Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

828. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54456/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

829. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54473/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

873. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54459/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

874. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54476/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

907. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54472/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

908. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54489/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

990. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54458/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

991. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54475/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

1027. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54470/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

1028. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54487/18]

Community Services Programme Data

Joan Burton

1031. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Pobal has statistics in relation to the number of staff employed in community centres nationally and the salary of each; and if same will be made available. [1523/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

1069. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; the projected spend for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54463/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

1070. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54480/18]

Social Insurance Data

Joan Burton

1107. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons born in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 that had reckonable earnings for social insurance purposes within gross income groups (details supplied) based on P35 returns for 2017. [1502/19]

Social Insurance Data

Joan Burton

1108. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons born in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 that had reckonable earnings for social insurance purposes within gross income groups (details supplied) based on P35 returns for 2016. [1503/19]

Social Insurance Data

Joan Burton

1109. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons born in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 that had reckonable earnings for social insurance purposes within gross income groups (details supplied) based on P35 returns for 2015. [1504/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

1137. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget and spend in his Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the projected spend for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54467/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

1138. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff in his Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54484/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Joan Burton

1214. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget and spend in her Department for marketing, media and social media in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive; the projected spend for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54460/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

1215. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department employed to work on marketing, media and social media in 2018. [54477/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (National Security) last met. [53141/18]

European Council Meetings

Joan Burton

9. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU Council meeting held on 13 December 2018. [52849/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Joan Burton

50. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil and public servants, respectively, in receipt of the working family payment; the number of payments made and estimated amounts paid in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of payments made in respect of members of the Defence Forces in 2017 and to date in 2018. [49208/18]

Departmental Communications

Joan Burton

3. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he has updated his Department’s policy with respect to social media. [50554/18]

Mortgage Book Sales

Joan Burton

161. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage customers having their loans sold to other lenders despite meeting and exceeding repayment agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/18]

Mortgage Book Sales

Joan Burton

162. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken in terms of oversight of the sale of mortgages to another lender; the number of mortgage holders who have been affected; and the considerations he has given to worried customers who have met their repayments and are concerned for the future. [53409/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Joan Burton

163. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with members of the Administration of the United States of America. [53410/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joan Burton

213. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the need for permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53002/18]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility

Joan Burton

145. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the entitlements of persons qualifying for the long-term illness scheme; if provision is made for persons within this category to be included in vocational training opportunities and employment schemes; and the circumstances in which persons qualifying under the scheme could be deemed eligible for workplace programmes and training courses on which they do not receive a social welfare payment. [52616/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joan Burton

8. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A on the economy last met. [50552/18]

Construction Contracts

Joan Burton

194. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on completing works committed to under a construction project (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if these works will be expedited. [51825/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Data

Joan Burton

275. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for speech therapy and occupational therapy services after assessment for developmental language disorder nationally; the comparable length of time for the Dublin 15 area; the number of children on such a waiting list nationally and in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51511/18]

Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists

Joan Burton

286. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the length of time children are waiting for services in terms of speech and occupational therapy after assessment for a developmental language disorder at national level; the comparable length of time for the Dublin 15 area; and the number of children on such a waiting list nationally and in the Dublin 15 area, respectively. [51566/18]

Childcare Services Data

Joan Burton

476. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of childcare services for pre-school children nationally; the average cost of such services in Dublin city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51509/18]

Childcare Services Data

Joan Burton

478. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of childcare services for pre-school children; and the average cost of such services in Dublin city and county. [51565/18]

Brexit Issues

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU summit held on 25 November 2018. [50349/18]

Brexit Issues

Joan Burton

5. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since the EU summit on 25 November 2018 and to the other heads of state. [50351/18]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Joan Burton

63. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health if he has been in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the outcome of the audit of pay restoration for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43835/18]

HSE Properties

Joan Burton

140. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health the impact on the national development plan of recent disclosures of serious problems in respect of publicly contracted building projects including health facilities; the amount of extra funding required to repair buildings; the impact of same on the overall spend on the national development plan; if he plans an additional Supplementary Estimate to meet the extra cost; if not, if the costs will come from savings; and if so, the source from which they will come. [49203/18]

Tax Code

Joan Burton

155. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the concerns raised by the European Commission relating to the taxation of intellectual property and its compliance with EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51066/18]

School Curriculum

Joan Burton

203. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of history at junior cycle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Joan Burton

59. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a date has been established for the commencement of the construction of a school (details supplied); the length of time the construction will take; when he expects the new school to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49504/18]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Joan Burton

72. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the construction of a permanent school (details supplied); if the discussion on the site location on the Phoenix Park racecourse adjacent to a club is completed; if he will sanction the purchase of the site; when the permanent school is likely to commence construction; and when he expects the permanent school to open. [49508/18]

Schools Establishment

Joan Burton

81. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the studies he has undertaken in respect of population growth in Dublin 15 and the adjacent Navan road area of Dublin 7; if his attention has been drawn to the demand for places in second level schools and that many children in the catchment area and attending feeder primary schools are not receiving places in the local secondary school and are now on long waiting lists for a place in 2019; and if his attention has been further drawn to the trauma and disappointment for families and children that have been residents for many years in an area and have failed to get places in the local school. [49507/18]

Public Sector Pay

Joan Burton

86. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore full parity in respect of teachers’ salaries in respect of staff recruited on the lower pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/18]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Joan Burton

105. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the demand by parents in Dublin 7 and 15 for an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special school for children with high levels of need; his plans for the school particularly in the context of the large population of the area and the many children affected and unable to receive a full educational provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49505/18]

Schools Building Contractors

Joan Burton

107. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact on the national development plan of recent disclosures of serious problems in respect of the publicly contracted building projects, including schools; the amount of extra funding required to repair buildings; the impact of same on the overall spend on the national development plan; if he plans an additional Supplementary Estimate to meet the extra cost; if not, if the costs will come from savings; and if so, the source from which they will come. [49203/18]

Departmental Advertising Budgets

Joan Burton

12. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [48231/18]

Taoiseach's Communications

Joan Burton

24. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with Prime Minister May. [48229/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

31. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron during Armistice commemorations. [48230/18]

Gender Equality

Joan Burton

60. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on gender and pay issues; the number of civil and public servants; the number of men and women, respectively; the average pay of men and women, respectively; his plans for achieving gender pay parity; and the timeframe for same [49204/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Joan Burton

63. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to address the status of community employment supervisors and make provision for their payments as per the Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/18]

Office of Government Procurement

Joan Burton

78. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the supervision of publicly funded construction contracts; the oversight he provides for such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49205/18]

Estimates Process

Joan Burton

89. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supplementary expenditure Estimates he plans to introduce in Dáil Éireann; and the timeframe for same. [49207/18]

Corporate Tax Compliance

Joan Burton

167. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if the European Commission has been in contact with his Department about ongoing state aid investigations relating to the tax arrangements of companies resident here other than the Commission's completed investigation into a company (details supplied); the number of such investigations to which his attention has been drawn; and the specific issues involved. [49232/18]

Schools Refurbishment

Joan Burton

266. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills when will the repair of the of the two schools (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated costs for same; if a supplementary estimate will be required to fund repairs; the way in which they will be funded; and when the restoration will be fully completed. [49293/18]

VAT Rate Increases

Joan Burton

6. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the expected increase in revenues in each of the categories in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48580/18]

Brexit Staff

Joan Burton

27. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the number of additional officials of the Revenue Commissioners and customs and excise recruited to deal with Brexit; the number of additional officials who will be recruited from the end of March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48584/18]

Licensed Moneylenders

Joan Burton

31. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on the perceived extortionate level of interest and charges charged on loans by moneylenders particularly in the run up to Christmas; his plans to regulate and-or cap interest and charges on moneylender type products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48583/18]

Tax Code

Joan Burton

32. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of digital taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48585/18]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals

Joan Burton

34. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on debt write-downs for customers who have engaged with their financial institutions in respect of household mortgages; his plans to offer more support to families at risk of eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48582/18]

European Council Meetings

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council Brexit meeting on 17 October 2018. [43844/18]

European Council Meetings

Joan Burton

5. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the European Parliament on 18 October 2018. [43845/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

14. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the DUP leader, Ms Arlene Foster, on 15 October 2018. [43843/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [46826/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

11. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the number of special advisers and the number of females in senior positions in his Department. [48105/18]

National Orchestras

Joan Burton

17. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans in respect of the development of the National Symphony Orchestra; if she remains committed to retaining the orchestra and bringing it to full strength; her plans regarding the role of the National Concert Hall in the future of the orchestra; if budget provisions for the orchestra for 2019 to 2021 have been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47414/18]

Abbey Theatre

Joan Burton

20. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the building of a theatre (details supplied) and related resources for the national theatre; the timeframe for the completion and opening of the project, including the development of the additional buildings acquired by the theatre along the Dublin quays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47413/18]

Creative Ireland Programme

Joan Burton

31. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artists now working in collaboration with schools; the schools at primary and secondary level that have collaborations; the number of schools participating in these schemes; her plans to expand collaborations; the details of proposed collaborations; the number of schoolchildren in primary and secondary schools participating and benefitting in the collaborations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47412/18]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Joan Burton

35. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and-or her officials have had contact by way of meetings or correspondence with representatives of the owners of an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if so, the details of such meetings or correspondence by her or her officials, including dates regarding the acquisition of some or all of the estate, particularly the 4,000 acres of land; her views on whether such an acquisition in respect of the estate would be a fitting commemoration and memorial to all of the work of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47411/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

8. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting and conversation with Mr. Michel Barnier. [46824/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

9. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting and discussion with Mr. Donald Tusk. [46825/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Joan Burton

133. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach the advisers and constituency staff working for him both in respect of his role as Taoiseach and in respect of his role as a constituency Member; and if he will list all appointments in 2017 and to date in 2018. [46843/18]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Joan Burton

199. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector reforms he plans to pursue. [46827/18]

Gender Equality

Joan Burton

663. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide the latest report in respect to the gender pay gap in the fields of theatre and culture; the median wage for female and male workers, respectively in theatre, culture and the arts; the average salary of the top 20% of female and male actors, respectively; the average salary of the lower 20% of female and male actors, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46735/18]

National Concert Hall

Joan Burton

664. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timetable of the reconstruction and development of the National Concert Hall; if it will be closed during the course of the development; if alternative arrangements for the National Concert Hall have been made for the closure period; if she has held discussions with the National Concert Hall on the matter; the timetable and budget for the completion of the works; the anticipated opening date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46736/18]

Gender Equality

Joan Burton

665. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support the ongoing work of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46895/18]

Legislative Reviews

Joan Burton

391. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the operation of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will be reviewed in view of the legislation being in place for the past seven years and the problems experienced by owners' management companies in respect of the collection and provision of adequate sinking funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44834/18]

Banking Sector Reform

Joan Burton

11. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the progress being made in the establishment of the promised stakeholder forum on foot of the conclusions of the public banking investigation; the organisations which are stakeholders; when a tender for the independent evaluation of the local public banking concept will issue; if the stakeholder forum will be involved in the selection of the external evaluator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43976/18]

Brexit Issues

Joan Burton

15. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the likely impact on the economy of a hard Brexit in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43974/18]

Banking Sector

Joan Burton

21. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the progress being made in respect of the establishment of the banking culture board; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a union (details supplied) in respect of the manner of the configuration of the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43975/18]

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments

Joan Burton

27. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether consideration should be given to diverting €1.5 billion of excess funds in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to develop the State’s infrastructure further to a report by his Department in advance of budget 2019. [43978/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Joan Burton

38. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meetings with the principals of companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43977/18]

EU Meetings

Joan Burton

1. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Heads of Government meeting in Austria on 19 and 20 September 2018. [38377/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Joan Burton

5. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) last met. [38376/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

14. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact with Prime Minister May. [43837/18]

Bord Gáis Privatisation

Joan Burton

66. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific use to which the €400 million proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis have been put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/18]

Public Procurement Contracts

Joan Burton

81. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review existing public procurement contracts in view of the liquidation and insolvencies of over 40 construction firms since the beginning of 2018 due to losses incurred from public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/18]

Legislative Measures

Joan Burton

83. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/18]

Public Sector Pensions

Joan Burton

84. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of the establishment of a supplementary pension in relation to public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43834/18]

Medical Inquiries

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he has concerns regarding Government leaks, particularly regarding the Scally inquiry. [39901/18]

Cabinet Committees

Joan Burton

5. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [37672/18]

HSE Agency Staff

Joan Burton

101. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work in investigating and identifying a resolution to the funding of pay restoration in section 39 organisations in which the staff took pay cuts in line with their counterparts in the public service at the onset of the fiscal crisis but did not receive pay restoration in line with their public service counterparts; the work done to date; his plans to resolve the funding problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28993/18]

Tax Code

Joan Burton

214. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance if he will apportion out the cost to the Exchequer of budget 2018 changes to the standard rate threshold and reduction in the USC rate between income tax cases below €70,000 and above €70,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/18]

Budget 2019

Joan Burton

248. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the school staffing measures announced in his Department's budget for 2019 (details supplied). [43204/18]

School Management

Joan Burton

249. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision was made in budget 2019 for further restoration of promoted posts at assistant principal level in primary and post-primary schools; the number of posts at the equivalent of AP1 and AP2 level, respectively which were suppressed through the emergency era moratorium; the current shortfall in restoring these posts; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is now no provision to restore further middle management posts before September 2020; if this is a policy to limit schools' middle management capacity; and if his attention has been further drawn to the concerns expressed by the schools' inspectorate regarding the effect of the protracted delay in restoring AP1 and AP2 posts in schools. [43205/18]

Teacher Supply

Joan Burton

250. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the problems in filling substitute teacher positions in order to cover long-term absences in primary schools; and his plans to address this issue. [43206/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Joan Burton

277. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to 30 October 2018 for all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Joan Burton

299. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent school site has been acquired for a school (details supplied); when the school will be built and open; and if arrangements have been made in the interim to provide the necessary prefabs for the school at its location. [43946/18]

Garda Resources

Joan Burton

325. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure, excluding salaries, on each Garda station in County Louth in the past five years; the requests made by the individual stations in County Louth for expenditure; the criteria by which funding was allocated to the relevant station or stations that received funding from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43677/18]