Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from the implementation of a special tobacco levy at a rate of 25% that would be imposed on each tobacco company operating in the Irish market as a proportion of the profits they generate. [5184/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5434/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5437/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5427/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5431/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies which exist within her Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5438/16]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Pearse Doherty

271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the decision by the domestic violence support service Lifeline in Inishowen to terminate its operations due to a lack of financial assistance from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; if he will provide appropriate funding support to enable the service to continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5077/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5429/16]

Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

279. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a free screening programme for sudden adult death syndrome and other heart issues for all secondary level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4728/16]

Ambulance Service

Pearse Doherty

357. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the extent of ambulance cover in County Donegal including the schedules for each division; the number of personnel on-call; the staffing schedule; the average response times for each division, within the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5078/16]

Nursing Staff Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

358. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Health Service Executive's 2015 service plan which provides for the recruitment of two additional children's outreach nurses in 2015, one of which was to be allocated to serve families in County Donegal, if these appointments have been made and if these personnel are now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5079/16]

Disability Allowance Payments

Pearse Doherty

395. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason two persons (details supplied) in County Donegal who are in receipt of a disability allowance had their wages stopped by the Health Service Executive for their work in the workshop in St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

397. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

426. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5436/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5435/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

514. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies which exist within her Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5432/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

551. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

562. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies which exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

593. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies that exist within his Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5441/16]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Pearse Doherty

601. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to review the designation of the Meenlaragh Falcarragh special protection area in County Donegal; if she is aware of the ongoing controversy and resentment among communities within the region as a result of the area's designated status due to the associated restrictions placed on landowners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5081/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Pearse Doherty

603. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies which exist within her Department for candidates who must display competence in the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5428/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

29. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from the imposition of a 25% special tobacco levy on tobacco companies as a proportion of the profits they generate in the Irish market. [4534/16]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Pearse Doherty

115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the sum of payments made under the exceptional needs payment scheme for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4029/16]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Pearse Doherty

116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of formal requests made and the number refused under the exceptional needs payment scheme to her Department's representative, formally known as the community welfare officer, by county, for each of the years from 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for rent supplement and were refused, by county, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4248/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused rent supplement on the grounds that their rent was over the rent supplement levels, by county, in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4249/16]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied under the humanitarian assistance scheme as a result of recent flooding; the number of these who received relief; the average amount of relief per applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4250/16]

Invalidity Pension Applications

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the application process under the invalidity pension scheme where a person (details supplied) lives in County Derry and is employed in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4293/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Pearse Doherty

140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay  in processing an application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the jobseeker's allowance scheme. [4334/16]

Redundancy Statistics

Pearse Doherty

144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for redundancy payments in counties Cavan and Monaghan under the social insurance fund scheme, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4363/16]

Invalidity Pension Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the processes for a resident of the North who works or may have worked in this State to claim an invalidity pension or other social protection entitlements; where the person can access this information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4427/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Pearse Doherty

172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications received, the number of successful applications, the number of applications which were refused under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme, per county, in 2015 and, to date, in 2016, in tabular form. [4075/16]

Job Creation Data

Pearse Doherty

208. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4369/16]

Job Losses

Pearse Doherty

209. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4370/16]

IDA Jobs Data

Pearse Doherty

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of jobs created by companies supported by IDA Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4371/16]

IDA Jobs Data

Pearse Doherty

211. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of jobs lost in companies supported by IDA Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4372/16]

IDA Jobs Data

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of closures of companies supported by IDA Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4373/16]

Enterprise Ireland

Pearse Doherty

213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down in tabular form the number of closures of companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Cavan and County Monaghan in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4374/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3946/16]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received payment under the single payment scheme. [4068/16]

Agriculture Schemes

Pearse Doherty

231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in transferring an entitlement to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, given that all documents were returned to his Department; when outstanding payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4124/16]

Live Exports

Pearse Doherty

257. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 17 December 2015, the progress to date in persuading Chinese authorities to remove strict new limits imposed on cadmium levels for live crab intended for export to China; if similar restrictions are in force on exports originating from other countries destined for the Chinese market, or if the rules only apply to Irish crab; if he is aware of the detrimental impact which these restrictions are having on the industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/16]

Immigration Status

Pearse Doherty

272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she provided sufficient information in regard to the entry requirement needed to remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4365/16]

Garda Station Closures

Pearse Doherty

273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations that were closed in County Cavan and in County Monaghan over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4375/16]

Garda Stations

Pearse Doherty

274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4376/16]

Crime Data

Pearse Doherty

276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences reported to An Garda Síochána at Garda Síochána stations in Ballybofey, Carrigans, Castlefinn, Convoy, Lifford and Ballybofey in County Donegal, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4472/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Pearse Doherty

287. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to city and county child care committees, by county, in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4252/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Pearse Doherty

288. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding he provided for community child care services, parent and toddler groups and childminders, by county, in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4253/16]

Early Childhood Care Education

Pearse Doherty

289. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will use discretion where a child is under the criteria by a number of weeks, in order to be deemed eligible for the early childcare and education programme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4336/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of inpatient and outpatient care services provided at Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal for each of the years 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3977/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of in-patient beds at Killybegs Community Hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3978/16]

Hospital Services

Pearse Doherty

300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health how he will ensure that bed capacity and staffing levels at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal will be maintained; if he will alter or reduce either of these resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3979/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

301. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the details of in-patient and out-patient care services provided at Donegal Community Hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3980/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

302. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of in-patient beds at Donegal Community Hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2005 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3981/16]

Ambulance Service Data

Pearse Doherty

303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the extent of ambulance cover currently in operation in south County Donegal, including the average response times in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3982/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Pearse Doherty

304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a full-time permanent consultant urologist has been appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal following the resignation of the former consultant urologist in 2015; the length of time that this post has been vacant; the current status of urology services at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3983/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

305. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on private rented accommodation and properties, including all administrative and clinical facilities, as part of operations at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal and the rents paid by the hospital, by property and by landlord, in each of the years since 2005, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3984/16]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

352. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to a General Practitioner practice (details supplied) in County Donegal, to ensure that the centre is fit-for-purpose and to improve accessibility; the supports which will be made available to management at the centre; if he is aware of management concerns, that the centre will be forced to close, unless issues surrounding access and unsuitable building design are addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4179/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of fines imposed on hospitals and the number of hospitals that have been fined, by hospital, as a result of not meeting hospital waiting unit targets in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4244/16]

Hospitals Funding

Pearse Doherty

363. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of the Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/16]

Medical Internships

Pearse Doherty

372. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the educational institutions offering degree programmes and-or training programmes for those wishing to specialise in paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4294/16]

Hospitals Funding

Pearse Doherty

373. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in relation to the recently announced capital programme for nursing home facilities 2016 to 2021; if he will provide details of how this plan will affect residential care services at Lifford, St. Joseph's and Ramelton Community Hospitals, County Donegal; if long-term residential care services and community care nursing will end at these facilities; if he will provide the total number of bed reductions which will be made as a result of the plan at each of these three units; if staffing levels at these facilities will be reduced; if he will provide a time frame as to when these facilities will be removed to the new CNU in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4298/16]

Hospitals Funding

Pearse Doherty

374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that will be allocated to Lifford Community Hospital, St. Joseph's Community Hospital and Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal under the capital programme for nursing home facilities, 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4299/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

383. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; if this person is on an urgent or routine waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

384. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin 1.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pearse Doherty

385. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4335/16]

Hospital Procedures

Pearse Doherty

390. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgical procedures which have been cancelled or postponed, by hospital, across the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland hospital group, by month in 2014 and in 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4351/16]

Hospital Procedures

Pearse Doherty

391. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgical procedures which have been cancelled or postponed, by hospital across the Dublin Midlands hospital group, by month in 2014 and in 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4352/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Pearse Doherty

392. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting lists who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by local health area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4353/16]

Speech and Language Therapy

Pearse Doherty

393. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting lists who are waiting up to four, four plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by local health area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/16]

Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

394. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are awaiting orthodontic assessment, by region, up to six, six plus to 12, 12 plus to 24 and 24 plus months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4355/16]

Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists

Pearse Doherty

395. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have been assessed and are awaiting orthodontic treatment, by region, up to six months, one year, one year to two years and two years plus in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4356/16]

Mental Health Services Staffing

Pearse Doherty

396. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the specific staff who have been recruited since August 2015 to community-based and hospital-based mental health services in counties Galway and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4360/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Pearse Doherty

397. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will re-open the acute psychiatric unit in Ballinasloe in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4361/16]

Patient Transfers

Pearse Doherty

404. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred to Temple Street Hospital in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/16]

Hospital Accommodation Provision

Pearse Doherty

416. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term stay beds in operation at Lifford community hospital, at Saint Joseph's community hospital and at Ramelton community hospital in County Donegal; the number of these beds which will close as a result of plans to remove long-term residential care at these units to a new community nursing unit in Letterkenny; how many additional beds this transfer will create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4470/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Stranorlar in County Donegal in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

431. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4630/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the operating costs at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Stranorlar in County Donegal, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

433. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the operating costs at Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4632/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

434. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the subcontracted services provided at Lifford Community Hospital in County Donegal, by expense per service, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4633/16]

Hospitals Data

Pearse Doherty

435. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the subcontracted services, provided at Saint Joseph's Community Hospital in Stranorlar in County Donegal, by expense per service, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/16]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

449. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and grant-aid provided to primary schools and post-primary schools and education centres through her various schemes for major works and devolved projects such as capital funding for major capital works, the summer works scheme, the emergency works scheme, the prefabricated replacement initiative, the additional accommodation scheme, the minor works grant, and remediation programmes by school and education centre, by county, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3956/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Pearse Doherty

453. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size for each primary and post-primary school and education centre in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3996/16]

School Transport Data

Pearse Doherty

478. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, per county, the number of applications received for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 under the primary school transport scheme; the total number of these applications that were deemed to be ineligible for each of these years; the total number of ineligible applications that were refused due to a determination that an applicant was not attending their nearest school as per the rules governing the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4226/16]

School Transport Data

Pearse Doherty

479. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received under the post primary school transport scheme, including the number which were deemed to be ineligible, and the number of ineligible applications which were refused due to applicants not attending their nearest school by county, for each of the years 2013 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4227/16]

School Funding

Pearse Doherty

480. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to primary and post-primary schools for capital works by county from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4255/16]

Capitation Grants

Pearse Doherty

485. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding she has allocated to schools through the capitation and ancillary grant, given the recommendation of the arbitrator to increase the minimum pay of school secretaries and caretakers to €10.25 per hour from January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4357/16]

Capitation Grants

Pearse Doherty

486. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been allocated in the capitation and ancillary grant by school over each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4358/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pearse Doherty

487. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the construction of the community school in Clifden in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4359/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Pearse Doherty

530. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the social housing list, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4245/16]

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Pearse Doherty

531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4246/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Pearse Doherty

532. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on each social housing list, by county, over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Pearse Doherty

533. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the targets for 2015 for the provision of social housing units under the rental accommodation scheme and through leasing, by local authority; how many units have been provided, by local authority, under these schemes in 2015; how much or how far under-target is the provision for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4254/16]

House Purchase Schemes

Pearse Doherty

535. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering a new scheme to allow for the purchase of individual houses by tenants of voluntary and co-operative housing schemes; if he will base this scheme on the incremental purchase model; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4297/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Pearse Doherty

547. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses that were built in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4377/16]

Angling Season

Pearse Doherty

559. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a reduced rate for senior citizens on the fee payable when purchasing the various categories of angling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/16]

Fisheries Protection

Pearse Doherty

560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the levels of monitoring and surveillance in operation by the various competent authorities along the River Finn and Foyle area extension; if current surveillance levels are on par with those in operation on rivers and inland fisheries elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/16]