179. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 5 July 2017, his views on whether the debt refinancing loan sale Project Nantes relating to a company (details supplied) may have constituted a substantial loss to the taxpayer; if the loans related to Project Nantes were sold for €26.6 million and had a nominal value of €352 million; if his attention has been drawn to a conflict of interest with regard to the company that purchased the loans and the original debtor; if he will make immediate enquiries with NAMA in relation to this sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32695/18]
70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 7 February 2018, the number of prosecutions that were commenced in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by district; the number of these that led to convictions; the enforcement role An Garda Síochána has in regard to unlicensed gaming activities and the availability of gaming machines in locations in which gaming is prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29599/18]
46. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the functioning of the protected disclosures system in An Garda Síochána; his further views on whether it is serving the needs of those who make a protected disclosure; the number of protected disclosures An Garda Síochána has received since 2014 under this system; the number of the disclosures that are still under active investigation; the length of time each investigation has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/18]
29. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had discussions with the Garda Inspectorate regarding retirement figures in An Garda Síochána; if he has assessed the possible need for a foreign recruitment drive particularly in the area of white collar crime; his plans to have discussions with the new Garda Commissioner with regard to these retirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29598/18]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland has accepted under the refugee protection programme; when the original figure of 4,000 refugees will be reached; the reason for the delays in resettlement and relocation; his views on whether the family reunification programme will experience delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29600/18]
11. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Commission on the Future of Policing to finalise its final report; if he has received an interim report to date; the costs associated with the running of the commission, including salaries and so on, since its inception; if the new Garda Commissioner will be bound by the expected recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing; if the Minister has discussed the commission and its work with the new Garda Commissioner; if his attention has been drawn to whether the work of the commission was raised during the interview process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29597/18]
131. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the NDFA or his Department has an estimation of the number of subcontractors owed money for works carried out on the schools bundle 5 PPP project following the collapse of companies (details supplied); if there is an overall estimation of all outstanding moneys owed to these subcontractors; if the NDFA will engage with these subcontractors for work carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29106/18]
100. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met unpaid subcontractors involved in constructing the schools bundle 5 PPP project; his plans to ensure they are paid for the work they have carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29369/18]
96. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if guarantees will be sought from the remaining partners of an organisation (details supplied) that it will pay subcontractors for work already carried out on the schools bundle 5 PPP project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29370/18]
533. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability to include funding for equipment for the extended space such as sensory equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28837/18]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to industrial and provident societies and for that purpose to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 and to provide for connected matters.
231. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is still possible for Inland Fisheries Ireland to provide the Marine Institute with samples of the farmed salmon stock captured in the western river basin district in 2017; the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has to date not provided samples of same to the Marine Institute as requested; if he will request Inland Fisheries Ireland to provide samples to the Marine Institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28127/18]
230. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the relationships between Inland Fisheries Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Marine Institute in relation to the licensing and regulation of salmon farming; if he is satisfied with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's response to the discovery of farmed salmon in the western river basin district in August and September 2017; if he is satisfied that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is fully committed to a properly regulated aquaculture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28126/18]
229. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is possible the farmed salmon stock captured in the western river basin district in 2017 had the potential to originate from a jurisdiction other than that of Ireland or Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/18]
228. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 20 June 2018, if Inland Fisheries Ireland has received a comprehensive report from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine regarding the farmed salmon escape from an operation at Glinsk in Mulroy Bay, County Donegal in July 2017; if Inland Fisheries Ireland is satisfied the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has addressed all matters relating to the escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/18]
187. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health when the HSE appeals procedure in relation to circular 17/2013 was first issued; the steps taken to ensure compliance with this appeals procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/18]
595. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of the disparate systems of differential rents for social housing will be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the disparity between differential rents in County Wexford and south County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/18]
327. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if lower age limits will be imposed on personalised budgets for persons with disabilities; if personalised budgets will be available to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27559/18]
37. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has given consideration to the reintroduction of the grey wolf in national parks; if research or studies have been carried out in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26706/18]
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s input into the planning and construction stages of large scale road projects within special areas of conservation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26707/18]
Bill entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, which concerns the Vacant Site Levy; to increase the vacant site levy and make changes to some of the provisions of the levy; to allow owners of sites deemed vacant, the opportunity to enter into negotiations with the relevant Local Authority, or State Agency, to sell the site for a percentage of its value; and to provide for related matters.
224. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department is formulating regulations regarding the construction of solar power projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23915/18]
223. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the regulations by which planning permissions for commercial solar energy installations are assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23916/18]
206. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has had contact with the Charities Regulator with regard to its review of State agencies that also hold charitable status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27119/18]
205. 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 Office of the Attorney General has an input into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/18]
186. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason neither his Department nor the Marine Institute have sought further information from Inland Fisheries Ireland with regard to the findings of the Report on the Occurrence of Farmed Atlantic Salmon in Rivers in the Western River Basin District in August September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/18]
185. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 30 May 2018, if the record will be corrected to accept farmed stock was taken to Inland Fisheries Ireland in 2017 as per the response of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1035 to 1038, inclusive, of 12 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26988/18]
184. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is preparing a report regarding the escape of some 20,000 farmed salmon from a site (details supplied) in Mulroy Bay, County Donegal in July 2017 as requested by Inland Fisheries Ireland; when the report will be finalised; when the report was first requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26987/18]
159. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the performance of the National Ambulance Service on a county basis and NUTS3 regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26970/18]
158. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from University Hospital Waterford, UHW, to Cork University Hospital, CUH, will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at UHW; the time of clinical handover to ambulance team in UHW; the time of clinical handover at CUH for each request made in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26969/18]
157. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from Wexford General Hospital to St. James's Hospital will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at Wexford General; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in Wexford General; the time of clinical handover at St. James's for each request made in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, distinguishing between echo and delta responses in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/18]
156. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if a schedule of each emergency transfer request to the National Ambulance Service from St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny to St. James's Hospital will be provided detailing the time of ambulance service request raised at St. Luke's; the time of clinical handover to the ambulance team in St. Luke's; the time of clinical handover at St. James's for each request made in each of the years since 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018, distinguishing between echo and delta responses in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26967/18]
90. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the waste water deficiencies in County Wexford; the number of locations in which untreated raw sewage is discharged in the county; if he is satisfied that Irish Water is doing everything possible in regard to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/18]
78. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 31 local authorities that have set up a vacant site register; the number that have not; the number that have and the register remains empty; his views on the fact that certain local authorities are ignoring the provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015; the steps he is taking to force local authorities to comply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26824/18]
77. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the wait times for Irish Water to acknowledge, process and communicate final decisions regarding pre-connection applications for sewerage and water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26820/18]
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of direct builds by each of the 31 local authorities in 2017; his views on the fact that 11 local authorities built zero homes; his further views on whether there may be an over reliance on private sector turnkey units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/18]
46. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his discussions with the Minister for Finance regarding Home Building Finance Ireland; the input his Department will have in the State agency; his views on the fact that the agency will be staffed by NAMA employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/18]
535. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the duration of Tús schemes beyond one year; and if the number of persons that find employment in the period after completing Tús schemes is recorded. [26361/18]
467. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a funding support scheme will be considered for the remaining draft and snap net salmon fishermen affected by the ongoing cessation of fishing activities; if an application for European maritime and fisheries funding from the European Commission will be made to compensate the fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26470/18]
251. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Policing Authority has not issued guidelines to the Garda Commissioner regarding the supervision and control by the Commissioner of the monitoring of CCTV by authorised persons under section 38(11) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26357/18]
235. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which single adults residing in direct provision are sharing rooms; the number who have been sharing rooms for over 12 and 24 months, respectively; the range of beds per room in shared rooms, that is, the highest number of beds to the lowest number of beds; and the average number of beds per room in shared rooms across the direct provision portfolio. [26271/18]
70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to the tender seeking the supply of facial image matching software to improve the performance of the Standard Authentication Framework Environment, SAFE, registration process; if changes are planned to the way in which facial matching technology is employed based on the tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26570/18]
41. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied there is consistent enforcement of all provisions of the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 1992 across all jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25843/18]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied with the increases in the number of licences issued for dog breeding establishments in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25844/18]
146. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm escapes have been reported from 1 January 2018 to date. [25748/18]
77. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there were errors in the publication of the special needs assistant allocations to schools for the 2018-2019 school year; if all 474.97 SNA allocations announced for County Wexford on the NCSE website will be fully funded and each position filled for the 2018/2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25774/18]
32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the sampling exercise of adoption records held by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland will be extended to include all forms of illegal adoption and not just illegal birth registrations. [25562/18]
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the issues raised in the recently published child care law reporting project study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25561/18]
1069. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the change to the mandatory requirement for a public services card for applying for a driver licence and provisional licence; the cost of the project to make the public services card mandatory for applications; when similar changes for the driver theory test will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24664/18]
1038. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland has been contacted by the Marine Institute regarding the findings of its report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25388/18]