Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

JobPath Implementation

Willie O'Dea

1. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the assurances that can be provided that jobseekers who have been selected for the JobPath activation scheme will not be forced into unsuitable and inappropriate jobs given that participation on JobPath is mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18818/16]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

John Brady

2. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the back to school clothing and footwear allowance in view of the findings of a recent survey carried out by an organisation, details supplied, showing the cost of sending one child to secondary school at almost €800 and, therefore, acknowledge that this payment is not sufficient in meeting these costs. [18817/16]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Willie O'Dea

3. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle poverty in view of the anti-poverty targets that have been missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18819/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

4. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will cease issuing letters to persons in receipt of social protection payments urging them to receive payments through the bank instead of the post office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/16]

JobPath Implementation

Róisín Shortall

5. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the role of JobPath, with particular reference to the need to ensure a strong focus on upskilling the long-term unemployed. [19049/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

6. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the cuts imposed on the payments made to persons by the previous Government under the farm assist scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18706/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

Willie O'Dea

7. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that only 2% of applications for the domiciliary care allowance were awarded within the standard timeframe in 2015 and that only 32% of applications for the carer's allowance were awarded within the standard timeframe in 2015; his views on the processing and appeals times for social protection payments in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18690/16]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Róisín Shortall

8. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to draw up a new national anti-poverty strategy; the timeframe for the completion and publication of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18816/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Brendan Smith

9. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will review the farm assist scheme as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18711/16]

Disability Activation Projects

Catherine Connolly

10. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to indicate the Department or agency or private sector operator that will have responsibility for the implementation of the fit to work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18800/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has consulted with any organisations in regard to the creation of a new labour activation measure to replace JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/16]

Registration of Births

Brendan Griffin

12. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the anticipated timeframe for addressing the issue of fees for stillborn birth and death registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18696/16]

JobPath Implementation

John Brady

13. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the ongoing issues persons are facing when referred to Turas Nua and Seetec through JobPath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18760/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if any new labour activation measure which he plans to introduce to replace JobBridge will pay participants at least the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18795/16]

Social Welfare Benefits

Barry Cowen

15. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Social Protection to elaborate on plans to extend social protection benefits to local councillors who are currently not entitled to claim social protection benefits despite the fact that they pay pay related social insurance contributions. [18559/16]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Thomas P. Broughan

16. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle youth unemployment in 2016 given that this group is experiencing approximately 15% unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16125/16]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jim Daly

17. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider further rolling out the Gateway scheme in a non-compulsory capacity to offer placements to unemployed persons in schools, hospitals and other public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18703/16]

Employment Support Services

Bríd Smith

18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is appropriate for his Department to insist persons who are unemployed are sent on training courses to an organisation (details supplied) that professes itself to operate with a Christian ethos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18772/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Brendan Smith

19. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that changes to the farm assist scheme introduced in budgets 2012 and 2013 have had a very negative effect on many low-income farmers; if he will reverse these measures at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18712/16]

Employment Support Services

Bríd Smith

20. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he funds in any way an organisation (details supplied); and if so, if he is monitoring the success it has in helping persons currently unemployed achieve employment. [18771/16]

Social Welfare Benefits

Willie O'Dea

21. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the adequacy of social protection rates given that a recent report by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice which found that in 2016 social protection did not provide an adequate income for 183 of the 214 urban household cases examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/16]

Rural Social Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

22. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand and improve the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18705/16]

Farm Assist Scheme

Charlie McConalogue

23. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the changes made to farm assist with respect to income disregards given that it has had a serious negative affect on the income levels of already struggling farming families; if he will carry out an analysis to assess the impact that the changes have made on those families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18688/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Mick Wallace

24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the one-parent family payment scheme is adequate to meet the needs of recipients, particularly given recent figures from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul indicating that 59% of one-parent families experience material deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Mick Barry

25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will implement the fit-to-work scheme contained in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18794/16]

Carer's Allowance Waiting Times

John Brady

26. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that persons applying for carer’s allowance are waiting 19 weeks before their application is examined; the measures he is taking to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18762/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Bernard Durkan

27. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which he might be in a position in the context of the programme for Government or otherwise, to examine the extent to which women for one reason or another are deprived of contributory pensions having retired from the workplace while raising their families or due to the marriage ban and who have made a major contribution to society in the course of their working lives; if he will re-examine their cases with a view to crediting them with sufficient contributions to qualify for the State or retirement pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/16]

Community Services Programme

Robert Troy

28. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to accept new proposals to the community services programme; the criteria that would be used to select new proposals; if he has a preference for particular types of programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/16]

Live Register Data

Brendan Griffin

29. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of live register figures for persons living in the Castleisland area in respect of his Department's Office in Tralee as both towns and hinterlands are currently grouped together; and if he agrees that by doing this local efforts to reduce the live register figures can be better targeted and measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18686/16]

Pension Provisions

Thomas P. Broughan

30. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection his priorities regarding pension payments for the remaining six months of 2016; if he is reviewing pension entitlements for women who worked in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18695/16]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is concerned that the administration, consultancy and actuarial services to the Central Remedial Clinic plan were all provided by the same organisation (details supplied) and that this organisation also owned the trustee of the plan, given the abrupt wind-up of a plan that the actuary had said in 2014 was on track to meet the minimum funding standard by 21 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18699/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Payments

Gino Kenny

32. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reverse the lower social protection payment discrimination against young adults under 25 years of age given that those under 25 years of age often have exactly the same expenses for food, rent and other needs as those over 25 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/16]

Exceptional Needs Payments

Ruth Coppinger

33. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a payment to cover the additional costs for families in emergency accommodation such as travel and food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Willie O'Dea

34. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the status issue of determination orders which were not catered for in the jobseeker's transition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/16]

Social Welfare Benefits

John Brady

35. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce the working family payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18761/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Catherine Murphy

36. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the contracts awarded to United Kingdom companies for labour market activation schemes, such as JobsPlus and other private schemes not delivered within the auspices of the State, given the UK’s new relationship with the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Jim Daly

37. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to discontinue the JobBridge scheme; if so, his further plans to put in place a replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/16]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Jack Chambers

38. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection why he is continuing to issue correspondence urging recipients under the jobseeker's benefit scheme to use financial institutions instead of using the post office to collect payments. [18700/16]

Community Services Programme

Willie O'Dea

39. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has increased the contribution to the community services programme in line with the increase in the national minimum wage; if the programmes have as of yet received this funding; if he can provide assurances that the contribution to the community service programmes will be increased in line with any future increases in the national minimum wage as set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18694/16]

Bereavement Grant

John Brady

40. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore the bereavement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18759/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times

Bernard Durkan

41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the ongoing delay in determining eligibility for some means-tested payments and appeals; if there has been a reduction in resources or a redeployment of staff given the reduced numbers of recipients under the jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit scheme; if he will examine the situation with a view to improving this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18756/16]

One-Parent Family Payment

Mick Wallace

42. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reverse the changes made in 2015 to the one-parent family payment scheme which have considerably increased the financial burden on one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Catherine Connolly

43. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the introduction of the fit-to-work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18799/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Jack Chambers

44. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the details of recent developments at the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed community employment scheme including the efforts he has and will make to ensure it continues. [18701/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Ruth Coppinger

45. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will raise the maximum rent supplement level to the levels recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness. [18773/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Mick Barry

46. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to publish details of the new labour activation scheme which will replace JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/16]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

47. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the fit-to-work programme for persons with illnesses or a disability as mentioned in the programme for Government; the assessment process he will use to determine if persons are fit for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/16]

Child Poverty

John Brady

48. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to end child poverty as committed to by the Government under the national social target for poverty reduction now that the target has been revised by the Government from lifting 70,000 children out of poverty to 97,000 children by 2020. [18758/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Robert Troy

49. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the high cost of insurance for companies delivering community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/16]

Social Welfare Rates

Gino Kenny

50. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will restore social protection payments to pre-austerity levels adjusted for inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18804/16]

Disability Allowance Payments

Gino Kenny

51. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish means testing for the carer's allowance, increase the respite care grant and replace the mobility allowance that ceased in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/16]

Work Placement Programmes

Frank O'Rourke

52. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider the possibility of introducing more flexibility to the Tús work placement initiative scheme, including considering extending the period of time a person can avail of the scheme on case-by-case basis, with particular consideration given to a person's age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18689/16]

Pensions Reform

Clare Daly

53. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to reform and improve pension governance, given several high profile pension scandals, including the abrupt winding up of the Central Remedial Clinic plan. [18698/16]

Maternity Leave

Michael Healy-Rae

54. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review policies regarding maternity leave in unique circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18939/16]

Schengen Agreement

Michael McGrath

55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the possible impact on Ireland’s opt-out from the Schengen Agreement when Britain completes its departure from the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19013/16]

Naturalisation Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

56. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to facilitate extended residency and preparation for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18887/16]

Naturalisation Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

57. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 16 June 2016, the extent to which a case (details supplied) can be progressed towards naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18891/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

58. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18892/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

59. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18893/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate the correct procedure to be followed to regularise the situation in the case of a person (details supplied); the procedures to be followed in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18894/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

61. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18895/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18896/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

63. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/16]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretion to re-examine and review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18899/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Brendan Smith

65. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of schemes to assist local authorities in providing closed circuit television for areas where there is anti-social behaviour and incidences of crime on a constant basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18995/16]

Garda Expenditure

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) tendered for the contract for towing services for Dublin region gardaí in March 2016; and if the 36 month contract granted to this company in March 2013 was thus renewed. [19020/16]

Garda Expenditure

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the charges companies who hold contracts for towing and storage services for An Garda Síochána charge; and if any of these fees revert to the State. [19021/16]

Garda Expenditure

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures An Garda Síochána has in place in respect of recovering the cost of unpaid storage fees for cars that have been towed away. [19022/16]

Garda Expenditure

Clare Daly

69. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to request An Garda Commissioner to provide details of the safeguards An Garda Síochána has in place in respect of private information it holds in respect of persons whose vehicles have been towed and put into storage. [19023/16]

Garda Recruitment

Jim O'Callaghan

70. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her estimate of the number of new gardaí that will need to be recruited over the next five years to bring the force to a strength of 15,000, taking into account the likely number of retirements or departures from the force. [19046/16]

Customs and Excise Controls

Clare Daly

71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance why military personnel who disembarked from a plane of the United States of America (details supplied) on 26 June 2016 at Shannon Airport with military rucksacks and travelled to a Limerick city hotel did not go through customs prior to leaving the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19017/16]

Local Authority Charges Application

Michael Healy-Rae

72. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the status of local property tax for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18821/16]

Tax Rebates

Brendan Griffin

73. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance when he will issue a tax rebate to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18914/16]

Insurance Industry

Róisín Shortall

74. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance further to the ongoing review of insurance policy in his Department if he will set out the consideration he is affording to the massive premia hikes faced by the small and medium-sized enterprise sector; the actions he is taking to urgently address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18917/16]

Budget Targets

Michael McGrath

75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the revised fiscal space in net terms for each of the years from 2017 to 2021 arising from the British referendum outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18948/16]

Tax Clearance Certificates

Paul Kehoe

76. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can receive a statement confirming that the person has no tax liabilities for the purpose of the processing of a medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18955/16]

Budget Measures

Niall Collins

77. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance the impact the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union will have on funding allocations in budget 2017 with respect to incentivising domestic entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprise start-ups through taxation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/16]

Budget Targets

Pearse Doherty

78. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will release an updated version of the summer statement, given Britain voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18996/16]

Water Charges Yield

Pearse Doherty

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance for details on how water charges were treated in the summer statement financials over the five year period 2017 to 2021 with regard to revenue projections, expenditure projections, fiscal space projections and allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18997/16]

Stock Exchange

Michael McGrath

80. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the change in the value of each of the Irish bank shares the State owns from the opening of markets on 24 June 2016, when the impact of the British referendum result took effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19004/16]

Eurozone Issues

Michael McGrath

81. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the United Kingdom financial institutions who passport their services into Ireland under European Economic Area rules; the potential implications for these activities from the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19005/16]

Banking Operations

Michael McGrath

82. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the implications for Allied Irish Banks' activities in the United Kingdom if that country is outside the European Economic Area; the proportion of Allied Irish Banks' revenues which arise in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/16]

Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

83. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the implications for Bank of Ireland’s activities in the United Kingdom, if that country is outside the European Economic Area; the proportion of Bank of Ireland's revenues which arise in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19007/16]

Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

84. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the implications for Permanent TSB's activities in the United Kingdom if that country is outside the European Economic Area; the proportion of Permanent TSB's revenues that arise in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/16]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Michael McGrath

85. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland can accelerate its lending activities, focusing in particular on assisting small and medium-sized enterprises exporting to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/16]

Tax Collection Forecasts

Michael McGrath

86. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the projected change in tax revenue in 2018 and 2019 arising from the British referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19012/16]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Michael McGrath

87. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the International Financial Services Centre has the necessary physical infrastructure and other resources to benefit from any relocation of financial services funds from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/16]

Pensions Data

Michael McGrath

88. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of approved retirement funds in operation; the value of funds held in these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/16]

Pensions Data

Michael McGrath

89. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the value of pension buy-out bonds in the Irish markets that may now qualify for approved retirement fund options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19016/16]

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]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Ring

92. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme or summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18846/16]

Teaching Contracts

Danny Healy-Rae

93. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create equal supplementary panel rights for fully qualified regulation three teachers with Teaching Council numbers (details supplied). [18851/16]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Ring

94. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the criteria for special needs assistants, SNA, so that children with high functioning autism who may have difficulty with sensory and audio processing and difficulty with social skills can obtain SNA help in order to reach their full potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18856/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael Ring

95. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a full time special needs assistant can be provided to a person (details supplied) for September 2016 onwards in view of their need for help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18857/16]

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]

Technological Universities

Peter Burke

97. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to upgrade AIT Athlone to university status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18867/16]

School Accommodation

Peter Burke

98. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the former Mullingar Army site with a view to using same for institutional educational purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18871/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Willie Penrose

99. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills to allow a school (details supplied) which has completed the stage 2(b) (detailed design) process to proceed to stage 3 tender action as this school was included in the school building projects as part of their five year plan 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18908/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

100. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November, 2015; if he has identified locations for these proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/16]