Parliamentary questions

Equality Issues

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a prospective tenant in the private rental market to report cases of discrimination against rent allowance recipients; her views on whether the Workplace Relations Commission is the appropriate agency for this procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30214/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that all procedures were properly followed by the Bar Council in nominating a person (details supplied) to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, as stated in a letter from her Department to the Bar Council dated 3 October 2016. [30421/16]

Property Tax Data

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 82 of 6 October 2016, the reason for the difference of 1,813 units between the number of properties owned by persons and entities that own 200 plus properties from the total of 25,737 in the reply and the number of properties in the 200 plus category out of 27,600 as stated in the Revenue Commissioners' local property tax statistics to June 2016, as published on the Revenue Commissioners' website. [30202/16]

Property Tax Data

Clare Daly

183. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Questions Nos. 80 and 82 of 6 October 2016, if properties owned by approved housing bodies, AHBs, are included in the table provided in reply to those questions, in view of the fact that the Revenue Commissioner's local property tax statistics, on the Revenue Commissioner's website, note that AHBs are excluded from their figures on multiple-property ownership. [30203/16]

Irish Strategic Investment Fund

Clare Daly

184. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the Irish Strategic Investment Fund divesting from fossil fuels as part of the current review of its investment strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/16]

Residential Institutions

Clare Daly

248. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a delay in the publication of Caranua annual report for 2015 and the appeals officers report for 2015; and when they are likely to be published. [30485/16]

Residential Institutions

Clare Daly

253. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of recipients of support from Caranua which were wrongly told in July 2015 that their claims were complete; and the number which have since been instructed that this was an error. [30566/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) submitted a formal application and supporting documentation for grant aid to SUSI; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that SUSI has requested the person to provide evidence of independent residence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person did actually provide evidence to show that he or she has been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance since September 2015, while he or she resided at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/16]

Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement

Clare Daly

285. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the recourse, other than a court action, that is available to persons in cases where a Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, ruling is ignored by the opposing side in a dispute; his views on the powers the PRTB holds to enforce rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30408/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Clare Daly

307. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 6 October 2016, if approved housing bodies are counted as landlords providing multiple lettings in the table provided in reply to that question. [30206/16]

Departmental Legal Cases

Clare Daly

384. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the degree to which matters relating to the allegations of missing blood and other samples (details supplied) was addressed in the High Court on 18 June 2015. [30199/16]

Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

413. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration was given to the introduction a statutory duty of candour for clinicians as part of his Department's input into the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill, which forms part of the Government's autumn 2016 legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30359/16]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

414. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures that show that every 13 hour shift in the delivery suites in the three Dublin maternity hospitals are staffed to their full complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/16]

Commissions of Inquiry

Clare Daly

488. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress of the establishment of a commission of investigation into the Grace foster home scandal; and if he will provide assurance that a previous undertaking that Dáil Éireann would be given an opportunity to debate the terms of reference of the commission will be honoured. [22240/16]

Bord na gCon Inspections

Clare Daly

569. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhounds available for racing on the racing management system in the periods July to December 2014, January to December 2015 and January to August 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/16]

Bord na gCon

Clare Daly

570. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that were injured during trials at Irish Greyhound Board tracks; if there is a veterinary surgeon present for trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/16]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Clare Daly

613. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the fibre broadband roll-out map for the rural town of Oldtown, County Dublin, indicates that the scheme will stop just meters short of Clonmethan; if he will confirm this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30517/16]

Driver Licence Applications

Clare Daly

623. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the NDLS has refused to renew a driving licence for a person (details supplied) despite the fact that the person provided the proof the NDLS requested in respect of their PPSN and later furnished a sworn affidavit through their solicitors affirming their name, address and the details of their PPSN as included on the application form and medical report; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the person has been driving for upwards of 58 years with a clear licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/16]

JobsPlus Scheme

Clare Daly

644. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons participating in the Jobsplus scheme are only entitled to subsidised child care for 52 weeks, when Jobsplus is a two-year scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

683. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the official medical advice on malaria prophylaxis from the Defence Forces medical corps as furnished to him which recommended Lariam as the only choice for soldiers travelling to sub-Saharan Africa. [30561/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

684. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 27 September 2016 (details supplied), if he will provide a copy of the current written policy governing assessment and screening of Defence Forces personnel for their medical suitability to take any given anti-malarial drug; and if he will provide all written policies in this regard issued since the Defence Forces started serving in malarial areas, if different to the current one. [30562/16]

Garda Reserve

Clare Daly

13. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reviews her Department has carried out on the operation of the Garda Reserve which reached its 10th anniversary in September 2016, with particular reference to any plans to improve the pathways from membership of the reserve to a career in An Garda Síochána, including lifting the requirement for a person to be under 35 years of age if they were under 35 years of age when they joined the reserves, increasing the small payment given to cover expenses or any other changes. [30147/16]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that exist when gardaí are present at private sporting events and concerts, with regard to the way payment for these services is calculated, with particular reference to whether there is payment per garda; the financial arrangements relating to payment for Garda reserves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30148/16]

Garda Deployment

Clare Daly

15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the gardaí involved with the Abbeylara case 2000 were also involved, either directly or indirectly, with cases (details supplied) prior to the murder; if so, the responsibilities of such personnel in the investigations prior to the murder; the steps that were taken by the Garda Commissioner to have this involvement investigated to ensure that there had not been a repeat of the shortcomings determined by Mr. Justice Barr in the Abbeylara inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30149/16]

School Costs

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million. [30118/16]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 5 October 2016 to outline his views on the value of creating a potent disincentive to corrupt practices and whether the recovery of lost revenues where same are exposed and the patterns of success demonstrated in the jurisdiction he cited are strong arguments favouring a more expansive system of protected disclosure; and his further views on whether soft inspections of financial data from the corporate sector here leads to moral hazard. [30138/16]

Post Office Network

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to outline her views on the fact that persons who pay for a company's (details supplied) bin tags via prepay in a post office pay 30 cent more than customers who pay for tags via automated means by saving a credit or debit card to their account; the proportion of this 30 cent that consists of the post office's merchant commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30153/16]

Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the date the HSE was first approached by the Central Remedial Clinic to explore the possibility of members of the Central Remedial Clinic pension plan being accepted into a public sector pension scheme for past and-or future service. [30183/16]

Hospital Procedures

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding patients who received hips manufactured by a company (details supplied); the number who have already had them replaced; and the number who remain on the list. [29947/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, on 27 September 2016, and prior to the release of a press statement by Horse Racing Ireland on that date, he is aware and if he will assure Dáil Éireann that neither the HRI chairman, the board nor any member of staff employed within HRI had any communication with his Department or with any official in his Department or within the Minister's office in regard to the press release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30001/16]

Banking Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on reports that a bank (details supplied) has shut the accounts of an organisation for political reasons, amounting to an attack on the right to freely organise. [29783/16]

State Examinations

Clare Daly

125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he plans to address, for the student, the discrepancy between those on the junior cycle who are being assessed by classroom based assessment, CBA, and those who are not being assessed due to action by the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI; the alternative his Department will put in place to ensure that those students will be marked fairly compared with those being assessed. [29434/16]

Ministerial Functions

Clare Daly

313. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a position (details supplied) was not externally advertised before it was given to a person (details supplied); the person who made the final decision in regard to this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29666/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

318. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the severance package of €1.119 million received by a senior civil servant between 2011 and 2013; and his further views on other severance packages of over €500,000 paid out during the years 2010 to 2016. [29875/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

493. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of longitudinal studies of girls vaccinated against HPV in the past five years that have been performed and their results. [29876/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

494. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse effect reports received by the HPRA regarding a drug (details supplied) since that drug was licensed for use here. [29877/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

495. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his Department has performed any lifetime analysis of the cost of support to persons reporting serious adverse effects following the administration of a drug (details supplied). [29878/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

534. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider making the installation of CCTV in abattoirs here a mandatory requirement in order to protect against potential abuse of animals. [29854/16]

Pensions Reform

Clare Daly

9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he is concerned, particularly with the quickening demise of occupational pension schemes, that inadequate governance can lead to employers unilaterally closing down pension schemes without consulting and negotiating with all those who are affected by these actions, not just trade unions but those who may appear not to be allowed have representation, namely, pensioners and deferred members; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28777/16]

Pensions Legislation

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate that corporate trustees and trustees can withhold additional benefits to members of occupational pension schemes while securing indemnities for their personal well-being as the assets of the scheme deteriorate; his plans to deal with pension governance in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28778/16]

Irish Prison Service

Clare Daly

60. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 27 September 2016, if a circular or guidance document exists regarding the way in which scores should be accumulated at interview; if written evidence is kept as to the way in which a particular score out of 100 is arrived at during the interview process; and, if so, if a person (details supplied) will be supplied with such written evidence. [29081/16]

Property Tax Data

Clare Daly

80. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of multiple property owners in ranges (details supplied) for each of the years 2013 to 2015 inclusive; and the way in which confidentiality may be breached should the ranges requested be provided. [29020/16]

Property Tax Data

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide the total number of properties owned by the 11 persons in the 200-300 category; the total number of properties owned by the 11 persons in the 301-400 category; the total number of properties owned by the fewer than ten persons in the 401-500 category; and the total number of properties owned by the 14 persons in the 500-plus category, in tabular form. [29061/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Data

Clare Daly

154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 407 and 414 of 27 September 2016, if he will provide the number of landlords providing between four and ten lettings; the number of landlords providing between 11 and 20 lettings; the number of landlords providing between 21 and 30 lettings; the number of landlords providing between 31 and 40 lettings; and the number of landlords providing between 41 and 50 lettings, in tabular form. [29066/16]

Renewable Energy Generation

Clare Daly

243. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 27 September 2016 (details supplied), if he will introduce legislation to compel electricity suppliers to provide a tariff to generators of renewable energy; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has led to the success of renewable energy supplies in Germany and other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29117/16]

Child and Family Agency

Clare Daly

252. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 963 of 27 September 2016, if any person from Tusla has engaged in discussions with a company (details supplied) regarding the company's plans to develop an assessment centre for children aged under ten at (details supplied); if any person from Tusla has engaged with the aforementioned company in regard to Tusla making referrals to that company should the plans for the assessment centre go ahead; and if any assurances, formal or informal, have been given by Tusla to the company in regard to Tusla making referrals to the centre. [29087/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the pyrite remediation scheme in respect of the appeals process and the way in which properties with a BCA of less than two can be considered for inclusion in the scheme, particularly where they adjoin properties which are being remediated. [28694/16]

Family Reunification Policy

Clare Daly

79. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual refusal rates for take charge family reunification applications under the Dublin III regulation to date in 2016 and in each of the years since it was introduced; and the annual refusal rates for family reunification applications lodged by Syrians to date in 2016 and in each of the years since the regulation was introduced. [28843/16]

Family Reunification Data

Clare Daly

80. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual refusal rates for family reunification applications under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996 to date in 2016 and in each of the years since it was introduced; and the annual refusal rates for family reunification applications lodged by Syrians to date in 2016 and in each of the years since the Refugee Act was enacted. [28844/16]

Residential Tenancies Board Data

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide data held by the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, in regard to persons registered with it as landlords in respect of multiple properties, in tabular form; the number of persons who are the registered landlords of two or more properties, five or more properties, ten or more properties, 20 or more properties, 50 or more properties, 100 or more properties, 200 or more properties, 300 or more properties, 400 or more properties and 500 or more properties for each of the years since the RTB was established. [28802/16]