Parliamentary questions

Energy Prices

Robert Troy

570. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views that certain reconnection charges to the ESB service are excessively high and if he will investigate the matter. [28597/16]

Energy Prices

Robert Troy

571. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who was charged €1,975 in a reconnection fee even though the sole source of income is a social protection payment; and if he will secure a reduction in this fee or have this fee waived. [28598/16]

Electricity Generation

Brian Stanley

572. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that small micro generation projects such as the gas extraction at Kyletalesha landfill at Portlaoise are connected to the national grid. [28662/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

573. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of retired public sector employees in his Department, including bodies under its aegis, who are in receipt of a public sector pension who have been re-employed either part-time or full-time, temporary or otherwise, by the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28976/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Brian Stanley

574. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by his Department or seconded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28988/16]

Aviation Industry

Robert Troy

575. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a declaration from a company (details supplied) to the US Department of Transport that all the crews employed in this operation would, whatever their nationality, be employed on EU or US contracts of employment under normal EU and US labour laws, be of great assistance in removing the objections of many who oppose the application. [28367/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

576. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be provided to the local authority to resurface the Rathscannell road from Abbeydorney to Ballyduff in North Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/16]

Aviation Industry

Jim Daly

577. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider leading or arranging a senior delegation to travel to Washington to lobby for the granting of a licence for the Cork-Boston route, noting the recent decision by the Northern Ireland Assembly to invest over €9 million to secure a transatlantic connection with the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28548/16]

Bus Éireann

Louise O'Reilly

578. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with Bus Éireann and the Department of Health to erect a bus shelter at a location (details supplied) in order that patients after brain injury rehabilitation are sufficiently resourced with public transport and that they can re-learn to use bus transport as part of the rehabilitative process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28052/16]

Driver Safety

Michael Healy-Rae

579. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA is planning on making changes with regard to hands-free kits in cars, in particular in buses and coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28103/16]

Roads Maintenance

Pat Buckley

580. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the road surface on the N25 Cork to Waterford road between Castlemartyr village and Youghal town in view of the fact it is in an extremely dangerous condition. [28151/16]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

581. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has set up a departmental taskforce to acquire EU agencies and research projects from the UK that may have to relocate from Britain after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/16]

Bus Éireann

Róisín Shortall

582. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profit or loss of Bus Éireann's various businesses such as public service obligations, PSOs, expressway services, school transport and other businesses (details supplied) in tabular form. [28279/16]

Aviation Industry

Robert Troy

583. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has a commercial mandate to provide air navigation and traffic services on and in the vicinity of Dublin Airport (details supplied). [28366/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Robert Troy

584. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the resolution of the European Parliament on social dumping in the EU and in particular the request to the Commission and the member states to review rules on initial training and on the licensing of air crew with a view to eliminating shortcomings leading to the exploitation of pilots. [28368/16]

National Women's Strategy

Thomas Pringle

585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Martin Heydon

586. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the M7 road widening project in County Kildare; when he expects work to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28480/16]

Rail Services Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

587. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to provide funding in 2017 to Iarnród Éireann to purchase additional DART carriages, commuter carriages or intercity carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28583/16]

Roads Maintenance

Pat Casey

588. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the maintenance of the roadside verge at a location (details supplied); his plans to remove the large trees which pose a significant danger to the residents of an estate; the timeframe for the removal of these trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28601/16]

Aviation Industry Regulations

Robert Troy

589. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to conduct a review of the relevant rules here and to discuss the concerns of a number of the professional bodies which as stakeholders have already conveyed their concerns regarding the exploitation of many trainee pilots here to his Department on many occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28607/16]