112. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the election observation roster; if he plans to open it up for a public call for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3542/17]
89. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms of reference of the committee appointed to carry out the root and branch review of the planning system proposed in the programme for Government; the details of the membership of the committee and their qualifications to carry out this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/17]
88. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department attended or were represented at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development commonly referred to as Habitat III that took place in Quito, Ecuador from 17 to 21 October 2016 (details supplied). [3540/17]
4. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement sustainability clauses within the public procurement process in order to incentivise companies engaged in public contracts to act in as sustainable and environmentally friendly manner as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3625/17]
65. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, and the Egyptian government in regard to a person (details supplied). [38633/16]
72. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a recent documentary on vulture funds (details supplied); and his plans to address the issues raised. [1721/17]
70. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a tax case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1722/17]
214. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the powers vested in him pursuant under section 9(7)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 have ever been exercised by him or his predecessors; and if so, the details of its usage. [40941/16]
99. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that participated in english for speakers of other languages classes in each of the 16 education and training boards, ETBs, nationally, for each of the years, 2014 and 2015; and if the number of EU and non-EU citizens that participated in each ETB area for each year will be outlined. [40337/16]
13. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcomes of his recent visit to Silicon Valley and meeting with a person (details supplied). [39828/16]
672. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed programme for the purchase of new naval vessels; and the role it is expected that they will undertake. [40173/16]
596. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirement which his Department is placing on environmental organisations to register as charities will not in any way restrict their abilities to advocate for the policy changes needed to end biodiversity loss, stop climate change and protect human health and the environment. [40183/16]
32. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for Irish defence policy of the recent announcement of a European defence action plan. [40172/16]
239. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide further powers to ComReg to allow the regulator to bring civil as well as criminal cases where necessary. [39309/16]
238. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the regulatory framework that ComReg oversees is adequate to protect the consumer. [39307/16]
75. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the reason cohabiting partners cannot be jointly assessed as cohabitants for tax purposes in the same way a married couple would be in view of the fact that they are assessed jointly for social protection entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/16]
270. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentages of DART services that have run on time in the last quarter; if the trend is towards increasing or decreasing punctuality over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/16]
71. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revise the greater Dublin area transport strategy adopted by his predecessor which plans for an increase in emissions in the greater Dublin area up to 2035 and the transport elements of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2016-2021 adopted by the last Government, which apportions nearly 60% of transport spending to the road network with barely 1% for active travel modes, to bring them into compliance with the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (details supplied). [38833/16]
58. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reduce emissions from the transport sector and to meet the official Government targets for 2020 set out in Smarter Travel in view of the EPA's projection that transport emissions will increase by 16% by 2020 to a share of 29% of total emissions and the fact that none of the targets set for 2020 by the Government's Smarter Travel - A Sustainable Transport Future Transport Policy for Ireland 2009-2020 are going to be met. [38832/16]
212. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has written to the European Commission to notify it that the Government plans to introduce legislation to ban microbeads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/16]
53. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage the development of the electric vehicle fleet and electric vehicle charge points here. [38630/16]
48. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there were upwards of 400 persons at the sustainability gathering in Dublin Castle recently, all demanding government action on policy for sustainability; and his plans to fast-track policy to support clean energy and sustainable business. [37399/16]
4. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action will take place. [38634/16]
23. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has made the decision since 2015 not to fund new entrants into the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37723/16]
19. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the Food Wise 2025 strategy addresses climate change and sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37724/16]
745. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following the opening of the Luas cross city as far as Broombridge station, the Irish rail timetable will be amended to allow the Sligo train stop at Broombridge to create inter-connectivity between the two routes, particularly for the morning service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37748/16]
633. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the provision of prefilled naloxone injections as a means of making provision to save the lives of persons suffering from an opiate drug overdose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37750/16]
632. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures that apply to specifically address the issue of recreational drug users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/16]
476. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures she will take to ensure that Westport House and its contents remain open to the public; the discussions that have taken place with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to consider acquiring the estate and its contents for the benefit of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37477/16]
60. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress that has been made in regard to the purchase of 5,000 acres from NAMA in the Glenasmole valley; if an agreement has been reached; and the terms of the purchase. [37398/16]
40. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason that in a recent report (details supplied) on countries with the best conditions for social enterprise Ireland ranks 43rd out of the 44 countries surveyed; and the initiatives she plans to implement to improve these conditions. [33012/16]
25. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce transparency in sustainability reporting in Government-owned entities (details supplied). [36561/16]
16. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on applying spending sustainably to the public sector, that is, adding sustainability criteria as part of the public sector tendering process (details supplied). [36560/16]
551. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme grants process for 2016 will be initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36360/16]
343. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an itemised list of all international treaties and conventions which the State or plenipotentiary thereto has signed, but not ratified, in tabular form; the date, title and purpose of the agreement in each case; the date the agreement was reached; the date the agreement was opened to signatories; the date the State signed the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36359/16]
326. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost per year of reinstating eligibility for child benefit to persons up to 19 years of age who are still in school; his views on whether such a reinstatement is justifiable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36361/16]
267. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a recipient of jobseeker's payment and jobseeker's benefit would fail or have a sanction of reduced payment applied against them; if there has been any recent changes to those circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36330/16]
238. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the recent patronage decision made for a new secondary school for the Castleknock and Carpenterstown area for the provision of a gaelcholaiste or Aonad in the Dublin 15 area; if there has been any communication between his Department and potential patrons for such a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/16]
47. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the numbers of young persons being refused access to social protection benefit since the introduction of the JobPath programme; his views on whether this is a result of changes in Government policy or the method of implementation of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/16]
22. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if, during his recent conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump, there was any discussion of the Paris Agreement or climate change. [36342/16]
8. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting regarding the UK exit from the EU with the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster. [36046/16]
3. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will request that the Northern Ireland Executive establish the north south consultative forum at the next meeting of the north south ministerial council. [35214/16]
169. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans in appointing an external adviser (details supplied) to the Cork expert advisory group; and his views on whether this appointment may influence the direction of the Cork expert advisory group.. [35700/16]
168. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the appropriateness of appointing a person (details supplied) to the Cork expert advisory group. [35699/16]
60. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to regulate the rental market by linking rents to the consumer price index; his further plans to make secure rents and protection for tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/16]
148. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the general requirement of not having received State support in the three years prior to a naturalisation application does not apply to social insurance benefits, such as jobseeker's benefit, claimed as a right on the basis of PRSI contributions or their British or EU equivalents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34845/16]
115. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the precise criteria on which she will grant or refuse naturalisation in the context of civil proceedings, arrests or spent convictions for minor offences; if persons are denied naturalisation on the grounds of spent convictions, particularly those that do not involve violence or fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34844/16]
92. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the representations the State has made regarding UK surveillance of Internet traffic to and from Ireland; and the EU rules that govern the regulation of such monitoring of information passing between and through member states. [32082/16]
7. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation of the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate regionally, as outlined on page 48 of the programme for a partnership Government. [34056/16]
200. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of total posts and vacant posts in child protection teams broken down by grade and area, including administrative staff, social care workers, access workers and all grade of social workers. [34062/16]