Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Wind Energy Guidelines

Helen McEntee

25. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the revised wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/15]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Helen McEntee

125. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will develop a nationwide scheme for equal access for children with special needs to the early childhood care and education scheme, which provides a free year of childhood care and education for children of preschool age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7737/15]

Property Tax Exemptions

Helen McEntee

218. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the criteria for those seeking an exemption from the property tax due to pyrite in their homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5727/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Helen McEntee

560. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised guidelines for wind energy will be published; and if they will apply to projects that have prior applications submitted. [3893/15]

Health Screening Programmes

Helen McEntee

555. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Health his views on extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include under 25 year olds; if the scheme will be extended on the basis that should a person under 25 years decide they require a smear test, based on family history, if they will then be included; the amount it would it cost to include under 25 year olds in this programme; if he will provide the figures for the number of women under 25 years of age who die from cervical cancer each year. [49601/14]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Helen McEntee

453. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage target figure for renewable energy for the State for 2020. [46754/14]

Water Charges Administration

Helen McEntee

548. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position in the event of a landlord having to deduct water charges from a tenant’s deposit if a tenant refuses to or cannot pay the water charge along with deducting money due to damage of the property, and if both deductions exceed the total deposit initially provided the way the landlord will recoup all that is owed. [46234/14]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Helen McEntee

224. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that existing wind farm project applications that have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála where no decision has been made will have to adhere to the new wind energy guidelines when they are published; and the date when the revised guidelines will be published. [43595/14]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Helen McEntee

39. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the revised wind energy guidelines to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34300/14]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Helen McEntee

519. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects funding towards housing needs and repairs will be released to Meath County Council as there are a large number of properties across the county lying vacant and funding is required to ensure they are fully habitable for new tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29441/14]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Helen McEntee

338. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any planning application lodged under the current wind energy guidelines will be subject to new guidelines should they be published before the application has been approved or denied (details supplied). [28398/14]

School Textbooks Rental Scheme

Helen McEntee

38. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of schools that are already operating a book rental scheme (details supplied), if such schools will be given some financial support to maintain their schemes; if he will reconsider his decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23284/14]

Road Network

Helen McEntee

971. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department received proposals from Meath County Council over the past ten years to construct a bridge over the River Blackwater in Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/14]

Departmental Bodies Establishment

Helen McEntee

343. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the pension charges working group, set up to initiate actions that followed up on the report on pension charges will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19011/14]

School Textbooks Rental Scheme

Helen McEntee

273. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will be included in the book rental scheme grant, in view of the fact that the parents and the school provided funding for a book rental scheme which has impacted greatly on the schools financial resources; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7932/14]

Traffic Management

Helen McEntee

12. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the traffic statistics for Slane, County Meath, during the recent toll holiday; the increase or decrease in the number of HGVs travelling through the village during the toll holiday period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54139/13]

Irish Language Issues

Helen McEntee

123. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by his Department to progress the recognition of Irish Sign Language as an official language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53258/13]

Youth Services Funding

Helen McEntee

124. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that it saves his Department thousands of euro every year through the services it provides and by keeping people out of jail or juvenile facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53259/13]

Renewable Energy Generation Issues

Helen McEntee

88. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Irish Planning Institute's claim that the renewable export framework is premature without an overall national energy plan and the completion of a national landscape strategy, which is required in response to Ireland’s ratification of the European landscape convention in 2002. [51991/13]

Fire Safety

Helen McEntee

105. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government following the evacuation of apartments in Navan due to fire safety issues, and in view of the fact that there have been other similar incidents in recent months, the measures being taken to ensure that other apartment blocks are inspected with regard to fire safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51992/13]