Parliamentary questions

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

101. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the name, costs, date of commission, date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [4206/16]

Departmental Investigations

Lucinda Creighton

102. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Taoiseach the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible, by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded, and by date, including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded, from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

49. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3773/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

50. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3788/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

106. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3767/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

107. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department has been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3782/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

122. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3772/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

123. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3787/16]

IDA Site Visits

Lucinda Creighton

131. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of client visits hosted by IDA Ireland by county for each year since 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3754/16]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

Lucinda Creighton

132. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office supported jobs by county in 2014 and 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

133. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication, and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3770/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

134. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded, by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3785/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

169. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3760/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

170. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3775/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

178. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3764/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

179. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3779/16]

Tribunals of Inquiry Reports

Lucinda Creighton

196. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 396 and 397 of 14 January 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 24 March 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 13 May 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 7 July 2015, if she will provide a further update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/16]

Commissions of Investigation

Lucinda Creighton

197. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 9 June 2015, if the commission of investigation into matters relative to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda Síochána division will report in February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3759/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

198. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3771/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

199. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3786/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

226. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3762/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

227. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3777/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

278. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3769/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

279. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3784/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

299. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant associated with all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3768/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

300. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department has been responsible, by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded, and by date, including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3783/16]

School Funding

Lucinda Creighton

330. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form by county the funding received for primary schools and post-primary schools for additional accommodation, new buildings or new schools for each year since 2011. [3756/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

331. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3765/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

332. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible, by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded and by date, including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3780/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

345. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3766/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

346. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3781/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Lucinda Creighton

361. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises forecast to be covered by the national broadband plan’s intervention by commercial high-speed broadband services by county by the end of 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

362. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name, cost, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3763/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

363. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name, by terms of reference, by cost, including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded, by date, including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded, from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

378. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011. [3774/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

379. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

391. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3761/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

392. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3776/16]

Tax Code

Lucinda Creighton

95. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a report (details supplied) in the context of introducing a 23% flat tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/16]

Sentencing Policy

Lucinda Creighton

183. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken by her arising from the recommendations made in the Law Reform Commission Report on Mandatory Sentences dated July 2013, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1721/16]

Garda Warrants

Lucinda Creighton

184. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 24 November 2015, when the up-to-date report from An Garda Síochána will be complete and when she will contact this Deputy with the statistical data sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1722/16]

Road Network

Lucinda Creighton

627. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total cost to the Exchequer of completing an integrated motorway network from Cork to Letterkenny, County Donegal, along the western corridor. [45425/15]

Tax Credits

Lucinda Creighton

67. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the existing PAYE tax credit of €1,650 to all individuals who currently pay income tax as self-employed persons. [44462/15]

Tax Data

Lucinda Creighton

68. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances and transactions in which capital acquisitions tax and in which inheritance tax was payable and the value to the Exchequer of each of these taxes in 2014; and the yearly cost to the Exchequer of increasing the threshold above which inheritance tax applies from €280,000 to €500,000. [44463/15]

Tax Reliefs Data

Lucinda Creighton

69. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs relating to property, the number of persons availing of each relief and the total cost to the Exchequer of each relief in the most recent tax year. [44467/15]

Garda Equipment

Lucinda Creighton

113. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce the use of body cameras and car dash cameras within An Garda Síochána, given recent high profile incidents of their use in crime detection in the United States of America and in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Lucinda Creighton

114. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and of convictions for motor tax offences and the cost to her Department, to An Garda Síochána and to the Courts Service of these prosecutions in 2015 to date. [44468/15]

Primary Care Centres Expenditure

Lucinda Creighton

147. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health the estimated capital expenditure on primary care centres and convalescent facilities for 2016. [44464/15]

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]

Garda Data

Lucinda Creighton

311. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 23 September 2014, the number of outstanding bench warrants, by Garda division, for each year since March 2011 to date; the actions she has taken to reduce the outstanding number, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/15]