798. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of discussions with the owners of the Whitegate refinery regarding potential buyers ahead of the expiry of its licence later this month, with a view to maintaining the operation of this key national energy supply asset and the employment it gives to the surrounding area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22143/16]
674. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/16]
591. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has failed to cover the cost of Midon, a drug recommended by consultant neurologists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease for inclusion under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22079/16]
175. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the vehicle registration tax rebate for electric vehicles until 2017 and 2020 respectively. [22193/16]
23. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is considering increasing grant support for PV solar energy production, offshore wind energy production and biomass energy production to meet our European Union 2020 energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21627/16]
18. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile telephone coverage; the timetable for actions in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21626/16]
13. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources whether Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; to provide details of the fines that will be realised if not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21628/16]
3. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the planned takeover of seven Irish radio stations by an organisation (details supplied) and the effect on Irish media plurality and diversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21807/16]
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of premises to be covered by the national broadband plan between State intervention and commercial operators, the latest timetable for implementation, the technology that will best future-proof its delivery, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21806/16]
266. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of cost efficiencies for all renewable technologies by megawatt in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21647/16]
264. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of premises forecasted to be covered by the national broadband plan and by commercial high-speed broadband services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/16]
290. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the planned takeover of seven Irish radio stations by an organisation (details supplied); his role in deciding if this complies with media mergers legislation; if this passes the public interest test under media merger guidelines and the effect on the existing media plurality landscape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20211/16]
624. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government has transposed the European broadband directive, 2014/61/EU, relating to infrastructure sharing, which will reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks; if not, when this is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19488/16]
618. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely energy cost implications for the single electricity market, SEM, the integrated single electricity market, I-SEM and the electricity market as well as the existing energy interconnection between the United Kingdom and Ireland following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the EU in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/16]
617. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard security of energy supply here, following the decision by United Kingdom voters to leave the European Union in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19054/16]
229. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19047/16]
42. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios he has examined for setback distances between wind turbines and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/16]
365. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/16]
262. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the compensation payments for reactor cattle from the suckler cow herd, is significantly below the market value and does not cover the replacement cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17639/16]
33. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Clare on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17086/16]
227. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) raised in correspondence regarding teachers. [17340/16]
250. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the public service broadcasting charge as was committed to under the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16396/16]
6. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on track to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if these are not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/16]
3. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that the establishment of Eircode has provided value for money; if he is satisfied with the rate of take up by industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16216/16]
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by 2020; if he is satisfied with the download speeds it envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16375/16]
199. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that the Commission for Energy Regulation should introduce more regular reporting requirements to encourage wholesale gas and electricity providers to offer the most competitive prices to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/16]
198. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider diversifying Ireland’s renewable energy portfolio by incentivising the take-up of solar and biomass energy to meet our 2020 renewables targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16272/16]
197. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the investment in wind energy and increased generation and of the savings in fossil fuels such as gas in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16271/16]
196. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant support available for photovoltaic solar energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/16]
536. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the introduction of time-of-use tariffs will result in consumer buy-in to the national smart metering programme, given international experience where this has been tried; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15343/16]
535. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider introducing an opt-in provision for customers in the national smart metering programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15342/16]
534. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Loc8 code was considered for use with the Eircode autoaddress application in the introduction of two additional postcodes to be used with the application; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15341/16]
533. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a recent survey carried out by a company (details supplied) which found that 96% of companies in the logistics business do not use Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/16]
532. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department did not adopt the national postcodes project board's recommendation in its final report for the adoption of a hierarchical code but adopted a non-sequential system instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/16]
531. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Eircode is compatible with global positioning system functionality; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15338/16]
530. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the departmental spend on setting up Eircode; the original budget; the spend on ongoing maintenance costs since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15337/16]
520. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/16]
404. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15372/16]
582. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a decision to a person (details supplied) with regard to a 2015 basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/16]
534. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the balance of a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/16]
207. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Granaghan Beg, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, will have fibre optic cable for broadband service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13937/16]
658. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated a date for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/16]
242. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will continue to be the lead Minister with responsibility for all areas within his current communications portfolio, including the post office network and the roll-out of the national broadband plan, when the new rural affairs Ministry is operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12441/16]
241. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of mobile telephone coverage and the steps he is taking to improve it in accordance with the measures and timetable set out in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12440/16]
34. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons and the number of solicitors the judicial appointments advisory board nominated to fill vacancies in the Circuit Court in November 2015 and April 2016. [12249/16]
33. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges on the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Circuit Court who are former barristers or solicitors. [12248/16]
32. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the judicial appointments advisory board who are barristers, former barristers, benchers of the King's Inns or solicitors. [12247/16]
616. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of potential foreign direct investment clients that the Industrial Development Agency Ireland has attracted to the Shannon Free Zone in County Clare in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11450/16]
538. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/16]
492. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/16]