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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

James Lawless: I agree with the point made by Deputy Ryan. I saw it happen in other areas during the interregnum and I welcome us revisiting that. Subhead D3 deals with petroleum services. A sum of €441,000 has been allocated but it is a significant decrease from the previous year's allocation of €4.6 million. That means the budget has been cut to 10% of the previous year. At the same...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

James Lawless: We can take them both together. I thank the Minister of State for his overview. He mentioned conservation and the conservation of salmon stocks, in particular. There has been conservation of salmon stocks with the imposition of a ban on certain rivers and fisheries. He mentioned this matter in his opening statement and I him to elaborate a little further on the success of the programme....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

James Lawless: That is good to hear. I have a supplementary question on salmon stocks and conservation measures. As the Minister of State said, salmon is endangered and listed in the Habitats Directive. It is in peril. There is a focus on recreational angling inspections and restrictions on certain rivers to preserve salmon stocks within them at certain periods, all of which makes a lot of sense. I ask...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

James Lawless: I have two minutes. I will take two topics and give them one minute each. My first point on Brexit is about the how Ireland now finds itself placed with regard to foreign direct investment. Companies have been signalling their intent to look at Ireland a second time or consider Ireland as a possible alternative location. We need to ensure our State agencies, including Enterprise Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (5 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has had their jobseeker's payment stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19071/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (5 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income support allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19592/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (5 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the cost of staff parking at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 to ease the financial cost of commuting to work for those staff who are not on a bus or Luas route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (5 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and financial supports available to a voluntary sporting organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19490/16]

Private Members' Business - Broadband Service Provision: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: This is a team effort, and I wish the Minister well in his efforts and endeavours to tackle the problem. Unfortunately, the record has not been good to date. I wish to take issue with one comment the Minister made, namely, that we are on time. We are patently not on time. I appreciate that the Minister was not in government in 2011, but the previous Government committed to 90% coverage by...

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I have a supplementary question. I thank the Minister for that update. I have an interest in the national heritage plan, particularly the Heritage Bill, which I believe is imminent. I represent Kildare North, which has probably more kilometres of canal than perhaps any other county in Ireland with the possible exception of Dublin. I recently met representatives from the inland waterways...

Other Questions: National Heritage Plan (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister for that update. From what she said, my understanding is that the Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. Is it likely to come before the House or progress before the summer recess? Has the Minister given consideration to producing a separate canals Bill? A number of stakeholders have requested that this be done, arguing that the canals are a sufficiently important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in State examinations to increase the information and communications technology skills of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 19 May 2016, the current status of the situation at a location (details supplied), where an unfinished shopping centre has been the subject of protracted hearings involving the council, the National Asset Management Agency and other third parties; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to assist smaller businesses who trade between the United Kingdom and Ireland following the result of the United Kingdom's referendum to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (7 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the studies her Department has previously, is currently, or plans to carry out to develop a skills profile of workers needed in the technology sector; if any of this information will come from the findings of census 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (12 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the list of the current conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme to include chronic and severe asthma. [20953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (12 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the composition of the current internal hospital review teams conducting internal investigations into all serious incidents in hospitals with particular reference to the lack of external independent persons being members of these review teams [20954/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process (12 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 469. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Heritage Bill 2016, including when it will proceed to the next stage of the legislative process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21333/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Legislation (12 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 470. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine the representations of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland relating to its call to have a new separate and distinct canal Bill which is separate and distinct from the Heritage Bill in order to secure the best interests of all canal users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (12 Jul 2016)

James Lawless: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in County Kildare, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/16]