Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Fisheries Protection

Pearse Doherty

560. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the levels of monitoring and surveillance in operation by the various competent authorities along the River Finn and Foyle area extension; if current surveillance levels are on par with those in operation on rivers and inland fisheries elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/16]

Taxi Regulations

Pearse Doherty

575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan is unable to transfer a hackney licence to a relative; the requirements or conditions for passing a hackney licence onto family members; if special dispensations exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4038/16]

Sports Capital Programme Applications Data

Pearse Doherty

577. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants seeking payment or grant-aid, the number of these that were successful, the amounts requested as against the amounts rewarded, by county, for each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form, under the sports capital programme and through the local authority swimming pool programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4076/16]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Pearse Doherty

587. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation of funding for regional and local roads in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4366/16]

Property Tax Administration

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the reason only two months after being informed that their local property tax liability would be limited to band 1, some residents of Longboat Quay in Dublin 2 have received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners reversing this decision. [3547/16]

Property Tax Administration

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will exempt homes from local property tax, such as those in Longboat Quay in Dublin 2 that are effectively valueless through no fault of the residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/16]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

165. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the properties and sites owned by his Department in Killybegs, County Donegal, in tabular form; the current status of each, including the date on which each unit was acquired; the duration for which each vacant property has remained unoccupied; the efforts he has made to offer such properties for lease or sale to interested parties for various uses; the number of expressions of interest received with respect to each; where properties were offered but no agreement was reached, the reason why these offers were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3656/16]

Medical Card Data

Pearse Doherty

266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders resident in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3657/16]

Regional Airports

Pearse Doherty

374. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of service disruptions, including cancellations and delays, which have affected public service obligation supported flights operating into and out of Donegal Airport at Carrickfinn, including the reasons for these disruptions, by instance, by month, for the years 2014 and 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3655/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

90. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive payment under the young farmer national reserve payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Pearse Doherty

95. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory for applicants under the jobseeker's allowance scheme to provide evidence of having applied for advertised vacancies in order to qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2866/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

129. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, if he will amend the legislation to allow vehicles on loan from another jurisdiction be exempted from vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2729/16]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

130. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which vehicle registration tax is levied on vehicles on loan within the State from another state; how this levying is reconciled with European Union law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2730/16]

Fiscal Policy

Pearse Doherty

131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the gross and net fiscal space available to the Government for each year from 2016 to 2021 if the structural balance improvement is maintained at 0.6 per cent per year during this period. [2734/16]

Government Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 17 November 2015 is still accurate or if the figures contained within it have in any way been recalculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/16]

Banking Sector Investigations

Pearse Doherty

138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance why a document (details supplied) was not furnished the Banking Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/16]

Departmental Investigations

Pearse Doherty

159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has ever investigated allegations of maladministration of European Union grants and funds; in which years such investigations took place; the authorities who carried them out; the conclusions of such investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2725/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Pearse Doherty

183. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received payment under the agri-environment options scheme, the basic payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme for 2015; when the person will receive these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2854/16]

Jobs Initiative

Pearse Doherty

214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the activities undertaken by the local implementation group, formed in 2012 as part of the 2011 Killybegs, County Donegal jobs initiative; how this group has advanced and ensured the delivery of the various targets, as set out in the high level group report into potential job creation; if the high level group has continued to meet on a biannual basis as previously agreed at its meeting on 5 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2995/16]

Hospice Services

Pearse Doherty

308. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the hospice and end-of-life care services available in County Donegal for children under 18 years of age who have high complex medical needs; if he will remedy the lack of such services in the county, including the establishment of a dedicated hospice service for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2710/16]