Parliamentary questions

Broadcasting Sector

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the national broadcaster has met the legal and regulatory requirements under the Broadcasting Act 2009 with regard to the outsourcing of programming by RTE. [38307/16]

Broadcasting Sector

Clare Daly

55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions his Department had with the RTE authorities prior to the announcement that the broadcaster would outsource all young persons' programming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/16]

Motor Tax Yield

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that has been raised by commercial motor tax for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [38501/16]

Motor Tax Yield

Clare Daly

181. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that has been raised by private motor tax for each of the years 2012 to 2016 to date. [38502/16]

Motor Tax Yield

Clare Daly

182. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been lost in revenue by the introduction of cuts to commercial motor tax since budget 2015. [38503/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 17 November 2016, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pyrite report specifically recommended prioritising properties with a damage condition rating of one with progression and two when combined with certain infill test results and not as is consistently stated, that the scheme provides for only properties with a damage condition rating of two and one with progression in exceptional circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38436/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of properties which have received a damage condition rating of one and those that have received a damage condition rating of two per estate; the number of applications which have been accepted onto the scheme, remediated, and approved for remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/16]

Pensions Legislation

Clare Daly

245. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to review the minimum funding standard provisions in the 1990 Pensions Act (as amended), particularly if it is having unintended and harmful consequences for defined benefit pension schemes and if it is distorting investment decisions without protecting pensioners. [38754/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

275. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to an incident on 26 November 2016 (details supplied) during which a number of dogs were put down after breaking into the club compound and killing a number of hares; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38358/16]

Drug Treatment Programmes

Clare Daly

326. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 993 of 16 September 2016, the number of convicted persons under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 that are in receipt of custodial medical treatment or care in the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38497/16]

Animal Welfare

Clare Daly

407. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the use of a live reindeer in a busy Dublin shopping centre (details supplied); the regulations regarding such inappropriate exploitation of an animal in a crowded environment; if the ISPCA have been consulted; the action his Department will take to ensure this is not repeated across the country in the run-up to Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38403/16]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

490. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 581 of 29 November 2011 and 569 of 22 November 2016, the number of staff allocated to the separated children team for unaccompanied refugee minors of the HSE and the health boards in each of the years 2000 to 2014; and if all ownership records relating to staffing numbers for the separated children team transferred from the HSE to Tusla on its establishment in 2014. [38585/16]

Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme

Clare Daly

60. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the findings of the surgical symphysiotomy ex gratia payment scheme report, with particular reference to the fact that the scheme refused to take survivor testimony as evidence; if he has made contact with a person (details supplied) or the survivor groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37782/16]

Legislative Reviews

Clare Daly

105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has conducted a review of the operation of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and her plans to introduce amending legislation to address issues identified since its enactment. [38092/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 155 of 18 October 2016, the action she is taking in regard to a matter (details supplied); and the likely timeframe for the completion of any investigations being undertaken. [38158/16]

Departmental Inquiries

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in setting up the terms of reference for five inquiries to be established under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, following the work of the IRM; and the persons or bodies that will be consulted. [38281/16]

Pension Levy Data

Clare Daly

154. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the semi-State companies which absorbed the private pension levy; and the semi-State companies which have passed the cost of the levy onto their pension funds. [38279/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

166. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of certificates which have been issued to home owners indicating that their properties are pyrite free, having completed the remediation scheme and being deemed to not require remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/16]

Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the semi-State companies which absorbed the private pension levy and the semi-State companies which have passed the cost of the levy on to their pension funds. [38278/16]

Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Orkambi is made available to cystic fibrosis persons that urgently require same as their access to the drug from the trial concludes. [38161/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent appointments to the board of Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37691/16]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

44. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a right exists to request a second opinion following the issuing of a section 47 report; and if not, her plans to amend the legislation such that a right to submit a second opinion is included. [37901/16]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if professionals engaged by courts to compile section 47 reports must sign up to a code of ethics in regard to that specific aspect of their professional practice. [37902/16]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any formal written standards exist which must be adhered to by professionals in compiling section 47 reports. [37903/16]

Family Law Cases

Clare Daly

47. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the professional qualifications that must be held by persons empowered to compile section 47 reports. [37904/16]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the implications for workplace pension funds here as a result of the passing of the revised IORP directive by the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37905/16]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when she will publish the report ordered by her into the mauling of a hare at a coursing event in Ballinagar, County Offaly, on 29 October 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36867/16]

Workplace Safety

Clare Daly

102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workplace deaths reported to the coroner that proceeded to inquest in each of the years 2008 to 2014, inclusive. [37059/16]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the latest refugee youth service report number three, from November 2016; and the actions that have been taken as a result of its findings. [37579/16]

Garda Disciplinary Proceedings

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to deal with the urgent need to update Garda disciplinary regulations, which presently date back to 2007. [37674/16]

Library Services Provision

Clare Daly

257. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 163 of 17 November 2016, the way in which the customer demand was measured; if it was gathered anecdotally with library staff working in branches or through management teams working in offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36861/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Clare Daly

267. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide data (details supplied) on the projected cost of construction of social housing, excluding in all cases the cost of land procurement. [37043/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Clare Daly

268. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any legal restrictions that preclude the State from providing public housing in the form of long-term rental to all persons regardless of income. [37044/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the research that has been conducted by his Department into the possibility of the State providing affordable public housing in the form of long-term rental to all persons, regardless of income. [37045/16]

Social and Affordable Housing

Clare Daly

270. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if builders contracted to build social housing units pay VAT on the materials used in construction; and if this cost is then included in the estimate of costs of unit construction. [37046/16]

Planning Issues

Clare Daly

300. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on proposals contained in section 2 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 which will dilute the powers of local authorities with regard to the granting of planning permission for large-scale residential developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37602/16]

Control of Dogs

Clare Daly

304. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will intervene with the Kilkenny County Council executive to remove the clause in the public dog pound tender requiring applicants to have two similar contracts in view of the fact this clause would exclude every organisation from applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37641/16]

Magdalen Laundries

Clare Daly

324. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the pension scheme entitlements available to former residents of the Magdalen laundries; and if such payments impact on any other social protection payments, such as the fuel allowance or the household package. [37058/16]

Human Rights Cases

Clare Daly

377. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has made contact with the Egyptian authorities with a view to seeking a presidential pardon for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37476/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Clare Daly

383. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest report by the Refugee Youth Service concerning migrants; if he has considered the detail of same; and the actions he will take as a result of its findings. [37580/16]

Hare Coursing

Clare Daly

474. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the footage of a coursing meeting (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37460/16]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Clare Daly

475. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will confirm the presence of NPWS officers at the hare coursing meeting in Ardpatrick, County Limerick on 19 November 2016; and if they took any action after the severe mauling of a hare at that event. [37461/16]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

540. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 18 October 2016, if the figures provided in tabular form in reply to the question include the 78 midwives recruited since moneys were allocated to recruit 100 additional midwives or if the figures pertain to the period before that recruitment took place. [37158/16]

Child and Family Agency Staff

Clare Daly

581. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of staff allocated to the Health Service Executive and health board's separated children team in each of the years 2000 to 2014. [37471/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

583. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting two years for a bed in the three-month programme in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37475/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

676. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 16 November 2016, if the nominee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, to the board of Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, receives his or her salary from ICTU; if the salary of the nominee of ICTU is not paid by ICTU, the name of the person or the entity that pays the salary of the ICTU member and nominee of that body to the board of HRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37751/16]

Transport Policy

Clare Daly

742. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address an issue (details supplied). [37591/16]

Public Sector Pay

Clare Daly

14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason pay restoration has to date focused on high earners rather than lower earners; and his plans to redress this matter through new pay restoration negotiations. [36364/16]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of reportable deaths under the Coroners Acts, for each of the past eight years and the total number of inquests held. [36733/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 15 November 2016, if he will clarify the records over reports of the felling of sequoias in an ancient woodland in County Longford (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that the contractor and other contractors cannot ignore commitments made to the Forest Service. [36638/16]

Forestry Management

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 15 November 2016, if he will clarify his reply on which he based his statement that the Forest Service had not received any complaint regarding the felling of oak on this site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36639/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

228. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new appointees nominated by him to the Horse Racing Ireland board were so nominated on the basis of specific competencies; the detail of those competencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36735/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland at any time since its inception in 2001 paid to any member of HRI staff compensation or any monetary settlement in respect of any workplace dispute resolution without official recourse to the Workplace Relations Commission or its predecessors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/16]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he had with US Secretary of State John Kerry on 30 October 2016 regarding the situation in Yemen; whether the use of Shannon Airport by the US military was also discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36090/16]

Irish Aid

Clare Daly

39. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's plans to continue to donate public money to a foundation (details supplied) in view of the serious questions raised regarding the foundation by recent e-mail leaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36089/16]

Judicial Pay

Clare Daly

65. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of oversight by her Department regarding the operation of the system of setting and auditing expenses of judges by the Courts Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36363/16]

Family Reunification Applications

Clare Daly

71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied). [36478/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Clare Daly

113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a formal and proactive approach has been made to date to the French Government in order to locate the children formerly in the Calais camp and to bring them here. [36487/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Staff

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, when he sanctioned the reappointment of the CEO of HRI, his attention was drawn to the fact that he was breaching Government guidelines and the guideline issued by his own Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36495/16]

Airlines Regulations

Clare Daly

206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps undertaken by his Department to examine the impact of the operation of a company (details supplied) on wages and conditions of airline staff in view of the fact that it is operating a number of its new flights from Europe to Las Vegas, for example, with entirely Asian crews thereby undercutting existing wage agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36399/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Clare Daly

213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans being drawn up, and the resources allocated, to ensure that children coming from Calais are properly cared for when they arrive here, including but not limited to extra resources being allocated to Tusla. [36488/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Clare Daly

214. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if contact has been made with the relevant volunteer organisations working on the ground in Calais, including the Refugee Youth Service; and if the Irish authorities are currently working with them in monitoring the welfare of the children, assessing the best interests of the children and helping to identify those children who have expressed a wish to come here in order that their transition here can be actioned forthwith. [36489/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the alteration of records in 2002 relating to vaccine trials carried out at Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in 1960-1961; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36491/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will order a full audit of the files in the possession of Tusla in view of recent revelations that the HSE had access to a report prepared for the Magdalene/McAleese inquiry in 2012, which warned that death certificates may have been falsified at Bessborough and Tuam mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36492/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

219. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the persons or bodies that had access to the internal report prepared for the Magdalen-McAleese inquiry in 2012 into the falsification of infant mortality rates at both Bessborough and Tuam mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36493/16]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent revelation by a person (details supplied) that they notified statutory authorities in 2012 of the high rate of infant deaths in mother and baby homes and the possibility of forced adoption of children from within the State. [36494/16]

Legislative Reviews

Clare Daly

76. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the consideration he has given to a review of the provisions of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013, including single insolvencies and their effects on pensioners. [35826/16]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is undertaking or will undertake monitoring of the Pensions Authority's achievement of its strategic objectives as laid out in its statement of strategy 2016-20; and if he is satisfied with the authority's performance to date in tackling lack of governance or maladministration impacting on benefits and failure to pay benefits due, which is one of the risk priorities laid out in the strategy. [35827/16]

Courts Service

Clare Daly

116. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports under section 36(2) of the Courts Act 1961 that have been received in each of the years from 2001 to date in 2016. [35743/16]

Courts Staff

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointed District Court judges who acted as directors of elections at both local and constituency level from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35844/16]

Courts Service

Clare Daly

127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that went to appeal from the District Courts from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35845/16]

Courts Staff

Clare Daly

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court judges who sit directly in the county where they practised law; the number who still have law firms in their districts where they practised law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35846/16]

Legal Services Regulation

Clare Daly

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of State funding the Irish Law Society received from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35847/16]

Courts Service Data

Clare Daly

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of running the District Court system from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35848/16]

Courts Service

Clare Daly

131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sentences handed down through the District Court system from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35849/16]

Courts Service

Clare Daly

132. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases struck out in the District Court system from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35850/16]

Courts Staff

Clare Daly

133. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken against District Court judges from 2005 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35851/16]

Tax Code

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been lost to the Exchequer as a result of measures (details supplied). [35920/16]

Credit Unions

Clare Daly

174. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if the liquidators assigned to a credit union (details supplied) would give another credit union the first offer on the offices, in view of the fact that the other credit union has agreed to let the members join their union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35959/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

261. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct the Pyrite Resolution Board to amend the pyrite remediation scheme to make available expenses for storage and accommodation in advance of homeowners moving out for the remediation period, to facilitate organising deposits and up-front payments without having to apply for a social protection payment or put themselves through unnecessary hardship. [36115/16]

Disability Services Provision

Clare Daly

271. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the results of a survey (details supplied); and his views regarding the effects of cuts in recent years to disability payments, supports and services on the mental health of persons in receipt of disability allowance. [35762/16]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Clare Daly

569. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff allocated to the HSE and health board's separated children team in each of the years 2000 to 2014. [36180/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 63 of 5 October 2016 and 124 of 20 October 2016, if he will acknowledge the deficit in the present pyrite remediation scheme for properties with pyrite but a DCR of less than 2; and if he will initiate an immediate review of the scheme to facilitate the inclusion of these dwellings. [35487/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Clare Daly

31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will initiate an immediate review of the pyrite remediation scheme starting with a survey of those whose homes have been remediated to evaluate their experiences and improve the scheme for those accepted for remediation but also to survey those whose properties have been excluded to address the problems of gaining access to the scheme. [35486/16]

Library Services

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the rationale for funding the surveillance and other technologies necessary to run a staffless library that opens later than staffed libraries, rather than funding extra staff for these libraries so that they can extend their opening hours. [35627/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the last all-Ireland Traveller health study was completed six years ago, in 2010, and that no study of the specific health needs or outcomes of Travellers has since been conducted; his further views on the fact that the data in the 2010 study is now out of date; when the next comprehensive Traveller health study will be funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35508/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Traveller Health Advisory Committee has not met since 2012, particularly in view of the findings of the all-Ireland Traveller health study which showed that Travellers experience extremely serious health challenges and poor health outcomes relative to the rest of the population. [35509/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will account for the 18% underspend in allocated budgets to Traveller health programmes between 2008 and 2013 in view of the fact that the all-Ireland Traveller health study showed that Travellers experience extremely serious health challenges and poor health outcomes relative to the rest of the population. [35510/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

200. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase and ring-fence funding for Traveller health units. [35511/16]

Taxi Regulations

Clare Daly

269. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the NTA is advertising and running small public service vehicle, SPSV, tests for persons who wish to become taxi drivers and charging a fee of €170 to issue a new wheelchair-accessible taxi licence following successful completion of the SPSV test, despite the fact that such newly licensed taxi drivers will not be able to work because insurance companies will not insure drivers with less than two years' experience driving a taxi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35564/16]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 14 self-inflicted deaths and suicides in the Defence Force personnel, who had previously been prescribed Lariam that were reported as a possible adverse drug reaction by Defence Forces medical staff to the Health Products Regulatory Authority or its predecessor, the Irish Medicines Board. [35703/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Clare Daly

43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct Caranua to expand the range of services covered by the fund in view of the publication of Caranua's annual report for 2015 and the report of the appeals officer. [34881/16]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund

Clare Daly

47. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has read the 2015 annual report of the appeals officer appointed under the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012; the action being taken by his Department to direct Caranua to address the failings highlighted in that report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34880/16]

Data Protection

Clare Daly

79. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rights of access a person has to original audio recordings that contain their personal data, as opposed to transcripts; and the recourse available to persons in cases where they believe transcripts of audio recordings provided by a data controller are incomplete if that data controller refuses to provide them with the original audio recordings. [35276/16]

Prison Accommodation

Clare Daly

89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 8 November 2016, her views regarding the fact that the C division basement in Mountjoy Prison has been closed, with the transfer of prisoners to the newly finished D division (details supplied). [35408/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

90. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the formal view of her Department that recognition of Traveller ethnicity by the State is dependent on winning the hearts and minds of Irish society in general and bringing the settled community with us, as stated by the Minister of State responsible for equality affairs in June 2016, rather than on internationally recognised criteria for distinct ethnicity and self-identification by Travellers, as such. [35418/16]

Traveller Community

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a national early intervention and prevention strategy specifically tailored to meet the needs of Traveller women to address the fact that the risk of Traveller women being imprisoned is 18 to 22 times greater than that for the general population. [35505/16]

Appointments to State Boards

Clare Daly

168. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circumstances that led him to change his decision not to sanction the reappointment of the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland to, three weeks later, deciding to sanction the reappointment of the CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35302/16]

Horse Racing Ireland

Clare Daly

208. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 8 November 2016, if his Department or the chairman, board or the executive of Horse Racing Ireland are aware of any unresolved legal action or actions which remain active, awaiting a hearing or awaiting a decision of determination by any court within our jurisdiction as of 9 November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35243/16]

Horse Racing Ireland Funding

Clare Daly

209. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 8 November 2016, if he will provide a list of the nominating bodies which receive funding from the taxpayer, distributed by Horse Racing Ireland, including the amounts of such funding; if he will provide a list of the individual nominating bodies in receipt of funding; the amount or amounts of money each individual body receive in public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35244/16]