Parliamentary questions

State Visits

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost to the State of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis in view of the fact that it is a private rather than a State visit. [30033/18]

Constitutional Convention Agenda

Clare Daly

115. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach if the need for a new Constitution to reflect the values of Ireland today will be addressed; and the process for developing same. [30413/18]

State Visits

Clare Daly

201. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to the State of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis in view of the fact that it is a private rather than a State visit. [31559/18]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Clare Daly

260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount remaining in the Caranua fund; his views on whether the closure of the fund to applicants from 1 August 2018 is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30699/18]

Irish Prison Service

Clare Daly

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 21 June 2018, the reason the information requested has not been made available in view of the fact that it is kept by the Irish Prison Service, IPS and can be produced in tabular form. [30079/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

288. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality report on the wards of court has not received a response in view of the urgent need for action outlined therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30080/18]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

289. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) has not received a response; and the further reason a request by it for a meeting has not been agreed to. [30081/18]

Prison Staff

Clare Daly

297. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 28 June 2018, if he will provide a copy of the respective formal notices of appointment by him of the four named governors in his reply to the statutory position of governor of Portlaoise Prison. [30128/18]

Immigration Status

Clare Daly

311. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) that made an online visa application can be given no indicative timescale as to when their application is likely to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30540/18]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 404 of 13 July 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the position of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority in regard to the recoupment of public moneys extended to it to date is that these funds are non-recoupable (details supplied); if the position in regard to whether these moneys will be recouped by the State will be clarified; and if so, when. [31036/18]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Clare Daly

385. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in order to facilitate the purchase of medically essential cooling equipment for their home. [30036/18]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

392. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries carried out on intersex infants in 2017 in Crumlin Hospital to align the infant's genitals with chromosomal sex. [30053/18]

Legislative Measures

Clare Daly

555. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the legal parentage rights of same-sex couples who conceive a child through surrogacy will be addressed in upcoming legislation amending the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [30345/18]

National Maternity Hospital

Clare Daly

639. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to a reconstituted national maternity hospital that will be a subsidiary of a group (details supplied) of which the ultimate owner will be an entity that will report to the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. [30737/18]

Animal Sales

Clare Daly

711. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the public consultation on the sales of animals and the pet shop code of conduct to 31 July 2018 will be extended to facilitate those that wish to make submissions. [30459/18]

Electric Vehicles

Clare Daly

792. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the work under way on preparing for the expansion of the application of hydrogen for cars and other energy uses in view of the difficulties with the need to recharge batteries in electric cars prohibiting their use for long journeys. [30078/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Clare Daly

841. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children born in January will not be able to avail of their entitlement to two years of ECCE from 2 years and 7 months of age and then commence primary school at 4 years and 7 months of age in circumstances in which this is in the best interests of the child having regard to their social and emotional development and their school readiness; her plans to reform the ECCE programme in order that it is aligned with primary school enrolment policies and allows parents the flexibility to avail of their entitlement from the time a child reaches 2 years and 7 months of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31014/18]

Carer's Benefit Applications

Clare Daly

907. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a delay of up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed relating to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/18]

Foreshore Issues

Clare Daly

942. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the impact on proposed dune conservation works at Portrane Beach, The Burrow, Portrane County Dublin of a planning application under section 3 of the Foreshore Act 1933 for a pre-installation survey, site investigation and installation of a sub-sea fibre optic cable at Portrane Beach has been taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30720/18]

Architectural Heritage

Clare Daly

960. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the former Magdalen laundry on Sean McDermott Street will be prevented from being sold to private persons for use as a hotel as a first step in developing a place to be used in a manner which would benefit the community and that would recognise the history of the site. [30034/18]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

978. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if representations have been received from all public representatives of the local community in north County Dublin since summer 2016 with regard to the interim report of the review of the wild birds derogation process 2018, submitted to her Department on 18 April 2018, specifically on the section 2.0 recommendations for the 2018-2019 derogation (details supplied). [31018/18]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

979. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if authority and responsibility for derogations on public health and safety grounds, as described in Article 9.1(a) of the birds directive, rest with her Department in view of previous statements that the review of the wild birds derogation process would address public health and safety in addition to taking into account relevant policy and operational practices across the EU. [31019/18]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

980. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the basis on which it is asserted there are shortfalls in EU compliance in regard to a section of the interim report of the review of the wild birds derogation process 2018 (details supplied); the way in which and the reason they have come about; the possible consequences of these shortfalls; the way in which they will be addressed; and the person or body that holds responsibility for addressing same. [31020/18]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

981. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the scheduled final report from the review of the wild birds derogation process will be published; and if it is planned that recommendations requiring the involvement of other State bodies, for example, local authorities, in addition to collaborative planning and-or funding will be acted upon ahead of the autumn 2018 planning and budgeting cycle, which will set operational plans and resources for 2019. [31021/18]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

982. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which revised or new policies arising from the outcomes of the review of the wild birds derogation process will be published. [31022/18]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the statutory inquiries initiated after the internal review mechanism. [28882/18]

Prisoner Releases

Clare Daly

42. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his departmental officials have had discussions with the Irish Prison Service regarding the handling of the investigations into the release of a person (details supplied); if he has proposed action regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28881/18]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

74. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members prescribed Lariam while on deployment in or deploying to Mali in 2017 and to date in 2018. [29803/18]

Military Uniforms

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if US army personnel were authorised to wear military combat uniforms in Shannon town on 26 June 2018; if so, the basis for this authorisation; and if not, his plans to address the issue of foreign military personnel wearing uniforms on streets here. [29813/18]

Teaching Qualifications

Clare Daly

115. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports that 20% of mathematics teachers did not meet the standards of an organisation (details supplied) for same; and the steps he will take to address the matter. [29872/18]

Ambulance Service

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason no ambulance was despatched to a 999 call for a sick child on 10 May 2018 at an address (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29878/18]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

290. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the deaths and injuries of greyhounds at tracks here and in Northern Ireland for the period from January 2018 to date. [29811/18]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 187 of 25 April 2018 and 20 June 2018, the cause of the horse deaths, that is, injury, heatstroke, heart failure, respiratory failure and so on; the names of the horses; the dates on which the horses died; if the horses died or were destroyed; and the method of euthanasia. [29812/18]

JobPath Programme

Clare Daly

344. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice of requesting that JobPath participants sign personal progression plans electronically and the fact that when they have not the means to do so the plans have been signed for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29874/18]

Schools Establishment

Clare Daly

83. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 19 June 2018, the extent of the engagement with existing schools in Swords regarding the decision to prioritise the progression of a new primary school for Mooretown, Swords. [28859/18]

Coastal Erosion

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to prevent further coastal damage at Portrane in the immediate term and the development of a long-term plan to ensure the safety of the homes in the area that are in danger due to damage to the dunes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28675/18]

Public Sector Pay

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 17 May 2018, if work has concluded on revision of the estimated cost associated with new entrants in the Department of Defence highlighted in the report on the cost of dealing with pay equalisation for new entrants to the public service laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in March 2018; and if so, the estimated cost of same. [28676/18]

Naval Service Operations

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person (details supplied) who put the wristbands on persons while on the LE Niamh when the vessel participated in rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28842/18]

School Equipment

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will have finalised the form for assistant technology to allow it to pass on an application by a person (details supplied) to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29246/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the sole SNA working in a school (details supplied) has been withdrawn; the reason the SNA service has been withdrawn from the school; if the National Council for Special Education has received an appeal from the school in regard to the matter; if so, if a decision has been made on the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29316/18]

Medicinal Products Availability

Clare Daly

384. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was not approved for lidocaine 5% medicated plasters prescribed by their general practitioner following the changes introduced on 1 December 2017; if the HSE received an appeal from the person's general practitioner; when a decision will be made on the appeal case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/18]

Defence Forces Funding

Clare Daly

92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the budget in the past five years in Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence. [28428/18]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Clare Daly

93. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actual spend in the past five years in Vote 35 Army Pensions and Vote 36 Defence. [28429/18]

Prison Service Staff

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 20 June 2018 in view of the fact that the statutory responsibility outlined under the IPS's own material states that it rests with the campus governor rather than the operational governor. [28478/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of employees that did not make the criteria in the first round of the Haddington Road regularisation process; and the number of that group whose attention was formally drawn to the appeals process in the correct timeframe by human resources senior management. [28475/18]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be required to review the number of staff regularised outside of the Haddington Road Agreement or appeals process that met no criteria. [28476/18]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

192. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE human resources department conduct closed interviews for staff to be appointed in their post in the HSE SSWHG. [28477/18]

Carer's Benefit Payments

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there are delays of up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed by the carer's benefit section (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28479/18]

HSE Reports

Clare Daly

242. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a report by a section 3 committee within the HSE and Tusla which reported in 2011 and issued documents, including a policy, guidelines, assessment tools and a training plan for handling child sexual abuse, none of which were implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/18]

Irish Water Expenditure

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason Irish Water spent in the region of €200,000 on advertisements in a national newspaper rather than a newspaper (details supplied) with greater circulation, which would have cost less; if the advertisements for CPO were for Fingal and Dublin only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28213/18]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Clare Daly

69. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is Defence Forces policy to give presentations in secondary schools with a view to recruitment; the length of time this policy has been in place; the way in which the decision is taken as to which schools to present in; if there is a set presentation outline; and if so, if it is publicly available and if parental permission is sought before each presentation takes place. [27961/18]

Diplomatic Representation

Clare Daly

84. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise with the United States Government the fact that Ireland has been without an ambassador from the United States of America since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27600/18]

Direct Provision System

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the humaneness or otherwise of the system of direct provision here in which vulnerable refugees are kept for years in cramped and inadequate accommodation, deprived of cooking facilities and provided €21.60 per week to live on in view of his condemnation of the US policy of separating children from their parents at the US border and condemnation of inhumane policies towards vulnerable refugees. [27551/18]

Direct Provision System

Clare Daly

245. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to replace the system of direct provision with a humane system for persons seeking asylum here (details supplied). [27571/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

334. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be colonised with carbapenemase producing enterobacterales, CPE, are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27587/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

335. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients found to be infected with CPE are informed of this fact; and if their having been informed is documented. [27588/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

336. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients who are found to be colonised with CPE and are informed of this fact are offered advice on precautions to be taken to avoid the spread of the bacteria. [27589/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

337. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that all patients who are found to be infected with CPE and are informed of this fact are offered advice on precautions to be taken to avoid the spread of the bacteria. [27590/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

338. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in University Hospital Limerick who have been informed that they are colonised or infected with CPE since the beginning of 2018. [27591/18]

Disease Management

Clare Daly

339. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Tallaght Hospital who have been informed that they are colonised or infected with CPE since the beginning of 2018. [27592/18]

Vaccination Programme Data

Clare Daly

361. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of doses of the HPV vaccine administered here to date; and the number of cases of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reactions reported to the Health Products regulatory Authority, HPRA, within the first three years of the vaccine being administered through the school system, that is between 1 September 2010 and 1 June 2013, before the number of vaccine doses per patient was reduced from three to two in 2014. [27638/18]

Commencement of Legislation

Clare Daly

371. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the commencement date for Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [27731/18]

Hazardous Substances Disposal

Clare Daly

466. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amounts, nature and dates of hazardous material or hazardous waste exported from Haulbowline Island for decontamination; and the destination of same in each of the years from 2007 to 2013. [27873/18]

Charities Regulation

Clare Daly

526. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will request the Charities Regulator to undertake an examination of the final situation of an organisation (details supplied). [27843/18]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Clare Daly

537. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on rent supplement payments to landlords being paid rent through one or other of the schemes for categories of units (details supplied). [27433/18]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Clare Daly

563. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 on RAS, HAP and all other housing payments to landlords being paid rent through one or other of the schemes for categories of units (details supplied). [27433/18]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Clare Daly

579. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure by his Department on rent supplement payments including RAS, HAP and all other housing payments to landlords being paid rent through one or other of these schemes for units (details supplied), respectively in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the housing estates and apartment complexes in which more than 10% of units are in receipt of the respective types of rent supplement. [27470/18]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to strengthen the resources of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [27073/18]

Wildlife Protection

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a cross-departmental discussion will be considered in order to respond to a growing need for powers of enforcement, particularly pertaining to the criminal activity of badger baiting in the countryside. [27074/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if the Defence Forces were engaged of the monitoring of the foreign military aircraft while they were in Irish airspace in view of the fact that the plane involved in the emergency landing at Shannon Airport on 3 June 2018 was involved in refuelling US fighter aircraft either during or immediately prior to the emergency occurring (details supplied). [27158/18]

Defence Forces Operations

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Irish troops participated in Exercise Siil 2018; if so, the role they played in the exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27288/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 165 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if an aeroplane was in fact involved in military operations (details supplied) immediately prior to the emergency that required the emergency landing at Shannon Airport on 3 June 2018 contrary to the response given. [27155/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

56. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if full details of the prior notification received will be provided. [27156/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

57. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if fighter aircraft entered Irish airspace in view of the fact that the plane involved in the emergency landing at Shannon Airport on 3 June 2018 was involved in refuelling US fighter aircraft either during or immediately prior to the emergency occurring (details supplied). [27157/18]

EU Treaties

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a protocol (details supplied) in regard to common defence and the Treaty of Lisbon; if a copy of the text of the protocol will be provided; if it has been adopted; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27286/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53 and 200 of 14 June 2018, if the plane in question was located in Irish controlled airspace when the emergency was discovered; if so, if this is normal practice; and his views on whether this practice is acceptable. [27364/18]

Prison Committals

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the daily increase in numbers incarcerated at Cloverhill Prison from 337 on 15 June 2017 to 424 on 15 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27138/18]

Prisoner Data

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners at Cloverhill Prison sleeping on the floor in April, May and June 2018, in tabular form. [27139/18]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the model for resettlement being delivered by the Irish Refugee Protection Programme in the various counties in which it is operational in terms of the number of persons included in a programme; the staffing in terms of refugee resettlement workers and intercultural workers on a programme; and the length of time the programme is in place. [27290/18]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

115. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an evaluation of the Irish Refugee protection programme on the ground has been undertaken in the counties in which resettlement has taken place or is taking place; if not, if there are plans to do so; and if so, the way in which the work is procured. [27291/18]

Departmental Meetings

Clare Daly

201. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant officials in his Department will agree to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss issues with the foal levy. [27167/18]

Fire Safety Regulations

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 30 May 2018, if a list of compliant buildings will be established which can be accessed by website in the interest of transparency to aid prospective tenants. [27293/18]

Prison Service Staff

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date the last person to be assigned to the statutory role of Governor, not operational Governor, of Portlaoise Prison, was so assigned; and the date upon which the person ceased to occupy the role. [27029/18]

Horse Racing Industry

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 25 April 2018, when a response from Horse Racing Ireland is likely to be forthcoming. [27032/18]

JobPath Programme

Clare Daly

57. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the personal information of JobPath participants that is shared between her Department and a company (details supplied); and if information is shared with a third party such as an employer or prospective employer or other third parties if a participant has signed a personal progression plan. [26511/18]

Foreign Policy

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland abstained in the vote on the proposal by Mauritius to refer the issue of its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and the question of whether the decolonisation of Mauritius had been carried out in a lawful manner to the International Court of Justice at the Hague, in view of the Chagos Archipelago’s subsequent separation. [26620/18]

Foreign Policy

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support the case of Mauritius for its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands at the International Court of Justice in the Hague. [26621/18]

Programme for Government

Clare Daly

122. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the programme for Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine has not been honoured to date. [26652/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which he was present at a meeting of an organisation (details supplied) in Turin, Italy in June 2018; if he was an official representative of the Government; the person or body that paid for the trip; and the issues that were discussed. [26239/18]

VAT Rate Application

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the current 23% VAT rate that applies to menstrual cups to 0% to bring it into line with the rate that applies here for other sanitary items. [26699/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a new special needs unit at a school (details supplied) will be opened. [26253/18]

Schools Building Projects Administration

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a planning application has been made for a primary school in the Mooretown area of Swords in view of the fact that the shortage of school places is in the River Valley-Swords-west area of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26477/18]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

365. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 30 January 2018, when the report on lymphoedema services will be published; and the reason it has been delayed. [26514/18]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Clare Daly

402. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 12 June 2018, if consideration will be given to putting in place public funding for IVF prior to the enactment of the assisted human reproduction Bill 2017 in order to honour his previous commitment to have such funding in place by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26761/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

430. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to appoint a person (details supplied) to represent CervicalCheck; to identify the person who made the decision; the purpose for which the person was appointed; the role and responsibilities of the person; and the fee being paid. [26922/18]

Energy Schemes

Clare Daly

460. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will liaise with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to devise an insulation plan for housing under the flight path at Dublin Airport with particular reference to the types of grant aided schemes operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [26306/18]

Illness Benefit Applications

Clare Daly

529. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the social welfare forms in relation to workplace injuries in order to take account of scenarios in which a person is out of work as a result of bullying and harassment at work. [26249/18]

Middle East Issues

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report by the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy in which a charity (details supplied) is misrepresented in a misleading manner regarding the nature of that organisation's work in the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/18]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

53. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the refuelling of an aircraft (details supplied) took place inside or outside Irish airspace; the location the aircraft travelled from with its fuel load; and if it passed through Irish airspace prior to the emergency diversion to Shannon Airport. [26030/18]

Legal Aid Service

Clare Daly

117. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for improved protocols for the operation of legal aid, particularly in family law cases in which failure to submit paperwork and other efforts to delay proceedings are occurring. [26083/18]