Parliamentary questions

Climate Action Fund

Eamon Ryan

542. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if State-owned companies such as Bord na Móna and Coillte which hold large landbanks of degraded peatland from which emissions could be cost effectively abated are eligible to apply to the climate action fund; and if so, if they were notified of the fund. [41959/18]

Climate Action Fund

Eamon Ryan

543. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the organisations which were notified of the climate action fund by letter or email. [41960/18]

Climate Action Fund

Eamon Ryan

544. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if public health benefits are one of the criteria to be used in assessing applications under the climate action fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41961/18]

Electricity Grid

Eamon Ryan

545. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost of an NC5 non-batch application will be removed; if the requirement for a planning application in order to make the application will be removed; and the guidelines and guidance on the costs of making the connection. [41963/18]

Planning Issues

Eamon Ryan

650. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to remove the requirement for planning permission for residential solar photo-voltaic installations (details supplied). [41962/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eamon Ryan

16. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is supporting proposals for the EU to commit, in the context of forthcoming COP24 in Katowice, to increasing the commitments in its nationally determined contribution to bring it in line with the 1.5°C target in the Paris Agreement. [41106/18]

EU Issues

Eamon Ryan

35. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the invocation of the Article 7 procedure following the Sargentini report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40102/18]

State Visits

Eamon Ryan

40. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the United States of America Administration in regard to the cancellation of President Trump's visit. [37581/18]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Eamon Ryan

57. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, further to the increased direct funding to UNRWA already announced, he will also increase funding to grassroots and community groups. [40529/18]

Government-Church Dialogue

Eamon Ryan

9. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he has met religious leaders in Ireland recently; and his plans for managing the transition to a new relationship between religion, religious institutions and the State. [37882/18]

Brexit Issues

Eamon Ryan

45. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if Brexit was on the agenda at the informal meeting of Heads of Government in Salzburg. [37883/18]

Medical Products Supply

Eamon Ryan

359. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing combined oral and other contraceptive options such as the coil, implant, injection and vaginal ring free of charge on prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39517/18]

Casual Trading Regulations

Eamon Ryan

641. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to issue guidelines, directions or circular letters to ensure market places are provided and maintained; if his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of six weekend markets (details supplied) in summer 2018 in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/18]

VAT Rate Reductions

Eamon Ryan

71. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing to 0% the current 23% VAT on digital school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39288/18]

Tax Credits

Eamon Ryan

73. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the earned income tax credit from its 2018 level of €1,150 to €1,650 to match the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39305/18]

VAT Rate Reductions

Eamon Ryan

74. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT on condoms to 0%. [39313/18]

VAT Rate Reductions

Eamon Ryan

75. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT on all menstrual products from 23% to 0% and 13.5%, respectively, including but not limited to such products as menstrual cups, disc and reusable menstrual underwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39314/18]

Tax Data

Eamon Ryan

76. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the likely revenue that would accrue to the State on the closure of existing tax breaks for real estate investment funds including section 110 special purpose vehicle exemptions related to foreign housing and rental investors, exemptions from capital gains tax, DIRT and corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39316/18]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Eamon Ryan

79. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of increasing the minimum public sector wage to €11.90 per hour. [39315/18]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

85. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of removing the anomaly in which lone parents in receipt of one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment and rent supplement are not eligible for SUSI maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39309/18]

Civil Legal Aid

Eamon Ryan

98. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of abolishing financial contributions to civil legal aid for victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39292/18]

EU Directives

Eamon Ryan

180. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a 3% annual rate of renovation for Government-owned and occupied buildings as required by Article 5 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU and Article 4 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU has been achieved for each of the years from 2014 to 2017, respectively; if the 3% target has been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39293/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

209. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of allowing lone parents in employment to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and working family payment until their child has finished secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39284/18]

Child Benefit Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

210. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the habitual residency condition as a condition for access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39289/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

211. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of equalising to the adult rate reduced rate pensions and jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39290/18]

Child Benefit Data

Eamon Ryan

212. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making child benefit payable to families with children over 18 years of age who are enrolled in secondary school reflecting the higher educational costs for families with adolescents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39291/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

213. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending statutory paid maternity and paternity leave to a year, both shared and unshared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39304/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

214. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly allowance for children living in direct provision to the current rate for a qualified child including a €5 increase for over 12's and the adult weekly allowance to €38.80 as recommended by the working group on the protection process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39306/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

215. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing universal child benefit by €5. [39307/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

216. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €161 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39308/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

217. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the jobseeker's transitional payment until the youngest child is 18 years of age and until a child finishes secondary school, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39310/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Eamon Ryan

218. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the threshold for one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to an increased limit of €500 per week with a €50 increase for each additional child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39311/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

219. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of allowing lone parents in employment whose children are aged between seven and 14 years of age to receive both the jobseeker's transition payment and working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39312/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

220. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing the means-test for maintenance payments, particularly for rent allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39286/18]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Eamon Ryan

231. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance for vulnerable households to remove the extra costs of increasing the carbon tax to €20 and €30 per tonne, respectively; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39287/18]

Creative Ireland Programme

Eamon Ryan

232. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will expand the Creative Ireland social welfare pilot beyond writers and visual art artists to include the performing artists and makers (details supplied); the estimated cost of extending the scheme to these artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39294/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Eamon Ryan

236. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost of removing the means-test for maintenance payments, particularly for housing assistance payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39286/18]

Vacant Sites Levy

Eamon Ryan

250. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of revenue which would be raised if the vacant site levy was applied to all sites above 100 m and below 500 sq m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39295/18]

Citizens Assembly

Eamon Ryan

33. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his plans for a Citizens' Assembly on gender equality. [37580/18]

One-Parent Family Payment

Eamon Ryan

59. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reduction of eligibility for the single-parent allowance from 18 to seven years will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39078/18]

Road Projects Data

Eamon Ryan

28. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of national road projects to be commenced between September 2018 and the end of 2019; the number that will be financed by way of public private partnership; and his views on the public private partnership financing model for national road building projects. [37878/18]

Greenways Development

Eamon Ryan

32. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Dodder greenway project will be commenced; if it will be financed from the €53 million allocated for such projects; and if so, the process by which funds will be allocated for specific projects. [37877/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Eamon Ryan

3. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [29412/18]

Waste Management Data

Eamon Ryan

79. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of houses and apartments that have a municipal compost bin. [37583/18]

National Mitigation Plan

Eamon Ryan

81. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which and the point at which he came to the conclusion that the national mitigation plan is not working. [37582/18]

Defence Forces Operations

Eamon Ryan

105. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the activities members of the Defence Forces were directed to undertake during the Papal visit; and the overtime payments made to them for work undertaken out-of-hours. [37648/18]

Office of Public Works Projects

Eamon Ryan

157. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review will be undertaken by the OPW into the preparations for the Papal visit focusing on the degree of co-ordination between the different State bodies (details supplied), in particular, if more timely and more accurate information could have been provided to residents living in the zones in which entrance and access was severely restricted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/18]

School Therapy Services

Eamon Ryan

230. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if schools from the Dublin 15 area applied for inclusion in the project for bringing specialised therapists into schools and preschools, as announced on 6 July 2018; if so, the reason for their omission from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/18]

Victim Support Services

Eamon Ryan

311. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if people who are the victims of sexual assault have a right to self-refer to a sexual assault treatment unit even if they are not in a position to make an allegation against the perpetrator at that time; if he is satisfied that the correct information on this is being made available to all victims of sexual offences in Garda stations throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/18]

Garda Reform

Eamon Ryan

312. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda Commissioner to bring forward a new Garda diversity strategy and implementation plan, in view of the fact that the previous one expired in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/18]

Garda Recruitment

Eamon Ryan

313. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his recruitment plans for An Garda Síochána and the Garda Reserve over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/18]

Direct Provision Data

Eamon Ryan

314. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of residents in direct provision centres; the number of adult males and females, respectively; the number of child males and females, respectively; and the number of bedrooms for each direct provision centre. [37653/18]

Garda Deployment

Eamon Ryan

315. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Garda sergeant positions vacant across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/18]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Eamon Ryan

316. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-penalty notices issued for speeding in the Dublin Port tunnel in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37658/18]

Prisoner Data

Eamon Ryan

317. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in jail continuously for a period of more than 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/18]

Climate Change Policy

Eamon Ryan

619. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department has in the formulation of the climate and energy plan. [26893/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eamon Ryan

678. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of atmospheric emissions generated by the Dublin Bus fleet; his plans to bring forward proposals to reduce emissions across the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37650/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Eamon Ryan

679. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding property. [37659/18]

Rail Services Data

Eamon Ryan

680. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of days that each line was out of service on each rail route under the control of Iarnród Éireann in each of the past five years; the reason for disruption; the amount spent on rail replacement services by bus or taxi; the number of passengers discommoded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37660/18]

Planning Guidelines

Eamon Ryan

806. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department keeps track of the number of crèches granted planning permission in estates larger than 75 houses as was required under the childcare facilities guidelines for local authorities, June 2001; if his attention has been drawn to the number of these childcare facilities that subsequently underwent a change of use to some other facility; his plans to review the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/18]

Planning Issues

Eamon Ryan

807. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the UK regarding shared space guidance in the public realm; his plans to make changes in Irish guidance to reflect this, such as modifying the technical guidance documents for the building regulations or the design manual for urban streets and roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37655/18]

Rental Sector

Eamon Ryan

808. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proposals from the working group examining the appropriate regulatory approaches for short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37657/18]

Dublin Bus Fleet

Eamon Ryan

1071. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Transport Authority, NTA, is proposing a new colour scheme for buses in Dublin which would be dark blue on the front and back and that persons with visual impairments are concerned that this colour scheme will make the buses much less visible; if there has or will be public consultation in relation to this change; and if he has had discussions with the NTA, in relation to this change. [35447/18]

Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

385. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue if alongside the existing 12.5% rate an effective actual rate of corporation tax of 6% was collected in each of the years 2000 to 2017; the projected income in 2018 and 2019 if an effective rate of 6% was in effect in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35201/18]

State Banking Sector

Eamon Ryan

386. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an assessment of the likely revenue generated from the public sale of State holdings in a bank (details supplied); the figure that has been advised to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Eamon Ryan

603. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be moved to Roslyn Park; and if he will identify a liaison in his Department with whom parents can discuss ongoing concerns. [35208/18]

Hospital Services

Eamon Ryan

1826. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has all necessary information and permissions to ensure the immediate opening of a tendering process for the planned modular catheterisation lab at University Hospital Waterford; the timeframe that such a procurement process will take; when the new lab will begin functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35185/18]

Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations

Eamon Ryan

1889. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ways in which he will ensure that the next CAP rural development programme will have a much more ambitious agri-environment scheme that delivers worthwhile benefit to farmers that go the extra mile for the environment and climate change, such as is the case with the rural environment protection scheme, REPS. [35199/18]

Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Eamon Ryan

1992. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a €10 million shortfall in beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, expenditure will be ring-fenced to benefit suckler farmers. [35198/18]

GLAS Issues

Eamon Ryan

1993. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the negative effects of the transition from REPS to GLAS, especially on low-income cattle and sheep farmers, and to the fact that GLAS, as currently configured, does not perform well in rewarding more environmentally focused farmers. [35200/18]

Animal Feedstuffs

Eamon Ryan

1994. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of feed imported over the past five years by comparison with ten, 50 and 100 years ago, respectively; the amount of soybean meal and grain as separate from overall feed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/18]

UN Conventions

Eamon Ryan

2020. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will be proposing or making legislative changes to achieve full compliance of Irish law with the obligations of the Aarhus convention; and the form he expects those changes to take. [35192/18]

Carbon Tax Implementation

Eamon Ryan

2021. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the introduction of a carbon floor price for electric sales similar to the one introduced in the United Kingdom; and if so, the price at which he plans to set same. [32415/18]

Illegal Dumping

Eamon Ryan

2122. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken or proposes to take to assist the EPA and local authorities in being more effective in taking enforcement action against illegal waste handling and dumping in view of the situations revealed by a documentary (details supplied) recently; and his plans to propose legislative changes in that regard. [35187/18]

National Mitigation Plan

Eamon Ryan

2123. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on progress on developing a programme for wetland management to give effect to Ireland's obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. [35194/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eamon Ryan

2124. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increase in greenhouse gas emissions expected for each of the years from 2021 to 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat-fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. [35195/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eamon Ryan

2125. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost expected in each year between 2021 and 2030 should the subsidy for co-firing biomass with peat be operated in each of those years in the three peat fired power plants compared with a situation in which no subsidy is made available. [35196/18]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Eamon Ryan

2126. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extra greenhouse gas emissions for each year up to 2030 predicted by the EPA and SEAI to result from the continuation of the existing biomass co-firing subsidy at Edenderry and the proposed extension of this subsidy to the other two peat-fired power plants, which subsidy would have the effect of keeping these three uneconomic peat plants in operation. [35197/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Eamon Ryan

2127. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times he or the Minister of State with responsibility for rural affairs and natural resources has met oil companies since taking office; and the locations in which and when those meetings took place. [35207/18]

Cycling Policy

Eamon Ryan

2298. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the National Cycle Policy Framework which he informed Dáil Éireann on a number of occasions in 2017, including 10 May 2017, would be published later in 2017; and if he has received a draft of the review. [35188/18]

Obesity Strategy

Eamon Ryan

2299. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. [35189/18]

Dublin Airport Authority

Eamon Ryan

2300. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for implementing EU Regulation 598/14; and if he plans to accede to the Dublin Airport Authority's request that he propose legislation to empower another authority to overrule the planning conditions inserted by An Bord Pleanála restricting the night time use of the airport in the interest of the health of local residents. [35191/18]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Eamon Ryan

2301. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to receipt of a letter from Dublin City Council dated 21 May 2018, if he will meet with councillors to discuss cycling infrastructure. [35204/18]

Water Conservation

Eamon Ryan

2617. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are emergency regulations, such as the hosepipe ban, regarding the use of large quantities of water for irrigation other than for food production. [32558/18]

Water Conservation

Eamon Ryan

2618. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of water being used for irrigation purposes for landscaping other than food production, for example, maintaining animal racecourses and golf courses. [32559/18]

Radon Control Strategy

Eamon Ryan

2768. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 May 2018, when he or his predecessor decided not to implement action 20 of the national radon control strategy, namely, to amend the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations to address radon; and the reason therefor. [35186/18]

Obesity Strategy

Eamon Ryan

2769. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government ​the steps he is taking to encourage active travel in line with the national obesity policy and plan. [35190/18]

Turf Cutting

Eamon Ryan

2770. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken and plans to take in regard to the large-scale illegal extraction of peat for horticultural use in view of the data on unauthorised and unlicensed peat extraction gathered by University College Cork commissioned by an organisation (details supplied) with funding from his Department. [35193/18]

Approved Housing Bodies

Eamon Ryan

2771. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing schemes bought by charitable organisations in each of the four Dublin local authorities; the unit cost per dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/18]

Planning Investigations

Eamon Ryan

2772. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he sought legal advice on the senior counsel report to him on planning matters in County Donegal. [35205/18]

Agriculture Industry

Eamon Ryan

5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out research on the optimal size of the national cattle and sheep herd in the context of fodder and emissions. [32067/18]

Afforestation Programme

Eamon Ryan

44. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has for the development of alternative forestry strategies to assist the development and creation of jobs in rural areas and avoid isolation in rural communities in view the recent concerns relating to the concentration of new forestation in counties such as County Leitrim. [25903/18]

Pensions Data

Eamon Ryan

88. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by limiting the tax relief on a pension in cases in which that pension fund has already accumulated enough funds to provide a pension of €48,000 per annum. [32169/18]

Carbon Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

89. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount an increase in carbon tax from €20 per tonne to €40 per tonne would raise. [32170/18]

Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

90. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by ending fossil fuel subsidies in sectors (details supplied). [32171/18]

Carbon Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

91. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by increasing diesel prices to the same level as petrol. [32172/18]

Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

92. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by introducing a levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from the ground such as rock, sand, gravel and so on used in the construction industry. [32173/18]

Tax Yield

Eamon Ryan

93. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to reduce the VRT rate on electric vehicles to 0%. [32175/18]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Eamon Ryan

115. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the section 481 film relief for the film production industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32159/18]

School Meals Programme

Eamon Ryan

135. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount it would cost to expand the school meals programme to include a daily hot meal for each school child in primary and secondary education. [32174/18]