392. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of road maintenance in Waterford city and county (details supplied); and the timeframe for same. [12308/13]
111. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussion that took place between his Department and a company (details supplied) that led to the company surrendering its foreshore licence to drill an exploratory well in Dublin Bay, including details of the elements of the EU, EIA directive that were apparently not transposed correctly into Irish law in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12835/13]
106. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review regulations in relation to environmental impact assessments in view of the decision of a company (details supplied) to surrender its foreshore licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12836/13]
49. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact that the planned increase in the student-staff ratio in the further education sector will have on course offerings, specialist training skills and course places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12000/13]
38. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his plans to increase the student staff-ratio in the further education sector in view of the damaging effect this will have on the sector in terms of job and skill losses, loss of courses and reduction of course places for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/13]
281. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who took to JobBridge placements in Waterford city and county since the programme began; the number of those who completed a JobBridge internship in Waterford who went directly into full-time positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11291/13]
257. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant properties currently being leased by the Industrial Development Agency in Waterford city; the number being leased in County Waterford; if he will identify the location of each of those properties; if he will further state the timeframe each property has been lying idle; if he will provide details of the outstanding balance payable on each of those leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11290/13]
256. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Authority site visits made to Waterford in 2011 and 2012; if he will clarify the number of those visits that were to Waterford city and the number to Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/13]
42. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Finance if he has done any analysis on the projected impact on consumer spending and the current mortgage crisis of his plans to introduce the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/13]
36. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Finance the further measures, if any, he proposes to take to force banks in which the Government owns shares to restructure or write down distressed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/13]
14. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that have been filled in the public sector since the beginning of the moratorium on recruitment; if he will provide details by Department and the rationale for the lifting of the moratorium in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10371/13]
548. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the checks for horse DNA to other products which may contain beef products such as inter alia dried soups, gravy granules, dried beef products and powder mixes for casseroles, stews, bolognese and lasagne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9567/13]
142. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the exploration licence granted to a company (details supplied) to prospect off the coast of Dublin complies with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9991/13]
98. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent oil/gas find in Ballyroe, County Kerry and the possible find off the coast of Northern Ireland and the evidence this provides that significant gas and oil deposits exist in Irish waters, if he is considering changes in the licensing and tax regime surrounding gas and oil exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/13]
64. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the report from the Open Society Justice Initiative titled Globalising Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition (details supplied), and the use of Shannon Airport by the US CIA for flights of extraordinary rendition; his plans, if any, to investigate the matter on foot of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8963/13]
52. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans regarding to NATO membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8961/13]
147. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 890 of 5 February 2013, the matter of the overpayment to a board member at the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company is the subject of legal action, this means that the board member in question has refused to repay the moneys owing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/13]
143. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 5 February 2013, and his commitment of taking up the issue of €20,000 payment of a car allowance to the CEO of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he will now agree to take up this issue with the acting chairperson instead as it is unclear when a new chairperson will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/13]
174. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can tally the objective of achieving the 30% EU forestry target and realising the known potential for employment in forestry and forestry related industry with his plans to sell off Coillte harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/13]
143. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of rent reductions that have been negotiated between tenants in fishery harbour centres and his Department in each of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6923/13]
42. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline the details of what is contained in the Green Paper on the Future of Ireland's Defence Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6081/13]
30. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Defence his plans for Irish military personnel to join any upcoming EU battle groups or military missions to Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/13]
53. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revoke the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/13]
31. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5666/13]
572. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he intends to ensure compliance with the legal requirement that all existing buildings let or sold after 1 January 09 have to have a BER rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4599/13]
209. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the situation that many councils across the country are reliant on parking charges to run basic services which results in high parking charges which are one of the main contributors to the difficulties that are being experienced by retailers in town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5481/13]
135. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that local authorities will be liable for property tax with regards to their housing stock, the way he intends local authorities should deal with this; if he will be or has already issued any communication to local authorities in this regard; and his views on whether council tenants should be asked to pay for this. [5483/13]
37. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to roll out a large scale national pay-as-you-save retrofit programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4600/13]
576. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the number of prisoners being granted Christmas temporary release has increased from 107 in 2008 to 226 in 2012, if he will clarify of the 226 prisoners granted varying periods of temporary release for the Christmas period December, 2012 under the Criminal Justice Act, 1960 the number of these prisoners serving their sentences in high security institutions; the number of these prisoners convicted of serious crimes such as murder; attempted murder; rape; aggravated sexual assault; assault; armed robbery and so on; if he will further clarify how far into the serving of their sentences were these prisoners; the criteria taken into consideration in determining if a prisoner should qualify for temporary release; whether the victims and the families of the victims of these crimes notified of the temporary release; the cost to the State when these prisoners fail to return after Christmas temporary release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4256/13]
442. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 7 November 2012, in which she acknowledged processing times for carer's allowance applications were not satisfactory and that appropriate action would be taken which would resolve the situation, how effective the service delivery modernisation project has been; the way the efficiency levels have been improved since completion of the new carer's system in June 2012; and the reason processing times for the historic cases which have been ringfenced do not seem to have improved. [4236/13]
371. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamnetary Question No. 228 of 2 October 2012, in which he stated that following on from the setting up of the South East Employment Action Plan all of the key State players are actively pursuing initiatives to facilitate development and job creation in the South East region, if he will now confirm who exactly these key State players are; since his last response in October, 2012, the positive developments that have emerged stemming from the setting up of this Action Plan; if the Industrial Development Agency have any concrete job creation initiatives in the pipeline; if he is currently in negotiation with any national or international companies considering creating jobs in Waterford or its surrounding areas; his views on whether in terms of a comparison with similar sized counties (details supplied) the statistics for Waterford seem to be way below par; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4346/13]
44. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to deal with situations in which companies go into liquidation and workers, such as those in a company (details supplied) are left without wages or redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3308/13]
152. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the impact of changes to pupil teacher ratios in terms of classroom numbers and job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2683/13]
142. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the issue of students waiting many months for grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/13]
17. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Finance the evidence he has or research he has undertaken to back his assertion that imposing the proposed financial transaction tax here would lead to a significant migration of financial services businesses and related jobs to London or that any such losses would outweigh the benefits of introducing the FTT in terms of increased tax revenue; if he will provide such evidence and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/13]
1085. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he has now received the Higgins Report relating to the future of the South East Hospital Network; if not, when he expects to be in receipt of same; when he will be making the contents of same available to Dáil Éireann; if he has reviewed the report/submission from the South East Hospitals Action Alliance Group; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1619/13]
18. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new EU military mission will be launched in the coming months; if he will provide details of both the mission and Ireland's involvement in any such mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1683/13]
31. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 11 December 2012, if he is satisfied that he has no obligation to ensure detailed consultation and full engagement between the Health Service Executive, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association and the Irish Medical Organisation on issues that impact on their members; if he does have an obligation in this regard if has he fulfilled this obligation with regards to proposed new access protocols for 16 and 17 year olds to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57097/12]
21. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health the cuts he intends to make to reach the target of €780 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57096/12]
3. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 521 and 522 of 4 December 2012, when a decision will be made in relation the potential inclusion of Dunmore East Harbour, County Waterford, under the 2013 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Development Programme; if he will confirm where Dunmore East Harbour sits in relation to other competing priorities; if his attention has been drawn to factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56183/12]
522. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to dredge the harbour at Dunmore East (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54313/12]
521. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Dunmore East Harbour, County Waterford, is to be included on the list of fishing harbours which are to be shortly allocated funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/12]
12. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the Government's passing of the Aarhus Convention what if any public onsultation processes is he going to put in place around the applications for granting exploration licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53322/12]
168. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the impact that any drilling or seismic surveying might have on the livelihoods of local fishermen in Dublin Bay; if he will request a full environmental impact assessment and public inquiry into the plans of a company (details supplied) to explore just 6kms off the Dublin coast, before the company start their exploration. [48410/12]
228. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52161/12]
219. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/12]
204. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52152/12]
201. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52150/12]
184. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in excess of €90,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/12]