613. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide for a new Government policy on architecture subsequent to the current policy's expiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39574/15]
596. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether road users are receiving a fair deal with regards to tolls, given the recent media reports of the enormous profits being made by private toll companies operating said installations; whether the number and price of tolled motorways, particularly in the Dublin commuter belt, are unfair to drivers who already pay motor tax; if he will review the manner in which his Department negotiates public private partnerships regarding roads and the operation of tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/15]
595. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide financial support to a memorial fund (details supplied); if sports funding will be made available for this cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39358/15]
560. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of research into wave energy harnessing his Department has conducted, given the abundance of wild coastline; his plans to increase renewable energy supply through the harnessing of wave and sea currents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38967/15]
559. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the support and funding his Department provides for community radio; his views on whether it offers a vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/15]
553. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government while planning notices for uninhabited islands are required to be placed on mainland piers, the reason it is now required by Cork County Council that planning notices for inhabited islands have to be placed on the mainland and other piers, a practice that is considered offensive to island communities. [39528/15]
552. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of planning applications invalidated by the different local authorities in September 2015, with the information for Cork County Council by respective division. [39527/15]
551. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the development management guidelines of 2007, the intention and spirit of which seems to be to avoid excessive and unnecessary invalidations, should be consistently applied and regarded as best practice by local authorities. [39526/15]
49. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the short-term strategy that his Department and the local authorities have to deal with the 1,500 plus children that will be sleeping in emergency accommodation tonight, in conjunction with the 2020 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/15]
1101. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with the Irish Environment Network on the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the national lottery; if he will support this network to be included in funding as it is entitled to be, as set out in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/15]
1092. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will centralising checktheregister.ie, and having it run by his Department in place of local authorities, in light of concerns raised regarding inefficiencies in the voter registration process. [38192/15]
1077. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the disposal of tyres, particularity in the Dublin area; that the abundance of tyres available for use in bonfires at Halloween is having a negative impact on the environment; if he will ensure that companies, such as mechanic garages dispose of tyres in a responsible way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37909/15]
928. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which there was a request for an extension to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she is aware of the existing primary schools in the area; their numbers; and the impact this, if granted, could have on these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37483/15]
872. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the treatment of 43 students participating in a demonstration in Mexico who were rounded up by police and handed over to Guerros Unidos, a criminal gang, and not seen again; if he will offer his support to the Justice for the 43 Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37341/15]
871. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the interdepartmental committee on development has not met since the publication of One World, One Future: Ireland's Policy for International Development; and when it is expected to meet. [37340/15]
870. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress on his request for answers through the release of British Government files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37339/15]
869. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the students at Bethlehem University by strongly condemning their exclusion from the European Union Student Mobility Programme, ERASMUS, while Israeli students are permitted full membership but Palestinian institutions such as the University of Bethlehem are not; his views on whether this is unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37338/15]
868. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale behind increasing the Irish contribution to the European Union development co-operation budget by €18 million; and the way this budget is operated. [37337/15]
217. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views, that it is problematic for recipients of social welfare payments to provide proof to her Department of their actively seeking employment, when the vast majority of companies do not send acknowledgments of employment applications; that there should be a statutory requirement on companies to at least send an acknowledgement to persons applying for a position, regardless of their success in applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37851/15]
136. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work on the implementation of the sustainable development goals; and if Ireland will support the disability caucus call for segregation by functional ability. [37695/15]
117. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Cuban people by calling for an end to the blockade by the United States of America which has been estimated to cost the Cuban people $834 billion over the past five decades. [37696/15]
78. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on addressing the legislation deficits to deal with the massive quantities of Z-drugs sold freely, particularly in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36263/15]
28. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason parents are not provided with a copy of the patient information leaflet prior to signing the consent form for the human papilloma virus vaccine given the serious side effects outlined in the leaflet; if he agrees that not all parents have Internet access to investigate possible side effects; given that it is medically accepted that there are risks with all vaccines, the supports he plans to put in place for girls who become ill as a suspected result of receiving the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36264/15]
14. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on negotiations with Russian officials regarding a bilateral agreement which could allow Irish couples to adopt Russian children; if he will provide resources to conclude these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/15]
6. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will engage with the Department of Education and Skills regarding moving the school completion programme back to that Department; and his views that the programme is much better suited to the education portfolio rather than to that of his own Department. [35517/15]
136. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that appointees and re-appointees to prison visiting committees have the ability and interest to do the work; the number of visits by prison visiting committees in 2015 to date; and if there are vacancies. [35257/15]
116. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the need for emergency legislation and measures in relation to the proliferation of tablets in Dublin, where An Garda Síochána cannot act due to various legal loopholes and where these tablets are causing major and significant difficulties in communities [35258/15]
344. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the calls on the British Government to release the files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [35371/15]
342. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his views that the €2.50 surcharge for medication for persons with medical cards is fair, given that some medical card clients are on extremely low incomes and are taking a large amount of medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/15]
341. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the approach he will take on the roll-out of the blanket smoking ban in all Health Service Executive facilities, including facility grounds; if he will not introduce this blanket ban on certain facilities such as mental health facilities, as advised by many mental health workers; his views that many patients with mental health difficulties will be discouraged to engage with services if they are unable to smoke, and given their condition, counselling and patient services should be the executive's priority ahead of the smoking ban; that while overall smoke-free measures are to be welcomed, common sense must be used, and that this particular incentive is counter-productive to the mental well-being of patients. [35807/15]
340. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the response from the Health Service Executive following letters from a solicitor dated 2 July 2013, 27 February 2014 and 28 March 2014 raising very serious concerns regarding a deceased person (details supplied) and how this person was at risk of dying; the direct action taken to address the most extreme concerns raised by the letters, which were forwarded to the executive from the Minister's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35806/15]
339. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to cease dispensing of the human papilloma virus vaccine until after the review, given the growing international uncertainty over the safety of this vaccine, that some countries have suspended its us, and others currently have criminal investigations taking place [35805/15]
338. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his views that early supported discharge is regarded as an integral part of high quality stroke services; his views that pilot programmes operating in the Mater, Tallaght and Galway University Hospitals have been successful; if he will ensure that these programmes will be expanded by the Health Service Executive in 2016 so that more stroke survivors may begin to benefit from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35804/15]
337. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for hip and knee replacements for public patients; and if he will confirm that it can take nine to 12 months to receive an appointment to see a specialist. [35803/15]
336. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues of persons living with disability; his views on the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's estimates that living with a disability here can have extra costs ranging from €207 to €276 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/15]
165. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to call for an independent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied), in order to resolve serious questions regarding the circumstances and lack of investigation following the death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35373/15]
164. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order (details supplied) will be suspended while a criminal investigation is ongoing. [35372/15]
152. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit legislatively to making Irish sign language available to all deaf children, a service that is currently unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35802/15]
183. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of non-Irish persons in 2013 and 2014 who accessed homeless accommodation in the greater Dublin area, as recorded by the Pass system. [34772/15]
182. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report he received entitled, Report to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on Difficulties Accessing Child Protective Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/15]
62. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he has been apprised of the disposition of the Central Bank of Ireland, in its role as Credit Union Regulator, on the desirability of including credit unions in the dormant accounts regime, something that was seen as desirable by the Minister for Finance who introduced the dormant accounts regime (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34796/15]
61. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he will confirm that the non-implementation of section 44, the local investment provision, of the 1997 Credit Union Act is not primarily due to any reluctance or unwillingness on the part of the boards of credit unions to establish special funds for social, cultural or charitable purposes, but rather, is due to the active discouragement of such initiatives on the part of the Central Bank of Ireland in its role as Credit Union Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34795/15]
51. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a €28 million surplus in her Department's community employment training fund; her plans to restore the training grants to community employment projects to the pre-cut rate; and, if not, her plans to spend this money on participant training. [34817/15]
32. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current regulations for dog shelters, boarding kennels, dog breeders; and behaviourists and trainers working with dogs; if he considers there are gaps in the regulations which are causing poor standards in the treatment of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34209/15]
787. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exclude a coursing club (details supplied) from the 2015 to 2016 hare coursing licence given that members of the club were caught poaching hares at the State-owed Boora Bog Nature Reserve and pleaded guilty to this serious breach of the Wildlife Act at a court hearing in Tullamore in County Offaly on 28 September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34233/15]
761. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will institute a framework scheme facility and encourage the rehabilitation of disused railway, canal, and similar buildings in the ownership of agencies under the aegis of his Department for housing, cultural, heritage, community or similar uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34166/15]
710. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to institute a scheme, along the lines of the scheme instituted by the State for small trade unions in Trade Union Act 1975, to encourage and facilitate small approved housing bodies to amalgamate, merge and restructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/15]
409. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps uniforms that have gone missing, or are unaccounted for, in the past five years. [34741/15]
382. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that in the preparation of meat, including in the preparation of halal and kosher meats, all standards are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34337/15]
13. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the National Lottery, as set out in 2013; when he expects the first disbursement will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33308/15]