Parliamentary questions

Dublin Airport Authority

Clare Daly

205. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the infrastructure at Dublin Airport, such as taxiways, ramp area and contact stands are adequate to cater for existing aircraft operations. [23844/18]

Building Regulations Compliance

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of inspections that have been carried out on apartment blocks to estimate the level of fire and safety defects present. [23894/18]

Medical Negligence Cases

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress of proposals to improve the legal approach to managing clinical negligence cases. [23434/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is now operating assessment of needs for children with disabilities on a new standard operating procedure; and the organisations which were consulted regarding the new procedures. [23435/18]

Air Corps Expenditure

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on overseas aircraft maintenance for the Air Corps in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23688/18]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Clare Daly

234. 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attention has been drawn to the fact that the sole SNA working in a school (details supplied) in County Sligo has been withdrawn; the reason the SNA service has been withdrawn from the school; if the case will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/18]

Direct Provision Data

Clare Daly

279. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision residents over 18 years of age who have been in the asylum process for nine months or more and have not yet received a first instance decision. [23263/18]

Garda Oversight

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made in terms of implementing a statutory power in order to facilitate unannounced visits by the Garda Síochána Inspectorate to Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23648/18]

Garda Oversight

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been regarding reform of legislation to ensure that the Garda Síochána Inspectorate has the legislative power to initiate its own work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23649/18]

Human Rights

Clare Daly

293. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in terms of the implementation of the optional protocol against torture, OPCAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23650/18]

Statutory Instruments

Clare Daly

294. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a statutory instrument to address the code of practice for mediators will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23652/18]

Child Abuse Prevention

Clare Daly

295. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions have taken place in terms of synchronising or streamlining the contact between the differing number of Garda and Tusla divisions in relation to dealing with cases of child abuse in view of the recommendation by the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23653/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

406. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy to ensure that the presence of hospital acquired infection is recorded on the death certificates of persons that die as a consequence of same. [23349/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

407. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to assigning a specialist task force to monitor and control the spread of superbugs in University Hospital Limerick in view of the very serious deficiencies reported in the management and control of CPE in the September 2017 HIQA inspection report of the hospital in particular (details supplied). [23350/18]

Child Protection

Clare Daly

567. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the development of multi-agency specialist child centres to deal with issues of child sex abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23654/18]

Child Protection

Clare Daly

568. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if discussions have taken place in terms of synchronising or streamlining the contact between Garda and Tusla divisions in relation to dealing with cases of child abuse in view of the recommendation by the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23655/18]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

596. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consultation process that is to take place with current occupational and future pensioners regarding the EU IORP II directive. [23252/18]

JobPath Data

Clare Daly

602. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of information shared with Seetec. [23351/18]

JobPath Data

Clare Daly

603. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is not sufficient that the employer confirms employment status with her Department only in view of the requirement by Seetec to contact employers to confirm employment status (details supplied). [23352/18]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will examine the ongoing failure by NERA and WRC management to secure compensation for underpayments in the social care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22885/18]

National Minimum Wage

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken by her Department to prevent breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 in the hospitality sector; the further steps she plans to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22884/18]

Defence Forces

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on recent failures related to the payroll system in the Defence Forces leaving members with late payment of wages and late distribution of payslips. [22894/18]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

76. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 10 March 2015, if a full investigation will take place into the level of Garda special branch knowledge of this activity in view of the fact that in response to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 30 April 2014 it was stated that information on these illegal actions should be thoroughly investigated and that a complaint in regard to this hacked material was lodged with the Garda cybercrime unit in 2017. [22958/18]

Prison Investigations

Clare Daly

78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of each of the two reports commissioned into the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23012/18]

Prison Investigations

Clare Daly

79. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 10 May 2018, the basis upon which he referred to the original report (details supplied) as a draft and operational in view of the fact that neither of these terms is in accordance with the facts of the terms of reference or the investigation. [23013/18]

Prison Investigations

Clare Daly

80. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 10 May 2018, if the facts surrounding the release of a person (details supplied) were established in the report which resulted in the IPS incorporating aspects of the report into Circular OPS 12/2011. [23014/18]

Prison Investigations

Clare Daly

81. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 10 May 2018, the detail of the legal and procedural flaws in the original investigation conducted. [23015/18]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Clare Daly

84. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Sex Offenders Act 2001 to ensure that victims are informed when a sex offender is appealing to be removed from the sex offenders register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23036/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of hectares of land in the ownership of the Industrial Development Authority that are idle. [22896/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of hectares of idle land in the ownership of the Industrial Development Authority that are suitable for use for residential development. [22897/18]

Foreign Direct Investment

Clare Daly

97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if land use efficiency targets are set for foreign multinational corporations occupying IDA-procured land; and if not, the reason. [22898/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if land procured by the IDA for use by foreign multinational corporations is retained in ownership by the State or the IDA and leased to those corporations on a leasehold basis; and if not, if the land is transferred into the ownership of foreign industry following its procurement by the IDA. [22899/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/18]

HSE Reviews

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the internal review into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE has been published; and if he will provide a copy of same. [22913/18]

HSE Reviews

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when an independent external review by a senior microbiologist from the UK into the deaths of 74 University Hospital Limerick patients who tested positive for CPE will be completed. [22914/18]

Hospital Acquired Infections

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated in 2018 to provide for the full implementation of national policies and guidelines in regard to antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-acquired infections; and if the funding has been ring-fenced for that purpose. [22942/18]

Narcolepsy Issues

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a judgment (details supplied) of the European Court of Justice; and if he will direct the State Claims Agency to cease its defence of cases for damage by a drug on the basis of that judgment. [22944/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the national disability team has produced new standard operation procedures to assess needs; if they have been implemented by the HSE; and the consultation process that took place before the new procedures were implemented. [23007/18]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the repeated delay in publication of the coroners (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22651/18]

Prison Investigations

Clare Daly

64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 10 May 2018, if the report (details supplied) will be made available to persons who co-operated with the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/18]

Commissions of Investigation

Clare Daly

152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on reports in respect of the Farrelly commission that some families at the centre of the scandal are threatening to withdraw their co-operation in view of the adversarial approach being adopted by the commission. [22857/18]

Superannuation Schemes

Clare Daly

174. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State is estimating that the trial alone for the current pensioners of IASS will take up to 12 weeks and has cost nearly €1.5 million already to bring it to this stage; if he will request the SCA to engage in mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22836/18]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of demand for junior school places in Swords, County Dublin (details supplied); if he is satisfied that a strategy is in place that will cater for the demand and enrolment needs for the 2018-19 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22396/18]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request an independent and effective investigation into reports that Israeli soldiers in recent days have been unlawfully killing Palestinian civilians using live fire, other firearms and a variety of excessive force means against unarmed protesters; and if the unequivocally excessive, disproportionate and lethal use of force by Israel against Palestinians peacefully protesting in Gaza will be condemned. [22185/18]

NAMA Property Construction

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if the development under way in Malahide beside the old rugby club site is part of the promised delivery of housing by NAMA; the number of units that will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22291/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

388. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide specially trained nurses, home care packages and multidisciplinary care for persons with Huntington's disease (details supplied) which is seen in other countries as a valuable approach in ameliorating matters for persons with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Clare Daly

476. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the residents of Bower in Balbriggan, County Dublin, will be in a position to access high speed broadband. [22423/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Clare Daly

477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of his Department in the oversight of the introduction of broadband by commercial operators in rural areas. [22424/18]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Clare Daly

586. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the basis upon which his Department approved the grant of funding under the local infrastructure housing activation fund for the Donabate distributor road in circumstances in which the road is being constructed in breach of planning permission granted by An Bord Pleanála on 19 July 2011 (details supplied); the oversight his Department has in respect of projects it funds; the steps his Department is taking to enforce compliance by Fingal County Council with the provisions of the planning permission; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fingal County Council has requested the contractor working on the road to now include an upgrade to the local water supply in the contract which was not included in the original tender; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the works are not being put out to tender, in breach of public procurement rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22813/18]

Public Sector Pay

Clare Daly

28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has conducted an investigation into the prevalence of low pay across the different sectors of the public service; and his plans to address same. [21638/18]

Shared Services

Clare Daly

37. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the errors and inefficiencies in the PeoplePoint shared service system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21637/18]

Dog Breeding Industry

Clare Daly

53. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if a dog breeding establishment (details supplied) is registered and in compliance with the Revenue Commissioners. [21743/18]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken by the Irish Prison Service to advise prisoners of their right to vote in the upcoming referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21917/18]

Audiology Services Provision

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of audits or examination of audiology services in counties Mayo and Roscommon; if the findings of such reports will be published; his views on the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21838/18]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken regarding a complaint made by National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, inspectors in relation to a farmyard (details supplied) in County Wexford on 4 May 2018 involving the existence of a number of decomposing carcasses in the farmyard; if an inspection has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21841/18]

Youth Services Funding

Clare Daly

230. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the types of grants available for groups wishing to rent premises for youth clubs or youth cafes on a permanent basis; the criteria involved regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21758/18]

Dog Breeding Industry

Clare Daly

232. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the number of breeding dogs at a puppy farm (details supplied); if the establishment has been inspected; and if it is registered and in compliance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. [21826/18]

Defined Benefit Pension Schemes

Clare Daly

259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the implications for pension policy and future pension provision in the private sector of the unilateral decision by a company (details supplied) to close its defined benefit scheme. [21301/18]

Wildlife Protection

Clare Daly

277. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the involvement of the Defence Forces in a pilot training scheme in conjunction with An Garda Síochána and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to combat wildlife crime will be considered. [20409/18]

Revenue Commissioners Data

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of assessments conducted by the Revenue Commissioners investigating false self-employment; the number of investigations that found against the employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21300/18]

Commemorative Medals

Clare Daly

57. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to award the commemorative 2016 Centenary Medal to members of an association (details supplied) that participated in 2016 centenary ceremonies. [21652/18]

Prison Service Staff

Clare Daly

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the senior management of the Prison Service; the level of engagement he has had with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/18]

Industrial Relations

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if provision for legislative change or other measures necessary will be made to ensure that occupational pension issues can be heard for former employees using the State's industrial relations machinery such as the Labour Court. [21708/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to engage with parents, schools, the representative bodies of psychologists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists in relation to concerns regarding the new model for assessment of need for children with special needs [21651/18]

Legislative Measures

Clare Daly

215. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legislative change will be brought forward to enable the Revenue Commissioners discretion in cases in which it allows for cash balance schemes to be exempted from purchasing annuities to also include schemes such as the second Irish airlines superannuation scheme, IASS, supplementary funds, in order to facilitate persons to transfer into an approved retirement fund, ARF, especially those in receipt of pension and past their normal retirement date. [21709/18]

Back to Education Allowance Eligibility

Clare Daly

216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports that are available to a person in receipt of a widowed pension that wants to pursue a postgraduate diploma through distance education in terms of course costs and living expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21710/18]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

228. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason residents who have moved out of dwellings which are being remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme are reimbursed for expenditure during their absence on electricity, gas and other utilities but not for the portion in relation to the PSO levy, VAT, standing charges and so on in view of the fact that they have had to pay the amount in properties they are renting during the remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21649/18]

Wildlife Conservation

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the use of Larsen traps as part of the curlew conservation programme will be discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21588/18]

Syrian Conflict

Clare Daly

38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unlawful bombing of Syria by the Israeli authorities and Israel's stated intention to escalate its aggression against Iran within Syrian borders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/18]

Diplomatic Representation

Clare Daly

62. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 2 May 2018, the evidence that was produced to support the briefings that led to the decision to expel the particular diplomat selected. [21128/18]

Syrian Conflict

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions with his counterparts in the EU and elsewhere in regard to plans for the withdrawal of foreign military powers from Syria with a view to bringing an end to conflict on the basis of dialogue between all political forces in Syria. [21024/18]

Commissions of Inquiry

Clare Daly

296. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission an inquiry into the circumstances regarding the death of a person (details supplied) and potential involvement of the Church and State in a cover up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20934/18]

State Claims Agency

Clare Daly

330. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the State Claims Agency to take a similar approach to cases involving damage by a drug (details supplied) [20793/18]

Medicinal Products Regulation

Clare Daly

371. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the role of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, in reporting side effects in the context of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20928/18]

Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme

Clare Daly

392. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the vaccine compensation scheme, as included in A Programme for a Partnership Government, will be implemented; the reason for the delay in its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21008/18]

Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme

Clare Daly

393. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline the reason the interim report of the medical expert group set up in 1977 to examine persons that it was claimed had been permanently damaged by the whooping cough vaccination was never published; if the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21009/18]

Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme

Clare Daly

394. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline the consideration he has given to the request from a group (details supplied) to have an inquiry into the vaccine reactions, subsequent injury and early death of some children that received the DPT vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21010/18]

Rail Network Expansion

Clare Daly

497. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the DART service to Donabate. [20964/18]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

564. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) will be contacted to address the outstanding pension issues with the approximately 200 staff who work there. [21408/18]

Planning Issues

Clare Daly

572. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the works that have been undertaken in relation to the establishment of an independent planning regulator; when it will be operational; the steps residents or their organisations can take in the interim if they have concerns regarding breaches to development plans or local area plans, LAPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20891/18]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Clare Daly

601. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has made inquiries into the fact that Wicklow County Council paid €3 million to CPO land at Charlesland in view of the fact that nine years later this land has not been registered in its name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/18]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Clare Daly

602. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has examined the drawdown of €3 million which was paid by Wicklow County Council in a CPO for land at Charlesland in order to confirm the source of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/18]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Clare Daly

603. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the fact that lands owned by Wicklow County Council have been registered in names (details supplied) without notice of disposal going before Wicklow County Council will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21430/18]

Overseas Missions

Clare Daly

21. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the public and the Houses of the Oireachtas were sufficiently informed in regard to overseas missions (details supplied) as to the make-up of the Defence Forces contingents serving on those missions in view of the fact that in cases in which motions pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960 were passed approving the despatch of Defence Forces members on overseas missions did not refer to Army Ranger Wing involvement. [20412/18]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Clare Daly

45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who have left in each of the years 2000 to 2017 and to date 2018; the average length of the service; if an analysis has taken place to address the problems of retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20413/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

100. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 27 March 2018, if the tender for appointment of a replacement architect for a building project (details supplied) has been made. [20531/18]

Prison Service

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 8 February 2018, the way in which the Circular OPS 12/2011, Consolidated Guidelines for Prisoners Released on Temporary Release, contains a reference to recommendations from a report (details supplied); and if he will make the report available to persons who had co-operated with previous enquiries into the matter. [20602/18]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 509 and 573 of 16 January 2018 (details supplied), in view of press reports stating that the Legal Services Regulatory Authority has not yet got a permanent premises and will not be taking complaints until the summer of 2019. [20603/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

168. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Cancer Screening Service awarded a contract to a company (details supplied) in 2010 that obliged or enabled the company to establish a laboratory here to read NCSS slides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20519/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Cancer Screening Service awarded a second contract to a company (details supplied) in 2010 regarding a laboratory that did not as yet exist and which was unaccredited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20520/18]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) was allowed to test National Cancer Screening Service smears for over 18 months in the absence of accreditation contrary to recent assurances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20521/18]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the urgent introduction of a no-fault vaccine payment scheme for persons debilitated by narcolepsy as a result of being vaccinated with the drug Pandemrix will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/18]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

236. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department takes to monitor breaches in the codes of practice regarding the selling and supply of goods through published advertisements, online or printed, regarding the sale of dogs and-or puppies that have been bred illegally or are being sold to take part in illegal hunting activities. [20593/18]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a recent audit of Garda property seized in the course of arrests or investigation; his views on the security of such seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20275/18]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol regarding the way in which money and drugs seized in investigations are handled, stored and returned to the person from whom they were seized in the event of an unsuccessful prosecution. [20276/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Clare Daly

161. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since January 2018 for results of eye tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20209/18]

Public Sector Staff

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures adopted under the mobility policy; if it is possible for a person to move backwards on the list; the circumstances in which such could occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19904/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of transfers of Department of Justice and Equality staff planned in 2018 and 2019 in zone 7 under the mobility policy section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/18]

Prison Service Staff

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is envisaged that transfers from the Irish Prison Service to other areas of his Department will cease upon the new reorganisation of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/18]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Reports

Clare Daly

254. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason that no annual report has been published by CAMHS since 2013. [19661/18]