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Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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Civil Service Staff Data
Dara Calleary
152. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants to date who have applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connaught and Ulster, respectively, by grade in each Department under the service wide mobility scheme launched on 13 November 2017, in tabular form; the number of civil servants who requested a transfer to Dublin zone 46 by grade based in each province and county outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17264/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Dara Calleary
167. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full year cost of reinstating the pre-2012 pupil-teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17268/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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School Transport Administration
Dara Calleary
168. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring school transport services to the criteria that existed pre-2011; and the status of data set out in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 3 December 2015 for the 2010 to 2018 period. [17270/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Dara Calleary
251. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in the first quarter of 2019, by county in tabular form. [17263/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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General Practitioner Services
Dara Calleary
280. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the first and full year cost of restoring distance coding and increasing the rural practice allowance to amounts (details supplied), in tabular form. [17269/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
Dara Calleary
515. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated first-year and full-year cost to introduce an insurance indemnity for farmers and landholders that participate in the mountain access scheme; and when legislation is expected to be published. [17265/19]
Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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Gaeltacht Policy
Dara Calleary
585. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual capital allocation to the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme in each of the years 2005 to 2010, in tabular form. [17266/19]
Wed, 10 Apr 2019
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State Pensions
Dara Calleary
195. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 15 January 2019, the number of reviews completed, by county, by 28 February 2018 on the review of the 2012 pension changes; the number of reviews that remained to be completed at that date; the number of persons in each county who will receive an increase in their pensions as a consequence of the review, in tabular form; the avenues open to persons who do not receive an increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16773/19]
Tue, 9 Apr 2019
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Legislative Process
Dara Calleary
454. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; when he plans to commence the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/19]
Tue, 9 Apr 2019
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National Broadband Plan Administration
Dara Calleary
573. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the identification process for sites (details supplied) first commenced and was completed; the agencies and Departments that participated in this exercise; the location of each of the 300 sites by townland and county in tabular form; if the sites have been published; if not, the reason therefor; and the cost of undertaking this identification exercise. [16765/19]
Tue, 9 Apr 2019
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Dara Calleary
620. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a proposed water scheme extension (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps taken to advance the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16225/19]
Thu, 4 Apr 2019
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Dara Calleary
250. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of an application from an organisation (details supplied) for assistance towards the purchase of a wheelchair for a person; the waiting list for wheelchair assistance; if this person will receive funding in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15995/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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LEADER Programmes Data
Dara Calleary
54. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme between project and administration costs; the amount spent to date on projects by each local action group, LAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15596/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Telecommunications Infrastructure
Dara Calleary
56. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of the regional telecommunications development unit in his Department with regard to the national broadband plan; the progress to date on the provision of a map of black spots in mobile phone coverage undertaken by the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15597/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Action Plan for Rural Development
Dara Calleary
60. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in the Action Plan for Rural Development on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the plan. [15474/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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CLÁR Programme
Dara Calleary
71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the CLÁR programme; the take-up and drawdown in funding to date since it was re-established; and the status of the drawdown in funding to date of the town and village renewal scheme since established. [15472/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Rural Broadband Scheme
Dara Calleary
86. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; the progress of the provision of a map of blackspots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15471/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Rural Broadband Scheme
Dara Calleary
94. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of the regional telecommunications development unit in his Department with regard to the national broadband plan. [15470/19]
Wed, 3 Apr 2019
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Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
Dara Calleary
100. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to date by category; the number of applications granted funding by category; the funding approved for the scheme in 2019; the number of payments made to date for approved projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15473/19]
Tue, 2 Apr 2019
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Irish Language
Dara Calleary
75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15488/19]