61. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if will he publish the full data report on planning permissions for 2016 as referenced at the meeting of the Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on 12 October 2016. [35462/16]
58. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a report in a newspaper (details supplied) stating that rent certainty will not be included in the forthcoming strategy for the private rental sector is accurate. [35463/16]
232. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had representations regarding the knowledge test for applicants for taxi licences or if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the fairness of the test and of its administration since it was contracted out to a private company; if his Department will liaise with the National Transport Authority and the Taxi Regulator on this matter to review whether this test and its administration are fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35242/16]
193. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the status of his plans to introduce a grant to replace the mobility allowance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35347/16]
92. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance the schemes and grants funded by the State that are available to persons with disabilities and the parents of children with disabilities regarding access to transport and financial assistance in purchasing wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or any other State supports available for disabled persons in terms of travel. [35346/16]
285. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of council land banks zoned for social housing that have yet to have housing built on them by county, in tabular form; and the number and acreage of each individual land bank in each county. [34629/16]
321. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the progress on the promised 100-bed unit at St. Mary's, Dublin Road, Drogheda; the stage at which this new unit is at; and when he expects the 100-bed unit to be open. [32711/16]
320. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite local management of the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda submitting a business case for the approval of the filling of vacancies for nursing posts at the hospital in April 2016, that senior management of the HSE at national level only approved the filling of these vacancies in late September 2016 after they had closed 18 beds, nine in the Cottage Hospital and nine beds in St. Oliver's in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32710/16]
319. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the closing of nine beds in the Cottage Hospital in Drogheda, the threat of closure of the Cottage Hospital, and the closure of nine beds in St. Oliver's in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if he will instruct the HSE to implement a fast-tracking process for the approval of the filling of nursing vacancies at national level similar to the 28 days for approval of vacancies for mental health services posts. [32709/16]
45. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure the A5 motorway from Dublin to Derry will be realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/16]
42. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to the sports grants for 2017; the groups and clubs which received funding; the amount they received under the sports grant scheme for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32796/16]
37. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps, particularly in respect of funding, he plans to take to progress the Narrow Water Bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32795/16]
3. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the issuing and amending of commercial bus licences on routes served by existing operators, a practice which has the potential to impact on the employment of 800 workers on the Expressway service; the actions he will take to rectify this situation and safeguard the employment of the workers; if he will convene a forum, inclusive of all stakeholders and as provided for in the 2009 Act, to discuss all aspects of State provision and funding for public transport in view of the importance of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/16]
181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding to support the roll-out of phase two of the National Sports Campus; if he will provide a timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/16]
180. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding and operating costs to maintain the current phase one development at the National Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/16]
555. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount allocated to his Department in budget 2017; and if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys allocated to the various areas within his Department in tabular form. [31521/16]
554. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount allocated to his Department in budget 2017; the amount allocated to public transport within this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31520/16]
82. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the housing projects which have been submitted by Louth County Council and are awaiting approval by his Department; the details of both SHCEP and CALF projects; the time the projects are awaiting approval; and when approval will be given. [30126/16]
591. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected timeline of the State's inquiry into the Rio Olympics ticketing scandal; when the inquiry is due to begin; and when it is expected to conclude. [29482/16]
590. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the heads of the planned bill on the regulation of rickshaws to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29479/16]
589. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make vehicle trackers mandatory to ensure stolen vehicles can be recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29468/16]
588. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a system whereby vehicle mechanics are required to register, in order to stop unqualified personnel operating vehicle repair services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29467/16]
587. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to set up a licensing system for car sellers to regulate the industry and put a stop to unregulated sellers who may be selling cars that are not roadworthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29466/16]
409. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the policies which govern the area of patients self-medicating in emergency departments of hospitals while they await treatment, be that a general policy or individual policies for each hospital emergency department. [29473/16]
408. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no policy on patients self-medicating in accident and emergency departments in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; if this is common practice in HSE hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29472/16]
199. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the motor tax efficiency report submitted by Dublin City Council; and his views on the various recommendations, in particular, the levy for using the motor tax office in Smithfield and the removal of quarterly payments. [29232/16]
30. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Irish Water capital funding between Exchequer and equity for each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive. [28697/16]
46. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland will be in full compliance with the fiscal rules for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27530/16]
26. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Finance his plans to seek greater flexibility in the fiscal rules for expenditure on capital investment and to achieve change at an EU level so that these rules no longer constrain the State from investing in essential infrastructure and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27531/16]
1835. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects, that under Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights, he will apply for a further exemption to the sections of that regulation which stipulate that a member state will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that trains and other rail services are accessible and will provide assistance free of charge on board trains and during boarding and disembarking from trains; if so, the reason he expects that decision to be made; and if, in the meantime, he is working towards providing these services to disabled members of society. [26065/16]
1834. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is currently working towards the next sectoral plan for accessible transport; if so, when he plans to have it published; and the progress achieved to date since the last plan was published. [26064/16]
1833. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the process of examining transport service provision for young persons with a disability as outlined in the programme for a partnership Government. [26063/16]
1832. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new staff members recruited by the NTA since 2011 to date in 2016; and the number of vacancies which have been filled through contracts with outside contracting companies in the same period. [26062/16]
1831. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has provided him with a new start date for the Dodder greenway, the Grand Canal greenway, phase four of the Royal Canal greenway, the Clonskeagh to city scheme, the Drury Street cycle parking project and the Heuston to Chapelizod greenway, which have all been suspended by the NTA. [26061/16]
1830. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount annually since its formation that the NTA has spent on outside consultants, by department or section within the NTA. [26060/16]
1826. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to proposed changes or the removal of Bus Éireann services from Galway county, in particular Ballinasloe to Athlone IT. [26014/16]
1812. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average amount of time that persons have to wait between applying for a driving test and being allocated a date for the test, by county, in tabular form. [25776/16]
1811. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and detail of CIÉ bus routes that have been deemed to be wheelchair accessible by Bus Éireann. [25775/16]
1810. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that taxi drivers have been experiencing with taxi licences when they choose to use their names in Irish where they previously may have used the English version of their names; and if the National Transport Authority recognises both Irish and English versions of names for licensing purposes. [25754/16]
1809. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the companies that are currently in the Irish tolling market and which collect tolls and fines on roads here. [25753/16]
1808. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Exchequer receives a portion of the fines charged by private tolling companies. [25752/16]
1807. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by persons who do not have accounts with road tolling companies and who therefore cannot make toll payments by 8 p.m. the day following their journey, as required on the M50; and the remedies that exist in this case to allow motorists to avoid large fines in cases where they are genuinely unable to pay the toll within the required time limit. [25751/16]
1806. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons who drive cars registered in the North have to pay higher toll and toll penalty rates than persons who drive cars registered in the South; and if so, the reason for this anomaly. [25750/16]
1780. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports that exist for drivers and passengers who have a disability and who do not own a car that is tax exempt under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme. [25235/16]
1739. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review and update legislation regulating travel agents and other travel companies in order to ensure that consumers are protected when travel companies go out of business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/16]
428. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the feasibility study undertaken by Louth County Council regarding a proposed site for a school (details supplied) has been received by his Department. [25387/16]
427. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed upgrade to a school (details supplied), including any reviews or studies of suitable sites that may have been undertaken by his Department or received by his Department from Louth County Council. [25386/16]
173. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the level of personnel in the Garda traffic corps in view of the recent rise in road traffic fatalities and the significant decrease in members of the traffic corps in recent years. [26000/16]
803. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the recently launched Wild Atlantic Way passport is bilingual, or if it is available as Gaeilge; if not, his views regarding this omission given that many parts of the Wild Atlantic Way are in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23601/16]
417. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on increasing the public service obligation payments received by CIE, given that despite the increase in fare revenue and commercial income in 2015, CIE recorded a net loss of €26.4 million in 2015, according to its annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/16]