Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Consumer Protection

Dara Calleary

1181. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her actions, as lead Minster with responsibility for consumer protection, and the actions or agencies under her control to monitor and safeguard consumers from escalating costs in many areas; her powers to ensure consumers are protected from excessive price increasers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9859/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

1182. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on an organisation (details supplied) and the intention to unilaterally change the existing employment contracts of worker which will result in reduced pay and conditions for long-serving workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9860/16]

Child Care Services Funding

Dara Calleary

1204. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding avenues available to a child care facilities to upgrade and renovate their premises; if there is any emergency funding that may be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9774/16]

GLAS Payments

Dara Calleary

32. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on payments for 2015 and 2016 to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [9257/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

76. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review a penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in respect of land issues. [8814/16]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

78. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the 2015 disadvantaged areas scheme. [8841/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

83. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 agri-environment options scheme 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Dara Calleary

166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to have coeliac patients covered under the long-term illness scheme. [8979/16]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Dara Calleary

167. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to have some coeliac foods made available free for patients with medical cards. [8980/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

299. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will award financial assistance to make a family-owned home habitable and therefore remove persons from a council housing list, in the context of a person who is on a list and is availing of rent supplement but who has access to a family home in great need of refurbishment. [8983/16]

Energy Efficiency

Dara Calleary

322. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant assistance for homes built after 2006. [8981/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

24. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of staff, vacancies, and new staff appointed, by grade, and the number of clients, by social protection offices, from 2008 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8249/16]

Employment Support Services

Dara Calleary

25. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of the roll-out of the Intreo service, since it commenced, by year, to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8250/16]

Departmental Staff

Dara Calleary

26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a social protection deciding officer must be appointed by the Minister to a specific role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8251/16]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Dara Calleary

118. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to define the term "freeze" in the context of section 2.19 of the Haddington Road agreement; if, now that the agreement has concluded, such freezes have finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/16]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Dara Calleary

130. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has considered the consequences of a recent court judgment (details supplied) on the compulsory purchase order process; if legislative change is required or envisaged in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8149/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Dara Calleary

267. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment at Beaumont Hospital for a person (details supplied). [8036/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Dara Calleary

100. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a primary school construction project (details supplied) in County Mayo, if she will outline a projected timeframe for the sanctioning of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7906/16]

Credit Availability

Dara Calleary

108. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the total rate of credit lending to small and medium enterprises via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the total level of take-up from the fund by businesses at 31 December 2015 and in quarter one of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7654/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Dara Calleary

147. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has carried out an impact analysis of the effect on Irish enterprises in the event of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union in the upcoming referendum; if his Department has examined the effect such an event would have on competitiveness levels and the ability to attract future businesses to establish here; the impact on exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7655/16]

Agriculture Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

156. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for farm payments by a person (details supplied). [7250/16]

Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility

Dara Calleary

157. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the national reserve young farmers' payment by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7253/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the basic payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [7525/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Dara Calleary

164. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency Ireland client visits in quarter 1 of 2016 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7149/16]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Dara Calleary

165. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland by county at 31 December 2015 and at 31 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7150/16]

Enterprise Ireland

Dara Calleary

166. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland by county at 31 December 2015 and at 31 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7151/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Dara Calleary

167. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the Industrial Development Agency’s Horizon 2020 Strategy and the target that 50% of investment will be located outside Dublin and Cork, the latest breakdown of the number of the agency's sponsored visits to County Dublin which also visited County Cork; and the number of the agency's sponsored visits to County Cork which also visited County Dublin, in 2015 and in the first quarter of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7152/16]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

176. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the area aid payment scheme. [6358/16]

Young Farmers Scheme

Dara Calleary

192. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will process a payment for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the young farmers payment scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6512/16]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

214. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the rural environment protection scheme. [6753/16]

GLAS Payments

Dara Calleary

215. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [6754/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

216. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo under the agri-environment options scheme. [6755/16]

Humanitarian Assistance Scheme

Dara Calleary

9. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amounts paid out for flooding to applicants from County Mayo in January and February 2016 and the number of applications still to be paid at the end of February 2016 under the humanitarian assistance scheme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5369/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

199. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood prevention schemes (details supplied) in County Mayo; the works that have been undertaken by the Office of Public Works on the rivers in question since November 2015; if there have been meetings of all the stakeholders involved on the rivers; the action points of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5620/16]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

200. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications he has received from Mayo County Council under the minor flood mitigation scheme in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the level of funding sought under each application; the status of each application; when he will make a final decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5621/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

737. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts he has granted to each local authority for local authority housing repairs in 2014 and in 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

738. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts drawn down by Mayo County Council in 2014 and in 2015 for local authority housing repairs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5367/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

739. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to local authority tenants, where the local authority will not carry out necessary repairs to a home it has rented to a tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5368/16]

Severe Weather Events Expenditure

Dara Calleary

742. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount each local authority requested to repair damage as a result of all storms since Storm Desmond in December 2015; the amount he has granted to each authority; the amount each local authority has drawn down as of 11 March 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/16]

Severe Weather Events Expenditure

Dara Calleary

809. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount each local authority requested to repair damage as a result of all storms since Storm Desmond in December 2015; the amount he has granted to each authority; the amount each local authority has drawn down as of 11 March 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/16]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

849. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why funding was declined to a summer school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [5419/16]

Small and Medium Enterprises Debt

Dara Calleary

52. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to deal with the small and medium enterprise legacy debt issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

130. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is planning an awareness campaign to ensure all families are aware of any ramifications arising from the recent ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission on au pairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5259/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

131. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce a definition of the job of an "au pair" and responsibilities associated with this work in order to avoid any potential exploitation in such roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5260/16]

Employment Rights

Dara Calleary

132. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined the regulatory frameworks and codes of conduct regarding au pairs and associated responsibilities with this work in other European Union states such as the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5261/16]

Low Pay

Dara Calleary

133. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the preponderance of women in low-pay employment following the recent article by Nevin Economic Research Institute on the subject in its quarterly economic publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5262/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Dara Calleary

134. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined banning zero-hour contracts as has transpired in New Zealand recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/16]

Trade Agreements

Dara Calleary

135. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason legal and veterinary services are excluded from the recent Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/16]

National Lottery Funding Disbursement

Dara Calleary

321. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his Department is in receipt of a funding application from an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he is aware of the urgency of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/16]