Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Central Statistics Office Staff

Clare Daly

92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the professional qualifications required of those seeking or occupying statistical positions on the management board of the Central Statistics Office, CSO. [20380/19]

Central Statistics Office Staff

Clare Daly

93. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the professional statistical qualifications required of statistical managers at Central Statistics Office, CSO, board level; and if he is satisfied that these requirements compare favourably nationally to other organisations such as the ESRI. [20381/19]

Central Statistics Office Staff

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the professional qualifications required of those seeking or occupying senior statistical positions at the Central Statistics Office, CSO. [20382/19]

Central Statistics Office Staff

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the way in which members of the audit committee of the Central Statistics Office, CSO, are chosen for the role; and if expertise in statistics is a prerequisite for membership. [20383/19]

Defence Forces Training

Clare Daly

102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been made available for a new electric target range at the Defence Forces Training Centre, the Curragh; if so, when this work will commence; and the estimated time for completion. [20682/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Clare Daly

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the United States Secretary of the Air Force, Ms Heather Wilson. [20683/19]

Heritage Sites

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has a facility to accept online bookings for admission fees to each heritage site under its remit. [20689/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Clare Daly

147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that prefabs will not be needed for a school (details supplied) and that the structural defects will be fixed before new school year in September 2019. [20397/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

148. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timescale for the delivery of a school (details supplied) which had a promised commencement of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20398/19]

School Management

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of 6,000 additional release days for teaching principals in primary schools. [20684/19]

Prison Accommodation

Clare Daly

194. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address prison overcrowding in view of the fact that the number of prisoners in prisons here has risen to 4,049 in April 2019 from 3,890 in April 2018. [20349/19]

Visa Applications

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes in visa requirements for transit passengers; the problems caused to some of these persons as a result of lack of clarity and contradictory requirements being furnished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20488/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Clare Daly

213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, is accepting applications from prison officers who have been injured as a result of a criminal assault at work due to a major backlog in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and his views on whether the PIAB is the appropriate venue to deal with compensation claims in cases of criminal assault. [20519/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Clare Daly

214. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State is accepting liability for assaults in view of a matter (details supplied). [20520/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Clare Daly

215. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the scheme of compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted, the general scheme and the scheme of compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted on prison officers under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal are being run together rather than separately, resulting in delays to the prison officers' scheme because of delays in the general scheme; and the steps he will take to address this. [20521/19]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

227. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an incident reported to An Garda Síochána (details supplied); the action he would recommend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20674/19]

Garda Deployment

Clare Daly

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda specialist protective services unit for the north Dublin Garda division will be effected. [20685/19]

Garda Recruitment

Clare Daly

230. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of recruiting three additional digital forensic specialists for the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. [20686/19]

Garda Transport Provision

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the 15 extra large Garda public order vans have been delivered to Garda divisions; and the divisions within Dublin that received one of the new vans. [20687/19]

Gambling Legislation

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline on the redrafted heads of the gambling control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20860/19]

Gambling Legislation

Clare Daly

239. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 as drafted threatens the closure of all land-based private members clubs here; if this is the planned intention of the provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20861/19]

Gambling Legislation

Clare Daly

240. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is planned that the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 will apply to online gaming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20862/19]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding

Clare Daly

248. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost in a full year if the budget for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement increased by 30%. [20690/19]

Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

273. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when work is expected to be completed in view of the fact that he previously indicated that he would give further consideration to the need for an inquiry into foetal valproate syndrome, and in view of the fact the valproate response team of the HSE has completed its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20327/19]

Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

274. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will meet a forum (details supplied) and respond to its request for an inquiry into accountability issues and compensation for those persons and families already affected by foetal valproate syndrome. [20328/19]

Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the length of time his attention has been drawn to the risks associated with the use of valproate in pregnancy; the actions taken to minimise these risks in particular prior to 2014 when the European Medicines Agency implemented its first series of risk reduction measures; and his views on the recent study published in a journal (details supplied). [20329/19]

Disabilities Assessments

Clare Daly

276. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised; and if there will be no delay in diagnosis and service provision [20330/19]

Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

277. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the prevalence of foetal valproate syndrome within the population here. [20331/19]

Clinical Trials

Clare Daly

278. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate here prior to its licensing in 1975; and if no clinical trials were conducted, the international clinical trial data used as the basis for its approval. [20332/19]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

281. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 April 2019, if he will amend his response that all protected disclosures received by his Department are given due attention in keeping with the policies and procedures of his Department in accordance with the Act in view of the fact that it has failed to make a decision in regard to whether or not to investigate at least one protected disclosure (details supplied) in its possession within the 21 days as laid out in its policy and procedures. [20348/19]

Veterinary Inspection Service Expenditure

Clare Daly

386. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost in a full year if five additional full-time senior superintending veterinary inspectors and 20 additional superintending veterinary inspectors were recruited. [20691/19]

Bus Services

Clare Daly

423. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a service (details supplied) that ran from Swords to Portrane between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. has been cancelled; when the service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20344/19]

Foster Care Policy

Clare Daly

446. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocol regarding religion in the case of children who are fostered and if the religion of the parent or parents of the child will be respected in all circumstances in view of reports that fostered children are being prepared for Holy Communion, Confirmation or both against the wishes of their parents. [20681/19]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

452. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is common practice for young boys and girls to be housed in small residential care houses of three or four beds together; if so, the safeguards put in place to protect them; and the number of such houses here. [20775/19]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

453. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla keeps a record of the number of teenage pregnancies that occur in girls who are in residential care; and if so, the number per year since 2011. [20776/19]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

454. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protocols in place when a girl in residential care becomes pregnant. [20777/19]

Social Insurance Yield

Clare Daly

483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount that would be generated if the higher rate of 10.75% PRSI was increased to 15% on the portion in which persons are earning in excess of €100,000. [20688/19]

Disability Allowance Applications

Clare Daly

486. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance and-or disability benefit was received from a person (details supplied) in March 2019; if so, when the application will be processed; when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20873/19]

Prison Accommodation Standards

Clare Daly

76. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the risk posed to Prison Service staff and vulnerable prisoners by prison overcrowding; and the steps he will take to ensure prisoners are not forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor in prisons as a consequence of overcrowding. [20227/19]

Work Permits Eligibility

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the regulations for permits for seasonal workers in the agrifood sector have been reviewed with a view to the influx of workers in summer 2019. [20307/19]

Health Services Provision

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over a year and a half for vital home therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20172/19]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if appointments for a department in a hospital (details supplied) are being cancelled at short notice due to the fact that this department is being used as an overflow for the accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20246/19]

Horse Racing Industry Funding

Clare Daly

147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the system of collection of the foal levy and allocation of the funding raised from it lacks transparency; and the steps he will take to address same. [20308/19]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

175. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop a strategy to phase out hare coursing here in view of the NPWS report that four hares died of injuries sustained at a fixture (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20185/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

13. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the crisis regarding a shortage of school places and ASD units for children with autism who are being denied access to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19253/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation he has had with trade unions representing special needs assistants before the roll-out of a pilot scheme to implement the recommendations of the review by the National Council for Special Education of the special needs assistant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19661/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to intervene under the provisions of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 to compel schools to make additional provision for the education of children with special needs. [19663/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for school accommodation in west Swords, County Dublin for the 2019/2020 school year; the location of the proposed temporary school; the number of classrooms that will be provided; and the progress that has been made to find a permanent site for a new school. [19252/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Clare Daly

42. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure children with special education requirements who are without a suitable placement for the next school year will be provided with a suitable place. [19662/19]

Foreign Naval Vessels

Clare Daly

61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which three Royal Navy vessels (details supplied) were authorised to conduct military exercises in Irish waters in the Dublin Fingal area on 16 April 2019; and the authorisation that was provided for same. [18686/19]