Parliamentary questions

Hospital Staff

Noel Grealish

311. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if one of the three surgeons at Portiuncula University Hospital is to be absorbed into the UHG rota; the reason for such a move; his plans to replace the surgeon in Portiuncula; if such a replacement would be a permanent appointment or a locum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47881/17]

Inland Fisheries

Noel Grealish

392. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the proposal made by the CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding the possible leasing of the salmon weir fishery in Galway city to private interests; his views on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47748/17]

Inland Fisheries

Noel Grealish

393. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the situation regarding the operation of the Cong hatchery in County Galway; his plans for its future; if it might close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47749/17]

Inland Fisheries

Noel Grealish

394. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Committee on Petitions is investigating and has asked the European Parliament to investigate the endangerment of salmon, pearl mussel and otter on the Owenriff river in Oughterard, County Galway in view of the proliferation of pike and the alleged failure of Inland Fisheries Ireland to safeguard the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47750/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Noel Grealish

506. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the complete guidelines under which local authorities operate the housing assistance payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47756/17]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Noel Grealish

174. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance his plans for a special tax break or incentive for persons who rent rooms in their homes to persons who are on the social housing waiting list and in need of long-term accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46110/17]

Property Tax Yield

Noel Grealish

175. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected through local property tax in each local authority in 2016 and to date in 2017 by local authority area or municipal district in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46187/17]

Statutory Retirement Age

Noel Grealish

288. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the issue of changing the compulsory retirement age for public servants in view of the fact that the State pension age is currently 66 and is projected to rise to 68 in 2018 further to a review of statutory and operational considerations which was carried out in early 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/17]

Water Fluoridation

Noel Grealish

614. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health further to a study published in October 2017 in a journal (details supplied), his plans to review the fluoridation of drinking water policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46186/17]

National Treatment Purchase Fund Data

Noel Grealish

697. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the category of procedures; the number for each category of procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/17]

Fuel Allowance Eligibility

Noel Grealish

1223. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the anomaly whereby a person who was in receipt of fuel allowance prior to participating in a community employment scheme can continue to qualify and receive this payment for the duration of the scheme, but a person who joins a community employment scheme and satisfies all other criteria cannot receive fuel allowance if that person had not received it prior to starting the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46185/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Data

Noel Grealish

1321. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 26 September 2017, the number of applications received by each local authority for the tenant incremental purchase scheme; the number of applications that were refused; the reasons for refusal in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46188/17]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications

Noel Grealish

1322. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons who applied for the mortgage to rent scheme in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of these applications which were approved and proceeded to renting of the property by the applicant from a housing agency; the number of applications which were refused; the reason for refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46240/17]

School Discipline

Noel Grealish

152. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his Department's policy and procedure when a student has been expelled from a particular school and no other school in the catchment area will accept this student but that student wishes to continue with full-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Noel Grealish

43. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if calculations have been carried out on the tax forgone by not taxing accruing public sector pensions; the reason for not including such estimates in a future tax expenditure review in view of the fact that both public and private sector beneficiaries avail of tax relief in order to have a more accurate picture of the cost of pension provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43003/17]

Penalty Points System Data

Noel Grealish

537. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued in each county in respect of each offence in the past year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42567/17]

Penalty Points System Data

Noel Grealish

538. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the speeding offences for which penalty points were issued in the past year, for example, those who were issued points for speeding up to 5 kph above the speed limit, 6 to10 kph above the limit, 11 to15 kph above the limit and 16 kph and over above the speed limit, respectively, by the speed limit in operation in the locations in which the offences occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/17]

Penalty Points System Data

Noel Grealish

539. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers with live penalty points in the past year, by the number of penalty points accumulated and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/17]

Penalty Points System Data

Noel Grealish

540. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified from driving, by category of driver (details supplied), having reached the number of penalty points required for automatic disqualification; the offences which resulted in them attracting those points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/17]

EU Directives

Noel Grealish

101. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transposition of the Insurance Distribution Directive; if it will be transposed on or before the EU deadline of 23 February 2018; if it will be delayed by up to a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41235/17]