Written answers
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the Government will reach its renewable electricity targets for 2020 and if he believes...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to receive the recommendations of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland investigation into the...
- Radio Spectrum
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the release of part of the wireless spectrum to attract research investment here; and if he will...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans that are in place to deliver jobs in the area of wind and ocean energy; and the timescale for same....
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Western Development Commission paper, Why Invest in Gas, which outlines the clear benefit of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of additional resources that will be made available to fund the recommendations of the next...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that under the existing licensing regime there is no obligation on Providence Resources, in...
- Electricity Transmission Network
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an economic evaluation for the North-South interconnector has not been carried out or published; his...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is considering any new measures to address the ongoing difficulties and high costs being imposed on Irish...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain in the context of the proposed sale of parts of the ESB under the troika agreement, the way...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends developing a comprehensive national policy in relation to hydraulic fracturing; and if he will...
- Energy Conservation
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing a grant aid scheme for the upgrading of glazing in domestic and commercial...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the standard, quality and speed of broadband here now compare with the best available throughout Europe...
- Energy Conservation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the proposed sale of commercial sections of Bord Gáis Éireann, he will outline the impact that...
- Energy Resources
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to reduce energy costs and support renewable energy. [11330/12]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role he sees for Irish embassies in promoting Irish heritage and culture; the efforts he has made to ensure this...
- Departmental Properties
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained.; and if...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on tackling the hidden economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13168/12]
- Fiscal Policy
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on improving consumer confidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13169/12]
- EU Treaties
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to Article 5 of the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, which makes the granting of financial assistance in the...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who agreed a purchase price for a house in November 2008, paid a deposit on the purchase of a house on 5 December 2008, drew down a...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 22 February 2012, if he will explain the reason in his response he stated that neither his Department...
- Sovereign Debt
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form for each year from 1970 the percentage growth in GDP for the year; the overall Government debt at the end of the...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January 2009 appointed a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12900/12]
- Languages Programme
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if EU funding is available for the teaching of minority languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13055/12]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the economic circumstances that prevail, an apprentice plumber (details supplied) in County Mayo, can proceed to level 6...
- School Staffing
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place to replace the up to 2,000 teachers that retired in February 2012; his plans to recruit additional teachers to...
- School Accommodation
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent each year over the past five years by his Department on the rental of prefabs for the purpose of using...
- School Curriculum
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a submission regarding the teaching of mathematics (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Staffing
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by school of teachers who have successfully applied for early retirement; the dates from which these...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the tender process for primary school access to broadband to be completed; when he expects that schools with unreliable...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding allowances (details supplied); if he plans to alter this plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Fees
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12982/12]
- Child Protection Guidelines
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain a matter relating to child protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13007/12]
- School Staffing
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals mechanism for a school (details supplied) in order to appeal a potential loss of a mainstream school teacher in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to postgraduate students for the academic year 2012-13; the way financial supports can be accessed; and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of organisations and agencies financed by the Government, but acting independently of it, that are supporting our education...
- School Staffing
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the total number of teaching posts due to be removed from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13179/12]
- School Staffing
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of net teaching posts including existing, legacy and new teaching posts that will be lost in County Donegal primary schools...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that he will only review the impacts of the legacy posts due to be removed from DEIS Band 1 and DEIS Band 2 schools as...
- School Staffing
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the criteria to be adopted by the independent primary staffing appeals board for appeals which are being made by...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in his Department will accede to a request from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January 2009,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracts of public works that have been awarded to companies registered outside of Ireland since 2008; if he...
- Public Investment Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on investing in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13163/12]
- Public Procurement
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total years of service of each of the Secretaries General in that specific position of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the likely timescale for the enactment of the Construction Contracts Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a list of the Secretaries General who have retired since 2000 to the end of February 2012;...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total monthly pay bill and the total monthly pension bill for public sector workers each...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to put in place a prohibition on former members of boards of statutory companies seeking employment with the...
- National Monuments
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a member of staff will engage with locals in relation to an Office of Public Works site (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the proposal to sell off the national lottery; if he will outline the conditions under which the lotto...
- Public Sector Reform
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals for the next phase of downsizing of the public service; the discussions that have taken place on this issue; the...
- Public Procurement
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all public contracts awarded to and currently being undertaken by a company (details supplied); and if he will...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Employment Rights
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections that were carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority on Irish based contractors who...
- Work Permits
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will grant a person (details supplied) an Irish work permit. [13036/12]
- Job Creation
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/12]
- Employment Support Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on tackling long-term unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/12]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on reducing costs for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/12]
- Credit Availability
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on improving access to credit for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13158/12]
- Employment Rights
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on joint labour committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13160/12]
- National Minimum Wage
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13162/12]
- Public Service Reform
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on private sector involvement in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/12]
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on tackling labour market costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13170/12]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on city and county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13173/12]
- Grocery Industry
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on a code of practice for the grocery goods sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13175/12]
- Alcohol Pricing
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on the below cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13176/12]
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to conclude discussions regarding LCR 19293 made on 22 July 2008 regarding the introduction of a pension scheme for...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her policy on employers paying sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13159/12]
- Employment Support Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the income level of parents is taken into account when deciding on graduate eligibility for the national internship scheme; and...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of her decision, announced in budget 2012, to reduce the employer's rebate on redundancies from 60% to 15%, if she will...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to prevent the closure of the Blanchardstown Centre for the Unemployed, Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse mortgage interest relief in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for lone parent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make additional rural social scheme places available under an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry for recipients...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment, CE, schemes in the State which receive a sum in excess of €500 per participant in respect of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes that are planned for the calculation of pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13027/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 21 February 2012 in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Meath, if the relevant...
- Employment Support Services
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the operation of the Tús programme in the Northside Partnership area; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the recourse that remains available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been refused rent allowance on the grounds...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January 2009,...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to designate as a special area of conservation or special protection area a beach (details supplied) in County...
- EU Programmes
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned at the level of take up by Irish arts and cultural organisations of European cultural programmes and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if he will...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Motor Fuels
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the pathway for mandate increases of biofuel at the forecourt from the existing level of...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the promised review of the by-laws that banned eel fishing in 2009; and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken and the timeframe to improve broadband access at a location (details supplied) in County...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will apply ministerial direction to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide information on an inland fisheries-related matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a community college (details supplied) in County Westmeath will benefit from the recent announcement by the...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date in the conclusion of the works associated with the Corrib gas field with particular...
- Exploration Licences
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other exploration licences issued on an annual basis from the year 2000 to date in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that ongoing investment in infrastructure in the telecommunications sector is adequate to...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he and his Department intend to monitor development and progress of mining or other...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the national electricity grid now relies on fossil or alternative fuels, wind or other...
- Mobile Telephony
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of service providers currently engaged in the provision of mobile telephone services in this...
- Electricity Generation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the event of the sale of any electricity generating capacity, the degree to which it is anticipated that...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent if any to which communications technology can be utilised to prevent unwarranted, unwelcomed and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing the warmer homes scheme, which is delivered through...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Rates
Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/12]
- Noise Pollution
Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate a noise problem (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that do not have a full time arts officer; his plans to address this...
- Planning Issues
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he can change planning regulations in order that any new development larger than an individual dwelling...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the high incidents of radon gas in homes in County Kerry in which more than one in...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 1 March 2012, if he will explain the criteria for category...
- Water Services
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the anticipated timeframe for the establishment of and beginning of operations by Irish Water; and if he...
- Housing Grants
Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline for both 2010 and 2011 the actual payment to each local authority under the housing...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the number of approvals and the number of loans actually drawn down in respect...
- Departmental Properties
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained;...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent tragedy in Athlone, County Westmeath, if remedial actions are planned to ensure the...
- Waste Management
Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the substantial subsidy given to private waste collectors that collect...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies,...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Commercial Rents
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his policy on upward only rent reviews. [13165/12]
- Child Abduction
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no follow up with Egyptian authorities in relation to the Irish citizen (details supplied) now four and a...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will be running any recruitment campaign during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12916/12]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Legal Services Bill will have an impact on staff working in the complaints department of the Law Society; and if he will confirm...
- Deportation Orders
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which a decision will be given on granting subsidiary protection to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will...
- Asylum Applications
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for subsidiary protection in this State during each of the past ten years and their countries of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position on an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on the authorisation of a Garda compensation claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Garda Transport
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for the purchase of Garda vehicles as opposed to the budget for repairing cars; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to bring to justice those responsible for the financial ruin of the country through the problems...
- Illegal Immigrants
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an undocumented person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13029/12]
- Garda Investigations
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify ownership of a house (details supplied) which was taken over by the Criminal Assets Bureau in 2007, and which is a...
- Departmental Properties
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained.; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a request from a person (details supplied) to waive the residency requirement for his US-born spouse in view of the...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the entire cohort of primary school teachers that have been Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a procedure that allows submissions to be made by third parties in respect of applications in respect of persons for...
- Deportation Orders
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 182 and 183 of 25 January 2012, when a reply will issue. [13183/12]
- Court Orders
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of court orders that were obtained against persons illegally parked at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare in 2007 to 2011;...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January 2009, appointed a...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his and this Government's position in relation to GM, GM food, GM plant trials and bio-diversity in general. [12903/12]
- Grant Payments
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys are eligible to be counted as livestock for stocking density purposes under the 2012 disadvantaged areas scheme;...
- Grant Payments
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing payment under the 2010 agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal by Teagasc to undertake genetically modified crop trials here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence will be granted for aquaculture, mussel farming, in Kenmare Bay, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans and rationale behind changes to disadvantaged area scheme, DAS, stocking levels; and if he will make a statement...
- Grant Payments
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a grassland sheep scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Hazardous Waste
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contractors have been appointed or tenders issued in respect of the planned clean-up of the former Irish Steel and Irish...
- Forestry Sector
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Coillte lands (details supplied). [13064/12]
- Departmental Properties
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if he will...
- Grant Payments
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REPS 4 application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1...
- Department of Health
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a legal opinion on the suitability of Panama as a country for Irish parents to adopt from will be complete; when she expects...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health if there are cases in which a child whose parents applied for an assessment of need by the Health Service Executive before the child turned five are...
- Medical Cards
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the situation regarding the progress made on delivering a general practitioner visit card for diabetics who are...
- Ambulance Service
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health if the key performance indicators for emergency response times for the national ambulance service which the Health Information and Quality Authority...
- Medical Cards
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the steps that...
- Health Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied); his plans to address its content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12959/12]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding disability services in County Kerry (details supplied); his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all public contracts awarded to and currently being undertaken by companies (details supplied) at the Health Service Executive or...
- Medical Cards
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatment to which medical card holders are entitled; if patients with diabetes and or a heart condition can avail of dental treatment on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be furnished with a statement of their pension that they receive from the Health Services Executive in respect of...
- Health Insurance
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rising cost of private health insurance; the way he plans to tackle the issue of rising health insurance premiums; if there are ways...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health the number of step down patients currently in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, awaiting short-term, medium-term and long-term care; the length of the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to address any gaps in psychiatric hospitals and services that may arise in view of the current public...
- Medical Cards
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if information is still outstanding for...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois, who suffers severe illness and is scheduled to undergo a VNS...
- Hospital Staff
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm recent reports that staff working at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will now have to pay to park their vehicle in the hospital; and...
- Departmental Properties
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained.; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children who are on community based audiology waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13145/12]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that hearing aid providers deliver adequate follow up services to patients who have purchased expensive hearing aids; and if he...
- Medical Cards
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the future development of primary care in Ashbourne and the rest of County Meath, including timelines and other considerations. [13185/12]
- Medical Consent (1 comment)
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 24 January 2012 regarding the issue of whether consent of guardians is required when making a medical...
- Medical Cards
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is in receipt of a full medical card takes ill while in Northern Ireland is covered should they have to be admitted to hospital in...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1 January 2009, appointed a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rural Transport Services
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to maintain or extend the rural transport scheme in County Galway in view of the importance of the scheme and the...
- Public Procurement
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections that were carried out by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants on Irish-based contractors...
- Rail Services
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will research a matter regarding railway usage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12971/12]
- Public Procurement
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the countries in which companies, who have been awarded public works contracts in Ireland, are registered to...
- Rail Network
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a railway matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Taxi Regulations
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the recently published report of the review group on taxi regulation, he will allow for taxi licences to be...
- Tax Code
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter regarding the cost of road haulage (details supplied); his plans to address this matter; and if he will...
- Public Transport
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers and total staff members working for Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to...
- Departmental Properties
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department's offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained.; and if he will...
- Public Procurement
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the current system of pre-qualifying for the framework agreement for roadmarking for public works...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which, since 1...
