Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Dental Services Provision

Josepha Madigan

206. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Health why the Dublin Dental University Hospital is no longer offering primary care to persons under 16 years of age; if this decision will be changed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21579/16]

Visa Applications

Josepha Madigan

142. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the visa application of a person (details supplied) will be processed and the person advised of the outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20555/16]

Household Benefits Scheme

Josepha Madigan

391. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to restore the telephone allowance to pensioners and if so, in what time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20853/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Josepha Madigan

37. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite the building and planning issues that have arisen for a school (details supplied); and if the school can be built earlier than 2018. [17915/16]

Suicide Prevention

Josepha Madigan

373. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Health to consider setting up a suicide prevention authority; to consider the draft Bill to establish a suicide prevention authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/16]

Sex Offenders Notification Requirements

Josepha Madigan

67. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Sex Offenders Act 2001 empowers the authorities to place restrictions on sex offenders, who have committed sex assaults against children, living in proximity to or overlooking playgrounds; if there are guidelines on these issues for the attention of the relevant authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17662/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Josepha Madigan

117. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a scheme whereby a person who is 21 years of age, whose application is pending for refugee status, can attend college here and receive a grant for the purposes of attending college, if so, the body from which a grant may be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/16]

Organised Crime

Josepha Madigan

32. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 is a potentially useful tool in the fight against crime across the European Union; if the Garda Commissioner can request another European Union state to set up a specialist joint investigation team to investigate criminal enterprises that take place here but are co-ordinated in another European Union state; if she will discuss this power with the Garda Commissioner so that the use of this Act can be urgently considered to tackle crime that is co-ordinated by Irish criminal gangs living in other European Union states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17137/16]

Legislative Programme

Josepha Madigan

63. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill, given the benefits of mediation as an alternative to court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17136/16]

Employment Rights

Josepha Madigan

277. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will urgently consider a legislative framework for au pairs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17543/16]

Visa Applications

Josepha Madigan

47. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when visitor visa applications will be processed and granted to persons (details supplied). [16408/16]

Garda Deployment

Josepha Madigan

120. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if 68 members of An Garda Síochána are attached to Dundrum Garda station; if 11 are on temporary transfer; if this is a decrease from 86 in February 2016 and 139 in 2009; and when she will review and increase Garda numbers in Dundrum, County Dublin. [14035/16]

Garda Stations

Josepha Madigan

107. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will commence the review of the dispersal of Garda stations; who will conduct it and make the decision; the criteria it will use in determining which six stations will be opened; how long it will take and when will it make a decision; how soon after the review she will open the six Garda stations; and how long the pilot project will last. [12532/16]

Direct Provision System

Josepha Madigan

179. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers are in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; the amount it costs per annum to keep a person in direct provision; if she has considered allowing asylum seekers to work, pending a decision; her plans to implement the recommendations of the McMahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12764/16]

Garda Investigations

Josepha Madigan

207. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to address repeated concerns (details supplied) in the O'Higgins report regarding proper investigation by An Garda Síochána; and if these areas have been examined and improved. [12939/16]

Departmental Functions

Josepha Madigan

66. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Taoiseach to consider reinstating the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and bring together all environmental functions, nature and wildlife, water protection, waste and pollution control under one Department of the Environment, Climate and Natural Heritage. [12219/16]

Energy Efficiency

Josepha Madigan

188. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to consider installing solar panels in schools as a form of energy for heating and water and as a potential cost saving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11693/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Josepha Madigan

70. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if and when he will examine pay equalisation for teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/16]

Company Law

Josepha Madigan

214. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to amend section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to extend the deadline to use the modified US generally accepted accounting principles by three years; the time frame he envisages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11069/16]

Property Tax Administration

Josepha Madigan

57. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance when he will review and implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report and in particular recommendation 4; the time frame he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/16]

Social Welfare Schemes

Josepha Madigan

121. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Social Protection when he will review the disability benefit scheme. [10864/16]

Legislative Programme

Josepha Madigan

115. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to prioritise the passage of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/16]

Legislative Programme

Josepha Madigan

118. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will review the proposals contained in the Brighter Evenings Bill 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9958/16]

Legislative Programme

Josepha Madigan

126. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the mediation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10218/16]

Legislative Programme

Josepha Madigan

139. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015. [10491/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Josepha Madigan

64. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Health when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will commence; the funding he has allocated for the Decision Support Service in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8628/16]

Legislative Measures

Josepha Madigan

187. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will commence; the funding she has allocated for the decision support service in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8629/16]

Legislative Measures

Josepha Madigan

215. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when, further to the signing into law of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, the Act will commence; the impediments that prevent commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/16]

Property Tax

Josepha Madigan

115. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance further to his recommendation to freeze the evaluation of property tax until November 2019, his plans to implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report, with particular reference to recommendations Nos. 3, 4 and 9; his timeframe for implementing such recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/16]