Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Seamus Kirk

444. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider an application from a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3066/16]

Crime Data

Seamus Kirk

175. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there have been any prosecutions or convictions under section 36 of the Defamation Act 2009. [1617/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

651. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious funding shortfall for the Louth and Meath branch of Down Syndrome Ireland and its early intervention home teacher programme; if he will re-examine the allocation position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/16]

Schools Data

Seamus Kirk

824. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills to supply the opening date of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1470/16]

Departmental Funding

Seamus Kirk

949. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reconsider favourably a request for funding by the Patrick Kavanagh Centre in Inniskeen, County Monaghan to help defray costs involved in organising the Brian Boru ceremony some time ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46467/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

96. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring farm assist means-testing rules to pre-budget 2012 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46300/15]

Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility

Seamus Kirk

97. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of changing farm assist means-testing rules so that irrespective of the source of farm income, the first €3,000 will be disregarded and the balance will be means tested at 50%. [46301/15]

Rural Social Scheme Data

Seamus Kirk

98. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the rural social scheme to 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 4,500, 5,000, 5,500, 6,000, 6,500 and 7,000 places, respectively. [46302/15]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Seamus Kirk

280. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of adjusting payments under the new beef data and genomics programme by paying €200 on the first ten calves and €100 on all calves thereafter and using the current number of farmers participating in the programme as the base. [46303/15]

Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

281. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of payments and when the suckler welfare scheme was last in operation. [46304/15]

Farm Safety

Seamus Kirk

282. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of rolling out a new farm safety course in primary schools, modelled on the Road Safety Authority's safety campaign in schools. [46305/15]

Beef Industry

Seamus Kirk

283. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has examined establishing an island of Ireland beef geographical indicator and the cost of this. [46307/15]

Market Access

Seamus Kirk

284. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a market access unit in his Department solely dedicated to seeking out new markets for the agrifood sector and the cost of this. [46308/15]

Aquaculture Licences

Seamus Kirk

285. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an independent body to review and adjudicate on aquaculture licensing and the cost of this. [46309/15]

School Curriculum

Seamus Kirk

590. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of rolling out a new primary school farm safety course modelled on the Road Safety Authority safety campaign. [46306/15]

Judicial Investigations

Seamus Kirk

109. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to instigate an inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) in 1976 and the subsequent Garda Síochána investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45575/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

206. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the basic farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44746/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

207. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the basic farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44747/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

208. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44748/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

209. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44750/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

210. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive payment under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44751/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Seamus Kirk

211. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44753/15]

Property Tax Data

Seamus Kirk

71. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance the amount of property tax paid in County Louth for each of the years 2014 to date; the proportion that was spent in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44526/15]

Commencement of Legislation

Seamus Kirk

115. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when section 52 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will commence, and if its non-commencement is preventing students from accessing grants. [44495/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Seamus Kirk

207. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of road tax paid in County Louth and the proportion of same spent in the county in each of the years 2014 to date. [44481/15]

Leader Programmes Funding

Seamus Kirk

547. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Leader funds for Louth Leader Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/15]

Home Care Packages Provision

Seamus Kirk

32. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Louth local health office; the number of dementia related intensive home care packages being provided in County Louth in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43010/15]

Hospital Services

Seamus Kirk

47. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health the measures that are being put in place to address the ongoing overcrowding in the emergency department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43011/15]

Garda Operations

Seamus Kirk

77. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Louth under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42425/15]

Garda Deployment

Seamus Kirk

87. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda Síochána station in County Louth on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42426/15]

Child Care Services Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

347. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grant aid available for the child care sector, where care providers are planning to upgrade, enhance, or expand their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39271/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seamus Kirk

476. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39101/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seamus Kirk

477. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills given the increase in the number of pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Louth, why it is not on her Department's five-year programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39102/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

478. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the current capital spend on school building in County Louth, by cost per school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39103/15]

Schools Building Projects Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

479. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown on the five-year building programme, with a progress report and costing report on each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39104/15]

Home Help Service Provision

Seamus Kirk

35. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in the number of home help hours in County Louth in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/15]

Accident and Emergency Departments

Seamus Kirk

89. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health how the ongoing problems in the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36574/15]

Crime Data

Seamus Kirk

202. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Louth Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37013/15]

Crime Data

Seamus Kirk

203. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Meath Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37014/15]

Crime Data

Seamus Kirk

209. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Dublin North Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37022/15]

School Staff

Seamus Kirk

567. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing the adjustments made to the school staffing ratios in four-teacher; three-teacher; and two-teacher primary schools that pertained before the Government took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36150/15]

Water Charges Administration

Seamus Kirk

109. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of water charges paid by schools, by county, for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35886/15]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Seamus Kirk

3. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff under the remit of his Department who have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35304/15]

Garda Deployment

Seamus Kirk

191. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Louth division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35698/15]

Garda Deployment

Seamus Kirk

199. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Meath division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35707/15]

Health Services Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

309. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health the amount of spend on capital health infrastructure from 2000 to 2010, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35619/15]

Education Expenditure

Seamus Kirk

395. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on the capital education infrastructure from 2000 to 2010, by county, in tabular form; the allocation for primary, secondary and third level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35621/15]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Seamus Kirk

466. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure on capital transport infrastructure from 2000 to 2010, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35620/15]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Seamus Kirk

70. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of staff under the remit of his Department that have applied to be transferred to Department or State agency offices located outside the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35294/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Seamus Kirk

75. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff currently employed in each Department and State agency, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34905/15]