate from overall feed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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UN Conventions
Eamon Ryan
2020. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will be proposing or making legislative changes to achieve full compliance of Irish law with the obligations of the Aarhus convention; and the form he expects those changes to take. [35192/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Carbon Tax Implementation
Eamon Ryan
2021. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the introduction of a carbon floor price for electric sales similar to the one introduced in the United Kingdom; and if so, the price at which he plans to set same. [32415/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Illegal Dumping
Eamon Ryan
2122. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken or proposes to take to assist the EPA and local authorities in being more effective in taking enforcement action against illegal waste handling and dumping in view of the situations revealed by a documentary (details supplied) recently; and his plans to propose legislative changes in that regard. [35187/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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National Mitigation Plan
Eamon Ryan
2123. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on progress on developing a programme for wetland management to give effect to Ireland's obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. [35194/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eamon Ryan
2124. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increase in greenhouse gas emissions expected for each of the years from 2021 to 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat-fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. [35195/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eamon Ryan
2125. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost expected in each year between 2021 and 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. [35196/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eamon Ryan
2126. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extra greenhouse gas emissions for each year up to 2030 predicted by the EPA and SEAI to result from the continuation of the existing biomass co-firing subsidy at Edenderry and the proposed extension of this subsidy to the other two peat-fired power plants, which subsidy would have the effect of keeping these three uneconomic peat plants in operation. [35197/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Ministerial Meetings
Eamon Ryan
2127. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he or the Minister of State with responsibility for rural affairs and natural resources has met oil companies since taking office; and the locations in which and when those meetings took place. [35207/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Cycling Policy
Eamon Ryan
2298. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the National Cycle Policy Framework which he informed Dáil Éireann on a number of occasions in 2017, including 10 May 2017, would be published later in 2017; and if he has received a draft of the review. [35188/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Obesity Strategy
Eamon Ryan
2299. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. [35189/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Dublin Airport Authority
Eamon Ryan
2300. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for implementing EU Regulation 598/14; and if he plans to accede to the Dublin Airport Authority's request that he propose legislation to empower another authority to overrule the planning conditions inserted by An Bord Pleanála restricting the night time use of the airport in the interest of the health of local residents. [35191/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Cycling Facilities Provision
Eamon Ryan
2301. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to receipt of a letter from Dublin City Council dated 21 May 2018, if he will meet with councillors to discuss cycling infrastructure. [35204/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Water Conservation
Eamon Ryan
2617. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are emergency regulations, such as the hosepipe ban, regarding the use of large quantities of water for irrigation other than for food production. [32558/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Water Conservation
Eamon Ryan
2618. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of water being used for irrigation purposes for landscaping other than food production, for example, maintaining animal racecourses and golf courses. [32559/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Radon Control Strategy
Eamon Ryan
2768. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 May 2018, when he or his predecessor decided not to implement action 20 of the national radon control strategy, namely, to amend the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations to address radon; and the reason therefor. [35186/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Obesity Strategy
Eamon Ryan
2769. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. [35190/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Turf Cutting
Eamon Ryan
2770. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken and plans to take in regard to the large-scale illegal extraction of peat for horticultural use in view of the data on unauthorised and unlicensed peat extraction gathered by University College Cork commissioned by an organisation (details supplied) with funding from his Department. [35193/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Approved Housing Bodies
Eamon Ryan
2771. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing schemes bought by charitable organisations in each of the four Dublin local authorities; the unit cost per dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Planning Investigations
Eamon Ryan
2772. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he sought legal advice on the senior counsel report to him on planning matters in County Donegal. [35205/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Agriculture Industry
Eamon Ryan
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out research on the optimal size of the national cattle and sheep herd in the context of fodder and emissions. [32067/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Afforestation Programme
Eamon Ryan
44. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has for the development of alternative forestry strategies to assist the development and creation of jobs in rural areas and avoid isolation in rural communities in view the recent concerns relating to the concentration of new forestation in counties such as County Leitrim. [25903/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Pensions Data
Eamon Ryan
88. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by limiting the tax relief on a pension in cases in which that pension fund has already accumulated enough funds to provide a pension of €48,000 per annum. [32169/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Carbon Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
89. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount an increase in carbon tax from €20 per tonne to €40 per tonne would raise. [32170/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
90. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by ending fossil fuel subsidies in sectors (details supplied). [32171/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Carbon Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
91. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by increasing diesel prices to the same level as petrol. [32172/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
92. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by introducing a levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from the ground such as rock, sand, gravel and so on used in the construction industry. [32173/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Tax Yield
Eamon Ryan
93. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to reduce the VRT rate on electric vehicles to 0%. [32175/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Film Industry Tax Reliefs
Eamon Ryan
115. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the section 481 film relief for the film production industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32159/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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School Meals Programme
Eamon Ryan
135. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount it would cost to expand the school meals programme to include a daily hot meal for each school child in primary and secondary education. [32174/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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School Guidance Counsellors
Eamon Ryan
139. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reintroducing ex-quota status of guidance provision in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32155/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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State Examinations Fees
Eamon Ryan
140. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to abolish fees for sitting the junior and leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32156/18]