Written answers

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether mental health services funding should be protected from any reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29438/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to prevent the proposed cuts to surgical services at Cavan General Hospital which will see the theatre operating only every...
    • Primary Care Centres
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been approached by companies with a view to funding the provision of primary care centres; if it is his policy to work with private...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to large number of subscribers who are being forced out of private/voluntary health insurance as a result of...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2000, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States revoked the licence of the French...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take on the recommendations of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health the reason that up to the start of June 2012 none of the promised 414 appointments to mental health positions had been made; and if he will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the funding structure of community geriatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/12]
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health when he will be in a position to lift the embargo on the reopening of closed hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29427/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out his plans for smaller hospitals in this State [29426/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether disability services should be protected from any further cuts in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29443/12]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the report on symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health when a Director of Mental Health will be appointed in the Health Service Executive; if he will carry out this reform in advance of the establishment...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise definitively the position regarding general practitioners charging for taking blood samples from medical card patients; if his...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that in the case of early retirements, the Health Service Executive is paying lump sums and that it is not making alternative...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the waiting list of some 158,000 patients waiting since January 2011 for an appointment to be seen by a consultant...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health if there are increased waiting times for patients who require orthopaedic surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; the way this issue is being...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health the immediate and ongoing assistance that will be made available by the Health Service Executive to the women who received defective PIP breast...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health if he expects agency costs to be reduced by 50% in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29466/12]
    • Health Insurance
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the VHI's refusal to cover new patients in Mahon Hospital, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29437/12]
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent declaration of the Irish Medicines Board which stated that independent clinics not owned by the State...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to make a decision regarding the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29449/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to build an oncology and palliative care unit at Waterford Regional Hospital [29424/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reopen closed hospital beds in view of the fact that there are 35,000 people waiting longer than 12 months to be seen, in view of the fact...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health the scope, nature and duration of the review of the fair deal scheme [29420/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce the number of delayed discharges in public hospitals [29421/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health the services that he is requesting hospitals to cut in order to address their deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29464/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the severe pressure on the State's maternity services, he intends to bring forward proposals to expand and develop community...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health when cancer patients may expect to be able to receive ipilimumab; the reasons for the further delay in its provision; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out his proposals for the democratisation of the structures engaged in the delivery of the health service with particular reference to...
    • Data Protection
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has held with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding insurance companies accessing the files of patients; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health his estimate of the total sum expended by the population on health services, including Exchequer funding, contributions to health insurance providers...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to the three existing children's hospitals pending the development of a national paediatric...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health if the reduction in community care and community nursing home beds is resulting in an increase in delayed discharges; the actions he will take to...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the study Human Toxicity, Environmental Impact and Legal Implications of Water Fluoridation; if his further...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health the improved procedures that will be put in place to address the need to make the most effective new drugs and treatments available as soon as...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29431/12]
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health if he is carrying out an assessment of the impact of cuts to the 2012 health budget on patient care in advance of Budget 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Mortality Rates
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his Department's report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29358/12]
    • Primary Care Services
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary health care centres which currently host dentists or associated dental services; his plans to include dentist facilities in...
    • North-South Study on Health Services
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made in the implementation of recommendations of the North-South Feasibility Study on Cooperation in Health Services in Ireland...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health the reason it can take up to 413 days for a person to be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital's Brain Injury Impatient Programme; the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Statistics
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of people with disabilities known to be working in the private sector, in the most recent year for which figures are available. [29098/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach the number of associations, organisations and regulatory bodies in receipt of grants, benefit in kind and sums of money from the State in tabular form for the...
    • Vacancies on State Boards
      Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State agencies in which he has not made an appointment to a State body when a vacancy has arisen in view of the fact that it...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agency and contract staff currently employed in the public sector; the mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 166: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of costs, including autocue, make-up, consultants and other costs, incurred in his addresses to the nation in December 2011 and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 167: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider the appointment of an independent Public Appointments Commissioner to oversee all State board appointees, answerable to the Minister and...
    • State Agencies
      Question 171: To ask the Taoiseach the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by his Department that...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, and if there...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if public expenditure has been spent to date or has been budgeted for research, focus groups, polling or any type of...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of money Irish Aid spent on responding to emergencies in the past three...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amounts of funding Irish Aid has made available, as part of its finding for NGO programmes, for the...
    • State Agencies
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly,...
    • State Visits
      Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will issue a formal invitation to Pope Benedict XVI to visit here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Sierra Leone and Liberia; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consular Services
      Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the further closure of a number of embassies here, if he is considering reviewing the allocation of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the tax arrangements in place for the Irish diplomatic service; if he will confirm that Irish...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is currently a backlog of passport application in the Passport Office in Dublin; the conditions under which...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support Argentina in its efforts on the Malvina's issue; and if he will demand that the United Kingdom...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason services provided by Eircom are charged at a VAT rate of 23% while ESB services are charged at 13%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of overseas development assistance funds administered directly by his Department; the amount of same that is spent on the World Bank...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation by the Revenue Commissioners into the income tax and VAT affairs of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with the following matter regarding mortgage rates in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of investigations into a company (details supplied) which went into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29008/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering proposals to allow persons to access a percentage of their private pensions before they reach retirement age; and if he will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the procurement process that was followed by his Department in the selection of Deloitte to undertake the external review of the...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the interest rate charged by the Central Bank of Ireland to IBRC for the exceptional liquidity assistance it provides to the bank and if he will...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 24 May 2012, if some level of financial assistance may be provided to purchase a specifically adapted...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax clearance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29179/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to promoters business expansion scheme willing to invest in the construction of commercial space for projects for which...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative of May 2011 have been...
    • Tax Rebates
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is due a tax rebate for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29406/12]
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations in place for money lending agencies regarding interest rates; if there is a maximum interest rate set for lending agencies or are...
    • State Agencies
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by his...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the cash balances, by currency including sterling, at the National Asset Management Agency prior to the temporary funding of the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that goods purporting to be produced in Israel but which are actually produced in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied...
    • Universal Social Charge
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) should be deducted the universal social charge on their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Rebates
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has a claim for tax rebate with the Revenue Commissioners; the position regarding the claim; when a...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency takes into account, in its dealings with developers and builders, the situation regarding creditors of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Memorial to Victims of Institutional Abuse
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans for a memorial to victims of child sex abuse here as proposed under the Ryan Report; and if he...
    • Foirne Scoile
      Question 209: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an dara múinteoir ranga a cheadú do Scoil Náisiúnta Inis Meáin ó tharla go mbeidh ochtar leanbh sa scoil...
    • Training Courses
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will receive a place on a FÁS course; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if immediate action will be taken to address the presence of pyrite in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • School Staffing
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the reductions in guidance counselling hours in the 27 post primary schools in County Kerry which is forcing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is acceptable to him that special educational needs organisers do not have the necessary formal qualifications in education or...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given any consideration to the correspondence sent to his Department from a school (details supplied) in Coutny Donegal with...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering any amendments to the school building projects list which was announced earlier this year; if a school (details...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines in place to ensure that a child with autistic spectrum disorder can attend an ASD unit on a full time basis in view of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional special needs assistant hours will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the reply to Parliamentary Question Nos 258 and 259 of 1 May 2012, if she will provide the information requested; and if he...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of retired primary and second level teachers who have retired on or after 1 February 2009 and who are currently on his...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired primary and second level teachers currently on his Departments payroll who having transferred from payable order...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Tax Code
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the error in classification for PRSI and superannuation of teachers was first identified in his Department; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the site on which the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo are required to construct permanent buildings...
    • State Examinations
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat higher level Irish, Engineering, French, Construction Studies, Physics and Chemistry and Accounting in...
    • Job Statistics
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 who received job placements from FÁS in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 who received an offer of training from FÁS in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the four cases of bullying brought against a person (details supplied) in a school in County Laois...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing emergency grant funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has...
    • School Transport
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the official procedures and guidelines, as laid down to vocational education authorities, in determining the...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding formal recognition for the establishment of a course (details supplied). [29274/12]
    • School Transport
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he will meet with a delegation (details supplied), whom he has made commitments to meet since March; and if he will...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the electrical panels supplied to a school (details supplied) are appropriately certified for insurance...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all subcontractors and suppliers for the construction of a school (details supplied) have been paid. [29292/12]
    • Child Protection
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines in place to address health and safety and child protection issues in the case of of one teacher primary schools; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports and resources in place at a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the changes that are envisaged for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding a unit in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which will cater for students with a diagnosis of...
    • Scoileanna Gaeltachta
      Question 239: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige agus ag a Roinn plean struchtúrach a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le todhchaí scoileanna na Gaeltachta mar chuid...
    • Oiliúint Múinteoirí
      Question 240: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cinneadh na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna deireadh a chur le deontais d'ábhair oidí chun freastal ar...
    • Oiliúint Múinteoirí
      Question 241: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna Oideachais agus Scileanna an aontaíonn sé gur chóir cloí leis na teisteanna a rinne an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta, ina moltar go...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for school projects to be included in Band Rating 2:1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29392/12]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 6 June 2012, the number of the 980 teachers that have a nationally recognised third level...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 6 June 2012, regarding the conditions of staff transferring to the Qualifications and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has not been awarded any resource time for the next school year September 2012....
    • Transition Year Fees
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding transition year fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29514/12]
    • State Agencies
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding grant applications in respect of schools (details supplied) in County Cork. [29567/12]
    • State Examinations
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if issues raised by teachers and students regarding the leaving certificate paper II honours maths will be borne in mind in the marking...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be granted a July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29590/12]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent, if any, to which school properties containing and affected by pyrite can be offered assistance; the particular supports...
    • School Staffing
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will lose a teacher from September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is eligible for accreditation for the UCD diploma in emergency medical technology as a...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 257: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth nach féidir iarratas a dhéanamh i nGaeilge ar an suíomh gréasáin, studentgrant.ie; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was a capital expenditure carryover in his Department for 2011; and if so, if he will outline the way in which these funds are...
    • School Transport
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the expected budget to be available to fund the school transport service for the coming school year; and if local...
    • School Patronage
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recommendations made by the Advisory Group to the National Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the primary sector...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take in relation to unauthorised expenditure by universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/12]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects reform proposals from the heads of universities following the publication of the Highland Report last September; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this project will proceed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the procedure in terms of the expenditure of the €500 million set aside from the schools' capital buildings'...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative of May 2011...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons behind the issue of circular 10/10 from his Department in relation to local purchasing; if it is possible for his...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most recent total estimate of the public sector pension liabilities and when it is planned to update this number; and if...
    • State Agencies
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the premises of Rush Garda Station, County Dublin, are maintained in public ownership and made...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to manage the flood levels (details supplied) on the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Stations
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will carry out some minor repairs and improvements at a Garda station (details supplied) in...
    • Computerisation Programme
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the accumulated cost incurred by each Department, State Agency and local government of migrating to Microsoft Office versions...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to retired public servants being re-engaged by Department for specific tasks or assignments, his plans to end this...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in the public sector who are now in the new pension scheme introduced under the Croke Park Agreement;...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Trade Union Recognition
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following on from the Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association regarding reports of interference in the freedom of...
    • Business Regulation
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views in respect of amending the Companies Acts to remove the statutory audit requirement from all companies limited by...
    • Departmental Websites
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an estimate of the cost of his Department's new website including hosting, designing, building and...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will take a proactive approach to improving County Meath's status for attracting foreign direct investment; and if he...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses from County Meath who have participated in the Enterprise Platform Programme since it recommenced...
    • Employment Investment Incentive
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to promoters business expansion scheme willing to invest in the construction of commercial space for...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide on a county basis a breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits for each...
    • Meat Slaughtering Plants
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the legal obligations regarding certification for scales used for the purposes of purchasing livestock in meat...
    • State Agencies
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the establishment of local enterprise offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29566/12]
    • Job Creation
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland have to increase investment in County Meath in the years...
    • Business Regulation
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to update and modernise company law in order that the accounting profession will be obliged to give an accurate...
    • Work Permits
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if and when a review will take place and be completed in respect of an application for a work permit in the case of a person...
    • Work Permits
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if and when review will take place and be completed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect...
    • Work Permits
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of reconsideration of an application for a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Work Permits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which review or reconsideration has been given to entitlement to work permit application in the case of a...
    • Labour Shortages
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the labour shortage in the culinary industry at present and the problems that this is...
    • Business Regulation
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Commission for Communications Regulation; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made on the planned amalgamation of city and county enterprise boards with local authorities; and if he will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Death Certificates
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to be furnished with a death certificate. [29272/12]
    • Live Register
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any analysis has been carried out on the most up to date unemployment figures in County Louth of 17,356; if she will provide a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the reform of the statutory sick-pay scheme currently under consideration and to reduce any overbearing burden on employers...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and it the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of the suspension of a supplementary welfare diet supplement payment in respect of a person...
    • Job Vacancies
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question reply 23729/12 (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the unacceptable long delays in the processing of social welfare appeals which is causing added hardship to most...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; if an urgent oral...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the review of community employment schemes; if she is committed to the future of the schemes; and if she will make...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who was in the receipt of domiciliary allowance up to the age of 16 years was refused on both applications and appeal...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29036/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the unacceptable long delays in the processing of invalidity pension claims; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Habitual Residence Conditions
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific rules governing the habitual residency conditions in respect of Irish citizens who are returning to Ireland to live or who...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the vetting of carers allowance applications can be expedited as they are taking at least nine months to process; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision been made on the appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the domiciliary care allowance review; the length of time it will take to complete same; if she will confirm who...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [29110/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [29111/12]
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for disability allowance. [29115/12]
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for disability allowance. [29116/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [29118/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29119/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29121/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [29125/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [29126/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29127/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29128/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29129/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29130/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [29131/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29133/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29134/12]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance. [29137/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29138/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29140/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [29141/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [29143/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [29165/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when invalidity pension will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment for disability benefit will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare can be facilitated [29187/12]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for arrears of supplementary welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which the error in classification for PRSI and superannuation of teachers was first brought to the attention of her...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; the reason for the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason sponsors of community employment schemes (details supplied) are being furnished renewal contracts for their schemes without...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the rights of workers made redundant by a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening the jobBridge internship scheme to participation by small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if an oral hearing will be granted. [29280/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals for carer's allowance in County Donegal for the past year and the number of these that have been eventually granted...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was initially refused carer's allowance [29286/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their review and an appeal for invalidity pension; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of disability allowance will be allowed to access the jobBridge scheme; if so, when will they be allowed to do so;; and if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reducing the criteria for eligibility to participate on the national internment scheme whereby eligibility for the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance claim will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the audit being carried out on community employment to date and the estimated future cost of this process. [29353/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment will issue in respect of an application for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has consulted with local community welfare officers in Dublin North East as part of the current rent assistance review; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a decision regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin [29504/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied).; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions since new maximum rent limits for rent supplement scheme came into effect on the 1 January 2012 has rent...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement in each county and in each Dublin...
    • State Agencies
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance was suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the information, if any, that is...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal and a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the appeals in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for jobseeker's allowance and...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made of an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29573/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be dealt with as a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the income limits for a person to be entitled to diet allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29588/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the jobseeker's allowance appeal was unsuccessful in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the processing of rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29617/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; when a decision will issue; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the checks that are made to rental properties before rent allowance is paid to claimants and the number of Inspectors employed by her...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused assistance in terms of mortgage interest supplement, under the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if legislation is being prepared to comply with the High Court ruling on Ireland's breach of the European Convention on Human Rights due...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider taking mortgage payments into consideration when assessing means for jobseeker's' allowance in view of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision not to award an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [29782/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the assessment of entitlement to domiciliary care allowance, the procedure used to assess children with suspected autism...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the proposed changes to the weekly rate of contributory State pension to take effect in September 2012 will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will cancel all cuts in Gaeltacht funding until such time as the 20 year strategy is put in place; and if he will...
    • National Monuments
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, through his Department or any agency attached or directed by him funding is available to purchase a property to obtain...
    • National Monuments
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the immediate need to secure the buildings 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin a national...
    • Arts Council Funding
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown between National Lottery funding and State funding to the Arts Council for the years 2007 to...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details on the Waterways Ireland announcement of 27 January 2012, in conjunction with the Department of...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure the protection of Aldborough House, Portland Row, Dublin 1, a protected structure, in view...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, as part of the forthcoming commemorations of the 1916 Rising, he has any plans to commemorate the internment of those...
    • Caiteachas Caipitiúil
      Question 407: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad é an caiteachas caipitiúil faoi gach fomhír de na meastacháin go dáta, cad í an sprioc chaiteachais go dáta; agus...
    • Imeachtaí Comóraidh
      Question 408: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé sásta go mbeidh ról ag eagraíochtaí pobail a bhí lárnach in Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916 sa cheiliúradh...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      Question 409: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé gur chóir go mbeadh na heagraíochtaí pobail Gaeilge páirteach sa struchtúr do chur i bhfeidhm na...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 410: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén staid ag a bhfuil na haighneachtaí maidir leis an athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003; an bhfuil...
    • State Agencies
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been taken on the publication of the 1926 census particularly in view of the recent publication of the...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reimburse customers of the national broadband scheme who despite subscribing to it are not...
    • Television Reception
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take in respect of the lack of full digital reception and cover in areas of the country in...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the broadband options available to residents (details supplied) in County Mayo; when broadband will be made...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken by him to increase the number of wind farms here, to increase the productivity of these...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the progress made of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the better energy homes scheme, under the auspices of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, was...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reduce the €3,000 levy on contractors to participate in the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
    • National Gas Grid
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in relation to An Bord Gáis plans to connect domestic and commercial supply in...
    • State Agencies
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of quangos, quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly,...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the home insulation supports for which a home owner who owns a house that was built after 2006, can apply; and...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned that the proposed 4G spectrum auction process which appears to cover 10% of the landmass,...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Library Projects
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding for a library in East County Meath will be provided; his views on the lack of provision for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be made available to Donegal County Council under the Remedial Works Programme in order...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is available to employ a games promotion officer in respect of an organisation (details...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make available the necessary funds for essential maintenance to local authority housing; and if...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the heads of a Climate Bill in the near future; if this will include a roadmap for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on funding for regeneration of St. Teresa's Gardens, Dublin [29037/12]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of traveller families who have been allocated homes in the different local authority areas for...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when applications for voluntary and sheltered housing will be opened this year; if there is capital funding...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of schools and other public buildings that are known to be affected by pyrite; and if he will...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the recommendations made to him by the Dormant Accounts Board in respect of possible...
    • Library Projects
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Kenmare library service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Clonakility sewerage scheme, County Cork; when he expects the project works to...
    • Water Services
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions with Fingal County Council regarding the proposal to site a new wastewater...
    • Household Charge
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action being taken to collect the household charge from those who have yet to pay; and if he will make a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action being taken to ensure that property developers are held responsible for finishing unfinished...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a pier (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Galway Rural Development Association will take over responsibility for the enterprise functions in...
    • Election Management System
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the duration in advance of elections that polling dates are set for the offshore islands; and if he will...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the exemptions, if any that will apply to payment of the non-principal private residence charge for farmers...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 366 and 367 of 13 March 2012, the latest position of the selection...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any engagement has taken place between his Department and the Department of Health in relation to the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of the National Assets Management Agency properties for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to stop local authorities refusing to carry out maintenance work on units where tenants are in...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to improve communication between local authorities and tenants to ensure that means tests are...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will put in place guidelines for the detenanting of social housing complexes undergoing renovation to...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in the Limerick Regeneration Project including new housing units, in the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the grants for group sewerage schemes; the amount of the proposed increase; when a...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the wages of each county and city manager including any allowances,...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the yearly salaries for the Secretary General, Assistant Secretary, Director Met Éireann, Inspector of...
    • Water Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing grants or some means of assistance that will encourage householders to install...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the new sewerage treatment plant that has been sanctioned for the village of...
    • Household Charge
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • State Agencies
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that every local authority has a tenant liaison officer to deal with tenants issues in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a proposed scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Household Charge
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if those who are on disability allowance have to pay the full amount of the proposed property tax; and if he...
    • Household Charge
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who selected to pay the household charge by instalments; ant the total number who have...
    • Household Charge
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have paid the household charge to date. [29650/12]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the revised code of conduct for loan authorities when dealing with persons who are...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans, if any, to introduce fees to declare vintage or classic vehicles off the road; and if he will...
    • Clar Forbartha Tuaithe
      Question 484: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a cheapfar comhlacht leis an gclár Leader a riaradh i nGaeltacht Chonamara; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of individuals who paid the non principal primary residence charge in 2011; the number of...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of individual landlords registered with the private rented tenancies board in 2011; the number of...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the provisions of the 2005 Disability Act and other legislation as to the proportion of employees with a disability...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the direct provision system, if so, the way; if he has any intention of granting leave to remain to those in the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been waiting five or more years to have their application for asylum processed; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship applied for in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number granted or refused;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the now vacant Rush Garda Station, County Dublin building; if there is scope for it to be used for community use; and if...
    • Magdalene Laundries
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide redress to the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29058/12]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motoring fines issued by An Garda Síochána in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively for passengers over the age of 17...
    • State Agencies
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a property regulator will be appointed; and the powers he or she will have. [29063/12]
    • Property Registration Authority
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rights of way that have been registered under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure by which a prisoner may apply for a transfer to a different prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29195/12]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the Garda Station in Lauragh, County Kerry if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a lease on this...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of closure orders obtained by An Garda Síochána for licensed premises serving alcohol to persons aged under 18 years in...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to establish a national public awareness campaign regarding knife crime to be promoted in secondary schools and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the specific nature of his deliberations regarding his consideration of issues relating to the former Bethany Home....
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers that have been summoned to court on a second offence of driving unaccompanied to date; the number of...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2008, in relation to instore separation and section 16 of the same Act, Promotional...
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of arrests in Waterford for drug dealing of prescription drugs each year from 2005 to 2011 and in the first quarter of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation against internet trolls, similar to the recent announcement by the UK Government to make changes to...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a visa was refused in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29522/12]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a submission or representations regarding an association (details supplied); if so, the actions he intends to take...
    • State Agencies
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly,...
    • Proposed Legislation (1 comment)
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the in camera rule reference by him in the national report to the recent universal periodic review is near completion;...
    • Garda Resources
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide additional places at Garda stations to enable transfer requests to be met; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision centres here; the number of asylum seekers in each centre in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review his decision to close Rush Garda Station, County Dublin.. [29647/12]
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position and the progress made to date in the determination of Stamp 4 upgrade and extension in the case of a person (details...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 20 October 2011, if he will now respond in view of the fact that the civil proceedings...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in detail his plans for the future structure of Garda divisions and the locations of all Garda stations to remain...
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for the introduction of the transition personal insolvency laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29767/12]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of Garda stations which have CCTV installed; the date of installation of the cameras and the areas covered by...
    • Inquiries into Garda Activities
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of Garda stations in which allegations have been made of mistreatment of persons in Garda custody since 1992;...
    • Judicial Pay
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Judges' Pay Referendum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29858/12]
    • Personal Insolvency Bill (1 comment)
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Personal Insolvency Bill will deal with a situation in which joint mortgage holders having split up and are in a situation where...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider lifting the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the Reserve Defence Forces as this volunteer service has historically...
    • Military Archives
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons who visited or used the military archives, and the visitor centre respectively, in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin in 2011; if...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Defence when the value for money review of the Reserve Defence Forces will be completed; his plans for the RDF; if there will be future recruitment to the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of flight hours incurred providing Ministerial transport in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide the number of training...
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to re-organise the Defence Forces and if he is relying on the content of Price Waterhouse Report of 1994 regarding same; the consultation...
    • Official Apology
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to issue an official apology to the families of the 77 republicans executed by the State during the civil war period. [29529/12]
    • State Agencies
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by his...
    • Official Pardon
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Defence while recognising the announcement to pardon Irish citizens who left the Irish army to contribute to the Allied war effort, his views on whether...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on the introduction of legislation regarding the height of trees; if he has given consideration to the fact...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the average farm income per farmer for 2011 on a county basis [28984/12]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 483 of 13 March 2012 if he will give some indicative timeframe on the assessment of an...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes and conditions that have been introduced in relation to testing of cattle for TB with particular reference to...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent changes to the qualifying criteria for the disadvantaged area aid; the rationale for such...
    • Ports Sector
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in relation to Howth Port, County Dublin, he will indicate the total number of leaseholders in the port: the names of...
    • Ports Sector
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the leasing arrangements with regard to the Fish Auction Hall at Howth Port, County Dublin, including the details of the...
    • Port Development
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to expand employment and encourage maritime enterprise at the port of Howth in Fingal County; and if he will make...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review charges at Howth Port, County Dublin, in view of the need to encourage marine tourism at the location;...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 769 of 6 June, 2012 the evidence of interference there was with the TB test; if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not been paid their agri environment options scheme; and the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [29524/12]
    • State Agencies
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Fish Farming
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the need for a 20 kilometre separation for siting salmon farming operations from salmon rivers; if this...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an agri environment options scheme 2 application has been initially assessed in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding whether the consent of the landowner is required when a dispute arises and farm payments continue to...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the disadvantaged area scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding on an application under the sheep fencing mobile handling equipment scheme in respect of a person...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; when a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; when a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
  • Department of Health
    • Youth Services
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos 519 and 520 of 13 February 2012 if she will list the members of the International Expert...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the current situation regarding inter country adoptions with Belarus; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [29335/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide clarity on the situation nationally regarding the level of complementary funding from the Health Service...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the recent announcement that a condition will be added to new early childhood care and education scheme contracts to...
    • State Agencies
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial supports she intends to put in place to assist full-time working parents who pay fees for children provision who...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative of...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no suitable space to facilitate breast feeding in the Civil Registration Office in Lombard Street, Dublin 2, which is the only...
    • Primary Care Centres (1 comment)
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the building and opening of a primary care centre in Greystones, County Wicklow, intended to be located at Greystones Harbour,...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health the extent, if any, to which research is available regarding the drug Anvirzel, used as an alternative treatment for cancer; if this drug is...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds due to close in the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit in Roscrea, County Tipperary, during 2012 [29067/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/12]
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on negligence claims and the associated legal costs each year for the past five years by the Health Service Executive; and if he...
    • Hospital Equipment
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health when the laser eye machine for using on patients with vitreo-retinal surgery disease will be repaired and ready for use again in Waterford Regional...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health when is it proposed to replace the eye surgeon in Waterford Regional Hospital who was recently transferred to a Dublin Hospital; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [29087/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the chiropodist service for medical card holders was removed from a health centre (details supplied) in County Galway; the alternative...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on a review of medical card [29145/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for a medical card [29146/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for a medical card [29147/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for a medical card [29148/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for a medical card [29149/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect an appointment at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly [29150/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect an appointment at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [29151/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29152/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health the rate of absenteeism in 2011 and to date in 2012 by region; the cost of absenteeism by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Community Care
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in each community nursing unit of bed closures in the unit to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospital of bed closures, theatre closures and ward closures to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for adult disability services and services for school leavers with disabilities in County Wicklow; the plans in place...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application to review the decision not to grant a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Care
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on overtime in the Health Service Executive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2008 to 2011 broken down by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on taxis in the Health Service Executive and the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2008 to 2011; the total spend...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal in relation to a medical card application; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health if financial assistance is available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29209/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issue regarding 5,000 persons who have been on hospital waiting lists for more than three to four years; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issue regarding more than 800 persons who have been on hospital waiting lists for more than four years; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address delays in processing applications for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29248/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the results of the announced review by his Department following the publication of the Ombudsman Report called To Old to be Equal;...
    • Health Services
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the needs of Irish thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29277/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29279/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health the measures being undertaken to secure adequate levels of services for persons with disabilities in Cregg House Sligo, in view of the fact that the...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to privatise and introduce charges, for staff car parking in any public hospital in the Dublin region; if so, if consultations...
    • Health Services
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a prosthesis in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [29303/12]
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention or that of the Irish Medicines Board was drawn to articles published in the British Journal of Plastic Surgeons in 2006 and 2007...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether faulty breast implants manufactured by a company (details supplied) were not merchantable at the time of sale in this State and...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that surgeons working at the three private clinics which fitted defective silicone breast implants manufactured by a company...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a referral for an EEG at Cork University Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the criteria and assumptions used by the Health Service Executive in allocation funding in respect of a hospital...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the disability services in County Wicklow; and the number of staff employed in the same services in 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the total level of funding for the disability service in the Dublin Mid Leinster in 2012; and the funding for the same service in 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for persons with disabilities who need assessments for personal assistants hours in County Wicklow; the waiting time in each...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to the Health Service Executive disability service for 2012 and the way this compares to disability funding in 2007,...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to publish the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29334/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a general practitioner visit card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health the expected date of publication of the smaller hospitals report.. [29404/12]
    • Register of Members' Interests
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify any interests he has in private nursing homes in general and in The Greenhills Nursing Home, County Tipperary in particular.....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health teams in the Health Service Executive South; the composition of the grades, specialist area and number of...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the home care package in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29494/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health further to a press article (details supplied) if he can confirm that the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois is no longer in the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to resolve the pay dispute between staff and the Health Service Executive regarding unpaid annual leave premiums for staff...
    • State Agencies
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or indirectly, by his...
    • Primary Care Services
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive occupational therapy and physiotherapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health when an aid will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his approach to increasing the mobility of persons with disabilities in EU member States; if there is a common EU...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the outgoings that were taken into consideration when deciding to refuse a medical card in respect of persons...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health when a person is refused a medical card, if they are entitled to a breakdown statement reflecting all outgoings taken into consideration when making...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive a date for surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health if Chronic Myloide Leukaemia can be included in the list of qualifying medical conditions under the long term illness scheme, in addition to...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pensioner's (details supplied) eye and medical test for the renewal of driver's licence is not covered under the medical card scheme...
    • Nursing Homes Review
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the forensic accounting process to be completed in respect of a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in providing general practitioner visit cards to persons who are on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29651/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons medical cards applied for in November 2011 have not been issued in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a full medical card in respect a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a taxi service to speech and language classes in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in 2012 on improving mental health service provision in County Wicklow, in accordance with the targets and vision set...
    • Nursing Home Beds
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health if all 75 beds in the community nursing unit at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5, are now open in view of the fact that since February 2012 the final...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the service available and the type of patient treated in the medical assessment unit and casulty department at Nenagh and Ennis...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the timeframe for the establishment of an acute medical assessment unit at Pontiuncila Hospital Ballinasloe; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to furnish a patient transport vehicle to the ambulance base in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive has any plans to upgrade the status of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal to regional status; if his...
    • Health Services
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to include creative arts therapists in the list of professionals covered by the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; and if...
    • Health Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procedure for the allocation of insulin pump treatment of type 1 diabetes for children; and if the procedure is a standard one...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting advice about carbohydrates and the recommended intake of this food group in his Department's...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether amending the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, which is the last remaining barrier to the introduction of a cannabis-derived medication...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the statistics that abuse against children increased by one quarter in 2011 and the verifiable fact that domestic violence against women...
    • Hospital Closures
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of St Brigid's Hospital Crooksling County Dublin; if he appreciates the concerns of the wider community that the...
    • Patient Statistics
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a table outlining the number of persons in the State diagnosed with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis each year from 1994 to...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has monitored inexorable reduction in public long stay nursing beds and the parallel increase in the number of private nursing...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health the number of convalescing or long stay patients currently occupying general surgical, medical or other acute beds in each of the public and private...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of the accommodation available St Bridget's Hospital, Crooksling; the extent to which it is intended to maximise the number of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to increase the number of public beds catering for high dependency long stay patients in view of the importance of the need to make...
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the full range of facilities available at Naas general Hospital, County Kildare are being utilised to the fullest extent...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate nursing and medical staff are available in accordance with best practice to meet the demands at all public hospitals...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of full medical card holders has fluctuated on an annual basis over the last five years to date in 2012; and if he...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received communication from consultants, GPs, health professionals or patient representatives in general in regard to the optimum location...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the number of junior hospital doctors likely to be available for current and future years with...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which public hospital beds has increased or decreased in the period 1991 to date with specific reference to medical, surgical or other...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of consultants in respect of various specialties currently employed on a full time basis in the public and private hospital sector;...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of agency nursing staff currently available and or employed on a regular basis in both the public and private hospitals sectors; and...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds/wards closed or decommissioned for whatever reason on average over the past three years to date; the reason for such...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which waiting lists for various services in both public and private hospitals have fluctuated over the past three years to date; and if...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of consultants, doctors, nurses or other professionals currently employed in the public general hospital services sector; the extent...
    • Community Care
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 15 May 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent changes in mileage allowances for public health nurses in County Cavan; if he will confirm that a...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 125, the type of new technologies he is considering for the management of blood coagulation levels; the way...
    • Health Services
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [29867/12]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health if he expect at his meeting next week with his fellow EU Ministers of Health that the subject of transposing the EU directive 2010/53 on the Quality...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health if he has made a decision on the proposal by the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists presented to him in early May which they believe would...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork ceased at the end of February; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has prepared any report accounting for the way in which the sums of money raised from the jobs initiative of May 2011 have been...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driving Licences
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence regarding the photo ID industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if following his recent announcement in relation to the operation of the penalty points scheme as it relates to the use of...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to downgrade national primary routes in Dublin within the M50 corridor to regional road status; the general savings...
    • Irish Coast Guard
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding coastguard services (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to the need for promoting tourism in County Laois and his views in relation to withdrawal of public...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the salaries of the CEO, Head of Integrated Ticketing, Director of Finance and Commercial...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of any legal expenses incurred by his Department or agencies under his remit since February 2011...
    • State Agencies
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that are employed by Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland for each year from 2007 to date in 2012 by job...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to increase tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29249/12]
    • Driver Safety
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the policy regarding the placing of road ramps when a bus route is also present; and if he will also clarify...
    • State Airports
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin Airport Authority has put restrictions in place preventing taxi drivers from picking up fares from the older...
    • Public Transport
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if LEAP cards can be topped up at railway stations; if not, if he will confirm whether this facility is being put in place and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salary currently paid to the Chief Executive Officer of the Galway Harbour Company; and if the position is entitled to any...
    • Ports Sector
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any chief executive officer of a semi-State port company has been awarded a permanent contract by the relevant board of that...
    • Road Project Contracts
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of each compulsory purchase order filed for the provision of service areas on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list all projects planned under the Transport 21 programme; the projected and actual cost of each project; if each...
    • EU Funding
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money applied for by the Government under the TEN-T 2009 programme; the amount drawn down; the projects for which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, all capital projects cancelled by his Department since he came to office; the associated...
    • Rail Services
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the 51 railcars ordered in 2008 to be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29351/12]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants from County Roscommon under the sports capital programme 2012; the total value of grant aid sought;...
    • Tourism Capital Programme
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, through his Department or any agency attached or directed by him funding is available to purchase a property to obtain the...
    • National Car Test
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby an national car test certificate runs only to the anniversary date of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salaries of the Secretary General, Assistant Secretary, Chief Surveyor, Deputy Chief Surveyor, Chief Aeronautical Officer,...
    • State Agencies
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of quangos, quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which are funded partially or wholly, directly or...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the tender process for either a national public bike hire scheme or an expansion of the Dublin public bike scheme is...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an old age pensioner has to pay more for the renewal of their driver's licence compared to a younger person (details...
    • Bus Services
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to outsource the work currently done by CIE Tours International; the rationale for...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to utilise CIE Tours International for The Gathering 2013. [29632/12]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the decision not to grant an application for funding for an all weather sports pitch under the sports...
    • Road Network
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if speed limits on motorways will be increased to bring them into line with other European jurisdictions, for example 130 km/h...
    • Road Network
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if on the completion of the upgrade works to the Athlone bypass stretch of the M6, this roadway will be re-designated a...
    • Bus Services
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the subsidy to Bus Éireann through CÍE each year for the provision of its services in view its social...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made into tackling the problem of illegal campsites which not only have negative consequences for...

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