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Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Trade Agreements
Eamon Ryan
70. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his meetings with the Irish food industry regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. [14245/16]
Wed, 8 Jun 2016
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Pesticide Use
Eamon Ryan
76. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the State's monitoring of the reduction in bee numbers; the bee population in the years 2006 to 2016 to date. [14246/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Health Strategies
Eamon Ryan
60. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures taken to reduce the amount of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions; and if he will consider the creation of a special task force to assess and mitigate the growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections. [13770/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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General Practitioner Contracts
Eamon Ryan
74. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations on general practitioner contracts; the timeframe envisaged; and his vision for the revised general practitioner contract. [13769/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Hazardous Waste Removal
Eamon Ryan
193. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the remediation works carried out on the former Irish Glass Bottle site have identified all the chemicals on and being released from the site, including methane; and if the current contamination levels are safe or if further remediation works are necessary. [14162/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Eamon Ryan
194. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the requirement to provide social housing as part of the Spencer Dock development project on North Wall Quay in the Dublin docklands; if he has agreed the use of a site at the junction of Sheriff Street Upper and New Wapping Street for the provision of such social housing; the legal status for such a requirement to provide social housing units in circumstances where the ownership of a development may have changed hands; and if there are any circumstances where such an obligation may be removed. [14164/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum
Eamon Ryan
195. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will establish the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum; the members of the forum he has selected under the provisions of section 39 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015; when the first meetings of the forum will take place; and if he will lay formal advice or proposals the forum presents to Dublin City Council before Dáil Éireann. [14165/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Departmental Functions
Eamon Ryan
113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the functions assigned to his Department that are due to be transferred to other Departments; the date the transfers will occur; the staffing arrangements for the change-over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12471/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Eamon Ryan
434. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which have been filled by hiring agency staff in the Health Service Executive and in organisations it funds, including voluntary hospitals and agencies in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [11332/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Health Services Staff Recruitment
Eamon Ryan
435. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure promotional opportunities are not denied to existing staff within Health Service Executive funded organisations; the measures in place to ensure European Union tendering legislation is complied with and that the cost of employing agency staff provides value for money; and the total number of days lost to each health care profession due to delays in recruitment practices in these organisations. [11333/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Airport Development Projects
Eamon Ryan
213. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the evidence that proposals for the development of an additional runway at Dublin Airport, in County Dublin have had regard to section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [10787/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Airport Development Projects
Eamon Ryan
219. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a feasibility study on the development of a second airport for the Dublin region. [10785/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Airport Development Projects
Eamon Ryan
221. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider to conduct an independent and thorough cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to develop an additional runway at Dublin Airport recognising the potential cost to the Exchequer. [10786/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Legislative Programme
Eamon Ryan
113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her progress in drafting a spent convictions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9888/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Domestic Violence
Eamon Ryan
114. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the further steps she must take for Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on combating domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9889/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Schools Building Projects
Eamon Ryan
289. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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School Accommodation Provision
Eamon Ryan
290. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a secondary school for the Pelletstown area of Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Eamon Ryan
392. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed sewage treatment plant in Omeath which is to begin in 2017 and to confirm that it will go ahead in spite of the new Irish Water arrangement. [9883/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Israeli Settlements
Eamon Ryan
588. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 26 April 2016, what the international community can do; the actions he is taking to support such actions happening; and the unilateral steps Ireland will take itself to do more with regard to Israel and Palestine. [9925/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Substance Misuse
Eamon Ryan
749. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made over the past year in legislation or regulations to prohibit the on-street and/or unregulated sale of benzodiazepine, zimovane and other substances that can be harmful unless dispensed by qualified medical practitioners. [9891/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Mental Health Services
Eamon Ryan
750. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health why €12 million was taken from the mental health budget and put into other areas of the health service (details supplied); if he has determined why graduates in the areas of psychiatry, psychology, family therapy and so on are not entering the mental health service to find ways to ensure these posts will be filled next year; and why he did not allow the mental health service to put this €12 million into other vital areas that are already under-resourced such as the child and adolescent services, nursing or community supports. [9892/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Renewable Energy Incentives
Eamon Ryan
1113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made in encouraging and permitting domestic consumers to easily sell small surplus amounts of renewable electricity generated from home wind, hydro or photoelectric arrays back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Railway Stations
Eamon Ryan
1166. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made on the construction of a new train station on the Maynooth line at Royal Canal Park-Pelletstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9886/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Smarter Transport
Eamon Ryan
1167. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants for smarter travel made available to Dublin city over each of the past five years for which records are available and to provide a breakdown of same. [9887/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Naturalisation Certificates
Eamon Ryan
229. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 14 April 2016, the numbers for each of the countries for the top 20 nationalities that have been naturalised, for each of the years 2006 to 2015, inclusive. [8473/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Naturalisation Certificates
Eamon Ryan
230. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 current European Union nationalities that have been naturalised, including the number per country per year, for each of the years 2006 to 2015, inclusive. [8474/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Israeli Settlements
Eamon Ryan
369. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a recent statement (details supplied) by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process the actions he will take at a national level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; the further actions he will pursue at European Union level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; and if he will now move to formally recognise the state of Palestine, given the existential threats that it faces. [8475/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
Eamon Ryan
342. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 nationalities, including the number of persons who have been naturalised, in each of the years 2006 to 2015. [7169/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
Eamon Ryan
343. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 EU nationalities, including the number of persons who have been naturalised in each of the years 2006 to 2015. [7170/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Schools Health and Safety
Eamon Ryan
723. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills why no pedestrian crossing has been built for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 even though this was a condition of the planning permission that she received from Dublin City Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6143/16]
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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Planning Issues
Eamon Ryan
777. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new initiative and funds for expediting the taking-in-charge of estates that he announced in February 2016, including details regarding the criteria that must be met before a local authority can have an estate included in the initiative; if mixed commercial and residential estates which have not been taken in charge are eligible under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/16]