288. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential role credit unions can play in housing finance, as indicated in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/16]
132. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the details and outcomes of his discussion with a person (details supplied) following their meeting last week. [30446/16]
35. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations on general practitioner contracts; if there is a plan for the key components; the details of same; and the deadline for the completion of the contract negotiations. [30688/16]
613. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions she has had at European Council level on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement; and the proposed timeline for implementation in this regard. [29637/16]
584. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding status of schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29402/16]
583. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow electric vehicles to use bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29401/16]
547. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the public consultation on the strategic environmental assessment of the draft bioenergy strategy will take place. [29403/16]
543. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in the event that the Government has not ratified COP21 in advance of the COP22 conference on 7 to 18 November 2016, Ireland will be able to participate fully in all the institutions involving ratified countries. [29981/16]
542. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for Ireland in the ratification of the Paris agreement. [29980/16]
541. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a report on the break in the east-west electricity interconnector between Dublin and Wales; the reason for the loss of service; and when the interconnector will be back in operation. [29982/16]
538. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proposed timeline for ratification of the Paris climate agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/16]
384. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health his plans to support the further roll-out of Jigsaw drop-in centres around the country and, if so, the locations and under what timeline; whether funding is ring-fenced for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29398/16]
323. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the obligations that arise for the Government under EU law to protect public lands, where those lands meet the definition of orchid-rich priority habitats 6210, from threats such as development. [29278/16]
322. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will publish a breakdown of the threat score of 15.4 attributed to a location (details supplied) as derived using the terminology of table 2.10 criteria in the calculation of the threat score for each site. [29277/16]
321. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will publish a full breakdown of the conservation score of 9.5 attributed to a location (details supplied), as derived using the terminology of table 2.9 criteria used in the calculation of the conservation score for each site. [29276/16]
320. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a location (details supplied) meets the definition of orchid-rich priority habitat 6210 based on table 2.3. [29275/16]
319. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will publish a map of the precise location in a case (details supplied). [29274/16]
122. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29400/16]
121. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pedestrian lights facilitating pupils getting to and from a school (details supplied) have still not been turned on; his views that this is a significant safety hazard for pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29399/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the inequality in the provision of social protection to those under 25 years of age as opposed to those over that age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29007/16]
71. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the phase-in schedule for the housing assistance payments scheme, HAP; the number of councils which currently have the HAP scheme; the current expenditure on the HAP scheme; the way in which the rates of the HAP scheme have been effective in succeeding in allowing persons to secure accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/16]
245. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timetable for the completion of the national planning framework; and the way he plans to connect that framework to the capital plan. [28665/16]
68. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the support for first-time buyers being mooted will have an inflationary effect on house pricing consequently defeating the purpose of the proposal in the first place. [27879/16]
32. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the intended timeline for the sale of State ownership in a bank (details supplied); and the timetable and approach behind the reduction in the Government's shareholding in the company. [27529/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will introduce to support families with child care other than subsidisation of paid child care. [27878/16]
56. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his plans to provide an update on the formation of the Dublin north inner city task force; its terms of reference, chair, and timescale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23913/16]
35. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed schedule for the retirement of existing naval vessels, the purchase of new vessels and the capabilities of such new vessels. [27141/16]
6. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will demand free movement of persons between the UK and Ireland during negotiations surrounding the UK withdrawal from the EU. [27142/16]
1840. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any consultations with Dublin City Council with regard to the funding for an expansion of the Dublin Bikes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26103/16]
1839. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted the National Transport Authority regarding the decision to postpone funding support for the design phase of the Dodder greenway and the design of new cycling routes along the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and the Liffey quays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26102/16]
1838. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the board appointments he has made since taking office; the board vacancies which exist within the agencies and authorities his Department has responsibility for; and the process within which new board appointments have been made. [26101/16]
1433. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health his views on reported plans to allow Galway Hospice to build on meadows adjacent to Merlin Park Hospital which have been classified as ecological sites of international importance and which likely meet the definition of EU annex 1 Lowland Hay Meadows. [26100/16]
1432. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the strategic development plan for Merlin Park Hospital, if it exists, which identifies future building plans within the current grounds of Merlin Park Hospital. [26099/16]
1431. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if the agreement regarding the sale or lease of land at Merlin Park to Galway Hospice conforms to the approved process for such sales or leases; and if he will put into the public domain the agreement. [26098/16]
1430. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a reported agreement by the HSE to sell or lease up to 14 acres of land at Merlin Park Hospital to Galway Hospice. [26097/16]
1429. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the approved process whereby lands owned by the HSE are to be sold or leased to companies which have charitable status. [26096/16]
655. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that cooling energy demand and overheating risk are quantified in Irish building regulations for dwellings, to ensure full compliance with European law, to ensure that new homes are comfortable and energy efficient irrespective of external weather and to reduce the risk of avoidable summer deaths (details supplied). [26185/16]
654. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure buildings (details supplied) do not breach a requirement; and his further plans to ensure such transitional arrangements do not lead to new public buildings failing to comply with the nearly zero energy building targets after 31 December 2018 and all new buildings after 31 December 2020. [26184/16]
824. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments he has made to State or other boards since he was appointed to office. [23911/16]
823. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the implementation of the smarter travel policy; and if the targets contained therein have been met. [23910/16]
822. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a pedestrian strategy as promised in the smarter travel policy some years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23909/16]
821. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale and costs for the reopening of the Phoenix Park tunnel and associated rail line to passenger traffic; if any others stations on that line such as at the Old Cabra Road and Phibsboro will open in order to reduce car commuter traffic into the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23908/16]
414. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider entering into talks with NAMA regarding the 4,000 acres in Glenasmole with a view to developing them into a national park. [23902/16]
244. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution he has made and intends to make to the initial resource mobilisation and other aspects of the Green Climate Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23907/16]
42. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove the word "lunacy" from the Statute Book; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23912/16]
540. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps the Government has taken to address the proceedings taken against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating more than 400 sites of community interest as special areas of conservation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation objectives for more than 300 sites and for subsequently failing to adopt the necessary conservation measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of the natural habitat types in Annex I and the species in Annex II of the habitats directive. [22602/16]
539. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that the European Commission opened infringement proceedings against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating more than 400 sites of community interest as special areas of conservation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation objectives for more than 300 sites, including several sites for freshwater pearl mussel, and for subsequently failing to adopt the necessary conservation measures which correspond to the ecological requirements of the natural habitat types in Annex I and the species in Annex II of the habitats directive. [22601/16]
522. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive the report of the interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives, examining the issues of retirement and pension ages; and if he will publish the report. [22605/16]
368. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that the public is aware of proceedings and investigations, including PILOT investigations, being undertaken against Ireland for environmental failings at any time. [22604/16]