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Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Primary Care Centres Data
Joan Burton
190. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the services that are now operating from the new Navan Road primary health care centre in Dublin 7; the number of staff located there; the number of staff yet to be transferred there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39282/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Hospitals Building Programme
Joan Burton
191. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health when work will commence on the new paediatric OPD and urgent care satellite centre in Blanchardstown Hospital; the number of patients to be provided for; when it is scheduled to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39283/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Home Help Service Data
Joan Burton
192. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the number of home help hours to be allocated to the Dublin 15 and Dublin 7 areas under the HSE’s 2017 work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39284/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Climate Change Advisory Council
Joan Burton
236. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times the expert advisory committee on climate change has met; the date the full committee was appointed; when the first report of the committee on climate change is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/16]
Thu, 8 Dec 2016
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Bus Services
Joan Burton
245. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his Department’s work with local authorities and transport providers on the bus rapid transport scheme in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39288/16]
Wed, 7 Dec 2016
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Schools Refurbishment
Joan Burton
103. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the requirements to have a school (details supplied) extensively refurbished; the works that are proposed to address this issue; and the timeline for these works to be completed. [38986/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joan Burton
3. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action has met. [38302/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Joan Burton
144. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the commitment to the opening of the gaelcholáiste for north Kildare in Maynooth in 2019 as indicated in the school building programme 2016-2021 announced on 17 November 2015 by his predecessor, in view of the fact that it is due to open in 2019; the steps being taken to secure a site; when a design team will be appointed to seek planning permission in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38464/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Quality and Qualifications Ireland
Joan Burton
173. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has with Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, regarding the implementation schedule for the international education mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38732/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Joan Burton
374. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health when the child and adolescent mental health service for Dublin 15, currently located in Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot, will be transferred to the local health centre in Corduff, Dublin 15, as the service was successfully previously located in Dublin 15 for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38760/16]
Tue, 6 Dec 2016
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Rail Network Expansion
Joan Burton
473. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART expansion programme and the electrification of the Sligo line from Connolly to Maynooth, together with removal of level crossings and resignalling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joan Burton
8. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on housing has met. [37682/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Rural Development Policy
Joan Burton
27. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a co-ordinating unit to work with communities to develop co-operative structures to keep vital local services in place and to retain and develop vibrant local enterprises will be established, as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37032/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Rural Development Programme Projects
Joan Burton
30. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has examined the submission her Department received from Irish Rural Link requesting that a working group be set up by her Department encompassing representatives from her Department, the Department of Finance, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Credit Union Development Association, the Irish Postmasters Union, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland and the Sparkasse Savings Bank Foundation for International Co-operation to investigate the establishment of a local public banking network here as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37031/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
49. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Government will commit to the long term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [37033/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
55. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will create an arts capital fund, modelled on the sports capital fund, to ensure better long term funding for Irish arts. [37034/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
63. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress she has made towards the strategy made in Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Immigration Status
Joan Burton
117. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will allow a person (details supplied) to travel home while an application for permission to remain here on the basis of marriage to an Irish national is processed. [37418/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Archival Material
Joan Burton
249. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports in place for development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony. [37079/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Joan Burton
295. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of voided properties which have been refurbished and relet by each local authority from 2013 to date in 2016. [37512/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Joan Burton
296. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average time taken by each local authority to refurbish and relet properties including houses purchased by local authorities. [37513/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Local Authority Housing Data
Joan Burton
297. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties purchased by local authorities in each year since 2010 to date in 2016; and the numbers for each local authority. [37514/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Artists' Remuneration
Joan Burton
307. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will liaise with the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if the Government will relax activation rules for working artists to allow them to support themselves as they produce the art and cultural pieces of which Ireland is rightly proud. [37065/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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World Heritage Sites
Joan Burton
423. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the Government’s plan to pursue more applications for UNESCO world heritage status for more of Ireland's national landmarks (details supplied). [37066/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Irish Language
Joan Burton
424. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way she will work with her colleague the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that parents can access second level education through Irish, especially in areas with proven demand for Gaelscoileanna. [37067/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Gaeltacht Policy
Joan Burton
425. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the Government will provide extra funding to Irish-speaking Gaeltacht areas to encourage greater use of the language and better economic prospects for those living in Gaeltacht areas. [37068/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Promotion
Joan Burton
426. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the Government plans to ensure arts funding is used to ensure minority and new Irish voices are heard as part of cultural output. [37069/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
427. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to support the development of the creative industries sector; if she has reviewed the report from the previous Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the hearings in relation to examining the potential for job creation, innovation and balanced economic development in the creative economy; and if she will implement the recommendations of the report in tandem with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. [37070/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Rural Development Programme Projects
Joan Burton
428. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department has contacted the Irish League of Credit Unions and the Credit Union Development Association regarding the submission her Department received from Irish Rural Link seeking the establishment of a working group with their participation to investigate the establishment of a local public banking network here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37071/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
429. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry in terms of the establishment of a music industry task force, with wide representation and which would examine a range of issues including the impact of intellectual property and copyright legislation and enforcement in both the music and technology industries, supports for the business of music education and a dedicated office similar to the Irish Film Board for the music sector. [37072/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts in Education Charter
Joan Burton
430. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has liaised with the Minister for Education and Skills on the development of contemporary art education at primary and secondary level in Irish schools. [37074/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
431. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to develop a national cultural strategy up to 2025. [37075/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Council
Joan Burton
432. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through facilitating schools, youth groups and libraries in enhancing their music resources and the provision of access to musical training and instruments for the benefit of local communities. [37076/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Artworks Sales
Joan Burton
433. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she has examined any proposals to facilitate on a national basis the use of vacant retail premises by exhibiting artists, based on successful schemes such as space invaders in County Galway which uses empty retail units to support local artists. [37077/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Planning Issues
Joan Burton
434. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and development takes full cognisance of the historic character and protects the character and heritage of villages. [37078/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Promotion
Joan Burton
435. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will work with the Minister for Health to develop and roll out an arts and health strategy across acute and children’s hospitals and across the community health sector; and the other innovative approaches being considered to use the arts as a means to promote well-being across society. [37080/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Rural Development Programme Projects
Joan Burton
436. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Minister and Department of Finance regarding the establishment of a pilot local public bank in the midlands region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37081/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Promotion
Joan Burton
437. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action she is taking with her Government colleagues to systematically address social, geographic and economic barriers to full participation in the artistic and cultural life of the country, particularly for children and young persons. [37082/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts in Education Charter
Joan Burton
438. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans in place to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broadening the focus on science, technology, engineering and maths into science, technology, engineering, arts and maths; her plans to expand the ambition and resourcing of the arts and education charter; and her further plans to continue to work with the Department of Education and Skills to further enhance the position of arts subjects within the curriculum at primary and secondary level. [37083/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
439. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will urgently begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the global Irish economic forum which would highlight indigenous talent and map a strong and healthy future for arts and culture at home and abroad. [37084/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
440. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress she has made towards the strategy outlined in Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37085/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Funding
Joan Burton
441. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to increase the amount of capital funding available for arts institutions and projects in view of the challenges facing organisations in maintaining and expanding operations. [37086/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
442. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which she will develop Irish culture reflecting national and multicultural identity in a readily recognisable fashion, capable of being used as a major brand image at home and abroad; if in the context of Culture 2025 or otherwise, the extent to which she will do this through the arts, education and the community; the extent to which whe will contribute to the economy by expanding job opportunities created through this medium, in view of the extent of the contribution from the philanthropic and voluntary sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37087/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Artists' Remuneration
Joan Burton
443. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action she will take to address the issues of very low incomes among arts practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37088/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Film Industry
Joan Burton
444. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the support she provides for the indigenous film and television production sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37089/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Arts Council Funding
Joan Burton
445. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the targets and key performance indicators included within the Arts Council funding process to ensure that funds are distributed among all socioeconomic sectors; and if targets are met and the results of these. [37090/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Cultural Policy
Joan Burton
446. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she explored other methods of incentivising investment into the cultural sector apart from direct State funding; and if so, the details and timelines on these. [37091/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Land Reclassification
Joan Burton
447. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is her policy to inform landholders if their land is to be designated a special protection area, special area of conservation or natural heritage area; the other methods by which the public are made aware of such proposed designations; the number of appeals received by the appeals advisory board, since the inception of these designations, against designation; the number of these that went to a full oral hearing; the number of cases in which the advice of the board was varied by her and the years in which this happened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37092/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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National Monuments
Joan Burton
448. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the criteria used for the tender that was put out with regard to the conservation of 14-17 Moore Street; the terms and conditions; if she will make these documents publicly available in view of the significant public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37093/16]
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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Culture Ireland Grant Scheme
Joan Burton
449. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assessment process used to judge the grant applications by Culture Ireland for the supporting Irish culture on the world stage scheme announced in July 2016; the scoring mechanism; the total number of applications versus those that were awarded a grant; of those awarded a grant, the number that were previously funded by Culture Ireland and the number that were funded for the first time; if an appeals mechanism exists for unsuccessful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37094/16]