47. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of each of the three services of the Reserve Defence Forces as of 30 November 2019 by rank; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/19]
46. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 30 November 2019; the breakdown of each rank across the three services; the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/19]
477. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) submitted a pre-qualification questionnaire; if so, the date on which it was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49723/19]
476. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the contract for the national broadband plan requires a company (details supplied) to make further investments in a scenario in which the plan requires additional funding; if they are contained within the signed contract; if the details of the requirements will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49722/19]
475. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the results of a recent mapping consultation for the national broadband plan will be published. [49721/19]
474. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his attention was drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) was no longer a financial backer of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49720/19]
473. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of a company (details supplied); and if so, the context and the date of the meetings. [49719/19]
472. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the due diligence undertaken of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49718/19]
471. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contractual responsibilities of a company (details supplied) in the context of the national broadband plan. [49717/19]
470. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a company (details supplied) first indicated that it would be investing in the national broadband plan. [49716/19]
469. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initial investment in the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied). [49715/19]
195. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on capacity issues at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49848/19]
184. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of pupil-teacher ratios in DEIS band schools; the efforts under way to bring down ratios and ensure smaller class sizes in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/19]
110. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the drawdown of anti-malarial drugs prescribed to individual Defence Forces members operating in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of troops prescribed each drug, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50010/19]
157. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Health the status of a post (details supplied); his plans to replace the post; the interim measures being put in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49551/19]
60. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the ongoing funding crisis at RTÉ; if he has met a person (details supplied) to discuss the plans of RTÉ since publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49383/19]
58. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a legal challenge to the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49385/19]
34. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to ensure safe air quality levels and to introduce a nationwide ban on smoky coal in response to stated legal advice from the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49381/19]
30. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether telecommunications infrastructure here has adequate protections in place to limit the damage of cyber attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49384/19]
7. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he will ensure the participation of ESB and Bord na Móna workers and affected communities in the development of a coherent just transition response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49382/19]
3. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to ensure safe air quality levels and to introduce a nationwide ban on smoky coal in response to stated legal advice from the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49580/19]
1. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the circumstances by which a company (details supplied) came to be an investor in the national broadband plan; the level of the investment; the level of investment by another company in the final contract; if another company will be contractually liable in the event that a company requires additional funding which a company cannot provide; and the details of this liability. [49579/19]
236. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to ensure that the review of the security and sustainability of the energy supply here, with input from State-owned companies, is independent; the actions he will take to ensure potential conflicts of interest in his assessment of optimal actions, fossil fuels and technologies are avoided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49349/19]
235. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the climate action (amendment) Bill will be brought to Dáil Éireann; if he will report on the introduction of a net zero target, development of carbon budgets, preparation of a national long-term strategy and the establishment of an enhanced Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49348/19]
234. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to repurpose the public service obligation levy to support rehabilitation of peatlands; if he will be consulting on the calculation and implementation of the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49347/19]
215. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the circumstances under which encroachment by commercial operators onto the intervention area of the national broadband plan is deemed to have taken place; the mechanism by which his Department is notified of the intention to claim that encroachment has taken place; the method by which the contract signatory may claim the contingency set aside for this and whether this payment takes the form of a one-off payment. [49169/19]
214. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a minimum number of premises in the national broadband plan intervention area was required. [49168/19]
213. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of operators whose data was accepted and not accepted, respectively, in respect of submissions made on the mapping consultation for the intervention area of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/19]
212. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the providers whose premises already passed from the intervention area of the national broadband plan. [49166/19]
211. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of premises removed from the intervention area by operator type (details supplied). [49165/19]
210. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises added and removed, respectively, from the intervention area of the national broadband plan. [49164/19]
209. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the material change to the intervention area since the mapping exercise for the national broadband plan was completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49163/19]
113. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding by a school (details supplied) to undertake electrical upgrading works will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49320/19]
85. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the recommendation by a person (details supplied) to appoint an independent chairperson to the conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49252/19]
463. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of efforts to address the pension issues for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors based on the 2008 Labour Court recommendation and in view of the Fianna Fáil motion on the issue, which was passed by Dáil Éireann in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48591/19]
396. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will embark on an advertising campaign for the national broadband plan in advance of the beginning of the roll-out of fibre; if so, the nature of the campaign; the budget for the campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48929/19]
395. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department was asked to invite candidates in the upcoming general election to an event to sign the national broadband plan which took place in County Wicklow on 19 November 2019; the declared candidates who do not hold office who attended; the mechanism by which they were invited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48928/19]
394. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria by which the attendees of an event to sign the national broadband plan which took place in County Wicklow on 19 November 2019 were chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48927/19]
393. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment ·the role played by his Department in the organisation or funding of an event to sign the national broadband plan which took place in County Wicklow on 19 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48926/19]
383. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the State will ensure EU targets for the deployment of alternative fuel refuelling infrastructure and recharging points will be met within the set deadlines to support the commercial fleet here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48602/19]
382. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of compressed natural gas public fuelling stations open and operational; the location in which they are based; the number that was originally planned and scheduled to open in 2019; the location in which the scheduled stations are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48601/19]
192. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a child will receive the necessary SNA allocation to support the child's needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48594/19]
187. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure a child (details supplied) receives an adequate allocation of teaching hours following a section 29 appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48560/19]
138. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of pilots in the Defence Forces availing of the pilot retention scheme lump sum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49025/19]
137. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if medical information sought by a person (details supplied) which is held by the Defence Forces will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48977/19]
136. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify an issue regarding a delay in payment of a military allowance for Defence Force members who trained cadets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48792/19]
381. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on bottled water and disposable coffee cups by her Department to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48186/19]
380. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date, subject and attendees of each meeting to date in 2019 she has attended with NGOs on the subject of biodiversity. [48181/19]
363. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent on bottled water and disposable coffee cups by his Department to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48193/19]
327. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on bottled water and disposable coffee cups by her Department to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48189/19]