Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Pensions Levy

Dara Calleary

45. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for reversing the public service pension reductions introduced during the economic crisis; the cost of restoring cuts on pensions up to €50,000 and full restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/16]

Ombudsman's Remit

Dara Calleary

48. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of remarks by the Ombudsman seeking greater power to investigate complaints against private sector providers of public services and public service providers not currently covered within his remit; his plans to expand the remit of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19748/16]

Public Sector Pay

Dara Calleary

51. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of ensuring full pay equality, including in respect of allowances for all public servants recruited post-2011 when compared with those employed pre-2011; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Dara Calleary

59. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will implement the remaining sections of the Lobbying Act 2015; his plans to give the Standards in Public Office Commission authority to investigate and to prosecute cases where lobbying legislation is not complied with and to levy fines for breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/16]

Data Protection

Dara Calleary

73. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative and operational context of briefings delivered by the Data Protection Commissioner to State organisations and local government which are serving to restrict information being given to public representatives who make representations on behalf of constituents, in view of the fact that permission has been given by the person; if she will acknowledge that this ruling is restricting the ability of public representatives to argue cases; and if she will arrange for copies of the briefing being delivered to be distributed to every Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [19246/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Dara Calleary

555. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that new applicants can avail of home help assistance and home care packages; the present funding arrangements for both schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19534/16]

Fiscal Policy

Dara Calleary

20. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his estimate for the fiscal space in 2017 and 2018; the factors which may cause this to change prior to budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/16]

Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration

Dara Calleary

28. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the implications of a transaction the State entered into in 2015 in respect of its holding in Allied Irish Banks on the application of the expenditure rule in 2016 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13027/16]

Visa Applications

Dara Calleary

64. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17638/16]

Voluntary Sector

Dara Calleary

210. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health to review the situation whereby members of the voluntary sector working in section 39 funded organisations who were subject to pay reductions are not getting their pay reinstated as other employees in the public sector are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/16]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Dara Calleary

29. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to introduce self-assessment for commercial rates, given the systemic inability of the Valuations Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13060/16]

Pension Provisions

Dara Calleary

70. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the pension to which a retired garda who served between 1966 and 1974 is entitled; the criteria for qualifying for a pension; the application procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16666/16]

School Transport Provision

Dara Calleary

164. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport service will be provided to a primary school (details supplied); if he will ensure that a scheme is put in place given the circumstances of the school and its enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16813/16]

Scheme to Support National Organisations

Dara Calleary

251. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why he refused SSNO funding to an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that it adhered to a Pobal request in 2014, and rolled out a national service; the appeal process in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17069/16]

Coastal Erosion

Dara Calleary

333. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the funding he sanctioned for coastal erosion works at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo, and the works that were to be carried out; to provide a breakdown of the works that have been carried out and the works that remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17191/16]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Dara Calleary

415. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health to outline all engagements between the Health Service Executive and an organisation (details supplied) since March 2008; if the HSE received a sum of money in May 2009 on behalf of the organisation via a second organisation; to confirm the sum as €300,000 and to outline, in tabular form, how that money was spent; why a memorandum of association was used instead of the agreed service level agreement; to outline any funding from within his Department or within the HSE paid to this organisation since 2008; if he is aware that this organisation has been declined funding under the Pobal SSNO scheme; and if he will agree that this organisation is delivering an essential service to the families of ill children. [17068/16]

Post Office Network

Dara Calleary

14. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to maintain the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16199/16]

Transfer of Entitlements Application

Dara Calleary

194. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a person (details supplied) with additional entitlements. [16327/16]

Drainage Schemes

Dara Calleary

374. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why the Office of Public Works will not engage in a clean-up of the River Deel, including the river bank, silt on the river bed and so on, given two major flooding incidents in Crossmolina, County Mayo in 2015 and the associated damage and considerable distress caused; if he will instruct the office to undertake this work as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15890/16]

Flood Prevention Measures

Dara Calleary

391. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in relation to the River Deel in County Mayo; its engagements with the Office of Public Works and Mayo County Council since November 2015 in relation to flood prevention; why it has prevented work on the river; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15891/16]