Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Insurance

Denise Mitchell

151. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposal in the programme for Government that employers' pay related social insurance will be cut in the event of the minimum wage rising for low income workers. [21577/16]

General Medical Services Scheme Administration

Denise Mitchell

41. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in the ongoing negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation on a new general medical services, GMS, contract; if the National Association of General Practitioners will be included in the ongoing negotiations for a new GMS contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20940/16]

Departmental Agencies

Denise Mitchell

96. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if his Department conducted or is in the process of conducting financial audits of section 38 and 39 funded agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20941/16]

Waste Management Regulations

Denise Mitchell

336. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a waste collection company (details provided) are currently cancelling current consumer contracts and placing a new yearly charge on consumers; and his views on these actions. [21129/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Data

Denise Mitchell

408. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection why the report on the impact of reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers aged 18 to 25 years of age has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21238/16]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance

Denise Mitchell

409. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the considerable drop in payments under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, formerly the community welfare officers budget; and if there has been a change in policy to initiate the drop in payments. [21271/16]

National Museum

Denise Mitchell

460. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for choosing the National Museum of Ireland for sittings of Seanad Éireann; and if the possible impact on educational programmes, is accounted for in this selection. [21337/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Denise Mitchell

274. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes she has made to the schemes applied by her Department whereby from August 2016 a group (details supplied) will not be able to accept infants under two years of age. [18916/16]

Local Government Fund

Denise Mitchell

27. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the Local Government Fund in 2017 as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer by local authority, in tabular form; if not, the funding deficit that each local authority will have to address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18505/16]

Ministerial Meetings

Denise Mitchell

48. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to report on his recent meeting with the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA; his position on the group's demands (details supplied); and if he will give LAMA a place on the Local Government Reform Committee. [18504/16]

Garda Strength

Denise Mitchell

67. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of Garda Síochána numbers in Ballymun and Santry stations by year for each of the years 2010 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18350/16]

Schools Building Projects

Denise Mitchell

141. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [18347/16]

Regeneration Projects

Denise Mitchell

165. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to compensate for the cessation of the Ballymun social regeneration fund in 2017. [18352/16]

Local Authority Expenditure

Denise Mitchell

211. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a breakdown of expenditure during the Ballymun regeneration programme. [18348/16]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Denise Mitchell

212. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the definition of anti-social behaviour for council tenants; and his plans to add domestic violence to that description in the future. [18349/16]

Road Safety

Denise Mitchell

527. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review traffic safety on Jamestown Road (details supplied). [18351/16]

Traffic Management

Denise Mitchell

528. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when plans for Finglas village traffic management will be included in the works programme. [18353/16]

Mental Health Services Staff

Denise Mitchell

62. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the provision of a full complement of suicide crisis assessment nurses, as recommended under A Vision for Change. [13719/16]

Mental Health Services Funding

Denise Mitchell

98. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the provision of a full complement of child and adolescent places, and child and adolescent mental health service teams for mental health, as recommended in A Vision for Change. [13718/16]

Driver Licences

Denise Mitchell

211. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure whereby a holder of a British driving licence can change to an Irish licence; and the documentation that is required (details supplied). [13903/16]

State Pensions

Denise Mitchell

184. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had pension credits ceased from September 2015 to January 2016. [11973/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Denise Mitchell

223. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) cannot draw down a Civil Service pension, having left the Civil Service in 2015. [11972/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Denise Mitchell

147. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school for a Gaelscoil (details supplied). [11302/16]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Denise Mitchell

222. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release funds for phase 2 insulation in Ballymun, Larkhill and Whitehall in County Dublin. [11299/16]

Housing Finance Agency

Denise Mitchell

229. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why funds are lent to Dublin City Council from the Housing Finance Agency for home loans but not for the building of units; and the last time a request from Dublin City Council was received for a loan from the Housing Finance Agency to build housing units. [11429/16]

Local Authority Services

Denise Mitchell

230. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will work with Dublin City Council to build a small-scale shopping centre, given the difficulties in finding a developer to build shopping facilities in Ballymun in County Dublin. [11430/16]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Denise Mitchell

276. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance is not allowed for victims of domestic violence who have had to leave their private home because of a crime on their person and if this can be changed. [11300/16]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Denise Mitchell

277. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of any social protection payment and as a result does not receive a medical card. [11304/16]

National Transport Authority Remit

Denise Mitchell

583. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to give a definitive answer on the bus rapid transit project as a number of important infrastructure projects along the Swords Road are being delayed on the basis that it is going ahead. [11303/16]

Driving Test

Denise Mitchell

1126. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rate for each individual section for the small public service vehicles driver licence test. [9775/16]

Driving Test Regulations

Denise Mitchell

1127. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if copies of the questions asked during the small public service vehicles driver licence test are allowed to be distributed to drivers after the test has been completed; and if not, the reason why. [9776/16]

National Internship Scheme Funding

Denise Mitchell

3. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the details of the funding, from the Government and the European Union, allocated to the JobBridge scheme, in tabular form. [9106/16]

Youth Guarantee

Denise Mitchell

4. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection for a progress report regarding the national implementation of the Youth Guarantee. [9107/16]

Youth Employment Initiative

Denise Mitchell

267. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has implemented the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union regulations and have them verified by a designated body, to a level acceptable to the European Commission, in order to draw down funding from the youth employment initiative; and if this has not been done, the reason why. [9101/16]

Youth Employment Initiative

Denise Mitchell

268. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has allocated under the youth employment initiative; and the funding drawn down to date. [9102/16]

Youth Employment Initiative

Denise Mitchell

269. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding drawn down from the allocation of funding under the European Union youth employment initiative, excluding the back to work enterprise allowance scheme, the JobBridge scheme, the JobsPlus incentive scheme, the Tús - work placement initiative, the Youthreach scheme, the social inclusion scheme, the activation programme and the momentum scheme. [9103/16]

Youth Employment Initiative

Denise Mitchell

270. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funds she will draw down from the European Union youth employment initiative in 2016. [9104/16]

Youth Employment Initiative

Denise Mitchell

271. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided from the European Union youth employment initiative for the back to work enterprise allowance, JobBridge, the JobsPlus incentive scheme, Tús - work placement initiative, Youthreach, the Social Inclusion and Activation Programme and Momentum, by scheme, in tabular form. [9105/16]