Questions: Other topics
Migration-related parliamentary questions on other topics, 2016–2026, with who asked, which department answered and a link to each answer.
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| date | question_number | chamber | topic | question_type | asked_by | answered_by | question | answer_chars | distinct_years_in_answer | stats_score | url |
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| 2016-01-13 | 413 | 31st Dáil | Fishing Industry | written | Paul Murphy | Agriculture | 413. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the 500 atypical worker permits that are being made available to the owners of Irish fishing vessels in order that they may regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, how many have so far b | 1744 | 0 | 5 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/413/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 414 | 31st Dáil | Fishing Industry | written | Paul Murphy | Agriculture | 414. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine subsequent to the establishment of the atypical worker permission mechanism, established to allow the owners of Irish fishing vessels regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, if he has recei | 1744 | 0 | 5 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/414/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 631 | 31st Dáil | Health Promotion | written | Eamonn Maloney | Health | 631. Deputy Eamonn Maloney asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a licensing system for vaping products; if so, when; if he will implement tobacco products directive II, in as far as it relates to vaping products; what form this will take; if public consultation is envisaged; and if he | 2678 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/631/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 719 | 31st Dáil | Overseas Development Aid | written | Seán Crowe | Foreign | 719. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade as a contributor to the European Union trust fund for Africa and as member of the strategic board, how he will ensure effective governance and oversight of the fund to ensure that projects approved for migration management inclu | 1595 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/719/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 726 | 31st Dáil | Consular Services Provision | written | Clare Daly | Foreign | 726. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the deportation from the United Arab Emirates of a person (details supplied) in October of 2014; if this matter has been raised with the Government of the United Arab Emirates, with particular reference to the | 578 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/726/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 900 | 31st Dáil | Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation | written | Michael Creed | Communications | 900. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the changes envisaged in the renewable energy feed-in tariff in 2016 in order to meet the targets contained in the recently published Energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1309 | 1968 | 2 | 29 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/900/ |
| 2016-01-19 | 143 | 31st Dáil | Insurance Costs | written | Brendan Griffin | Finance | 143. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will liaise with the Irish Insurance Federation to ascertain why returning emigrants with clean driving licences and a history of driving abroad in countries such as Australia, the United States of America and Canada are being charged | 2261 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-19/143/ |
| 2016-01-19 | 398 | 31st Dáil | Consular Services Provision | written | Pearse Doherty | Foreign | 398. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of communication and correspondence he has had with the Australian authorities as part of efforts to provide assistance and support to Irish citizens in Australia who have been found to have violated the terms of | 3534 | 7 | 98 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-19/398/ |
| 2016-01-19 | 399 | 31st Dáil | Consular Services Provision | written | Pearse Doherty | Foreign | 399. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been deported, returned or removed from Australia as a result of having violated the terms of their visa by remaining in the country beyond the permitted duration of stay in each year si | 3534 | 7 | 98 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-19/399/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 5 | 31st Dáil | Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements | oral | Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the status of the European Union Council meeting on 30 November 2015, including discussions on the €3 billion plan for Turkey, the easing of visa restrictions, the status of Turkey's application to join the European Union, border security, the migrant sit | 52486 | 8 | 120 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/5/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 8 | 31st Dáil | Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements | oral | Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 8. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the agreed actions that are to be taken on European Union immigration, following the meeting of the European Union Council on 17 December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1824/16] | 52486 | 8 | 120 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/8/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 11 | 31st Dáil | Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements | oral | Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 11. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has attended a meeting on the number of migrants that Ireland will receive from Syria and other war-torn countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1959/16] | 52486 | 8 | 120 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/11/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 13 | 31st Dáil | Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements | oral | Joe Higgins | Taoiseach | 13. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach to report on meetings regarding the refugee crisis and Ireland's commitment to aid during the European Union Council in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2802/16] | 52486 | 8 | 120 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/13/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 77 | 31st Dáil | Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility | written | Clare Daly | Social | 77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection what steps she will take to instigate a review of the habitual residence condition to ensure that it is not discriminatory, particularly in relation to children from migrant and Traveller backgrounds, and asylum-seeking chil | 1749 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/77/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 213 | 31st Dáil | Agriculture Schemes | written | Éamon Ó Cuív | Agriculture | 213. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the details of the scheme or schemes he is putting in place to assist farmers affected by recent flooding; the type of schemes envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2991/16] | 2468 | 2 | 25 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/213/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 252 | 31st Dáil | Employment Rights | written | Clare Daly | Agriculture | 252. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any matters which he is aware of but on which he has not taken action, given that his Department was aware of issues regarding migrant workers in the fishing industry, as far back as 2010, but did not take an | 3555 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/252/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 301 | 31st Dáil | Human Rights Issues | written | Clare Daly | Children | 301. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will adopt the recommendation of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission that contracts for subcontracted State services for children, including health, care work, immigration and asylum services, be awarded subjec | 989 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/301/ |
| 2016-01-28 | 17 | 31st Dáil | Ombudsman for Children Remit | written | Mick Wallace | Children | 17. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will extend the mandate of the Office of the Ombudsman for Children in order that it can receive complaints from children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3210/16] | 2041 | 1 | 14 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-28/17/ |
| 2016-01-28 | 36 | 31st Dáil | Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility | written | Michael McNamara | Social | 36. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the supports available to returned emigrants; if she will waive the habitual residence requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3574/16] | 2796 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-28/36/ |
| 2016-02-02 | 243 | 31st Dáil | EU Regulations | written | Michael McNamara | Agriculture | 243. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2015 national reserve (young farmer/new entrant) and young farmers scheme terms and conditions, in particular the condition that applicants for the young farmers category of the national reserve who are farmi | 2236 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-02-02/243/ |
| 2016-02-02 | 582 | 31st Dáil | Driver Licences | written | Gabrielle McFadden | Transport | 582. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an Irish emigrant (details supplied) with 17 years driving experience and a full clean licence from the US, has to resit a driving test here, and incur the expenses associated with securing an Irish driving | 1232 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-02-02/582/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 73 | 32nd Dáil | Motor Insurance Regulation | written | Brendan Griffin | Finance | 73. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on the huge motor insurance premiums returning emigrants are being charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5022/16] | 1897 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/73/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 112 | 32nd Dáil | Public Sector Staff Retirements | written | Willie Penrose | Public | 112. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will adjust the compulsory retirement age of 65 years of age for public servants who wish to serve up to 66 or 67 years of age on an optional basis; if he envisages any legislative amendments in respect of this; an | 373 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/112/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 257 | 32nd Dáil | EU Agreements | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 257. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that Ireland does not sign up to a new agreement with Turkey at the meeting of the European Council this week which, if successfully passed, will be in contravention of our international obligations to protect | 2285 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/257/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 262 | 32nd Dáil | Humanitarian Aid | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 262. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will work with lawyers from the Immigrant Council of Ireland on the ground in refugee camps in France to identify vulnerable migrants, including lone children who may have legal grounds for entry here; and if she will make | 1193 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/262/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 427 | 32nd Dáil | International Summits | written | Niall Collins | Foreign | 427. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed role which Irish development charities and migrant groups such as the Immigrant Council of Ireland working on the refugee crisis have in the global summit being co-hosted by Ireland at the United Nations in New Y | 1362 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/427/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 429 | 32nd Dáil | Diplomatic Representation | written | Brendan Griffin | Foreign | 429. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of pressure applied by the European Union on the Arab League to take a more proactive approach to assisting with the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/16] | 692 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/429/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 430 | 32nd Dáil | International Agreements | written | Thomas Pringle | Foreign | 430. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Ireland does not sign up to a new agreement with Turkey at the meeting of the European Council this week which, if successfully passed, will be in contravention of our international obligations to prot | 4518 | 3 | 37 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/430/ |
| 2016-04-06 | 212 | 32nd Dáil | Capital Expenditure Programme | written | Pearse Doherty | Public | 212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of the €14.5 billion non-Exchequer component of his expenditure proposal contained in the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021; and the details of the form of funding and the lender or | 1315 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-06/212/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 66 | 32nd Dáil | Rent Supplement Scheme Administration | written | Willie O'Dea | Social | 66. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of housing assistance payment recipients and households and the number of households she envisages transitioning from rent supplement to the HAP by the end of 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will ma | 3040 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/66/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 261 | 32nd Dáil | Overseas Missions | written | Seán Crowe | Defence | 261. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence when he will dispatch the L E Róisín to the Mediterranean to undertake search and rescue activities in respect of the refugee and humanitarian crises. [7167/16] | 1873 | 2 | 27 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/261/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 627 | 32nd Dáil | International Agreements | written | Brendan Smith | Foreign | 627. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the European Union agreement with Turkey on refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6849/16] | 2355 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/627/ |
| 2016-04-20 | 503 | 32nd Dáil | Broadband Service Provision | written | Bernard Durkan | Communications | 503. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband is envisaged over the next two years with particular reference to County Kildare and the need to meet the requirements of customers the | 4383 | 2 | 25 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-20/503/ |
| 2016-04-26 | 104 | 32nd Dáil | Financial Services Regulation | written | Brian Stanley | Finance | 104. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the status of the list of prohibited countries, described as such by Bank of Ireland, which is used as the criteria for immigrants from those listed countries to open bank accounts. [8239/16] | 365 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-26/104/ |
| 2016-04-26 | 130 | 32nd Dáil | Compulsory Purchase Orders | written | Dara Calleary | Jobs | 130. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has considered the consequences of a recent court judgment (details supplied) on the compulsory purchase order process; if legislative change is required or envisaged in this regard; and if he will mak | 569 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-26/130/ |
| 2016-04-26 | 218 | 32nd Dáil | International Agreements | written | Róisín Shortall | Justice | 218. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the recent European Union-Turkish migration agreement, she considers Turkey a safe third country for migrants to seek refuge in, given Turkey's human rights record, the recent condemnation of the agreement by | 2238 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-26/218/ |
| 2016-04-28 | 22 | 32nd Dáil | Tax Code | written | Brendan Griffin | Finance | 22. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the tax incentives and other incentives available to Irish emigrants hoping to return home to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/16] | 3110 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-28/22/ |
| 2016-05-04 | 12 | 32nd Dáil | Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility | written | Michael Healy-Rae | Social | 12. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on immigrants returning home and being precluded from receiving social protection payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8883/16] | 3539 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-04/12/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 861 | 32nd Dáil | Orthodontic Services | written | Louise O'Reilly | Health | 861. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the funding for the Health Service Executive orthodontic service in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date in tabular form; the cost of extending the direct provision of orthodontic treatment to children with less severe needs; and if he will | 949 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/861/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 1208 | 32nd Dáil | HIQA Reports | written | Gerry Adams | Children | 1208. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 16 June 2015, if funding has been accessed by social workers working with families in Mosney direct provision centre for translation services during the past ten months. [10390/16] | 238 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/1208/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 1209 | 32nd Dáil | HIQA Reports | written | Gerry Adams | Children | 1209. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 16 June 2015, if she will confirm that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has translated relevant information leaflets into French and Swahili for families in the Mosney direct pro | 238 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/1209/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 1210 | 32nd Dáil | HIQA Reports | written | Gerry Adams | Children | 1210. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of live child protection cases at Mosney direct provision centre. [10392/16] | 238 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/1210/ |
| 2016-05-18 | 2 | 32nd Dáil | Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears | oral | Pearse Doherty | Finance | 2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to the statement in the programme for Government regarding the intention to "work with the Central Bank to amend the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to include an obligation on providers of mortgage credit to provide a range of sust | 7758 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-18/2/ |
| 2016-05-18 | 57 | 32nd Dáil | Property Tax Administration | written | Josepha Madigan | Finance | 57. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance when he will review and implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report and in particular recommendation 4; the time frame he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/16] | 1996 | 5 | 60 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-18/57/ |
| 2016-05-18 | 200 | 32nd Dáil | Farm Improvement Scheme Applications | written | Niamh Smyth | Agriculture | 200. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in farm improvement applications approvals; if he is aware that applications to the scheme from November 2015 still have not been approved; given the lengthy delays in grant processing, if he is | 407 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-18/200/ |
| 2016-05-19 | 214 | 32nd Dáil | Company Law | written | Josepha Madigan | Jobs | 214. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to amend section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 to extend the deadline to use the modified US generally accepted accounting principles by three years; the time frame he envisages; and if she will make a statement on | 648 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/214/ |
| 2016-05-19 | 217 | 32nd Dáil | Action Plan for Jobs | written | Dara Calleary | Jobs | 217. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected number of extra jobs targeted in each nomenclature of units for territorial statistics 3 region by 2020, by year, in tabular form, as envisaged under the programme for Government; and if she will make a st | 1897 | 3 | 44 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/217/ |
| 2016-05-19 | 218 | 32nd Dáil | Job Creation Targets | written | Dara Calleary | Jobs | 218. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the starting period from which the job targets projected up until 2020 will commence as envisaged under the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11153/16] | 3508 | 5 | 61 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/218/ |
| 2016-05-24 | 193 | 32nd Dáil | Third Level Institutions | written | Carol Nolan | Education | 193. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the term of the president of the National University of Ireland, Galway will end and his preparations to appoint a successor including the timescale and process he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1173 | 1788 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-24/193/ |
| 2016-05-24 | 357 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights | written | Maureen O'Sullivan | Foreign | 357. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is doing enough to combat the refugee crisis in Syria and, although Irish Aid has distributed humanitarian aid, if more vocal and progressive action is needed at EU level and at international level to combat s | 3734 | 3 | 37 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-24/357/ |
| 2016-05-25 | 1 | 32nd Dáil | EU Meetings | oral | Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has met with or spoken recently to the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel, and if he discussed the migrant issue with her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/16] | 37227 | 3 | 69 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-25/1/ |
| 2016-05-25 | 2 | 32nd Dáil | EU Meetings | oral | Micheál Martin | Taoiseach | 2. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach his views on the recent resignation of the pro-European Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Ahmet Davutoğlu, and the impact this will have on the European Union migrant deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9988/16] | 37227 | 3 | 69 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-25/2/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 12 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights | written | Mick Wallace | Foreign | 12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised, or will consider raising, at European Union or United Nations level concerns regarding Turkey's status as a safe state for the return of refugees, given recent reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Interna | 4492 | 2 | 32 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/12/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 16 | 32nd Dáil | Syrian Conflict | written | Maureen O'Sullivan | Foreign | 16. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the hunger sieges taking place in Syria, given that Ireland is supportive of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in Turkey this week; and his views on many non-governmental organisations being cri | 2108 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/16/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 17 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights | written | Fiona O'Loughlin | Foreign | 17. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised at European Union or United Nations level the question of Turkey's status as a safe state for refugees being overturned; the efforts he is making to cease the return of refugees to Turkey; and if he will ma | 4492 | 2 | 32 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/17/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 22 | 32nd Dáil | International Agreements | written | Bríd Smith | Foreign | 22. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he examined the agreement on refugees between the European Union and Turkey prior to signing up to it; if it infringes the European Union Convention on Human Rights with regard to the forced movement of persons in any way; and | 1706 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/22/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 28 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights | written | Mick Wallace | Foreign | 28. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that the European Union-Turkey refugee deal is not in contravention of European Union or international law, and that it upholds the human rights of the refugees concerned, given reports by a number of human r | 4492 | 2 | 32 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/28/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 156 | 32nd Dáil | Syrian Conflict | written | Bernard Durkan | Foreign | 156. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Union and the United Nations are addressing the refugee crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/16] | 4681 | 4 | 50 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/156/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 171 | 32nd Dáil | Natural Heritage Areas | written | Clare Daly | Arts | 171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her actions to stop digging for bait on Bull Island in County Dublin, a practice naturalists describe as inconsistent with the nature reserve status of the island and one which is having a negative impact on birds on the | 794 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/171/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 262 | 32nd Dáil | Motor Insurance | written | Mick Barry | Finance | 262. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance providers to take into account the safe driving record maintained by returning emigrants when they lived abroad who are currently being treated as new drivers when seeking insurance here with conse | 1911 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/262/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 299 | 32nd Dáil | Student Grant Scheme | written | Thomas Pringle | Education | 299. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons each of the 37 applications for student support under the scheme aimed at making third level education accessible for young persons in the direct provision system were rejected; and if he will make a statem | 969 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/299/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 352 | 32nd Dáil | Wind Energy Generation | written | Thomas Byrne | Environment | 352. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he envisages a public consultation will take place regarding industrial turbine development and the planning guidelines relating to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12767/16] | 1747 | 2 | 30 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/352/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 465 | 32nd Dáil | Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility | written | Catherine Connolly | Social | 465. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to those persons living in direct provision centres, and who have residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12868/16] | 1547 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/465/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 516 | 32nd Dáil | Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility | written | Catherine Connolly | Social | 516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy with regard to paying jobseeker’s allowance to residents of direct provision centres, once they have achieved leave to remain status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/16] | 1547 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/516/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 698 | 32nd Dáil | National Children's Hospital Expenditure | written | Mattie McGrath | Health | 698. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to address concerns that the proposed new national children's hospital is already experiencing significant budgetary costs in excess of what was originally envisaged; and the means by which he will ensure that such costs will not continue to s | 2554 | 3 | 34 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/698/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 23 | 32nd Dáil | EU Funding | oral | Darragh O'Brien | Foreign | 23. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of Médecins Sans Frontières to no longer accept funds from European Union member states as a result of their opposition to the European Union-Turkey migration deal; and if he will make a statement o | 12562 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/23/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 24 | 32nd Dáil | EU Funding | oral | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | Foreign | 24. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, has announced that it will no longer accept funding from the Governments of European Union member states and European Union institutions in opposition to their harmful | 12562 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/24/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 25 | 32nd Dáil | UK Referendum on EU Membership | oral | Brendan Howlin | Foreign | 25. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he envisages his strategy following a British withdrawal from the European Union will involve opposition parties; the formal arrangements he will put in place to facilitate this and to work with political groupings across | 7597 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/25/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 32 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights | oral | Mick Wallace | Foreign | 32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that at least 60 civilians have been shot in 2016 by Turkish soldiers while attempting to flee Syria via the Turkish border; if reports of this nature will have any impact on Ireland's approach to the Europ | 7233 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/32/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 358 | 32nd Dáil | UN Guiding Principles | written | Bernard Durkan | Foreign | 358. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the European Union or directly in the context of wider global consultations, can influence a review of the strength, the role and respect for the United Nations with particular reference to | 3442 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/358/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 594 | 32nd Dáil | Agriculture Scheme Administration | written | Charlie McConalogue | Agriculture | 594. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all sheep farmers will have equal access to the same measures under any new scheme that is envisaged to be rolled out in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19390/16] | 2348 | 1 | 13 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/594/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 624 | 32nd Dáil | Broadband Service Provision | written | Timmy Dooley | Communications | 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 no | 1155 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/624/ |
| 2016-07-06 | 198 | 32nd Dáil | Broadband Service Provision | written | John Paul Phelan | Arts | 198. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she envisages for local authorities in the roll out of rural broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19992/16] | 1241 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-06/198/ |
| 2016-07-06 | 209 | 32nd Dáil | Hospital Waiting Lists | written | Mary Butler | Health | 209. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health if he envisages a decrease in the endocrinology waiting time and numbers at the outpatient department in University Hospital Waterford, with reference to type 1 diabetes, given the temporary consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matt | 310 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-06/209/ |
| 2016-07-06 | 210 | 32nd Dáil | Hospital Waiting Lists | written | Mary Butler | Health | 210. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the decrease in waiting times and numbers he envisages in the endocrinology waiting list for outpatients at the outpatient department in University Hospital Waterford, with specific reference to type 1 diabetes, if and when the temporary consulta | 310 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-06/210/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 250 | 32nd Dáil | Student Grant Scheme Administration | written | Niamh Smyth | Education | 250. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Skills if extra staff are being brought into the Student Universal Support Ireland offices in 2016 to deal with the application process; if he envisages a backlog; how long applicants will be waiting on applications to be processed; when i | 2572 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/250/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 279 | 32nd Dáil | Teaching Qualifications | written | Paul Murphy | Education | 279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he envisages that all of the teaching positions for special schools and special classes in mainstream schools will be filled given the intention to end the route of regulation 3 registration with the Teaching Council in 2021; and | 1408 | 0 | 3 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/279/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 417 | 32nd Dáil | Humanitarian Aid | written | Darragh O'Brien | Foreign | 417. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Government is taking to support Greek authorities in view of the number of displaced refugees currently in detention centres and refugee camps in Greece; the safeguards the Government has put in place to ensu | 1238 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/417/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 576 | 32nd Dáil | Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment | written | Mick Barry | Health | 576. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant doctors who could not commence their work rotations in acute hospitals and mental health services on 11 July 2016 due to outstanding documentation issues relating to work permits, Garda Síochána checks and internationa | 238 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/576/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 825 | 32nd Dáil | Child and Family Agency | written | Anne Rabbitte | Children | 825. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; her plans and proposals for the agency | 201 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/825/ |
| 2016-07-13 | 26 | 32nd Dáil | Fishing Industry | oral | Mick Barry | Agriculture | 26. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the 500 atypical worker permits being made available to the owners of Irish fishing vessels in order that they may regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, the number applied for so far; th | 7864 | 0 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-13/26/ |
| 2016-07-13 | 40 | 32nd Dáil | UK Referendum on EU Membership | oral | Kevin O'Keeffe | Agriculture | 40. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages supports being put in place in view of the collapse in price in the dairy sector as milk prices will come under further pressure following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. [21318/16] | 13267 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-13/40/ |
| 2016-07-13 | 216 | 32nd Dáil | Fishing Industry | written | Mick Barry | Agriculture | 216. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of detections made of undocumented non-European Union migrant fishing crews in Irish ports in 2016; and the number of prosecutions ensued thereafter. [21496/16] | 2199 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-13/216/ |
| 2016-07-13 | 219 | 32nd Dáil | Fishing Industry | written | Mick Barry | Agriculture | 219. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine subsequent to the establishment of the atypical worker permission mechanism, established to allow the owners of Irish fishing vessels regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, if he has receiv | 3220 | 1 | 16 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-13/219/ |
| 2016-07-14 | 141 | 32nd Dáil | Middle East Issues | written | Seán Crowe | Foreign | 141. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East’s condemnation of Israel’s punitive demolitions in the Klanadia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; that Israeli forces dem | 1029 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-14/141/ |
| 2016-07-14 | 143 | 32nd Dáil | International Agreements | written | Seán Haughey | Foreign | 143. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the implementation of the European Union-Turkey deal on immigration; if the humanitarian issues arising from this agreement should be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21780/16] | 2216 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-14/143/ |
| 2016-07-14 | 250 | 32nd Dáil | Broadband Service Provision | written | Bernard Durkan | Communications | 250. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband is envisaged over the next two years with particular reference to the need to meet the requirements of customers as matter of urgency; | 3648 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-14/250/ |
| 2016-07-14 | 268 | 32nd Dáil | Workplace Relations Commission | written | Mick Barry | Jobs | 268. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a foreign national worker who either is here illegally or does not have the required work permit can take a case against his or her employer for unpaid wages or unfair dismissal to the Workplace Relations Commission; an | 2948 | 2 | 28 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-14/268/ |
| 2016-07-14 | 269 | 32nd Dáil | Job Trends | written | Brendan Griffin | Jobs | 269. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the lack of qualified brewers in the jobs market with specialised skills in areas such as barrel beers and so on; if she will accept visa applications for such specialists, subject t | 3111 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-14/269/ |
| 2016-07-19 | 44 | 32nd Dáil | Haulage Industry Regulation | written | Kevin O'Keeffe | Transport | 44. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to formalise the 42 tonnes derogation and sign it into legislation given that the weight on the same five axle combination in France, the Benelux countries and Italy is 44 tonnes; if he is aware that since | 1790 | 0 | 5 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-19/44/ |
| 2016-07-19 | 86 | 32nd Dáil | Ports Policy | written | Richard Boyd Barrett | Transport | 86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe he envisages for the transfer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour in line with the Harbours Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22476/16] | 883 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-19/86/ |
| 2016-07-19 | 486 | 32nd Dáil | Human Rights Investigations | written | Mick Wallace | Foreign | 486. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns regarding the recent reports by Human Rights Watch (details supplied) documenting serious human rights abuses including physical and sexual violence and extrajudicial killings as a direct result of the EU's | 2603 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-19/486/ |
| 2016-07-19 | 906 | 32nd Dáil | Job Retention | written | Richard Boyd Barrett | Jobs | 906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to encourage workers to stay here, in view of emigration figures still running at 23,000 persons, per annum. [20699/16] | 3506 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-19/906/ |
| 2016-07-20 | 87 | 32nd Dáil | EU Funding | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to Ireland under the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in 2014 and 2015; the amount that has been drawn down by the Irish authorities in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make | 791 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-20/87/ |
| 2016-07-20 | 88 | 32nd Dáil | EU Funding | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the funding received from the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in both 2014 and 2015 has been spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23158/16] | 791 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-20/88/ |
| 2016-07-20 | 173 | 32nd Dáil | Student Grant Scheme Eligibility | written | Ruth Coppinger | Education | 173. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Skills to revise the criteria for a student to live three of the past five years in the European Economic Area and-or Switzerland to be eligible for the student grant scheme, given this is a barrier to many returning emigrants seeking t | 831 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-20/173/ |
| 2016-07-20 | 400 | 32nd Dáil | Telecommunications Services Provision | written | Bernard Durkan | Communications | 400. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which improvements in quality and speed of broadband is envisaged over the next two years with a particular reference to County Kildare and the need to meet the requirements of customers t | 6662 | 3 | 41 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-20/400/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 142 | 32nd Dáil | Foreign Earnings Deduction | written | Pearse Doherty | Finance | 142. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank or his Department placing a cap on the discount applied to foreign earnings by banks to encourage returning emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23963/16] | 1658 | 0 | 3 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/142/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 204 | 32nd Dáil | Third Level Funding | written | Michael McGrath | Education | 204. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role he envisages certain third level institutions will play in a certain project (details supplied); the funds which have been committed by the institutions concerned, by his Department and by any other body under the aegis | 995 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/204/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 229 | 32nd Dáil | Institutes of Technology Funding | written | Thomas Byrne | Education | 229. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it is envisaged that technological universities will be able to borrow independently and off the State balance sheet, in the same manner as universities currently can. [24213/16] | 1361 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/229/ |