363. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department compiles a centralised list of all public funding that is provided to foreign private companies and to indigenous private companies, each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/15]
344. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department keeps a record of the total cost of public spending provided to private companies in the form of direct aid, subsidies and tax breaks by his Department per year; if so, the total cost to the taxpayer in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28727/15]
343. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding that his Department has awarded to foreign private companies and to indigenous companies, in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28726/15]
342. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the State funding that his Department has awarded to foreign private companies and to indigenous private companies, in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/15]
330. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department compiles a list across all Departments of the State funding that is awarded to foreign private companies and indigenous private companies each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28679/15]
279. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the persons who have worked as portfolio managers in the National Asset Management Agency; the period of service of these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/15]
278. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the persons who served on the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland advisory committee, and the period of service of these persons on the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/15]
277. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance in view of the recent revelations of the selling off of assets at fire sale prices, if he will confirm the value of assets and loan portfolios that remain to be sold by the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28602/15]
276. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the 2014 National Asset Management Agency's annual report does not mention industry performance metrics, despite the fact that it promised the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts that it would do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28601/15]
275. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the €200 million loss made on the sale of the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland loan portfolio; if he was aware of such a loss before the sale was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28600/15]
274. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all meetings that took place between his Department and the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28599/15]
273. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he has ever applied section 227 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; and if he has, if he will publish the relevant reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/15]
272. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency informed his Department of the process involved in selling off its loan book in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28597/15]
271. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will establish a commission of inquiry to be conducted into the sale of the National Asset Management Agency's Northern Ireland portfolio in particular, and the workings of the agency in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28596/15]
270. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if it is part of the National Asset Management Agency's brief to facilitate developments for foreign direct investment in order to provide office space for foreign direct investment companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/15]
129. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any concerns regarding the use of Shannon Airport by the United States of America military under the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952; if it poses a security risk to Shannon and to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/15]
117. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on developments at the May and June 2015 European Union Foreign Affairs Councils in relation to the European Union Naval Force Operation - Mediterranean Mission, and since; if there are any related common security and defence policy measures he is opposed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/15]
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that Ireland is taking every action at its disposal to further the cause of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28403/15]
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with the Irish Consulate in Scotland regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied), who has been on trial at the High Court in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/15]
106. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent reports of Saudi Arabia using United States of America-supplied cluster munitions in its air strikes in Yemen, particularly in view of Ireland's profile on the banning of such weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/15]
91. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in respect of discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the urgent need to implement the recommendations following the stocktake of the Maghaberry Prison agreement and, in particular, that the forum would be constituted under terms of reference that allow it to make decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28628/15]
34. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the roll-out of service delivery reform in the area of mental health as envisaged under A Vision for Change, particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/15]
7. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the differences in mental health spending per capita in the various regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/15]
178. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority's compliance monitoring inspection report on a designated centre for persons with disabilities operated by the Health Service Executive in County Wexford, carried out on the basis of an inspection on 28 January 2015, which found significant non-compliance with some fundamental components of the requirements of the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults) with Disabilities) Regulations 2013, including in the management of complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/15]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to take measures to reform or regulate the guardian ad litem system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27368/15]
513. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views it is appropriate that no decision has yet been made on the allocation of special needs assistant care in schools for the 2015-2016 school year, given that schools have now closed for the summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27457/15]
512. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the level of special care assistance that will be available for the 2015-2016 school year; if this provision will remain at the same level as the 2014-2015 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27456/15]
439. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the care needs of children with special needs in County Wexford are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/15]
202. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 9 June 2015 if he will provide a list of all the prohibited substances in tabular form, with the old and new thresholds included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27433/15]
201. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 9 June 2015, if he will provide details of the group that carried out the review of the dietary contamination by prohibited substances in greyhounds; if he will provide the minutes of the meetings held with this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27432/15]
200. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the control committee of Bord na gCon is sufficiently independent, given that it is appointed by the board itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27431/15]
199. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs involved in testing one greyhound for illegal substances at the laboratory in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27430/15]
110. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his plans to remove the 23% value added tax rate on school uniforms, which represents an additional burden on already financially pressed parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27397/15]
221. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to take to address the fact that many homeless persons are currently unable to vote in any election or referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26748/15]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has read the Nevin Institute's Summer 2015 Quarterly Economic Observer which predicts that Ireland will have one of the lowest, if not the lowest, government expenditures in the EU by 2019; if he is satisfied that the promised 50:50 ratio of tax cuts to public services investment is the most effective use of public expenditure in order to help those on low and middle incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26394/15]
21. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with his Department's reform process to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26395/15]
149. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if GoSafe speed cameras are capable of detecting motorbikes; if so, the number of motorbikes in respect of which penalty points were issued as a result of GoSafe cameras in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26490/15]
112. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the outcome of the recent public consultation on the discussion document on the potential for greenhouse gas mitigation within the agriculture and forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/15]
44. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 9 June 2015, the reason for the planned closure of Harold's Cross greyhound stadium, particularly in view of reports that it is considerably more profitable than other stadia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26104/15]
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 75 of 27 May 2015 and 29 of 14 May 2015, the number of over 140 monetary fines handed out for the use of banned substances in greyhound racing that have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26105/15]
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the obligation on farmers to attend pesticide spraying courses, if he is satisfied with the regulations on the use of pesticides and their effect on the food chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26107/15]
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the performance of the members of Bord na gCon and of its chairperson since March 2011; his views on whether the skills gap identified in the 2014 Indecon report has been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26106/15]
13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage farmers in County Wexford who have applied for inclusion in the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; if he is satisfied with the uptake of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26108/15]
5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Bord na gCon National Greyhound Laboratory in County Limerick has accreditation for testing for Stanozolol; if he will provide an up-to-date certificate of accreditation for Bord na gCon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26374/15]
3. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prohibit the use of glyphosate herbicide in view of the World Health Organization's finding that the substance is probably carcinogenic to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26373/15]
511. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number and the percentage of schools in County Wexford that have a full-time guidance counsellor broken down by fee-paying schools and non-fee-paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25880/15]
510. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to ensure that circulars from her Department uphold the best interests of the child and Ireland's international legal obligations, particularly in view of the reservations stressed in this regard in the 2013 annual report of the Ombudsman for Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25879/15]
145. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that have a full-time guidance counsellor; the number that do not have a full-time guidance counsellor; the percentage of these that are fee-paying and that are non-fee-paying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25804/15]
139. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional investment in education spending to provide a totally free primary education for all children which would cover all financial extras such as books, classroom resources and transportation, in line with the recent call by a charity (details supplied) for an investment of €103 million for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25803/15]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the role that the Irish Defence Forces are taking, and plan to take, in the new European Union military mission which intends to disrupt the groups involved in migrant smuggling in Libya; his position as regards the seeking of a United Nations Security Council resolution for the next phase in this mission; if he will provide details of discussions he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25099/15]