Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Timmy Dooley

492. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies or organisations that are scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's vote of expenditure or the group of votes of expenditure connected with his Department in 2018 for the provision of services, by the body or the organisation concerned; the amount involved in each case; if there is a signed service level agreement in place in respect of the services to be carried out by these bodies or organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3320/18]

Air Quality

Timmy Dooley

493. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location and operational status of each air quality monitoring station. [3322/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Timmy Dooley

494. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken to ensure that commercial operators follow through on their commitments to deliver high speed broadband services to areas marked in blue and light blue on the high speed broadband map; the deadline within which such works must be completed by commercial operators; the estimated completion dates for each blue and light blue area in each county, in tabular form; if there is a provision for redesignation of these areas as State intervention areas if the services are not delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3323/18]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Timmy Dooley

495. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that were awarded online trading vouchers in 2017, by county. [3333/18]

Illegal Dumping

John Lahart

496. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in 2017 and to date in 2018 on illegal dumping and fly tipping by each of the four local authorities in Dublin, in tabular form. [3344/18]

Child Protection

Róisín Shortall

497. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 November 2017, if the issue of loot boxes and other in-app purchases in video games with a PEGI rating of under 18 years of age can be included in the discussions his departmental officials have undertaken or will undertake regarding the protection of children online from a cross-governmental perspective. [3392/18]

Departmental Bodies Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

498. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3399/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Michael McGrath

499. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid out and the number of claims the payouts related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgment in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/18]

Motor Tax Collection

Catherine Murphy

500. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax paid online; the amount paid in person at a local authority office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2765/18]

Motor Tax Collection

Catherine Murphy

501. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the amount collected by year and vehicle category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2766/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Tom Neville

502. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding support for a business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2773/18]

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Richard Boyd Barrett

503. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regime for roadside testing of drivers in respect of cannabis; the way in which the legal limit or driving under the influence is defined in view of the fact that cannabis can stay in the bloodstream for long periods of time even though the driver may not be impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2862/18]

Road Projects Status

Micheál Martin

504. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date for delivering the new M20 Cork to Limerick road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2963/18]

Motor Tax

Niall Collins

505. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3172/18]

Coast Guard Services

Barry Cowen

506. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the principal response agency the Irish Coast Guard falls under for the purposes of emergency planning. [3207/18]

Motor Tax

Paul Murphy

507. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will exempt the Blood Bikes Ireland scheme from motor taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3325/18]

Motor Tax Collection

Michael McGrath

508. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 broken down by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the number of private cars on which motor tax was collected by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the extra amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 as a result of motor tax having been paid biannually by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the number of private cars on which motor tax was collected biannually by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; the extra amount of motor tax collected for private car CO2 as a result of motor tax having been paid quarterly by each tax band between 2013 and 2017, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/18]

Motor Tax

Michael McGrath

509. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of implementing a disc free motor tax regime as in certain other countries; the potential law enforcement issues that may result in such a regime; the overall and individual cost of providing motor tax discs; the rationale for charging motorists more for paying biannually and quarterly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3481/18]

EU Directives

Noel Rock

510. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a delay in the State passing the necessary legislation in relation to the EU package travel directive 2015/2302 into domestic law by 1 January 2018 in view of the fact that it was required to do so by Article 28.1 of the directive; the steps that will be taken to ensure the consumer protections in the directive become operative on 1 July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2771/18]

Road Projects Data

Dara Calleary

511. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road projects that are being assessed by An Bord Pleanála by county, in tabular form; the date on which each project was referred to An Bord Pleanála; his views on whether there are unreasonable delays in assessing road applications; and if he has had discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government on the issue. [2784/18]