Parliamentary questions

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the documentation that is required by Student Universal Support Ireland for this decision to be made. [46015/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Pearse Doherty

598. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the gross motor tax receipts for County Donegal, for each of the years from 2013 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45718/15]

Local Authority Funding

Pearse Doherty

599. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he provided directly to Donegal County Council, in each of the years 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45719/15]

Wastewater Treatment

Pearse Doherty

600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the European Commission as part of formal infringement procedures relating to the delays in introducing a dedicated wastewater treatment collection network for the Gaoth Dobhair agglomeration and the subsequent failure to comply with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC; if he accepts the findings of the Commission that this failure represents non-compliance with the aforementioned legal act as communicated in this correspondence; his plans to reply to the Commission in respect of this charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45722/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Pearse Doherty

601. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/15]

Road Improvement Schemes

Pearse Doherty

715. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding package for improving the condition of rural roads for 2016. [46014/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under his remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45061/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under her remit, by named property, by name of landlord by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45060/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in his Department, by post, the timeframe for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44960/15]

Central Bank of Ireland Staff

Pearse Doherty

150. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies that exist in the Central Bank of Ireland by post, the timeframe for each vacancy that has been unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44961/15]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the ground rents the Department or agencies under its remit will pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45055/15]

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he received the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on hearings regarding the provision of insurance in areas at risk of flooding, if he will implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45264/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

197. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45058/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the basic farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44685/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, name of landlord and amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45048/15]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

238. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45261/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45052/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

282. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail, in tabular form, the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay by named property, name of landlord and amount payable, in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45059/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

356. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department has paid and will pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45050/15]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Pearse Doherty

370. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress in delivering a cross-Border radiotherapy unit for the north west to be based at Altnagelvin area hospital in partnership with the Western Health and Social Care Trust; the timeframe for it to be operational; if he is committed to this; if he recognises the huge benefit it will yield for the people of the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/15]

Hospital Staff

Pearse Doherty

391. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his views that current rates of payment and premiums for student nurses for intellectual disability, as per the Haddington Road agreement, are a contributing factor to the difficulties faced by the health services in retaining and recruiting graduates; his plans to revise these rates; the efforts made to accommodate the schedules of students who hold positions in part-time employment outside the parameters of their studies and placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44838/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in receipt of the rural practice allowance and the cost of this, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44851/15]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

397. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have had their rural practice allowance withdrawn, by county, for each of the years 2010 to date, in tabular form; why a decision was made to withdraw this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44852/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

417. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital, the date the procedure will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44963/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

426. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45057/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45056/15]

Stádas faoi Mhíbhuntáiste Scoileanna

Pearse Doherty

514. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth gur fágadh scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) amach as an scéim D.E.I.S.; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44713/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

527. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ground rents she or agencies under the remit of her Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45053/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

576. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ground rent he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45051/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

649. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45062/15]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

669. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ground rents he or agencies under the remit of his Department pay, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in 2015 and 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45049/15]

School Services Staff

Pearse Doherty

190. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept the arbitrator's findings in the recent arbitration process into the pay and remuneration of school secretaries and caretakers which recommended that increases be made to the hourly rates paid to workers, the changes she will make to the ancillary service grant and if she will provide advice and assistance to boards of management in schools on how to proceed if these recommendations are implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44531/15]

Scéim Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh

Pearse Doherty

234. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin tacaíocht atá á cur ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta do chomhlacht i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha) agus gníomhaíochtaí an chomhlachta curtha ar fionraí go sealadach le déanaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44502/15]

Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for service disruptions to an outpatient clinic (details supplied) at Dungloe Community Hospital in County Donegal; when this clinic will be fully re-instated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for outpatient appointments at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal per outpatient clinic, who have been waiting up to six months, from six months to 12 months and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44277/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Pearse Doherty

199. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received from Donegal County Council for social housing units under the Social Housing Strategy 2020; the number of applications made with respect to long-term voids and to new builds; the cost which these applications collectively represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/15]

Live Register Data

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the number of persons for each individual local social protection office and Intreo centre in County Donegal, who are recorded as having been on the live register on the last Friday of January in each of the years 2005 to date in tabular form; the number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance and of jobseeker's benefit, including the annual change to claimant numbers, in respect of each of these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43200/15]

Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

155. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the effect, in percentage and absolute terms, on the investment component of gross domestic product and the knock-on effect on gross domestic product if the largest single transaction related to intellectual property by a multinational was excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43791/15]

Corporation Tax Regime

Pearse Doherty

163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 207 of 1 December 2015, the number of companies which paid €5,000.0001 to €7,500,000, €7,500,001 to €10,000,000, €10,000,001 to €15,000,000, €15,000,001 to €20,000,000, €20,000,001 to €30,000,000, €30,000,001 to €40,000,000, €40,000,001 to €50,000,000 and €50,000,000 plus, and the total amount paid in each band, in corporation tax, in tabular form. [43940/15]

Ground Rents Payments

Pearse Doherty

181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ground rents payable by the State, by named property, by name of landlord, by amount payable, in 2015 and in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43715/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration

Pearse Doherty

366. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress made in amending the application form for the long-term illness scheme, which can be downloaded from the Health Service Executive website to employ the correct term of intellectual disability as one of the qualifying conditions, when the new form will be available to download; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for surgery in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44067/15]

Planning Issues

Pearse Doherty

580. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an enforcement order issued by Westmeath County Council in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he can provide an update in respect of the implementation of Order. [44080/15]

Planning Issues

Pearse Doherty

581. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a company (details supplied) was in receipt of Leader funding in 2013 after an enforcement order was issued against it; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44081/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

612. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how much has been spent to date on the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44077/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Reports

Pearse Doherty

613. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will suspend the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction, given the concerns raised in relation to the potential conflicts of interests of the lead consultants in the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/15]

Environmental Protection Agency Investigations

Pearse Doherty

614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware that Queen’s University Belfast has confirmed it is not involved in the study commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency on the environmental impact of unconventional gas exploration and extraction; the date upon which he became aware of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44079/15]

Road Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

645. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Blackburn Bridge project located on the N15 road route approximately 1 km south of Ballybofey in County Donegal, the road safety measures in place to ensure that road users are adequately protected during the completion of phase 1, when phase 2 will proceed to construction, if he is aware of the need to expedite this project in order to enhance road safety along this road section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44247/15]

Road Safety

Pearse Doherty

646. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address road safety issues on the N56 national secondary route, if he is aware of the high frequency of road traffic incidents that have occurred along the section of road way between the towns of Termon and Creeslough in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44248/15]