Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Paul Murphy

754. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on providing social housing through renting and leasing private rental accommodation from landlords and developers through the rental accommodation scheme, the housing assistance payment scheme, the social housing capital expenditure programme, the new Part V in 2015 and other schemes; the number of rented or leased units provided; and the average annual cost per unit per scheme. [6300/16]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to report on the availability of the tuberculosis BCG vaccine and the measures being taken to ensure it is available to all those who require it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/16]

Driver Licence Renewals

Paul Murphy

566. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review the driving licence renewal process for persons over 70 years of age which requires a general practitioner to make an assessment of eyesight, given that an optician may be better suited for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4755/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Paul Murphy

314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the regulations regarding the provision of sanitary wear, special nappies, and so on, for children under three years of age who have a digestive tract illness that necessitates frequent nappy changes; and which Government agency is responsible for the management of assistance. [3998/16]

Gaelscoileanna Issues

Paul Murphy

454. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 2 December 2015, what criteria will be used in assessing the sufficient viability of Aonad; which body or agency will make this assessment; if there will be a consultation process with parents, students and public representatives regarding the location of a Gaelcholáiste in the north Kildare area, including its size and catchment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3999/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

455. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 155 and 156 of 2 December 2015, the differences between the proposals in the original applications for outline planning permission for primary and secondary schools on this site which were granted by Kildare County Council and the planning applications for permanent school buildings which were refused by Kildare County Council and An Bord Pleanála. [4000/16]

Flood Risk Assessments

Paul Murphy

456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, if she will reconsider her earlier reply with regard to extending the brief of the appointed project consultant in respect of a broader assessment of flooding in the catchment area given recent flooding; what will such a broader assessment entail regarding water courses, flooding and sewage. [4001/16]

Flood Risk Assessments

Paul Murphy

457. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, what she means by the reference to non-compliance to statutory procurement regulations; what is the content of the non-compliance mentioned; and how and why does this impact on her decisions. [4002/16]

Flood Risk Assessments

Paul Murphy

458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, what she means by reference to managing a process over lands that are not in her Department's control; to what process does this refer, is it the process of flood prevention either of the school site or of lands in the catchment and-or buildings thereon that might be impacted by flooding, possibly consequent to the development of the proposed school site; and if the process referred to is not one of flood prevention, to what does this process refer, and to what lands does such process refer. [4003/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Paul Murphy

459. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of apparent deadlock in relation to the proposed sites for schools along the Hazelhatch Road, if the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board and-or her Department have considered the possible acquisition of a site on lands to the rear of the Donaghcumper cemetery on the R403 Celbridge to Lucan road and adjacent to the Primrose Gate housing estate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4004/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Paul Murphy

174. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a permanent school for Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna in Knocklyon, Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3427/16]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on undocumented non-European Union crew members in the Irish fishing industry; and his actions to assist these workers and to improve compliance with workers' rights legislation in the industry. [2145/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his views on the findings of the University of Limerick study into zero-hour and low-hour contracts which the Government commissioned in 2015. [2146/16]

Job Losses

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that Mondelez is seeking further outsourcing of jobs at the Cadbury plant in Coolock in Dublin 17. [2084/16]

National Minimum Wage

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will receive a report from the Low Pay Commission following his request that it review the impact of the minimum wage on young persons and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2083/16]

National Internship Scheme Placements

Paul Murphy

8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of interns for whom he has provided placements under the JobBridge scheme since the scheme began; and how many of these were subsequently offered full-time employment in his Department. [2087/16]

Job Losses

Paul Murphy

32. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the announced job losses in the Cantrell and Cochrane bottling plant and the measures he will take to protect these jobs and others in the manufacturing sector. [2085/16]

Living Wage Implementation

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on recent media comments by the Minister for State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Gerald Nash TD, regarding the cost to the Exchequer if the State becomes a living wage employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2086/16]

Dublin Docklands Development Authority

Paul Murphy

453. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given the passing of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015, which provides for a 21-person forum of local stakeholders to preside over local matters in partnership with Dublin City Council, to detail the process and schedule by which the five local resident representatives will obtain their positions on the forum, given the response of the chief executive of Dublin City Council (details supplied) stating that a ministerial order is required to initiate the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2123/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Paul Murphy

237. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the tax reliefs available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme can still be availed of if the vehicle is used as a taxi, if restrictions apply, and if so, if he will outline them. [1362/16]