Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Postal Codes

Jim Daly

1886. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts her Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25874/16]

Postal Codes

Jim Daly

1935. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts her Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/16]

Postal Codes

Jim Daly

1955. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts his Department and agencies under its remit have made to use Eircode when communicating with households via An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25868/16]

Schools Administration

Jim Daly

185. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prescribed procedures that he has issued under section 28 of the Education Act 2008; and the number of appeals that have been opened and upheld under the remit of section 28. [23550/16]

Road Improvement Schemes

Jim Daly

91. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to ensure local and regional roads have adequate drainage installed before local authorities use departmental resources to overlay roads which simply get washed away again due to a lack of drainage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18457/16]

Courts Service Administration

Jim Daly

122. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm, noting her recent comments that no more district courthouses will be closed, if Skibbereen courthouse will now come under this heading and remain open, noting the recent decision of the High Court requiring the Courts Service to reconsider its decision approving the closure of Skibbereen courthouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22382/16]

Social Welfare Appeals

Jim Daly

433. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the departmental papers and the comments of the deciding officer have not been forwarded to an appeals officer for an appeal that was registered in March 2016 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22292/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Jim Daly

175. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will assist with arranging a response from a health care provider (details supplied) in County Cork, to correspondence submitted on 16 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21753/16]

Fishing Industry Development

Jim Daly

34. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on his Department’s efforts in terms of the development of the seafood industry and the wider marine sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/16]

Basic Payment Scheme

Jim Daly

59. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to encourage farmers to participate in the creation of walking trails by incorporating measures into the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/16]

Mortgage Interest Relief Application

Jim Daly

196. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering any changes to enhance the current mortgage interest relief scheme in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20732/16]

Rights of Way Registration

Jim Daly

52. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she has taken in recent times to encourage farmers to participate in the roll-out of walking trails and to ensure farmers are adequately protected from any claims for compensation from persons who traverse their land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18456/16]

Leader Programmes Data

Jim Daly

184. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she collates data relating to start-up businesses that receive Leader funding and the outcome of these ventures; the number of start-ups supported in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the number of these that are still actively trading; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20409/16]

Official Engagements

Jim Daly

3. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the American Vice President, Mr. Joe Biden, during his visit here in relation to progressing the proposed Cork to Boston Norwegian Air flight route. [19090/16]

Official Engagements

Jim Daly

4. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will make direct contact with the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, to stress the importance of the progression of the proposed Cork to Boston Norwegian Air flight route; and to ensure any political obstacles in the United States of America are adequately addressed. [19091/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Jim Daly

681. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how a parent can apply under the special needs assistant scheme in respect of a child in preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19136/16]

Social Welfare Schemes

Jim Daly

17. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider further rolling out the Gateway scheme in a non-compulsory capacity to offer placements to unemployed persons in schools, hospitals and other public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18703/16]

Labour Activation Measures

Jim Daly

37. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to discontinue the JobBridge scheme; if so, his further plans to put in place a replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/16]

Rights of Way Provision

Jim Daly

145. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to consider legislating to allow for local authorities to lease rights of way from landowners who wish to facilitate the establishment of walking trails traversing their land which would indemnify the landholders from claims of liability for personal injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18830/16]

Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements

Jim Daly

210. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the difficulties experienced by American citizens to legally drive here when visiting the country for a period of time to carry out business transactions; if he will consider a new approach to this issue for persons who hold a full American driving licence by facilitating a theory-only examination to issue an Irish licence noting the practical exam of driving a motor car has been awarded by the American authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18791/16]

School Accommodation

Jim Daly

15. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme of replacing prefabricated classrooms in primary schools with permanent structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/16]

Schools Mental Health Strategies

Jim Daly

44. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to consider developing and issuing a circular to primary schools in order to incorporate weekly discussions on the issue of mental health and well-being in the classroom; to encourage the roll-out of basic awareness strategies such as story-telling and question and answer sessions, to promote a positive sense of health and well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18217/16]

Insurance Industry

Jim Daly

88. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he had any communication with the insurance industry in relation to the exorbitant rates being quoted to insure young drivers; the steps he will take to assist with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18227/16]

Departmental Schemes

Jim Daly

360. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schemes her Department has rolled out in recent years; her plans to encourage and reward farmers to allow walking trails on their land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18369/16]

Rural Recreation Policy

Jim Daly

465. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the schemes his Department has rolled out in recent years; his plans to encourage and reward farmers to allow walking trails on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17973/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Jim Daly

86. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the waiting times involved when appealing a decision made under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994; his views on whether they are acceptable; the actions that can be taken to address them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17743/16]

Job Initiatives

Jim Daly

162. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if jobseekers who are referred to JobPath and also found to be eligible for the EmployAbility service, due to illness, injury, mental ill health or disability, are not best placed to determine whether the JobPath programme is able to provide the additional supports they need, and that if the jobseekers perceive a need for both services or one service over another, then the jobseekers' needs and wishes will govern the referral process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17656/16]

Arts Funding

Jim Daly

207. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the avenues available to a long established voluntary community musical organisation (details supplied) to apply for funding to ensure their continued existence into the future to continue their service to the public and the next generations of youth who wish to join the organisation. [17850/16]

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Jim Daly

283. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the Inland Fisheries Ireland organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17672/16]

Tax Collection

Jim Daly

108. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that statistics on the amount of interest foregone on foot of the primary charge to tax being written out are not maintained or available from the Revenue Commissioners. [17556/16]

Coras Iompair Éireann

Jim Daly

272. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange for a response to be issued from Córas Iompair Éireann to a query submitted to its agency (details supplied). [17559/16]

Property Tax

Jim Daly

85. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance to clarify an issue (details supplied) on the late payment of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16284/16]

Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity

Jim Daly

86. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Finance the discretion afforded by law to the Revenue Commissioners to forgo the collection of interest charges applied to persons who make a late tax return of less than one year due to illness and who are certified by a medical report as being incapacitated at the time, noting the person has discharged all sums due; the amount of interest charges the Revenue Commissioners waived in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16291/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Jim Daly

92. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16140/16]

JobPath Implementation

Jim Daly

134. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of expertise and experience in the JobPath programme that will enable payment-by-results providers to identify issues around illness, injury, mental ill health or disability that might require additional support of the kind traditionally provided by EmployAbility Services nationwide for jobseekers; the level of provision in the programme to address the additional supports required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/16]

JobPath Implementation

Jim Daly

135. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the protocol in place and how he will operate referrals from JobPath to the EmployAbility Services where it transpires that a recipient under the jobseeker's allowance scheme and the JobPath scheme requires additional supports that are not available under the latter but are available under the EmployAbility Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16283/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Jim Daly

331. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has had a sufficient input into the development of the strategy to deal with the housing crisis since 2011 to date. [15997/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Jim Daly

260. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the resources his Department has assigned for each of the past five years to assisting with developing a strategy to ensure the country has an adequate supply of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14707/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Jim Daly

168. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14090/16]

Employment Support Services

Jim Daly

206. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's allowance or otherwise who are eligible for supported employment due to illness, injury, mental ill health or disability will not be denied access to the additional client-centred specialist support they need, via employability services, while working with payment-by-results JobPath providers, Turas Nua or Seetec, given that the majority of clients utilising supported employment in west Cork are not in receipt of payment under disability allowance or the invalidity allowance scheme and given the growing trend for referrals due to mental ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/16]

Proposed Legislation

Jim Daly

275. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to amend the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to allow for decriminalising of fishermen who inadvertently commit minor offences under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14096/16]

Schools Mental Health Strategies

Jim Daly

102. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to develop and issue a circular to primary schools in order to incorporate weekly discussions on the issue of mental health and well-being in the classroom; to encourage the roll-out of basic awareness strategies such as story-telling and question and answer sessions to promote a positive sense of health and well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13996/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Jim Daly

206. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the basic farm payment scheme for each of the years 2013 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13995/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Jim Daly

375. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the input, role or interaction he has had with State agencies and Departments in regard to resolving the homeless crisis, assisting homeless persons and assisting with proposals and funding to ensure an adequate supply of social housing is available to qualified applicants for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12910/16]

Mental Health Services Funding

Jim Daly

521. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the grants available to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Jim Daly

740. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Health the grants available to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13507/16]

TAMS Applications

Jim Daly

780. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12726/16]

TAMS Eligibility

Jim Daly

781. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include the construction of an underground cattle pass under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12730/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Jim Daly

89. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will issue a decision on an application for additional accommodation by a primary school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12302/16]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

Jim Daly

84. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the requirement of Garda Síochána vetting for community responders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11625/16]