25. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps both Tusla and her Department have taken to ensure that the accommodation of unaccompanied child refugees from the Calais camp is taking place without delay; if she has satisfied herself with the results to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22339/17]
67. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the possibility of having Rosslare harbour and the Rosslare to Connolly railway line incorporated into the TENtec core Atlantic corridor as a countermeasure to the effects of Brexit and the disconnection of the North Sea Mediterranean corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21961/17]
47. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the proposed upgrade to the M11 as outlined in Transport Infrastructure Ireland's recently published M11-N11 corridor study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21960/17]
647. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role of light and heavy rail in climate change mitigation; the plans in place to use rail to mitigate climate change outside of the Dublin and Kildare area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21867/17]
627. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if business case studies have been undertaken into the possible provision of a high speed rail network; if he will direct the National Transport Authority to conduct a pilot study into high speed rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21986/17]
626. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total spend on transport infrastructure by sector (details supplied) for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21985/17]
561. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22019/17]
472. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for the National Rehabilitation Hospital's spinal cord system of care programme in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and the average waiting time to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21947/17]
12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support a ban on the use of herbicides and pesticides in ecological focus areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20867/17]
7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental assessments that his Department carried out into the environmental impacts of Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 (details supplied); his views on the plans' aims to increase the State's output of beef and milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/17]
138. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the details of the sales process engaged in by NAMA in respect of Project Shift; the reason the loans were not included in the Project Eagle loan sale; if the process was an open and competitive process; the number of bidders or potential bidders that were involved in different stages in the process; if a restricted number of parties were invited to make offers; the actual number of parties that were invited to make a bid; if the NAMA debtor in question had engagement with the bidders prior to the sale of the portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20937/17]
94. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that the current levels of respite care and residential care provided by Wexford HSE disability services are adequate; if other services are available to families struggling to cope with insufficient respite and residential care shortages; the steps he will take to provide additional respite care and residential care in the Wexford area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20739/17]
8. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address chronic underfunding of child and adolescent mental health services; the further steps he will take to tackle CAMHS staff shortages which are affecting the delivery of the service across the country; his views on the fact that County Wexford, with 14 other counties, does not have an on-call mental health service for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20738/17]
1274. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of each of the 12 completed environmental prosecution cases taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland in 2016; the geographic location each case related to; the sector or industry each case related to; the number of successful prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19710/17]
1273. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland qualified to carry out environmental inspections for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19709/17]
1272. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff of Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the job descriptions within the agency; the number of staff assigned to each job description, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19708/17]
980. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents that have been waiting (details supplied) for initial referral for a full dental examination at a HSE clinic in County Wexford, in tabular form; the steps he will take to reduce the waiting list backlog; if reimbursing children for private dental routine examinations has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/17]
444. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the annual budget for Traveller specific accommodation for County Wexford for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of this that was spent and the amount not drawn down for each year. [19467/17]
424. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of multi-unit completions in the four Dublin local authorities from the first quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2017; the name of the owners, builders and designer of these completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19157/17]
423. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set down the number of multi-unit commencements in the four Dublin local authorities from the first quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2017; the name of the owners, builders and designer of these commencements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/17]
296. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the timeframe or average time for releasing post inspection reports for probationary year teachers; and when a person (details supplied) will receive their inspection report which is required to submit a formal appeal. [19165/17]
275. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the number of transactions completed by NAMA which involved vendor finance; the names of the companies in receipt of vendor finance; the names of the loan asset sales involved; the individual cost of each vendor finance initiative, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/17]
273. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA staff who have taken voluntary redundancies in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the cost associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20057/17]
272. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the sales process engaged in by NAMA in respect of Project Aspen; if the process was an open and competitive process; the number of bidders or potential bidders that were involved in different stages in the process; if a restricted number of parties were invited to make offers; the actual number of parties that were invited to make a bid; and if vendor financing was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20056/17]
271. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the sales process engaged in by NAMA in respect of Project Nantes; if the process was an open and competitive process; the number of bidders or potential bidders that were involved in different stages in the process; if a restricted number of parties were invited to make offers; the actual number of parties that were invited to make a bid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20055/17]
118. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider increasing the residential income maintenance payment for persons living in direct provision here; and the reason for this decision. [19332/17]
117. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the body that sets the prices for supermarket items in the Mosney direct-provision centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19331/17]
116. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of points awarded to persons or groups of persons (details supplied) in the Mosney direct-provision centre to purchase items in the on-site supermarket per week. [19330/17]
115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the point allocation system used for awarding points to persons in the Mosney direct-provision centre to purchase items in the on-site supermarket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19329/17]
114. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for self-catering facilities in other direct provision centres in view of the fact that a self-catering system at the Mosney direct provision centre has been provided; and the date before which the extension of these facilities will be completed. [19328/17]
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 2 March 2017, the details of the review into the role of public private partnerships and their role in infrastructure funding; his views regarding the costs incurred each year by the State by public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/17]
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with his Department's role in the State asset disposal programme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18714/17]
86. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of Garda overtime and the Garda overtime hours claimed for the years 2012 to 2016, inclusive; and the checks in place to ensure gardaí have completed overtime claimed. [18437/17]
46. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department had communication with the US authorities or other Departments regarding the presence of a ship (details supplied) in Cobh harbour on 21 March 2017; if so, the details of this communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18235/17]
44. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military with his counterpart on his most recent official visit to the US; his plans to change the current arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/17]
254. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who commences employment as a Youthreach resource person while covering sick leave is eligible for payment of a degree or diploma allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/17]
249. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who commenced employment as a Youthreach resource person in 2010 while covering sick leave in late 2010 and early 2011 can have this employment counted as prior service for eligibility for pre-2011 pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17957/17]
69. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to raise the cut off age of the one-parent family payment to 14 years of age or to introduce additional measures to assist lone parents with children between the ages of 7 and 14, in view of the fact that recent SILC data shows that almost 60% of persons living in one parent households experience deprivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17848/17]
44. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he is taking to address the unemployment rate in County Wexford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/17]
70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that research has shown that increasing the supply of private housing does not always bring the price of housing under control, if he will consider introducing measures that would prevent further boom and bust in house prices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17096/17]
64. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research carried out by a person (details supplied) based on CSO data for housing completions and house prices between 1975 and 2015, which has found that, contrary to a central principle of the Rebuilding Ireland strategy, the provision of private sector homes here has not led to a reduction in property prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/17]
58. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an allocation of €500 million will be made to local authorities for the direct building of social housing, in view of the reports that the majority of social housing units are currently being built by approved housing bodies that are more limited than local authorities in their capacity to deliver new units on a large scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17098/17]
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the NERI report Ireland's Housing Emergency: Time for A Game Changer, asking the Government to set up a semi-State company to become the main supplier of rental housing, and which would use a cost rental system similar to the one in place in Austria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/17]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Ireland's largest build-to-let apartment development, which is to be built at the former Dún Laoghaire golf course, is to be put up for sale on the international market; the number of these apartments that are to be designated for social or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17097/17]
283. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the name of the newly appointed consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's University Hospital and the start date for taking up the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/17]
72. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on County Wexford's low third level educational attainment rates, which according to the Wexford Local Economic and Community Plan 2016-2021, are the third lowest in the country; the actions he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16542/17]
39. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand the Wexford branch of the Institute of Technology Carlow or to establish a new institute of technology in County Wexford to deliver greater educational and training opportunities to students in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16541/17]
357. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to his Department per person undertaking available fork truck operator training courses for the unemployed or those in receipt of social welfare payments in County Wexford from 2013 to 2016. [16286/17]
356. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Social Protection if one-day fork truck operator renewal or refresher courses are available in County Wexford to experienced fork truck drivers who are currently unemployed or in receipt of social welfare payments via his Department; if one-day fork truck operator renewal or refresher courses were previously available via his Department; if so, the reason the courses are no longer available via his Department; and if he will reconsider the decision to end the courses. [16285/17]
85. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the NAMA policy of deleting e-mails of former staff who are not deemed business-critical is in line with the governance standards of State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/17]