Parliamentary questions

Aviation Industry

David Cullinane

245. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual carbon emissions of each of the aircraft carriers registered here in each of the years 2008 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/19]

Aviation Industry

David Cullinane

246. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the air carriers registered here that fall and do not fall under ETS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/19]

Airlines Regulations

David Cullinane

282. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the air carriers registered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48049/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

David Cullinane

525. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions of air travel in each of the years 2008 to 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47611/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

David Cullinane

531. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reduction in carbon emissions that would result by the percentage increases 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 100% in public transport use in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47186/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

David Cullinane

212. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the current round of negotiations between community employment supervisors and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46721/19]

Mental Health Services Data

David Cullinane

329. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to University Hospital Waterford's adult mental health service in each day from 1 January to 31 October 2019, in tabular form; if separate tables will be provided for the acute Bandon ward and the sub-acute Comeragh ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/19]

Mental Health Services Data

David Cullinane

330. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days from 1 January to 31 October 2019 that the number of patients admitted to the acute Bandon ward and the sub-acute Comeragh ward of University Hospital Waterford was in excess of the bed capacity of each of the wards in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46176/19]

Mental Health Services Data

David Cullinane

331. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff allocated to University Hospital Waterford adult mental health service in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by job title in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46177/19]

Mental Health Services Data

David Cullinane

332. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of times in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that the adult mental health service at University Hospital Waterford was non-compliant with regulations for categories (details supplied) in tabular form. [46178/19]

Hospitals Funding

David Cullinane

336. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the mitigating measures that University Hospital Waterford has put in place to ensure the hospital comes in on budget for 2019; the areas in which these savings are being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/19]

Climate Change Policy

David Cullinane

456. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the regional climate action offices that have been established to date; the location, staffing levels and funding allocated to each office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46494/19]

Medical Card Drugs Availability

David Cullinane

156. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45917/19]

Child Abuse

David Cullinane

278. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the compensation scheme established four years ago for persons abused as children in day schools; the number of applications made; the number that have received compensation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45446/19]

Building Energy Rating Administration

David Cullinane

839. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of the 420,000 homes that have availed of the range of home retrofit schemes administered by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, that have changed their building energy rating as a result of work carried out under the retrofit scheme; the changes by BER rating in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44301/19]

Energy Schemes Data

David Cullinane

840. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in each county that have availed of retrofit programmes (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44302/19]

Commercial Property

David Cullinane

841. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of commercial property green leases that SEAI has identified that are under operation, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/19]

Rail Network

David Cullinane

903. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to move beyond the steady State investment in rail in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44412/19]

Special Areas of Conservation

David Cullinane

1203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to allow bogland to be used for golf courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44422/19]

Waste Disposal Charges

David Cullinane

215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of monitoring the prices of residential waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44044/19]

Environmental Policy

David Cullinane

359. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support nature and biodiversity on a whole-of-Government basis; her plans for future funding of the national biodiversity data centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43885/19]

RTÉ Revenue

David Cullinane

34. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding outside of moneys from TV licence fees that will be given to RTÉ in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42322/19]

Departmental Staff Data

David Cullinane

206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of environmental economists employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/19]

National Transport Authority Staff

David Cullinane

218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of environmental economists employed by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42473/19]

Illegal Dumping

David Cullinane

510. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget spent on cleaning up illegal dumping by each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41717/19]

Forestry Sector

David Cullinane

212. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planting trees on bogland dries it out leading to greater carbon emissions from the soil than sequestration by the trees; if this fact was taken on board before his announcement that 600,000 trees will be planted on bogland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41401/19]

Forestry Sector

David Cullinane

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planting trees on bogland dries it out leading to greater carbon emissions from the soil than sequestration by the trees; if this fact was taken on board before his announcement that 600,000 trees will be planted on bogland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41402/19]

Broadband Service Provision

David Cullinane

133. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the significant broadband problems in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41300/19]

Electric Vehicles

David Cullinane

88. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the target of 1,000,000 electric vehicles on the roads by 2030 is a realistic target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/19]

School Transport Administration

David Cullinane

210. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the public services card will soon be required to make an appeal to his Department in relation to the provision of access to school transport schemes in view of the fact that under the current system of school transport appeals, if an appeal is submitted online or offline, no identity validation or description is required; the way in which or the reason a SAFE 2 level of identity authentication is now to be introduced as a core requirement of an appeal regarding a local school transport decision to the exclusion of all other forms of identification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39568/19]

Building Energy Rating Administration

David Cullinane

449. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses nationwide in need of retrofit by retrofit scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39384/19]

Vaccination Programme

David Cullinane

145. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccination is available to boys in second and third year of secondary school; if they can be vaccinated through their general practitioners if they are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39200/19]

General Practitioner Services

David Cullinane

146. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process has commenced for a new general practitioner for Cappoquin Health Centre, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/19]

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

David Cullinane

74. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the yearly wage cost of a whole-time accountant at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. [38691/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

91. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by an increase of the VRT surcharge on imported diesel cars new and second-hand from 1% to 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 40% and 50%. [38693/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

92. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by an increase of the fuel excise rate on diesel by €0.01, €0.02, €0.03, €0.04 and €0.05. [38694/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

93. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by the scrapping of the diesel rebate scheme. [38695/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

94. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by a reduction in maximum payable under the diesel rebate rate to €0.03 per litre when the price, including VAT, is €1.54 per litre or more. [38696/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

95. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by an increase in the electricity tax for business use to the rates per megawatt hour (details supplied). [38697/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

96. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by an energy surcharge on data centres at the rates per megawatt hour (details supplied). [38698/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

97. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through the requirement of private and hired pleasure craft operating here to use auto-diesel from 1 January 2020. [38699/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

98. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 66% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories A to C with business mileage of between zero and 32,000 km. [38700/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

99. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 68% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories A to C with business mileage of between 32,001 and 48,000 kilometres. [38701/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

100. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 70% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories A to C with business mileage of 48,001 km and over. [38702/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

101. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 75% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories D and E with business mileage of between zero and 32,000 km. [38703/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

102. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 78% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories D and E with business mileage of between 32,001 km and 48,000 km. [38704/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

103. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 80% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories D and E with business mileage of between 48,001 km and over. [38705/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

104. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 80% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories F and G with business mileage of between zero and 32,000 km. [38706/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

105. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 82% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories F and G with business mileage of between 32,001 and 48,000 km. [38707/19]

Tax Data

David Cullinane

106. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through a company car vehicle BIK rate of 85% of the original market value of the car for vehicle emission categories F and G with business mileage of between 48,001 km and over. [38708/19]