Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

International Terrorism

Thomas Byrne

269. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her discussions with European and international colleagues about the protection of Irish citizens from terrorism attacks. [7007/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Thomas Byrne

511. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an operation in Our Lady's Hospital Navan in County Meath. [6783/16]

Passport Applications Data

Thomas Byrne

637. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting time for a properly completed passport express application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7005/16]

Passport Applications Data

Thomas Byrne

638. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to expedite passport applications, given the anticipated summer rush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7006/16]

Summer Works Scheme Administration

Thomas Byrne

719. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills when she will announce the summer works scheme for 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7008/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Thomas Byrne

809. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses delivered, not including housing assistance payment or rent allowance, in each of the first three months of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Thomas Byrne

810. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of individual housing assistance payment cases approved for County Meath in each of the months since the scheme was opened in County Meath. [7112/16]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Byrne

811. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the current stage regarding the provision of guidelines on wind turbines; if the reason for delay of the provision is a case of a policy decision; if not, whether further background work is to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7113/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Applications

Thomas Byrne

23. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why an application by a person (details supplied) in County Meath under the jobseeker's allowance scheme was unsuccessful. [5533/16]

State Pensions

Thomas Byrne

102. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for a State pension by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5988/16]

Water Conservation Grant Applications

Thomas Byrne

108. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a water conservation grant. [6061/16]

Carer's Allowance Appeals

Thomas Byrne

113. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application under the carer's allowance appeal scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6105/16]

Property Tax Exemptions

Thomas Byrne

133. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) will receive the property tax exemption due to pyrite heave. [6041/16]

Property Tax Exemptions

Thomas Byrne

143. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the status of an exemption from property tax for pyrite, including the changes proposed in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5698/16]

Employment Rights

Thomas Byrne

227. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the deduction from pay that can be made from the wages of an au pair who receives accommodation and full board as part of the employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5713/16]

Employment Rights

Thomas Byrne

228. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to regulate the employment of au pairs; if normal employment legislation applies to au pairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5714/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Thomas Byrne

248. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive payment under the basic payment scheme and other farm supports. [5352/16]

Child Maintenance Payments

Thomas Byrne

380. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a case of recovery abroad of maintenance for a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6071/16]

Hospital Appointments Status

Thomas Byrne

442. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a date for an appointment for surgery in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11, for a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5498/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility

Thomas Byrne

734. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who is in receipt of rent supplement can transfer to the housing assistance payment scheme in the same property, particularly if this will satisfy a landlord and prevent eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5881/16]

Planning Issues

Thomas Byrne

758. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning guidelines in place at national level in respect of the development of solar panel farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5700/16]

Energy Policy

Thomas Byrne

787. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the national policies in place with respect to solar panel farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/16]

Garda Deployment

Thomas Byrne

250. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to ensure a full-time Garda Síochána presence in the Duleek and Donore areas of County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4992/16]

Garda Station Closures

Thomas Byrne

251. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline when the merger of the Ashbourne Garda Síochána district and the east Meath Garda Síochána district of the Meath division will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4993/16]

Garda Deployment

Thomas Byrne

252. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the criteria which the Garda Síochána Commissioner uses in allocating gardaí; the reason the number of gardaí in the Ashbourne Garda district of the Meath division is relatively low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4994/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Thomas Byrne

253. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the progress of an application made for closed circuit television in the east Meath towns of Duleek and Donore; when funding will be provided for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4995/16]

Medical Products

Thomas Byrne

288. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an assessment for a device; and, if necessary, when the person will be provided with the device. [4750/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Thomas Byrne

458. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status the progression of a school building and site purchase in County Meath (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4967/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Thomas Byrne

467. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether Gormanston College in County Meath has sufficient space to accommodate children from September 2016; if not, her plans to resolve this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4983/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts

Thomas Byrne

468. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if retired special needs assistants who have reached mandatory retirement age can be re-employed as special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4984/16]

Housing Provision

Thomas Byrne

518. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will grant approval for a project of 40 houses at Kells in County Meath to go to tender given that all information was provided by Meath County Council in early February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/16]

Public Transport Provision

Thomas Byrne

574. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has not engaged a public consultation regarding the major timetable changes in the Ashbourne and Ratoath areas of County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4986/16]

Public Transport Provision

Thomas Byrne

575. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to eliminate the 105 Dublin city centre bus route from Ratoath, County Meath; his proposals to reverse this cutback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4987/16]

Road Projects Status

Thomas Byrne

576. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Slane bypass including his plans to progress same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4988/16]

Heritage Sites

Thomas Byrne

596. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the results of recent pre-election consultations regarding planning permission for one-off houses in the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site area; if she will permit changes in the rules concerning these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4979/16]

Heritage Sites

Thomas Byrne

597. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she recently held concerning planning permissions for one-off housing in the Brú na Bóinne area; the names of the persons who attended these meetings; the commitments, if any, which were given; the new rules which are proposed in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4980/16]

Heritage Sites

Thomas Byrne

598. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to instruct the Louth and Meath county managers on planning applications in the Brú na Bóinne area. [4981/16]

Heritage Sites

Thomas Byrne

599. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the instructions she has given to the Louth and Meath County Managers in relation to the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site [4982/16]