Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking and her oversight to ensure that persons on community employment schemes receive proper health and safety and manual handling training prior to starting a placement and that they are issued with proper protective clothing where appropriate. [4520/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how she monitors access to training for participants in community employment schemes; and why some persons are unable to access their required entitlements and choices. [4521/16]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 26 November 2015 and her statement that the statistics were being compiled and would be provided to the Deputy in due course, if she will forward same to this Deputy. [4532/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

62. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he has recently met with representatives of the Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma, REGRET, group, to discuss available or potential health support services, and other supports for families represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/16]

Mental Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the chronic shortage of nursing staff in St. Joseph's Association for the intellectually disabled in Portrane, County Dublin; if he has consulted with the Health Service Executive on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the responsibility of employers in relation to health and safety and manual handling courses when persons take up a community employment scheme and to outline a person's rights with regard to concerns they may have about being asked to engage in unsafe practices, but being fearful of refusing to engage in them. [4300/16]

Financial Services Ombudsman

Clare Daly

173. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will purpose legislation or take other steps to change the Statute of Limitations for mis-selling of financial products, so that the six-year time limit will originate at the time a customer becomes aware of mis-selling, rather than originating at the time of sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4101/16]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her offices were contacted by the coroner in the case of a person (details supplied); the advice given regarding the decision to consider treating the death of a pregnant woman as being the death of two persons; the legislative basis of a foetus being afforded the legal rights of a person; what she proposes to do about it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4064/16]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he was contacted regarding the matter; the basis upon which a foetus can be considered a person; and the advice given regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/16]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

446. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advocate at Cabinet level for the amendment of the Equal Status Acts to give effect to the principle that no child should be given preferential access to a publicly-funded school on the basis of religion as recommended by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission report submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. [3057/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

463. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a policy recommendation to all schools that children with special educational needs receive individual education plans, along with advice on the creation and implementation of these plans, in order to ensure consistency across schools. [4062/16]

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Clare Daly

512. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures under the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 whereby landlords who claim to be selling a property are penalised if they subsequently re-let it; if a fine is imposed and awarded to the tenant or if the tenant is reinstated; and how the Private Residential Tenancies Board operate this process. [4011/16]

Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls

Clare Daly

513. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the Private Residential Tenancies Board and the Economic and Social Research Institute's rent index on rents is not being used to satisfy the criteria in respect of section 26(1)(b)(c) of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, and instead an advertisement of three comparable properties within the four-week period is being used, given that this will result in properties being priced at asking prices rather than actual prices. [4012/16]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Clare Daly

546. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 30 and 142 of 21 November 2013, the action he has taken given the new information available (details supplied); how he will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4364/16]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Clare Daly

9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will raise the issue of deficiencies in the area of child care here, as noted in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's review of the report on Ireland, with the appropriate Departments; and the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate, affordable child care is available for every child. [3056/16]

Tax Code

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements he made with the Microsoft company in respect of being granted the status of being domiciled here; if that arrangement included a requirement to retain manufacturing here; and if this arrangement is now non-existent given the decision of the Arvato plant in Swords in County Dublin to re-locate its packaging and distribution of Microsoft software to the Czech Republic from July 2016. [3517/16]

Foreign Direct Investment

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the arrangements he made with the Microsoft company in relation to being granted the status of being domiciled in Ireland; if that arrangement included a requirement to retain manufacturing here; and if this arrangement is now non-existent, given the decision of the Arvato plant in Swords in County Dublin to relocate its packaging and distribution of Microsoft software to the Czech Republic from July 2016. [3518/16]

Criminal Law Review

Clare Daly

7. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to review the Interception of Postal Packages and Telecommunications Messages Act 1993 and the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 to protect the privacy and human rights of citizens. [3014/16]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Clare Daly

19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed actions of the independent review mechanism, with particular reference to the number of cases where follow-on action was recommended; the nature of the follow-on action. [3015/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was advised to maintain a carer's allowance. [3380/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an horrific incidence of animal cruelty (details supplied) in County Carlow; the action he will take to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice; and his views that this is totally unacceptable [3398/16]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 479, 489 and 490 of 9 June 2015 regarding information on salmon farms operating outside their licensed areas and operating without the required warning lights or radar reflectors by site and by operators and given the level of non-compliance after warnings, if he will include the last element of the parliamentary questions; and the actions he plans to take to ensure his authorised officers are appropriately supported and the licensing conditions are met. [3457/16]

Fish Farming

Clare Daly

97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if stocking levels on Irish salmon farms are within their licensed tonnage; the details of breaches, by site and by operator; the actions he will take to bring operators under their licensed limits, given that he informed this Deputy on 9 June 2015 that this was a key operational priority. [3458/16]

Property Registration Authority

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the core business of the Property Registration Authority involves examining applications for title registrations; if the State, as custodian of the public interest, is bound to indemnify persons who suffer loss through a mistake made in the Land Registry; her understanding of the internal quality control measures used by the authority to guarantee that its technical determinations are not distorted or undermined when dealings are issued by solicitors. [3362/16]

Overseas Development Aid Oversight

Clare Daly

161. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the checks in place to ensure that development aid funds are not used for the supply of military equipment; and if he will give a categorical guarantee that no such funds have been used for this purpose. [3315/16]

Overseas Missions

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will review the deployment of Irish troops to the Golan Heights, given that Israel has indicated that it intends to claim oil found in the Golan Heights as its own, in contravention of international law, and the ongoing failure of the United National Disengagement Observer Force mission to achieve the goals laid out in United Nations Security Council Resolution 242. [2951/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 24 November 2015, if he is concerned that Lariam is a third-line drug for the US military in sub-Saharan Africa and is only issued for personnel who are unable to receive either of the other anti-malarial regimens; that its issue is accompanied by a wallet card containing current safety information from that country's Food and Drug Administration indicating the possibility that the neurological side effects may persist or become permanent; and, given this, why, as noted in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 14 January 2015, the malaria chemoprophylactic agent of choice of the Irish Defence Forces for use in sub-Saharan Africa continues to be Lariam. [2952/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

57. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence given evidence presented at the United Kingdom Parliament Defence Committee's inquiry on Lariam on 13 January 2016 that noted the impossibility of being 100% certain that in every case, an individual is in fact individually assessed prior to being prescribed Lariam, how certain he is that every member of the Defence Forces is individually assessed prior to being prescribed Lariam; in what year did individual assessment became Defence Forces policy; and the operational procedures in place to both facilitate and ensure individual assessment prior to prescribing Lariam. [2793/16]

Defence Forces Equipment

Clare Daly

58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 8 October 2015, if any consortium in which the Defence Forces are involved has been successful in its bid for Horizon 2020; the contents of the winning proposals and the identities of those involved in the winning consortium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2795/16]

Naval Service Operations

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Number 287 of 24 November 2015, if he has received the findings and recommendations of the review of the fire on board the LÉ Clíona on 29 May 1962; if he has considered those findings; and the steps he will take on foot of them. [2794/16]

Overseas Missions

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the details of his recent discussions with his European Union counterparts in relation to the possibility of increased numbers of Irish troops being sent to Mali. [2797/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection what steps she will take to instigate a review of the habitual residence condition to ensure that it is not discriminatory, particularly in relation to children from migrant and Traveller backgrounds, and asylum-seeking children, as recommended by the report of the Irish Human Rights Equality Commission submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. [2840/16]

Property Tax

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Local Property Tax being levied at a lower rate for single occupants of homes, given that in Britain, for example, single persons pay 25 per cent less in Property Tax in recognition of the fact that their living expenses are not hugely less than a two-person household, although they are surviving on a single income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/16]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

252. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any matters which he is aware of but on which he has not taken action, given that his Department was aware of issues regarding migrant workers in the fishing industry, as far back as 2010, but did not take any action until it became public knowledge as a result of an article in the British newspaper The Guardian in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/16]

UN Missions

Clare Daly

253. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if it is appropriate that Irish soldiers are being used as human shields on the Golan Heights to protect the annexation of Syrian territory and oil supplies by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

254. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the working group on the use of Lariam in the Defence Forces; and if he will outline its contents. [2954/16]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

286. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs associated with the independent review mechanism, including to whom the payments were made. [3018/16]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to initiate a statutory inquiry and criminal investigation into the death of a person (details supplied). [3051/16]

Human Rights Issues

Clare Daly

301. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will adopt the recommendation of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission that contracts for subcontracted State services for children, including health, care work, immigration and asylum services, be awarded subject to mandatory requirements for human rights compliance. [2838/16]

Anti-Poverty Strategy

Clare Daly

302. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what steps he intends to take to ensure that anti-poverty and social inclusion targets in the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020 are met within a specified timeframe, as recommended by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission report submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. [2839/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

462. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a raid on a property (details supplied) found 200 dogs, of which the local authority subsequently destroyed 120; if this is an appropriate response under the Dog Breeding Establishment Act; if a more enlightened response to reports of cruelty is needed, particularly from the point of view that those reporting animal cruelty may be prevented from doing so if they believe the animals will be killed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the contribution to flood-risk by non-native shallow-rooted trees, soil compaction by clear-felling with heavy machines and deep vertical drains on uplands; and if will discuss this matter with Coillte to develop a plan for mitigation. [2200/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has taken note of the findings of the Pontbren Project in Wales which found that the re-instatement of native trees and hedgerows on uplands substantially reduced flooding lower down; and if he will apply the lessons of this project in an Irish context and encourage Irish farmers to take similar steps to those taken by that in Pontbren project. [2199/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will release the accident report on the loss of 230,000 salmon at Gerahies in County Cork on 1 February 2014, given that the final report was due at the end of August 2014, according to the file examined by the Information Commissioner. [2616/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why it has taken almost two years so far to produce a report on the loss of 230,000 salmon at Gerahies in County Cork on 1 February 2014 which may contain significant urgent safety issues for the marine environment and which he informed this Deputy on 4 March 2014 was a priority. [2617/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

72. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the report of the Gerahies salmon loss accident was completed and sent to him; the decision-making process; and the purposes of which this report was prepared. [2618/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

73. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that he has now given the same reasons for refusing to release the interim draft reports on the loss of 230,000 salmon at Gerahies in County Cork on 1 February 2014 that were annulled by the Information Commissioner in July 2015 in relation to the first draft report; and if this represents best practice in dealing with requests under the relevant legislation. [2619/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

74. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an independent dive survey was undertaken after the loss of 230,000 salmon at Gerahies in County Cork on 1 February 2014 before he gave permission to restock the salmon production site. [2620/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the number and the percentage of Irish Defence Forces personnel who were prescribed the drug Lariam in each of the years 2001 to 2015, in tabular form. [2557/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the percentage of the Irish Defence Forces stock of anti-malarial drugs that is composed of Lariam. [2564/16]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why information regarding the location in Saudi Arabia of the ultimate end-user of €1.7 million worth of military exports in 2013 and €13.2 million worth of military exports in 2014 was not contained in the 2013-2014 report on the operation of the Control of Exports Act 2008, with that data being subsequently published in an information note, and if the 2011-2012 report contained data on the ultimate end-user of military items that had passed through systems integrators, albeit in aggregated form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2019/16]

Export Controls

Clare Daly

33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given recent high-profile human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, including the beheading of 47 persons in a single day, and given that Ireland exported €23.4 million worth of military items to Saudi Arabia between 2011 and 2014, if he will review the export of military items to Saudi Arabia through the appropriate channels. [2020/16]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Clare Daly

102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the reasons stated publicly by Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, for withdrawing its aquaculture licence application for Galway Bay; if he will conduct an investigation into the preparation of this application; and pending the outcome of this investigation, if he will instruct BIM to halt the preparation of any other aquaculture licence applications. [2459/16]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Clare Daly

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure on the Galway Bay licence application including expenditure on scientific or legal expertise incurred by Bord Iascaigh Mhara and separately by the Marine Institute. [2460/16]

Aquaculture Development

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his policy on deep-water aquaculture development is a failure given the withdrawal of the Bord Iascaigh Mhara aquaculture licence application and if he will now investigate the use of on-land salmon production systems rather than marine production systems, as recommended by environmental interests. [2461/16]

Fisheries Protection

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 246, 248 and 249 of 10 November 2015, if he is aware of instances of overstocking in aquaculture sites operated by Marine Harvest and if this overstocking affects the stocking density permitted for organic certification. [2462/16]

Aquaculture Licences

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed review of his Department’s aquaculture licensing system will be conducted by someone who is independent of his Department; and if he will publish the terms of reference of this review. [2463/16]

Vaccination Programme

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the analysis he will carry out into the fact that 220 young girls are displaying the same symptoms within a similar timeframe after receiving the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine and the measures he will put in place to assist these young girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/16]

Public Procurement Contracts

Clare Daly

58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on Irish small and medium enterprises of the tendering process for Government contracts, which favours big businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Clare Daly

66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the local knowledge of residents regarding patterns of flooding in their areas is taken into account as part of the medium-term and long-term efforts to deal with the flooding problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

283. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 1 December 2015, if she will provide sign language interpreters to deaf persons for a certain number of hours each year free of charge, as put forward in the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013, as one of the mechanisms for the promotion, recognition and use of Irish Sign Language, thereby improving service delivery on the ground. [2107/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board

Clare Daly

420. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funds distributed by Caranua, by heading and by the number of persons in 2015; and the amount of funds remaining to be distributed. [2058/16]

Tax Code

Clare Daly

20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the status of the advice he received from his Department opposing the introduction of a tax on sugar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/16]

Tax Reliefs Application

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if the rules in place for the application of tax relief at source unfairly discriminate against persons who are unable to meet their mortgage repayments, particularly given the ongoing mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/16]

Departmental Investigations

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health to outline the nature and scope of the Health Service Executive investigation to ascertain the circumstances of an event (details supplied). [1676/16]

Employment Support Services

Clare Daly

20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the prevalence of low wage, zero-hour and casual contracts and their impact on the social protection budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1163/16]

Family Income Supplement Data

Clare Daly

30. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1162/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility

Clare Daly

44. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the Christmas bonus is only given to persons on the live register for 15 months or longer, given that persons who are only recently unemployed feel discriminated against; the rationale behind this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46451/15]

Parental Leave

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to enable public sector workers to enjoy the same entitlements as their colleagues in the Civil Service regarding transferring 14 weeks of entitlements to parental leave between one parent and the other under the Parental Leave Act. [46809/15]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Office of Public Works is putting in place to protect deer in the Phoenix Park, given that over 21 deer were killed by cars in 2015. [1049/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

433. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to response to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 11 November 2015 wherein the Minister states that he is awaiting the outcome of seven files, if these files have been completed; and if he will forward this information to this Deputy. [46480/15]

Prisoner Transfers

Clare Daly

473. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the transfer of a prisoner (details supplied); why this prisoner's request to transfer to Portlaoise prison has not been addressed for more than a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46677/15]

Parental Leave

Clare Daly

484. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend provisions in the Parental Leave Act whereby parents can transfer up to 14 weeks of parental leave to the other parent, currently only available if the individuals work for the same employer or in any Department in the Civil Service, in order to provide this benefit to all parents where both employers agree and to other public sector workers. [46810/15]

Health Services Expenditure

Clare Daly

622. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount it costs a multidisciplinary team in the Health Service Executive to diagnose autism spectrum disorder as against diagnosis by a private psychiatrist; if the psychiatrist has done work for the executive over a period of years; and the amount paid from the public purse for this. [46905/15]

Mental Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

633. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has plans to close residential units (details supplied) in County Westmeath; why this decision is being taken; what steps have been factored in to assess the impact on the mental health of a number of very elderly and vulnerable residents residing at that institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1061/16]

Consular Services Provision

Clare Daly

726. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the deportation from the United Arab Emirates of a person (details supplied) in October of 2014; if this matter has been raised with the Government of the United Arab Emirates, with particular reference to the fact that he notified the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi of his arrest in June 2014 but did not get a response. [46921/15]

Consular Services Provision

Clare Daly

727. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a Home Box Office "Vice" documentary, due to air on television in the United States of America in January 2016, which will include audio recordings detailing how the United Arab Emirates Government arrested a person (details supplied); and his plans to address this issue with the Government of the United Arab Emirates. [46922/15]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Clare Daly

835. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the number of lots that any given company could apply for in the Telecare tender, either individually or as part of a consortium, was not limited to two or three lots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46456/15]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Clare Daly

836. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government whether the Telecare system is best served by one of the winners of the tendering process subcontracting its functions out to one of the losers in the process; and if, in view of this, the tendering process was sufficiently robust to choose the most qualified applicants for the contracts. [46457/15]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Clare Daly

837. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why companies that won contracts for Telecare were not asked to submit any proof of Garda Síochána clearance before the contracts were awarded to them. [46458/15]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Clare Daly

838. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 8 December 2015 why a list of those academic and technical qualifications held by those members relevant to adjudicating tenders for the Telecare contract were not furnished in response to that parliamentary question, nor any reason for their not being furnished provided. [46459/15]

Animal Breeding Regulations

Clare Daly

854. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 permits the breeding of dogs for the purpose of experimentation; and if he will protect the welfare of these dogs. [46797/15]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Clare Daly

913. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of school bus drivers being unable to avail of equal access to the Córas Iompair Éireann pension scheme despite an acknowledgement that such access would be granted, and if he will recommend an independent process to evaluate what is happening and try and resolve matters. [46531/15]

Northern Ireland Issues

Clare Daly

3. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Justice Minister, Mr David Ford, MLA, or the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, MP, in respect of the International Red Cross process in Maghaberry and the public announcement of a new regime for political prisoners, and the implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/15]

Middle East Issues

Clare Daly

18. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that it has been over a year since both Dáil and Seanad Éireann adopted motions calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine, when formal recognition of the state of Palestine by Ireland will take place; his views on the delay to date of such formal recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45467/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

20. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Embassy of the United States of America with regard to the connection between that nation's military use of Shannon Airport and Ireland being described as part of a coalition of evil in a purported ISIS video; if he has expressed concerns to the ambassador regarding the implications of continued United States military use of Shannon Airport for Ireland's security; and if he will reconsider such military use of Shannon Airport in view of its deleterious effect on both Irish neutrality and the security of Irish citizens. [45469/15]

Human Rights Issues

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any consultations with his European Union colleagues with regard to Saudi Arabia's human rights record, including, in particular, recent reports of multiple beheadings, and the advisability of maintaining close diplomatic and economic relations with that state in view of its human rights record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45471/15]

International Terrorism

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views, in terms of global security, stability and peace, on the advisability of any European Union state engaging in a bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attacks in Paris of 13 November 2015; if he has had engagements with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/15]

Israeli Settlements

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking, diplomatic or otherwise, to advocate at the European Foreign Affairs Council level for a ban on the import of goods to the European Union from illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the process by which persons are short-listed and selected for posts as architectural advisers in the Office of Public Works is fully open and competitive; if there are sufficient safeguards to protect against any favouritism; and if any audit of the recruitment process for positions in the Office of Public Works has ever been conducted. [45726/15]

Harbours and Piers Maintenance

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for Rush Harbour works and improvements in County Dublin, given the desperate need for repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46150/15]

Ministerial Correspondence

Clare Daly

305. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence why he has not contacted a person or that person's solicitor (details supplied) regarding the findings of a report from the Attorney General, a matter which he indicated he would act on some considerable time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45899/15]

Overseas Missions

Clare Daly

489. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has consulted with the Department of Defence regarding the implications of the deployment of Irish troops to Mali, given the potential impact of such a deployment at this time on the perception of Ireland's neutrality abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/15]

Preschool Services

Clare Daly

561. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that permission for a naíonra in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will issue shortly, given that her Department assured the school that permission for same would issue in early autumn 2015. [46021/15]

Climate Change Policy

Clare Daly

5. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given that Ireland's economy has been described as improved by the Department of Finance and given that the document, Climate Change Mitigation: Preparation of Low-Carbon Roadmap for Transport, published by his Department in December 2013, envisaged retrenchment in public transport investment due to economic circumstances only until 2016, after which it was hoped to increase longer-term investment in infrastructure, giving Ireland more capacity to support and develop a low-carbon economy by 2050, the plans his Department has drawn up for such investment commencing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45025/15]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Clare Daly

9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review or if he has reviewed the public transport policies and investment budget, given Ireland's legally binding emissions commitments and given the agreements made at the COP21 meeting in Paris in France. [44880/15]

National Mitigation Plan

Clare Daly

17. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, other Departments and relevant stakeholders subsequent to the publication of the preparation of low-carbon roadmap for transport, regarding his role in the national low-carbon transition and mitigation plan; the content of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44882/15]

Climate Change Policy

Clare Daly

23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the climate change adaptation plan for transport will be published, given that his Department's Statement of Strategy 2015-2017 stated it would be published in March 2015. [44881/15]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Clare Daly

171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress in achieving an overall target of 10% of transport energy coming from renewable resources by 2020, if the target will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45466/15]

Hydraulic Fracturing Policy

Clare Daly

41. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the wisdom of continuing with the Environmental Protection Agency study into hydraulic fracturing with terms of reference that are considerably out of date, given that 50% of research into hydraulic fracturing has been carried out since 2012. [44663/15]