Parliamentary questions

Passport Applications

Róisín Shortall

397. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a passport to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in the person's correct name. [6241/16]

Departmental Projects

Róisín Shortall

398. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 1 October 2015, to provide an update on her plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the co-ordination she has undertaken between the relevant Departments on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6242/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

414. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 1 October 2015, his plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the co-ordination he has undertaken with the relevant Departments on the basis of contact from the Minister for Justice and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Róisín Shortall

600. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to reduce the waiting lists for rheumatology consultants; his plans to develop service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/16]

Sexual Offences Data

Róisín Shortall

601. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Question No. 181 of 1 October 2015, to provide the status of plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the co-ordination he has undertaken with the relevant Departments on the basis of contact from the Minister for Justice and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6244/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Róisín Shortall

602. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the status of changes being made to disability services in north-east Dublin; why he is reintroducing waiting lists for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6247/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Róisín Shortall

603. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to reduce the unacceptable two-year waiting time for assessing children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6248/16]

Health Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

605. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the breast-feeding rates; the policy in this regard; and the steps he will take to improve current rates. [6269/16]

Schools Refurbishment

Róisín Shortall

674. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the dangerous condition of windows at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which have been blown in on windy days because of their age and poor condition; and how she plans to assist the school in meeting the cost of correcting this significant issue. [5686/16]

School Patronage

Róisín Shortall

712. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 14 January 2016, the further work she has carried out to identify the need for school patronage diversity in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; the steps she has taken to accommodate the additional demand for multi-denominational education in the area beyond the schools already opened in adjacent areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6066/16]

Departmental Funding

Róisín Shortall

730. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 1 October 2015 the status of plans for a second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the co-ordination she has undertaken with the relevant Departments on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6243/16]

School Equipment

Róisín Shortall

731. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to replace antiquated computer systems in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6249/16]

Water Services

Róisín Shortall

768. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the ongoing work in his Department to deal with the problem of residents who live in an end-of-terrace home where the private sewage line for a group of houses ends and such residents are continually faced with the problem and expense of having blockages in the line dealt with; if he is aware of the considerable burden the lack of legislation in this area places upon such persons, including the tensions this causes between neighbours, and the frequent public health risks that arise; the grants that are available to residents to deal with such expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6053/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Róisín Shortall

769. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planned or indicative tenancy period for persons who are allocated modular housing; the planned period for the use of such homes as emergency accommodation; and his plans to wind down these schemes once the housing crisis has abated. [6054/16]

Development Contributions

Róisín Shortall

770. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the information available to him on the extent of the exposure of local authorities to the loss of development levies arising from the purchase by voluntary housing associations of entire new housing estates. [6055/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Róisín Shortall

771. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of his decision to fund the full purchase by a voluntary housing association of two new housing estates (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11, given his guidelines as set out in the 2007 publication, Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities and specifically section 3.3.2 thereof. [6058/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Róisín Shortall

784. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the tenancy type he proposes in respect of rapid-build and modular housing; if these will be temporary tenancies; the position when tenants reach the end of their tenancy; the location these tenants will then move to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6265/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Róisín Shortall

785. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed public-private partnership model of housing provision at a site (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the cost-benefit analysis that has been carried out on this proposal; if the rents to be paid will be differential rents; the steps he is taking to ensure taxpayers get value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6266/16]

Energy Policy

Róisín Shortall

796. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale for current regulations, specifically Article 9(3)(e)(v) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service Obligations) Order 2002, that results in not-for-profit sports clubs with floodlights being placed in the same category as multinational companies; if he is aware of the enormous and disproportionate cost this places on such community organisations; and why a fixed charge cannot apply to such cases as with other categories. [6056/16]

School Transport Data

Róisín Shortall

842. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to analyse the impact on traffic, the environment, improved efficiency and general savings to the economy of introducing free school bus services across cities of providing tax incentives schemes to encourage new entrants from the private bus market to provide these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6246/16]