Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Building Regulations Amendments

Eamon Ryan

655. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that cooling energy demand and overheating risk are quantified in Irish building regulations for dwellings, to ensure full compliance with European law, to ensure that new homes are comfortable and energy efficient irrespective of external weather and to reduce the risk of avoidable summer deaths (details supplied). [26185/16]

HSE Properties

Eamon Ryan

1429. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the approved process whereby lands owned by the HSE are to be sold or leased to companies which have charitable status. [26096/16]

HSE Properties

Eamon Ryan

1430. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a reported agreement by the HSE to sell or lease up to 14 acres of land at Merlin Park Hospital to Galway Hospice. [26097/16]

HSE Properties

Eamon Ryan

1431. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the agreement regarding the sale or lease of land at Merlin Park to Galway Hospice conforms to the approved process for such sales or leases; and if he will put into the public domain the agreement. [26098/16]

HSE Properties

Eamon Ryan

1432. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the strategic development plan for Merlin Park Hospital, if it exists, which identifies future building plans within the current grounds of Merlin Park Hospital. [26099/16]

HSE Properties

Eamon Ryan

1433. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health his views on reported plans to allow Galway Hospice to build on meadows adjacent to Merlin Park Hospital which have been classified as ecological sites of international importance and which likely meet the definition of EU annex 1 Lowland Hay Meadows. [26100/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Eamon Ryan

1838. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the board appointments he has made since taking office; the board vacancies which exist within the agencies and authorities his Department has responsibility for; and the process within which new board appointments have been made. [26101/16]

Greenways Development

Eamon Ryan

1839. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted the National Transport Authority regarding the decision to postpone funding support for the design phase of the Dodder greenway and the design of new cycling routes along the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and the Liffey quays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26102/16]

Public Bike Schemes

Eamon Ryan

1840. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any consultations with Dublin City Council with regard to the funding for an expansion of the Dublin Bikes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26103/16]

Proposed Legislation

Eamon Ryan

42. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove the word "lunacy" from the Statute Book; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23912/16]

Climate Change Policy

Eamon Ryan

244. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution he has made and intends to make to the initial resource mobilisation and other aspects of the Green Climate Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23907/16]

National Parks Projects

Eamon Ryan

414. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider entering into talks with NAMA regarding the 4,000 acres in Glenasmole with a view to developing them into a national park. [23902/16]

Rail Services Provision

Eamon Ryan

821. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale and costs for the reopening of the Phoenix Park tunnel and associated rail line to passenger traffic; if any others stations on that line such as at the Old Cabra Road and Phibsboro will open in order to reduce car commuter traffic into the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23908/16]

Departmental Policy Reviews

Eamon Ryan

822. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian strategy as promised in the smarter travel policy some years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23909/16]

Departmental Policy Reviews

Eamon Ryan

823. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the implementation of the smarter travel policy; and if the targets contained therein have been met. [23910/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Eamon Ryan

824. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments he has made to State or other boards since he was appointed to office. [23911/16]

Local Government Reform

Eamon Ryan

357. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued guidelines or regulations as to the functioning of section 21 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which deals with the functions of municipal district members. [22438/16]

Waste Disposal

Eamon Ryan

364. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations on management companies or management agents to make provision for brown bin collection services within estates, be they traditional housing estates or multi-unit dwellings, where the estates are not taken in charge but are privately run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/16]

Environmental Regulations

Eamon Ryan

367. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proceedings under way against the Republic of Ireland by the European Commission’s Environmental Directorate, including pre-infringement proceedings under PILOT; the stage they are at; and the steps being taken by the Government to address these issues. [22603/16]

Environmental Regulations

Eamon Ryan

368. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that the public is aware of proceedings and investigations, including PILOT investigations, being undertaken against Ireland for environmental failings at any time. [22604/16]

Interdepartmental Working Groups

Eamon Ryan

522. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive the report of the interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives, examining the issues of retirement and pension ages; and if he will publish the report. [22605/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Eamon Ryan

539. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that the European Commission opened infringement proceedings against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating more than 400 sites of community interest as special areas of conservation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation objectives for more than 300 sites, including several sites for freshwater pearl mussel, and for subsequently failing to adopt the necessary conservation measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of the natural habitat types in Annex I and the species in Annex ​II​ of the habitats directive. [22601/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Eamon Ryan

540. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps the Government has taken to address the proceedings taken against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating more than 400 sites of community interest as special areas of conservation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation objectives for more than 300 sites and for subsequently failing to adopt the necessary conservation measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of the natural habitat types in Annex I and the species in Annex ​II​ of the habitats directive. [22602/16]

Energy Schemes

Eamon Ryan

5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when smart metering displays will be rolled out for domestic electricity and gas use; the role of his Department in considering such a strategy; and the timeline in this regard. [21700/16]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Eamon Ryan

16. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department carried out any compliance with the potential costs to the State from failure to meet compliance with the European Union renewable energy supply obligations for the electricity, heat and transport sectors. [19555/16]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Eamon Ryan

24. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his latest analysis of how close the State will be on delivering on each of the electricity, heat and transport targets set in our 2020 European Union renewable energy obligations. [21510/16]

Electric Vehicles

Eamon Ryan

244. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electrical charging points that are now installed here; and his plans for advancing the further deployment of electric vehicles here. [21832/16]

Sports Events

Eamon Ryan

248. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when is he due to consider which sporting events would be designated free-to-air under European legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21850/16]

Fisheries Protection

Eamon Ryan

249. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest statistic for the number of rivers that are meeting their conservation limits for salmon; and the rivers which have changed status in the past five years with regards to their fishing rights. [21851/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Eamon Ryan

8. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his strategy for Ireland in the event that the United Kingdom fails to negotiate access to the European Economic Area post invocation of Article 50. [19473/16]

Schools Establishment

Eamon Ryan

283. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 June 2016, to provide details of the process for development of the new schools in the Dublin 2, 4, and 8 areas; and the status of the process and the groups which have expressed an interest in running the schools. [21160/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Eamon Ryan

584. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the name of the person who is the national clinical lead in soft tissue sarcomas; if the Health Service Executive has informed relevant cancer patients of this new appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/16]

Hospital Consultant Recruitment

Eamon Ryan

585. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health when a decision on whether a new post for a sarcoma specialist in St. Vincent's hospital will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21159/16]

Human Rights

Eamon Ryan

59. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to return a person (details supplied) back here, given the trial of the person has been suspended until October 2016. [19456/16]

Departmental Programmes

Eamon Ryan

40. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility he has with respect to any legal challenge regarding the workings of the Mahon tribunal; the communication he has had from the tribunal about the laying of a statement from the tribunal before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 25 March 2016; and the actions he will take to implement the recommendation of the tribunal. [18467/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Eamon Ryan

42. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department of Health or any agencies acting for that Department informed his Department of their intention to remove supports to a school (details supplied) and if they have advised parents to seek this funding from his Department. [17911/16]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Eamon Ryan

453. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the only consultant who specialises in the treatment of sarcoma here is not having her contract renewed in St. Vincent's Hospital; his views that this situation will not properly provide for the treatment of sacroma patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18526/16]

Prisoner Data

Eamon Ryan

50. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the prison population; the main categories under which current prisoners are incarcerated; and if she has projected a decrease or an increase in the prison population in the next five years. [17112/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Eamon Ryan

57. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his plans in securing a "Remain" vote in the United Kingdom's European Union referendum on 23 June 2016. [14470/16]

Family Reunification Applications

Eamon Ryan

87. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17076/16]

Schools Establishment

Eamon Ryan

204. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he will meet the growing demand for school places in the Harold's Cross and Terenure areas, including current demand for primary school places, current demand for secular non-religious schools and the demand for secondary schools. [17075/16]

Television Licence Fee

Eamon Ryan

13. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he will replace the television licence fee with an alternative funding mechanism; if he is satisfied with the performance of An Post in collecting the current licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/16]

Climate Change Policy

Eamon Ryan

36. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a national dialogue on climate and energy, as set out in the White Paper, Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015 to 2030; when it will occur; the persons who and the bodies which will be involved; the outcomes he is hoping to achieve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16111/16]

Inland Waterways Development

Eamon Ryan

381. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has corresponded with Waterways Ireland on the disposal of the Grand Canal graving docks in the Grand Canal Basin; her long-term strategy for developing boating facilities on the Grand Canal; and if she supports the preservation of such dry dock facilities as part of the historic infrastructure in the Grand Canal Basin. [15353/16]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Inspections

Eamon Ryan

494. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the investigation of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and his Department into elevated polybrominated diphenyl ethers concentrations in milk samples, as outlined in the Environmental Protection Agency 2010 and 2012 dioxin reports on dioxin levels in the Irish environment; if he has identified the source of the contamination and whether milk from the sites affected was allowed into the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15350/16]

Postal Codes

Eamon Ryan

537. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a role for other postcode applications alongside Eircode; and the basis upon which he decides to promote any such technology via his Department's website and Twitter account. [15347/16]

Hydraulic Fracturing Policy

Eamon Ryan

538. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has analysed the potential reputational damage for Ireland as a green tourism and agrifood country, given the introduction of hydraulic fracturing. [15349/16]

Road Safety

Eamon Ryan

554. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances under the Road Traffic Acts or regulations in which young children are allowed to cycle on footpaths due to the danger of mixing with motorised traffic on roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15348/16]

State Airports

Eamon Ryan

555. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assumptions in relation to global action to reduce greenhouse gases he has relayed to the Dublin Airport Authority in predicting future passenger demands and in deciding on increasing runway capacity. [15351/16]

State Airports

Eamon Ryan

556. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he has carried out of the cap of existing airport infrastructure other than in Dublin Airport to meet passenger demand; the economic and cost-benefit analysis of these options. [15352/16]

Trade Agreements

Eamon Ryan

70. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his meetings with the Irish food industry regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. [14245/16]

Pesticide Use

Eamon Ryan

76. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the State's monitoring of the reduction in bee numbers; the bee population in the years 2006 to 2016 to date. [14246/16]

Health Strategies

Eamon Ryan

60. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures taken to reduce the amount of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions; and if he will consider the creation of a special task force to assess and mitigate the growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections. [13770/16]

General Practitioner Contracts

Eamon Ryan

74. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations on general practitioner contracts; the timeframe envisaged; and his vision for the revised general practitioner contract. [13769/16]

Hazardous Waste Removal

Eamon Ryan

193. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the remediation works carried out on the former Irish Glass Bottle site have identified all the chemicals on and being released from the site, including methane; and if the current contamination levels are safe or if further remediation works are necessary. [14162/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eamon Ryan

194. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the requirement to provide social housing as part of the Spencer Dock development project on North Wall Quay in the Dublin docklands; if he has agreed the use of a site at the junction of Sheriff Street Upper and New Wapping Street for the provision of such social housing; the legal status for such a requirement to provide social housing units in circumstances where the ownership of a development may have changed hands; and if there are any circumstances where such an obligation may be removed. [14164/16]

Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum

Eamon Ryan

195. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will establish the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum; the members of the forum he has selected under the provisions of section 39 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015; when the first meetings of the forum will take place; and if he will lay formal advice or proposals the forum presents to Dublin City Council before Dáil Éireann. [14165/16]

Departmental Functions

Eamon Ryan

113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the functions assigned to his Department that are due to be transferred to other Departments; the date the transfers will occur; the staffing arrangements for the change-over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12471/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Eamon Ryan

434. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which have been filled by hiring agency staff in the Health Service Executive and in organisations it funds, including voluntary hospitals and agencies in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [11332/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Eamon Ryan

435. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure promotional opportunities are not denied to existing staff within Health Service Executive funded organisations; the measures in place to ensure European Union tendering legislation is complied with and that the cost of employing agency staff provides value for money; and the total number of days lost to each health care profession due to delays in recruitment practices in these organisations. [11333/16]

Airport Development Projects

Eamon Ryan

213. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the evidence that proposals for the development of an additional runway at Dublin Airport, in County Dublin have had regard to section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [10787/16]

Airport Development Projects

Eamon Ryan

219. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a feasibility study on the development of a second airport for the Dublin region. [10785/16]

Airport Development Projects

Eamon Ryan

221. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider to conduct an independent and thorough cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to develop an additional runway at Dublin Airport recognising the potential cost to the Exchequer. [10786/16]

Legislative Programme

Eamon Ryan

113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her progress in drafting a spent convictions Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9888/16]

Domestic Violence

Eamon Ryan

114. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the further steps she must take for Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on combating domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9889/16]

Schools Building Projects

Eamon Ryan

289. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Eamon Ryan

290. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a secondary school for the Pelletstown area of Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes

Eamon Ryan

392. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed sewage treatment plant in Omeath which is to begin in 2017 and to confirm that it will go ahead in spite of the new Irish Water arrangement. [9883/16]

Israeli Settlements

Eamon Ryan

588. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 26 April 2016, what the international community can do; the actions he is taking to support such actions happening; and the unilateral steps Ireland will take itself to do more with regard to Israel and Palestine. [9925/16]

Substance Misuse

Eamon Ryan

749. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made over the past year in legislation or regulations to prohibit the on-street and/or unregulated sale of benzodiazepine, zimovane and other substances that can be harmful unless dispensed by qualified medical practitioners. [9891/16]

Mental Health Services

Eamon Ryan

750. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health why €12 million was taken from the mental health budget and put into other areas of the health service (details supplied); if he has determined why graduates in the areas of psychiatry, psychology, family therapy and so on are not entering the mental health service to find ways to ensure these posts will be filled next year; and why he did not allow the mental health service to put this €12 million into other vital areas that are already under-resourced such as the child and adolescent services, nursing or community supports. [9892/16]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Eamon Ryan

1113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made in encouraging and permitting domestic consumers to easily sell small surplus amounts of renewable electricity generated from home wind, hydro or photoelectric arrays back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/16]

Railway Stations

Eamon Ryan

1166. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made on the construction of a new train station on the Maynooth line at Royal Canal Park-Pelletstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9886/16]

Smarter Transport

Eamon Ryan

1167. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants for smarter travel made available to Dublin city over each of the past five years for which records are available and to provide a breakdown of same. [9887/16]

Naturalisation Certificates

Eamon Ryan

229. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 14 April 2016, the numbers for each of the countries for the top 20 nationalities that have been naturalised, for each of the years 2006 to 2015, inclusive. [8473/16]

Naturalisation Certificates

Eamon Ryan

230. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 current European Union nationalities that have been naturalised, including the number per country per year, for each of the years 2006 to 2015, inclusive. [8474/16]

Israeli Settlements

Eamon Ryan

369. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a recent statement (details supplied) by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process the actions he will take at a national level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; the further actions he will pursue at European Union level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; and if he will now move to formally recognise the state of Palestine, given the existential threats that it faces. [8475/16]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Eamon Ryan

342. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 nationalities, including the number of persons who have been naturalised, in each of the years 2006 to 2015. [7169/16]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Eamon Ryan

343. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the top 20 EU nationalities, including the number of persons who have been naturalised in each of the years 2006 to 2015. [7170/16]

Schools Health and Safety

Eamon Ryan

723. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills why no pedestrian crossing has been built for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 even though this was a condition of the planning permission that she received from Dublin City Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6143/16]

Planning Issues

Eamon Ryan

777. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new initiative and funds for expediting the taking-in-charge of estates that he announced in February 2016, including details regarding the criteria that must be met before a local authority can have an estate included in the initiative; if mixed commercial and residential estates which have not been taken in charge are eligible under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/16]