Parliamentary questions

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Alan Farrell

568. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the Pyrite Remediation Scheme; the number of applications received to date, by category; the number of homes approved for remediation; his projections on the number of homes to be remediated to by the end of 2016 and in 2017; the number of homes in which the process has taken place by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24718/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Alan Farrell

615. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total amount of spending on the provision of social and affordable housing units, including details of all increases or decreases on an annual basis for each of the years since 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25581/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Farrell

741. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the spending on social protection payments, including details of all increases or decreases by payment, on an annual basis for each of the years from 2013 to date in 2016 in tabular form; the total spending by his Department in the same format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25485/16]

Leader Programmes Funding

Alan Farrell

938. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of Leader funding granted within each electoral area, since 2011 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24722/16]

Hospital Charges

Alan Farrell

1102. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the average cost of hospital accommodation per patient per night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24712/16]

Home Care Packages Expenditure

Alan Farrell

1103. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the average cost of care provided under the home care package per patient per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Alan Farrell

1104. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to increase the amount of care provided under the home care package to allow patients, in cases where it is appropriate, to receive treatment in their own homes and to assist in the reduction of the strain on hospital beds; his views on whether such an initiative would increase the efficiency of the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Alan Farrell

1105. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health his plans to further support community-based organisations (details supplied) that provide important services for persons with learning disabilities; his plans to increase supports for people with learning difficulties following the completion of their time in education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24727/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Farrell

1258. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the total spending by his Department, including details of all increases or decreases on an annual basis for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/16]

Air Quality

Alan Farrell

1662. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the levels of vehicle emissions originating here over the past decade; the way in which vehicle emissions are monitored here; if he has considered expanding the approach utilised to take emissions other than carbon dioxide into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/16]

Mobile Telephony Use

Alan Farrell

1695. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the European Commission, upon the abolition of roaming charges across the European Union in 2017, to allow for free roaming only for a consecutive period of 30 days and for no more than 90 days in a year; his views on whether, given citizens have the free right of movement, this should not be impeded by unnecessary costs such as roaming charges; his further views on whether the implementation of these conditions would amount to the indirect retention of roaming charges; if he will raise this issue with his counterparts from other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25829/16]

Road Safety Authority Funding

Alan Farrell

1722. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources provided to the Road Safety Authority for the promotion of road safety in view of the increase in fatalities on roads in 2016 to date; if he will consider increasing the level of resources allocated to the Road Safety Authority for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/16]

Driving Test Regulations

Alan Farrell

1723. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered requiring drivers convicted of certain offences where appropriate to retake the driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24396/16]

Light Rail Projects Status

Alan Farrell

1755. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART extension project to bring services to Balbriggan; the timeline and costing projections for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24720/16]

Light Rail Projects

Alan Farrell

1756. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the new Metro North project; the expenditure on the project to date; the expected and projected timeline for the completion of each stage; if the projected costings for the completion of the project have been revised in any names; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24721/16]

Road Safety Authority Campaigns

Alan Farrell

1757. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment which has been made in recent years in public awareness campaigns to increase road safety; if he will consider increasing the resources allocated to supporting such public awareness campaigns; his plans to reduce the number of fatalities on Irish roads, taking into account the 8% increase in road fatalities between 1 January and 21 July 2016 in comparison with the corresponding period in 2015; his further plans to increase the security of pedestrians on roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Farrell

1883. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total spending by her Department and by Enterprise Ireland, including details of all increases or decreases on an annual basis, for each of the years 2013 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25486/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education Data

Alan Farrell

1920. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE scheme users by year and local authority area, in tabular form, since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24723/16]

Student Grant Scheme

Alan Farrell

70. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his position regarding the requirement for those who are self-employed, or a dependant, to provide information on their tax returns for the current year when applying for a student universal support Ireland, SUSI grant, given the deadline for the submission of tax returns to the Revenue Commissioners is not until October of the following year; the action he will take to address this issue which affects self-employed and dependants who wish to further their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21707/16]

Student Grant Scheme

Alan Farrell

72. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to student universal support Ireland, SUSI grant applications, he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to address the situation whereby a self-employed person, or their dependant, is required to submit tax return information for the current year as part of the application, given the closing date for tax returns is not until October; his views on whether it is appropriate to modify the requirements to allow for the submission of tax return information, as submitted to the Revenue Commissioners in the year previous, to fulfil the requirements of the SUSI grant application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21708/16]

Free Travel Scheme Eligibility

Alan Farrell

109. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will extend the free travel scheme for persons who are eligible to cover travel on Nitelink bus services in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21706/16]

Psychological Services

Alan Farrell

592. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason primary care psychology services are not provided for children in north County Dublin; the reason the Swords Mater CAMHS has not treated a child from the routine waiting list over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21170/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Alan Farrell

118. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the number of properties which entered into the pyrite remediation scheme with category 2 diagnosis following visual inspection from an engineer, and where the diagnosis was later reversed to category 0 following sample core testing prior to remediation taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20325/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Alan Farrell

119. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can provide details of the number of homes remediated under the clause contained in Part 3, section 17, exceptional circumstances, (3) of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20326/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Alan Farrell

120. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the cost of remediation per unit and remediation per phase has increased as a result of inflation in the construction sector; if he will provide comparative costings in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20327/16]

Agriculture Industry

Alan Farrell

464. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the primary function of the agricultural sector is the provision of public goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/16]

Property Tax Administration

Alan Farrell

149. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance under section 13 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 whereby home owners are responsible for the local property tax for their property for the whole of the subsequent year following 1 November of a given year, even if they sell the property soon after; if he will amend the legislation to modify this to make local property tax payable by persons only for the timeframe for which they have ownership of a given property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17253/16]

Physical Education Facilities

Alan Farrell

216. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take in relation to a school (details supply) which urgently requires funding for a new floor in the physical education hall; if the provision of an adequate and usable physical activity facilities is of the utmost importance in terms of ensuring the health of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17251/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Alan Farrell

217. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take about the requirement for the replacement of the K block in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17252/16]

Bus Services

Alan Farrell

550. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Dublin Bus and Fingal County Council to ensure residents in Knocksedan estate in Swords, County Dublin, are provided with an adequate bus service to meet their needs; the action he will take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17250/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Alan Farrell

154. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme, including when he will issue a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16478/16]