Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Scheme to Support National Organisations

Dara Calleary

193. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the 2019 to 2022 scheme to support national organisations; and the annual funding to this three year programme in tabular form. [43792/19]

Community Development Initiatives

Dara Calleary

194. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the findings emanating from the review of local community development committees; the actions he is considering arising from the review; if the review makes observations on the role of committees and the operation of the LEADER programme. [43799/19]

Community Development Initiatives

Dara Calleary

195. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the review of local community development committees that stated that the prevailing view, particularly from non-State respondents, that community interests are not adequately considered or represented at committee level suggests these mechanisms are not as effectively or as widely used as they should be (details supplied). [43800/19]

Teachers' Remuneration

Dara Calleary

184. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 2 July 2019, if the costing relating to the island teaching allowance and persons employed in education and training boards has been collated. [42953/19]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

197. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of a funding application from a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43136/19]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Dara Calleary

227. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of reinstating the pre-2012 pupil teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools following Budget 2020 changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43539/19]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

492. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband task force report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing following the third national stakeholder forum; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes set out in tabular form. [42989/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Dara Calleary

493. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the contract for the State intervention area will be awarded under the national broadband plan; and the approximate project build time from award of tender to construction and completion of all premises. [42992/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Dara Calleary

494. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of AMBER premises for the State intervention area under the national broadband plan; the number of BLUE premises to be covered by commercial operators; the number of LIGHT BLUE premises to be covered by county; the number of premises that have been connected under the plan for each such category by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/19]

Departmental Reports

Dara Calleary

526. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing following the third National Stakeholder Forum; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes set out in tabular form. [42988/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Dara Calleary

575. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend by his Department to date in 2019 including the capital carry over from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead including the capital carry over from 2018 provided for in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42986/19]

Departmental Reports

Dara Calleary

576. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing following the third National Stakeholder Forum; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes set out in tabular form. [42987/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

577. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons by Civil Service grade working in the regional telecommunications development unit of his Department, in tabular form; the role of the unit in his Department with regard to the national broadband plan; the progress to date on the provision of a map of blackspots in mobile phone coverage undertaken by the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Dara Calleary

578. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons by Civil Service grade working in the broadband office support unit of his Department, in tabular form. [42991/19]

LEADER Programmes Data

Dara Calleary

579. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the roll-out of the LEADER Programme 2014 to 2020; the expenditure incurred to date on the programme by administrative, amination and projects costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

584. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date by county; the number of applications granted funding to date by county; the funding approved for the scheme in 2019; the number and value of payments made to date in 2019 for approved projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/19]

Island Communities

Dara Calleary

655. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation made in each of the years 2016 to 2019 to the island scholarship scheme; and the budget 2020 allocation in tabular form. [42954/19]

Data Protection

Dara Calleary

658. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that interpretations of GDPR are inhibiting the work of some heritage centres nationally, particularly in the case of genealogy; and if advice will be provided on the implications of GDPR for genealogical research. [43112/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Dara Calleary

231. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device for diabetes will be added to the long-term illness scheme. [42832/19]

Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta

Dara Calleary

112. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to budget 2020 the current and capital allocation to An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta in 2020. [42454/19]

Budget 2020

Dara Calleary

239. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the Exchequer amount allocated between current and capital allocations in 2020 to schemes and programmes (details supplied) in his Department in tabular form. [42455/19]

Western Development Commission Funding

Dara Calleary

240. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the Exchequer amount allocated between current and capital expenditure in 2020 to the Western Development Commission in tabular form. [42456/19]

Budget 2020

Dara Calleary

241. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital allocation in 2020 to the implementation of strategies (details supplied) in tabular form. [42457/19]

Social Enterprise Sector

Dara Calleary

242. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the amount of dormant accounts funding allocated to social enterprises in 2020 for this funding stream. [42458/19]

Budget 2020

Dara Calleary

282. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to budget 2020 the current and capital funding allocations in 2020 for each item (details supplied) in tabular form. [42453/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood alleviation schemes in Ballina and Foxford, County Mayo in view of budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42191/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Dara Calleary

373. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) that has issued to parents regarding cover for a therapist; if the HSE response issued to this Deputy is to indicate that resources are not sufficient to provide cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41831/19]

Sport Ireland

Dara Calleary

538. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the membership of the National Trails Advisory Committee and the national trails office. [41647/19]

Sport Ireland Funding

Dara Calleary

539. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to the national trails office in each of the past five years. [41648/19]

Rural Recreation Promotion

Dara Calleary

540. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for the creation of new hiking trails here. [41649/19]

Rural Recreation Promotion

Dara Calleary

541. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding to the national trails office or similar bodies for the provision of bathroom and-or parking facilities in proximity to hiking trailheads will be provided. [41650/19]

Walks Scheme

Dara Calleary

586. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or agencies under its aegis have proactively identified possible walking trails for inclusion under its walks scheme. [41644/19]

Walks Scheme

Dara Calleary

587. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the general location and length of each walking trail included under the walks scheme in tabular form. [41645/19]

Walks Scheme

Dara Calleary

588. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department collaborates with the creation and maintenance of walking trails under the remit of his Department’s walks scheme. [41646/19]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

Dara Calleary

47. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when essential positions in therapy services in County Mayo will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41193/19]

Visa Agreements

Dara Calleary

24. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been a change in policy with regard to the working holiday visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

293. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the status of the nursing homes support scheme and national placement list for a person (details supplied). [40992/19]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

443. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of expenditure that a local authority must outlay on an approved project (details supplied) before allocated funding and interim payments can be drawn down from his Department; when this accounting rule was introduced for capital funded rural schemes; if it was via regulation or departmental circular; and the level of project expenditure carried out by a local authority balancing payments that can be drawn down from allocated funding for an approved project. [40929/19]

Local Government Fund

Dara Calleary

514. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount allocated to the Local Government Fund in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the composition of the fund by income from motor tax, income from the Exchequer and the local property tax in tabular form. [40930/19]

Community Development Projects Funding

Dara Calleary

525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if funding will be provided for an upgrade of the facilities. [40642/19]

Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments

Dara Calleary

351. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the occupational injury benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40368/19]

Water Supply

Dara Calleary

359. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40175/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Dara Calleary

229. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of work in relation to addressing the pension situation of community employment scheme supervisors; if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39569/19]

Crime Prevention

Dara Calleary

241. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the role his Department will have with respect to the newly established National Rural Safety Forum; and the funding that will be provided by his Department to the operating costs of the forum. [39710/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Dara Calleary

404. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 28 May 2019, to which the HSE failed to respond, when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect an appointment with early intervention services namely occupational therapy, psychology and speech and language therapy; the reason appointments for the child with these services has been delayed; if an appointment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39762/19]

Air Quality

Dara Calleary

470. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the delivery of a legally robust smoky coal ban which will improve air quality and was promised in early April 2019. [39600/19]

Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Dara Calleary

472. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil cén sciar den cheadúnas teilifíse a thugtar do RTÉ, do TG4 agus don Chiste Craolacháin faoi seach; cén bunús ar a ndéantar an t-airgead sin a roinnt; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [39706/19]

Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Dara Calleary

473. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil an bhfuil iarratas déanta ag TG4 ar mhéadú ar an maoiniú a fhaigheann siad ón Roinn don bhliain 2020; má tá, cad é an méid airgid atá iarrtha agus cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an iarratas; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [39707/19]

Broadcasting Sector

Dara Calleary

474. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital expenditure allocations to TG4 in each years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form [39708/19]