Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

149. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if the Government has secured any assurances that Ireland's corporation tax regime will not be targeted following Britain's departure from the EU. [5340/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

195. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a strategy for the education sector will be developed in relation to Brexit (details supplied). [5348/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

260. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he has taken in co-ordinating the four Dublin local authorities in preparing Dublin for a post-Brexit situation in order to maximise the housing opportunities for immigrant workers associated with such foreign direct investment opportunities. [5354/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

329. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the response of the President of the European Commission for Ireland to retain its existing relationship with Britain. [5336/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

330. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if discussions have taken place with the British administration regarding the status of Irish citizens living in the UK post-Brexit. [5342/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

331. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if English will continue to be one of the working languages of the European institutions post-Brexit. [5343/17]

Good Friday Agreement

John Lahart

332. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the future status of the Good Friday Agreement and institutions set up as a result of the peace process. [5345/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

333. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support British requests for access to the single market without reciprocal rights for freedom of movement for other EU states. [5349/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

334. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's plans to organise a global Irish Brexit forum along the lines of previous global Irish forums held in Farmleigh. [5351/17]

Brexit Issues

John Lahart

480. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact Brexit will have on Ireland's thoroughbred breeding industry. [5344/17]

North-South Interconnector

John Lahart

556. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the North-South electricity interconnector project will continue; and the effect of Brexit on the single electricity market between Ireland and Northern Ireland. [5347/17]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

John Lahart

669. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has identified the number of multinational companies that are based here solely to service the British market; and the number of associated jobs that are at risk of moving. [5334/17]

Financial Services Sector

John Lahart

670. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set down the number of financial services jobs that can be gained by Ireland as a result of companies moving from London; and if the State has done everything possible to maximise the potential flow of workers. [5335/17]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

John Lahart

671. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her plans to provide additional resources in the coming years for agencies, including IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, and for vulnerable sectors of the economy, such as food and farming. [5346/17]

Foreign Direct Investment

John Lahart

672. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline the measures she has taken in co-ordinating the four Dublin local authorities to prepare Dublin for a post-Brexit situation and to promote Dublin as a destination for foreign direct investment. [5354/17]

Crime Data

John Lahart

75. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles reported stolen in the Dublin region in 2016; the number of these bicycles retrieved by An Garda Síochána; the number claimed by members of the public; and the number remaining in Garda stations throughout the county. [5220/17]

Garda Reserve

John Lahart

76. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserve members on duty nationally and in Dublin during December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5221/17]

International Education

John Lahart

138. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget set aside by his Department or any other Department for 2017 for the promotion of Ireland and Dublin as a base for the education of international students in the English language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5219/17]

Energy Infrastructure

John Lahart

320. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ESB's proposed smart metering project and the tendering system for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5218/17]

Road Network

John Lahart

339. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to supply capital investment for the extension of the N81 route from Tallaght to the border with County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5217/17]

Hospitals Funding

John Lahart

74. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the €9 million new funding for hospital services nationally in 2017 that will go to Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

120. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the improvement that can be expected in 2017 in the long waiting times for an outpatient appointment in Tallaght hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4680/17]

Pension Levy

John Lahart

164. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to replenish the private pensions funds which the Government has repeatedly accessed over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4760/17]

Taxi Licences Renewals

John Lahart

321. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to difficulties taxi drivers are experiencing in renewing their licences in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/17]

International Students

John Lahart

117. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent reports that international students here are to face rises in the cost of their health insurance due to the policies being deemed to be in breach of the law; if these reports are accurate; if so, her views on whether this is damaging to Ireland's reputation as an international destination for students and that competitors in the international educational space will try to take advantage of this major slip, which is not the fault of the Irish institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4473/17]

Education and Training Provision

John Lahart

155. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions which were allocated to the south Dublin area in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4488/17]

Education and Training Provision

John Lahart

156. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which was allocated to the south Dublin area for tourism and hospitality skills training for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/17]

Education and Training Provision

John Lahart

157. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4490/17]

Environmental Policy

John Lahart

676. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions the Government has taken on the international emissions scandal surrounding a company (details supplied); the investigation the Government has established to investigate whether the company's cars on sale here actually comply with EU emissions standards; if the company's car models on sale here achieve the emissions savings outlined in their marketing; if the Government has taken steps to investigate whether the emissions levels advertised by motor manufacturers are actually tested and actually meet their standards in real time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4001/17]

Ministerial Meetings

John Lahart

754. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the details of meetings she has had with promoters of a facility (details supplied); if she will elaborate on the financial, legal and logistical issues that have been alluded to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 25 January 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4515/17]

Manufacturing Sector

John Lahart

282. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the efforts being made by a company (details supplied) to establish a facility in Dublin; her views on whether the project is worth supporting; if so, her plans to advance the delivery of this project which already has been specifically highlighted in the Dublin Region Action Plan for Jobs; her further views on whether Dublin and Ireland will be disadvantaged as a result of the continuing absence of said facility from the manufacturing innovation ecosystem here at a time when there are myriad supports, facilities and investments all catering narrowly for the software sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3460/17]

Nursing Home Services

John Lahart

421. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2649/17]

Banking Sector Regulation

John Lahart

90. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered any of the implications of a television programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2192/17]

Motor Tax

John Lahart

142. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the actions the Government has taken with regard to the international emissions scandal surrounding a company (details supplied); if the Government has considered the motor tax implications for the company and other connected models as a consequence of the findings of the US EPA; the investigation of its own the Government has set up to investigate if the company's cars on sale here actually comply with EU emissions standards; if models for sale here achieve the emissions savings outlined in their marketing; if the Government has taken steps to investigate whether the emissions levels advertised by motor manufacturers are actually tested and actually meet their standards in real time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2188/17]

Local Authority Housing Provision

John Lahart

143. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses which were constructed by the four Dublin local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2189/17]

Fishing Industry

John Lahart

226. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the future of Ireland's fishing functions in a post-Brexit, newly configurated EU context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2190/17]

Fishing Industry

John Lahart

227. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department with regard to the fisheries industry in a post-Brexit context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2191/17]

Proposed Legislation

John Lahart

403. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the planned protection of enrolled learners in qualifications and quality assurance (amendment) Bill will provide for a bias for academic bonding over financial bonding in the context of learner protection; if so, whether the Bill will stipulate that where providers choose academic bonding over financial bonding, this non-regulated solution to learner protection should be recorded by the provider as a contingency liability in company accounts, as defined in financial reporting standard 102; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41843/16]

Proposed Legislation

John Lahart

404. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will bring forward the draft protection of enrolled learners in qualifications and quality assurance (amendment) Bill; if a public consultation will occur in advance of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41844/16]

School Accommodation

John Lahart

445. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to provide funding for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the urgent repairs required at the school which are making it a health and safety risk for children and staff; if he will put in place a timeline to have the refurbishments carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1883/17]

Presidential Elections

John Lahart

467. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reasons for postponing the referendum on extending presidential voting rights to all Irish citizens; when he expects this referendum to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/16]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

792. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date in 2017 on which the national famine commemoration day will be held; if she will fix a date on which the commemoration can be held annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1805/17]

Health Services Provision

John Lahart

922. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to narcolepsy units within the HSE for children that have just turned 16 years of age or are due to turn 16 years of age, suffering from narcolepsy due to the pandemrix vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41304/16]

Garda Deployment

John Lahart

20. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans in place to increase the number of Garda detectives in the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40444/16]

Garda Reserve

John Lahart

26. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a progress report on the programme for Government commitment to double the numbers in the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40445/16]

Garda Deployment

John Lahart

65. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each in the Dublin eastern metropolitan region on 31 October 2016; and the proportion of the proposed 800 additional recruits in 2017 who are likely to be assigned to the Dublin southern metropolitan region. [39333/16]

Disease Management

John Lahart

336. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will consider developing a national strategy for those suffering from colitis and Crohn's disease, with particular focus on equitable access to inflammatory bowel disease nurses, self care and patient empowerment and sustainable funding models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38549/16]

Driver Licence Applications

John Lahart

474. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons over 70 years of age can apply to have their driving licence renewed to the NDLS by post, rather than having to attend in person; if not, the reason; and if he will consider issuing a directive to the NDLS to allow persons over 70 years of age to apply for their driving licence renewal by post in order to improve access for elderly citizens. [38733/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

11. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason, in October 2016, that 362 persons had been on the inpatient and day case waiting lists in Tallaght Hospital for more than 18 months. [38039/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

15. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 137% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Temple Street Children’s Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average increase of 57%. [38038/16]