Written answers
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
- Department of Finance
- Licensed Moneylenders
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with the reports that legal moneylenders are now going door to door seeking custom; and his plans to regulate this behaviour and...
- Budget Submissions
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish a gender audit of budget 2012 when he presents the budget proposals to Dáil Éireann in December 2011; and if he will make a...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the introduction of euro bonds and greater fiscal integration among the eurozone member states following recent comments by European...
- Credit Availability
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his review of access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises; and if the findings of the review will be made public....
- Departmental Reports
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not published the reports by McCann Fitzgerald and Ernst & Young into legacy issues at Irish Nationwide Building Society and his...
- Tax Code
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the programme for Government commitment to maintain current rates of income tax together with bands and credits will be adhered...
- Credit Union Regulation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if he views credit unions in the same way as he sees banks; and if they require a similar or different form of regulation. [27656/11]
- Tax Code
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the current €250 threshold for qualifying for tax relief on charitable donations; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider publishing an annual list of all tax expenditure; and their cost to the State in advance of Budget 2012. [27676/11]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Central Bank of Ireland here, through the European Central Bank, influenced this country's and EU lending and borrowing...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the persons employed in the 50 most senior positions in Anglo Irish Bank pre-nationalisation that are currently still employed by Anglo...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance his view or the view of the capacity of the covered institutions to absorb losses from domestic mortgages without requiring further capitalisation....
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give a clear commitment that there will be no consideration of lifting the cap of €500,000 on bankers' pay; and if he will make a...
- European Investment Bank
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any other Government Department has applied for funding to the European Investment Bank to part fund major capital intensive infrastructure...
- Universal Social Charge
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has completed the review of the universal social charge as committed to in the programme for Government; the outcome of this review; if he will...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which he is taking to deal with mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27387/11]
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the targets contained in the EU-IMF support programme for Ireland need to be adjusted downwards in view of the downward...
- Tax Yield
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an accurate figure of the total number of non-life insurance policyholders to which the new insurance compensation fund levy of 2%...
- Credit Availability
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he or his Department, directly or through the Central Bank of Ireland, has monitored the borrowing requirements of the business...
- Personal Debt
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on household debt as a percentage of household income for the years 2010 and 2011 broken down by quarter. [27662/11]
- Public Service Pay
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered imposing a large additional universal social charge on the bonuses being paid to some senior public servants such as top civil...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is preparing any contingency plans to deal with the possibility of the State being unable to re-enter the financial markets at the end of 2013...
- EU Funding
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the State arising from any commitments contained in the European Stability Mechanism. [27665/11]
- Global Economic Forecasts
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the IMF's World Economic Outlook report and the UNCTAD report in terms of austerity; if he has read these reports; the impact their...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his programme for Government commitments on tackling mortgage distress including increasing mortgage interest relief to 30%...
- Rent Reviews
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a submission to the Department of Justice and Equality on the issue of upward only rent reviews and the impact this would have on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU-IMF programme requirement to reduce private pension tax reliefs will be adhered to in budget 2012 and, if so, if he will provide details of...
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will issue a commencement order to give effect to the legislative basis included in Finance Act 2001 for restricting the use of legacy...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in directing mortgage providers in receipt of State support to cut their costs, over and above existing plans, in a fair...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the regulation of home budgeting services including the form such regulation will take and the estimated date when the necessary...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on the news that 20 medics have been sentenced to up to 15 years imprisonment by a court in Bahrain for...
- International Agreements
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is the only European State not to ratify the co-operation agreement of 26 October 2004 between the...
- Department of Finance
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a minimum fine for cigarette smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27730/11]
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the purchase of an additional scanner, with the assistance of EU funding, for use in our ports to assist in the efforts to reduce...
- Tax Code
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposal to lower the VAT rate on personal protective equipment to 0% to encourage more persons to avail of such equipment; and if...
- Illicit Trade In Tobacco Products
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to add new penalties including minimum fines for the sale of illicit tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if staff of Customs and Excise are regarded as front line workers; if he is satisfied that there are sufficient staff employed in this area in view...
- State Banking Sector
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to impose burden sharing on the guaranteed Anglo Irish Bank senior bond, MTN No. 339A, which is due to mature on 2 November...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if the entirety of the agreement between him and the EU-ECB-IMF as part of the programme of financial support for Ireland has been published on his...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency plans to establish a deferred purchase scheme for residential properties which requires an amendment to the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any evidence that financial institutions, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland have sought to break the contractual arrangement in...
- State Banking Sector
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of persons currently working with Anglo Irish Bank as contractors as opposed to as employees of the bank;...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of unsound investments that have been made in recent years, the regulations that are in place for financial advisers. [27810/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding debt forgiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27817/11]
- Tax Incentives
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any incentives available for a private citizen or corporation to provide a loan to a small or medium enterprise; if there are, the terms...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27855/11]
- National Treasury Management Agency
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by the National Treasury Management Agency, broken down by its constituent entities; if he will further...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to Bank of Ireland's published annual report for 2010, four executive directors (details...
- Tax Code
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce from €250 to €100 the amount of money on which tax relief can be achieved when being donated to charitable causes; and if he...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the priority issues he intends to raise with the EU-ECB and IMF during their forthcoming mission review visit here with particular regard to the...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he has now received the report from the group chaired by Mr. Declan Keane established to examine ways to assist persons in...
- Credit Availability
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is expected that the banking sector will provide the necessary credit for business in order to maintain reasonable growth prospects in the...
- National Debt
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of national debt including the liability taken on by the State in the context of banking guarantees and or other supports in each of...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate any advice given, if known, directly to Irish banks or through the Central Bank of Ireland by the ECB and or the European...
- Household Savings
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent if known of savings held here; if incentives can be introduced to encourage the investment of such savings in a strategic fashion to...
- Legislative Programme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which legislation arising from the Bretton Woods Agreement has been amended in recent years; the purpose of such amendments already...
- European Fiscal Policy
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his EU colleagues have identified the full extent of the requirement to stabilise the eurozone countries, with particular...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree, if any, to which it might be possible in future years to modify or moderate some of the most negative aspects of the financial bailout...
- Mortgage Arrears
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent the lending sector has accommodated or is willing to accommodate those with mortgage arrears; if the total number of households now in...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Charges
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on which universities are accepting stage payments for the student contribution; his plans to extend...
- Student Assistance Fund
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the increased need for the student assistance fund, he will increase the budget for SAF. [27722/11]
- Third Level Charges
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a further increase in student contribution fees and post-leaving certificate fees can be avoided; and if he will make a statement on...
- Third Level Remuneration
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on salary costs as a percentage of overall higher education sector spend; if he is satisfied with the current percentage cost;...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the third level grant, the non-adjacent grant, which has been changed to 45 km from 25 km for persons who live in...
- School Staffing
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is in danger of losing a teacher; and if...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making an exception to the changes which were brought about last year to the qualifying distance for the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assign a special needs assistant to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [27803/11]
- Vocational Education Committees
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made, and when will he announce the location of the headquarters of the newly restructured Carlow-Kilkenny...
- Departmental Funding
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding to an early education centre (details supplied) was cut by a further 5% recently in view of the achievements of the...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove the three year rule to qualify as an independent student for learners entering postgraduate education; and if he...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post-leaving certificate registration fee will be fixed at its current level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Higher Education Funding
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will maintain the current funding levels in the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27867/11]
- Departmental Reports
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report into smaller schools is to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27882/11]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Pension Provisions
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of the pension and all other entitlements available to each retired President still living in this country....
- Garda Stations
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Clonark Garda station, County Roscommon will be formally handed over to the Garda for occupation by the Office of Public...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Sale of Tobacco Products
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering amending the Casual Trading Act specifically in regard to amending the fines for selling tobacco...
- Credit Availability
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding financial assistance (details supplied). [27818/11]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the relevant section of his Department has carried out a close examination of cost factors affecting...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the purpose of city and county enterprise boards as specified by the relevant legislative provisions; when this...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the vetting of internships on JobBridge sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27832/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons the heating supplement was discontinued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be decided regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had their payment dates changed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Employment Support Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a recent graduate who starts and continues to sign on to the live register for three months but does not receive any social welfare...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason payment of basic supplementary welfare allowance was stopped in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if this...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the information or research if any that is available or is being conducted into the level of citizens awareness to their entitlements if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning behind the stepped rates of payment of jobseeker's allowance for those between the ages of 18 and 24 years; the way the age...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had a back to school clothing and footwear allowance refused; and if she will...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to correspondence in relation to a visit (details supplied) if a specific date will be given for such a visit; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27853/11]
- Employment Support Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reduce the JobBridge criteria from 12 weeks to four weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27870/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to modify the social welfare code to enable employers to give a modest stipend to interns; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that JobBridge interns under the age of 25 years should qualify for the maximum rate of job seekers benefit; and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Scheme
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the number of sick days taken by public sector employees across the civil and public service in 2009 and...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of family units here who are currently under investigation by her for being suspected of claiming benefits in excess of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the highest amount of social welfare paid out to a person here; the number and name of the various schemes under which...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Wildlife Conservation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he will take on the mink problem in view of the potential damage that a further growth in population could...
- Arts Funding
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the extent of State liability and investment in Dublin Contemporary 2011; and if he will make...
- Grant Payments
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the corncrake grant scheme is available nationwide; if so, the rates of finance involved; and if he will make a...
- National Gallery
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount that was spent in 2010 by the National Gallery leasing property or buildings; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Animal Welfare
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will introduce new rules and regulations with regard to Larsen cages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27790/11]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Government Reform
Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will establish a centralised debt management service for local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of sections of the Planning and Development Act 2010 relating to substitute consent for quarries;...
- Financial Governance
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Local Government Audit Service report on Financial...
- EU Directives
Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports from EU bodies that consideration is being given to the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the requirement for local authorities to notify owners of second properties that the non-principal private...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to Monaghan County Council for unfinished housing estates; the amount allocated per...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any discussion between him and Dublin City Council in respect of extending the timeframe...
- Waste Management
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an approval for a recycling centre (details supplied) will be approved by him. [27797/11]
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a copy of the Dublin Simon Community report on the 26% increase rise in rough sleepers;...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of commercial rates collected by each local authority in the country for each of the past three...
- Waiver Scheme
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding proposals to put in place a national household waste collection waiver system; and if...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown for each county, of the retired personnel from his Department on...
- Departmental Records
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the submission made to the stakeholder consultations undertaken by him last year as a result of the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Housing Management Companies
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to make regulations under section 19, sinking funds, of the Multi-Unit Developments Act; if that section has actually...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the statement of guiding principles for fund-raising which sets out good practice standards for the sector; if an...
- Residency Permits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa in respect of a person (details supplied). [27761/11]
- Legislative Programme
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [[i]Seanad[/i]]. [27762/11]
- Crime Levels
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tiger kidnappings that occurred per annum from 2005 to 2010; and the number of tiger kidnappings to date in 2011. [27770/11]
- Garda Recruitment
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda promotions at the ranks of sergeant, inspector, superintendent, chief superintendent and assistant commissioner...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant a person (details supplied) in County Waterford temporary Garda National Immigration Bureau registration while the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the charges due to be implemented for prison officers who retire after February 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Stations
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Clonark Garda station, County Roscommon, will be occupied by the gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/11]
- Visa Applications
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding a visa extension. [27908/11]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 14 September 2011, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and...
- Animal Diseases
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a farmer gets listed for contiguous testing; the justifications there are for this; if this testing is...
- Grant Payments
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason an area based payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the contacts he has initiated with other EU leaders concerning proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy. [24704/11]
- Department of Health
- National Lottery Funding
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will expedite an application for national lottery funding in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Westmeath....
- Child Abuse
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 9 November 2010, when the review will be published; the reason for the delay in...
- Youth Services
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give consideration to the request for funding from a programme (details supplied) in view of its potential to...
- Mental Health Services
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made on waiting lists for psychological services at the community child care centre at Waterford Regional...
- Tobacco Control Measures
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider initiating a public awareness campaign on the dangers of consuming counterfeit tobacco products; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the report on the admissions policy for a home (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will ensure the retention of this...
- Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the reason fourth year student nurses who are entering their fourth year internship within the hospital system, and who will work a 37 hour week as...
- Water Services
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter regarding health and safety at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [27765/11]
- Home Help Service
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [27766/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will not be granted a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27768/11]
- Hospital Staff
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only paediatric rheumatologist in the country is due to go on maternity leave in November; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged with a neurologist in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Mental Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for mental health service staffing level in 2012; if these plans will be consistent with the commitments made in the vision for change...
- Hospital Staff
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint an ophthalmology surgeon to Tralee General Hospital, County Kerry. [27802/11]
- Official Engagements
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has visited Beaumont Hospital, the Mater Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin since he became Minister; and if...
- Departmental Properties
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health the use that was made by him or the Health Service Executive of a property at Myshall, County Carlow, obtained by him or the HSE through the Office...
- Medical Cards
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case in respect of a person (details supplied) [27903/11]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health the measures available to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to recoup the expenses incurred; the measures that can be put in place to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann fleet for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars, motorbikes, light vans, buses and HGVs that have used the Dublin Port Tunnel for the years 2007, 2008,...
