Parliamentary questions

NAMA Portfolio

Jim Daly

124. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance the details of lands suitable for development that are under the control of the National Asset Management Agency including map format but excluding completed developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11876/16]

School Accommodation

Jim Daly

129. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a decision on an application for additional accommodation by a primary school in west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11179/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Jim Daly

205. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his role in ensuring an adequate supply of social housing is available to approved social housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11798/16]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Jim Daly

242. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available through the local social inclusion project to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11616/16]

JobPath Implementation

Jim Daly

331. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection to assure those in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme or any other payment who are eligible for supported employment due to illness, injury, mental ill health or disability that they will continue to have access to the additional support they need, by way of the employability services, to return to the labour force regardless of their referral to and while working with JobPath providers such as Turas Nua and Seetec; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11799/16]

Educational Reform

Jim Daly

9. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to progress the establishment of an education ombudsman, as referred to in the agreed programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10711/16]

Parent and Student Charter

Jim Daly

17. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position in relation to the proposed parent and student charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10713/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Jim Daly

191. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person who is not covered by the guidelines of the nursing home support scheme and who has appealed a decision made by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/16]

Legislative Measures

Jim Daly

35. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing legislation to rebalance liability when an accident occurs, notwithstanding the separation of the Judiciary and the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10158/16]

Citizenship Applications

Jim Daly

140. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10525/16]

Tax Reliefs Application

Jim Daly

175. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if there were instances over the past 15 years where the Revenue Commissioners formally approved relief to a taxpayer who had worked abroad for a State agency under section 774(7)(d) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and subsequently reversed this approval and sought the payment of the amount of relief; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9395/16]

Tax Reliefs Application

Jim Daly

187. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 27 April 2016, why the details of amounts carried forward in the manner described are not separately identifiable; to request the Revenue Commissioners to calculate and identify these; how it is possible that a number of applications for such relief have been denied and a number of applications have been approved; if they are not separately identifiable; if he is satisfied that these figures are not available to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9533/16]

Education Policy

Jim Daly

244. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a final response to an issue (detail supplied) referred to his office in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/16]

Summer Works Scheme Eligibility

Jim Daly

266. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to accept a late application for electrical works from a school under the summer works scheme which missed the deadline due to a genuine administrative error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9597/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Jim Daly

353. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken over the past five years to ensure an adequate supply of social housing is available to approved social housing applicants; the immediate measures he will take to alleviate the current crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/16]

Motor Tax

Jim Daly

360. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to amend the taxation rates of private motor vehicles and base them on certified emissions values by national car test centres regardless of the age of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9371/16]

Employment Support Services

Jim Daly

500. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection to assure those in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's scheme or any other payment who may be eligible for supported employment due to illness, injury, mental ill health or disability that they will continue to have access to the additional support they need through the EmployAbility programme to return to the labour force regardless of their referral to and whilst working with the Intreo or JobPath programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9813/16]

Ministerial Correspondence

Jim Daly

620. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to issue a final response to a query that was sent to her office in February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/16]

Mental Health Services

Jim Daly

740. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the grants available through local social inclusion projects to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9893/16]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Jim Daly

811. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the measures he will take to eradicate the waiting list for routine orthodontic treatment, which is in excess of four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/16]

Naval Service

Jim Daly

1220. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of a pending report on the circumstances surrounding an incident on the LÉ Cliona in May 1962; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10510/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Jim Daly

80. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/16]

Tax Collection

Jim Daly

6. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances where the Revenue Commissioners have foregone the collection of interest on late payments of tax due made for whatever reason for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8541/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Jim Daly

7. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the situation that the Revenue Commissioners does not collate data of a particular type of tax relief (details supplied) which is costing the Exchequer revenue annually; if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners is not in a position to advise his Department the amount the particular relief is costing the Exchequer annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8544/16]

Tax Forms

Jim Daly

105. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance the discretion afforded by law to the Revenue Commissioners to forgo the collection of penalties applied to individuals who made a late tax return, less than one year late and due to illness, and who are certified by a medical report as being incapacitated at the time, noting the person has discharged all sums due of the actual tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8301/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Jim Daly

100. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances between 2000 and 2014, inclusive, in which tax relief on pension contributions paid in during the period of their assignment abroad was granted under section 774(7)(d) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, either through carrying forward or refunding, to executives of State agencies who had served abroad under identical conditions; the number of instances where this tax relief was denied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7433/16]

Tax Reliefs Data

Jim Daly

101. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if, within the cohort of executives of State agencies who served abroad under identical conditions, some were granted tax relief on pension contributions paid in during the period of their assignment abroad, by carrying forward or refunding, under section 774(7)(d) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 while others were denied the same benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/16]

Forestry Sector

Jim Daly

152. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has finalised arrangements for the establishment of a compensation scheme for the replanting of forestry damaged by the recent storm events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7372/16]

Home Help Service Data

Jim Daly

299. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons nationally who are currently listed as waiting for home help hours; the number of hours included in the waiting list; the cost of providing funding to eliminate the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7427/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Jim Daly

440. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available to a student who intends to study for a masters degree in England; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7676/16]

School Staff

Jim Daly

446. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why there is only one category (details supplied) for a school to be considered for an administrative principal on reduced pupil numbers. [7789/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim Daly

68. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7245/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim Daly

132. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department. [6561/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim Daly

171. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants available from his Department to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7243/16]

Fishing Fleet Protection

Jim Daly

212. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to issue a final response to a query (details supplied) that was submitted to his office in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6703/16]

Grant Payments

Jim Daly

262. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Defence the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7238/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim Daly

354. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7244/16]

Youth Services Funding

Jim Daly

365. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7236/16]

Health Services Funding

Jim Daly

616. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7242/16]

Emigrant Support Services

Jim Daly

654. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7241/16]

Third Level Data

Jim Daly

665. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by each of the third level universities on legal cases involving staff for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6368/16]

School Equipment

Jim Daly

747. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7239/16]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Jim Daly

813. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/16]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Jim Daly

834. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7237/16]

Sports Capital Programme

Jim Daly

871. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7246/16]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Jim Daly

877. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7235/16]

Registration of Deaths

Jim Daly

5. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, further to the enactment of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014, all provisions and systems are in place to register the death of an Irish citizen who died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5464/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Jim Daly

189. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to formally confirm the Bandon flood relief scheme in County Cork. [5379/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Jim Daly

201. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the commencement dates of the Skibbereen and Clonakilty flood relief schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5629/16]

Passport Application Refusals

Jim Daly

608. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the options available to a British passport holder who has been living and working here since 1975 to obtain an Irish passport given that the applicant has previously been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5492/16]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Jim Daly

457. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two late applications by persons (details supplied) in County Cork submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4909/16]