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