Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Contracts Data

Joan Burton

111. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the involvement his Department has had in respect of contracts with a company (details supplied) that provide public private partnership contracts; the nature of the contract; if it was for capital construction or service supply; the duration of each contract; the value of fee commitments; the alternative arrangements he has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6344/18]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Peadar Tóibín

112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department that are also serving on other State boards; the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department that have served previously on other State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6468/18]

Departmental Funding

Patrick O'Donovan

113. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for the refurbishment of colleges and schools of further education such as schools at locations (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the receipt of correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be confirmed; the reason no reply has yet been issued to this correspondence; when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6123/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Billy Kelleher

115. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is being considered for a new school on a greenfield site in view of its increasing pupil numbers and the fact that its lease is out in 2022; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6132/18]

Psychological Assessments

Fiona O'Loughlin

116. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a case for an assessment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be examined. [6137/18]

Schools Health and Safety

Jackie Cahill

117. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding first aid training for educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6160/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Niall Collins

118. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the local community of a school (details supplied) in respect of the decision of his Department to refuse funding to provide linking corridors and a meeting and parent engagement room in the school; if the matter will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/18]

School Transport Eligibility

Niamh Smyth

119. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the criteria for school transport eligibility commencing for the 2018/2019 school year in view of the difficulties that families have faced in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6172/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Mick Wallace

120. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the body or organisation with which the ownership of the six buildings being developed as part of the schools bundle 5 PPP programme currently lies. [6173/18]

Teacher Training Provision

Brendan Ryan

121. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed changes to the Irish language requirement for Postgraduate Masters in Education courses; the way in which the changes will impact on persons who plan to take a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6183/18]

Teacher Training Provision

Colm Brophy

122. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make entering the teaching profession easier for persons who are working full time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6190/18]

School Curriculum

Robert Troy

123. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if dance will be included in physical education as part of the curriculum in secondary schools. [6199/18]

School Enrolments

Mary Butler

124. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been advised to limit its intake of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/18]

DEIS Data

Joe Carey

125. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2018, the schools who were profiled for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools or DEIS eligibility; the schools that were successful and unsuccessful following the most recent review of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6249/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Niamh Smyth

126. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for a person (details supplied) at a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6254/18]

Schools Data

Joe Carey

127. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools, by county, name, address, email address, phone number and roll number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6257/18]

Teacher Data

Gerry Adams

128. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in post-primary schools who opted out of supervision and substitution under circulars 41/2017 and 47/2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6279/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

129. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commissioned economic or regulatory impact assessments of the risks to sectors under the purview of his Department following the decision of the UK to exit the EU and the various types of future relationships that might result; if he will provide a copy of such studies conducted; the persons or body commissioned to conduct this research; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

130. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional budget for 2018 or other years, provided to his Department and all agencies and bodies within his remit to plan or prepare for Brexit; the number of additional staff that have been recruited to work on this policy area in each body, agency and his Department; the number of dedicated staff planning and working on Brexit matters in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6320/18]

Departmental Contracts Data

Joan Burton

131. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement his Department has had in respect of contracts with a company (details supplied) that provide public private partnership contracts; the nature of the contract; if it was for capital construction or service supply; the duration of each contract; the value of fee commitments; the alternative arrangements he has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6337/18]

DEIS Eligibility

Jackie Cahill

132. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not given DEIS status in 2017 in view of the fact that all the national schools adjoining its catchment area were all granted DEIS status and its pupil profile matches the other schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6388/18]

DEIS Applications

Dara Calleary

133. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received updated documentation from a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; if a decision is pending on the school's DEIS status application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6450/18]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Peadar Tóibín

134. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department that are also serving on other State boards; the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department that have served previously on other State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/18]

Crime Data

Mick Wallace

135. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that were commenced in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years from 2010 to 2017, by district, in tabular form; and the number that led to convictions. [6087/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

136. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria applied by An Garda Síochána for determining whether a crime should be recorded as a burglary as opposed to a criminal damage offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6162/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

137. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if both crimes are recorded on the PULSE system in circumstances in which criminal damage is committed in the course of a burglary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6163/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

138. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the checks in place to ensure that An Garda Síochána is correctly classifying crimes recorded on the PULSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6164/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

139. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process and policy in place for the re-characterisation of crimes already submitted in the PULSE system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6165/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

140. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded in each area in the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6166/18]

Crime Data

Jim O'Callaghan

141. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of criminal damage recorded in each area in the Dublin metropolitan region in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/18]

Prison Building Programme

Jim O'Callaghan

142. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to proceed with the building of a prison on the Thornton Hall site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6186/18]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for a stamp 4 update of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6194/18]

Crime Data

Michael McGrath

144. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported house burglaries in each Garda division in Cork city and county in each of the years 2014 to 2017 in tabular form. [6213/18]

Direct Provision System

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 7 December 2017, if he has received a full report into complaints his Department received on conditions at a location (details supplied); if so, if all appropriate actions to remedy the identified defects have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/18]

Crime Data

Clare Daly

146. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a case (details supplied) in view of recent revelations regarding discrepancies in allocation of homicide figures being incorrectly categorised as accidental or suicide. [6280/18]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Michael Healy-Rae

147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the courthouse in Tralee will be renovated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6286/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

148. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has commissioned economic or regulatory impact assessments of the risks to sectors under the purview of his Department following the decision of the UK to exit the EU and the various types of future relationships that might result; if he will provide a copy of such studies conducted; the persons or body commissioned to conduct this research; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6309/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

149. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional budget for 2018 or other years provided to his Department and all agencies and bodies within his remit to plan or prepare for Brexit; the number of additional staff who have been recruited to work on this policy area in each body, agency and his Department; the number of dedicated staff planning and working on Brexit matters in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6326/18]

Departmental Contracts Data

Joan Burton

150. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the involvement his Department has had in respect of contracts with a company (details supplied) that provides public private partnership contracts; the nature of the contract; if it was for capital construction or service supply; the duration of each contract; the value of fee commitments; the alternative arrangements he has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6343/18]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Peadar Tóibín

151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department who also serve on other State boards; the persons on State boards under the aegis of his Department who have previously served on other State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6467/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Paul Murphy

152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if inspectors at the Workplace Relations Commission have the training they need to carry out inspections on fishing vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6015/18]

Trade Promotion

Bernard Durkan

153. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to establish new global trade links to compensate for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3671/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

154. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will direct the Workplace Relations Commission to devote more resources to carrying out inspections on fishing vessels in view of the reported case of a Filipino national losing a finger on a fishing vessel in December 2017. [2055/18]

Departmental Functions

James Lawless

155. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there are plans to give the programme for research in third level institutions back to the Department of Education and Skills as the fund is critical for continued investment in research institutes and higher education facilities. [51905/17]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

156. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the rate of inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission on fishing vessels has altered since the atypical scheme for undocumented non-EU fishers began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2056/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

157. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the level to which the atypical scheme for undocumented non-EU fishers is being observed on the basis of inspections on fishing vessels carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission to date on fishing vessels. [2057/18]

Brexit Supports

Niamh Smyth

158. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect SMEs along the Border region as they are most exposed to the impact of Brexit. [5763/18]

Work Permits Applications

Fergus O'Dowd

159. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding a work permit application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/18]

Work Permits Applications

Tony McLoughlin

160. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a general employment permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6184/18]