Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vehicle Clamping

Clare Daly

259. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will publish regulations governing non-statutory clamping places as provided for in the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015. [21713/16]

Vehicle Clamping

Clare Daly

260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the complaints procedure currently operated by the National Transport Authority in regard to the conduct of clamping operators. [21714/16]

Sports Funding

Clare Daly

513. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding the State awarded to Athletics Ireland in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [18059/16]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

522. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has made any representations to his Department regarding military use of Knock Airport, by the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18244/16]

Sports Events

Clare Daly

542. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the remit of the National Horse Arena in Abbotstown and to whom it is accountable, with particular reference to where income from the equestrian activities that it hosts goes. [16992/16]

Sports Events

Clare Daly

543. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that activities and shows being run by the National Horse Arena are impacting upon local businesses which traditionally provided Dressage Ireland shows, and other riding club qualifiers, with particular reference to the fact that such activities are being organised with the support of taxpayers' money, which went into establishing the facility, thus giving an unfair advantage. [16993/16]

Airport Development Projects

Clare Daly

73. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he had discussions with the Dublin Airport Authority about the new runway at the airport since the authority confirmed plans to construct it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/16]

Air Services Provision

Clare Daly

83. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps the Irish regulatory authorities will take to control and oversee an airline's (detailed supplied) operations particularly in regard to work practices, in the event that the airline commences services from Cork city to the United States of America. [15508/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

558. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15424/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Clare Daly

559. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on daily newspapers in 2015; if this is an appropriate expenditure given the available and far cheaper online alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

560. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15456/16]

Ministerial Staff

Clare Daly

561. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15472/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

562. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes in the numbers employed in his human resources section following the introduction of PeoplePoint. [15488/16]

Sports Organisations

Clare Daly

611. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise the matter of a person (details supplied) with Athletics Ireland, specifically them not being selected for the three-man marathon team to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. [14313/16]

Driver Licences

Clare Daly

612. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the difference between the identity validation process engaged in by a company (details supplied) on behalf of the National Driver Licence Service , NDLS, and the identity validation process used by motor taxation offices, on behalf of the NDLS between January and September 2013, when the latter administered the issuing of the new credit-card size plastic licences; and if there are sufficient differences between the two to justify the fact that licences issued between January and September 2013, are not now regarded as valid for the purposes of renewal by the NDLS, meaning individuals with licences issued between January and September 2013 by motor taxation offices must now present, in person, at an NDLS centre to have their licences renewed. [14325/16]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Clare Daly

650. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on car insurance companies discriminating on grounds of profession, age and gender regarding excessive charges for annual insurance cover. [15056/16]

Insurance Costs

Clare Daly

212. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to engage in exploratory discussions with the Road Safety Authority, the Minister for Finance and Insurance Ireland regarding the possibility of car insurers working with the Road Safety Authority to encourage the use of dashcams, on driver safety grounds, by offering discounts on insurance premia to drivers who install dashcams in their cars. [13918/16]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

208. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 21 April 2016, the criteria he uses in assessing applications for permits to carry munitions through Irish airspace; if he seeks opinions for every permit; if not, the reason he seeks advice in some instances but not in others; and the grounds upon which he will refuse an application to carry munitions through Irish airspace. [11007/16]

Airlines Regulations

Clare Daly

209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at reports that an airline (details supplied) plans to use its Irish subsidiary to allow it to skirt Norway's employment laws, eroding wages and disrupting work practices; his views on assertions that the airline created this subsidiary specifically to circumvent Norwegian employment law and to allow it to source long-haul crews from South-East Asia on lower wages; if he will withdraw the support of the Irish authorities for the application by the company to the department of transport of the United States of America for a foreign carrier permit, which was offered, in writing, by a former Minister on 13 February 2014 (details supplied); how he will ensure that Ireland is not used by this airline to drive down wages and conditions for airline staff. [11021/16]

Air Traffic Control Services

Clare Daly

1131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if other countries which are part of the Eurocontrol system also apply a discretionary exemption from en route charges for military flights by the United States of America; and if he will provide a list of those countries that do. [9955/16]