Parliamentary questions

Children in Care

Bernard Durkan

105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if resources continue to be made available to meet demands arising from children or teenagers who have been abandoned; if the structures in place are adequate to meet the requirements in terms of response and follow up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/15]

Child Protection Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

106. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well-being of children remain in contact with him and vice versa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43157/15]

Juvenile Offenders

Bernard Durkan

107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he continues to engage with juvenile offenders in providing rehabilitative or educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43159/15]

Bullying of Children

Bernard Durkan

108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will put a rapid alert system in place to detect and combat bullying of children and young adults through the electronic and social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43160/15]

Mental Health Services

Bernard Durkan

109. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has studied the issue of depression in young persons with particular reference to identifying early alert and subsequent support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43161/15]

Youth Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

110. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he has identified the life-skill support requirements for young persons with particular reference to ensuring adequate provision at all levels, including access to education, sport and recreation, health and social services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43162/15]

Youth Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a co-ordinated youth support service exists; his plans to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43163/15]

Obesity Strategy

Bernard Durkan

112. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he has studied obesity in children, with particular reference to identifying dietary habits and to disseminating information or protocols to assist children, teenagers and parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43158/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

113. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will allow citizens of the United Kingdom (details supplied) who receive an Irish pension to receive a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43193/15]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Sandra McLellan

114. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on including the multiple sclerosis drug Frampidine in the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/15]

Parliamentary Questions

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why this Deputy has not received a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 30 September 2015; and if this information is available or not. [43050/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

116. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if an urgent assessment of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will be arranged. [43051/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Michael Healy-Rae

117. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is waiting to have a procedure in the South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43059/15]

Mental Health Services Staff

Thomas P. Broughan

118. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts that were approved in 2012, 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date but which are not yet filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/15]

HSE Funding

Eamon Gilmore

119. Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of public funding for the Laura Lynn Hospice, the only children's hospice in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/15]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

Róisín Shortall

120. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 27 January 2015, the status of the anomalous situation which results in medical card holders on mixed dosage medication being charged for each millilitre size as an individual item; his plans to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/15]

Disability Services Funding

Finian McGrath

121. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Gheel disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43073/15]

Health Services Provision

Finian McGrath

122. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43074/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Tom Fleming

123. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the status of the home-based crisis teams; the work they perform; the location of each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43077/15]

Medical Card Applications

Thomas P. Broughan

124. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will received a decision regarding a discretionary medical card. [43087/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Timmy Dooley

125. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43096/15]

Dental Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

126. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the return of a schools dental service to County Kildare, in the context of the development of a new primary health care centre on the Dublin Road in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/15]

Dental Services Provision

Jack Wall

127. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43115/15]

Health Services Staff Data

Denis Naughten

128. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse and registered general nurse community posts that are vacant in County Roscommon and in County Galway; his plans to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43116/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

129. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a hospital appointment. [43128/15]

Patient Transport Provision

Dominic Hannigan

130. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that buses which have been specifically obtained to ferry patients from St. Luke's Hospital to Beaumont Hospital are not in service; the reason for that; and when a service will be provided. [43131/15]

Health Care Professionals

Patrick O'Donovan

131. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health if he has made a final decision regarding his proposal to prescribe the title of physical therapist as a variant of the specified title of physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43133/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a date for a procedure will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following a further urgent referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43151/15]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Robert Troy

133. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding orthodontic treatment for children in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43164/15]

Health Services Provision

Michael McGrath

134. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health his commitment to maintaining health administration services in a town (details supplied) in County Meath. [43167/15]

Health Services Provision

Michael McGrath

135. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health the departments of the Health Service Executive administration health business services that will relocate from a town (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason; the level of staff consultation that has or will take place; the criteria that have been used in the selection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43168/15]

Health Services Provision

Michael McGrath

136. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has considered replacement posts or a replacement unit for the staff, where it has been proposed to relocate an administrative unit of the executive from a town (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43169/15]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Pearse Doherty

137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the application to include the drug Kuvan Sapropterin in the drug re-imbursement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43172/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for orthopaedic hip replacement surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/15]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health why the outpatients clinic at the Sheil Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been cancelled on a number of occasions in the past number of months (details supplied); his plans to have it re-instated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/15]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital. [43175/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/15]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the inpatient and outpatient care services provided at St. Joseph's Community Hospital in County Donegal in each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43188/15]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

143. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds at St. Jospeh's Community Hospital in County Donegal in each year from 2005 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43189/15]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels, including details of positions and job titles, at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in County Donegal, in each year from 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43190/15]

Medical Card Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a family income supplement is taken into consideration when assessing an application for a discretionary medical card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43195/15]

Departmental Funding

Patrick O'Donovan

146. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied) under the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43199/15]

Human Rights

Mick Wallace

147. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to secure the release from prison of a person (details supplied), particularly given the concerns expressed by a wide range of human rights watchdogs, such as Amnesty International, that this person will not receive a fair trial; if he is pursuing the most effective policies in this regard in order to secure this person's release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43064/15]

Human Rights

Finian McGrath

148. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43075/15]

School Services Staff

Willie O'Dea

149. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will contact the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick concerning the position of a retired caretaker; if she will resolve this issue in conjunction with the board of management given that the caretaker would have been prepared to continue to work if made aware of the full facts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43194/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Róisín Shortall

150. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to ensure that extra supports are provided. [43052/15]

School Textbooks

Seán Kyne

151. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a book (details supplied) is on the approved list for the junior certificate English course; if she has received complaints regarding its suitability for young teenagers due to its adult nature; if she is reviewing its suitability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43080/15]

School Services Staff

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

152. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Education and Skills why secretaries and special needs assistants in primary schools who are being paid by the board of management have no pension entitlements or incremental scale increases, but have had their salaries reduced by 5%; if she will include them on the same payment scheme as secondary school secretaries who are paid as civil servants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43081/15]

Schools Health and Safety

Niall Collins

153. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the child safety concerns in respect of traffic, of parents of children attending a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she is in a position to help with proposed remediation works; the help and advice she can offer the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43091/15]

Third Level Fees

Micheál Martin

154. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are impediments in European Union legislation to changing Irish legislation to give all Irish citizens access to the free fees scheme for third level, regardless of their residency status, to enable them to access the scheme without having to be resident here for three of the five years prior to making their entry application to third level, without giving the same access to all European Union citizens. [43095/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal for a school campus at the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, and of the planning application made by the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board for a primary-secondary school campus at the site; the Department or other body that is currently dealing with this application and the related school campus proposal; if she is pursuing this site as the preferred site for the proposed school campus, notwithstanding the objections raised by the planning department of Kildare County Council and upheld by An Bord Pleanála to the training board's proposals; and if she has any other sites in mind for a primary or a secondary school on the Dublin Road, the Hazelhatch Road or the Newtown Road side of the Liffey in Celbridge. [43135/15]

Site Acquisitions

Paul Murphy

156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the Commons on the Hazelhatch Road in Celbridge, County Kildare, site was purchased; who purchased this site; who authorised its purchase; the amount paid; the zoning status when purchased, that is, agricultural, residential or strategic infrastructure; if the site has been re-zoned; and if the purchase was agreed subject to planning permission for the intended use. [43136/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and intentions with regard to a Gaelcolaiste in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43137/15]

Site Acquisitions

Regina Doherty

158. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43165/15]

National Training Fund

Charlie McConalogue

159. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount collected from the national training levy in each of the years 2010 to 2015 to date; a breakdown of the use of this funding by types of course or programme, by apprenticeship, by traineeship, by further education, by third level, by research, etc; the purpose of the fund, and the evolution of its use over the past number of years. [43178/15]

Departmental Reports

Charlie McConalogue

160. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the final report of the Cassells group will be published. [43179/15]

Third Level Qualifications Data

Charlie McConalogue

161. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has taken in the past number of years to increase the number of computer science graduates; the cost of the €1,000 top-up to block grants to each higher level institute, by computer science student enrolled; if this programme has been a success; the number of additional computer science graduates it has led to; her concerns and those of the Higher Education Authority regarding the reduced quality of computer science graduates as a result of the increased intake. [43180/15]

School Transport Administration

Robert Troy

162. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable that some of the bus service for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath was cut following the granting of an application for an extension that included a provision to accommodate parking, making it impossible for the school to honour its road safety commitments; if she will retore the full bus service so that the roads are kept safe around the school and demand for parking returns to the level at which it was before the cut. [43198/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

163. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the targets for 2015 for the provision of social housing units under the rental accommodation scheme and leasing in each local authority; how many units have been provided in each local authority under these schemes in 2015 to date; how much or how far under-target is the provision for 2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/15]

Leader Programmes Funding

Tom Fleming

164. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ireland's application to the European Union for community-led local development funding for rural areas; when this funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/15]

Local Authority Funding

Peadar Tóibín

165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Central Government funding provided to local authorities for each year between 2000 and 2015, in tabular form. [43079/15]

Local Authority Rates

Barry Cowen

166. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount by which he has compensated each local authority to cover lost revenues due to the global revaluations of public utilities, in tabular form. [43082/15]

Regeneration Projects Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

167. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park in Rathangan, County Kildare; if he is in receipt of revised plans for the project; the nature of such revisions; the time frame for the delivery of the project, in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Barry Cowen

168. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings of the social housing proposals clearing house group with interested parties since its establishment; the number of submissions received to date since its establishment; the number of submissions agreed; the actions arising from the submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43099/15]

Water Quality

Brian Stanley

169. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant to replace the lead pipes will be made available as promised. [43120/15]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given freedom of information documentation (details supplied) from his Department which shows a meeting between himself and a bidder for contracts for the senior alert scheme while an agency under his Department's remit was deciding on the tenders for those contracts, if this represents a breach of normal procedures in a tendering process, as is indicated in previous correspondence from his Department to bidders for those contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/15]

Departmental Contracts

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is normal procedure for minutes of meetings to be taken when Ministers meet with bidders for State contracts under the remit of their Departments; why minutes of a meeting between himself and representatives of a company in the process of bidding for contracts under the Senior Alters Scheme were not taken (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/15]

Motor Tax Collection

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a rebate scheme for truck owners who paid their motor tax at a higher rate before the Court of Appeal ruling of 21 October 2015 to allow them to recoup overpaid tax' if hauliers who were paying at this rate before 21 October 2015 are entitled to a rebate; the reason for the discrepancy in treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/15]

Wastewater Treatment

Pearse Doherty

173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which inadequate wastewater treatment infrastructure was found to exist at a number of agglomerations and locations in County Donegal; the action he will take to resolve the issues identified by the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/15]

Wastewater Treatment

Pearse Doherty

174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which wastewater discharge was found to have contributed to pollution at a river (details supplied) in County Donegal; the action which is being taken to address pollution at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/15]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

175. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government while respecting the need to protect confidentiality, if he will provide a full report, without names or contact details and so on, on the tendering process for the modular housing in Poppintree in Ballymun, Dublin 11; the criteria agreed to assess applications; the number of applications expressing interest; the number of companies that made full applications; the comparative cost analysis of the different applications; who oversaw the process; the reason for choosing the successful tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43166/15]

Leader Programmes Applications

Gabrielle McFadden

176. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local action groups in Counties Longford and Westmeath will be among those entering into Leader funding contracts with his Department by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43186/15]

Railway Stations

Thomas P. Broughan

177. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Iarnród Éireann and inquire if extra security personnel will be deployed at Howth Junction and Donaghmede DART station in Dublin over the Christmas 2015 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43065/15]

Departmental Funding

Michael McCarthy

178. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that is available to a music festival (details supplied) in County Cork; if increased funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43078/15]

Taxi Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

179. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the taxi advisory committee that was disbanded in July 2015 will be reconvened; the persons who will be on the taxi advisory committee; how its members will be chosen; if there will be representatives of the taxi drivers on the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43093/15]

Vehicle Registration

Pearse Doherty

180. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in processing a log book for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43171/15]

Seanad Reform

Lucinda Creighton

1. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the legislation to reform Seanad Éireann he proposes to introduce during the lifetime of the current Dáil Éireann; the suggestions and proposals he intends to adopt arising from his meeting with Opposition Members earlier in 2015 to discuss reform of Seanad Éireann; the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the working group on Seanad Reform, which his Department published on 13 April 2015; to progress the draft Seanad Reform Bill prepared for the working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31755/15]

Seanad Reform

Micheál Martin

2. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the proposals for reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33947/15]

Seanad Reform

Micheál Martin

3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the most recent Seanad reform document; the recommendations therein; the actions being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/15]

Seanad Reform

Joe Higgins

4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on proposals for the reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40212/15]

Seanad Reform

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his proposals to reform the Seanad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42214/15]

Seanad Reform

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his comments in Dáil Éireann that he did not think it would be possible to introduce the planned reform of Seanad Éireann before the next election for Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42218/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joe Higgins

7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears took place. [31774/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Ruth Coppinger

8. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears is expected to take place. [31778/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

9. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of times that a Cabinet sub-committee met at which housing was discussed. [35261/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears last met. [40154/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

11. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears took place. [42219/15]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Gerry Adams

12. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears that have taken place in 2015 to date. [42220/15]

International Terrorism

Niall Collins

47. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be introducing new measures to tackle terrorism, given the recent attacks in Paris, France; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42646/15]

UN Conventions Ratification

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

48. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities; the reason for the lack of progress on disability rights throughout this Government's term in office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42496/15]

Garda Operations

Paul Murphy

49. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there was any investigation within her Department regarding a surveillance programme within An Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; the approach taken by An Garda Síochána to surveillance of protesters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42694/15]

Crime Levels

Niall Collins

50. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality how she proposes to deal with crime levels, particularly in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42647/15]

Independent Review Mechanism

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

51. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the severe criticism of the resource and process limitations of the Independent Review Mechanism tasked with examining allegations of malpractice in An Garda Síochána; and if she is considering a new independent process or recourse for concerned citizens or families. [42497/15]

Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest

Mick Wallace

52. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that investigations into allegations made by serving members of An Garda Síochána are being carried out in a way that ensures confidentiality; that all efforts are being made to avoid negative consequences for whistleblowers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42367/15]

Sentencing Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

53. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Private Members' Bill, Sentencing Council Bill 2015. [42456/15]

Garda Resources

Bernard Durkan

54. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána is adequately equipped to deal with all forms of security threat, including the activities of criminal gangs, and of international terrorists; if she is satisfied with the availability of intelligence and the necessary technology to ensure the ability of An Garda Síochána to deal adequately with any current or emerging threats to the security of the State and to the people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42348/15]

Garda Operations

Timmy Dooley

55. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources which will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Clare under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42403/15]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Terence Flanagan

56. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding anti-social behaviour, such as drug taking and knife crime, in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42285/15]

Garda Operations

Billy Kelleher

57. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Gurranbraher and Mayfield in the Cork city Garda Síochána division under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42407/15]

Garda Operations

John Browne

58. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Wexford under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42413/15]