226. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41288/15]
225. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41268/15]
214. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the regulations of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, to implement in respect of situations where a student who was applying for a third level grant receives an inheritance, and this amount is deemed to be income in one particular year and makes the person ineligible for a grant from SUSI, whereas certain Departments treat an inheritance as a capital receipt, and not as income, and in other situations such as the Department of Social Protection, it can be averaged out over three years so as not to distort a person's income based on a once-off receipt in any one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/15]
207. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41290/15]
200. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/15]
160. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41286/15]
159. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currenty being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41265/15]
155. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41273/15]
128. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41287/15]
127. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41267/15]
122. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41263/15]
95. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under his remit; the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41291/15]
94. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/15]
71. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of new State bodies and agencies under his remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/15]
55. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for employees under her remit; the number that are in deficit; her plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41292/15]
54. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of new State bodies and agencies under her remit that have been established since February 2011; the number of such bodies subject to a sunset clause; the number of new public bodies currently being planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41274/15]
21. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific actions he is taking on foot of the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General report, to ensure expenditure occurs in the best interests of the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40602/15]
18. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently listed for public sector employees, the number that are in deficit; his plans to consolidate any of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40606/15]
13. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures put in place by the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, to ensure recipients of State contracts, particularly in the construction sector, fully abide by all relevant laws and regulations including tax, social welfare, and health and safety; if this also applies to subcontractors engaged by the main contractor on State-funded projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40604/15]
6. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new State bodies and agencies that have been established since February 2011; the number that are subject to a sunset clause and that are currently being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40603/15]
4. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected annual scope for additional expenditure in future years; the projected growth rate on which this is based; the circumstances in which this scope would be increased; how departmental expenditure overruns will be dealt with now that Ireland is in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40742/15]
1. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total Supplementary Estimates that are now expected to be introduced for 2015; how this breaks down across individual Departments; if additional expenditure is required because of inadequate expenditure provision at the start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40741/15]
183. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that up to 2009 native red deer were managed in Killarney National Park in County Kerry by her Department, based on an annual census of the red deer population; that since 2009 no management or census of the red deer herd has taken place due to a reduction in local staff numbers; that despite considerable national controversy, her Department has recently announced a cull of our native red deer herd in Killarney National Park; the data on which her Department is basing the proposed cull; the details of the deer management plan to be used; the timeline of the cull; the number of deer to be culled by gender and species; the areas of the Killarney National Park that will be affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40840/15]
182. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that gardaí in the Killarney Garda Síochána district in County Kerry have stated they have not seen an increase in the number of road traffic accidents involving wild deer, nor has there ever been a recorded fatality from an accident involving a wild deer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40839/15]
181. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that the proposed cull of native red deer in Killarney National Park in County Kerry is contrary to the framework for action document prepared by her Department and others for the work of the Irish Deer Management Forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40838/15]
180. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that research completed and published in 2012, with the support of her Department, outlining the findings of a four-year research programme by leading scientists that the red deer in Killarney National Park in County Kerry, our last native red deer herd, has been in continuous existence for over 6,000 years and that their number needed to be between 600 to 1,000 to be sustainable otherwise the herd’s health was at risk from diseases and weakening associated with in-breeding, and furthermore, in a recent statement her Department stated it believes that red deer in Killarney National Park currently number 550, despite confirming it had not undertaken a census of the herd’s population; that her Department plans to undertake a cull and, given the risks associated with a cull, the need to ensure the future survival of our native red deer, and that the number of native red deer is unknown; if her Department still plans to undertake a cull without completing a census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40837/15]
179. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that while a national deer census is not practical a census of localised areas such as in national parks could be undertaken; that the Wild Deer Association of Ireland is the lead organisation representing those who work with deer and their management; that a member of the Irish Deer Management Forum had offered to provide resources and expertise to undertake a census of the sika and native red deer population in Killarney National Park in County Kerry, in advance of the proposed cull recently announced by her Department; her plans to accept the offer of assistance from the Wild Deer Association of Ireland before considering a cull of our last native red deer herd; if she and her advisers will hold an urgent meeting with the relevant experts to discuss the proposed cull; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40836/15]
151. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the work undertaken by the National Task Force on Prescribing and Dispensing, since it was first established in 2012 [40879/15]
97. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on introducing a ban on the importation of bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40841/15]
589. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a list of the amounts transferred by each water services authority to Irish Water, pursuant to Statutory Instrument No. 461 of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40688/15]
583. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide any circulars, memoranda, explanatory notes or information provided to local authorities in respect of implementing and operating Statutory Instrument No. 484 of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40629/15]
560. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of industrial processes established in his area under side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with the Lansdowne Road talks in May 2015; the details of any agreements concluded to date on foot of such processes; and the costs, including anticipated costs in future years, of any agreements reached. [40223/15]
543. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite the urgent progression of a school building project (details supplied) in County Carlow, given the difficulties that have arisen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40623/15]
523. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place whereby European Union citizens can have their third level fees paid while they are participating in third level education here; if similar reciprocal arrangements apply in each of the other European Union member states; the numbers in relation to other member states covered by this in relation to third level institutions here; the costs involved; the reciprocal payments made by other member states for Irish students studying in these member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40301/15]
522. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for fees for third level institutions paid by her Department or Student Universal Support Ireland for persons from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who are participating in third level education in this State; the total amount involved; the reciprocal arrangements with these areas for fees to be paid in third level institutions where students from this State are participating in third level education in those areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40300/15]
521. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the situation regarding applications for third level grants for Irish citizens who have lived over 80% of their lives here but had to leave the country with their parents who were unemployed and secured work abroad and who on return here are deemed not eligible due to the habitual residence rule operated by Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, even though they had lived 17 years of their 20-year-life here; if this is a reasonable position in terms of the rules from her Department for SUSI to be requested to implement; if the same procedures are applied consistently between her Department and other Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40299/15]
520. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the situation in relation to third level grants where a person on Pay As You Earn arrangements whose income changes during the course of the year, and where verification from the employer can be submitted so that an application for a third level grant can be examined in view of the new information, as against the situation where a self-employed person who has submitted accounts for a previous year whose current financial situation has deteriorated substantially and who wishes to submit more up-to-date financial information but who is not treated in a similar manner in having this new information taken into consideration in relation to a current grant application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40298/15]
514. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of industrial processes established in her area under side deals concluded with trade unions, in parallel with the Lansdowne Road talks in May 2015; the details of any agreements concluded to date on foot of such processes; the costs, including anticipated costs in future years, of any agreements reached. [40224/15]
381. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the status of industrial processes established in his area under side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with the Lansdowne Road talks in May 2015; the details of any agreements concluded to date on foot of such processes; and the costs, including anticipated costs in future years, of any agreements reached. [40221/15]
350. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an aftercare package was provided to a person (details supplied) in County Laois after that person left foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40296/15]
337. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the new vehicles being purchased for An Garda Síochána, if she will provide details in the tender document issued regarding the use, servicing, maintenance and guaranteeing the future safety of these vehicles beyond a certain level of kilometres, or age of vehicle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40625/15]
319. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of industrial processes established in her area through side deals concluded with trade unions in parallel with the Lansdowne Road talks in May 2015; the details of any agreements concluded to date on foot of such processes; and the costs, including anticipated costs in future years, of any agreements reached. [40222/15]
246. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pensioners who are in receipt of pensions of €34,142 to €40,000, €40,000 plus to €50,000, €50,000 plus to €60,000, €60,000 plus to €70,000, €70,000 plus to €80,000, €80,000 plus to €90,000, €90,000 plus to €100,000, €100,000 plus to €110,000, €110,000 plus to €120,000, €120,000 plus to €130,000, €130,000 plus to €140,000, €140,000 plus to €150,000 and €150,000 plus; the costs in respect of each of the ranges; and if he will make a statement on the matter [40628/15]
245. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reduction in annualised amounts of the public service pension, for those who retired before 29 February 2012, for those who retired after 29 February 2012, and for those who will retire in the future, by pensions of €60,000 plus, of €60,000 plus to €100,000, and of €100,000 plus, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40627/15]
244. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage reduction in the annualised amount of the public service pension for Ministers who will retire on a full combined ministerial and Oireachtas pension in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40626/15]
243. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of reference of the recently established community and voluntary forum; the chairperson; the membership; the number of meetings held to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40624/15]
242. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department and the National Procurement Office in respect of vehicles being purchased for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40597/15]
190. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39816/15]
189. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the housing aid for older persons scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39815/15]
188. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided in 2015 under the mobility aids grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39814/15]