Written answers
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Payments
10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will maintain disability allowance at its current rate in Budget 2014. [25723/13]
- Work Placement Programme
11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's work in introducing a work placement initiative to allow the unemployed to work within local...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's spending in 2012 and to date in 2013 on rent supplement; the number of persons currently in receipt of the...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reducing the income thresholds used to assess qualification for family income supplement. [25715/13]
- Social Welfare Code Review
15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits of the jobseeker's transition payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25870/13]
- Maternity Benefit Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on maternity benefit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/13]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans she has for changes to the domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance; and the date on which she intends to make any changes....
- Habitual Residency Conditions
19. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct her Department to catalogue information on the number of returning Irish emigrants who applied for but were refused a social...
- European Court of Justice Rulings
20. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she proposes to respond to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013 which found that the State is liable...
- Property Taxation Collection
21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the event of money being deducted from social welfare payments for the local property tax as provided for in the Act, the maximum amount that...
- Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the numbers of persons who applied for invalidity pension in each county for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the...
- Youth Guarantee
23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in implementing the youth guarantee scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25807/13]
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
24. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of savings that would be made if salaries to personnel in her Department were capped at €100,000. [25727/13]
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she expects pesons who are forced to retire from the civil service at 65 to claim jobseeker's benefit or allowance until they can receive the...
- Departmental Agencies Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to Citizens Information Centres during each of the past five years; the amount of this funding which was allocated to...
- Child Benefit Rates
27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding potential changes to child benefit payments. [25717/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently receiving rent supplement; the length of time for which the rent supplement is intended to be supplied; the number of...
- Gender Recognition Issues
31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce gender recognition legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25720/13]
- Farm Assist Scheme Payments
32. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the urgent need to review changes made in the Budget to the farm assist payment due to the difficult weather conditions and fodder...
- Ready to Work Programme
33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that funding is continued for the ready for work programme supported by business in the community to enable them to continue their...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the actions that she has taken to reduce waiting times for social welfare payments. [25721/13]
- National Internship Scheme Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views of the abuse of JobBridge scheme by employers who are seeking interns to cover menial tasks; her views on whether interning and gaining...
- Student Support Schemes Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider engagement with the Department of Education and Skills and with the Northern Ireland Executive in respect of supports for...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time for processing social welfare appeals broken down by division and type of appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Application Numbers
43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for mortgage interest supplement for each of theplast five years; the numbers in receipt of payment in the same period;...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department continue to address the issue of youth unemployment with particular reference to the setting of precise...
- Child Poverty
45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the number of children living in poverty or at risk of poverty. [25728/13]
- Social Welfare Fraud Cost
46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings that were made in fraud detection in 2012; the way this figure compares with 2011; the savings that were made through fraud detection in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of information required to be provided for a claimant to satisfy the habitual residence condition; if decisions are made on a purely...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a family (details supplied) in County Wexford which have been on the social housing list for a total of nine years;...
- Job Initiatives
53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the paper entitled Ticket to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25641/13]
- Pensions Reform
55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the apparent disproportionate impact on women following changes to eligibility criteria for pensions, particularly the increase in the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will run a public information campaign to highlight to landlords, whose tenants are in receipt of rent supplement, that it is illegal to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all transport services which are co-funded by her Department in respect of persons with disabilities for each of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- European Court of Human Rights Judgments
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of decisions handed down by the European Court of Human Rights specifically referring to rulings of the Irish...
- International Fund for Ireland
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Ulster based youth engagement Wider Horizons group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Teachers' Remuneration
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the positions of 17 teachers who are employed by the International School of Martyrs,...
- Passport Applications
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Diplomatic Representation
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the legal status and legislative base of Corps Diplomatique or CD sign usage on Irish car registration...
- Election Monitoring Missions
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 22 May 2013 regarding election observer rosters and the appeals mechanism for...
- European Council Meetings
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra...
- Department of Finance
- Gross National Product Forecast
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a projection on the expected GNP of Ireland in the next three years including redomiciled public limited companies and excluding redomiciled...
- Gross National Income Forecast
71. To ask the Minister for Finance what Ireland’s GNI for the past five years would have been excluding redomiciled public limited companies; the amount by which Ireland’s...
- Property Taxation Collection
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who paid their local property tax via the revenue website have not been issued with a receipt of their payment; if these persons will...
- Tobacco Industry Lobbying
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on their behalf in 2013; the persons present at these meetings; the matters that were discussed; and if he...
- Vehicle Registration Issues
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding remission of the vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/13]
- Non-Resident Companies
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a 1998 report produced by his Department on Irish registered non resident companies which stated that IRNR companies have...
- Tax Avoidance Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered imposing limits on the transfer of losses within group companies; if such a precedent exists for this limiting in other States; the...
- Tax Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax data on multinational companies based here is collated separately; and if so, if he will state the minimum effective rate of tax paid by multinational...
- Tax Yield
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer if corporation tax was applied to dividends received by one Irish resident company from another Irish...
- Tax Credits
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a recent cost benefit analysis of the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/13]
- Departmental Staff Retirements
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department that have left to go to work in the financial services sector here during the past year; of those, the number...
- NAMA Loan Write-Downs
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of companies who have had loans transferred to the National Assets Management Agency; the highest value of such a loan; the discount that has...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
87. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the Exchequer losses from the smuggling of illicit tobacco products here and the resulting health effects, if he has any plans to increase the...
- European Council Meetings
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Provision
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of training, up-skilling and or education places he expects to be in a position to provide in the current year with particular...
- Broadband Services Provision
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Meath may expect to receive faster broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25964/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Reform
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 21 March 2013, if the review which he has undertaken has now been completed; if he will make the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the positions of 17 teachers who are employed by the International School of Martyrs, Tripoli, Libya, the...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of retired secondary school teachers who are on his Department's payroll; the percentage of these who...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the non-alleviation in the reduction of teaching posts as a result of the increase in the pupil teacher ratio for...
- Pension Provisions
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resolution that will be offered to the pension difficulties of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 5 March 2013, the progress that has been made by the new Quality and Qualifications Ireland to...
- Education Policy
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's work in generating new assessment methods using computers for both primary and secondary schools; if he...
- Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on whether colleges of further education that provide higher education courses (details supplied) in addition to...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the differential in costs between sending a child to St. Ultan's School Navan, County Meath, in comparison Ratoath National School; and if he...
- Proposed Legislation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to proposed legislation Education (Admission to School) Bill 2013; when the draft heads of this Bill are...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource hours for children with specific language impairment (details supplied) [26195/13]
- European Council Meetings
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the...
- School Accommodation
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will provide details of...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the eligibility for schools to avail of capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26239/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made on a grant application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Staff Remuneration
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 22 May, 2013, the number of persons who are earning in excess of €200,000 who are not an...
- Site Acquisitions
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the purchase of a site (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/13]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Issues
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a reply will issue to this Deputy's correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the current plans for...
- Property Taxation Application
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list in tabular form of all residential properties and addresses that have so far been identified, that are...
- Office of Public Works Properties
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list in tabular form of all residential properties and addresses, operated or owned by the Office of Public Works...
- European Council Meetings
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Companies Statistics
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of redomiciled public limited companies operating here; and the number that have been established in each of the past ten...
- Companies Law Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether, following a 1998 report on Irish Registered Non-Resident Companies, changes need to be made to IRNR companies...
- Public Procurement Regulations
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconsider the nature of Government contracts relating to stipulations particularly pertaining to pension schemes which...
- European Council Meetings
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information...
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regardinging an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25971/13]
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a carer's allowance application 15 months to process and was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [25977/13]
- Gender Recognition
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the heads of bill on the rights of transgender persons in order that it can go before the Oireachtas Education and Social...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and can if it will be...
- National Internship Scheme Eligibility
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the JobBridge scheme to the not-for-profit sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26032/13]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidly pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 16 May 2013, if she considers it acceptable and fair that the person received a once off payment of...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been refused jobseeker's allowance, which they are seeking to enable them to take up...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- European Council Meetings
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of parliamentary replies issued by her to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the context of the review of the maximum rent in respect of which rent allowance is paid with particular reference to the...
- Pension Provisions
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which on-going review and discussion continues to take place in respect of the funding of the various forms of pension schemes in the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which overpayments have been monitored by her Department in each of the past five years to date; the number of such overpayments...
- Departmental Staff Numbers
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department continues to have available the necessary staffing levels to meet the on-going requirements in the course of the...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects mortgage interest support to remain in place in support of qualifying applicants; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which previously the self-employed continue to be eligible for social welfare payment and support; and if she will make a statement on...
- Community Services Programme
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans for a person (details supplied) in County Cork with impaired mobility that uses the services of Cork Accessible Transport...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money being set aside to fund commemorations of World War 1, the War of Independence, the 1916 Easter Rising and the...
- European Council Meetings
152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has for the type of broadband for the Tullyallen area, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Inland Fisheries Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there appears to be no representation for commercial fishermen on the...
- Natural Gas Grid
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to connect a town (details supplied) in County Galway to the natural gas scheme; and if he will make a...
- Exploration Industry Data
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the gas field off the County Mayo coast is worth €13 million, Barryroe Oil Field is worth...
- Broadband Services Speeds
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on broadband speeds that may be observed when 48 people or more are on line at once via a service that is part...
- Exploration Licences Approvals
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the basis on which he has granted prospecting licences to a company (details supplied) in a wide range of townlands...
- European Council Meetings
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Property Taxation Exemptions
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary is not an exempted estate for the purposes of the local...
- Air Pollution
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the regulations that enable local authorities to regulate and control the type of coal supplied in the...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 7 May 2013, in relation to the shared ownership scheme and concerning...
- Household Charge Collection
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who paid their household charge have not received official receipts from the Household Charge Bureau;...
- Public Procurement Regulations
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of a support local business clause being inserted in a percentage of business...
- Planning Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers that, in circumstances where he and his Department have no function with regard to individual planning...
- Local Government Fund
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures relating to the total sum allocated to the Local Government Fund in each year from its...
- Water Services Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the on going problem affecting the output of water from the Roundwood reservoir (details supplied);...
- Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Reports
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the Boundary Committee regarding the local election boundaries that are going to be...
- Local Authority Staff Numbers
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of county managers in the country; the number of director of services per county; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacancies that have occurred in the county manger positions county by county since 2000; if the positions...
- Departmental Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State money that was given to the Simon Community in relation to an organisation purchasing and occupying a building...
- European Council Meetings
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union...
- Motor Tax Collection
176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing pre 2008 motor vehicles that have been retro fitted with devices to reduce their CO2...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Stations Closures
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm his commitment to retain the current service at Rochfortbridge Garda Station, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
- Courts Service Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the plan to cease sittings of the District Court in Kells; if he has had any contact with the Court Service in...
- Tobacco Industry Lobbying
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on their behalf in 2013; if he will outline who was present at these meetings; the matters...
- Child Abduction
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 21 May 2013, if he will detail in tabular form all countries involved and the number of children...
- Courts Service Issues
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal separations and divorces granted in each of the past five years. [26084/13]
- Crime Statistics
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the up to date crime figures for burglary, assault and vehicle related theft; and if he will provide the figures for the same...
- Road Traffic Offences
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in which the absence or failure to provide a breathalyser test a blood or urine test was conducted in a Garda station,...
- Crime Statistics
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded hit and run instances per annum from 2005-2012, in total and broken down by county; the number of fatal casualties in such...
- Garda Stations Closures
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals for the future status of Redhills Garda Station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26192/13]
- European Council Meetings
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Training
191. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular form from in respect of the years 2000-2012 the number of times Kilpedder Rifle Range in County Wicklow was used for training...
- European Council Meetings
192. To ask the Minister for Defence the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
193. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date of the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Grant Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outstanding payments due to farmers in County Tipperary under the various agricultural schemes; the number subject to...
- Bovine Disease Controls
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason calves born with the BVD virus and found to be persistently infected animals do not warrant compensation in the same way...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on applications for agri environment option scheme 3; when will successful applicants be informed; and...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek funding for rare animal breeds under common agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26031/13]
- Animal Welfare Issues
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for disowned horses located on commonage area (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will statement on his...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive their agri-environment option scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Fallen Animal Statistics
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide figures on farm animal fatalities for 2013; the way these figures compare to the previous five years; and if he...
- Official Engagements
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he has had with colleagues at the 27 May meeting he hosted in Dublin at the Informal Meeting of EU Agriculture and...
- Live Exports
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 23 May 2013, the current status of the five applications currently on hand; when each...
- Beef Industry Irregularities
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the investigation into the contamination of Irish beef products with horse meat, the current status of the...
- European Council Meetings
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Agency Funding
207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be made available to adoption agencies such as ARC Adoption in Dublin to allow them move forward with their research and...
- Child Care Services Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relevant childcare facilities in existence in County Kildare; the procedures in place to conduct regular inspections of such...
- European Council Meetings
209. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parliamentary replies issued by her to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested;...
- Youth Services
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to protect, enhance and develop youth work services, in particular those run by Foroige in Waterford city and...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
212. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the possible closure of two schools (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will have the decisions to close the...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25974/13]
- Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation
215. To ask the Minister for Health the services available here to sufferers of Ehler’s Danlos syndrome; if he has considered the provision of a range of specialised treatments (details...
- Primary Care Services Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the services for diabetes patients receiving treatment in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25984/13]
- Medical Card Appeals
217. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it currently takes for medical card appeals to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25988/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the vacancies there are currently in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in County Louth [25994/13]
- Health Services Staff Issues
220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a staff member of the Health Service Executive (details supplied) in County Meath was refused their senior staff nurse salary when they had...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same will be expedited as soon as...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure
222. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the high tech drugs scheme in 2012. [26003/13]
- Home Help Service Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 20 December 2012, the reason home care hours have been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Medical Card Appeals
236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took from August 2012 until February 2013 for a person (details supplied) in Cork with a severe chronic illness to receive a decision on their...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
237. To ask the Minister for Health when a mobility aid will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26045/13]
- Health Services Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the supports in place for persons (details provided) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26049/13]
- Tobacco Industry Lobbying
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with the tobacco industry or lobbyists on their behalf in 2013 and if he will outline who was present at these meetings; the matters that were...
- Health Services Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 30 April 2013, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [26053/13]
- Hospital Appointment Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a CT head scan will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/13]
- Health Services Expenditure
242. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of compensation paid out to settle claims from users of the Health Service for any reason either through the courts or through private settlements...
- Abortion Services
243. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013, if there is a cut-off in the timeframe with regard to when medical experts suggest a termination...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dunglow Community Hospital, County Donegal, has reduced its beds from 35 to 25 as a result of staffing...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to relax the recruitment embargo in the health service in order to ensure that community hospitals do not have to close beds due to staffing...
- Hospital Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, has not paid moneys owed to agency nursing staff as a result of a European court ruling, despite the fact that all...
- Services for People with Disabilities
248. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many families of adults with an intellectual disability are not satisfied at being forced out of their service...
- Health Services Issues
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a social worker will support and advise a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [26198/13]
- European Council Meetings
251. To ask the Minister for Health the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish Presidency of the Council...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information requested; the date of the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the addition of Addisons disease to the long term Illness scheme on the basis that Addisons patients require life long daily steroid...
- Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment
254. To ask the Minister for Health if the nominations from the Irish Institute of Obstetricians and The General Medical Practitioners were on the Expert Group on the A, B and C Case; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Aviation Issues
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the legal status and legislative basis for the Federal Air Marshal Service of the Transportation Security...
- Road Safety Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to bring forward or amend legislation dealing with the failure to stop and remain at the scene of an accident following the...
- EU-Israel Aviation Agreement
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the details of the EU-Israel Aviation Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/13]
- Road Maintenance
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No 265 of 22 May 2013, in which he indicated that the sections of national road that lie...
- Road Tolls
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to engage in discussions with Eurolink who operate the M3 motorway to offer road hauliers a free month of use on the M3 as...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding was refused to Dublin City Council under the Sports Capital Programme for work at Brickfields Park, Bushy Park, and St...
- Sports Council Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of recent concerns regarding the financial situation of Irish hockey and the loss in excess of €200,000 that it made in...
- The Gathering Expenditure
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the way that the €336,335 allocated by his Department for programme administration of The...
- The Gathering Events
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the complete list of projects and events as part of The Gathering 2013 in an area (details supplied) that have...
- Official Engagements
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his recent contribution to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany, on 24 May 2013;; and if he will make...
- Parking Provision
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the car parking facilities at the Cherrywood and Brides Glen, Luas stops, to begin construction, in view of the fact that...
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is proposed to launch another sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26191/13]
- European Council Meetings
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Minister or Minister of State that represented Ireland at the Ministerial Council meetings of the European Union during the Irish...
- Parliamentary Questions Numbers
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of parliamentary replies issued by him to this Deputy in 2013 containing an undertaking to provide extra information...
- Traffic Calming Measures
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with reference to recent traffic calming works carried out on the N17 at Carraghy, Knockdoe, County Galway; if he will confirm that the...