Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the arrangements for sovereign airspace security, including the respective roles of the different domestic and foreign agencies, are compatible with Article 15(6) of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/15]

Garda Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

190. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Kildare division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35697/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans for Magee Barracks in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34865/15]

Naval Service Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

4. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Naval Service Reserve underwent such a drastic drop of 76% in seagoing days between 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34866/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

7. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the Army Reserve. [34447/15]

Defence Forces Records

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

11. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces will play in supporting employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34449/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the sale of Magee Barracks in County Kildare.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/15]

Naval Service Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

24. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given the single force concept, his views regarding the way in which the Naval Service Reserve underwent such a drastic drop of 76% in sea-going days between 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/15]

Defence Forces Reorganisation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

27. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his views that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade in 2012 has had a negative social impact on rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34448/15]

Prescriptions Charges

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

536. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the changes applied to medical card holders for prescription items discriminates against single persons; that the cap of €25 per month applied to families should be reduced for single persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34431/15]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

166. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an overpayment of an unemployment benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/15]

Credit Union Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

283. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance when he expects that credit union services will be made available in Newbridge in County Kildare, given the thousands of persons who urgently require this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33325/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

347. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications to join the Reserve Defence Force, both Army and Naval Service, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of applications approved in each year; and the number of positions taken up in each year. [33394/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

348. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who left the Reserve Defence Force, both Army and Naval Service, in 2012, 2013, 2014, and to date in 2015. [33395/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

349. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of applications for Garda Síochána vetting made by the Defence Forces for prospective members of the Reserve Defence Force in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [33396/15]

Naval Service Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

350. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service reserve in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015. [33397/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

351. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the personnel strength of the Army reserve and the Naval Service reserve at the end of 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the latest available figure for 2015. [33398/15]

Beit Collection

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her efforts to ensure the paintings in the Beit collection remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32428/15]

Cultural Policy

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

7. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made in the development of Culture 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32193/15]

Wildlife Conservation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

12. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied that there are adequate provisions in place for the control of the deer population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32196/15]

Beit Collection

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

29. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her efforts to ensure that the paintings in the Beit collection remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/15]

Easter Rising Commemorations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

30. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a progress report on her Department’s contribution to the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32195/15]

Heritage Sites

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

33. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons she granted consent for a film production company (details supplied) to return to Sceilig Mhichíl for filming for the Star Wars franchise this month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32194/15]

Courts Staff

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding staff resources within the Courts Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32400/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

136. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that the imposition of PRSI charges on community employment scheme participants receiving more than €352 per week, constitutes an unfair and unreasonable burden on those with a number of dependants, particularly those in community employment projects; if she will support amendments to rectify this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30882/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

172. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a PRSI exemption for participants in community employment schemes who are in receipt of payments in excess of €352 and who are currently finding that there is no financial incentive to participate in such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30881/15]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

173. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide funding for a gratuity or lump sum payment to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who retire on age or other grounds in advance of the possible introduction of a pension scheme for such workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30885/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Appeals

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

242. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason, in view of the documentary evidence available, her Department has disqualified a one-parent family payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this case will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31586/15]

Pension Provisions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

410. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for a gratuity or lump sum payment to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who retire on age or other grounds in advance of the possible introduction of a pension scheme for such workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/15]

Pension Provisions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

411. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide funding for a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/15]

Health Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

959. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is suffering from increased pain on a daily basis and whose work is affected thereby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31257/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1241. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration she has given to extra second level accommodation at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has applied for additional second level accommodation; if this issue will be given priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31056/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

1293. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be returned immediately to a child (details supplied) in County Kildare given that SNA support was previously available and continues to be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31527/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

337. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces are relying on private sector general practitioners, who are outside of the control of the Defence Forces, for the completion of AF 14c forms, which must be obtained by members of the Reserve Defence Force to complete their Reserve Defence Force full-time training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29822/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

338. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Force who have been refused a medical by their general practitioner in order to complete their AF 14c form; the number of documented cases that exist where the reservists in question reported that they have had to pay for this medical themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29823/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

339. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans to put a mechanism in place to reimburse individual reservists who were forced to pay for their own medical due to the refusal by a general practitioner to conduct one to complete a AF 14c form under the conditions of agreement in operation by his Department and the Irish Medical Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/15]

Defence Forces Reserve

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

340. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of training hours lost, in terms of Reserve Defence Force members who did not attend Reserve Defence Force full-time training, as they had failed to have their AF 14c forms completed in the required time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29825/15]

National Emergency Plan Implementation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

341. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency coordination committee will take place; the number of meetings that have taken place in 2015 to date; the number he has chaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29875/15]

Defence Forces Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

342. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender break-down of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29876/15]

Defence Forces Reserve Strength

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

343. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender break-down of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29877/15]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

344. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29878/15]

Defence Forces Records

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have recruited in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29879/15]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form by county, a break-down of the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with in 2015 to date. [29880/15]

Crime Data

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

363. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to section 19(c) of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as inserted by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, the number of penalties that have been imposed in each year since 2010 relating to unauthorised developments on the Curragh Plains in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29697/15]

Health Services Provision

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

495. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the services being put in place for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29826/15]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

664. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve funding for additional works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [29868/15]

Fire Safety

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

731. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on problems in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that he met recently with residents at the same estate; when he will issue a determination in respect of State support for affected residents, if, given the consultants' report prepared for Kildare County Council, he considers that there is a need for other developments undertaken by the same construction company to be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/15]

Legal Advice

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

859. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there have been any recent cases of employment or equality litigation involving employees at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 7; her views on the employment environment in the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29696/15]

GLAS Applications

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

377. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is participating in the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme and who has applied for subsidies in respect of rare breeds, having come into the ownership of these cattle in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28438/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Administration

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

378. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who had an entitlement to a single payment reduced in 2013 as a result of a penalty, in circumstances where that year now becomes the reference year for the basic payment scheme, given that the penalty in the reference year should not be applied into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28439/15]