Parliamentary questions

Appointments to State Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

249. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7473/16]

Hospital Admissions

Éamon Ó Cuív

264. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7283/16]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

311. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7480/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Éamon Ó Cuív

351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when he will provide an operation for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7705/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

380. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/16]

Passport Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

381. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the issue of the granting of a passport to a new-born child or the inclusion of the child on their mother's passport in the case of a person (details supplied). [7517/16]

School Transport Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

400. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, in conjunction with the National Transport Office, has carried out an analysis of the effects on traffic congestion if every school in the country, urban and rural, were provided with a school transport service; if it has not been carried out, whether she would in consultation with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport consider carrying out such a study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7272/16]

School Furniture Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

401. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to a school (details supplied) in County Galway for the purchase of whiteboards at a cost of approximately €6,600; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7273/16]

Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

402. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an iarratas atá déanta ag scoil i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo) faoin scéim oibreacha samhraidh do 2016; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [7275/16]

School Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

422. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teacher allocation Circular 2016/2017 has an exception made for the retention level of a second teacher of eight and on the other hand requires a school enrolment of 15 to regain the second teacher; her views that to ensure a safe and good quality education on island schools there is a need for a second teacher in all island schools with more than eight pupils; if it is intended to review the circular, taking into account the reservations of the Ombudsman for Children already made known to her Department; if it is intended to amend the circular to provide for a retain and reappointment level of eight in all island schools; the number of extra teachers that would be involved if such a decision were to be taken and the approximate cost of such a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7470/16]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

423. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or her to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016 broken down by agency and by region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/16]

Oideachas Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

431. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an eol di go bhfuil folúntas d’ollamh le Gaeilge i roinn na Gaeilge in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh ó 2014; an cúis imní í di go bhfuil an folúntas seo ann le nach mór dhá bhliain anuas agus gan é fógartha go fóill go bhfuiltear chun an folúntas a líonadh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [7559/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

442. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills why she has refused an application for resource hours by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7769/16]

School Enrolments

Éamon Ó Cuív

448. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rules and criteria for entry to primary schools; whether the current rules can be outlined; whether there are rules or guidelines; whether she enforces or supervises them and if they are effective; whether the parish and catchment rules apply to all schools; to outline the appeal system against a school decision and the statistics available for past appeals; if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is under the scheme and how children from areas some miles away are selected while locals are not given a place but put on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7815/16]

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Éamon Ó Cuív

468. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016, broken down by agency and by regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

495. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Government or him to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016, by agency and by region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/16]

Energy Regulation

Éamon Ó Cuív

505. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered introducing legislation to require all suppliers of domestic electricity to have the same schedule of charges, including standing charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7768/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

514. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the regional breakdown of all members appointed by the Minister or the Government to State boards, agencies and bodies in 2015 and to date in 2016, set down by agency and by region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/16]

Dolaí Bóthair

Éamon Ó Cuív

518. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt cén fáth go ngearrtar táillí dola ar fheithiclí príobháideacha atá in ann naonúr a iompar ag an ráta céanna le busanna poiblí den mhéid céanna; an nglacann sé leis gur mí-réasúnach an rud é táillí den sórt seo a ghearradh ar theaghlaigh ina bhfuil seachtar páistí agus níos mó; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [7580/16]

Cuanta agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

535. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an raibh aon chomhráite idir a Roinn agus Comhairle Contae an Chláir maidir leis na táillí atá á mbeartú do Ché Dhúlainn sa gcontae sin agus maidir leis an drochthionchar a d’fhéadfadh a bheith acu ar eacnamaíocht na n-oileán [7274/16]