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Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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School Accommodation Provision
Tom Fleming
224. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a submission by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for additional accommodation space and for continuing the replacement of deteriorating prefabricated buildings. [12433/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Schools Building Projects Status
Terence Flanagan
225. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12464/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
Clare Daly
226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an explanation for the inordinate delays regarding the operation of the Caranua scheme and the stress being caused to applicants by waiting periods of nine to ten months before they are contacted. [12472/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
Clare Daly
227. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in respect of determining hardship in the context of the Caranua handbook, in view of the fact that this is an area which applicants believe is being too harshly monitored and that these criteria could be employed to provide necessary relief for those who are continuing to suffer as a result of abuse they experienced. [12473/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
Clare Daly
228. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend the residential institutions statutory fund in order that the partners and children of the survivors of residential abuse can gain some of the assistance outlined in respect of the Caranua fund, in view of the fact that they are also suffering and that their needs are often a huge source of stress to the abuse victim. [12474/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Educational Projects
Michael McGrath
229. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role she envisages certain third level institutions will play in a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the funds that have been committed towards the project by these institutions and her Department or any body under its aegis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12541/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Catherine Murphy
230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will account for the under-provision of spaces for children with special needs in the east Offaly/west Kildare area; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12549/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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School Staff
Sean Conlan
231. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse her Department's decision to place a permanent teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan onto the panel, in circumstances where the school has in excess of 25 hours allocated for resource and learning support, and has now lost two permeant teachers in one year. [12657/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
Willie O'Dea
232. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that many persons who reside outside the country and own homes here were unaware of the introduction of the non-principal private residence tax, and yet they are now facing interest and penalties for not paying the original tax; his views that this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12540/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Local Authority Funding
Clare Daly
233. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that his Department set aside an allocation of €1 million in additional funding for Sligo County Council in 2014, conditional on a realistic financial plan being agreed between his Department and the council by the end of 2014; that the Department decided to provide only €250,000 of the €1 million to the council, and that in the absence of a detailed plan being agreed before the end of 2014, no further payment was made to the council; if there are ongoing negotiations between his Department and the council in respect of the remaining €750,000; if the decision not to pay the €750,000 to the council is final or if will his Department will reconsider the matter, if a realistic financial plan is submitted to it; if consideration will be given to adding the €750,000 to the extra €1 million allocation set aside for 2015, if a realistic and achievable financial plan is agreed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12365/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Joe Costello
234. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing voids in Dublin City Council; the number back into use by the council in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the average length of time for repairs to be carried out; the amount of money drawn down by the council from his Department to bring voids into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12373/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
Joe Costello
235. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to provide certainty and security in the residential rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
Joe Costello
236. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will re-establish the inner city partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
Joe Costello
237. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the budget for community groups in Dublin’s inner city has fallen in 2015 by 38% for the period April to December 2014; the steps he will take to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12381/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Local Authority Housing Provision
Joe Costello
238. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he plans to spend €75,000 per unit to refurbish 70 temporary units of accommodation in O’Devaney Gardens in Dublin 7, when the O’Devaney Gardens site has been proposed over the past ten years for a major programme of regeneration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Irish Water Establishment
Thomas P. Broughan
239. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will immediately dissolve Irish Water and return moneys and responsibility to local authorities for local water supplies and maintenance. [12399/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Proposed Legislation
Pearse Doherty
240. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Bills that were submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny by his Department since 2011; his plans to allow pre-legislative scrutiny for any upcoming legislation from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
Brendan Griffin
241. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the findings of the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas have been costed; if he will consider selecting an area (details supplied) in County Kerry to pilot the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Private Residential Tenancies Board
Barry Cowen
242. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the operation and financing of the proposed deposit retention scheme that is to be provided for in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2012; his plans that the custodial model proposed will be self-financing; and the factors that would mitigate against the scheme being self-financing. [12451/15]
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Waste Management
Barry Cowen
243. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the proposed full producer responsibility initiative scheme for waste tyres; if there will be significant costs associated with the new obligation for retailers and producers and additional costs for consumers; and the measures being put in place to ensure the new obligation will not lead to commercial activity migrating to other jurisdictions with less costly compliance schemes. [12453/15]