Written answers
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Operations
To ask the Minister for Defence the moneys received by the Defence Forces during each of the past ten years for providing escorts to those transporting explosives. [54707/12]
- Defence Forces Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Defence the projected increase in fuel costs for the forthcoming year for the Defence Force in view of the increases in travel that will result from the reduction in...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that remuneration levels for Defence Force personnel are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54781/12]
- Defence Forces Reserve
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Force members who attend on a regular basis for training from the Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart...
- EU Battlegroups
To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding Ireland’s future participation in Battlegroup missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54783/12]
- Overseas Missions
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces’ mission in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54776/12]
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
To ask the Minister for Defence in view of his recent announcement of the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Force and the consequent reduction in the number of RDF units, the criteria that...
- Defence Forces Operations
To ask the Minister for Defence the steps being taken by the Defence Forces to deal with the new threats posed by dissident republicans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54645/12]
- Defence Forces Ombudsman
To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces will now be a part time position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54703/12]
- Defence Forces Equipment
To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined the possibility of procuring smaller naval coastal patrol vessels for the purposes of intercepting drugs landings on Irish coastal areas. [54710/12]
- Naval Service Vessels
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the procurement of new ships for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54704/12]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such...
- Election Monitoring Missions
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 22 March 2012, if the review of the working of the election roster has been...
- International Relations
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of relations between Ireland and Kosovo; the way he hopes to build on these; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Product Labelling
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered introducing a new labelling system for goods from illegal Israeli settlements as products of Israeli...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Northern Executive and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the outbreak...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if...
- Department of Finance
- Bond Markets
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide detailed figures for the total sovereign debt issued by the State through the sale of bonds for each year 1990 to date in 2012; if he will break...
- General Government Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures of the total interest payment made by the State on General Government Debt for each year 1990 to date in 2012 by amount and as a...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the average and median individual amount of increased taxation in comparison to pre-July 2013 levels that women on maternity benefit will pay after July 2013 in a...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason behind the changes in taxation regarding maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55761/12]
- Tax Rebates
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money the Revenue repaid in tax refunds under maternity benefit rates in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Investor Compensation Company Limited
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas the latest report and accounts for the Investor Compensation Company Limited; and if he will confirm the...
- Economic Growth
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the difference between the forecast contraction of gross national product by the Central Bank of Ireland produced in October...
- State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the €10 million of subordinated bondholders at what was Irish Life and Permanent, whose bonds fell due for payment on 4 December 2012 (details...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue expected to be raised in 2013 and in 2014 for all those tax measures on wealth contained in budget 2013 and if he will detail each of these...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the total cost for these...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of AIB of only paying wages paid into an AIB account; his views on whether this is an unfair practice that limits...
- Social Insurance Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the persons, trade or profession referred to by him during his budget speech on the removal of the blocked exemption from PRSI for income from a trade...
- National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of builders or developers on the books at the National Assets Management Agency; the number of these on salaries of €200,000 or more and the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is to sue a company (details supplied) for actions it took during its time as auditors of the...
- Mortgage Arrears
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 on the 28 November 2012, if in view of the changed banking environment in Ireland since 1991 he intends to legislate to...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of the 28 November 2012, the reason it is the case that the increase in pay for Irish Bank Resolution Corporation...
- National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of the 28 November 2012, if he will explain the reason the other State debt management and collection agency, National...
- Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 on the 28 November 2012, if he will explain the reason it would be commercially sensitive for Bank of Ireland to reveal...
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance if the estimated €250 million revenue from the introduction of a property tax in 2013 is gross or net of the abolition of the household charge; if the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Home Tuition Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if same will be extended; and if he will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their higher education grant applications processed; the reason for the delay in...
- Disadvantaged Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55734/12]
- Student Registration Fee
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to his Department if the income threshold for liability to pay the registration fee was increased by €10,000 and €20,000...
- Student Assistance Fund
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he proposes to increase the funding for the student assistance fund, to €12 million per annum, in view of the high demand for this fund; and...
- Student Support Schemes
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to negotiate a low interest loan scheme with credit unions that would be guaranteed by the State for post graduate students; and if he...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following his Budget announcement of 2013 and his Department’s decision in relation to teacher student ratio of 1 to 19 in PLCs and colleges of...
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the overdue grant payment will be processed by Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of announcements made in Budget 2013, if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for the academic...
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has been awarded and paid the higher education grant has yet to receive the confirmation...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a top-up grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the total cost...
- Psychological Service
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding a psychological assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) [55839/12]
- Computerisation Programme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make funding available for computer upgrading or replacement to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in terms of financial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55857/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the full list of cuts to the education budget in 2013 including cuts that were announced as part of budget 2012; and if he will...
- Back to Education Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any discussions with the Department of Social Protection in relation to cuts to the back to education allowance and to the cost of...
- Vocational Education Committees
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact that the budget cuts to the vocational education committee sector will have on the delivery of services and the way the VEC will be able to...
- Student Grant Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will be affected by the 3% reduction in the income threshold for student maintenance grants in 2013; and if he will make a...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he can justify a cut to training allowances for young persons in vocational training opportunities scheme, Youth Reach and FÁS at a time...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Places
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently in receipt of training allowances under further education and training programmes; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the loss of 75 teachers in small schools in 2013 will result in the closure of any of these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a student maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55877/12]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55878/12]
- Institutes of Technology
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Dundalk Institute of Technology will suffer any cuts to funding or resources as a result of spending cuts in Budget 2013. [55892/12]
- Early Retirement Scheme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on early retirement will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to concerns that up to 40 plus teaching posts have been placed at risk as a result of the decision announced in Budget 2013 to...
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of setting up the Student Universal Support Ireland third level higher education body; the envisaged running costs up to the end of 2012; the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements within his Department for this EU...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Appointments to State Boards
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of executives of multinational companies that have offered to serve on State boards; the members of the Irish diaspora that have...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will...
- Department of Social Protection
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a claim under the insolvency payment scheme will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Family Income Supplement Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing family income supplement applications in relation to claims that were lodged up to the end of October 2012 and the...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 27 November 2012, regarding the report she is reviewing from the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare...
- Mortgage Arrears
To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to her announcement on 6 September 2012 when she launched a scheme giving certain mortgage borrowers access to a consultation with an accountant...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal that was lodged last February in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the total cost...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will stop the cut to the respite care grant as this is affecting the marginalised such as families with a member with a disability. [55836/12]
- National Internship Scheme
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that applies in relation to persons working on the jobbridge scheme (details supplied) in County Galway in terms of maternity benefit as...
- Back to Education Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is in receipt of the back to education allowance will this automatically disqualify their parents with whom they live from the household...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the respite care grant in County Louth. [55890/12]
- Community Employment Schemes Places
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the additional 2,000 community employment schemes announced in Budget 2013 will be allocated. [55891/12]
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused an oral hearing on their application for mortgage interest supplement; if his...
- Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the recently announced reduction in jobseeker's benefit to nine months, if she will consider a corresponding reduction in the eligibility...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Tipperary in receipt of the respite care grant for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. [55926/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the processing of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath and the reason for the delay to date. [55933/12]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Employment Scheme Numbers
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the additional 2,000 community employment schemes announced in Budget 2013 will be allocated. [55891/12]
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused an oral hearing on their application for mortgage interest supplement; if his...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the recently announced reduction in jobseeker's benefit to nine months, if she will consider a corresponding reduction in the eligibility...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Tipperary in receipt of the respite care grant for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. [55926/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the processing of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath and the reason for the delay to date. [55933/12]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Code
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI was paid out of the early retirement farm scheme, does this contribute to a social welfare entitlement. [55952/12]
- Turbary Rights
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the money provided to turf cutters under the compensation scheme for those affected by the cessation of turf cutting on raised bog special areas of...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if she will confirm that her...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the...
- Turbary Rights
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will estimate for 2012 the number of turf cutters that qualified for the compensation scheme for those affected by the cessation of...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such...
- Postal Services
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if An Post’s decision to tender for a national post code system presents potential conflict of interest issues in view...
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a public consultation in conjunction with the more detailed research study to be commissioned by the...
- Cyber Bullying
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to review the use of social networking sites here, particularly for young persons most at risk from...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency,...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Foreshore Licences
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 17 July 2012, the position regarding a foreshore licence application by Waterford...
- Road Improvement Schemes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a special improvement road grant (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
- Regeneration Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make cuts to the funding for the Ballymun regeneration project, Dublin and any other cuts he plans for other...
- Local Authority Charges
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that councils across the country are charging legacy rate arrears to new tenants...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who lost their council house to fire on the 30...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding non-principal private residence charges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local and Community Development Programme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amount of grant assisted in tabular form from Pobail to community groups in Killala, County Mayo, in...
- Appointments to State Boards
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the view of his appointing board members to Irish Water Safety, if he will consider appointing a representative to the board...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Forensic Science
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been taken to carry out the tests required to possibly provide a definitive identification of humans bones found off the south east...
- Garda Transport
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a permanent Garda vehicle will be restored to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tribunals of Inquiry
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 1 May 2012, the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a...
- Prisoner Transfers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application from a person (details supplied) who is at present a prisoner in HMP Maghaberry, in Northern Ireland, for transfer...
- Garda Training
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who took the method or entry course in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55793/12]
- Naturalisation Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Limerick have been naturalised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55814/12]
- Courts Service
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total value of monetary fines handed down by the Courts in 2011 and of this, the percentage directed to be paid to charities and specifically the...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the total cost...
- Child Abduction
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures and systems in place to restrict children travelling from Ireland, who are restricted from doing so by family court orders without the...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 13 November 2012, if he will detail the nature of the potential concerns raised about these appointments;...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 4 October 2012, the way staff were selected for Dublin Airport posts; if Irish language abilities were...
- Garda Districts
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the geographical area which will be covered by the newly enlarged Garda districts of Ballina and Claremorris County Mayo under the...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum distance to a 24 hour Garda station he considers acceptable to service a local community when the Garda station in its locality is...
- Deportation Orders
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding deportation in respect of a person (details supplied). [55927/12]
- Cyber Bullying
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in view of recent tragedies, if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many regarding the dangers for young person's of several social...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions in the Defence Forces or ranks approved, waiting to be filled or vacant at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55036/12]
- Defence Forces Equipment
To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the resources accruing from the closure of various military installations over the years has transferred directly to updating and upgrading the...
- Air Corps Training
To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the standard and levels of training normally required continue to be made available to the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naval Service Vessels
To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the degree to which funding remains available to the Navy with particular reference to the upgrading of equipment, training and the...
- Army Equipment
To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied, notwithstanding the economic exigencies within which he must operate, that sufficient resources remain available for training, updating and...
- Army Reserve Training
To ask the Minister for Defence if sufficient resources remain available to ensure training and upgrading of the Army Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55031/12]
- Defence Forces Strength
To ask the Minister for Defence the total strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps by gender and rank at present; the extent to which the numbers have fluctuated in each of the past five...
- Overseas Missions
To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Exchequer has been reimbursed by the United Nations or other bodies for overseas peacekeeping missions authorised by the EU or UN to date;...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Defence if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal on stocking density in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal for an area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
- National Milk Agency
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the remit of the National Milk Agency could be extended in order that it would be able to control the price paid for liquid milk, not...
- Departmental Correspondence
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ask farmers who ring his Department, for some sort of identification, such as their PPSN, to ensure that those ringing are...
- Budget 2013
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has evaluated the combined impact of the budget cuts on farm holdings in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Extension
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has evaluated the long term economic impact of the closure of the suckler cow welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive their headage payment. [55804/12]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive payment in respect of the rural environment protection scheme; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of each service in his Department that is currently outsourced; the company that provides such services and the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme and disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Installation Aid Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 27 November 2012, the criteria used by the agricultural appeals office to deem the two...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme 4 payment will issue in respect of a person in (details provided) County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth nár íocadh airgead faoi Scéim na...
- Forestry Grants
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55995/12]
- Installation Aid Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the installation grant aid in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met representatives from the drinks industry recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50877/12]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Completion Programme
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there have been any cuts or changes to the school completion programme in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55869/12]
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programme
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the required fields in which a potential pre-school leader must have achieved a level seven major award or equivalent in order to successfully...
- Social Worker Numbers
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional social workers posts that have been filled in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if she will make a...
- Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will sign a commencement order to bring the remainder of the provisions, that is, all provisions excluding parts one, four and six of...
- Children in Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications to place a child in special care that have been brought to the National Special Care Admissions and Discharge...
- Child Detention Centres
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the capacity of Coovagh House Special Care Unit County Limerick has been capped at two; the exact timeline for when additional...
- Budget 2013
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Budget 2013 was a tough and unfair budget on young persons and youth services; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way more social workers will be appointed in 2013 in view of the reduction in the allocation for the Health Service Executive Vote for 2013...
- Child Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her aspirations for childcare will be impacted by the reduction in child benefit [55945/12]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if she will confirm...
- Department of Health
- Croke Park Agreement
To ask the Minister for Health the details of his proposed pay related savings of €308 million in 2013; the way this saving will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed saving of €160 million in the cost of drugs and other prescribed items is a gross or a net figure; the estimate for the cost of new drugs...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the €60 million savings on the Department Vote announced in the Expenditure Report 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health the way he will make €20 million savings in procurement in 2013; the procurement savings that have been made to date in 2012; the anticipated outturn for...
- Medical Card Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional medical cards he anticipates being granted in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55707/12]
- Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged over 70 years that will lose their entitlement to a medical card in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55709/12]
- Health Insurance Cost
To ask the Minister for Health the way the Programme for Government pledge to reduce the costs of delivering private healthcare will be fulfilled through the health budget for 2013; and if he...
- Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be provided for the care of older persons in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55711/12]
- Medical Waste Disposal
To ask the Minister for Health the total tonnage of medicines collected under the medicines DUMP scheme since its inception to date; the estimated monetary value of all the medicines collected...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise Fibromyalgia as a long term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55747/12]
- Disease Management
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to educate persons particularly medical professionals on best practice on treatment of and diagnosis of Fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if, as requested by Spina Bifida suffers and advocates, a consultant paediatric urologist will be made available to children with Spina Bifida; and if he will make...
- Pharmacy Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pharmacy charges [55757/12]
- Cochlear Implementation Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the policy that operates in regard to the cochlear implantation programme based in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, which is funded by his Department; if his attention...
- Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of the MenB vaccine into the immunisation schedule when licensed early in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency calls that the Health Service Executive ambulance service in Dublin north east region received in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Ulysses Pain Management Programme at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55796/12]
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1136 of 6 November 2012, if a breakdown for the agency and overtime usage across all disciplines in the Louth Meath Hospital...
- Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if anti-epilepsy drugs will be exempt from generic substitution in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for hospitals dealing with patients with mental health issues and his views on whether advice and opinions of the patients family are taken into...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Promotion
To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered implementing a tax on fast food outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55860/12]
- Hospital Consultants' Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding doctors pay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55862/12]
- Health Service Allowances
To ask the Minister for Health the positions regarding allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/12]
- General Practice Training
To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to change the current arrangement whereby general practitioners in training need to work 120 hours per year in out of hours duty; the reason...
- Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he has data which is more recent that September 2012 in relation to the number of home help hours being supplied to persons in Couunty louth and if so if he will...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the cut in the respite grant for 2013, his plans to tackle respite providers that are charging huge sums of money for respite; and if he will make a...
- General Medical Services Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for a medical general practitioner to be registered as a doctor who can accept patients that are covered by the GMS scheme; and if he will...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend hackney regulations to ensure the owner of an SPSV licence will only be permitted to use that licence on a vehicle...
- Public Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the last performance review of Bus Éireann was undertaken; when the last review of mileage charge differentiation was undertaken to...
- Road Network
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if construction works on the N28 Ringaskiddy to Cork, N60 Castlebar to Claremorris and the N6 Galway city outer bypass is likely to commence...
- Public Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Luas carried in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in...
- Road Tolls
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare could be considered for an exemption from M50 tolls due to medical reasons without...
- Public Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details and arrangements applying to all Bus Éireann wheelchair accessible routes within and serving County Cavan and County...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will...
