Written answers
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Leader Programmes Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give the breakdown of the recent allocation of funds sanctioned to LEADER companies; the amount allocated to...
- Domestic Violence Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to treat domestic abuse as a serious cause of social housing need and homelessness; and if he will...
- Departmental Properties
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the buildings and their locations that his Department rent; the number that are signed up to...
- Private Rented Accommodation Prices
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private rental prices have increased year on year since he was appointed;...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on work being carried out at an estate (details supplied); and if any further funds are...
- Local Authority Staff Remuneration
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities that are employed on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum. [20499/13]
- Building Regulations Amendments
18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the building control regulations to make provision for contractors providing services to the owners of...
- RAPID Programme
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of RAPID AITs that have full time coordinators in view of the importance of this programme and the importance of...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families on the rental accommodation scheme are being displaced because...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored, in the interest of addressing the large housing waiting list, the possibility of purchasing some...
- Official Engagements
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date of the last meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/13]
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the way Homebond may be involved in the pyrite resolution process established by him when they have...
- Local Authority Staff Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be saved by the public Exchequer if there was to be one assistant fire chief in each local authority....
- National Spatial Strategy
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to address the impact of the removal of the gateway designation for Letterkenny/Derry as a result of the...
- Electoral Divisions Establishment
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the release of the local electoral area boundaries in Dublin and across the country; and if he will make...
- Proposed Legislation
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill and if he will ensure this Bill will...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for dealing with unfinished estates. [20491/13]
- Voluntary Housing Sector Issues
30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of houses provided under the capital allowance schemes and handed over to various voluntary housing bodies...
- Ministerial Travel
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the overseas visits for St. Patrick's Day of the Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will...
- Leader Programmes Funding
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated to each LEADER company for projects to date; the amount sanctioned to date; and the amount of...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to improve the support structures for tenants and landlords experiencing disputes through the Private Residential...
- Local Government Reform
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for a plebiscite on a directly elected Dublin Mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20446/13]
- Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money in the Dormant Accounts Fund, less the reserve; the amount of commitments entered into that have not...
- Local Authority Expenditure
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated cost of additional councillors in Dublin under Putting People First. [20445/13]
- Ministerial Travel
38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on his visit to Boston; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20295/13]
- Septic Tank Inspections
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when householders will be able to avail of grants to improve their septic tanks. [20304/13]
- Security of the Elderly
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money made available for the seniors scheme this year; the amount sanctioned to date; the amount paid out;...
- Irish Water Establishment
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget that has been allocated for the establishment and programme spend of Irish Water, including wages. [20496/13]
- Planning Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the introduction of a planning regulator; the nature of the regulator’s role and relationship...
- Rural Recreation Promotion
46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the programme of work laid out by his Department for rural recreation development this year; the new aspects to the...
- Proposed Legislation
47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when legislation will be enacted to levy industries identified to have liability for reparative work by the Pyrite Review...
- IBRC Liquidation
49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has sought information from local authorities on their total financial exposure to the special liquidation process of...
- Water Services Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of group water schemes throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the programmes he intends to run under the Dormant Accounts Fund this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Staff Remuneration
54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be saved by the public Exchequer if there was to be a cap of €100,000 on wages in local...
- Water Meters Installation
55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the roll out and completion of metering across the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regeneration Projects
56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work he is doing to ensure that the regeneration of Dolphin House and Teresa's Gardens, Dublin, progress without delay....
- Proposed Legislation
58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the drafting of the Local Government Bill; and when he expect the Bill to be published. [20501/13]
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of the National Assets Management Agency units for social leasing; the number...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
62. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends making any money available from the Dormant Accounts Fund for small projects in RAPID areas this year and...
- Pyrite Resolution Board Membership
64. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the setting up of pyremco; if he will outline the way he envisages the remediation works...
- Local Government Reform
65. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made with the proposed alignment of local government and the engagement there has been with representatives of...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits
67. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the Dormant Accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
68. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in addressing the funding of projects under the LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement...
- Local Government Fund
69. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the formula for the way the discretionary fund amounting to 35% of revenues directed to the Local...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
70. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that under his Department's guidelines for a house claiming exemption from property tax that it will be...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cé mhéid airgid atá fágtha le ceadú ag Comhar na nOileán Teo. faoin gClár Leader,...
- Homelessness Strategy
72. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to achieve the goal of eliminating long term homelessness by 2016. [20490/13]
- Departmental Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money provided in the estimates this year to cover costs directly related to the contribution to Social...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid Policy
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of his new Irish aid policy, One World One Future; when he expects this policy to be...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Exemptions
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if the residents of building (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will have to pay the property tax as it is a protected building. [20735/13]
- Departmental Schemes
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the take up of the employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme; the number that have availed of same; his plans to incentivise potential...
- Tax Compliance
78. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 16 April 2013, regarding prosecutions for non filling of returns, the number of unsuccessful prosecutions since...
- State Banking Sector
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the percentage of the company owned by the State that the payment by AIB of the €280m dividend preference share dividend due to the State...
- Property Taxation Application
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Comhdhaíl Oileáin na hÉireann outlining the reasons that there should be a reduced local property tax on the...
- Banking Operations
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the right a citizen has to a bank account. [20600/13]
- Mortgage Debt
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage accounts outstanding on primary dwelling homes by the banks and financial institutions; the number of mortgage accounts issued by retail...
- Tax Code
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if cohabiting partners can share their tax credit and tax bands in order that a cohabiting couple will not be disadvantaged in comparison to the civil...
- Property Taxation Collection
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the your guide to local property tax and how to pay and file document is amended to clarify that persons may pay by cheque and the...
- Tax Residency Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons deemed non resident for tax purposes in the Revenue records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/13]
- Banking Operations
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist for banks regarding lodgements they can refuse to accept, that is, packs of coins under a certain value or coins as part of priority...
- Property Taxation Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Finance where there is a delay on the part of the Revenue Commissioners issuing a Notice of Estimate in respect of the local property tax to a taxpayer, if flexibility...
- Carbon Tax Collection
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his plans for introducing carbon taxation on coal; if he has considered the implications of such a development on cross-border imports; and...
- Bond Redemption
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will release all materials in the possession of his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland which reference payments/redemptions made by the Irish...
- National Payments Plan Implementation
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the Central Bank of Ireland's new national payments plan; if he intends to abandon one cent and two cent coins; if he has...
- Property Taxation Collection
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request An Post to facilitate the payment of the local property tax through An Post savings stamps;; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Rebates
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if a medical expenses tax refund will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20725/13]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any exemptions to the property tax for persons with disabilities who have had to have their homes adapted; if he will outline the exemptions...
- Mortgage Interest Rates Issues
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to prevent the future increase in mortgage interest rates as announced by a number of named banks earlier this week (details supplied); if...
- Liquor Licence Applications
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times in the past 13 years the Revenue Commissioners have refused to issue an Intoxicating Liquor Licence to an applicant who has presented a...
- Tax Code
98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding administration fees; the reason it appears an administration fee is applied in the case of car exports...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the engine cc limit or removing the cc limit under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations,...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to support persons who bought properties in the height of the boom and are now in serious negative equity and struggling to pay their...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will, in view of the information that has come to light in the past week, take definitive steps to cap the salaries being received by senior officials...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Polasaí Iontrála Gaelscoileanna
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéid gearán atá faighte ag a Roinn ó ceapadh é mar Aire Oideachais faoi pholasaí iontrála na...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cheapfar foireann dearaidh do Ghaelscoil de hÍde san Órán Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh...
- School Staffing
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the retention level of pupils required to retain a second classroom teacher in an island school; the level of pupils required for a one teacher...
- Value for Money Reviews
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the recommendations of the value for money report on small primary schools; the main conclusions of the report including the...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide support services to children with Down Syndrome. [20598/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing personnel who have gained experience administering third level grants under Student Universal Support Ireland during the...
- School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the appeal regarding a teacher allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Special Education Review
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support St. Michael's centre for Autism, Trim, County Meath, in their efforts to implement the July programme. [20679/13]
- Schools Building Projects Status
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for a safe drop off area for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his pland to review the secondary school bus routes in view of new regulations regarding school boundaries; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Status
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm plans by his Department to facilitate the expansion of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will confirm the...
- FÁS Training Programmes
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to allow Irish persons now living and working in Australia to complete their apprenticeships (details supplied); and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to provide funding this year for the clearance of the Clare river in Claregalway, Lisheenavalla and Caherlea which was...
- Public Sector Staff Numbers
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason examining the costs and the benefits is not an appropriate tool for considering the cost of reducing the number of staff in...
- Public Sector Pensions Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his officials will meet with the Alliance of Retired Public Servants in relation to the decision to legislate for certain changes...
- Departmental Programmes
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a timeline in relation to the banking and financial management shared services project being led by his Department;...
- Registration of Title
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the transfer of lands from the Office of Public Works to Kerry County Concil (details supplied); and if he will...
- Public Sector Pensions Issues
125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the portion of pension resulting from the payment of AVCs will be subject to the proposed public sector pension reduction;; and if he...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Companies Law Issues
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an audit of limited companies by guarantee; and if he will clarify the most up to date exemption levels [20792/13]
- Foreign Direct Investment
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Board to bring companies to locate in County Longford, where...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the take up of the competitive feasibility fund for female entrepreneurs to enable the selected entrepreneurs to investigate the...
- National Skills Register Establishment
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set up a national skills register to allow employers to find persons with the skills they need and the register would be...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recently published OECD report recommendations regarding increasing the working age (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will expedite this application...
- State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for a non contributory State pension payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an answer to their appeal in relation to the case of their parent. [20572/13]
- State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the pension of a person (details supplied) is paid from 22 February 2013. [20629/13]
- Social Welfare Code Reform
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new social welfare payment can be introduced combining the disability payment with the mobility allowance for those who meet the criteria...
- Respite Care Grant Payments
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the respite care grant will be re-instated to 2012 entitlements in Budget 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
- Civil Registration Issues
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there has been a delay in registering humanists as solemnisers for wedding ceremonies here; the reason, despite the passing of the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [20739/13]
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 24 April 2013, if her attention has been drawn to the information contained in the response (details...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Expenditure
147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money paid out by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to farmers in the Twelve Bens/Maam Turk complex in Connemara...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding compensation for turf cutters in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the fact that many small farmers in western Duhallow are suffering serious loss of income as most of the area is a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has carried out any cost benefit analysis of the potential exporting of wind energy to the UK. [20707/13]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland will not have any advisory role in his deliberations on...
- Inland Fisheries
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown between sea angling, coarse angling and game angling in terms of numbers of the general...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage accounts issued by local authorities; the total value of the balance on these accounts at the end...
- Electoral Register Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to extend the right to vote in General and Presidential elections to EU nationals living here; and...
- Leader Programmes Funding
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of contracts that have been submitted for approval by Mayo North East Leader Partnership to him and which may be...
- Local Government Reform
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason at a time when throughout the country there will be reductions in town councillors, Dublin County has an...
- Register of Electors Administration
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is allowed change their name and address on the Register of Electors from English to Irish with a local...
- Derelict Sites
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether current legislation governing derelict sites is too restrictive when it comes to the rights of...
- Water Services Funding
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has provided for County Wicklow through the Rural Water Programme Block Grant Allocation for 2013; and if...
- Property Taxation Administration
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that revenue collected from the local property tax is allocated in each local authority to the provision...
- Local Authority Management
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis was performed on the policy of local government/local development alignment before formally...
- Security of the Elderly
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that has been distributed to applicants under the senior alert scheme from January 2013 to date; and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the submission he has received regarding the proposed wind farm for the midlands and if these submissions will be made...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application for funding by a company (details supplied) in County Wexford will be approved under axis one; and if...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Personal Insolvency Act
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person who applies for a debt settlement a Personal Insolvency Arrangment DRN, DSA, PIA has to have their name, address and personal...
- Child Abduction
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the case of an Irish person (details supplied) illegally taken while on holiday in breach of UN Convention on Human...
- Legal Services Regulation
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to change the law to ensure a fairer entry system for students who wish to become apprentice solicitors in order that all who qualify...
- Garda Deployment
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to Monasterevin Garda Station, County Kildare; and the total number of Gardaí assigned for the whole...
- Garda Transport Numbers
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles designated for use by Gardaí stationed in Monasterevin, County Kildare. [20615/13]
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending legislation in order to restrict the granting of licences to outlets selling alcohol. [20617/13]
- Charity Clothes Bank Thefts
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the law is adequate to deal with gangs who are involved in stealing clothes from charity banks and cause criminal damage to the clothes banks;...
- Garda Strength
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí serving in Ballymahon Garda Station, County Longford, as there are claims that the numbers are reduced from five; and...
- Legal Aid Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal for legal aid (details supplied). [20740/13]
- Garda Investigations
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support an investigation into the case of a person (details supplied) [20806/13]
- Proposed Legislation
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the commitment made in the Programme for Government on amending the Official Secrets Act; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected staffing level of the Insolvency Service of Ireland; when recruitment for this will be completed; the number of cases it will deal...
- Court Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way that tip staff in the court services are paid expenses sometimes in excess of their salary; if he will confirm that tip staff come under...
- Proposed Legislation
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an amendment to Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act that is needed to enshrine in legislation the rights of lesbian,...
- Legal Services Regulation
194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of cost saving to enterprises arising from the changes to legal services. [18628/13]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2012 agri-environment options scheme 1 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that many small farmers in western Duhallow are suffering serious loss of income as most of the area is a...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;; and...
- Fodder Crisis
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an advance in the single farm payment for farmers who are struggling with the fodder crisis; and if he will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the requirement to make sufficient lands available for the Hen Harriers, farmers activities are restricted for forestry...
- Hardship Grant Scheme Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a hardship grant in view of the fact that their herd is...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 7 March 2012, the progress that has been made on the issue of a licence for mussel...
- Department of Health
- National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of James Connolly Hospital, Dublin, management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards...
- Hospital Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in the Roscommon/Galway Hospitals group that have the facility to examine biopsies [20525/13]
- HSE Funding
229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will rescind the decision taken by the Health Service Executive to withdraw core funding for the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare; his...
- Palliative Care for Children
230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations from the report, the Respite Services for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions and their Families in Ireland, a...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
231. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who waited 18 months to be assessed for braces was told they would have to wait at least another 18...
- Suicide Prevention
232. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the review completed in 2012 by the Health Service Executive on the suicide crisis assessment nurses work with emergency departments and GPs...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
233. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to see an ENT; the average waiting time for a child who is referred from their GP to see an ENT; if his attention has been...
- Childhood Obesity
234. To ask the Minister for Health the budget his Department allocated for childhood obesity treatment in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/13]
- Special Action Group on Obesity Membership
235. To ask the Minister for Health the person who is representing paediatrics and child health on the Special Action Group on Obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20638/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the orthopaedic waiting lists in County Cork by hospital; the number of patients currently on the waiting list for...
- Mental Health Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of mental health personnel to the Sligo/Leitrim region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20659/13]
- Medical Card Eligibility
248. To ask the Minister for Health if a child with proximal femoral focal deficiency qualifies for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20678/13]
- Medical Card Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who submitted their application for a medical card before 1 April 2013 are disqualified from including...
- Medical Card Appeals
250. To ask the Minister for Health if the correct figures for income and expenditure relative to an application for a medical card now under appeal will be examined in respect of a person...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
251. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the increase in the number of persons suffering from arthritis here and the cost of treatment for the condition, his plans to include arthritis as...
- Mental Health Guidelines
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists needed for the procedure aregarding a person being sent to a mental institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health the length of queues to see a State psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20705/13]
- Nursing Education
254. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department and the Health Service Executive will introduce to safeguard the qualifications of graduating midwives who will not meet the EU...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
255. To ask the Minister for Health if any review is planned for the funding of the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20724/13]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
256. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal, if there is a timeframe for this appointment. [20729/13]
- Patient Transport Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the weekly transport services, Monday to Friday, from St. Joseph’s Hospital, Longford to the Dublin hospitals has ceased; and if he will make...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm plans for a major expansion of accident and emergency facilities at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; if he appreciates the importance of such...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
259. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny based on their assessment report and urgent need for...
- General Medical Services Scheme Payments
260. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive recieved money in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20804/13]
- HSE Expenditure
261. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Health Service Executive are spending more than €46,000 per year on legal fees; if he will clarify that the HSE seek tenders...
- Medical Card Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a review of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [20809/13]
- HSE Health Insurance Claims
263. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to collect outstanding moneys owed to the Health Service Executive by health insurers; the total sum outstanding; the progress made to...
- Medicinal Products Prices
264. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in cutting the drugs spend in the State; the steps that will be taken to encourage health care professionals to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided funding for the construction of a by-pass around Maigh Cuilinn in County Galway; the proposed timescale for the...
- Semi-State Bodies Expenditure
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIÉ has breached any of its loan covenants in the course of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20667/13]
- Road Projects Status
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application by the Slane Bypass Action Group; when he will allow the application for the Slane Bypass to return...
- Traffic Management
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding heavy goods vehicles using Griffith Avenue, Dublin 7 during school opening and closing times 8 am to 9 am and 3 pm...
