Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Wind Energy Generation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

599. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate how European Union policy is impacting on Ireland's offshore wind farm developments; if he is committed to the development of this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40560/15]

Heritage Council Funding

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding being provided for the Heritage Council in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39716/15]

Deer Culls

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

11. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her response to the proposed deer cull in Killarney National Park in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39503/15]

National Archives

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she proposes to introduce a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39501/15]

National Library

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

22. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of capital funding that will be required to refurbish the National Library; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39500/15]

Arts Plan

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

38. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39502/15]

Heritage Council Funding

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

39. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding being provided for the Heritage Council in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39504/15]

Private Residential Tenancies Board

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

196. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a landlord who has engaged with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied) but who has, to date, failed to achieve an outcome in circumstances where the tenant has refused to pay rent without any apparent reason, and where the landlord requires the house for own occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39896/15]

Alternative Energy Projects

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

197. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has proposals for local authorities to bring forward guidelines for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39898/15]

Homeless Accommodation Funding

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

198. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received a request for the reimbursement of costs incurred for meeting the needs of homeless persons in County Kildare; if this reimbursement will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39900/15]

National Roads Authority Projects

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

209. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for details of the M7 upgrade as recently announced by his Department; if the project will be fully integrated to include Osberstown interchange and Sallins bypass in County Kildare, as proposed by Kildare County Council; if the council will be allowed to proceed with notice to treat by March 2016, if there is a timeframe for the delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39897/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

71. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to bring forward legislation to facilitate greater participation by the national workforce in the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39686/15]

National Internship Scheme Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

99. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department is availing of the JobsBridge scheme; if so, the number of personnel recruited; the type of duties being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39682/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

100. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of applications received by his Department for recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force in 2015; the number of recruits who were offered membership; the reason others were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39684/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

101. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given the low levels of participation in the Reserve Defence Force, if he will instigate a national recruitment drive; if he will use national and social media in this campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39685/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

102. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the lands immediately contiguous to Magee Terrace in Kildare town, this area being separate from Magee Barracks lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39688/15]

Labour Activation Measures

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

181. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is availing of the JobBridge scheme; if so, the number of personnel recruited, and the type of duties being undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39683/15]

Disability Allowance Applications

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

165. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite approval of a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/15]

EU Culture Programme

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

610. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Ireland has not nominated two persons to the panel of judges for the European Capital of Culture designation. [39325/15]

Social Welfare Code

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

71. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an intensive means test will be carried out for a family (details supplied) in County Kildare, given their need for social support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38767/15]

Departmental Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

79. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a former credit union (details supplied) building now that a new Intreo office has been established there; if her Department has identified space within the building that is surplus to its requirements; if this space will be made available for the use of the local community; if her Department has, or will, engage in public consultation on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38828/15]

Pension Provisions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

132. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if there is any circumstances in which a retired member of the Defence Forces can have their pension reduced as a result of having being made an award for a deafness or injury claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38699/15]

White Paper on Defence

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

134. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in view of the White Paper commitment to establish a school of peace at the Curragh, the steps he will take to advance this project; if he has provided designated responsibility to identified personnel within his Department or in the Defence Forces; if he will outline a timescale for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38830/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

177. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for the development of services at Derrinturn Health Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38765/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

178. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's supports in place in County Kildare for families who have experienced multiple births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/15]

Income Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cohabitating couples and income thresholds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37805/15]

Military Neutrality

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

497. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence further to the reply to Questions Nos. 357 and 358 of 20 October 2015, if he will specifically and unambiguously confirm whether the triple lock mechanism and the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 prevent the Defence Forces from participating in phases two and three of the European Union naval force operation, Mediterranean (Operation Sophia), in the south central Mediterranean, which was approved by the European Council on 18 May 2015. [37855/15]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

499. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department received any communications from the Department of the Taoiseach relating to the Defence Forces providing security around ATMs in 2012 or 2013. [38375/15]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

500. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces received any requests to provide aid to the civil power in respect of providing security around ATMs in 2012 or 2013. [38376/15]

Wards of Court

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

504. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to implement the recommendations made by the Committee of Public Accounts relating to wards of court; if this will be done as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37683/15]

School Staff

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

963. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence regarding the appointment of an additional administrative deputy principal for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will engage directly with the board of management of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37772/15]

Irish Water Staff

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1051. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding security of employment for permanent staff of local authorities who were transferred under the Water Services Act to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37590/15]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1062. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the programme for social housing purchases in 2015; the number of units that have been purchased to date; the number that are expected to be purchased by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37773/15]

Traveller Accommodation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1081. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding sought and allocated to Kildare County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015, in respect of Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37972/15]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

10. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason for the increase, from August to September 2015, in the number of adult outpatients waiting longer than 18 months for an appointment in Naas General Hospital in County Kildare and in Tallaght Hospital in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36656/15]

Hospital Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

57. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the proposals being brought forward to upgrade facilities and improve services at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Athy in County Kildare. [36655/15]

Crime Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

204. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Kildare Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37015/15]

Crime Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

205. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Dublin South Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37016/15]

Crime Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

229. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Dublin south central Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37083/15]

Government Expenditure

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

61. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if new rules are coming into effect in 2016 regarding Supplementary Estimates for ministerial Vote groups; if supplementary estimates will no longer be allowed; and if so, the action that will be taken in the event of budget overruns, and the way they will be rectified. [36788/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

147. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a pupil (details supplied) in County Kildare who previously had the support of a special needs assistant, but which has since been withdrawn; if she will investigate the exact reasoning such support was withdrawn when the need for it remained; if she will provide reassurances on the timescale it will take to investigate this case and restore the necessary support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36724/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

354. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department requested Kildare County Council to delist any structures at the Magee Barracks site in Kildare town; if, in the event of the sale of this property, he will make arrangements for the retention and preservation of the historic gates and their allied boundary railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36535/15]

Naval Service Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

357. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if Ireland was one of the 21 European Union member states participating in phase one of the European Union Naval Force Operation – Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, established by the European Council on 18 May 2015, which reached its full operational capability on 27 July 2015. [36019/15]

Naval Service Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

358. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in the event of the European Union Naval Force Operation – Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, migrating to phase two and phase three, as authorised by the European Council on 18 May 2015, if Ireland will participate in either or both phases; if the consent of the coastal state concerned is obtained in the absence of a United Nations Security Council Resolution, or if Ireland will be prevented from participating in this operation by the triple lock policy or the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 20 of 2006). [36020/15]

Departmental Legal Cases

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

366. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of a case (details supplied) has been published. [36180/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the staffing structure his Department has in place to oversee and manage the Curragh Plains in County Kildare; the annual cost of such management; his plans to further improve the management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/15]

School Management

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

95. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the relationship that exists between her Department and the Department of Defence in relation to the operations of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will define the responsibilities in relation to maintenance and improvement works, as they relate to either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35854/15]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

145. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the policies, procedures and agreements in place in the event of rogue, unidentified, non-communicating, non-transcending or foreign military aircraft operating without diplomatic clearance entering Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/15]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

146. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the agreed respective roles of his Department, the Defence Forces, the Irish Aviation Authority and any other national or foreign agencies which have a defined and agreed role relating to the surveillance, security and defence of Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/15]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

147. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the agency ultimately responsible for co-ordinating the inter-agency effort to provide sovereign airspace security, including responsibility for civil and military de-confliction, in the event of an airspace incursion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/15]