Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Education Policy

John Paul Phelan

117. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education the definition of the title of a junior national school; the primary schools with such a title currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13752/21]

Passport Services

John Paul Phelan

434. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects the online passport application and renewal process to be back up and running (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12808/21]

State Examinations

John Paul Phelan

498. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if students repeating their leaving certificate in 2021 will be eligible to submit their practical projects for grading in the 2021 exam which were not graded in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12813/21]

State Examinations

John Paul Phelan

499. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if measures will be taken for the leaving certificate 2021 to accommodate the needs of students repeating the exams from 2020 that take cognisance of the fact that the 2020 and 2021 academic years have been extraordinary in the context of all previous academic years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12814/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Paul Phelan

468. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if there is a facility available to parents and their school going children to remain learning from home once schools reopen in order to avoid Covid-19 infection, particularly in situations in which children have underlying medical conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11669/21]

Vaccination Programme

John Paul Phelan

469. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if there is scope to advance the schedule of vaccination against Covid-19 for schoolteachers, special needs assistants and all school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11670/21]

Credit Guarantee Scheme

John Paul Phelan

1. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he plans to take to ensure that the credit guarantee scheme can be amended to examine if there will be significant increases in the current rate of successful applications to ensure that post-Covid viable businesses have sufficient access to funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/21]

Roads Maintenance

John Paul Phelan

26. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport if the funding provided to local authorities for roads maintenance will be kept at or increased from the 2020 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/21]

Road Projects

John Paul Phelan

32. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the project to construct a northern bridge and road infrastructure in Kilkenny city linking the N77 to the R693, given that this is a long-standing priority for the local authority and TII; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Paul Phelan

56. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if the CRSS will be extended beyond 31 March 2021 if Covid restrictions remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Paul Phelan

57. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the stay and spend scheme into 2021 to support the hospitality sector once Covid restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7507/21]

Waterways Issues

John Paul Phelan

90. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that can be taken to allow Waterways Ireland to carry out standard maintenance works on canal and river tracks to ensure that public access to these amenities is protected despite recent prohibitions by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7506/21]

Local Authority Funding

John Paul Phelan

92. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new funding model for local authorities will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7489/21]

Schools Amalgamation

John Paul Phelan

141. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education the work ongoing within her Department to support the amalgamation of two post-primary schools (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the process; if funding is available for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7580/21]

Licence Applications

John Paul Phelan

1001. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the total number of licences, including felling, afforestation and roads which are required by the forestry and timber industry here on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6767/21]

Licence Applications

John Paul Phelan

1002. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific number of licences including felling, afforestation and roads which his Department plans to issue in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/21]

Forestry Sector

John Paul Phelan

1003. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given or will give consideration to the issue of wholescale regulatory reform in view of the current crisis facing the forest and timber industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6769/21]

Vaccination Programme

John Paul Phelan

795. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health when County Carlow based paramedics will get the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4097/21]

Bus Services

John Paul Phelan

133. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport the time-frame for the provision of funding and for the commencement of services for the Carlow town bus service project, which now sits at the top of the list of recommended projects for funding by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/20]

Road Projects

John Paul Phelan

135. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport if he or his officials have engaged with TII with a view to maximising the potential for native tree planting on existing TII lands adjacent to national road routes in circumstances in which such planting would comply with all relevant road safety demands (details supplied) and provide the State with an additional capacity for increasing biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44898/20]

Planning Issues

John Paul Phelan

336. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to engage with local authorities throughout the country on introducing new designated biodiversity locations to replace existing paved and asphalted spaces in which such existing spaces are underutilised; if a funding stream will be secured for such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44899/20]

Human Rights

John Paul Phelan

377. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent execution of a journalist (details supplied) and other recent civil rights abuses by the Islamic Republic of Iran; the actions his Department and the EU has taken or will take in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45082/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Paul Phelan

556. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if he will address the delay in relation to the provision of paediatric rheumatology services for children and particularly children with Down's syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41130/20]

Forestry Sector

John Paul Phelan

194. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he and his Department officials became aware that 4,600 forestry licence applications are backlogged in the Forestry Service; the specific dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40675/20]

Forestry Sector

John Paul Phelan

195. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department concluded that there were circa 2,000 forestry licence applications backlogged in the Forestry Service; the developments that led to the determination that the correct number of backlogged licence applications is 4,600; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40676/20]

Forestry Sector

John Paul Phelan

196. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate that An Taisce is appealing applications for forestry licences in view of the ongoing crisis in the forestry and timber sector rather than consulting directly with his Department and in view of the fact that An Taisce receives significant public funding. [40679/20]

Forestry Sector

John Paul Phelan

197. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of days each of the four divisions of the Forestry Appeals Committee is sitting; the number of hearings each division has heard since it has operated in four divisions since 9 November 2020; the number of hearings each division will hold between now and the end of 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

John Paul Phelan

656. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who have availed of SUSI grants in 2020; the percentage this is in relation to the student population at large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38130/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

John Paul Phelan

657. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to reform the SUSI support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38131/20]

State Examinations

John Paul Phelan

103. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education when the repeat leaving certificate exams will take place; the contingency plans that will come into force if Covid-19 restrictions come into force which preclude the current intended course of action from taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32191/20]

Court Sittings

John Paul Phelan

144. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice the current process by which court proceedings can take place in a manner that is open to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic; when restrictions on the movements of the public are curtailed or prohibited as a matter of public health policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32188/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Paul Phelan

162. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if such legislation in relation to further legislative proposals to limit the general movements of the population owing to the current Covid-19 pandemic takes into account the essential movements which will be required by those that live in or adjacent to urban areas that cross county boundaries for essential services in healthcare and education and that such movements will not be prohibited by law and therefore subject to possible sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32189/20]

Hospital Facilities

John Paul Phelan

190. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of construction and the entrance into full operation of the new second cath lab at UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32190/20]

Tax Reliefs

John Paul Phelan

214. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance if a distinction is made across the various enterprise tax schemes such as employee investment incentive, EII, key employee engagement programme, KEEP, and capital gains tax, CGT, entrepreneur relief for high risk and high potential innovation start-ups as opposed to more traditional asset-backed enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31109/20]

Electoral Process

John Paul Phelan

267. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the decision to use personal public service or PPS numbers in the compilation of the electoral register; when he expects the project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/20]

Electoral Commission

John Paul Phelan

268. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current progress on the establishment of an electoral commission; when he plans to introduce necessary legislation concerning its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31106/20]

Commercial Rates

John Paul Phelan

269. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to release funds to local authorities for the commercial rates waiver scheme that applied up to the end of September 2020; his plans to extend the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/20]

Land Development Agency

John Paul Phelan

270. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the Land Development Agency, LDA, and its capacity to accept freedom of information, FOI, requests in view of recent remarks in which it seems the LDA will now be subject to FOI. [31110/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Paul Phelan

331. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if it is the responsibility of her Department or each individual management board to ensure adequate PPE is supplied to teachers, staff and students of each primary and post-primary school in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31111/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Paul Phelan

332. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education the plans that have been put in place by her Department to ensure access to online education for all students if the State returns again to a lockdown situation if Covid-19 infection rates continue to rise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31112/20]

Teaching Qualifications

John Paul Phelan

377. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education if there is still a commitment to develop a mechanism to allow certain qualified post-primary teachers to register as mathematics teachers following the completion of a course of studies; when these courses will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31722/20]

State Pensions

John Paul Phelan

432. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to change the age eligibility criteria for the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31723/20]

State Pensions

John Paul Phelan

433. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering proposals to reintroduce the transition payment for those eligible for the State pension from the period they turn 65 years of age until they start to draw down the State pension, rather than the current position in which such persons must go on jobseeker’s allowance for the transition period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31724/20]

Dental Services Provision

John Paul Phelan

241. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for the provision of a dental surgeon to the health centre in Bagenalstown to provide services to persons in the vicinity rather than travelling to counties Kilkenny or Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26240/17]

Agrifood Sector

John Paul Phelan

517. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase food exports to Israel; if he is providing support and information to businesses seeking to gain kosher certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/17]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

John Paul Phelan

113. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the submission for funding for the Aghancon and Clareen group water scheme in County Offaly to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25052/17]

Naval Service Operations

John Paul Phelan

49. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deploy the Naval Service on a humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/17]

Defence Forces Operations

John Paul Phelan

57. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has given consideration to Defence Forces participation in EU efforts to counteract illegal person trafficking and to disrupt the business model of criminal elements involved in such activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/17]

Diplomatic Representation

John Paul Phelan

140. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recent incident at Trinity College Dublin wherein an ambassador was denied a speaking opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11072/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

John Paul Phelan

276. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who received support from his Department after displaying medical difficulties relating to the HPV vaccine in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10724/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

John Paul Phelan

277. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who reported any reactions to the HPV vaccine to his Department or expressed concerns in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10725/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

John Paul Phelan

278. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were refused the HPV vaccine in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 on medical grounds or other related issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/17]

Vaccination Programme Data

John Paul Phelan

279. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have complained to the HPRA or their general practitioners about the HPV vaccine in each of the years from 2010 to 2016; his plans to set up a review group to explain the considerable similarities in the symptoms displayed by these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/17]

Election Management System

John Paul Phelan

275. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the voter identification requirements which apply to general elections and the verification process which takes place at polling stations, with reference to legislation and any guidelines issued to returning officers or polling stations by his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/17]

Public Procurement Contracts

John Paul Phelan

478. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the satellite dialysis unit for County Wexford with regard to the reopening of the tender process; the expected duration of the proposed process; the expected timeframe for completion of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6117/17]

Rural Development Plan

John Paul Phelan

53. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the action plan for rural development will help elderly persons in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4127/17]

Rural Development Plan

John Paul Phelan

81. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps which will be taken to increase tourism potential in rural areas as part of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4136/17]

Motor Tax Yield

John Paul Phelan

309. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the yield from motor tax for each year between 2013 to 2016, by each local authority area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and Dublin City Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4358/17]

School Enrolments

John Paul Phelan

103. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details on section 29 appeals against refusals to enrol pupils to primary schools in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 inclusive, broken down by local authority areas or, if not available by local authority area, by the smallest administrative area divisions used by his Department, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/17]

Paternity Leave Scheme

John Paul Phelan

63. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the uptake of paternity leave since the date of commencement for fathers to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/16]

Fit for Work Programme

John Paul Phelan

94. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the fit for work programme referenced in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/16]

School Meals Programme

John Paul Phelan

300. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he intends to allocate increased funds for school meals to schools following the recent increase in allocation in the budget. [36186/16]

Rural Social Scheme

John Paul Phelan

301. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the expansion of the rural social scheme following budget 2017; the way in which the extra places will be spread throughout the country; when this will take place; the funding that is being put forward for the scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/16]

Social Welfare Fraud

John Paul Phelan

302. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to identify welfare fraud; and his plans to tackle same. [36188/16]

Social Welfare Code Reform

John Paul Phelan

303. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of discussions taking place on a framework for closed certification and diagnosis coding on certificates and electronic transmission of certificates. [36189/16]

Rural Development Programme Projects

John Paul Phelan

19. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the town and village renewal scheme; when she expects to announce successful applicants; her plans for the scheme in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31161/16]

Rural Enterprise Development Zones

John Paul Phelan

31. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the REDZ scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31162/16]

Company Registration

John Paul Phelan

640. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of companies that have re-registered with the Companies Registration Office as a designated activity company to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30427/16]

School Services Staff

John Paul Phelan

108. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the positions relating to the appointment of caretakers and cleaners to schools will be filled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/16]

Home Care Packages Data

John Paul Phelan

1317. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that applied for the home care package in County Wexford in 2016; the number that have been processed; the number that have been refused; the number that have been approved but are awaiting resources; the number that have been approved and are in receipt of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/16]

Registration of Title

John Paul Phelan

92. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23199/16]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

John Paul Phelan

229. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for emergency works funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20571/16]

Personal Injury Claims

John Paul Phelan

794. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options available to a person (details supplied) who has received an assessment through the personal injuries assessment board. [20693/16]

Post Office Network

John Paul Phelan

197. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the report of the Post Office network business development group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19991/16]

Broadband Service Provision

John Paul Phelan

198. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she envisages for local authorities in the roll out of rural broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19992/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

John Paul Phelan

228. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health when the interdepartmental committee that was set up to review the nursing home support scheme will be reporting back to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20047/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

493. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of officer positions, including operational resource manager, fleet, logistics and estate manager, and quality, safety and risk manager, which have become vacant since 9 January 2012 to 2016 to date in all areas of the country in the national ambulance service; the county in which each vacancy arose; the date it became vacant and the date it was filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

494. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the number of officer positions which have been filled by persons on a temporary basis who were not on the 2012 to 2016 to date officer panel in regard to the national ambulance service; the counties in which each occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

495. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the areas of operations where local competitions to fill vacant officer positions have been carried out for the national ambulance service; the counties and stations where successful candidates have been installed in a temporary capacity without senior management in that area referring to an existing national ambulance service officer recruitment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

496. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if an operations resource manager officer was transferred into a vacant quality and risk position in the absence of a transfer policy and without reference to the current panels with regard to the national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

497. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the reasons an operations resource manager position in Cork city has been vacant from 2 June 2015 to date in the national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

498. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health if all temporary quality and risk positions in Dublin are filled by persons on the national ambulance service officer panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/16]

Ambulance Service Staff

John Paul Phelan

499. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Health the length of time the national ambulance service officer panel was in place prior to the 2012 competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/16]

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme

John Paul Phelan

90. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way a new action plan will affect a school from applying for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools status under proposals from his Department's action plans for disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18837/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

John Paul Phelan

91. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when category 3 mechanical works will be approved for a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18843/16]

Schools Building Projects

John Paul Phelan

96. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for the construction of a school sports assembly hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18864/16]

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme

John Paul Phelan

106. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not in full DEIS status; the way this school would go about applyig for full DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18970/16]

Fire Stations Provision

John Paul Phelan

115. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a new fire station (details supplied) including the stage it is at and when construction will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18913/16]

School Accommodation

John Paul Phelan

106. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for extra accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17987/16]

School Accommodation

John Paul Phelan

107. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for extra accommodation by schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17988/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

John Paul Phelan

331. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of the flood relief measures at Thomastown, Graiguenamanagh and Inistioge in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17986/16]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

John Paul Phelan

467. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) has not yet issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

John Paul Phelan

507. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the need to upgrade the Waterford to Limerick N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17989/16]

Road Projects Status

John Paul Phelan

508. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the completion of the Ring Road in Kilkenny City with particular emphasis on the section including a new bridge linking the N77 to the R693; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17990/16]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

John Paul Phelan

32. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance in view of the recent success of a number of Irish films internationally, his plans to improve the section 481 tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/16]

Human Rights

John Paul Phelan

313. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to highlight the situation of the Rohingya people, displaced from their homeland in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16693/16]

Regional Airports

John Paul Phelan

517. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the continuance of passenger flight operations to and from Waterford Airport following the recent announcement that a company (details supplied) is to cease operating from Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16691/16]

Electric Vehicles

John Paul Phelan

518. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make electric vehicle car usage easier by providing free parking, access to bus lanes, removal of purchase taxes, lower road tax rates or removal of value added tax on leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16692/16]

Film Industry Development

John Paul Phelan

52. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recent success of a number of Irish films internationally, her plans to improve supports for the audiovisual sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13265/16]

Arts Centres

John Paul Phelan

62. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide much needed support for regional arts centres; her further plans to address a pressing need for capital injection in these buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13264/16]