Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Teacher Training Provision

Brendan Griffin

161. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce measures to make it more affordable for student teachers to attend courses in Gaeltacht areas; the changes in supports over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40852/15]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Shane Ross

162. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 229 of 4 November 2015, her views that, 194 post primary level autistic spectrum disorder-specific special classes in total for the entire country indicates a chronic lack of places for autism students in mainstream secondary schools; her further views that her Department's policy allowing schools to undertake such classes subject to their own willingness is failing; if she will consider directing schools to set up autistic spectrum disorder specific special classes within all secondary schools, as required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40862/15]

Schools Extra Curricular Activities

Terence Flanagan

163. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40876/15]

School Transport Applications

David Stanton

164. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; if this is not possible, if she will consider the payment of a grant to assist with a payment to a private transport operator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40906/15]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Michael Creed

165. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to publish the revised guidelines on wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40789/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Pearse Doherty

166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties that have been successfully purchased by local authorities through the local authority mortgage-to-rent scheme, by local authority, in tabular form. [40848/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Pearse Doherty

167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have been successfully purchased through the mortgage-to-rent scheme, ABH and LAMTRs, since 1 July 2015, by county, in tabular form. [40849/15]

Noise Pollution

Brendan Griffin

168. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in relation to noise nuisance; if future legislation will take consideration of noises that are not necessarily loud, such as constant humming noises and vibrations; if there is a time frame for his plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40853/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Sean Conlan

169. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pre-2008 vehicles on which motor tax was paid in 2015 to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40871/15]

Motor Tax Yield

Sean Conlan

170. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected from motor tax for pre-2008 vehicles in 2015 to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40872/15]

Mortgage Arrears Rate

Barry Cowen

171. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allocations under the mortgage arrears resolution process in 2014 and 2015 to deal with local authority housing loan arrears, by local authority; if the process has been successful in reducing the level and growth of local authority loan arrears; the available measures of progress in this regard, such as figures on the level and growth rates of arrears in each local authority, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40884/15]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Barry Cowen

172. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the mortgage-to-rent scheme is successful, given that just 2.9 % approximately of mortgage holders in arrears have attempted to participate in it and only 3% of these, or 0.6% of all mortgage holders in arrears, have completed the scheme; if he is putting measures in place to increase these participation and completion rates; his plans to redesign the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40888/15]

Gas Exploration Licences

Terence Flanagan

173. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding extraction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40802/15]

Driver Licences Renewals

Willie Penrose

174. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take with the National Driver Licence Service to ensure an application for renewal of a driver licence is dealt with immediately, as it is being held up on the basis this person uses her maiden name, although she has used her maiden name since she first received a licence in 1974 and has never used her married name, and although she receives her pension payments without difficulty in her maiden name; if this matter will be dealt with without delay and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/15]

Rural Transport Programme Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

175. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40752/15]

Road Safety

Billy Timmins

176. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider installing speed cameras for the purpose of recording drivers who are within the speed limit and randomly selecting some for a monetary payment, similar to the system in place in Sweden (details supplied). [40887/15]

Gender Equality

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a proposal to erect a statue or memorial in O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, dedicated to the role of women in Ireland's struggle for independence in the interest of equality; given that currently there are seven memorials on the city's main thoroughfare, all dedicated to men; her further views that it is time to address this imbalance. [40760/15]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Clare Daly

178. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if hares captured by a coursing club (details supplied) were released back into the wild following the club's disqualification; and if this release was supervised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [40809/15]

Wildlife Conservation

Sean Fleming

179. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that while a national deer census is not practical a census of localised areas such as in national parks could be undertaken; that the Wild Deer Association of Ireland is the lead organisation representing those who work with deer and their management; that a member of the Irish Deer Management Forum had offered to provide resources and expertise to undertake a census of the sika and native red deer population in Killarney National Park in County Kerry, in advance of the proposed cull recently announced by her Department; her plans to accept the offer of assistance from the Wild Deer Association of Ireland before considering a cull of our last native red deer herd; if she and her advisers will hold an urgent meeting with the relevant experts to discuss the proposed cull; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40836/15]

Wildlife Conservation

Sean Fleming

180. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that research completed and published in 2012, with the support of her Department, outlining the findings of a four-year research programme by leading scientists that the red deer in Killarney National Park in County Kerry, our last native red deer herd, has been in continuous existence for over 6,000 years and that their number needed to be between 600 to 1,000 to be sustainable otherwise the herd’s health was at risk from diseases and weakening associated with in-breeding, and furthermore, in a recent statement her Department stated it believes that red deer in Killarney National Park currently number 550, despite confirming it had not undertaken a census of the herd’s population; that her Department plans to undertake a cull and, given the risks associated with a cull, the need to ensure the future survival of our native red deer, and that the number of native red deer is unknown; if her Department still plans to undertake a cull without completing a census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40837/15]