Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

396. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take to address an issue relating to persons (details supplied) and the Health Service Executive's suspension of their indemnity. [10093/15]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

397. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health this views regarding the reason the Health Service Executive refuses to operate stand-alone birth centres in the community under the home birth scheme, in view of the economic and best outcome advantages in low-risk births and the success of this model in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10094/15]

Home Help Service Provision

Clare Daly

443. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive home help jobs per year for each of the past four years; and the number of these jobs outsourced to private companies. [10481/15]

Home Help Service

Clare Daly

444. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the basis upon which the new home help contracts were implemented in 2014 without full consultation or agreement with the home helps; his views on the cuts in hours, banking of hours, elimination of overtime and the loss of 12 days' pay as a result of the lengthening of the time worked in lieu by an extra two weeks. [10482/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

448. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of the aircraft of the United States of America, Military Hercules EC130H, which made an emergency landing at Shannon on 28 February 2015, if this warplane had its transponder switched on at all times when in Irish and European control airspace; if it had permission to be in Irish airspace before it developed engine trouble; the weapons that were on board this aircraft in addition to its armament, non-kinetic energy waveforms; the personal weapons being carried by the crew and other passengers; the airport of origin of the flight and its planned destination, and if it was being accompanied by another military aircraft of the United States of America, possibly a C40. [10086/15]

Residential Institutions

Clare Daly

463. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is taking over a year to assign an applications adviser for the processing of Caranua cases (details supplied). [9887/15]

Local Authority Finances

Clare Daly

540. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a senior official from his Department (details supplied) met in County Sligo on 18 February 2015 with officials and elected members of Sligo County Council to discuss the council’s financial difficulties; the date his Department arranged the meeting; the number of days advance notice of the meeting that was provided to the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

547. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 3 March 2015, if he will address the fact, in view of rising property prices over the past two years, that maximum property values of €220,000 in the greater Dublin area, and €180,000 in the rest of the country, set for mortgage to rent schemes in June 2012, have now become outdated; and his views on raising the maximum property values to €300,000 and €250,000, respectively. [10486/15]

Local Authority Finances

Clare Daly

552. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the annual financial statement for 2013 presented by the chief executive officer of Sligo County Council to the elected members of the council in July 2014, which indicated that the council had a deficit of €1.9 million in its revenue budget in 2013; if it has been further drawn to his attention that the recently released report of the local government auditor states that the deficit in the revenue budget for 2013 was €6.31 million; if he will consider introducing legislation, or regulations, to ensure that annual financial statements issued by council chief executive officers reflect the actual financial position of a council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10563/15]

Energy Policy

Clare Daly

562. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources noting the New Scientist report in January 2015 on the dangers arising from 60 years of nuclear waste at Sellafield, the risks of explosions, serious pollution and risks to public health in Britain and Ireland; if he accepts that his proposed consideration of a nuclear power contribution to Irish energy is at best misguided and if he will instead provide the leadership necessary to utilise the expertise of the engineers in the Electricity Supply Board and elsewhere as may be necessary to prioritise the development of wave energy conversion, offshore wind, a renewable energy suitable grid and interconnectors to provide Ireland's energy needs, export renewable energy and provide jobs. [10558/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

566. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the Irish Aviation Authority know when aircraft such as the United States of America aircraft, Military Hercules EC130H, which made an emergency landing in Shannon on 28 February 2015, are in Irish airspace in view of the fact that the aircraft normally operate in secret. [10087/15]

Aer Lingus Sale

Clare Daly

569. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to protect the public interest in the face of the latest bid by the International Airlines Group. [4699/15]

Pensions Reform

Clare Daly

14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the power and independence of the Pensions Authority; and if she plans to make changes in this regard. [9212/15]

Labour Activation Measures

Clare Daly

32. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the way those who are required to take up a Gateway position end up financially worse off, through paying pay related social insurance and incurring costs in attending work, ensuring a substantial reduction in their family income; and her plans regarding same. [9211/15]

Boston College Archives

Clare Daly

230. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing pursuit of the Boston College tapes archive, which is against the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. [9630/15]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

10. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the impact of extending the number of areas from which the Pyrite Resolution Board can receive applications; if extra funding and staff have been made available as a result of this decision; and if he is satisfied that sufficient funding is in place to remediate the number of affected dwellings. [8864/15]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views in relation to the fact that, despite what was originally stated when the Pyrite Resolution Board was established, that properties with a BCA rating of 1, or 1 with progression, will not now be remediated under the scheme; and his further views on the matter, in view of the fact that it will result in the worst of all worlds, with persons stuck in the property without any prospect of being able to sell and move on; and the way he proposes to deal with this issue. [8865/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which she is satisfied that there is no religious discrimination in the admissions policy of national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8737/15]

Preschool Services

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a comprehensive preschool education system, linked and integrated to national schools here; the research that has been undertaken by her Department in relation to developing policy in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/15]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 12 February 2015, the different situations whereby referral to the High Court on a point of law, as outlined in that reply, could be taken. [9378/15]

Tax Yield

Clare Daly

185. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total annual amount paid, or expected to be paid, per year to the Irish Exchequer in taxation in respect of Ireland’s producing gas fields for the past three years; and the estimated revenue to the Exchequer, per year, for the next five years. [8731/15]

Public Sector Staff

Clare Daly

187. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will justify the fact that 110 staff in the Revenue Commissioners will be let go on 27 March 2015, despite the fact that they have successfully worked in that area for many months and that they will be replaced from an outside panel, necessitating extra training when there were persons in situ that were capable of doing that job. [8748/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance regarding mortgage-to-rent arrangements currently being dealt with by the financial institutions, if he will raise the valuation level from €220,000 to €300,000 as many families who were approved for this scheme have now found themselves ineligible as a result of rising house prices. [9390/15]

Property Registration Authority Administration

Clare Daly

303. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Property Registration Authority policy of non-representation and non-attendance in section 19 appeals of the Registration of Titles Act 1964; and if she will explain the way this is not at variance with its statutory role as set out in the Registration of Deed and Title Act 2006, Part 2. [9216/15]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Clare Daly

308. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet with Justice4All to discuss the proposed establishment of a criminal justice inspectorate in view of the unique knowledge Justice4All has regarding the shortcomings in the present system. [8799/15]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

466. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, in Dublin alone, there are approximately 9,000 children attending national schools who have been illegally discriminated against on religious grounds in seeking admission to these schools and, as a consequence, the parents of these children have in some cases been forced to adopt a religion, in which they do not believe, by getting their child baptised (details supplied); and her plans to address this issue. [8761/15]

Primary Online Database

Clare Daly

479. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider the requirements for collection and transfer of personal data under the pupil online database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8931/15]

School Patronage

Clare Daly

493. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) regarding a redress scheme that may be required for children and parents, who are suffering illegal religious discrimination in admissions policies in national schools in view of the fact, in Dublin alone, there is approximately 9,000 children attending national schools who have been illegally discriminated against on religious grounds; and if she will address the illegal religious discrimination in admission policies in national schools. [9085/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility

Clare Daly

580. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the conditions applied by the Housing Agency with regard to consideration for acquiring properties under the mortgage-to-rent scheme in association with voluntary housing bodies to a level of €300,000, to reflect increased property prices. [9389/15]

EU Directives

Clare Daly

586. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources recalling paragraph 2 of the European Union renewables directive, 2001/77/EC: paragraph 2 and with the likelihood that Ireland will produce carbon emissions in excess of its agreed targets, if a framework analysis of renewable energy deployments on the Donabate Peninsula will offer advantages. [8997/15]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.182 of 18 February 2015, if he will acknowledge there is no pay grade for assistant psychologists, as there is within the National Health Service in the United Kingdom; and if he will eliminate the practice of using these professionals in a voluntary capacity, and instead, replace it with a proper pay grade. [8548/15]

Constitutional Amendments

Clare Daly

33. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with terminations of pregnancy in cases of fatal foetal abnormality. [8043/15]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

49. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with persons, who were formally employed by the Health Service Executive, being involved in investigations into their practices. [8042/15]

Local Authority Offices

Clare Daly

178. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department's officials requested Sligo County Council to close any part of the motor tax service, or library service, in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8446/15]

Care Orders

Clare Daly

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on care orders; and the steps that are open to parents when they are dissatisfied with the manner in which Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has conducted matters. [7706/15]

Ombudsman for Children Remit

Clare Daly

165. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to extend the power of the Ombudsman for Children, including areas actively under consideration, and a timeframe for delivery, in view of the urgency, in relation to children in direct provision. [7707/15]

Financial Services Regulation

Clare Daly

232. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to assist those who invested their pension fund with a company (details supplied) and whose fund was misappropriated, leaving them without any retirement income, in view of the fact, that as a result of legislative change, neither the regulator nor any of the directors have been held accountable to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7887/15]

Equality Tribunal Cases

Clare Daly

267. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the manner in which the Equality Tribunal conducts itself and deals with cases that are brought to its attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7680/15]

Equality Tribunal Cases

Clare Daly

268. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget of the Equality Tribunal; the number of staff employed; and the number of cases dealt with in 2014. [7731/15]

Stardust Fire

Clare Daly

347. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Knox investigations into the Stardust tragedy; if she accepts that the information unearthed, which was previously not in the public domain indicates that a new investigation is needed to uncover the true facts of the Stardust fire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8214/15]

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings

Clare Daly

348. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 23 October 2014, in relation to gardaí suspended from duty in 2014, the types of activity for which they were suspended. [8243/15]

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings

Clare Daly

349. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 23 October 2014, if she will provide information in relation to the suspension of gardaí, broken down by rank for 2014; and if she will provide a synopsis of the category of complaint against them. [8244/15]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

Clare Daly

350. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of any meetings she had with the former chairman of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (details supplied) in the six months prior to the former chairman's departure, indicating whether these took place before or after the former chairman announced that he was resigning as chairman; if she received any correspondence from the former chairman on the matter of his resignation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8245/15]

Health Services Staff

Clare Daly

492. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the allegations of staff changes from nursing staff to care administrators at a group home (details supplied) in County Dublin, within the community for adults with intellectual disabilities, are true; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8249/15]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

499. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recognising the Armenian genocide of 1915, which resulted in the loss of life of almost one million persons. [7928/15]

Schools Administration

Clare Daly

521. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she understands her position, and that of her Department, to be the primary regulator of State-supported schools; in consequence of this position, if she would act, if she was presented with prima facie evidence that a school was in breach of its constitutional obligations, or if there was evidence that a school was in breach of its legal obligations. [7733/15]

Third Level Institutions

Clare Daly

527. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding the redevelopment of Clermont College, County Wicklow; and if a decision has been made regarding the redevelopment of the college. [7869/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

554. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take for parents in relation to their children being in the catchment area for a junior school in Malahide, County Dublin, but excluded from the catchment area in relation to national schools, from second class onwards, and from secondary education; and the further steps she will take to resolve this. [8162/15]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Clare Daly

580. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the outcome of the appeals process conducted by Pobal, following the exclusion of funding to over 20 disability organisations, under the new round of the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will reinstate funding to these organisations. [8058/15]

Postal Voting

Clare Daly

596. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement a voting system whereby persons who cannot access a polling station on voting day, as a result of the fact that they are either away or in hospital, would be provided a chance to have a postal vote. [8177/15]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

632. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the exemptions granted under section 6 (weapons and munitions designed for use in warfare), and section 7 (dangerous goods) of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order in each of the years between 2011 and 2014, in relation to civilian aircraft landing at Shannon Airport. [8246/15]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

633. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the companies that were granted exemptions under section 6 (weapons and munitions designed for use in warfare), and section 7 (dangerous goods) of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, for each of the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, in relation to civilian aircraft landing at Shannon Airport. [8247/15]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

634. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions that either he, or an authorised person, entered and inspected an aircraft at Shannon Airport, for the purpose of ensuring that the flight was not in breach of Articles 6 and 7 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, as provided for in the order. [8248/15]

Garda Corruption

Clare Daly

17. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the environment in An Garda Síochána is an appropriate one for whistleblowers; if she has formally discussed these matters in 2015 with the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7106/15]

Gas Exploration Revenue

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of revenue the Exchequer has received from the exploitation of national natural oil and gas reserves in each year for the past three years; and the estimate for revenue in this area in the current year and the next five years and beyond. [7422/15]

Airport Security

Clare Daly

11. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his views regarding the number of occasions, and the cost thereof, on which Defence Forces personnel have been involved in aid to the civil power duties at Shannon in 2015. [6887/15]

UN Missions

Clare Daly

22. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his views regarding the current status of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force mission in the Golan Heights; and if he is satisfied with the continued involvement of personnel of the Irish Defence Forces in this operation. [6886/15]

HSE Staff

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will explain the high level of use, across the public health and disability services, of early career psychologists, and the fact that such posts have no official pay grade or structure; his views that this is systemic exploitation; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7352/15]

International Relations

Clare Daly

191. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that two warplanes of the United States of America, a Hercules C130, number RU 3591, and a CC40, number 5835, were present at Shannon airport on 11 February 2015; if he will provide assurances that these planes were not carrying war materials to the Ukraine; the information on which he bases his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7269/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Clare Daly

196. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 27 January 2015, if she will report on any progress made with the Teachers Conciliation Council in order to address the anomaly of allowances granted to teachers who completed a further degree course during the school year 2011 to 2012. [7253/15]

Bord na gCon Administration

Clare Daly

148. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the recent loan of €250,000 granted by Bord na gCon to a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in view of reported debts on the part of both Bord na gCon and the company receiving the loan and reports of the company's inability to pay Bord na gCon's race entry fees; if he will provide details on the decision-making process as regards the granting of this loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6672/15]

Drugs in Sport

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 27 January 2015, if he is satisfied with the current standards of drug testing in the greyhound industry, in view of his comments that no confirmed cases of stanozolol have been reported in Bord na gCon samples to date, despite reported widespread use of this drug in the industry; if he will provide details on the process of testing for this drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6673/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

419. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 3 February 2015, if he will answer the question asked, which dealt with his responsibility with regard to the authorisation of the transit of foreign military personnel through Irish airspace or on civilian aircraft, in view of the fact that the transport of military personnel is not covered by the 1952 air navigation carriage of munitions of war, weapons and dangerous goods order. [7017/15]

Superannuation Schemes

Clare Daly

15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent and basis of his Department's involvement with the expert panel dealing with the IASS, including the initiative proposed on 2 December 2014 by the Secretary General of his Department and by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; and the subsequent action taken. [5857/15]

Social Welfare Code

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will repeal section 247B of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act of 16 January 2012, which precludes community employment scheme participants from receiving the widow's/widower's pension, in view of the Minister for Finance's declaration that austerity is over. [6406/15]

Employment Support Services

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the Gateway scheme in view of the fact that participants with children and other dependants, earning an extra €20 per week, are subject to income tax and pay-related social insurance, so that taking part in the scheme actually reduces their net income, when the end of the fuel allowance season is taken into account (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6476/15]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on speculation that consideration is being given to introducing a charge per item for holders of long-term illness cards, which will make it more difficult for persons to manage their condition effectively, costing more in the long run, as a result of the negative impact on their health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/15]

State Visits

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of Irish State, ministerial, Minister of State and any other official State visits which are planned to Israel and-or Palestine this year. [6372/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fundamental constitutional difference between schools in receipt of any State funding or public moneys and schools exclusively privately funded by parents according to their means in relation to religious discrimination in admissions to schools (details supplied). [6477/15]

Mining Industry

Clare Daly

256. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the direct revenue to the State from the exploitation of the nation's natural resources; and the expected revenue over the next ten years. [6479/15]

Disposal of Assets

Clare Daly

16. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to privatise further State assets in the remaining time in office of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5609/15]

Value for Money Reviews

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent value for money assessments his Department has scrutinised, in order to sanction the co-funding for the operational programme for fisheries and aquaculture, in view of the limited employment created by aquaculture, in comparison to the tourism and angling industries. [6247/15]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Clare Daly

75. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 15 January 2015, the specific services and-or data that were provided by the Marine Institute to Bord Iascaigh Mhara for the Galway Bay licence application; the services and-or data of these that were provided by the Marine Institute from in-house resources; the services and-or data of these that were provided from outside the Marine Institute; and the number of staff of the Marine Institute that were involved in providing scientific services and-or data to Bord Iascaigh Mhara in relation to this application. [6244/15]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Clare Daly

76. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 15 January 2015, if the delay in deciding on the application by the Marine Institute on the Galway Bay licence amounts to the recognition by him that this application is going nowhere; and that giant fish farms cannot succeed in Irish waters. [6245/15]

Value for Money Reviews

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the independent value for money assessments that have been commissioned by his Department to assess the previous and forthcoming operational programmes for fisheries and aquaculture. [6246/15]

Job Creation Data

Clare Daly

78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of jobs that will be created if he agrees to licence the proposed marine harvest fish farm at Shot Head, County Cork; and if the promised jobs are sufficient to justify the damage to the bay's environment from this proposed fish farm. [6248/15]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of reports that the Government of the United States of America is evaluating the question of military aid to Ukraine, the steps he will take to ensure that no military aircraft of the United States of America landing at Shannon Airport or overflying our airspace are transporting lethal or non-lethal military equipment to the Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6159/15]

Language Schools

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to deal with the lack of regulation in relation to agencies and persons that recruit students from outside the European Union for college courses here, particularly in relation to those dropping out of, or failing to turn up for, the courses, and the lack of any monitoring or check-up on their attendance, in conjunction with colleges and language schools in the State. [6158/15]

Arts Funding

Clare Daly

143. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding plans she may have to change the way arts funding is organised. [5460/15]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Clare Daly

145. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to change the approach her Department has made to the granting of licences to coursing clubs, in view of the growing concerns regarding the operation of these clubs. [5459/15]

Tax Credits

Clare Daly

226. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was told that their full tax credits would be restored, but subsequent to that, their credits were actually reduced, as was initially indicated. [5820/15]

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings

Clare Daly

337. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 23 September 2014, the reason the Garda Commissioner has not yet furnished the information sought; and if she will rectify the matter. [5667/15]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

408. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views regarding progress in the investigation at Áras Attracta; if he will confirm that none of the staff under investigation have recently been promoted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5645/15]

Hospital Services

Clare Daly

422. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if particular difficulties were experienced at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 on the weekend of 31 of January 2015, in view of the case of a person (details supplied). [5677/15]

HSE Investigations

Clare Daly

468. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of formally trained systems analysis investigators here; the date of completion of the first training in systems analysis here; and the number of systems analysis investigations reported to date. [6052/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

507. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she shares the views of her predecessor regarding the continuance of the national school system (details supplied). [5659/15]

Local Authority Rates

Clare Daly

583. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the most up-to-date compliance rates for payment of non-domestic water charges. [5830/15]

Industrial Relations

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the discussions she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in order to deal with the way pensioners can get access to the State's industrial relations machinery when their retirement income is being altered, an issue which she has acknowledged needs to be addressed. [4906/15]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on amending section 50 of the Pensions Act 1990, as amended by section 35 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012, in order to offer more protection to employees against reductions in their pension entitlements, in view of the growing number of cases like IASS and Tara Mines pensioners experiencing pension cuts when their former employers are not in financial difficulty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4905/15]

Mobility Allowance Review

Clare Daly

225. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a travel subsidy scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance scheme; when the new scheme will be put in place; his views on whether it is acceptable that a new scheme has yet to be put in place a full two years since the schemes were closed to new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5295/15]

School Enrolments

Clare Daly

245. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of Article 42.1 of the Constitution only allowing for parents to avail of exclusive religious schools where such schools are exclusively privately funded according to their means with no State funding, the reason her Department allows schools in receipt of State funding to exclude children on religious grounds. [5255/15]

School Accommodation Provision

Clare Daly

246. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the location occupied by a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, but which will be vacant in September this year, as a site which could be developed for special needs educational service education in the area. [5315/15]

Property Tax Exemptions

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to simplifying the criteria for the way a home owner can acquire an exemption to the local property tax as a result of having significant pyritic damage, a commitment which he gave during discussions on the Finance Bill 2014. [4698/15]

Tax Credits

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance his views regarding whether it is appropriate that the Revenue Commissioners would deduct the tax credits of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin because the person did not pay enough tax in 1998, despite the fact that they had got balancing statements for all of the subsequent years. [5057/15]

Penalty Points System Investigation

Clare Daly

141. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views following the latest Garda report revealing widespread continued breaches in the penalty point system, in view of the importance of the system operating correctly in the interests of road safety and the need for all drivers to have confidence in the system. [4332/15]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reject the International Airlines Group takeover bid for Aer Lingus, in the interests of maintaining the future of the airline, its jobs and key strategic role in providing connectivity with the rest of the world for business and tourism. [4333/15]

Public Transport Provision

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the six short listed schemes in the Fingal-north Dublin transport study appraisal report; and when there will be a long overdue high capacity light rail public transport solution serving the Swords-Dublin Airport-Dublin city corridor. [4335/15]

Air Navigation Orders

Clare Daly

156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is satisfied with existing arrangements between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the processing of exemptions for carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, and his plans to change the current system. [4331/15]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

158. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact his Department has had with Aer Lingus and the Shannon Airport Authority regarding the way different actuarial assumptions were used in both companies in their recent proposals for future pension provision; and his views regarding same. [4334/15]

Registration of Births

Clare Daly

205. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to IT difficulties being experienced in the Dublin office of the registrar of births; if these IT difficulties have resulted in difficulties for clients in obtaining certificates (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4785/15]