367. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proceedings under way against the Republic of Ireland by the European Commission’s Environmental Directorate, including pre-infringement proceedings under PILOT; the stage they are at; and the steps being taken by the Government to address these issues. [22603/16]
364. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the obligations on management companies or management agents to make provision for brown bin collection services within estates, be they traditional housing estates or multi-unit dwellings, where the estates are not taken in charge but are privately run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/16]
357. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued guidelines or regulations as to the functioning of section 21 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which deals with the functions of municipal district members. [22438/16]
249. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest statistic for the number of rivers that are meeting their conservation limits for salmon; and the rivers which have changed status in the past five years with regards to their fishing rights. [21851/16]
248. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when is he due to consider which sporting events would be designated free-to-air under European legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21850/16]
244. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electrical charging points that are now installed here; and his plans for advancing the further deployment of electric vehicles here. [21832/16]
24. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his latest analysis of how close the State will be on delivering on each of the electricity, heat and transport targets set in our 2020 European Union renewable energy obligations. [21510/16]
16. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department carried out any compliance with the potential costs to the State from failure to meet compliance with the European Union renewable energy supply obligations for the electricity, heat and transport sectors. [19555/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when smart metering displays will be rolled out for domestic electricity and gas use; the role of his Department in considering such a strategy; and the timeline in this regard. [21700/16]
8. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his strategy for Ireland in the event that the United Kingdom fails to negotiate access to the European Economic Area post invocation of Article 50. [19473/16]
585. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health when a decision on whether a new post for a sarcoma specialist in St. Vincent's hospital will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21159/16]
584. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the name of the person who is the national clinical lead in soft tissue sarcomas; if the Health Service Executive has informed relevant cancer patients of this new appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/16]
283. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 June 2016, to provide details of the process for development of the new schools in the Dublin 2, 4, and 8 areas; and the status of the process and the groups which have expressed an interest in running the schools. [21160/16]
59. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to return a person (details supplied) back here, given the trial of the person has been suspended until October 2016. [19456/16]
40. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility he has with respect to any legal challenge regarding the workings of the Mahon tribunal; the communication he has had from the tribunal about the laying of a statement from the tribunal before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 25 March 2016; and the actions he will take to implement the recommendation of the tribunal. [18467/16]
453. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the only consultant who specialises in the treatment of sarcoma here is not having her contract renewed in St. Vincent's Hospital; his views that this situation will not properly provide for the treatment of sacroma patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18526/16]
42. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Department of Health or any agencies acting for that Department informed his Department of their intention to remove supports to a school (details supplied) and if they have advised parents to seek this funding from his Department. [17911/16]
50. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers in the prison population; the main categories under which current prisoners are incarcerated; and if she has projected a decrease or an increase in the prison population in the next five years. [17112/16]
204. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he will meet the growing demand for school places in the Harold's Cross and Terenure areas, including current demand for primary school places, current demand for secular non-religious schools and the demand for secondary schools. [17075/16]
87. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the family reunification scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17076/16]
57. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach his plans in securing a "Remain" vote in the United Kingdom's European Union referendum on 23 June 2016. [14470/16]
36. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a national dialogue on climate and energy, as set out in the White Paper, Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015 to 2030; when it will occur; the persons who and the bodies which will be involved; the outcomes he is hoping to achieve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16111/16]
13. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he will replace the television licence fee with an alternative funding mechanism; if he is satisfied with the performance of An Post in collecting the current licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/16]
556. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he has carried out of the cap of existing airport infrastructure other than in Dublin Airport to meet passenger demand; the economic and cost-benefit analysis of these options. [15352/16]
555. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assumptions in relation to global action to reduce greenhouse gases he has relayed to the Dublin Airport Authority in predicting future passenger demands and in deciding on increasing runway capacity. [15351/16]
554. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances under the Road Traffic Acts or regulations in which young children are allowed to cycle on footpaths due to the danger of mixing with motorised traffic on roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15348/16]
538. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has analysed the potential reputational damage for Ireland as a green tourism and agrifood country, given the introduction of hydraulic fracturing. [15349/16]
537. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a role for other postcode applications alongside Eircode; and the basis upon which he decides to promote any such technology via his Department's website and Twitter account. [15347/16]
494. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of the investigation of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and his Department into elevated polybrominated diphenyl ethers concentrations in milk samples, as outlined in the Environmental Protection Agency 2010 and 2012 dioxin reports on dioxin levels in the Irish environment; if he has identified the source of the contamination and whether milk from the sites affected was allowed into the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15350/16]
381. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has corresponded with Waterways Ireland on the disposal of the Grand Canal graving docks in the Grand Canal Basin; her long-term strategy for developing boating facilities on the Grand Canal; and if she supports the preservation of such dry dock facilities as part of the historic infrastructure in the Grand Canal Basin. [15353/16]
76. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the State's monitoring of the reduction in bee numbers; the bee population in the years 2006 to 2016 to date. [14246/16]
70. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his meetings with the Irish food industry regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. [14245/16]
195. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will establish the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum; the members of the forum he has selected under the provisions of section 39 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015; when the first meetings of the forum will take place; and if he will lay formal advice or proposals the forum presents to Dublin City Council before Dáil Éireann. [14165/16]
194. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the requirement to provide social housing as part of the Spencer Dock development project on North Wall Quay in the Dublin docklands; if he has agreed the use of a site at the junction of Sheriff Street Upper and New Wapping Street for the provision of such social housing; the legal status for such a requirement to provide social housing units in circumstances where the ownership of a development may have changed hands; and if there are any circumstances where such an obligation may be removed. [14164/16]
193. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the remediation works carried out on the former Irish Glass Bottle site have identified all the chemicals on and being released from the site, including methane; and if the current contamination levels are safe or if further remediation works are necessary. [14162/16]
74. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations on general practitioner contracts; the timeframe envisaged; and his vision for the revised general practitioner contract. [13769/16]
60. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures taken to reduce the amount of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions; and if he will consider the creation of a special task force to assess and mitigate the growing threat of antibiotic resistant infections. [13770/16]
113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the functions assigned to his Department that are due to be transferred to other Departments; the date the transfers will occur; the staffing arrangements for the change-over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12471/16]
435. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure promotional opportunities are not denied to existing staff within Health Service Executive funded organisations; the measures in place to ensure European Union tendering legislation is complied with and that the cost of employing agency staff provides value for money; and the total number of days lost to each health care profession due to delays in recruitment practices in these organisations. [11333/16]
434. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which have been filled by hiring agency staff in the Health Service Executive and in organisations it funds, including voluntary hospitals and agencies in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date. [11332/16]
221. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider to conduct an independent and thorough cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to develop an additional runway at Dublin Airport recognising the potential cost to the Exchequer. [10786/16]
219. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a feasibility study on the development of a second airport for the Dublin region. [10785/16]
213. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the evidence that proposals for the development of an additional runway at Dublin Airport, in County Dublin have had regard to section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [10787/16]
1167. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital grants for smarter travel made available to Dublin city over each of the past five years for which records are available and to provide a breakdown of same. [9887/16]
1166. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made on the construction of a new train station on the Maynooth line at Royal Canal Park-Pelletstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9886/16]
1113. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress which has been made in encouraging and permitting domestic consumers to easily sell small surplus amounts of renewable electricity generated from home wind, hydro or photoelectric arrays back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/16]
750. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health why €12 million was taken from the mental health budget and put into other areas of the health service (details supplied); if he has determined why graduates in the areas of psychiatry, psychology, family therapy and so on are not entering the mental health service to find ways to ensure these posts will be filled next year; and why he did not allow the mental health service to put this €12 million into other vital areas that are already under-resourced such as the child and adolescent services, nursing or community supports. [9892/16]
749. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made over the past year in legislation or regulations to prohibit the on-street and/or unregulated sale of benzodiazepine, zimovane and other substances that can be harmful unless dispensed by qualified medical practitioners. [9891/16]
588. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 26 April 2016, what the international community can do; the actions he is taking to support such actions happening; and the unilateral steps Ireland will take itself to do more with regard to Israel and Palestine. [9925/16]