Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Agencies Funding

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

732. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Culture Ireland in each of the past ten years and the proposed funding for 2016. [45695/15]

Legislative Process RIA

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

736. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Bills her Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the number of promised Bills for publication; the Bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the regulatory impact assessments that will be published before publication of the relevant Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/15]

Air Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

747. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual cost of the air service to na hOileáin Árann. [46217/15]

Commencement of Legislation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

750. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility and that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced, including the purpose of same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46278/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Force on the most recent date available and the estimated full-year cost of increasing this number to the 9,500 agreed level. [45651/15]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

102. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a reduced level of rent supplement is being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the rate will be increased as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44937/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

440. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive plans to develop a methadone dispensing centre at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare, the support services which will be put in place for proposed users of the centre, the consultation there has been with the local community or with social care providers in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45135/15]

Hospice Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

452. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the status of St. Brigid's Hospice, also known as the Drogheda Memorial Hospital, on the Curragh in County Kildare including the extent of the works being undertaken, the timescale for completion of the works and the reopening of the hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45177/15]

Capital Assistance Scheme Administration

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

592. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the voluntary and co-operative funding schemes, if the capital assistance scheme will provide residential care or nursing home type accommodation and if accommodation provided in designated centres under the Health Information and Quality Authority, or in cases where residents cannot hold an individual tenancy agreement, will qualify for funding under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45428/15]

Road Safety Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

662. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of pedestrian road deaths, by county, in each of the years from 2005 to date in tabular form. [45397/15]

Road Safety Strategy

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

663. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation or regulations to place a mandatory or statutory obligation on pedestrians walking on unlit roads at night to wear high-visibility clothing; if such an obligation would enhance road safety for pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45398/15]

Arts Plan

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

41. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/15]

Cultural Policy

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

46. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Culture 2025 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43497/15]

Wildlife Protection

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

58. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address concerns regarding the survival of the Golden Eagles in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43496/15]

State Papers

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

62. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her timeframe for introducing a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/15]

Heritage Projects

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

64. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the recently announced proposals to safeguard Ireland’s historic houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43498/15]

Arts Funding

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

75. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43500/15]

Illness Benefit Payments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

139. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44157/15]

Rural Development Programme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

249. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for grant-aid for tillage facilities to be included in the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/15]

Rural Development Programme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

250. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what tillage facilities under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II will be eligible for arable under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/15]

Rural Development Programme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

251. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when arable farmers will be able to apply for grant aid for tillage facilities under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II, the moneys that have been allocated to this scheme, when grant aid will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/15]

Hospital Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

23. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and develop services at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

69. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Kildare local health office; the number of dementia-related intensive home care packages being provided in County Kildare in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43006/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

123. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the protocols in place for the procurement of supplies at Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

124. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the security in place to protect supplies and property in Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43207/15]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

40. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient social protection contributions to qualify for a disability benefit or an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43047/15]

Dental Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

126. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the return of a schools dental service to County Kildare, in the context of the development of a new primary health care centre on the Dublin Road in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/15]

Regeneration Projects Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

167. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park in Rathangan, County Kildare; if he is in receipt of revised plans for the project; the nature of such revisions; the time frame for the delivery of the project, in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/15]

Garda Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

108. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Kildare on 1 November 2010 and on 1 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42410/15]

Garda Resources

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

119. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Kildare under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42409/15]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

157. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a need to provide a permanent accessible Money Advice and Budgeting Service office in Athy in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42660/15]

Wards of Court

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

334. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to prepare draft legislation to put in place procedures that would facilitate the Comptroller and Auditor General in auditing the wards of court funds, as recommended in the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on 6 July 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42783/15]

Defence Forces Review

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

65. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given the recent terror attacks in Paris in France, if he has instigated any review of the Defence Forces' role and capability in dealing with such an attack here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/15]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

68. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on overseas missions; if there have been any new requests to participate in new missions or to contribute further to existing missions; how long it is expected that the Naval Service will continue to be deployed in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41396/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

71. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his Department's engagement with Kildare County Council regarding the situation of overholders at the Curragh. [41176/15]

White Paper on Defence

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

81. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the status of the development of a new institute for peace support and leadership training at the Curragh Camp in County Kildare. [41175/15]

Naval Service Vessels

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

84. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the length of time it is expected that the Naval Service will continue to be deployed in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41173/15]

Overseas Missions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the action that is being taken to ensure that Irish troops in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebannon contingent are guaranteed freedom of movement in fulfilling their United Nations mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41172/15]

Pension Provisions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

102. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address the concerns set out in correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions, her plans to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41192/15]

Local Authority Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

291. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the taking in charge of St. Barbara's Park on the Melitta Road in Kildare town by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41675/15]

UN Missions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

304. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware that the operational imperative regarding freedom of movement for members of the Defence Forces serving in south Lebanon in pursuit of the Security Council resolution for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is being constantly challenged by non-government elements; that this has seriously impeded the Defence Forces from carrying out essential elements of the resolution; and if he will outline the credible steps, other than routine rote protests, he is taking to ensure this essential freedom of movement is guaranteed in all the areas of operations. [41835/15]

UN Missions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

305. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given that special representatives of the United Nations Secretary General are vested with overall authority in deployed multifaceted missions, including those with military forces components, if he is aware that UN military force commanders cannot exercise the optimum span of operational control essential for complex military operations in austere environments; and the steps he is taking with the UN to ensure this structural challenge in its missions is not impeding the outputs of military forces, especially where protection of civilians and robust peacekeeping requirements are essential. [41836/15]

Immigration Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

325. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain in the State will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41567/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

123. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces explosive ordnance disposal teams, in each of the years 2012 to 2015 to date, in tabular form. [41100/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

124. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Army Rangers in each of the years 2012 to 2015 to date, by location, by base, in tabular form. [41101/15]

Defence Forces Transport

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

125. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that can be transferred by an individual Air Corps helicopter. [41102/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

135. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the necessary medications will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40759/15]

Drug and Alcohol Task Forces

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

146. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will make additional funding available to the South Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force given the proposal from Athy Community Addiction Response in County Kildare, which has requested such funding from the task force but which has been declined on the basis of there being no more available from its 2016 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40825/15]

Wind Energy Generation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

597. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer of subsidising wind farms in each of the years from 2011 to 2015 to date; if he will cease the process of subsidisation based on the current capacity of the wind farm sector; his views that Ireland has done enough in promoting wind power technology; how he will avoid further increasing energy costs to businesses and households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/15]

Energy Policy

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

598. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will convene open public meetings in the midlands region on the question of Ireland's future sustainable energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40559/15]