Parliamentary questions

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

464. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to re-establish the decades of centenaries all-party consultative committee; and her further plans regarding future commemorative events related to events 100 years ago falling during her term of office. [32802/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

771. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the sustainability fund; the criteria for inclusion in the interventions to assist community and not-for-profit child care services announced as a consequence of budget 2017; and when it will be rolled out. [37187/16]

Child Care Services Regulation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

772. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new regulations coming on stream in January regarding the use of community employment participants and their education levels in community and not-for-profit child care services will cause difficulties and challenges for the services to stay within the regulations; and her views on the matter. [37188/16]

Community Childcare Subvention Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

773. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the ECCE child care scheme has caused some difficulties for some child care providers especially if they are open 50 weeks a year (details supplied). [37189/16]

Child Care Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

774. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether there is a crisis of sustainability in the child care sector not only in terms of pay and conditions for staff but in terms of the availability of qualified staff to deliver on new standards. [37190/16]

Child Care Costs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

775. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the measures announced recently in budget 2017 and the way they impact on parents; the way parents will avail of or be identified for the affordable child care scheme; and her views on whether parents should be able to apply online prior to September 2017. [37191/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

776. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the new non-contact grant for child care services will be rolled out and first instalments paid to the service providers. [37192/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

777. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the 2017 child care budget increase which is connected with the roll-out of measures announced in budget 2016. [37193/16]

Citizenship Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be granted citizenship in view of the fact they have been here nearly 14 years. [36582/16]

Legislative Measures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

212. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the baptism barrier as part of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill in time for September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36078/16]

Legislative Measures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

213. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will publish standard guidelines on opting out of faith formation in order that all schools can use them as a template in order that they can be in accordance with the requirement under the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36079/16]

Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

293. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for an eye test examination will be granted for a person (details supplied). [36120/16]

Community Employment Schemes Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

296. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be granted an extension to their community employment scheme. [36142/16]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

325. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a decision on their case. [36355/16]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

371. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans regarding future commemorative events related to events 100 years ago falling during her term of office; and her plans to re-establish herself or instruct the Minister for State to re-establish the decade of centenaries all-party consultative committee and its related advisory committee. [36105/16]

Homeless Persons Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the commitment to provide a one-stop-shop in partnership with Tusla, local authorities and the homeless executive for families presenting as homeless. [35441/16]

Homeless Accommodation Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

88. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if, in conjunction with the Dublin homeless executive and relevant local authorities, his Department will initiate a review of the practice of requiring households presenting as homeless to self-accommodate. [35440/16]

Health Services Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

181. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if an allocation of a drink supplement will be increased in respect of a person (details supplied). [35291/16]

Home Care Packages Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

580. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will award funding for a home care package for a person (details supplied) to allow them to return home. [34974/16]

Trade Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

694. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a statistical breakdown of economic activity from imports from Britain and Northern Ireland on an annual basis from 2014 to 2016 to date, inclusive. [34603/16]

Exports Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

695. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a statistical breakdown of economic activity from exports to Britain and Northern Ireland on an annual basis from 2014 to 2016 to date. [34604/16]

Brexit Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

696. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an assessment has been carried out on the way import duty would impact on the trading of goods with Britain and Northern Ireland post-Brexit; and if import duty will be set at 23%. [34605/16]

Brexit Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

697. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an assessment has been carried out into the future competitiveness of the SME retail sector post-Brexit, particularly the implications for imports and exports to and from Britain and Northern Ireland. [34606/16]

Brexit Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

698. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an assessment has been carried out to examine the implications for the cost of living for communities in rural and Border areas as a result of Brexit on the import and export of consumer goods; and the future implications for job creation in the region. [34607/16]

Brexit Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

699. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a statistical breakdown on an annual basis of cross-Border trade and tourism in County Donegal since 2014; and if her Department has conducted research into the likely implications arising from Brexit on trade and tourism throughout the Border region. [34608/16]

Defence Forces Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the role of Defence Force personnel serving with the EU training mission in Mali, EUTM Mali, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33874/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has met representatives of the group, Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers, or if he will confirm the date when he will be meeting the group. [33875/16]

Common Security and Defence Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

17. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a proposal agreed on 26 October 2016 that seeks to allocate €25 million annual funding for innovative defence technology over a three year period from 2017 under the so-called preparatory action for defence research; and his views on the opinion expressed by a person (details supplied), who said the EU subsidy had been largely driven by the European Commission and the arms industry. [33652/16]

Partnership for Peace

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

22. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a categorical assurance that no Irish defence personnel will participate in any Russian deterrent force and that no Defence Forces personnel have been deployed in a manner which would facilitate other member states' involvement in this military operation. [33655/16]

EU Meetings

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

29. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the meeting of EU defence ministers in Bratislava on 26 September 2016; the issues discussed; and if it was made clear at that meeting that Ireland would oppose all attempts to create a standing EU army and that Irish neutrality is non negotiable. [33653/16]

Defence Forces Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will rule out the future procurement of any Israeli technology through the European Defence Agency for use by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33656/16]

Military Records

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

44. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when his Department will publish the next tranche of military service pension records from the period 1916 to 1923; and the amount of material expected to be released as part of the centenary programme. [33654/16]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

83. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any cost to An Garda Síochána in protecting the memorial wall in Glasnevin cemetery since it was unveiled in 2016. [33347/16]

Naval Service Vessels

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

540. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expand on his comments that he supports plans to introduce a fully functional Naval Service hospital ship which would have the capacity to respond to worldwide humanitarian emergencies; and if his Department has assessed the cost of purchasing and deploying such a vessel. [33657/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

195. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) appeal for carer's allowance; and when the person can expect a decision on the case. [32607/16]

Qualified Child Increase Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

199. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for a qualified child allowance; and when a decision will issue. [32604/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

286. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a procedure. [32539/16]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

140. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding supplies of childhood vaccines; if he is satisfied that the HSE has sufficient quantities to administer the BCG, MMR, Hib MenC and 6-in-1, in particular, in a timely manner; his views on whether the situation regarding these vaccines in the past few years has been satisfactory; and the steps taken to overcome shortages where they have existed. [32456/16]

Disability Allowance Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

95. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not been awarded disability benefit. [32346/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

117. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [32155/16]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current active members of An Garda Síochána, excluding members on secondment, career break, maternity and paternity leave or prolonged sick leave, and civilians based in Dundrum Garda station. [31549/16]

Rural Resettlement Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

239. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys granted to rural resettlement Ireland each year since 2012; when responsibility passed to his Department in relation to this issue; the number of families resettled from an urban centre to each county for each of the years; and if consideration has been given, in view of the housing emergency, to increase that funding and to accelerate the process to help those on the cities' housing lists, in particular, to rural areas under threat of loss of local services due to falling local populations, emigration, ageing and urbanisation. [32011/16]

Property Tax Yield

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

243. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council receives less than 90% of the property tax raised in its administrative area; the details of the amount of the tax raised in each local authority area each year since the property tax was introduced; and the amount allocated by his Department to that same council for each year. [31525/16]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

244. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin City Council does not receive the same level of funding from his Department to fund its homeless services as other local authorities (details supplied); and the amount of funding expended in each local authority on homeless services and the central allocation of funds they receive for each of the past five years. [31526/16]

Local Authority Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

245. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of funding outstanding to Dublin City Council from his Department for services delivered at the behest of his Department and for services for which reimbursement are due to be made by his Department. [31527/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

385. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a confirmed date for an operation will be provided to a person (details supplied). [31465/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

388. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange that a family (details supplied) will be taken on urgently as medical card patients. [31476/16]

Maternity Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

491. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when the decision regarding the replacing of the Coombe women's hospital will be confirmed; the site for the new hospital; when a planning application will be made; the expected cost; the plans regarding the Coombe hospital site afterwards; and his views on the related issues. [32025/16]

National Children's Hospital

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

492. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the proposal regarding the future or disposal of the site and buildings of the Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street hospital when their functions are transferred to the new national children's hospital at Rialto, Dublin. [32026/16]

Youth Work Projects Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

601. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will award funding to a centre (details supplied) to allow it to carry out a range of essential works. [31470/16]