Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Offshore Exploration

Pat Rabbitte

628. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in respect of last year's undertaking to implement proposals in the Wood MacKenzie report on offshore exploration; if it remains his intention to give expression to these changes in the Finance Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24650/15]

Offshore Exploration

Pat Rabbitte

632. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed measures with the Department of Finance in respect of the implementation of the Wood MacKenzie report in respect of offshore exploration, as already committed to in principle by Government; if he will report on progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24649/15]

Cancer Services Funding

Pat Rabbitte

165. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason the combined therapy cancer treatment, that has been recommended in respect of a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, is only available on a private basis, at a cost of €70,000 to the person; if it will be made available through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24066/15]

Legislative Process

Pat Rabbitte

1120. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to complete the enactment of the minerals development Bill in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21974/15]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Pat Rabbitte

992. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Digital Hub Development Agency property portfolio has been enhanced arising from its collaboration with a company (details supplied); if he will report on progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/15]

Tax Avoidance

Pat Rabbitte

123. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 6 May 2015, the number of times in each of the past ten years a penalty was imposed on an employer under section 987 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, for failure to comply with regulations under Chapter 4 of Part 42 relating to the collection and recovery of income tax under the pay as you earn system, in circumstances where a failure to keep and maintain a register of employees or to deduct and remit income tax in relation to employees arose from a misclassification by the employer of employees as being self-employed; the number of times an employer was prosecuted under section 1078 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, as amended, for knowing or wilful delivery or issuing of incorrect returns, statements, accounts or invoices, entailing a representation by the employer that certain employees were self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/15]

Island Communities

Pat Rabbitte

211. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Phase II of the restoration works, to be funded by her Department, will be carried out on an island (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18854/15]

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Pat Rabbitte

424. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advice provided to his Department from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, concerning funding being made available to keep open the women and children's refuge at Cuan Álainn, Cookstown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/15]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Pat Rabbitte

543. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an estimated commencement date for the building of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18542/15]

Tax Avoidance

Pat Rabbitte

152. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the applicable offences under the Revenue Commissioners' Acts in respect of employers and employees in connection with bogus self-employment claims; the arrangements in place for the prevention, detection and prosecution of such offences; the number of prosecutions and convictions in each of the past 15 years; the new initiatives planned or under way in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17598/15]

Schools Health and Safety

Pat Rabbitte

132. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers who have been absent from work as a result of an assault, for each of the past four years; the number, each year, who have availed of assault leave; the records that are maintained by her Department regarding assaults and assault leave; if she will confirm that teachers who are obliged to take leave following an assault do not have to take this as illness leave under the illness leave provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15895/15]

Community Pharmacy Services

Pat Rabbitte

476. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if the drug Regorafenib Stivarga will be made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13027/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Pat Rabbitte

542. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is eligible for a grant to purchase a laptop to help with college examination studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12677/15]

Legislative Process

Pat Rabbitte

515. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 will be considered at Report and Final Stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12040/15]

Youth Justice Strategy

Pat Rabbitte

812. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education settings under her Department’s control, patronage or funding which it is planned to transfer to the relevant education and training boards; the reason for such proposed transfers; the categories of these settings, such as special schools, care units or secure units; the education and training boards to which these institutions are to be transferred; the proposed timeframe for transfer, including situations where transfers have already been effected; the number of teaching staff involved in the transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11893/15]

Schools Amalgamation

Pat Rabbitte

832. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12, her Department's involvement in the consultation and preparation process; if her attention has been drawn to parents' concerns regarding consultation, particularly regarding facilities in the proposed accommodation on the site; her views on concerns expressed by parents of children in the autistic spectrum disorder unit in one school regarding accommodation arrangements, a safe environment, continuation of facilities including homework club and adequate space for the unit; her plans to meet such concerns and for the provision of suitable accommodation for these units across each of the existing schools, and for such provision to be in place in advance of the amalgamation which parents have been advised will commence from September 2015; the date of commencement and projected completion of full such facilities and provision; the way the existing preschool and Montessori facility on the site will be accommodated in an amalgamation arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12113/15]

Driver Licence Applications

Pat Rabbitte

995. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the inclusion of a note on the national driver licence service application form stating that information given on the form is subject to disclosure and may be retained for 20 years; the information on the form which may be shared; the reason it may be shared; the way the data are protected, in view of the requirement for persons over 70 years of age to provide medical information, if this information can be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12034/15]

National Drugs Strategy Implementation

Pat Rabbitte

377. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his plans to allocate responsibility for the national drugs strategy to an existing Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pat Rabbitte

440. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the building of the proposed new secondary school in Kingswood, Tallaght, Dublin 24 will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6762/15]

Housing Finance Agency Funding

Pat Rabbitte

573. Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the burden being borne by the small number of mortgages in possession of legacy Housing Finance Agency loans; if there are any measures in prospect to alleviate that burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5559/15]