Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Howlin

71. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned school building project for a school (details supplied), construction of which was scheduled to commence in 2014 or 2015, in addition to the details of scale and nature of that project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37955/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brendan Howlin

73. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned school building project for a school (details supplied), construction of which was scheduled to commence in 2014 or 2015, along with details of the scale and nature of that project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38069/16]

National Risk Assessment

Brendan Howlin

1. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he has updated the national risk assessment following the receipt of submissions to his public request. [36043/16]

Ministerial Advisers

Brendan Howlin

4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans to appoint new special advisers. [36045/16]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Brendan Howlin

66. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing took place; and the future plans for meetings. [37414/16]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Howlin

67. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his planned travel schedule to meet international leaders up to the end of 2016. [37416/16]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Brendan Howlin

305. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 254 of 22 November 2016, the basis on which he supported the payment of statutory redundancy, by approving amendment of the LCDP financial guidelines, to employees made redundant as a result of reorganising and replacing the LCDP scheme in 2015, but has not supported the making of ex gratia payments to former employees where the companies had no funds to make such payments; if money was provided in the 2016 or the 2015 Vote for his Department to allow for such ex gratia payments; if an amendment of the law would be required for the purpose; if he is in compliance with a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) to enter into meaningful discussions with workers and their union representatives regarding the issue; if he is in compliance with any agreement or understanding on the matter between the parties to the Haddington Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37758/16]

Commemorative Events

Brendan Howlin

418. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the plans that have been put in place to commemorate the centenary of the death of John Redmond in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36936/16]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Howlin

9. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans to engage in bilateral meetings with EU leaders to discuss the impact of Brexit here. [36042/16]

European Security Strategy

Brendan Howlin

34. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the EU security agenda; and the position he will take when it is discussed at the next EU Council meeting. [36044/16]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Brendan Howlin

44. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to secure comprehensive immigration reform for undocumented Irish in the United States of America. [35220/16]

British-Irish Co-operation

Brendan Howlin

58. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on the ownership of Lough Foyle due to the ongoing claim of the British Crown Estate; and if this has been raised recently with the British Government. [36325/16]

British-Irish Co-operation

Brendan Howlin

59. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered the long outstanding questions concerning territorial ownership and demarcation of the Border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [36326/16]

Industrial Relations

Brendan Howlin

135. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held discussions with his officials on the re-establishment of an employer labour conference. [33721/16]

Social Partnership Meetings

Brendan Howlin

136. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to re-establish social partnership or a renewed form of social dialogue. [34745/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Brendan Howlin

137. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has personally held with the leadership of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the issues raised. [36328/16]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Howlin

1. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will consider providing a weekly update to Dáil Éireann on progress on planning, policy and Ireland's position on Brexit, whether oral or written. [34744/16]

Northern Ireland

Brendan Howlin

9. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the North South Ministerial Council on 18 November 2016; and the issues raised and any decisions made. [36327/16]

US Presidential Election

Brendan Howlin

18. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with President-elect Donald Trump. [35219/16]

School Staff Appeals Mechanism

Brendan Howlin

193. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal to the primary staffing appeals board by a school (details supplied) was deemed unsuccessful; if he will give consideration to the allocation of a second teacher to this school in view of projected growth in enrolment over the coming years; when he will publish the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2017-18 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35749/16]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme

Brendan Howlin

254. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the arrangements made for ex gratia or other payments to workers made redundant in the process relating to the termination in 2015 of the local and community development programme and its replacement by the social inclusion and community activation programme; the number of workers included in the payment scheme; the body by which payments were made; the authority used to make payments; the funds from which payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35937/16]

Disability Allowance Payments

Brendan Howlin

290. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36073/16]

Animal Welfare

Brendan Howlin

501. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to effect a ban on the use of animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35921/16]

Departmental Correspondence

Brendan Howlin

138. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be provided with information requested from his Department some months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35575/16]

National Economic and Social Council

Brendan Howlin

1. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach when he will appoint a new National Economic and Social Council. [33719/16]

National Economic and Social Council

Brendan Howlin

2. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans to provide instructions to the National Economic and Social Council; and the detail of the subjects. [33720/16]

Seanad Reform

Brendan Howlin

4. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans for reform of Seanad Éireann; and his further plans to ensure proposals are advanced before the next general election. [34743/16]

Constitutional Convention Recommendations

Brendan Howlin

2. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans for the recommended referenda arising from the Constitutional Convention. [34746/16]

Garda Recruitment

Brendan Howlin

46. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí that will be trained in 2017; the number of new entrants planned per class in 2017; if there have been any changes to her previous announced plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/16]

Garda Remuneration

Brendan Howlin

57. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the areas from which in her annual budget she proposes to find the proposed cost of the Labour Court decision on Garda pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34747/16]

Victim Support Services

Brendan Howlin

66. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention was drawn to a recent documentary (details supplied); when the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34749/16]

Garda Industrial Relations

Brendan Howlin

74. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs of the Lansdowne Road agreement on Garda pay for 2017; the areas in which each cost arises and the numbers impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34748/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Brendan Howlin

117. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has raised with the Italian authorities the delays being experienced by Irish officials in Italy in the processing of Syrian refugees for relocation here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34751/16]

Coastal Protection

Brendan Howlin

428. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will make a determination on the application of Wexford County Council to co-fund coastal protection works at Rosslare Warren Middle, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/16]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Brendan Howlin

70. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her letter of 6 October 2016, if the terms of reference for the five inquiries to be established under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 have been settled; when these inquiries will proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34008/16]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Howlin

5. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he has sought bilateral meetings with the First Minister for Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, and the leader of the UUP, Mike Nesbitt, regarding Brexit and the all-island civic dialogue. [33516/16]

Regulation of Lobbying

Brendan Howlin

107. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the procedures her Department has put in place to ensure compliance with the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33856/16]

Ministerial Appointments

Brendan Howlin

126. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the process which will be followed in appointing the chairperson of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; the date on which this position fell vacant; the date on which he expects the appointment to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33769/16]

Legislative Measures

Brendan Howlin

270. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the implementation to date of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; the mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with the Act; if he proposes any further public initiatives to draw public attention to the details of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/16]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Howlin

358. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if the eye medication MacuShield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; the reason for its withdrawal; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card patients. [33581/16]

Alcohol Sales Legislation

Brendan Howlin

47. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allow alcohol to be sold on Good Friday; if the sale of alcohol Bill contains measures regarding Good Friday licensing laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32404/16]

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Brendan Howlin

193. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32436/16]

Programme for Government

Brendan Howlin

364. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made within his Department on the establishment of a dedicated prevention and early intervention unit; the detail of the work programme planned for that unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31579/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Brendan Howlin

173. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 159, 161, 163 and 174 of 16 September 2016, when the provisions implementing sections 149 to 161 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30813/16]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Howlin

512. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the actions taken by the HSE to date to enforce amongst all HSE services the ruling of the European Court of Justice which determined that time spent travelling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office as working time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/16]

European Court of Justice Rulings

Brendan Howlin

642. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action which has been taken to enforce here the ruling of the European Court of Justice which determined that time spent travelling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office as working time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30796/16]

Judicial Appointments

Brendan Howlin

42. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial vacancies that exist currently in each of the courts; the timescale envisaged to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29782/16]

Public Private Partnerships

Brendan Howlin

310. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding the revised Manual on Government Deficit and Debt, MGDD, published by EUROSTAT on 4 March 2016; the implications of these guidelines for the treatment of existing and future public-private partnerships, PPPs; the implications for future profit sharing between the State and PPPs; if he has had any discussion with the European Commission on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29638/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Brendan Howlin

129. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason persons (details supplied) in County Wexford cannot be granted a concessionary bus ticket for school; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/16]

Hospital Services

Brendan Howlin

632. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when the Wexford satellite dialysis unit will be in operation; if he is aware that the current location is experiencing planning difficulties; if he will seek to find an alternative site for this urgently needed facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26773/16]