Written answers

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      21. To ask the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made regarding the request from the UN to deploy observers to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation in the Middle East to the...
    • European Council Meetings
      22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the seminar on the European Council on Defence 2013 held in Dublin Castle on 17 May; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm whether Defence Forces personnel face a downgrade and possible dismissal if they are injured while taking part in leisure activities [29104/13]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Issues
      24. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has met with representatives of the Reserve Defence Forces or representative associations to discuss their concerns regarding the recent changes to the...
    • Naval Service Operations
      25. To ask the Minister for Defence the role of the Naval Service in fishery protection operations in the past year; and if there are any plans to increase same. [29121/13]
    • Irish Red Cross Governance
      26. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to reform the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29078/13]
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      27. To ask the Minister for Defence when the review of the Air Corps air ambulance service will be published. [29114/13]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      28. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces mission to Lebanon has been supplied with apparel appropriate to the local environment; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Missions
      29. To ask the Minister for Defence the work that has been undertaken by the 108th Infantry Battalion of the Irish Defence Forces that are currently deployed in Lebanon serving with the United...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      30. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to cease the prescribing of Lariam to Irish troops deployed in malarial zones. [29110/13]
    • Ministerial Transport
      31. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline his Department's role in the implementation of the new code of practice for the use of the Government jet in relation to the Ministerial Air...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      32. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have been asked to undertake any duties in respect of the forthcoming G8 summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29105/13]
    • Emergency Planning
      34. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which he expects the Defence Forces to be in a position to provide the widest possible scale of emergency and support services with particular...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      35. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that he will be in a position to maintain the current strength of the Defence Forces including military installations and facilities...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      36. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will meet with the parents of a person (details supplied) to discuss their ongoing concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      37. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the procurement of new equipment for the Irish Defence Forces in 2013. [29120/13]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      40. To ask the Minister for Defence when the army will next recruit; and the approximate number that will be recruited. [29113/13]
    • Overseas Missions
      41. To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish Defence Forces personnel will be withdrawn from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29124/13]
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      42. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the internal investigation conducted by the Defence Forces into allegations about Irish Defence Forces' personnel working for private...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      43. To ask the Minister for Defence the planned developments at Custume barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/13]
    • Overseas Missions
      45. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list the delegations of Irish troops stationed abroad. [29118/13]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      46. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the selling off of disused barracks or other properties belonging to the Irish Defence Forces in 2013. [29119/13]
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints
      47. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints processed by the Defence Forces Ombudsman; and if he is satisfied with the operation of the system. [28964/13]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Statistics
      49. To ask the Taoiseach the number of people who are unemployed in County Louth; if he will provide a breakdown of long term unemployed, seasonal unemployment and short term unemployed; and if...
    • Departmental Reports
      51. To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out the value for money reports and the focused policy assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the action that have been taken to...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      52. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his Department since 9 March 2011; the...
    • Overseas Visits
      53. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his bilateral meeting with the President and Prime Minister of Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28961/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      55. To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      56. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Freedom of Information requests his Department has received since January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29168/13]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      57. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per employee taken;...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      58. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the accommodation costs and the...
    • State Bodies Numbers
      59. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Bodies Establishment
      60. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the number of new semi-State organisations under his aegis which have been established since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • European Court of Human Rights
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next opportunity will arise for Ireland to appoint a new judge to the European Court of Human Rights as part of...
    • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will spearhead an internationl campaign to ban the use of drones. [28748/13]
    • Ministerial Travel
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the engagements of the Minister of State for Trade and Development's recent Enterprise Ireland Trade...
    • Millenium Development Goals
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will spend 70 cents in every €100 on overseas aid by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals;...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 20 February 2013, the number of male and female applicants that applied to join...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues he intends to raise at the upcoming North South Ministerial Council Plenary; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his Minister of State’s recent engagements at the June Plenary session of the European Parliament...
    • Overseas Development Aid Issues
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the commitments in the new Policy for International Development, One World, One Future means that Irish Aid will step up...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that...
    • Official Engagements
      71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 14 May 2013, if he intends to accept the offer made to him by the First Deputy...
    • Human Rights Issues
      72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has information on the serious abuse suffered by 58 Oromo and two Ogadeni refugees in Ethiopia some months ago; and...
    • Food Security
      74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent interactions the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, USA, had with Jonathan Shier, the US State Department Special...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has staff vacancies for transfer from other Departments in the Passport Office in Molesworth Street,...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding recent negotiations he and his officials have had regarding the sovereignty and territory of Lough...
    • Departmental Bodies
      80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator...
  • Department of Finance
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to remove the application of VAT to the rates charged by insolvency practitioners who are employed to deal with serious debt situations...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the payment date for the local property tax for local authorities in respect of their social housing in 2013; the date by which the LPT will be payable for...
    • Tax Avoidance Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he sees for the EU's platform for tax good governance, aggressive tax planning and double taxation. [28648/13]
    • International Summits
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he attended the Bilderberg meeting; and the basis of his contribution to same. [28657/13]
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the revenue or estimated revenue from the universal social charge for 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his Department since 9...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible that some persons will end up paying the universal social charge on their pension twice (details supplied). [28829/13]
    • Banking Sector Issues
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance based on the latest Fitch report citing the possible need for further recapitalisation of Irish banks, if he maintains his position, as outlined recently to...
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the taxing of maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28864/13]
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff within the Customs and Excise section of Revenue in Custom House, Sligo that are detailed to investigate illegal narcotics and illegal drug...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of...
    • Excise Duties Collection
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider further reducing the excise paid by microbrewers, defined as those breweries producing up to 20,000 hectolitres per annum; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance if recent discussions have taken place within his Department on amending the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and related acts to allow patients claim a...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that AIB will not be able to repay the €3.5 billion it owes to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29184/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax arrangements that apply in respect of the transfer of family farmlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/13]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per...
    • NAMA Board Recruitment
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his Department can stand over the transparency, integrity and expertise of the original board of National Assets Management Agency when only 36 names...
    • State Bodies Numbers
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Broadband Access Programme
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to roll out broadband services for all schools here; the cost of such services to each school; if this cost will be...
    • Youth Guarantee
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if central Government will have full discretion over the youth guarantee budget for Ireland when it has been allocated in accordance with the...
    • School Accommodation
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the schools that are to have their prefabs replaced with permanent classrooms as part of the €15 million...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Eligibility
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare in...
    • Research and Development Supports
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the Research Prioritisation Exercise, the approach that will be taken by him to areas of higher education research that are not...
    • Higher Education Course Provision
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies he has in place to deal with the anticipated significant increase in numbers seeking higher education places over the next decade...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of demographic changes over the past decade, his plans to review the way schools are classified as DEIS schools; the number of schools...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Departments consideration of requests that children with Down syndrome be allocated maximum...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on school transport arrangements (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28730/13]
    • School Funding
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided by his Department to a school (details supplied) since the school was opened; if he will provide a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wexford taking up a soon to be vacated premises; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided to cover a requirement for substitute teachers to cover for teachers who will be travelling abroad with students who...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way decisions are being made to establish the nearest school for a student under the terms of the post primary school transport scheme when...
    • Institutes of Technology Issues
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department has in the proposed restructuring of the Department of Science in Cork Institute of Technology and the course offerings...
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise Irish families who support third level students of the financial supports available where reckonable household incomes exceed...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the eligibility of the July Educational Programme to children diagnosed with Dyspraxia (details supplied). [28825/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta works concurrently and cooperatively providing resource...
    • School Funding
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans to meet the needs of students who attend potestant schools, the plans to support families from such groups and,...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the growing knowledge regarding the Autism condition and the demands on individual schools and on the education system, if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans he has to replace the two prefab buildings of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 with a permanent structure;...
    • State Examinations Commission
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the circumstances of the mistakes that were reported in the leaving certificate math papers; if his Department has carried out...
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide confirmation as to whether any of the recommendations as outlined in the Accenture Report on 17 May 2013 in relation to...
    • Physical Education
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the estimated 500,000 primary school pupils currently within the system that are availing of swimming lessons and instructions...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for retention of three special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the...
    • School Curriculum
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing additional resources to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to enable them to extend their Irish stream...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school a (details supplied) in County Wicklow has only received sanction for a special needs unit as opposed to a completely furnished...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a persons (details supplied) in County Kerry position and requirements for a position on the 2014 supplementary teaching...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on progress made in relation to the provision of a new school building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Education and Training Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that SOLAS develops an adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposad commencement date for a school building project (details supplied) in County Louth; the timeframe for completion of this project;...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve the practical skills of third level graduates in the information communications technology sector before they enter the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration being given by his Department to having the proposed amalgamated primary school for Ballyroan, County Laois, progressed to the...
    • University Libraries
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for his stated opinion that the exclusion as a rule of the public from the library of University College Dublin is not at variance...
    • School Textbooks
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons are still awaiting Student Universal Support Ireland grants; the reason SUSI has failed to deal with a case (details...
    • School Staffing
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reinstate a person (details supplied) on the main redeployment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is still awaiting a decision on their student grant, their appeal was received by...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on concerns (details supplied) about the adverse effect of the increase in student teacher ratio on protestant secondary schools around...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give a comprehensive assurance that a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath which caters for students with a profound...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the running costs of Student Universal Support Ireland from its inception to the end of May...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been denied access to the fund for survivors of institutional abuse in order to pay for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has had their higher education grant cancelled; if he will instruct Student Universal...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a student grant appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency works funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that he and his Department have recently put in place to ensure that the delays seen in the last academic year with the Student...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Offices
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current situation in relation to providing a suitable building to facilitate the Department of Social Protection’s plan to...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there is a conflict of interest between the statutory autonomy of the Valuation Tribunal and the financial control...
    • Heritage Sites
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the visitor numbers at each site owned or run by the Office of Public Works for 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of directors that he has appointment to the Commission of the Public Service Appointments; the date of each such appointment;...
    • Ministerial Staff
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure by which private secretaries are appointed to Ministers; if such appointments are within the remit of the various codes...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the 20% levy applying to public service pensions in excess of €100,000 is applicable when pension holders...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Departmental Properties
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 11 June 2013 regarding parking in the lower yard of Dublin Castle, the steps that he and...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the flooding of homes in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; if a remedial plan will be put in place...
    • Departmental Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the full cost of the public procurement scheme and the effect this has on small businesses here who are not in a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      177. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters for the Labour Relations Commission, per year, from 2007...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      178. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Departmental Bodies Expenditure
      179. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost of providing interpreters to the Labour Court, per year, from 2007 to the recent...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      181. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to fill the two current vacancies on the National Consumer Agency that have been vacant since 1 May 2013 in view of the...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      183. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average...
    • Business Regulation
      184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the statistics from Forfás on Ireland's competitiveness performance which demonstrates a less favourable ranking in...
    • Trade Agreements
      185. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made at the Foreign Affairs Council, Trade, in Luxemburg in June 2013; the progress made on the trade and investment...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      186. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      187. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Fishing Communities
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason inshore fishing crew members are categorised as self-employed even though they can be made redundant by the vessel owner at anytime; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a new European Commission study, The Gender Gap in Pensions in the EU, indicates that Irish women...
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the authority under which the Registrar General acted to set aside the powers vested by legislation in the Supreme Court of the Land to appoint a...
    • Child Support
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the impact on families receiving family income supplement if the proposals contained in the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of take up of supports available through FÁS or other Government agencies to support the training and re-skilling needs of the 70...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the weekly loss of income that will be experienced by a lone parent family with one child in part time employment and in receipt...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [28724/13]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection what the impact on child poverty would be if there was full take up of family income supplement, as it is estimated that this payment is only...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due back money on their rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28737/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit are allowed attend start your own business courses without loss of allowance...
    • International Agreements
      210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Ireland has a social security agreement in place with Serbia; should one be in place, if an Irish citizen in receipt of disability allowance here...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a table with a breakdown of the amount of additional money that would be raised in a year for the social insurance fund if a new...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her Department's consideration of concerns regarding changes to farm assist payments that have been conveyed to her...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the new increased rent supplement limits covering the Fingal area, Dublin, will come into force; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by her Department...
    • Community Work Initiatives
      215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering giving an exemption to professional actors from the Tús initiative (details supplied). [28828/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the rent supplement scheme to allow those with an interest in a property to receive rent assistance, for limited...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28857/13]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      219. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details suppleid) in County Laois. [28872/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      220. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      221. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if stipulations will be built into the youth guarantee, either at European or national level, to ensure a bottom up approach to devising strategic...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Cost
      223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will outline the savings made in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 as a result of the actions she and her Department have to deal with the fraud...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      224. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the services her Department provides for those from the autistic community; if she will consider developing a criteria of benefits for the needs of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      225. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any payments have been made by his Department or agencies under his control since 2007 to provide foreign holidays for persons or families; if...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the JobBridge scheme who are benefitting from this in the Lucan, Clondalkin, Newcastle, Saggart, Rathcoole, Brittas and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
      228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of old age pensioners drawing the living alone allowance. [28906/13]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a person (details supplied). [28911/13]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a non-contributory widow's pension will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if receipt of a UK winter fuel payment will have any effect on eligibility for fuel allowance here; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal on a claim for invalidity pension will be accepted and expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • School Meals Programme
      233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of the ten schools to be admitted to the school meals programme for the new academic year; and if she will make a...
    • Care Services
      234. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of days notice required to be given by a caree to a carer if the caree wishes to discontinue with the services of the carer on the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the attached (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting. [28966/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appointments made to State boards under her Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      237. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow when the person has medical certificates...
    • Respite Care Grant Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the number of recipients who have been granted the respite care grant and the number of recipients who have...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is taking to process appeals for disability payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28997/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Rural Social Scheme Administration
      241. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of places available under the rural social scheme; the number of places filled; the number of persons currently waiting to obtain a...
    • Qualified Child Increase Payments
      242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 445 of 11 June 2013, what is the position where the child is normally resident with each parent for an equal...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for a community employment scheme. [29170/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time people have to wait to receive carer's allowance; the average length of time persons have to wait from the time they apply to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and the timescale in which the appeal will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all letters sent out to social welfare applicants regarding their claims have the name of a Departmental official on them to...
    • Invalidity Pensions Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications that have gone to appeal, and that have been granted under special provision by her Department, only...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to illness benefit; if not, the social welfare payments available to them; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that will be put in place to mitigate the loss of income and the subsequent financial hardship for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in her Department; the average uncertified sick...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 11 June 2013, the alterative social protection payment a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 may...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      254. 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 Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an outstanding appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if new entrants to farming who apply for farm assist will qualify for the full rate in view of the fact that they will not have any income until the...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list the regulators which are accountable to her Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Fisheries Protection
      260. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his policy regarding the culling of seals to protect fish stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29143/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      261. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by...
    • Arts Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which financial support is available to ethnic groups for the promotion of their musical culture; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      263. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      264. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money he has spent on aerial observations of persons cutting turf from 22 June 2012 to 12 June 2013; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Issues
      265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider reopening the Gaeltacht road grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29258/13]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      267. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012;...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fishing Rights
      270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legal position regarding public access and fishing rights as they apply to naturally occurring lakes here. [29144/13]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the roll out of broadband and high speed broadband in the Lucan, Clondalkin,...
    • Energy Regulation
      272. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of households in County Meath that have had electricity and or gas...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      275. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and...
    • Electricity Generation
      276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the maximum amount of kw hours that a commercial building including farm building is allowed to produce from photovoltaic...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions...
    • EU Issues
      279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to the EU Telecoms Council held in Luxembourg on 6 June 2013, if he will provide further details regarding the...
    • Tax Code
      280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 11 June 2013, if he will provide details of the rate of tax applicable to...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline any and all State subsidies available to private companies developing wind energies in particular and...
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regards to the 40% target for renewable energies by 2020, if renewable energy is produced here offshore or onshore...
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of parliamentary replies issued by him or Ministers of State from his Department to this Deputy on a yearly...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the...
    • Electronic Communications Policy
      285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the High Court order requiring UPC, Vodafone, O2, Imagine, Digiweb and 3 to block a website (details...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets
      288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the future EU plans in relation to biofuels for cars and tractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29331/13]
    • Electricity Generation
      289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that the Chinese have flooded much of the European market with photovoltaic solar panels, the reason...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 28 May 2013, if he will provide details of the public tender process...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason County Longford has received a 17.7% cut in rural development funding. [28636/13]
    • Foreshore Issues
      295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action being taken in respect of removal of materials from the bed of a tidal area (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Energy Conservation
      298. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the proposed project in respect of improving energy efficiency performance of local authority homes;...
    • Electoral Reform
      299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the reduction in the number of County Registrars may limit the ability or availability of returning...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sign the Bill controlling the puppy farm sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29177/13]
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will adopt a precautionary approach and ban GMO/GE crops including the GMO potato trials in Carlow. [29206/13]
    • Election Management System
      302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put formal recruitment structures in place for count staff required at all elections and referenda; and if he...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      304. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the granting of planning permission by An Bord Pleanála against the wishes of the Bord Pleanála...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      305. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a company's declaration of intent to cut off power to a pumping station in a housing estate (details...
    • Rent Controls
      306. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to move to a system of rent controls as exists in many European countries as a method of dealing with the rental...
    • Water Charges Administration
      307. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of meter installation per household and the full cost for installation that will be passed on per householder....
    • Voting Rights
      312. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if voting rights will be extended to Irish citizens living abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28759/13]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      313. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      314. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering offsetting the liability of the non principal private residence charge against the local property...
    • Housing Regeneration
      315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme for the renovation or rebuilding of old vacant houses, not ghost estates, currently...
    • Local Authority Staff Numbers
      316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of procurement officers appointed by local authorities to date; the location of same; if any local authority...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form on the basis of the local authority involved for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments
      319. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on the basis of the local authority involved for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
      320. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending access to the remediation measures that will be available under the remit of the Pyrite...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision by LEADER companies not to support the completion of projects by community groups which...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, by council area, the value of commercial rates collected for each year since 2006. [28866/13]
    • Parking Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and size of car parks associated with out of town retail parks of over 20 parking spaces. [28868/13]
    • Household Charge Collection
      327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is issued a refund for the houshold tax without further...
    • Derelict Sites
      328. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the site of the old fishmeal factory at Crook Road, Mornington, County Meath, is secured; if he...
    • Departmental Strategies
      329. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the strategies his Department is currently employing to minimise the number of deaths by drowning in the State; if these...
    • Planning Issues
      331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the difference in the planning permission needed for small sewerage plants compared to monster sewerage...
    • Waste Water Treatment Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on Fingal County Council's recent announcement to locate a monster sewerage plant at Clonshaugh, Dublin 17; his...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the operation and administration of the next LEADER programme 2014 to 2020 will continue to be...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions...
    • Derelict Sites
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on repairing derelict buildings especially shop fronts over the past five years; and...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual rate of valuation bands in each local authority area in the State, per business type; if he will indicate the...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all the different categories, types and levels of fees charged by a local authority...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the resolution adopted by Limerick County Council in May 2013 to seek permission to...
    • Irish Water Staff
      340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in further detail the number and type of jobs to be created by the new Irish Water utility company; and...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to North East Mayo Leader by a scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when...
    • Fire Service Issues
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions that will be made for the wider Blanchardstown area, Dublin, in view of the provision in the Keeping...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is reviewing shared ownership loans; if so, when the review will be completed; the aspects of the scheme under...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions No. 51 of 3 May 2012 and 437 of 16 October 2012, if he will provide an update on the...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the qualifying conditions required of a person who has registered their septic tank to avail of the grant scheme which was...
    • Farm Electrification Scheme
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reopen the farm electrification scheme or introduce a similar scheme to provide financial support to farmers...
    • Irish Water Remit
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an asset management plan has been drawn up to cover the medium and long term development of Irish Water services over...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on introducing the legislation which will underpin the new housing assistance payment which will provide...
    • Housing Issues
      351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that both social housing tenants and persons in receipt of rent supplement have access to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland was represented at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany under the UN Framework...
    • Departmental Bodies
      354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Judicial Council will be placed on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28935/13]
    • Judicial Appointments
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether there is scope for the appointment of more County Registrars following the reduction in numbers; and if he will make a...
    • Stardust Fire Issues
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will recommend the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Stardust tragedy of 1981 due to new information having come to light...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the public order disturbance in Howth, County Dublin, on Saturday 8 June 2013; the action taken by An Garda Síochána; if...
    • Garda Operations
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the criticism by the Chairman of the Road Safety Authority, if he is satisfied that enough Garda checkpoints, Garda personnel and the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the number of children who were referred to the Children's Courts from...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect the Gardaí vetting process to be completed in order that they may engage in an...
    • Gambling Sector
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a national gambling impact study has ever been carried out and his plans to carry out one soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there was no reference to any legislation designed to place the Interim Parole Board on a statutory basis in the document on his...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for naturalisation. [28824/13]
    • Garda Equipment
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department, in conjunction with the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána, will be making an IT system available to scan new...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will prioritise the enactment of the National Vetting Bill; and if he will outline the time frame for same. [28845/13]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Family Reunification Appplications
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for visas/family reunification in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when Stamp 4 will be updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Family Reunification Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding entry to this jurisdiction in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electronic Tagging
      375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding electronic tagging as a method of supervision and control of persistent acts of criminality and violence by persons; if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in order to make an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Sentencing Policy
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the level of inconsistency in the sentencing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28929/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a Garda is being transferred from a country station (details supplied) in County Offaly leaving...
    • Courts Service Issues
      381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions held by the Building Committee of the Courts Service at their last meeting that is chaired by a High Court Judge; the decisions...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised;...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has yet considered the Bethany Survivors Group's request for inclusion within the Residential Institutions Redress scheme or a similar type...
    • Sentencing Policy
      384. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he intends to take in response to the recent report from the Law Reform Commission on mandatory sentencing and other issues; if he is...
    • Drugs Crime
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality thesteps the local Gardai are taking to deal with an issue of drug use in towns in South Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Investigation
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the number of break ins and disturbances in an area (details supplied) Dublin 9; and if he will review the current...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals, if any, he has to include rights to legal executives in respect of the Legal Services Bill. [29045/13]
    • Gambling Legislation
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his reason for not holding, as is the practice in other countries, a national gambling impact study as recommended by the Public Health...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the legal position regarding the powers of an Garda Síochána to deal with anti-social behaviour in private...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding planning for the proposed extension and refurbishment of Waterford Courthouse; what the development will entail; the...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation staff currently in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29165/13]
    • Immigration Policy
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to proceed with the Immigration Residency and Protection Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/13]
    • Visa Applications
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an Irish person living in Thailand for almost three years who has been with their partner for almost three years (details...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in having Garda vetting clearance issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [29237/13]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick...
    • Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the efforts he has made to increase the use of non-judicial alternatives, such as mediation, for resolving disputes and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will he respond under Justice Quirke and the Magdelene Laundry be completed and will be made available to the women involved before it goes...
    • Garda Operations
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda National Surveillance Unit engages in the interception of live electronic communications and stored electronic communication records...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      405. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons that have been recruited into the Army as a result of the most recent recruitment process; the date on which applications closed for...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      407. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his Department since 9...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      408. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Defence when the review of the operation of the aeromedical service will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29069/13]
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      411. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      412. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps has varied in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which he expects...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      413. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which military hardware is reviewed, examined and as necessary upgraded on an annual basis; the extent to which any requirements arising are...
    • Naval Service Strength
      414. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he and his Department continues to monitor the extent to which the Naval Service, strength and capability, remains intact, notwithstanding...
    • Air Corps Strength
      415. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which on-going review takes place into the capacity and capabilities of the Air Corps, with particular reference to air sea rescue, coastal...
    • Defence Forces Training
      418. To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which the most modern training methods remain available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      419. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of promotions throughout the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in each of the past four years to date; the number of any such positions remaining...
    • Overseas Missions
      420. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had discussions or communication with EU or UN sources in the matter of further deployment of Irish troops overseas; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      421. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure the retention of existing military installations throughout the country notwithstanding the...
    • Overseas Missions
      422. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which payment from the UN in respect of deployment of Irish troops overseas remains up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      423. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which savings throughout the Defence Forces in line with targets have been achieved in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      424. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the accommodation costs...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare were refused the agri-environment option scheme 3; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that action is taken against a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim for cruelty to animals in the feeding of...
    • Harbour Authority Properties
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the introduction of paid parking in Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28660/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a disadvantaged area scheme appeal that was received on 27 May 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the sale of land (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact portfolio and responsibility arrangements that are to be transferred from him, to the new Minister of State at his...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 28 May 2013 if he will explain the delay in the agri-environment option scheme payment...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 28 May 2013 if he will explain the delay in the agri-environment option scheme payment...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the rural environment protection scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who are actively farming, herd numbers, in Clondalkin, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle, Rathcoole and Brittas, County...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status in relation to the contamination of food with horse meat; if he is satisfied that enough regulations, legislation...
    • Sheep Census
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was given a penalty during an on-farm inspection for failing to return a...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the matter of mitigating effects that arise regarding greenhouse gas emissions due to our...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in granting the 2012 single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline Ireland's preparations in anticipation of its participation in this month's biennial 38th meeting of the Food and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Fish Quotas
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing the white fish sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Common Fisheries Policy Review
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage in any consultation with fishermen or their representative organisations in respect of the review of the Common...
    • Fish Discards
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not had any discussions with the Irish Fishing Industry on the proposed implementation of discards; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail his action following on from Commission Directive 2012/24/EU of 8 October 2012 amending, for the purpose of...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends at the next North South Ministerial Council meeting in Armagh on 10 July 2013 with his counterpart from Northern...
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to amend the single farm payment in order that it may only be awarded in respect of currently productive farms as...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding awarded under the disadvantaged area payments that was returned to the Exchequer in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota Application Numbers
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received and approved, by county, under the scheme for the allocation of milk quota to new entrants in...
    • Potato Sector
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on potato variety development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/13]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a forestry premium in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme 4 appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and when a final decision...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a horse culling scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29335/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the current seven month retention of farm animals for disadvantaged area scheme purposes to at least the former...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions thata he has had to date with the EU Commission as part of the Common Agricultural Policy reform to ensure price...
    • Stocking Densities
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers the output of organic nitrogen per hectare, NPH, on livestock farms as a good indication of productivity and stocking...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met with Iascairí Intíre na hÉireann or if he will give an undertaking to meet Iacairi Intire na hEireann in...
    • Rights of Way
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a contract confirming a right of way will be finalised by Coillte in respect of lands (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of Coillte; and if he supports the decision to sell it off. [29413/13]
    • Common Fisheries Policy Reform
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Common Fisheries Policy; its implications for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department;...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the number of new semi-State organisations under his aegis which have been established since March 2011; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [28796/13]
    • Aftercare Services
      474. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 21 May 2013, if she is now in a position to furnish a reply. [28832/13]
    • Child Poverty
      475. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will make a decision on the application to be included in the Government's Area Based Response to Child Poverty Initiative...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      476. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a recognition in her plans for reform of childcare and pre school care facilities for staff members who may have been...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      477. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by her...
    • Preschool Services
      478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the means by which children with disabilities and special needs may avail of the early childhood care and education scheme; if supports to...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      479. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce regulation for childminders; if they will be included in the Children First legislation; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs following the Health Information and Quality Authorithy Report on Social Work staffing Levels, her plans to address this problem; her views...
    • Child Care Qualifications
      481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied )regarding childcare. [28928/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointments made to State boards under her Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Preschool Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider preschool support in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Detention Centres
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the construction of additional accommodation at the children detention school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin is on...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs where existing community employment participants work in childcare and hold the FETAC Level 5 Major Award in Childcare, if they are deemed...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in her Department; the average uncertified...
    • Departmental Strategies
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of the preparation of the national early years strategy; and if she could provide an indicative time...
    • Preschool Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the latest figures available indicating the uptake of the free preschool year; and the way the quality of services...
    • Child Protection Issues
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she can account for the inadequate provisions made at a meeting (details supplied) which involved a convicted sex offender, for an...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the regulators which are accountable to her Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28958/13]
    • EU Regulations
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he supports the proposal by the British Government to liberalise EU regulations on genetically modified food products. [29029/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      498. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [29042/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive's failure to comply with a Labour Court recommendation regarding home help workers in voluntary...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      500. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the range of multi-disciplinary supports provided at a school (details supplied) in County Cork for each of the years...
    • Hospital Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when an MRI scan will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28634/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate medical cards for persons who have sought a review on refusals as is done for appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/13]
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that services for young adults, 13 in all, from Stewarts Hospital Dublin 20 will cease at the end of the education...
    • Medical Card Applications
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Access
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the long waiting times for occupational therapy in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      509. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of a medical card appeal will be carried out in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the decision not to award a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a forum on long term residential care to bring together all of the relevant stakeholders involved in the provision of such care for older...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin were informed that the Health Service Executive funding for their child's adult...
    • Health Services Issues
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of persons (details supplied) [28769/13]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Minister of State for Primary Care's recent engagements at the EU-CELAC Co-Operation and Co-Ordination Mechanism on Drugs, that took...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      515. 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) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns regarding the provision of ambulance services in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28798/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28799/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Health when payment will issue under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his Department since 9...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the filling of the five sanctioned integrated diabetes nursing posts [28827/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the Health Service Executive are closing St. Joseph's House for the adult deaf and deaf blind; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if the final report on the wider issue of general transport for persons with disabilities has been submitted; if a decision has been reached on a replacement...
    • Care of the Elderly
      524. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the appropriate training and qualifications are being adhered to by private and voluntary organisations who provide services under the Care of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      525. To ask the Minister for Health if any payments have been made by his Department or agencies under his control since 2007 to provide foreign holidays for persons or families; if so, the way...
    • Hospital Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the inferred allocation of increased staffing has been approved for the New Accident and Emergancy Unit at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if talks are taking place between health centres (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for the purpose of forming a primary care centre. [28914/13]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      528. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have the drug pirfenidone made available for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on economic grounds. [28923/13]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      530. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to sanction the employment of public health/community nurses in Carlow/Kilkenny area; the reason sanction has not already given for these positions...
    • Medical Card Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [28937/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and the reason for the delay in dealing...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      533. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding Addison's disease to the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/13]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      534. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that an implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation policy will not now be developed by his Department; the reason for this...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for patients with Huntington's disease; if his attention has been drawn to proposals to develop specialist clinics at Beaumont Hospital,...
    • Hospital Procedures
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding eye cataract surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29007/13]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a person (details provided) in County Cork will be transferred from Cork University Hospital to Ballincollig Community Nursing Home; and if...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on whether his Department has received an application for a National Lottery grant from an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and...
    • Departmental Investigations
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report regarding the investigation into the IFPA which is being chaired (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Abortion Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the number of women he forecasts to seek an abortion under the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill in 2013 and 2014 based...
    • Abortion Statistics
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortion terminations over the past five years in line with the number given by his Department of 30 for 2012 in order that a trend can be seen;...
    • Hospital Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be called for surgery at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Issues
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the tendering and or procurement procedures for the provision of various hospital supplies, goods and or services including equipment,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that are being targeted in cuts to essential incontinence pads and other sanitary appliances in the Health Service Executive Southern Region...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a complaint submitted at University Hospital Galway in mid 2012 by a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of the...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce financial autonomy for persons with an intellectual disability in order that they may select a care setting or service provider of their...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      551. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service Provision
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29161/13]
    • Long-term Residential Care
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a forum on long term residential care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/13]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      554. To ask the Minister for Health his views on one third of all cigarettes that are sold here are illegal; his views on whether removing the labelling from cigarette packs will do anything...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a prosthesis in respect of a person (details supplied); when same will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      556. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the worsening staff shortage crisis in Cork University Hospital [29183/13]
    • Medical Treatment Issues
      558. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who suffers from scoliosis and syringomyelia, if he will confirm the person responsible for taking...
    • Hospital Procedures
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29198/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the Health Service Executive staff offer of a three year career break on up to a maximum of €12,000 per year, the deadline...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [29234/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/13]
    • National Dementia Strategy Implementation
      563. To ask the Minister for Health his policy on the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29236/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the fair deal system is failing a person (details supplied) and their child and carer in the provision of...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been transported to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, using the new helicopter landing site at Our Lady of Mercy College; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average uncertified sick days per...
    • Health Services Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive currently operates a sleep seizure observation facility at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, or at any other hospital here; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be afforded to extending the remit of registered nurse prescribers, who have previously been permitted to prescribe medication for...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the ambulance service performance with respect to the response time KPI for the first three months of 2013 for counties...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the accommodation costs...
    • Departmental Bodies
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form the number of semi-State organisations currently in operation under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies Establishment
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of new semi-State organisations under his aegis which have been established since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Street Lighting
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the minimum technical standard that applies to street lighting. [29155/13]
    • Cycling Facilities
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form on a yearly basis the amount of funding his Department has provided for the Dublin Bikes scheme since...
    • Vehicle Licences
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to defer the renewal of a permit in respect of a person (details supplied). [28772/13]
    • Tourism Policy
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants available from his Department to help businesses looking to set up tourist packages to help persons with disabilities...
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and organisations used by his...
    • Roads Maintenance
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide breakdown of spending per county of the €50 million recently announced for repairs and restoration of regional...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, noting the high level of unemployment for under 25 year olds and the fall in part time work available to those in full time education...
    • State Airports
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the most recent safety consultation at Shannon Airport was conducted; and if military operations were included in its assessments....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been...
    • Roads Maintenance
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a proposed project (details supplied) in County Armagh; if likely sources of funding have been identified towards...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the bike scheme will not be extended to Waterford City, the largest urban area in the South East Region; and if he will make a...
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of parliamentary replies issued by him or Ministers of State from his Department to this Deputy on a yearly basis from 2011 to...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money available in 2013 for allocation through the Sports Athletic Tracks Initiative; the application procedure; the...
    • Rail Network
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reassure taxpayers that a recent attempt by landowners in County Kerry to acquire possession of a disused railway line will be...
    • Roads Maintenance
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated breakdown between labour and materials of the various allocations for road repairs and improvements for 2013. [29233/13]
    • Road Network
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, having regard to the stimulus package and with particular reference to his response to a topical issue debate on 28 May 2013, he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his tourism strategy in promoting County Louth as a tourist destination both nationally and internationally; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Sick Leave
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total number of uncertified sick days taken by employees in his Department; the average...
    • Departmental Bodies
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the regulators which are accountable to his Department; the administrative cost of operating each regulator in 2012; the...

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