Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Child and Family Agency Data

Catherine Connolly

254. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a breakdown by county of the number of supervision orders applied for in the courts by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, since it was established in January 2014. [15298/16]

Special Areas of Conservation

Catherine Connolly

376. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the process relating to the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s ongoing examination of compensatory measures with regard to alternative special areas of conservation, particularly in relation to the Galway Harbour extension; the criteria, guidelines and directions that are in place in relation to this process; and the proposed locations of potential alternative designated special areas of conservation. [15074/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision on the construction of a boundary wall between a school and a residential area, given health and safety requirements and that the necessary documents, costings and revised costings have been submitted; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13970/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

464. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the position in relation to persons living in direct provision centres and who have residency, whereby a person is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without the assistance of Social Protection and rent allowance, a person is unable to source an address; the number of persons in this position in each of the direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12867/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

465. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to those persons living in direct provision centres, and who have residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

515. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to residents of direct provision centres who have residency, whereby a claimant is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without the assistance of Social Protection and rent allowance a claimant is unable to source an address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13530/16]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Catherine Connolly

516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to residents of direct provision centres, once they have achieved leave to remain status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 17 May 2016, the status of the 173 recommendations including if they have been implemented and the stage of implementation each recommendation is at in tabular form. [11656/16]

School Transport Availability

Catherine Connolly

194. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills why a school bus service is not available for a school (details supplied) with delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, status, given that over 28 of the pupils are travelling from a distance of not less than 3.2 km from their residence, they are all attending their nearest national school, the number includes the minimum number of ten children living in a distinct locality, thus meeting all the necessary criteria for a school bus service from Knocknacarra and Clybaun to the school, and yet Bus Éireann has confirmed that it cannot provide such a service unless directed by him to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11741/16]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Connolly

247. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funds provided to Galway City Council and Galway County Council for the construction and purchase of social housing; the funds returned and unused by each council, and the number of social houses built and purchased in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/16]

DEIS Scheme

Catherine Connolly

16. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills to immediately include a school (details supplied) under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme and in whatever interim arrangements are in place pending a decision on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/16]

DEIS Scheme

Catherine Connolly

25. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme; if he has decided to reinstate or replace it; the details of his decision given that almost seven years have passed since the scheme was temporarily suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/16]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Connolly

38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has implemented each of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10133/16]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Catherine Connolly

60. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no Reception and Integration Agency monthly report since September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10132/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Catherine Connolly

107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed school for Claregalway Educate Together in County Galway will be built on a site, given her previous confirmation that her Department acquired ten acres of land on this site to provide for educational purposes; and the status of this construction project. [9292/16]

Hospital Beds Data

Catherine Connolly

343. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 20 April 2016, the steps which will be taken to deal with the lack of beds in the intensive care unit in University College Hospital Galway. [8454/16]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Catherine Connolly

404. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the 24 acre site in Claregalway, County Galway, purchased by her Department for a joint school campus which has been earmarked for a new school for Claregalway Educate Together; and the status of the tender process for this proposed new Educate Together national school. [8408/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Connolly

347. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); the steps and resources he will put in place to avoid this ongoing situation in the cardiothoracic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Connolly

438. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 6 April 2016, when the tender report was submitted to her; when the assessment will be completed; and when construction on the new school will begin given that a builder has been chosen and the current circumstances (details supplied), given the state of the existing school and that almost 16 years has elapsed since the first planning application was made to the county council. [7666/16]

Illegal Dumping

Catherine Connolly

474. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation in relation to Galway County Council and the number of fines issued by it for illegal dumping, in particular for the period 2014 to 2015 when 746 fines were imposed but only approximately 38% of this number of fines were actually paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/16]