Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Darragh O'Brien

253. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange for the application of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) for the second ECCE preschool year to be processed without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29093/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Darragh O'Brien

254. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange for the application of a person (details supplied) for a special needs assistant for the second ECCE preschool year to be processed without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29094/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Darragh O'Brien

78. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made by her and her EU counterparts to protect and assist unaccompanied minors in camps such as Calais; the efforts being made to ensure that such children do not disappear from such camps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28318/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

173. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for these proposed schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28235/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

174. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin, as announced in November 2015; if he has identified a location for this proposed school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28236/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Darragh O'Brien

220. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the remediation work under the pyrite remediation scheme will commence for estates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28561/16]

Diplomatic Representation

Darragh O'Brien

323. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts that have been made to secure the release of a person (details supplied); if the next trial date set for October 2016 will proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/16]

Aviation Industry

Darragh O'Brien

590. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement EU legislation on the regulation of air traffic noise; the impact this will have on existing planning control and pollution control, specifically in the case of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28664/16]

Garda Deployment

Darragh O'Brien

27. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí and Garda reservists in the Dublin metropolitan region, DMR, northern division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27382/16]

Garda Station Opening Hours

Darragh O'Brien

83. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review Garda stations in the DMR Northern, specifically in regard to the reopening of Rush Garda station; the hours at which Garda stations in the area are open to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27383/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

239. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for the urgent approval of stage 2b for a school (details supplied) in order that the new school building project can proceed to tender stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26534/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

263. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage 2b drawings for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

264. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if work has recommenced on the stage 2b drawings for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26824/16]

Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme

Darragh O'Brien

101. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the forthcoming budget specific measures targeted at members of the IASS pension scheme to reduce the impact of cuts to their pension benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/16]

Climate Change Policy

Darragh O'Brien

280. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on the Green Climate Fund; his plans, to increase funding to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24135/16]

Peace and Reconciliation Programme

Darragh O'Brien

384. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on the peace and reconciliation fund and the estimated full-year cost in 2017 of increasing funding by 5%; 10%; 15% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24129/16]

Emigrant Support Services

Darragh O'Brien

385. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current expenditure on the emigrant support programme and the estimated full year cost in 2017 of increasing funding on this programme by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24130/16]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Darragh O'Brien

816. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department plans to use the moneys the State received from the sale of its stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23827/16]

Pension Provisions

Darragh O'Brien

817. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the substantial cuts imposed on members of the IASS pension scheme in advance of the sale of the State's stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23828/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Darragh O'Brien

882. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the notice period in advance of the closure of a child care facility which operates the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme that must be given by the child care provider to parents whose children are in the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23830/16]

Visa Waiver Programme

Darragh O'Brien

76. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to issue a visa waiver programme for diplomatic passport holders from Georgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23177/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Darragh O'Brien

91. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have been resettled under the various resettlement and relocation programmes in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23181/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

132. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that stage 2B of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) will be completed without further delay and that the project move to tender as a matter of urgent priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23014/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Darragh O'Brien

141. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that provision is made for an autism unit in one or both of the newly planned secondary schools for the Malahide and Swords area, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23129/16]

Diplomatic Representation

Darragh O'Brien

268. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, as part of his review of the embassy service, he will consider opening an embassy in Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/16]

Departmental Meetings

Darragh O'Brien

269. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss the round-table meeting he had with Irish non-governmental organisation representatives on 9 September 2015; the outcome of that meeting; if there are plans for a similar meeting in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/16]

EU Migration Crisis

Darragh O'Brien

270. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the proposal from the European Commission to replicate the European Union-Turkey deal across more than 16 countries in Africa and the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/16]

Cancer Incidence

Darragh O'Brien

671. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each year from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; the number diagnosed in the age ranges of 29 years and under, 30-39 years, 40-49 years, 50-59 years, 60-69 years and 70 years plus, in tabular form. [22690/16]

Cancer Incidence

Darragh O'Brien

672. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the mortality rates for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; the rates in the following age ranges: 29 and under; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; and 70 plus, in tabular form. [22691/16]

HSE Expenditure

Darragh O'Brien

673. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred by the HSE in treating ovarian cancer in each year from 2011 to 2015. [22692/16]

Building Energy Rating Administration

Darragh O'Brien

808. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action SEAI is taking to support professions that contribute to the eco-economy and jobs with less aggressive control of BER assessors. [22662/16]

Overseas Development Aid

Darragh O'Brien

131. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full-year cost in 2017 of reaching the 0.36%, 0.37%, 0.38%, 0.39% and 0.4% of the United Nations target for overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21654/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Darragh O'Brien

186. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when he will activate Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationship Act 2015 to allow same-sex partners to be legally recognised as parents on a child's birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21796/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Darragh O'Brien

114. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that students on Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, degrees from low-income families are not receiving their Student Universal Support Ireland entitlements at certain QQI-approved colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Darragh O'Brien

228. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21405/16]

Family Reunification Policy

Darragh O'Brien

138. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she and her EU counterparts are taking to ensure unaccompanied minors, who are universally acknowledged to have a right to reunification, receive due process and do not remain separated for an inhumane length of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20648/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Darragh O'Brien

141. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date of completion for the review instigated by her, in conjunction with the Garda Síochána authorities on the effectiveness of the community closed-circuit television scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20552/16]

VAT Rate Application

Darragh O'Brien

200. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish value added tax on education books bought on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/16]

VAT Rate Application

Darragh O'Brien

201. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of value added taxes collected from the purchase of education books on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20811/16]

School Textbooks

Darragh O'Brien

263. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills to abolish value added tax on education books bought on e-readers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20813/16]

Humanitarian Aid

Darragh O'Brien

417. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Government is taking to support Greek authorities in view of the number of displaced refugees currently in detention centres and refugee camps in Greece; the safeguards the Government has put in place to ensure that the rights of refugees are being safeguarded and their human rights upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20647/16]

Home Help Service

Darragh O'Brien

531. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health when the gratuity payment due to certain home help workers will be made in lieu of pensions payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20819/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Darragh O'Brien

220. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health why there are no primary care psychology services for children in north County Dublin and why no child has been seen by Swords Mater child and adolescent mental health services from the routine waiting list in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Darragh O'Brien

142. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the possibility of a refund to a person (details supplied) under the state pension (contributory) scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19981/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Darragh O'Brien

21. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to safeguard Irish trade interests in view of the United Kingdom referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19759/16]

EU Funding

Darragh O'Brien

23. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of Médecins Sans Frontières to no longer accept funds from European Union member states as a result of their opposition to the European Union-Turkey migration deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19760/16]

North-South Ministerial Council

Darragh O'Brien

37. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to strengthen engagement with regard to the North-South Ministerial Council and North-South bodies in general given the United Kingdom referendum result, the subsequent possibility of the re-emergence of a hard border on this island and the threat to European Union PEACE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/16]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Darragh O'Brien

43. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to compel the British Government to allow access by an independent international judicial figure to all original documents in its possession relating to the Dublin Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19464/16]

Overseas Development Aid

Darragh O'Brien

45. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish a multi-annual plan with respect to overseas development aid funding outlining the way the Government proposes to move towards the 0.7% target for official development assistance over the course of next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Darragh O'Brien

51. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his plans to deploy further resources, including monetary and staffing resources, to his Department given the United Kingdom referendum result and that the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union affects almost every unit within his Department; the need to protect and sustain trade, business, tourism and investment within the island of Ireland; the need to continue to advance peace and social and economic progress in Northern Ireland and the need to support the Irish community in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/16]