1622. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be reviewing the hackney licence law with a view to providing an opportunity for registered owners to purchase same in order to expand their businesses. [1935/17]
1270. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to fund a national narcolepsy service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1507/17]
1269. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the data his Department gathered and the findings it has made regarding the side effects of swine flu vaccine on adults and children; if he met a group (details supplied); if not, if he will facilitate a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1506/17]
745. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report of the Independent Panel on Strengthening the Civil Service Accountability and Performance will be implemented; if any element has been implemented and the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/17]
514. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1505/17]
157. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons under 18 years of age living in direct provision in each of the years 2011 to 2016, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1019/17]
556. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the Children First Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40748/16]
555. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new child care regulations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40746/16]
554. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capitation grants that have been awarded to providers of ECCE services, broken down by month and county, in tabular form. [40745/16]
553. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the second annual report under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40743/16]
552. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of national interim reports on the ABC programme by the Centre of Effective Centres; and when she expects those reports to be available for each centre. [40742/16]
551. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the bail supervision scheme for young offenders; her plans to extend this scheme beyond Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40741/16]
494. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and monetary amounts of sports capital grants that have been provided since February 2016, broken down by constituency, in tabular form. [40747/16]
192. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if care leavers have been recognised as a priority cohort for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40744/16]
82. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of undocumented migrants under 18 years of age that are currently here. [40749/16]
69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the increasing proliferation of social media applications that are being used by young persons and children to arrange online and offline exchanges with strangers; the steps she is taking to ensure the safety of children using these apps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39927/16]
66. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to put in place any new measures relating to age restrictions in gambling laws. [40306/16]
16. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the law on the advertising of gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40307/16]
138. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the scope of works along the Dunkellin River for a further three kilometres towards Kilconeiron (details supplied). [40260/16]
61. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children that are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [39925/16]
55. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for the support of children with disabilities who are in preschool facilities; her views on whether there are barriers for children with disabilities to accessing preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39924/16]
43. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeline that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39926/16]
36. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39923/16]
30. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/16]
28. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [40304/16]
26. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeframe that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40303/16]
306. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for maximum rate pension despite having 1,690 reckonable paid and credited contributions; the reason it is calculated as a yearly average; and the way in which this person can qualify for maximum rate pension. [39663/16]
102. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish legislation to provide for disclosure by gardaí of details on sex offenders where they consider public safety concerns exist, including disclosure in relevant circumstances to individual parents. [39756/16]
288. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, when she expects to bring this legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the date this legislation will have to be commenced for the administrative system for the new scheme to be in place by September 2017. [38910/16]
287. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, if she has consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner on PPSN use, data sharing provisions and changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that will be made in the new primary legislation proposed; if she will provide a description of the Data Protection Commissioner's views or recommendations; and if she has received approval from the commissioner to make these changes to data sharing that will be required. [38909/16]
286. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 29 November 2016, if she will provide clarity in particular on a sentence (details supplied); if this means that the universal subsidy will be paid to parents on a pro rata basis; if so, the number of hours of child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for its parents to be eligible for the maximum subsidy of €900; and if she will provide an explanation for a scenario (details supplied). [38904/16]
177. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if he plans to bring back the motorised transport grant following on from a review committee being set up in 2013; if so, when; and the conditions that will be attached to the grant. [39015/16]
493. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for opening the adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will prioritise that programme given the fact that there are more than 30,000 children in institutions in that country, that many Irish families are approved for inter-country adoption and that there are many links between Ireland and Haiti. [38755/16]
481. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/16]
480. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38831/16]
210. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of children that are in bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in September, October and November 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38814/16]
209. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one-parent families that are in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38813/16]
208. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families who were in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county, in tabular form. [38812/16]
207. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department paid on bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 to date by county, in tabular form. [38811/16]
206. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price that the local authority paid for properties purchased in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date by county, in tabular form. [38810/16]
205. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses the local authority purchased off the open market in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form. [38809/16]
202. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assistance and supports available to retailers in circumstances in which a local business finds itself in difficulty with rates payments due to years of austerity and a build up of hardcore debt and in which the repayment arrangement is in fact placing the retailer further into debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38653/16]
40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason 3,635 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day-case treatment in University Hospital Galway in October 2016; and the reason the numbers waiting more than a year have increased by 5,000% since April 2014. [38042/16]
7. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on maternity services in University Hospital Galway following the departure of two key members of staff in recent months. [38043/16]
785. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of hours of formal child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for their parents to be eligible for the universal child care subsidy. [37498/16]
338. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the eligibility criteria for the rural social scheme, including the length of time a person is allowed to be on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/16]
44. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new Gambling Control Bill will be published, in view of the fact that heads of a Bill were published in 2013. [36629/16]
221. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department, or a body under its aegis, has considered any proposals for improving pricing transparency for child care fees in centre based child care providers; and her views on whether the opacity of pricing in the sector has a negative impact on the cost of child care for parents. [36499/16]