Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medical Card Applications

Clare Daly

861. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a series of matters relating to an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); when the application will be processed and the medical card issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Clare Daly

870. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that construction work on the proposed new 27 bed inpatient unit for acute mental health at Sligo University Hospital commenced in November 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the unit is to be completed before the end of 2019; if the increased costs for the construction of the proposed national children’s hospital will have an impact on the completion date for the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13806/19]

HIQA Investigations

Clare Daly

915. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has undertaken investigations specifically into the management of CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if not, if it plans to do so. [14054/19]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

980. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 12 March 2019, the breakdown of the employment figures including the number of full-time equivalents in the greyhound industry. [13590/19]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

981. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the standard of regulation in the greyhound industry here. [13591/19]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

985. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 475 and 481 of 12 March 2019, in which he claimed there were 5,058 full and part-time jobs in greyhound racing and that this employment creates €171 million in additional spending, if he will provide a source for and breakdown of these figures. [13693/19]

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Clare Daly

1114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the technology used in the new tests with regard to the new drug driving legislation tests for traces of CBD or just THC. [13710/19]

Sports Capital Programme

Clare Daly

1134. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a series of matters regarding a grant-in-aid to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/19]

Child Abuse Reports

Clare Daly

1154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent country report by the UN special rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children and, in particular, the multiple and wide-ranging criticisms of the fragmented nature of the approach by the Government to the issue of sexual violence against children, the lack of data and training and so on; and the urgent steps she will take to implement the recommendations of the report in full. [12743/19]

Residential Institutions

Clare Daly

1155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the meetings of the collaborative forum have been suspended; if so, the reason therefor; and when she will publish the report of the collaborative forum sent to her in December 2018. [12744/19]

Residential Institutions

Clare Daly

1156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to appoint a new chairperson to the collaborative forum to replace the previous chairman who resigned. [12745/19]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

1157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the comments made by the UN rapporteur regarding concerns over the limited scope of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12746/19]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Clare Daly

1180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 13 March 2019, if the cost on an annual basis of placing a child in private residential care is €312,000; and the proportion of this that is spent on caring for the child rather than on profits, dividends and so on. [13183/19]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

1193. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed in residential care abroad in each year since 2011, by country of placement. [13287/19]

Foster Care Data

Clare Daly

1198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children are ever placed in foster care abroad rather than locally; and if so, the number of children placed abroad in each year since 2011, by country of placement. [13349/19]

Adoption Data

Clare Daly

1199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children are ever placed by the Adoption Authority of Ireland in adoptive families abroad; and if so, the circumstances in which this occurs. [13350/19]

Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Clare Daly

1327. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for a back to work enterprise allowance for over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14095/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the accessibility of termination of pregnancy services including the availability of information materials in different languages and the accessibility of My Options for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the geographical accessibility of termination of pregnancy services; the locations in which ultrasound scanning is provided; if hospitals are operating catchment areas for the provision of termination of pregnancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11792/19]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to establish a family court reporting project akin to the childcare law reporting project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12595/19]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

166. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his plans for the establishment of a dedicated family court; and the reason for the delay in the project. [12596/19]

Restorative Justice

Clare Daly

167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the establishment of a pilot project of restorative justice in certain cases of sexual violence; and if not, the reason therefor. [12600/19]

Air Accident Investigations

Clare Daly

305. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the accident report into Rescue 116 has been delayed and the response issued now is identical to the response issued a year ago regarding this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12597/19]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Clare Daly

312. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 5 November 2019, if private providers are paid €6,000 per placement per week. [12444/19]

Child Care Law Reporting Project

Clare Daly

317. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the childcare law reporting project beyond its finishing date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/19]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

318. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 14 February 2019, the reason the Oberstown Children Detention Campus assault and injuries policy does not define assault and does not offer guidelines for leave allowances depending on severity of assault. [12598/19]

Free Travel Scheme

Clare Daly

330. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a list of all private bus companies (details supplied) that accept free travel passes will be provided. [12463/19]

Protected Disclosures

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the deliberations of the panel of barristers he has convened in respect of protected disclosures from current and former gardaí; and if he is satisfied with the manner in which protected disclosures are being handled by An Garda Síochána. [11955/19]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to comments by the chief medical officer of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if soldiers have been disciplined for falsely claiming to be sick from taking Lariam in view of those comments. [11543/19]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

51. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to comments by the chief medical officer of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if a complaint has been made to An Garda Síochána regarding outside groups encouraging soldiers to make fraudulent claims to be suffering side effects from Lariam in view of those comments. [11544/19]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of backdating claims for Army Rangers, chefs, accountants and recruits to the dates recommended by adjudicators in each case. [11879/19]

Human Rights

Clare Daly

69. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the UN guiding principles on human rights impact assessments for economic reform policies, which are being debated at the UN Human Rights Council; and his plans for rolling out such principles when adopted. [11948/19]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Clare Daly

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of an additional mobile X-ray scanner for the Revenue Commissioners; and the additional equipment that has been provided to the Revenue Commissioners' customs service in 2018 and to date in 2019. [11811/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart, Mr. Giovanni Tria. [11812/19]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

121. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 2 May 2018, if a copy of the actuarial tables referred to will be provided. [11539/19]

Office of the Ombudsman Staff

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the necessary funding for the recruitment of two additional assistant legal advisers at assistant principal, AP, level for the Office of the Ombudsman will be provided. [11816/19]

Commissions of Inquiry

Clare Daly

143. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Information Commissioner and Data Protection Commissioner have been consulted with regard to proposed legislation (details supplied) to seal records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Review Committee for 75 years; if so, the advice provided by each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11760/19]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the legislative proposals to establish a central funds office to provide for the audit of wards of court funds by the Comptroller and Auditor General have not been progressed in view of the commitment made in the Report and Financial Statements of the Office of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice for year ended 30 September 2009 (details supplied). [11646/19]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

183. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 24 October 2017, if he is satisfied that the court is responding to requests for summaries, specifically that it is the position that the committee of the person is entitled to seek a summary of the overall amount of funds in court in view of reports that persons seeking them are not being responded to. [11657/19]

Wards of Court

Clare Daly

184. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to remedy the situation that the wards of court system is in conflict with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the EU Convention on Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [11658/19]

Assisted Decision Making

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the full commissioning of the decision support service; and the achievements to date. [11659/19]

Prison Service Data

Clare Daly

193. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 15 January 2019, the number of Irish Sign Language interpreting hours provided to the Irish Prison Service in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [11732/19]

Garda Equipment

Clare Daly

197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda authorities regarding the issuing of body-worn cameras to An Garda Síochána; and if so, the amount of funding that will be provided for the issuing of body-worn cameras. [11814/19]

Legislative Programme

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956. [11815/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in line to proceed to a member of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal for consideration, namely, cases in which the documents necessary are available to allow a member of the tribunal to consider an application; the date on which and position in line of the next available case to be taken up by a member of the tribunal for consideration; and the date on which the specific application was first submitted by the applicant. [11974/19]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 95 to 97, inclusive, of 28 February 2019, the meaning of applications received but not actively pursued by the applicant, and the criteria that must be met in order for an applicant to be considered to be actively pursuing a case. [11975/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

273. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to relocate 33 persons from a home (details supplied); if those persons will be relocated together to a complex; if they will be dispersed to other locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11545/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

282. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of external consultants employed on a full-time basis by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI; and the levels within the organisation at which these consultants work. [11576/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

283. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the annual staff turnover in the NMBI since 2011; and the turnover rate at each level of the organisation. [11577/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

284. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed in the NMBI in each year since 2011; and the percentage of total staff represented by agency staff in the case of each year. [11578/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

285. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures lodged by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, staff being investigated. [11579/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

286. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of progress toward the publication of revised legislation in an area (details supplied). [11580/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the size and make-up of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, board since the publication of a report in 2015 (details supplied). [11581/19]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Clare Daly

288. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if emergency accommodation is provided by the HSE for nursing staff of St. Mary's Hospital in a building (details supplied); if so, the number of managers of the national ambulance service, NAS, who have used this accommodation facility in the past five years; the number of interns of the NAS who have used the facility in the past five years; if the attention of interns has been drawn to the fact that this facility is available; if not, the reason therefor; and the costs of using this facility [11582/19]

Ambulance Service Accommodation

Clare Daly

289. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a national ambulance service, NAS, paramedic intern used accommodation in a campsite due to the fact that the intern could not afford to rent accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11583/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

290. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason overtime for intermediate care operative, ICO, grades in the national ambulance service, NAS, in Limerick has been discontinued. [11584/19]

Ambulance Service

Clare Daly

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to private ambulances from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 in the Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/19]

Ambulance Service Staff

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant deterioration in bullying figures between the 2016 national ambulance service, NAS, survey and the survey carried out in 2018; and his further views on the levels of discrimination that have been highlighted in both surveys. [11586/19]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Clare Daly

387. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the granting of importation licences for medicinal cannabis and the sourcing of an adequate distribution company to ensure supply of medication to pharmacies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11950/19]

Greyhound Industry

Clare Daly

475. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate to continue funding the greyhound industry in view of the recent assessment by sports information services (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11540/19]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

488. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and killed at racecourses and point-to-point events here in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [11869/19]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

489. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if data on the death and injuries of greyhounds will be provided for the period from January to December 2018. [11870/19]

Rail Network Safety

Clare Daly

571. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update the Railway Safety Act 2005. [11813/19]

UN Conventions Ratification

Clare Daly

593. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the second optional protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child will be ratified; the reason Ireland is the only EU member state yet to ratify the convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11541/19]

Court Orders

Clare Daly

597. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person who has undergone a parental capacity assessment can be required to undergo a second one immediately or shortly after the first despite there being no issues of process or otherwise with the first one. [11862/19]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Clare Daly

598. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 5 March 2019, if the reason she did not seek a copy of the report in question was due to the fact that she was informed by Tusla that it was an internal management report; and the circumstances in which Tusla informed her of same. [11940/19]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Clare Daly

599. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 5 March 2019, when her attention was drawn to the fact that the report in question had been received by Tusla in May 2016. [11941/19]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Clare Daly

601. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 5 March 2019, if a copy of the minutes requested will be provided in view of the fact the investigation of matters pertaining to the midlands management review are no barrier to the minutes requested being provided. [11949/19]

Brexit Preparations

Clare Daly

612. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific arrangements made regarding children in care who are placed in residential and-or therapeutic facilities in the United Kingdom; and the impact on the arrangements in the event that the UK leaves the European Union. [12320/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Clare Daly

625. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on a report (details supplied) which identified the minimum funding necessary for centres as €121,016; the options being considered for volunteer groups that are underfunded and fall significantly below this amount; when a decision may be reached; and if the necessary funding will be granted. [12193/19]

Carer's Support Grant

Clare Daly

661. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the carer's support grant was increased from €1,700 to €2,000. [11817/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Clare Daly

704. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the reports of the discontinuance of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the reason this information was not put in the public domain; and his plans to enable persons who sought to benefit from it to gain access to the scheme. [11771/19]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to recognise and ensure the rights of seasonal migrant workers through employment legislation. [11077/19]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

29. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged in discussions to introduce an employment regulation order to ensure a minimum standard of pay and working conditions for seasonal workers in the agriculture sector. [8111/19]

Mortgage Book Sales

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if mortgage holders of a bank (details supplied) whose mortgages were sold to a company will be offered the option of the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/19]

Proposed Legislation

Clare Daly

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for legislation allowing prisoners to be repatriated to serve their sentences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11293/19]

Criminal Prosecutions Data

Clare Daly

104. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of purchasers of sexual services under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/19]

Criminal Prosecutions Data

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of sex workers, including brothel keeping, there has been under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/19]

Criminal Law Review

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be reviewed with a view to amending it in order to cease end of criminalisation of sex work. [11316/19]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the human resources section of Tusla has received a grievance submitted in November 2015 by an employee of Tusla which includes a complaint in regard to the performance of a person (details supplied) among other named national managers or former national managers in Tusla. [11376/19]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has received a grievance submitted in November 2016 by an employee of Tusla which includes a complaint in regard to the performance of a person (details supplied) amongst other national managers or former national managers in Tusla. [11402/19]

Abbey Theatre

Clare Daly

35. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the acquisition of a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the delivery of temporary accommodation at the existing site in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/19]

Abbey Theatre

Clare Daly

40. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the immediate problem of oversubscription at a school (details supplied) for the 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10681/19]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 27 February 2019, if a copy of the formal notification sent by his Department advising of its position in regard to the public sector transfer network to a pension scheme (details supplied) on 14 June 2018 will be provided. [10970/19]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Clare Daly

90. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 27 February 2019, if a formal notification advising of his position in regard to the public sector transfer network and a scheme (details supplied) was circulated to all members of the public sector transfer network in June 2018. [11082/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of developments to advance a project (details supplied). [11014/19]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if Pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical cancer. [10972/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours disability services in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/19]

National Car Test

Clare Daly

258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place regarding complaints made or raised by staff members that are responsible for the inspection of vehicles at NCT test centres when they have concerns in relation to the quality of inspections carried out. [10975/19]

Bus Services

Clare Daly

261. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 19 February 2019, when the extra services will be approved by the NTA in view of the significant delays to commuters. [10992/19]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

286. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation of contracted employees of a company (details supplied); and the assistance that can be provided. [10974/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Funding

Clare Daly

75. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funds made available for minor flood works and coastal protection have been drawn down by Fingal County Council to tackle coastal erosion at the Burrow, Portrane. [10571/19]

Departmental Funding

Clare Daly

81. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy regarding emergency funding for homes at immediate risk due to coastal erosion. [10572/19]

Foreign Policy

Clare Daly

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations will be made to the UK Government urging it to respect the judgment of the International Court of Justice in respect of the Chagos Islands, specifically that the UK bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago and return it to Mauritius to allow the return home of exiled Chagossians as rapidly as possible. [10807/19]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a report (details supplied). [10361/19]

School Curriculum

Clare Daly

199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the demotion of geography as a core junior certificate subject; and if the decision will be reversed. [10661/19]

School Curriculum

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the demotion of geography as a core junior certificate subject at a time when climate change is accelerating and posing an ever increasing threat to the future of human life on the planet could undermine efforts to curb global warming in addition to efforts to mitigate climate change here. [10662/19]

Prisoner Releases

Clare Daly

224. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if sex offenders are entitled to one third remission if they engage in an incentivised regime and otherwise fulfil the criteria for entitlement. [10385/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

283. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the CEO recruitment process in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he has been briefed on the departure of the previous interim CEO and the dismissal of their interim successor by the president of the board (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the ethical reasons that forced the interim successor into this situation. [10363/19]

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Clare Daly

284. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the appointment of the CEO of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland by the board without following a similar recruitment process to that followed when a person (details supplied) was appointed to the interim role; and the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland does not appear to have advised the public on its website as to the name of the current incumbent. [10364/19]