Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Post Office Network
      60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to support the maintenance of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give details of the State investment in the Mount Lucas wind farm project, County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • National Digital Strategy Implementation
      62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the impact the EU e-commerce action plan will have here; his views on the proportion of Irish on-line sales which go to...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which modern high speed broadband is likely to become available in all areas throughout the country in the...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Implementation
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Irish Aid was consulted in advance of his decision to increase the biofuels blending obligation; the developmental,...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the May 2012 report entitled Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration produced by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has received submissions on the proposed wind farm in Dublin Bay; his views on whether Dublin Bay is a...
    • National Gas Grid
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 31 January 2013, if he has been in contact with Dublin City Council in order to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered using the ESB to develop our wind resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27877/13]
    • National Postcode System Establishment
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been any update in the possible introduction of postcodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Schemes Data
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have availed of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants for home insulation to date in...
    • Energy Regulation
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs incurred to date on implementing the single electricity market here; the benefits that have accrued from it; and...
    • Energy Prices
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way the creation of the European Internal Energy Market can be used to reduce energy prices for consumers here; and if...
    • Digital Television Service Availability
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of households that have yet to sign up to Saorview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/13]
    • Industrial Development
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the ability of Ireland to become a leading exporter of home insulation products and skills; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the national broadband scheme will link up with private companies already involved in broadband rollout to provide...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps taken to ensure that project Kelvin is marketed and developed on an all Ireland basis for the benefit of all the...
    • Radio Spectrum Management
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when 4G telecommunications will be available here; the benefits that will accrue to the country; the way that he plans to...
    • National Digital Strategy Publication
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the National Digital Strategy; if he will outline the way in which Ireland can best capitalise on the...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any subsidies or grants available to private companies seeking to establish wind farms; and...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current rate of non-payment of the TV licence; the way this has varied in recent years; his plans to increase...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has sought a report into the collapse, two months ago, of a wind turbine at Loughderryduff, County Donegal; his...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he has yet to respond to correspondence from a community council (details supplied) sent almost two months ago...
    • North-South Interconnector Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any update on the progress of the North-South interconnector; if any issues have arisen; and if he will make a...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Western Development Commission paper Why Invest in Gas which outlines the clear benefit of extending the...
    • EU Directives
      85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in establishing a Network and Information Security competent authority, as required as a...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the various forms of methodologies in respect of mining exploration on or off shore are likely to be...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a report on any and all plans to reach the EU targets set for increasing renewable energy here; and if...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain his recent comment that the sale of Coillte harvesting rights is unlikely; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in delivering on his commitment to have high speed broadband availability across the country; and if he...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give details of the level of take up of MANs in areas in which it has been rolled out; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he will take to help lower the costs of electricity for small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total extra annual cost to motorists here of the biofuels blending obligation; if an assessment has been carried out...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Budget Measures
      95. To ask the Taoiseach if he has received indicative figures from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustment his Department will be asked to make in 2014...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      96. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the cost of each Ombudsman under his remit in the years from 2000 to 2012, within the on-going economic difficulties which challenge us all to work...
    • Waste Generation Survey
      97. To ask the Taoiseach if he satisfied that the Waste Generation Survey 2012 conducted recently by the Central Statistics Office meets with the commitment to reduce bureaucracy and red tape for...
    • Repatriation of Money
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money being repatriated from here to Poland; its sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26354/13]
    • Employment Data
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the overall workforce that is employed in small and medium enterprises. [26494/13]
    • EU Directives
      102. To ask the Taoiseach the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of any fees paid to speakers at events during Ireland's EU Preseidency. [26640/13]
    • Passport Applications
      104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the alternatives that are in place for a person in need of an emergency passport and needing to make the application in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in response to Rafif Jouejati's call for a No Fly Zone in Syria, if he intends to promote such an action both at the EU...
    • Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs of repair and maintenance by country, of property assets owned by the State as part of foreign diplomatic...
    • Overseas Development Issues
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether there is a discrepancy between the conclusions at the 3241st meeting of the EU’s Foreign...
    • EU Directives
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go...
    • Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress the state of Mongolia has made as the newest member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in...
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 29 May 2013 regarding the use of Corps Diplomatique or CD sign usage on Irish...
    • Human Rights Issues
      122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to raise the alleged discrimination and persecution of the Falun Gong faith with his counterparts in...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current civil and political unrest in Turkey; if any Irish citizens have been caught up in the current...
    • Overseas Development Issues
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the outcome of the EU Council meeting to determine an agreed EU position for a development framework...
    • Human Rights Issues
      125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Europe is imminent, if he will ask the Lithuanian...
    • Consular Services Provision
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps, if any his Department has taken on behalf of an Irish citizen imprisoned abroad. [27762/13]
    • Human Rights Issues
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he or his Department have taken during the Irish Presidency to specifically address the 78 countries...
    • State Visits
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagements the Minister of State for European Affairs had on their recent visit to Croatia;...
    • State Examinations Commission
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school in Libya; the plans that are in place to address this...
    • Rockall Island
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding negotiations over ownership of Rockall and the steps being taken by him to secure Ireland’s...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department has not spent €44 million allocated to it as shown in the end of May Exchequer returns;...
    • EU Enlargement
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the upcoming and welcome accession of Croatia to the European Union, the steps his Department, both in the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the European Commission has brought recommendations for actions under the Excessive Deficit Procedure to the European Council; the way...
    • Property Taxation Application
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if voluntary housing organisations such as Foscadh are entitled to pass on the local property tax charge to their tenants through an increase in their rent;...
    • Debt Collection
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of complaints mechanisms available to persons who have been subject to intimidation and heavy handed tactics by persons working on...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on tobacco seizures in the four Dublin local authority areas for the years 2009 to 2012. [26815/13]
    • Banking Operations
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the receivership of a hotel group (details supplied) in County Wicklow having regard to the fact that other hotels in the group are being...
    • Tax Yield
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance since the tax exemption for earnings from stallions was abolished, the revenue that has accrued to the State from the taxing of the earnings from stallions....
    • Black Economy Issues
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to address the black economy; the consequences for involvement from procurement to purchase; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Ratings
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to putting in place a creditworthiness database or measure of similar constitution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Rates Exemptions
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider classifying personal alarms for the elderly as a medical device for purposes of VAT and applying zero vat rating to these products; and if...
    • Tax Exemptions
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide consideration to revising the exemptions and rebates on corporation tax, such as the facility to carry forward losses and to move losses...
    • Tax Code
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules governing the amount each director of a company may take out of a company's reserves as a lump sum at retirement, without attracting capital gains...
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if there have been any changes made to the disabled drivers scheme which may affect the status of an individual applicant (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional staff have been assigned to audit, investigation and compliance tasks in the Revenue Commissioners since the Commissioners' Comprehensive...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given further consideration to increasing the universal social charge levied on earnings of more than €100,000 for employees since this was...
    • Banking Operations
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any banks in which the Government is a shareholder that are considering providing an ATM machine in the village of Rathvilly, County Carlow; and...
    • Banking Licence Breaches
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the fact that AIB has an insufficient licence as referenced by the case of a person (details supplied) [27217/13]
    • Tax Code
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the OECD/IMF/World Bank recommendation that OECD countries conduct individual spill-over analysis of their tax policy to ensure that it...
    • Property Taxation Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households that have registered their compliance for payment of the property tax by the extended deadline, which ended at 8pm on Wednesday, 29...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will furnish members of the Oireachtas with a copy of the letter that is to be sent from him, through Ireland's Ambassador in Washington, to the...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the office holders and former office holders who have access to or had access to the Ernst and Young report on Irish Nationwide as discussed in the RTÉ...
    • Tax Yield
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 2 May 2013, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised in each of the VRT categories...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised by the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 from excise duties on a packet of...
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance when approval will be given for remission of the vehicle registration tax in view of the fact that some organisations are waiting more than three months for...
    • Tax Exemptions
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of religious organisations that are entitled to tax exemptions nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Strategic Investment Bank Establishment
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to establish a Government-backed strategic development bank similar to the KfW in Germany and the Spanish Instituto de Crédito Oficial in...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised on alcohol products for each month of 2013 to date since the introduction of increased excise duty on such products in last December's...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify matters in relation to the property tax; the estimate for a full year of this tax and if estimates are available for each county; the...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the introduction of a recognised debit or credit card by transport operators to facilitate the operation of fuel excise...
    • Exchequer Returns
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts of value added tax returns and PRSI returns that were lost due to liquidisations in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date 2013. [26856/13]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which the Revenue Commissioners will deem a residential property to be uninhabitable and the owner not liable for the local property tax;...
    • Property Taxation Application
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria the Revenue Commissioners apply when establishing whether or not two residential properties with shared services operating as one household are...
    • Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) in respect of the defined benefit pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26913/13]
    • Property Taxation Administration
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request Revenue to arrange for a partial refund of the local property tax (details supplied) in Dublin 11 arising from the home owner mistakenly...
    • Tax Code
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons with two or more properties are liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence and local property tax; his views on whether...
    • Tax Yield
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that will be gained if there was a 1% increase in income tax on those who are earning over €65,000; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.80 of 21 May 2013, when he expects the Central Bank's of Ireland's administrative sanctions procedure into historic...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to invite fresh expressions of interest for all the positions of Council Member on the Financial Services Ombudsman Council when the term of the...
    • Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the remuneration given to the Financial Services Ombudsman Council which is currently €21,600 per annum for the Chairman, and...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the measure introduced in Budget 2013 to provide capital gains tax relief to enable farm restructuring or the swapping of farm...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of completed local property tax returns which corresponded with the Revenue assessment of the value of the property; the property where the...
    • Tax Residency Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 174,175,176 and 190 of 28 May 2013, the case law to which he is referring. [27081/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners paid in 848(a) tax claims to each individual charity in the years 2009, 2010, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will...
    • EU Directives
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the...
    • Tax Yield
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated in each case if a third rate of tax of 48%, 49% or 50% was applied to persons earning over €100,000 in...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance when the post of Chief Financial Officer in his Department will be filled; and the number of candidates that have interviewed for this post. [27485/13]
    • Fuel Laundering
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners estimate has been lost to the Exchequer as a result of fuel laundering in the past three years. [27495/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the accommodation costs...
    • Property Taxation Application
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering offsetting the liability of the local property tax against the cost of home repairs (details supplied). [27502/13]
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will immediately establish an independent body to investigate the full circumstances of the banking collapse and bring those responsible to justice....
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to increase corporation tax on large food supplying corporations within our domestic economy who are re-investing their profits abroad,...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount covered, by bank, by the deposit guarantee scheme at the time of the September 2008 bank guarantee; the total additional amount therefore...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27553/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and names of all groups or individuals who made a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland's consultation on a review of the Code of Conduct on...
    • Debt Relief
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ask the Africa Development Bank, World Bank and IMF to release all information and evaluations of loans which contributed to Zimbabwe's sovereign...
    • Euro Coins Production
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland will be issuing a commemorative coin to mark the 50th anniversary of the visit to Ireland by the 35th President of the United...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will call on EU bosses to release low interest credit from the European Investment Bank to help farmers meet the costs involved in dealing with the...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is proposing changes regarding the issue of white diesel and green diesel; if he is proposing to bring in a rebate system for VAT and charging the same...
    • Betting Regulations
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the gambling industry here is a huge business but bets that are placed on-line deliver no revenue to the State's finances, his plans...
    • Tax Code
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism available to a person regarding the payment of inheritance tax on a bequeathed house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27689/13]
    • Departmental Reports
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if the report of the Financial Inclusion Working Group on the pilot of the standard bank account has been submitted; and if he will outline the conclusions of...
    • Tax Settlements
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a delay with the processing of a tax return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/13]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 21 May 2013, regarding the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the person he intends to appoint to...
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full time and part time staff employed solely on Customs and Excise duties at ports and airports in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance if the scheme for drawing down 30% of AVCs is operational; the rate of tax that is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/13]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether further delays to the conclusion of European banking union and the consequent potential for delays to Europe wide bank stress tests...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the National Assets Management Agency has held discussions regarding taking on the Irish assets of any foreign owned banks operating in...
    • Tax Settlements
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to avoid publication of their name when a settlement was made with Office of the Revenue...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the pension fund levy; the amounts raised in 2011 and 2012 for the Exchequer from the imposition of the levy; his views on whether the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exemption on deposit interest retention tax available to groups entitled to charitable exemption from tax will be extended to other voluntary and...
    • VAT Rates Reductions
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated benefit to the overall economy, the hospitality sector and to the employment sector of the 9% VAT rate for tourism, hospitality and...
    • Tax Credits
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the rationale underpinning the different treatment, by Revenue, of married couples and co-habitating couples, in particular for purposes of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the school transport scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if the decision...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if now that FÁS has been amagamated with the Department of Social Protection, if the payment schedules for both can be brought into line...
    • Employment Support Services
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the feasibility of unemployed job seekers having to pay their own travel expenses to attend training that will allow them to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland refused to allow an initial application on behalf of a student (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Student Universal Support Ireland system of application for student grants takes into account the accommodation and living expenses of a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [27123/13]
    • School Accommodation
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the delay in announcing a decision in respect of the future accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • Vocational Education Committees Expenditure
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he has offered vocational education committees with regard to making savings in their budgets in view of reduced allocations; the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding under the emergency works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application, under the school building programme, for Stage 2B approval from a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Patronage
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned post primary school in the Stepaside area in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to a query regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27195/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new multi-denominational school building at Griffith Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin 8; when an design...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department has consulted with any of the following organisations, the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board, Applied Behaviour...
    • School Staffing
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher is being removed from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath when the school clearly needs this invaluable...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the interest of fairness and to ensure access to the school of choice, if fee paying schools from a minority faith background could be exempt...
    • Literacy Levels
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will look favourably upon the request of the National Adult Literacy Agency to amend the Further Education and Training (SOLAS) Bill to...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department has allocated or committed to paying off the debts of a particular college (details supplied) in County...
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the financial impact the withdrawal of the minor works grant is having on many schools; if he will review this...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 223 and 230 of 28 May 2013, the assistance his Department will provide to parents unable to find tutors...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcuirfidh sé acmhainní agus tacaíocht bhreise ar fáil do scoil (sonraí ar fáil) chun gur féidir an...
    • School Transport Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and where E-tenders for school transport for 2013 were advertised; if he will indicate the deadline for pre-qualification; if this deadline...
    • School Staffing
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary mainstream posts he intends to withdraw from schools in the Dublin Central constituency for the 2013/2014 academic...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interventions his Department recognises as essential tools for teachers to do their job in respect of autistic persons; and the plans, if...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in respect of dual enrolment when children with autism and autism spectrum disorders are concerned; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide assurance that an essential staff member who is retiring from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be replaced...
    • School Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recognise the difference in the structure of funding of Protestant secondary schools and reinstate the previous supports provided by...
    • School Accommodation
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will open this September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26785/13]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position regarding an application by two primary schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath to amalgamate; and if he will make a...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that have been put in place with regard to the improvements of the Student Universal Support Ireland system; if a guaranteed...
    • School Funding
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost to the Exchequer of Kilkenny College in 2012/13 while it was a fee-charging school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Literacy Levels
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal that the Further Education and Training Bill 2013 will include a specific commitment to raise adult literacy and...
    • School Equipment
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available for the provision of an outdoor play area at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide this Deputy with a list of all secondary schools, phone numbers, pupil number, principals and autism facilities in the Dublin...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the value for money review of small primary schools has been finalised yet; and if he will outline the recommendations of the report and any...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports, if any, available for students studying in performing arts/ musical theatre courses abroad [26826/13]
    • Departmental Properties
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if the lease for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has been signed between his Department and the vocational education...
    • School Equipment
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a problem being experienced by a primary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow in accessing an internet...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Remit
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate more funding to schools for student psychological reports (details supplied) [26832/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of his Department's plans for a new school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the school was previously on a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received any correspondence from representatives of professional organisations or academics warning of...
    • School Curriculum
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an examination has been carried out by his Department into the value of giving homework for children in primary school; if his Department has...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the range of supports available from his Department for students with narcolepsy including reasonable accommodation at exam...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will further examine the case of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been taken off the schools' capital buildings...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special needs assistant/pupil ratio in the special schools in counties Limerick, Kerry and Cork. [26988/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 28 March 2013, the reason training and supervision in ABA is optional for the teachers of children...
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [27015/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of student grant applications submitted to SUSI that have been deemed ineligible as they have not been completed...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the difficulties being experienced by students trying to access information on third level grants; the reason they are being...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that were made in 2012/2013 as a result of no longer being able to combine learning support and resource allocation to create a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 22 May 2013, if he will clarify his reply regarding the subject of the July provision scheme for...
    • School Staffing
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27010/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal; and if he will...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received free student travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when an...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college of further education (details supplied) in Dublin 10 that provides higher education courses is eligible to apply to offer...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate a full-time special needs assistant to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to ensure a child with special needs...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Designation
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details suplied) in County Westmeath has been refused DEIS recognition when the number of students from disadvantaged...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a home tuition grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if independently managed community education providers will continue to be recognised and resourced in supporting persons to develop personally,...
    • EU Directives
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if is considering a contingency plan for protestant parents who may no longer be able to afford to send their children to protestant fee paying...
    • School Transport Provision
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to representations regarding transport for children (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a date for the issuance of his policy on autism and the reason the DFS are operating the home tuition scheme in an inequitable...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a special needs assistant for the next school year. [27547/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the July provision scheme, if he will clarify if siblings are to be allocated hours as per group teaching principles in line with...
    • Third Level Funding
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €20 million reduction in grants to universities and other institutes of higher education included in the 2013 revised estimates...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a special needs assistant to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27570/13]
    • School Enrolments
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure adequate school places for children living in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
    • Croke Park Agreement Savings
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the savings made by all the institutes of technology here by the additional two teaching hours that lecturers were obliged to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in Cork is entitled to a fee grant in respect of their third level studies in the 2012/13 academic year under the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare cannot be facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school bus route (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youthreach Programme
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved places allocated to County Cork Vocational Education Committee under the Youthreach further education training programme...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision by Student Universal Support Ireland to assess a person's (details supplied) in Dublin 24 as dependent on their...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision made to alter the July home provision for children with autism; his views on whether the cutting of these services...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Cavan was not granted free transport; if the child will be granted free transport upon moving to...
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was told they were ineligible for VTOS despite having been told previously they were; the...
    • School Enrolments
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow that is due to open in the near future is entitled to adopt a policy of enrolment where...
    • State Examinations Issues
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that special needs students sitting State Examinations with the assistance of electronic aids such as...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 90 of 24 April and No. 343 of 21 May if he will provide details of the criteria used, if any, and the...
    • State Examinations Fee Exemptions
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form on a yearly and Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate basis, the details in each year from 2007 to 2013,...
    • State Examinations Commission
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of supervisors currently monitoring State examinations; the number of these that are retired teachers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Teaching Contracts
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by him or his Department in addressing the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); the plans he has or is...
    • Departmental Funding
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide consideration to the needs of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind which is in need of an additional €500,000 to protect...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive their Student Universal Support Ireland grant monthly payment on 31 May in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are still students awaiting a decision on their 2012/13 higher education grant...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Policy on Educating Children with Autism will be published by his Department in view of the recommendation made by the...
    • School Patronage
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to abandon the current national school model, in view of the findings contained in the recent report of the Forum of Patronage and...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the recently changed policy in relation to the July provision scheme for families in which there is more than one child who...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant under Student Universal Support Ireland which has been notified to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as being approved...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and the prospects of this plan being...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to make funding available for the provision of a new school and refurbishment of the existing building (details supplied) in...
    • Education and Training Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are in place regarding the training of persons for the retail and hospitality sectors; his plans regarding the advancement of...
    • Schools Designation
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite a decision in relation to an application for change of status in respect of a school (details supplied) in...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for a State examinations student to be assessed under the disability access route to education for an academic year in which...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery Regulator Establishment
      332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Regulator of the National Lottery will be put in place; if he will give details of the remit of the regulator; and if he will...
    • Tourism Policy
      333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if access to Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, will be made available all year round to the local community to facilitate...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      334. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will establish an ombudsman for businesses, to investigate cases where a business feels it did not receive a fair run on a public...
    • Departmental Properties
      335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a building (details supplied) in Dublin 15 owned by the Office of Public Works; the date on which the building...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      336. 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...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will itemise the recipients, including their location, of National Lottery grants for this year to date and for each of the past...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pensions for retired Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when parking will be stopped in the lower yard of Dublin Castle by the Office of Public Works in recognition of the castle's historic...
    • EU Directives
      340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      341. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his action plan and the flood alleviation measures he has put in place in County Longford, particularly...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the new National Lottery draft licence. [27572/13]
    • Sale of State Assets
      345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to public bodies that are selling assets that they no longer require, if there is any requirement to ensure that these...
    • State Property
      346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all buildings in the State's property portfolio which are or could be considered to be residences for the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      347. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 30 May 2013, the discussions that officials in his Department have had with the Department...
    • Legal Matters
      348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent decision of the High Court (details supplied) between a number of applicants and the Commissioners of Public...
    • State Property
      349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties the Office of Public Works intends to put up for sale in County Galway in the coming year; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of public servants who earn more than €60,000 per annum; if the pension related deduction paid by these public...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding measures to prevent flooding from the River Wad in Donnycarney (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will...
    • Tourism Promotion
      353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will list the top ten OPW managed tourist sites in Dublin; the pricing structure for each site; and the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • State Bodies Mergers
      354. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed merger of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority is going ahead; the timetable for such a merger;...
    • Consumer Protection
      355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of the perceived lack of diligence by leading retailers to display their prices and terms and conditions correctly and the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      356. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies on State boards under the aegis of his Department; the number of board members that are currently out on sick...
    • IDA Supports
      357. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of Industrial Development Agency funding that was granted to a company (details supplied) in County Waterford for...
    • Companies Law Issues
      358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the impact of the Companies Bill 2012 on companies that are currently Irish Registered Non-Resident companies. [26887/13]
    • Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
      362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total cost of Enterprise Ireland spending on promoting the English language sector in 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide a...
    • Work Permit Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      364. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons in County Longford and County Westmeath who have applied for the microenterprise loan fund scheme since its...
    • EU Directives
      365. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      367. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received the National Consumer's Agency 2012 Annual Report; when he expects the report to be published; and if he will make...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      368. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding Ireland's position at the World Trade Organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, if Ireland's position as a full member of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      369. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any consideration has been given by him to the idea of a small business saturday which has been running in the United States since...
    • Work Permit Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the status of a work permit application submitted by a person (details supplied); the timeframe within...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      371. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the proposal for fuller country by country reporting for all large European countries which will expand on the recent...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      373. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any start up support scheme available to a person to lease a public house business; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his policy in relation to assisting those with autism and or autistic spectrum disorders to access employment opportunities, particularly in the...
    • Divorce Process
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no divorce register in operation despite the fact that such a register was obligated in the Divorce Act 1996. [26690/13]
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the criteria used to abolish the book allowance grant for students eligible for the back to education allowance; and if she will...
    • Education and Training Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the criteria used in establishing the suitability of candidates for inclusion on momentum programme courses; and if she will make...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare does not qualify for the treatment benefit scheme. [27110/13]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the income and expenditure to or from the social insurance for each of the past five years, the breakdown of...
    • Social Insurance Fund Deficit
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected deficit on the social insurance fund in 2013; her plans for closing the deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27122/13]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will make a comprehensive statement regarding the new rule where 520 contributions are required for the contributory pension; if where there...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Statistics
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of farmers who are in receipt of farm assist payments; the corresponding figures for the same period in 2012; the number of...
    • Public Services Card
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of the full roll out of public services card, the way this has varied since the project was initiated, the number of PSCs issued...
    • Job Initiatives
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider measures to encourage and incentivise unemployed persons in this State to avail of employment opportunities across the border...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is necessary to stop a person's rent allowance when there is an existing contract with the landlord and the property they are living...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for illness benefit will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is receiving their full benefits. [27220/13]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of the rate of non-contributory pension in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exception may be made to the JobBridge scheme for an extension of an internship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow;...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any discretion for a person to take up a community employment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the number of community employment workers that are working in community childcare settings....
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in respect of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has made their application at their local...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an Irish person born here will be asked to prove Irish nationality when applying for jobseeker's allowance or benefit. [27321/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); her views on the delay of over twenty months for invalidity pension...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Welfare Services
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a humanitarian assistance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal against the disallowance of a claim for invalidity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [26873/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; when they may expect a decision...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of discretionary payments made to asylum seekers in 2012, including the weekly cash allowance and exceptional needs payments; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department intends to implement the recommendations contained within the report Not Fair Enough published by FLAC in 2012 in relation to the...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is currently taking for appeals on carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26896/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an expedite a carer's allowance appeal which was received by the appeals office in January for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the reason for delay in issuing illness benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Meath; when same will issue; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [26903/13]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will recognise narcolepsy as a condition which would entitle persons to disability payments; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Guarantee
      422. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 15 May 2013, the total number of young people expected to participate in, and the expected start date...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current situation regarding a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      424. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was previously self-employed may qualify for jobseekers allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Job Initiatives
      425. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of activation places that have been allocated for County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26952/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      426. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has been received by her Department; when...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      427. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent supplement will be replaced by the announced housing assistance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26945/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      428. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.107 of 7 February 2013, the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against Ireland due to its failure to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      430. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts granted by her Department, or by agencies under the auspices of her Department, from 1 January 2012 to date in 2013; the...
    • Back to Education Allowance Expenditure
      432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total savings made by abolishing the €300 cost of education allowance for back to education allowance recipients; and if she will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      436. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he or officials in his Department have had discussions regarding plans to include Williams syndrome on the long term illness scheme; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      437. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal on a jobseeker's allowance application has been received at the social welfare appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      438. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule for the roll out of Intreo offices across west Cork in view of the fact that employment service clinics only operate...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears due to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare for the month of January 2013 will issue in respect of their jobseeker's allowance...
    • EU Directives
      441. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the work her Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the...
    • Employment Support Services
      442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 28 May 2013, the progress to date on the specific targets that were published in the Government's...
    • Invalidity Pension Waiting Times
      443. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in determining an appeal that was lodged in July 2012 regarding the refusal of an invalidly pension in respect of a person...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford may not acquire an exemption to continue in their role as community employment supervisor...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in cases of joint custody arrangement where a child spends an equal amount of time with each parent, the way her Department decides which parent...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 15 May 2013, the reason the chief appeals officer cannot indicate the length of time taken to carry out...
    • Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
      447. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.417 of 28 May 2013 if she has set a deadline for the advisory group on tax and social welfare to report on...
    • Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues
      448. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any analysis has been made of the number of defined benefit schemes here that are insolvent or in danger of being insolvent. [27567/13]
    • Social Welfare Fraud Issues
      449. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions taken by her to tackle social welfare fraud; the savings made to date in 2013 as a result of those actions; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      450. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      451. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      454. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Work Allowance Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the appeal of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is seeking to get on to the back to work scheme. [27764/13]
    • State Pensions Reform
      458. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the ability of self employed persons to access pension benefits where a tax liability is outstanding, to make the payment to the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      459. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the current guidelines for entitlement to job-seeker's benefit in particular where a person must suffer a substantial loss of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      461. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's benefit or allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      462. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      463. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti social behaviour; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      464. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      465. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the terms of the farm assist and rural social schemes in order to facilitate more low income farmers; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      466. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on an appeal of an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      471. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a claimed overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied ) in County Cork when the payment in question was from...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      472. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an invalidly pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Job Initiatives
      473. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the labour activation measures that are in place to encourage persons to take on seasonal work; the provision in place to allow persons to move from...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow persons that have been claiming social welfare payments for less than six months to obtain a position on the jobbridge scheme;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      476. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason jobseeker's allowance has been...
    • Citizen Information Services
      477. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the growth of the east side of Galway City, if a permanent citizen information centre will be opened on that side of the city or in the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      478. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the Office of Public Works is using the information from the National Biodiversity Data Centre; if it is moving towards...
    • Heritage Centres Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to establish a mechanism at a county level for the protection of local biodiversity areas as part of a move to protect the...
    • Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study
      480. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the restoration plan for the section of the Royal Canal from Killashee, County Longford to Longford...
    • State Bodies Code of Conduct
      481. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether it is contrary to the strategic interest of Irish indigenous companies involved in the seaweed extraction...
    • Museum Projects
      482. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will explain the rationale behind the decision to close the shops at Ireland's national museums (details supplied) in County...
    • Planning Issues
      483. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with houses on which there are preservation orders, where household income will...
    • Wildlife Protection
      484. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to address the serious threat to wildlife at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will...
    • Hare Coursing
      485. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the national coursing meeting in Clonmel, County Tipperary on 2, 3 and 4 February, was monitored by the NPWS; similarly for the...
    • Performing Arts
      486. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are any supports available for students studying in performing arts/ musical theatre courses abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language Issues
      487. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action his Department is taking to promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26881/13]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      488. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of permission being granted to the many turf cutters on National Heritage Sites, if he will confirm if the review will be...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any funding is available to republish the self tour guide Exploring Maynooth for Maynooth, County Kildare which has since gone out...
    • EU Directives
      491. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      492. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the gift and or books shops under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/13]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      496. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied) which is ongoing with his Department for more than two years; and if...
    • National Monuments
      497. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Moore Street national monument, Dublin, is in a perilous state of disrepair due...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      498. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment will issue of the turf cutters compensation scheme to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has commissioned an independent socio-economic analysis of the value of the Aran Islands air service and if not if he will be...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a report on any and all plans to reach the EU targets set for increasing renewable energy here. [26651/13]
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether a request to facilitate the development of fracking pre-empts the outcome of the Environmental...
    • Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when details of the broadcasting charge will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26996/13]
    • National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes involved in conducting the national building inventory as laid out in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out in detail the tax, royalty and licencing regime in place for the development of wind energy and other...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out in detail the process through which a company such as Saorgas would establish an offshore wind farm as...
    • Energy Resources
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the way a greater focus on developing energy efficiency can contribute to job creation; if investment...
    • Exploration Licences Approvals
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the oil and gas companies that have current licences for exploration, onshore and offshore; and the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he proposes to appoint consultants to carry out a review of the fitness for purpose of Ireland's fiscal terms for...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some BT customers in Northern Ireland are unable to access RTÉ...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce as a matter of priority a high speed broadband pilot scheme initiative to cover the triangle in the...
    • Mobile Telephony Services Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any report has been undertaken to assess the quality of mobile telephone services country wide; if attention has...
    • Postal Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he anticipates the retention and development of services at An Post incorporating maximum utilisation...
    • Exploration Licences Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which oil, gas and other mineral exploration incentives available for on and offshore exploration are...
    • Corrib Gas Field
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the on-going progress towards the provision of gas supplies to the market from the Corrib gas field;...
    • Cyber Security Policy
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if in the context of the development of modern IT, it has been found possible to introduce technical safeguards to...
    • Motor Fuels Prices
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which motor fuel prices at the pumps have been reduced in line with the prices on world markets with...
    • Electricity Generation
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which electricity generation is now sourced from alternative non-fossil fuel sources; the extent to which...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which wind generation now supplies power to the national grid; the extent to which this national source is...
    • Cloud Computing Issues
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he envisages cloud computing to become of major, commercial impact in the context of economic...
    • Offshore Exploration
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the 2D seismic stuudy being carried out with ENI; if there is a timeframe for project completion...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of technical staff in PAD; the number of technical staff that have left PAD in the past three years; if these...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding to the Shannon LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27455/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider establishing a dedicated Oil Promotional Agency in the event of further discoveries; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 23 May 2013 regarding the 30Mbps speed to be available to the last 30% of...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to stakeholder involvement in the mapping process of the National Broadband Plan, if he considers the public...
    • Offshore Exploration
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the recently approved seismic survey to reveal oil and gas exploration potential of the Atlantic...
    • European Council Meetings
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions that he had with fellow Ministers at the EU Telecoms Council held in Luxembourg on Thursday, 6 June 2013;...
    • National Postcode System Establishment
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if measures relating to the introduction of a postal code system are currently under consideration; the expected...
    • Inland Fisheries Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the continued ban on the killing of any sea trout in the Galway, Connemara or Ballinakill area in the...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues
      542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any employee of the IFI has made a request to the CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland seeking approval to report or make...
    • Inland Fisheries Data
      543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the catch statistics for wild salmon and sea trout in the western river basin district area from 2010 to date in 2013...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Property Taxation Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that 80% of the local property tax collected in any one local authority area will be retained towards...
    • Local Government Fund
      545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is envisaged that the proceeds of the local property tax in a full year will be sufficient to replace the current...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount of revenue raised through motor tax in each emissions category for...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available for the installation of a downstairs bathroom (details supplied) [26868/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of the fees in respect of two or more properties liable in 2013 for payment of non-principal private residence...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he is satisfied that his Department can continue to meet on-going carbon reduction targets; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to regulate funeral businesses and ancillary services relating to this primary activity; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the gratuity scheme/voluntary retirement scheme in place for town and county councillors; the terms of same; and if he...
    • Local Government Reform
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made in establishing social economic committees; their terms of reference and what the make up...
    • Departmental Funding
      554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the cut to funding that has been imposed on a project (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and the reason he...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Expenditure
      555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for funding local development programmes from 1 January 2014. [27164/13]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent review of LEADER funding, the way it is envisaged that the revised funding amounts will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money that was spent on reports commissioned by his Department for 2010,...
    • Property Ownership
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered introducing measures to provide persons who have sites in caravan parks to acquire legal rights,...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference and the timescale in relation to the the comprehensive review of the guidelines for Wind Energy...
    • Nitrates Usage
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline his timetable for the review of the Nitrates Directive; if he will replace calendar restrictions on the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in detail the process through which a company such as Saorgas would establish an offshore wind farm in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a budget has been allocated by his Department to Donegal County Council for the Dungloe Glenties DBO scheme; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions 341 on the 5 March 2013 and 503 on the 17 July 2012, if he has considered the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has now issued full approval of the contract documents for the Donegal Group B sewerage schemes; the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Ballyshannon water supply scheme, County Donegal; if this scheme has now received full...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that rental accommodation scheme currently costing Dublin city Council...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy in relation to housing services for those with autism and or autistic spectrum disorders; and if he will make a...
    • Library Projects
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the funds which have been made available from his Department for public libraries in each of the past...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amounts allocated to each local authority for traveller specific accommodation in each of the past...
    • Local Authority Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capital allocation for housing to a local authority (details supplied) in County Wicklow in 2013 [26792/13]
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      580. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 17 April 2013, the current position of the application by a club (details...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the Boundary Commission on the Local Elections; if so, when he intends to publish same;...
    • Septic Tank Inspections
      582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions that will be made for householders who have registered and qualify for a septic tank grant should it be...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances in which a residential property will be classified as uninhabitable and the owner not liable for the...
    • Irish Water Remit
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended that Irish Water will have jurisdiction over local and group water schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Priory Hall Development
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he has last been briefed on the Justice Finnegan process to resolve all outstanding issues for the residents of...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      593. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has voted to move away from the historic points and...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider relaxing the non principal private residence tax to 50% for this year, as an individual who owns a...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a previous Parliamentary Question, when details of the new 2013 tenant purchase scheme be made available; when...
    • Housing Issues
      596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on an ordeal involving anti-social behaviour in a local authority housing unit (details supplied) in...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a project (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and receive funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a project (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and receive funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current legislative position and other regulations that govern noise pollution of model aircraft flying clubs; and if...
    • EU Directives
      602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      603. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests he has received during the period 1 January to 31 May 2013 from Fingal County Council and Dublin...
    • Rural Development Policy
      604. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the measures he intends to take upon the completion of the work of the Commission for the Economic...
    • Fire Service Issues
      607. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact of the national plan to consolidate fire services on the services provided in counties Westmeath and Longford;...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      608. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non-principal private charge in respect of a premises; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions No. 167 of 29 May 2013 and No. 183 of 30 May 2013, if he will confirm that,...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      610. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if group traveller housing was covered under the previous tenant purchase schemes; and if not, the reason that it was not...
    • Island Communities
      611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén méid airgid do thograí atá curtha ar fáil do Chomhar na nOileán Teo agus é briste...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      612. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén méid airgid a bhí ceadaithe ag MFG do thograí sula ndearnadh é a leachtú, cén...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      613. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will he examine the attached submission (details supplied) regarding the effect on independent architects that the...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Noise Nuisance Bill; if he will ensure the speedy progression of this Bill; and if he will make...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which north and east Kerry Development Partnership officially took responsibility for the administration of...
    • Burial Grounds
      616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, of all the different categories, types and levels of fees charged by each...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with private wells will be liable for water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27646/13]
    • Rural Development Policy
      621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total allocation made under the CLÁR programme each year since 2005; the amount of each yearly allocation that...
    • RAPID Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total allocation made under the RAPID programme each year since 2005; the amount of each yearly allocation that has...
    • Local Elections Expenditure
      623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the spending limits per candidate that applied at the last local authority elections; the details of the items that were...
    • Water Meters Installation
      624. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when installing water meters if he will confirm that the meters will be installed on the footpaths outside homes and that...
    • Fire Service Issues
      626. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any plans to increase the number of emergency vehicles in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Derelict Sites
      628. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has spent on tackling dereliction of buildings, especially improving shop fronts over the past...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      631. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.182 of 30 May 2013, if he will answer the question posed in relation to local...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      632. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will eview and increase the LEADER allocation to South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd., in view of the fact that...
    • Fire Service Issues
      633. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of 999 calls for the Fire Brigade service that were put through to Dublin control from County Laois in the...
    • Water Services Provision
      634. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a provision in the legislation that set up Irish Water for a statutory requirement for water pressure in...
    • Local Government Reform
      635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed alignment of local community development structures and local government....
    • Local Authority Finances
      636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council's unaudited annual financial statement for the year...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he proposes in relation to the tens of thousands of housing units built since 1992 which do not comply with...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      641. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering taking measures to prohibit those who do not qualify for tax clearance certificates from the Revenue...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      642. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to enhance the group sewerage scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27966/13]
    • Planning Issues
      643. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures currently being taken or that are being planned to ensure that local authorities have the knowledge and skill...
    • Proposed Legislation
      644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the public consultation regarding the proposed new Foreshore Bill; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      645. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person participating in the jobsbridge scheme has their payment included in the calculation for means within the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the social housing waiting list in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • EU Conventions
      647. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence CETS No. 210;...
    • Assisted Suicide Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will add the issue of assisted suicide to the legislative agenda, in view of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of a person (details...
    • Residency Permits
      650. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy in relation to the making of decisions on applications for Irish residency from Latvian persons who hold Latvian alien...
    • Coroners Service
      651. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the 2009 legislation regarding transferring the Coroner Department out of local authorities and into the Department of...
    • Traffic Fines
      652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 718 of 23 October 2012, if the technical and administrative measures required to commence section 44 of the...
    • Garda Training College
      653. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to relocate part of the Garda Training College to Custume barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding boy racers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28375/13]
    • Stardust Fire Tragedy Inquiry
      655. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any alterations were made to the Stardust Fire Tragedy Report (details supplied) in view of the fact that the families have concerns. [27107/13]
    • Drugs Crime
      656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to deal with the issue of drug dealers grooming teenagers for the sale and distribution of drugs and making them take responsibility...
    • EU Issues
      657. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 28 May 2013, the discussion he and officials in his Department have had to date regarding a proposal...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      658. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their Garda clearance; the reason for the delay in processing this...
    • Family Reunification Policy
      659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the rules regarding joint spouse / joint parent visas for persons who are resident here on Stamp 4 visas; if permission for...
    • Immigration Status
      660. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Powers
      665. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Gardaí can take action against cyclists who cycle on the footpath from Fairview railway bridge past the shops to St. Lawrence Road,...
    • Driving Licence Applications
      668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will arrange to have the application for an SPSV licence issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      669. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Statistics
      670. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Vietnamese nationals that were charged with the offence of cannabis cultivation under the Misuse of Drugs Act from 2010 and to date...
    • Legislative Programme
      671. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when reforms of the in camera rule in family law cases will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27239/13]
    • Judicial Working Group
      673. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the planned new forum of discussion between him and the Association of Judges of Ireland; when this body will meet; how...
    • Garda Recruitment
      674. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on his recently stated plans to bring proposals to Cabinet on the recommencement of the Garda recruitment programme; when he...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      675. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has taken to address the requests made by the Rapporteur for Follow-up on Concluding Observations, Committee Against Torture,...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      676. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to address the anomaly whereby Irish citizens sentenced to imprisonment abroad and repatriated to serve their sentence back...
    • Departmental Funding
      677. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide funding through the youth justice programme to meet the funding shortfall for the big brother big sister scheme in view of the...
    • Subsidiary Protection Administration
      679. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he can reconcile efforts to modify the procedures for subsidiary protection in view of the fact that they have appealed the judgement in...
    • Garda Investigations
      680. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 23 May 2013, if he will confirm if a criminal investigation is ongoing in this matter; and if he...
    • Drugs Seizures
      682. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the estimated street value of all illegal cannabis or cannabis derived substances seized by the State in the...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      684. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to the resolution passed by Clare County Council requesting him to undertake a review of accommodation arrangements...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      685. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their Garda clearance; the reason for the delay in processing this...
    • Crime Prevention
      686. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures on the number of community alert and neighbour watch programmes that have been established so far in 2013 in counties...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate services, if any, provided by his Department for those with autism and or autistic spectrum disorders, particularly in the...
    • Migration Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of immigration of non-nationals into the country in each of the past five years. [26603/13]
    • Deportation Orders
      691. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been deported from the State each year in the past four years. [26606/13]
    • Asylum Applications
      692. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum requests that were refused and were granted each year in the past five years. [26607/13]
    • Property Ownership
      693. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a management agent is allowed to refuse engagement with a developer regarding the hand-over of common areas as per the Multi-Unit Developments...
    • Proposed Legislation
      694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the possibility of regulating cash for gold establishments due to the current value of gold and the increased risk of gold...
    • Direct Provision System
      695. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a firm (details supplied) was first contracted by the Reception and Integration Agency to inspect Direct Provision centres; if he will...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      698. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the difference in daily rates for asylum seekers in Direct Provision; and if he will provide a breakdown of the daily rate for asylum seekers in...
    • Crime Prevention
      699. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána plans to have an knife amnesty; if so the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/13]
    • Irish Prison Service
      700. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the revenues and profits generated by the tuck shop at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, in 2011 and 2012 and the ten most popular...
    • Direct Provision System
      701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the mandate of the reception and integration agency and whether or not the RIA has the power to delegate the care of asylum...
    • Property Registration Authority
      702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 8 May 2013, if he will check the contention that the Property Registration Authority of Ireland has...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      704. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of fixed penalty notices that were issued by members of An Garda Síochána to motorists in...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      705. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the level of expenditure incurred to pay for fuel both petrol...
    • Traffic Fines
      707. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      708. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is lagging behind many other EU countries in terms of recognising and supporting the...
    • Garda Adult Cautioning Scheme Administration
      709. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minor offenders have been diverted from the courts over the Garda adult caution scheme since its inception in 2006. [27404/13]
    • Crime Levels
      710. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numner offenders that have been successfully prosecuted for possession of cannabis resin, as opposed to possession with intent to supply...
    • Drugs Crime
      712. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders benefitted from the Probation Act in respect of convictions for possession of cannabis resin, as opposed to possession...
    • Immigration Controls
      714. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the practice of imposing passport controls on air bridges between the door of airplanes and the airport was commenced by GNIB at Dublin...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      715. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that the Garda vetting process for persons seeking to take up places on community employment schemes in Clare (details supplied)...
    • Official Secrets Act
      716. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Official Secrets Act is still in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/13]
    • Garda Investigations
      717. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Gardaí have carried out an investigation into financial irregularities on the part of a person (details supplied) [27416/13]
    • Garda Strength
      720. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, the numbers of Gardaí by rank in each Garda Division for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Garda Investigations
      721. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a pulse number from An Garda Síochána with reference to their claim for...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      722. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if extra staff will be recruited in the area of Garda vetting to ensure that applicants for youth work projects through community education...
    • Courts Service Issues
      724. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 October 2012 when a court messenger will be appointed in Carlow. [27460/13]
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      725. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the Magdalen Fund to surviving women of the former Sisters of Mercy Laundry in Clifden, County Galway. [27464/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      726. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of...
    • Prisoner Discipline
      727. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on prisoner assaults in each prison in total in 2012; the number of prisoner on staff assaults in each prison in total in...
    • Prisoner Data
      728. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out in each institution; the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      731. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will he urgently examine and expedite a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • EU Issues
      732. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the European Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      733. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent letter (details supplied) regarding the Senator Martin McAleese report into the Magdalene Laundries; if he intends to...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      735. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicular traffic accidents that have been recorded at or in close proximity to the crossroads at Knockdoe, Claregalway, County...
    • Garda Deployment
      736. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Kells district was not allocated a Superintendent, despite the fact that many smaller districts with smaller populations and less...
    • Emergency Services Personnel
      738. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the measures in place to protect emergency service drivers in the course of their work; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      741. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí in Clondalkin Garda Station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013; the number of community Gardaí...
    • Garda Investigations
      743. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay on the Fr. Niall Molloy Report. [27772/13]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding
      744. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal does not have sufficient funding to give immediate payment following an award that has...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      745. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      746. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons the institution at Summerhill, County Wexford has been excluded from the Justice Quirke redress process; if he will consider...
    • Deportation Orders
      750. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time that persons must remain outside of the Republic of Ireland once a deportation order has been served and enforced; and whether...
    • Immigration Policy
      751. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality on what grounds was the year 2004 chosen as the cut-off point for arrival when devising the 2004 student probationary scheme; and if he will make...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      752. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding upward only rent reviews; the measures that are planned to address the difficulty of many small businesses in...
    • Visa Applications
      753. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the delays in short term or visiting visa applications; if there are any measures under consideration in relation to a...
    • Prison Education Service
      754. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on the working and training facilities that have been built as part of the new cell block in the Midlands; the...
    • Crime Prevention
      755. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      756. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retirees from the armed services, all ranks, in each of the past five years. [26604/13]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      757. To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a business (details supplied) in County Galway lost its public contract; if the company should have been entitled to prior notification of losing...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      758. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will cite the provisions of the Defence Acts by which the Defence Forces are deployed in aid of the civil authority; if he specify the distinction, if...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Issues
      759. To ask the Minister for Defence in relation to the reassignment process for Reserve Defence Force, the number of applications that were initially received by the two boards; the number of...
    • Air Corps Strength
      761. To ask the Minister for Defence if there is an Air Corp Reserve similar to that of the Reserve Defence Forces and the Naval Service Reserve as part of the make up of the Irish Defence...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      762. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid to private security firms for provision of services by his Department in each year from 2009 to 2012; if he will indicate at which barracks,...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      763. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 22 May 2013 regarding the decommissioning of L.É. Emer and L.É. Aoife and the recently sought...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      764. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel who remain in the Defence Forces having joined under the 1994 personnel model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27402/13]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      765. To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is eligible for a UN disability pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/13]
    • EU Directives
      766. To ask the Minister for Defence the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the...
    • EU Presidency Engagements
      767. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the engagements of the Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff on his recent visit to Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Corps Equipment
      768. To ask the Minister for Defence the future of the Emergency Aeromedical Service that has been in operation for just over twelve months having completed its initial trial period, basing an...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      769. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence forces will be disposing of 4x2 TCV Man vehicles or EOD 4x2 vehicles in the coming year; if he will consider giving it to the Irish UN History...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      770. To ask the Minister for Defence when did the Army last recruit; the number that were taken on; when the Army will be recruiting again; approximately the number that will be taken on; and if...
    • Air Corps Training
      772. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 7 May 2013, if the outstanding recommendations have been implemented; if not, the timeline for implementation;...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      773. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence forces personnel currently based in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; if there are any plans to transfer any of them to other...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • EU Funding
      774. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if EU funds been used since 2008 to fund National Development Plan initiatives that are under the purview of the Department of...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include a guarantee that when the harvesting rights of Coillte are sold that the land will be returned to the State in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      776. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Marine Resources
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date following on from the launch of the Harnessing our Ocean Wealth plan launched by the Government in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been approved for the agri-environment option scheme 3; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment scheme 2013 application for consolidation of entitlements in respect of persons...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons in each county who have been successful in their application for the...
    • Fodder Crisis
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the funding available from his Department towards the cost of importing fodder to private individuals...
    • Tax Code
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the targets set out in Harvest 2020, his plans for an initiative to tackle the issue of fragmented farm holdings...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the availability of the schmallenberg new virus vaccine Bovilis SBV to enable farmers to counteract the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Harbour Fees
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the total moneys collected by his Department for the years 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will increase protection of the 600 proposed Natural Heritage Areas here; if he is working on proposing areas of...
    • Fodder Crisis
      788. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the actions taken by his Department to assist farmers in counties Longford and Westmeath who are experiencing...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      789. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of submissions he has received to date on his public consultation on the Dog Microchipping Initiative; if he will extend...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal of disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway...
    • Hare Coursing
      791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to statements made by vets as presented in the recent ICABS report, that during cold and wet weather,...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      792. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry premium payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      793. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given in the Forestry Bill 2013 regarding the impact that trucks of more than forty tonnes are having on...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if special cases will be made in the ongoing Common Agricultural Policy negotiations for small islands situated in EU member states;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      795. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a substantial number of applicants were refused grants under the 2012 disadvantaged...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      796. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will update Dáil Éireann on the proposal to develop deep sea fish farms, prospective sites for which have been...
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to establish a small craft harbour in Killybegs, County Donegal; the total amount of funding allocated by his...
    • Aquaculture Development
      798. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the strategic guidelines as recently presented by the EU Commission with respect to challenges...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding invested by Bórd Iascaigh Mhara in Killybegs, County Donegal, in each of the past five years for the...
    • Farm Inspections
      801. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form by county and by month the number of unannounced farm inspections that have taken place since 1...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following their...
    • EU Directives
      804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through...
    • Dairy Hygiene Scheme Eligibility
      805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a provision, or if one can be made under the dairy hygiene grant to allow for emergency works for milk cooling systems to...
    • Departmental Properties
      806. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a proposal on vacant properties at Howth Harbour (details supplied) County Dublin. [27534/13]
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their BTAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27544/13]
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Food Harvest 2020 targets, particularly in relation to export growth and dairy quotas; if the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remainder of a single farm payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Land Commission
      812. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the fee simple of the pier on the river at Ashford Castle was sold when Ashford Castle, County Mayo and the rest of the property...
    • EU Directives
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment for Galway Bay, which will provide a status report on the current fishery, identify potential impacts...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of a penalty on a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for any new REP schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      817. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the theft of cattle in the north Monaghan area that appears to be linked to cross...
    • Food and Agriculture Organisation
      818. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding Ireland's position at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations based in Rome, Italy, if Ireland's...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when agri-environment option scheme payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the amount of the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single payment and disadvantaged area payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27663/13]
    • Beekeeping Industry
      824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the importance of bees for pollination and food production, his views on the effect of pesticides on the bee population;...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 5 March, the reason payment was not made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out an independent review of the BIM Environmental Impact Study of the proposed fish farm for...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met his counterpart from Northern Ireland, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O'Neill MLA at...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has yet to receive their forestry premium payment; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/13]
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      830. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it has been brought to his attention that a sand bank has built up at the entrance to Mullaghmore Harbour, County Sligo, creating...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for agri environment option scheme 3;...
    • Fish Landings
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Castletownbere harbour, County Cork, will be included as a designated port as set out in the NEAFC scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if reactor grants and income supplement payments for 2009 are outstanding in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has consulted with the European Investment Bank with a view to securing the availability of low interest rate funding from this...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was not approved to participate in the new agri-environment option scheme; and...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the concerns of some citizens that the European Commission proposals for a regulation on the production and making...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Legislative Programme
      837. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when is the Children First legislation will progress go through the House; if the legislation will specify child minders among those listed...
    • Child Protection Issues
      838. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Health Service Executive has provided any inspections for creches in the Sligo/Leitrim area; if she will be publishing details of...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      839. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a timescale for Ireland ratifying the UN Second Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child...
    • Youth Services Funding
      840. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the funding shortfall for the big brother big sister scheme is addressed in view of the cost effectiveness of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      841. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childminders will be included in the forthcoming Children First legislation as they were excluded from the draft heads of bill published...
    • Early Years Strategy Publication
      843. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the publication of the early years strategy and the resource package that has been secured for the implementation of the...
    • Child Abuse Issues
      844. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form format the number of child abuse cases reported to the Health Service Executive or managed by the HSE...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      845. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken by her Department to ensure that adequate standards in creches are adhered to; if she will ensure that the health,...
    • Child Detention Centres
      846. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the growing number of assaults on staff members at Oberstown House, County Dublin, since the age of limit of residents has...
    • Youth Services Funding
      848. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the study carried out by NUI Galway citing the Big Brother Big Sister programme as being a low cost and extremely...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      851. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the situation with regard to the implementation of the Workforce Development Plan in the early childcare sector; the aspects that have been...
    • School Funding
      857. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [27435/13]
    • EU Directives
      859. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work her Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      860. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding early childhood care and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      863. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the child welfare legislation will come before the House; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27639/13]
    • Youth Services
      864. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the positive results of the Big Brother Big Sister programme operated by Foróige; and if she will...
    • School Completion Programme
      865. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if contracts for those employed in the school completion programme in counties Kerry and Limerick, which are due to end in August will be...
    • Child Detention Centres
      866. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline the circumstances surrounding the situation on 5 June 2013, in which three young males absconded from the Oberstown Boys...
    • Youth Services Expenditure
      867. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money her Department has spent on arts provision for young persons in after school settings in 2012 and 2013; if she will...
    • Child Care Costs
      868. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to make child care more affordable for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27890/13]
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      869. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a timescale for Ireland's submission of the State Report to the UN Committee of the Rights of the Child; and if she...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      871. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the decision to increase child ratios from 1:10 to 1:11 for services offering the early childhood care and education...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      873. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the full value of the community childcare subvention programme is not available for citizens participating in theJjobBridge...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [27221/13]
    • National Substance Misuse Strategy
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the action plan submission following the report of the steering group on National Substance Misuse Strategy; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      876. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street is scheduled to relocate to St. Vincent's Hospital, if the site will be turned over...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      878. To ask the Minister for Health his policies in relation to services for children and young people affected by autism and or autistic spectrum disorders; if he is looking at ways to make...
    • Birth Rates
      880. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide number of children who were born in Mullingar General Hospital in 2012 and the number born in Westmeath in 2012. [27366/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pressures been placed on the Irish Guide Dogs Association by cuts to their budget, if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      883. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding the Haddington Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27795/13]
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
      885. To ask the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that the issue of the woman excluded from the Lourdes redress scheme will be sorted out prior to the summer recess; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      886. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider utilising the services of fire fighters employed full time or on a part time retainer, across the State in their capacity as trained...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      887. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) seeking a hip replacement will be given priority at St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin; if an earlier...
    • Dental Services Provision
      888. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) seeking a hip replacement will be given priority at St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin; if an earlier...
    • Medical Card Applications
      889. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of a review of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Health Promotion Issues
      890. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position regarding requirements on public transport companies in the public and private sector to have policies or take action on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      891. To ask the Minister for Health if a European medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27166/13]
    • Hospice Services
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening the 24 bed Blanchardstown Hospice, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/13]
    • Hospital Services
      893. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 23 May 2013, the alternative available to patients who urgently require a video EEG monitoring test in the absence...
    • Proposed Legislation
      894. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Amendment) Medical Indemnity Insurance Bill [27190/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if personal hours will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27235/13]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered providing IVF treatment funded and delivered by the public health system. [27266/13]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Data
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women here that received IVF treatment in 2012. [27267/13]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer for the provision of IVF treatment to suitable candidates through the public health system. [27268/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      900. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to refuse a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27274/13]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      901. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reversing the decision of the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics decision to cease providing Pirfenidone to patients with Idiopathic...
    • Vaccination Programme
      903. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the HPV vaccination programme to boys in view of the link between the virus and head and neck cancer; if his attention has been...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      904. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of antidepressant medication to the health system, both community and in hospital, respectively, in 2012; the steps which are being taken to...
    • Prescriptions Data
      905. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of general practitioners with access to their online on-individualized prescribing report; the number of GPs who have accessed this resource...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      907. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific steps which are being taken to address hospital in-patient prescribing of benzodiazepines; the total cost of such drugs in...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      908. To ask the Minister for Health when the 17 diabetes integrated care posts, nine podiatry posts and 4.2 paediatric diabetes posts which have been sanctioned, will be filled; and if he will...
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      909. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive national integrated care model for diabetes is due to be commenced; the timeline for the complete roll out of this programme;...
    • Departmental Investigations
      912. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current status of the records held by the Laffoy Commission into vaccine trials; if he will ensure that these records remain intact in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      913. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of adverse reactions and severe adverse reactions to each vaccine administered under the State funded vaccination programme in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of new school leavers and those exiting RT with a learning disability in 2013 who require a placement; the cost of the provision of these...
    • Medical Card Applications
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has incurable lymphoma has been refused a medical card; if he will reconsider this decision; and if...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      919. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the investigation undertaken by his Department into a matter raised on 19 December 2012 regarding the provision of ambulance...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      920. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get their wheelchair serviced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/13]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      921. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/13]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthopaedic surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [26698/13]
    • Health Services Staff Numbers
      923. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has any plans to implement redundancies in the near future; and if so, will they be targeted at certain...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      924. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list in the orthopaedic Department of a hospital in County Galwa; if he will examine with specific reference to the long waiting time...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      925. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mental health professional in each local health authority area designated to deal with referrals regarding autism and autism spectrum disorders;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      926. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the cost of speech and language services and occupational therapy services in general, and, for those diagnosed with autism...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      928. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive appointment dates for dental treatment and orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      929. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the financial systems in the Health Service Executive do not allow for detailed breakdown of those who received legal fees from 2008 to 2011 in...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      930. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the development of diabetes health services in counties Longford/Westmeath; if the Health Service Executive will fill sanctioned posts in...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans to implement free general practitioner visit cards for under fives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26801/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      932. To ask the Minister for Health if the person (details supplied) has a place in the St Michael's House Coolock training centre, when they leave St Michael's House School in Raheny, Dublin;...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      934. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in arranging an appointment for a neurosurgical procedure in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • HSE Properties
      935. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure that any moneys raised through the sale of the Ballyfermot health centre site, Dublin, will be ring fenced and used solely to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      936. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details provided) in County Longford will receive an appointment at Tullamore General Hospital, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement...
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
      937. To ask the Minister for Health if he will defer any decision on the cutting of accident and emergency services at Bantry General Hospital, County Cork, currently scheduled for 8 July, for a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      938. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the filling of the 414 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2012, the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      939. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Services
      940. To ask the Minister for Health his views on submissions (details supplied) regarding nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26840/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      942. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress being made in the current negotiations between SIPTU acting for home help carers and the Health Service Executive; the measures being...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      943. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the details of all overseas training and development courses provided to staff of his Department and the Health Service...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      944. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath may expect admission to the neuro surgical department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [26891/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      946. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the Health Service Executive ambulance services in terms on equipment, and vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26859/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      947. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the level of supports available from his Department for persons suffering from narcolepsy; if he is satisfied that the supports that are...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      948. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long delays for surgery for those diagnosed with adolescent scoliosis; the steps being taken to address this problem...
    • Health Services Access
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties accessing a hydrotherapy pool (details supplied); the future intentions for this facility; the reason it...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      950. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be released in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      951. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that arrangements are made to assist an elderly wheelchair bound person (details supplied) in County Wicklow with assistance towards taxi...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      952. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for the past five years of the numbers of persons in County Kerry on waiting lists for orthodontic treatment. [26966/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      953. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      954. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 655 of 28 May 2013, if the person seconded two days per week to fill the role of the Chief Dental Officer in the interim;...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      955. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will have orthodontic treatment. [26968/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      957. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26970/13]
    • EU Directives
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his interactions with European counterparts and the European Commission to date on pending regulations or directives regarding hand rolling...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      959. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 29 January, 2013, when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a scan for a disc assessment;...
    • Health Services Provision
      960. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided to the Health Service Executive by Gheel Autism services [26946/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      961. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made in the outpatients department at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [26993/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      962. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a perso (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      963. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding psychiatric services at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry [27003/13]
    • Hospital Services
      964. To ask the Minister for Health to whom a general practitioner of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 suffering from tonsillitis should approach to achieve the quickest turnaround, if...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      965. To ask the Minister for Health if National Lottery funding is available for a disability conference in July (details supplied) and if he will advise on the next round of applications. [26990/13]
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the Meningitis Research Foundation in 2013-2014. [27031/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the extra help, support and advice he will give to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [27032/13]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      969. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the total amount of funds allocated to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal over each of the past five years to...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      970. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum grant available to applicants who seek funding from the National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27035/13]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funds allocated to the Health Service Executive in County Donegal over each of the past five years to each of the special needs pre-schools...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      973. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of the hospital bug CDif each week/month in Dublin hospitals [27038/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      974. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27042/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      975. To ask the Minister for Health the running costs of the Ambulance Service in the north east in each of the past five years; the changes that have been made to the opening hours of each of...
    • Respite Care Services
      976. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position regarding respite care in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27012/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a special bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27365/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an oral surgery facility for dental treatment provided in New Ross. County Wexford, was withdrawn without giving any reason or discussions and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      979. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      980. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment [27400/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      981. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the IDS waiting list at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27401/13]
    • Care of the Elderly
      985. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to set up a forum on long term residential care in conjunction with Health Information and Quality Authority and the National Treatment...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      986. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the employment panel for physiotherapists here; if any recently graduated physiotherapists have been accommodated with employment in the...
    • Health Services Provision
      987. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on funding for day services in Dublin Mid West (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27462/13]
    • EU Directives
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      990. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical director for rare diseases will be appointed; the proposed location of the national office for rare disease; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the number of random financial reviews that have been carried out on holders of medical cards whose cards were not due to expire until 2017; the number of...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts that have been filled in child and adolescent mental health services from January 2013 to date; and the number of further posts which will...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      993. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there is an equitable treatment of diabetes patients in rural areas outside Dublin; and if there is a satisfactory level of services such as the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      994. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the centralisation of the switchboard for ambulance emergency calls, his views on whether the call centre should be compartmentalised by...
    • Health Services Issues
      996. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding smoking in the vicinity of a hospital [27533/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      997. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to Midland Regional Hospital,Tullamore; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Applications
      999. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused a medical card; if he will set out in detail the exact income which has been assessed in this...
    • Food Safety Promotion Board
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health when the Labour Court Recommendations LRC19842 of June 2010 in relation to the Food Safety Promotion Board will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the National Cancer Screening Centre website the National Diabetic Retinopathy screening...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      1002. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there continues to be geographical inequity of access to medication for severe allergic asthma, with asthma sufferers in the Health Service...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the health screening tender process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27566/13]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health when occupational therapy and speech and language therapy will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Provision
      1005. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [27581/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Service Executive fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1007. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [27587/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      1008. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [27588/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1009. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [27600/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      1010. To ask the Minister for Health when patients transferred from the recently closed leg ulcer clinic in Slane, County Meath, will be given appointment dates for the clinic at its new location...
    • Health Services Provision
      1011. To ask the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation policy will be developed by his Department; if he recognises the importance of implementing a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      1012. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Dapajliflozin (details supplied) will be made available to persons who hold medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27640/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1013. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27642/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1014. To ask the Minister for Health the future of the Emergency Aeromedical Service that has been in operation for just over twelve months having completed its initial trial period, basing an...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1015. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Expenditure
      1017. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a dedicated annual grant to a counselling service (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the geographical...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      1018. To ask the Minister for Health the way a person can gain access to PA support; the number of new applicants that were accepted on the scheme in each of the past five years; the number of...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      1019. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the research that was undertaken into the plain packaging of tobacco products has resulted in strong evidence which supports the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1020. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an appeal to be granted a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff Issues
      1021. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring in a new scheme of voluntary redundancies in district hospitals in the near future for domestic attendants - not multitask; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      1024. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been sought by an organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the funding that has been approved in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1025. To ask the Minister for Health if and when approval for medical treatment abroad will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1026. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any schemes available for citizens who are on the waiting list for surgery here for a period of years to avail of this treatment funded by the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1028. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding changes to medical card holders for blood tests; the plans he has to address this issue; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Numbers
      1030. To ask the Minister for Health if a second neurologist for the North-West Region has taken up their position (details supplied); when they started in this position or are due to start; and...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      1031. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27883/13]
    • Medical Card Delays
      1032. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in assessing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when this person may expect a...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder is exempt from paying the prescription charge on diabetic medicine as there is no charge on the long term illness scheme; and if he...
    • Food Safety Issues
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider and respond on a proposal (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27891/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1037. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered adding Addison's Disease to the long term illness scheme; his views on whether Addison's Disease is a severe illness with sufferers more...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the funding provided for the recruitment of diabetes nurse specialists (details supplied) in County Galway; when...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      1039. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons(details supplied) in County Kerry who were issued with general practitioner visit cards only...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      1040. To ask the Minister for Health if he will upgrade general practitioner visit cards to full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Council
      1041. To ask the Minister for Health if details in relation to the evaluation and outcome of a complaint to the Dental Council will be provided to the complainant (details supplied) in County...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      1042. To ask the Minister for Health the National Ambulance Service's plans for the roll out of intermediate care vehicles in Drogheda; the process for the engagement of personnel to operate the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      1043. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Meath will be included in the PPP tenders that are to be issued in August; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1045. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will take into consideration the huge medical...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1046. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement for a second time will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1047. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be reviewed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27963/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [27965/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      1049. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that must be taken for an illness to be included on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27971/13]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 593 of 23 April 2013 if he will outline the estimate in the 2013 allocation for the implementation of the EU cross...
    • Maternity Benefit Issues
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice in Finland in which new mothers are given maternity boxes which include nappies and clothes when they leave...
    • Medical Card Applications
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28010/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      1053. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [28025/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a general practitioner visit card and update it to a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Research Funding
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding amount provided towards the development of non-animal alternative bioscience research methods, knowns as the 3 Rs,...
    • Research Centres Programme
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm which national laboratory has been nominated, under Article 47(2) of the EU Directive 2010/63/EU, to assist the European Centre for the...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Negotiations
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health his stance on measures to ensure that the regulatory framework for Horizon 2020 EU research programmes provides essential funding to advance methods of...
    • Health Services Issues
      1061. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 29 May 2013, if he will support the case of the family concerned [28101/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1062. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthopaedic procedures in the region served by the Galway Roscommon Hospital Group; the number of patients who underwent such...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      1063. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the matter in which a young person with a disability was left on a bus for seven hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Haulage Industry
      1064. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered hauliers in the State in 2013; if he will list the relevant numbers for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the...
    • Driving Tests
      1065. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the provision of rest-room facilities to applicants undertaking their driving test at the Galway City...
    • Road Signage
      1067. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of replacement signage along the N59 in County Mayo which has recently been undertaken by the National Roads Authority; and if...
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      1069. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare may expect to receive a tax book for a vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1070. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and rationale for the new rural hackney scheme that he has proposed. [27170/13]
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      1073. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the overall allocation under the national swimming pool programme to the Finn Valley swimming pool project in County...
    • Rail Services
      1074. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 28 May 2013, if he will explain in more detail the references he made to the AECOM report...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1075. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who downloaded the Taxi Driver Check App since it was launched last February; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Regulation Review Report Implementation
      1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate the extra provisions that have been made for the enhanced enforcement function of the Taxi Regulator in view of the...
    • Road Maintenance
      1080. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that adequate funding is made available to Fingal County Council for the completion of the Moylaragh Castle Mills link...
    • Road Signage
      1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the rules concerning the ban on heavy goods vehicles on certain roads; and the number of penalty points a driver...
    • Rail Services
      1082. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a train station (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will open and be fully operational. [26819/13]
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      1083. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis that have wheelchair access; if wheelchair accessible taxis will be exempt from the nine year rule due to the high...
    • Tourism Ireland Expenditure
      1084. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €7 million allocated by his Department for the Gathering will be spent;...
    • International Agreements
      1085. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the key elements of the Maritime Labour Package as part of the Flag State Directive covering maritime issues; if he...
    • Road Network
      1086. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines set by his Department in relation to criteria for works to be completed by county councils; if guidelines issued to...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Issues
      1087. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the transport capital investment...
    • Local Authority Funding
      1088. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding each local authority in County Waterford has received from his Department under the transport capital investment...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      1092. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding County Waterford operators has received from his Department under the rural transport programme in each of the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Issues
      1093. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding Waterford Airport Company has received from his Department under the regional airports operational expenditure...
    • Regional Road Network
      1095. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of grant aid his Department has historically allocated for works, including construction and land acquisition costs,...
    • EU Directives
      1096. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the...
    • Road Tolls
      1097. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the total revenues raised by late-payment penalties to...
    • Driving Licence Renewals
      1098. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when issues surrounding category two driving licences will be resolved in view of the fact that renewal applicants with medical...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      1099. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Lough Ree RNLI lifeboat service will become a permanent safety fixture on the lake and River Shannon after serving its 12 month...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      1100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the towing of car trailers; if he wil outline the regulations regarding same; if there are any new regulations...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      1101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to provide a bus shelter in the vicinity of the junction of a club (details supplied) in County...
    • National Roads Authority Projects
      1102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the estimated reduction in journey time from Greystones to Gorey on the N11 once the upgrade is complete; and if he...
    • Rail Services
      1103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason two lift shafts at a train station (details supplied) that have been completed for a number months, have not been made...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      1104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be made available in 2013 for sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27644/13]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      1106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reintroduce the local road improvement scheme for the benefit of roads in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have opted for the new Auto Top-Up feature on the Leap Card system operated by the National Transport...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      1109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work of the North/South tourism body; if he will provide specific details of the joint initiatives...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form by county for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, the number of persons that applied for SPSV Licenses in...
    • Road Maintenance
      1111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, by county council, of the amount of money that has been provided for road maintenance...
    • Road Safety Authority Campaigns
      1113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of initiatives the Road Safety Authority has engaged in with the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland who have...
    • Parking Regulations
      1114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a person or a company may obtain a licence for clamping; the procedure for same; the information that is needed; the costs...
    • Road Projects Issues
      1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of farmers in North Tipperary (details supplied) have yet to be paid for lands...
    • Tourism Policy
      1116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to build on the success of the Gathering; the efforts under consideration regarding the building of a brand Ireland; and if he...
    • Consumer Protection
      1117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will regulate the hidden fees that are being applied to unsuspecting customers who wish to hire a car; and if he will make a...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Leap cards will be introduced in County Galway, if so, if he will provide an indicative timeframe for their introduction; and if he...

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