342. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of job activation officers assigned to each county in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44300/18]
185. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the main contractors appointed to construct each large scale school building project undertaken from 2010 to date. [44198/18]
128. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the annual average of all income taxes paid by self-employed persons in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form. [44207/18]
127. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the annual average of all income taxes paid by PAYE employees for each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form. [44206/18]
126. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the annual State average of all income taxes paid by self-employed persons for each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44205/18]
125. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance the annual State average of all income taxes paid by PAYE employees for each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [44204/18]
422. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if all four assistant psychologist positions for County Wexford have been filled as per the south-east community healthcare operation plan 2018. [43628/18]
91. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand counselling in primary care service to children and adolescents under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43544/18]
84. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the status of progress to recruit additional staff to expand the existing cath lab activity at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43545/18]
69. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the due diligence carried out to assess the solvency of main contractors prior to awarding them contracts to construct school building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42115/18]
61. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects that have been affected by building contractors running into financial difficulties since January 2018; the names of the schools in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42114/18]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the funding increase to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; her plans regarding creating a statutory white collar crime agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42715/18]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to publishing the report produced by the ODCE on its handling of a case (details supplied); if she has considered commissioning an independent report into the ODCE's handing of the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42716/18]
189. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm escapes have been reported from 1 January to date in 2018. [42677/18]
54. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on reports by an organisation (details supplied) that there has been an increase in violence towards workers in the sex industry; his further views on whether the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 may be contributing to these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/18]
45. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recommendations by the Commission on the Future of Policing to establish two new oversight bodies for An Garda Síochána; his further views on the fact that two members of the commission noted their disagreement with these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42441/18]
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the proposed Garda Síochána board as recommended by the Commission on the Future of Policing; his further views on whether this will lead to a decrease in external oversight of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42438/18]
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress of the transfer of sentenced persons for cases outside of the UK that were reactivated earlier in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42442/18]
18. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is an over-reliance on An Garda Síochána with regard to incidents surrounding mental health; if he is satisfied that members of An Garda Síochána are receiving adequate and up-to-date training in the area of mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/18]
41. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the use of glyphosate will be reconsidered in view of the findings of the DeWayne Johnson court case in California; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41449/18]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of agricultural land here used to grow vegetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41450/18]
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the development of a liquefied natural gas facility here would be compatible with the State's commitment to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41175/18]
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Environmental Protection Agency's figures from May 2018 that emissions from those sectors of the economy covered by the 2009 effort-sharing decision could be between 0% and 1% below 2005 levels by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41176/18]
448. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport Infrastructure Ireland service station at the M11 site outside Gorey will open; the cost of building and maintaining the station to date by category and year; the estimated lost revenue from the service station since work finished in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41047/18]
328. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the sale prices and dates of sale for each lot that comprised the former St. Senan's Hospital and associated lands in Enniscorthy; if the moneys achieved by the sales were ring-fenced for mental health services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/18]
33. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the discussion at the recent UN Human Rights Council of the report of the findings of the group of eminent experts on Yemen; if action has been agreed among the members of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40307/18]
30. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his UK, French, German or US counterparts on the subject of the war in Yemen; his views on the continued sale of arms by these countries to the participants in this war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40306/18]
54. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the activities of the Defence Forces in the Golan Heights UNDOF mission, in particular their transition back to the Syrian side of the area relevant to the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/18]
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is the case that Defence Forces personnel involved in aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport in 2018 were not protecting US military aircraft involved in war or military activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39997/18]
76. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had discussions with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to amending the Arts Act 2003 in order to require each local authority to have a ring-fenced arts budget as recommended by arts advocacy organisations such as an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39831/18]
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether his Department's insistence on mixed tenure developments is having a negative consequence on the delivery of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39096/18]
22. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on reports that Dublin City Council approached a company (details supplied) to rent blocks of units for social housing tenants; his further views on whether this development may contribute to rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39099/18]
19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the overall funding allocated to the 31 local authorities for void refurbishment in 2017 and to date in 2018; the conditions attached to receiving funding for a void refurbishment; if he is satisfied that this scheme has been given the necessary budget to be a success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/18]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to the passing of Second Stage of the Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018, if his Department will work with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government with a view to enabling the Bill to be enacted as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39098/18]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he expects legislation to be introduced on the Land Development Agency, LDA; the number of staff the agency currently employs; if the position of CEO of the agency was advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39097/18]
95. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the independence of her Department's data protection officer is sufficiently respected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38846/18]
60. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the decline in the unemployment rate in the south-east region between the first quarter in 2017 and the first quarter in 2018; the amount of the reduction that can be attributed to job creation; the amount of the reduction that can be accounted for by persons leaving the region’s labour force through migration or retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38847/18]
101. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his Department's engagement with the Charities Regulator with regard to his review of State agencies that also hold charitable status; if the Attorney General has had an input into this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38583/18]
91. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Pobal's proposed review into its charity status; if the review will be conducted in-house; the timeline for completion of the review; if his Department or the Attorney General has an input; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38582/18]
29. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's planned examination of its relationship with Pobal with a view to forming a closer statutory relationship; if the terms of reference for this examination have been agreed upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38007/18]
10. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that no data protection impact assessment or policy was prepared prior to the unveiling of a new information technology system by Tusla, the national child care information system; her further views on whether Tusla is in breach of statutory data protection requirements; if she has communicated these views to Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38008/18]
51. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in publishing the Irish Maritime Development Office’s study into the use of the UK landbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37804/18]
10. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the ownership model of Rosslare Europort is in the State’s best interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37803/18]
474. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if the drug Spinraza will be reimbursed or made available to sufferers of spinal muscular atrophy as has been successfully negotiated by other BeNeLuxA countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37355/18]
76. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his projections for the carbon emissions from the power stations in Edenderry, west Offaly, and Lough Ree; when they will be burning 100% biomass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37567/18]
2440. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her definition of biometric data; her views on whether this definition is compatible with general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU case law, the advice of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the recommendations of the Article 29 working party. [32576/18]
1918. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist fishermen who lost pots and other fishing gear critical to their work following Storm Emma either with national funding or using the emergency EU funds that exist for such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33355/18]
1395. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a child and adolescent mental health advocacy group (details supplied) to discuss the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in County Wexford. [32742/18]
621. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 6 February 2018, if the report he requested from An Garda Síochána on the enforcement role An Garda Síochána has with regard to unlicensed gaming activities and the availability of gaming machines in locations in which gaming in prohibited has been received. [32433/18]
220. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that a company (details supplied) has received €25 million in State funding from the National Treasury Management Agency via the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, while in 2012 the same company's loan book was sold via a refinancing transaction for an average discount of 92%; if he is satisfied that the State should be financing companies that have previously received such write-downs; his plans to discuss this €25 million financing provided by ISIF to the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33436/18]