Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Garda Deployment

Terence Flanagan

375. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of gardaí on the beat in all areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29931/15]

Ministerial Meetings

Terence Flanagan

377. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with a person (details supplied) who has previously been in contact with her Department. [29941/15]

Garda Stations

Terence Flanagan

378. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the opening hours of Howth Garda station in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29947/15]

Firearms Licences

Terence Flanagan

391. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding firearms legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30167/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

414. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29580/15]

Ministerial Meetings

Terence Flanagan

420. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will meet with a person (details supplied) who has previously been in contact with his Department. [29942/15]

Youth Services Funding

Terence Flanagan

421. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to subsidise and make the cost of youth clubs and summer projects cheaper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/15]

Child and Family Agency Services

Terence Flanagan

440. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reinstate funding to a service (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30278/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

454. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29587/15]

Hospitals Funding

Terence Flanagan

456. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health given the recommendation of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association to substantially increase funding for the acute hospital budget for 2016 in its pre-budget submission, his plans to implement this much needed proposal to the degree required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29613/15]

Medical Card Reviews

Terence Flanagan

481. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the medical card limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/15]

Medicinal Products Prices

Terence Flanagan

482. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce medication costs; the reason there is a large discrepancy between the costs here and in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29710/15]

Medicinal Products Supply

Terence Flanagan

483. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the items which require a prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29711/15]

Medical Card Administration

Terence Flanagan

484. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of free general practitioner visit cards for persons over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29713/15]

Hospice Services Provision

Terence Flanagan

558. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to allocating more funding to the St. Francis Hospice in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30092/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

608. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29586/15]

Human Rights

Terence Flanagan

609. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response planned to counter the persecution and human rights abuses suffered by Falun Gong practitioners under the Chinese authorities over the past 16 years, particularly in view of the 2013 European Parliament resolution (details supplied) demanding an investigation into and an end of the common practice of forced organ harvesting for such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29610/15]

Human Rights

Terence Flanagan

616. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action or proposals planned to protect Christians and other religious groups from persecution around the world; the note the Government will take of the European Parliament resolution (details supplied) which denounces recent acts of religious persecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/15]

Human Rights

Terence Flanagan

627. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions or proposals the Government will adopt to protect Christians and other religious groups from persecution around the world; the note that the Government will take of the European Parliament resolution (details supplied) which denounces recent acts of religious persecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30152/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

644. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29583/15]

School Curriculum

Terence Flanagan

654. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the secondary school curriculum keeps changing on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29706/15]

School Textbooks Rental Scheme

Terence Flanagan

655. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a rental book scheme will be put in place for every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29707/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Terence Flanagan

656. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a special needs assistant is provided in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29709/15]

Student Grant Scheme Reform

Terence Flanagan

657. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the income criteria for Student Universal Support Ireland grants and to base the awarding of grants on net pay rather than gross pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29712/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

708. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29584/15]

Water Charges Administration

Terence Flanagan

732. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information regarding the water allowance that persons with a disability qualify for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29714/15]

Water Quality

Terence Flanagan

733. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on concerns regarding the quality of water in Dublin Bay; the measures his Department is taking to improve its quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29716/15]

Proposed Legislation

Terence Flanagan

748. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the passing of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29944/15]

Water Charges Introduction

Terence Flanagan

749. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the cost of water (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/15]

Energy Schemes

Terence Flanagan

785. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to widen the eligibility criteria for the warmer homes schemes and the sustainable energy communities programme to include houses inhabited by low-income families in both the public and private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29611/15]

Energy Regulation

Terence Flanagan

786. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the report on the regulation and inspection of gas installers operating here, which was compiled by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29943/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

787. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29581/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

824. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29592/15]

Aviation Issues

Terence Flanagan

848. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the position regarding the proposal to build an aviation fuel pipeline connecting Dublin Port to Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/15]

Departmental Strategies

Terence Flanagan

857. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29579/15]

Arts Funding

Terence Flanagan

861. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she expects increased funding to the arts in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29945/15]

Construction Contracts

Terence Flanagan

8. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Act will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/15]

Job Losses

Terence Flanagan

11. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure the necessary support is provided by his Department to the workers at a company (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28407/15]

Blind Person's Pension

Terence Flanagan

65. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding payment rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29483/15]

Disability Services Funding

Terence Flanagan

201. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if more funding will be provided to the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/15]

Third Level Charges

Terence Flanagan

280. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding college fees for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29366/15]

International Terrorism

Terence Flanagan

115. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with Tunisian authorities regarding the recent terrorist attack that occurred in their country and which resulted in the loss of three Irish lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28219/15]

Tax Relief Application

Terence Flanagan

254. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance in view of recommendations by the Simon Community to alleviate the current homelessness crisis, his plans to introduce more favourable tax treatment for landlords with tenants in receipt of rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29134/15]

Tax Relief Application

Terence Flanagan

255. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance regarding the tax exemption threshold for the rent a room relief scheme, his plans to increase the threshold from €10,000 in the upcoming budget, given that the current housing crisis is acutely felt by third level students returning to colleges in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29135/15]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Terence Flanagan

263. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the actions being taken to reduce standard variable rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28451/15]

Pyrite Issues

Terence Flanagan

283. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on concerns that homeowners are being charged €150 by private companies to sign pyrite certification required by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28694/15]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Terence Flanagan

384. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a proposal (details supplied) regarding a maritime museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28682/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Terence Flanagan

500. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the context of budget 2016, his plans to commit to a prevention and early intervention strategy for early childhood development given that this plan is very cost-effective in the long-term and is recommended by the Hands Up for Children campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29136/15]

Autism Support Services

Terence Flanagan

550. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns that autism services do not have sufficient funding to offer placements to persons who need them (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28466/15]

General Medical Services Scheme

Terence Flanagan

586. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28554/15]