Written answers
Thursday, 11 July 2013
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Presidency Expenditure
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis upon which it was decided where to spend the public funding on promoting the Irish Presidency and if moneys were...
- Departmental Advertising Campaigns
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list the national and local newspapers that his Department would have placed articles in on a commercial basis...
- Emigrant Support Services
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be a further round of emigrant support programmes brought on stream later this year. [34000/13]
- Diplomatic Representation Issues
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline, in tabular form, the most recent visit that ambassadors and officials from his Department have taken...
- Foreign Conflicts
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding the current political crisis in Egypt; if the EU is...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rates Application
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the current rate of 9% VAT for the restaurant sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33946/13]
- EU Directives
72. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 28 May 2013, if he will detail the representations received by him and his Department from industry stakeholders...
- Vehicle Registration Issues
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of new motor-homes that have been registered in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will consider reviewing the decision by the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Allied Irish Banks has a valid licence in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1942 and is lawfully entitled to accept deposits. [34076/13]
- Fuel Laundering
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances of fuel laundering detected in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath and Donegal for each of the past five years; the number of these...
- Credit Unions Regulation
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a final report on strengthening the credit union movement has been provided to the Troika and the proposals the report contains; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks subject to the mortgage arrears resolution targets programme have reported on their compliance with the targets set for 30 June 2013, when the...
- Pension Provisions
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the pension deficit at the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/13]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are council tenants, have inherited a house which is not habitable as a family unit and they need to obtain a mortgage and planning permission...
- Tax Collection
80. To ask the Minister for Finance in July 2011, in response to a Parliamentary Question, in which he stated that the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the income...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staffing
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the employment conditions of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33955/13]
- School Transport Eligibility
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport needs of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be examined with a view to granting them a place on the school...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Student Universal Support Ireland will make a final determination on a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Refurbishment
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a refurbishment project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if...
- Schools Building Projects Status
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to school leavers with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland grant has still not been paid to a college in respect of a student (details supplied) in County...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering restructuring the current process of allocating resource teaching posts in favour of a ratio system (details supplied) that...
- Third Level Facilities
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory limitations on what he describes as the statutory autonomy of publicly-funded universities. [34056/13]
- Site Acquisitions
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in tabular form of all school sites purchased by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the price paid for each...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the eligibility of PhD students for grant assistance beyond four years in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- School Accommodation
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the temporary accommodation on the site of a school (details supplied) in County Louth for a proposed autism unit which the National...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the development of a new school (details provided) in County Dublin ; if that school is part of the new build...
- Schools Building Regulations
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department has in improving road safety and parking issues at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the plans in place in...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of further assistance by way of higher education grant available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons behind the payment of a whips allowance to the Socialist Party and the People Before Profit Alliance in view of the fact...
- Public Sector Staff Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a civil servant can be sacked or sent home if they have a mental illness; and the procedures that are in place to safeguard persons...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork to be approved and a contract awarded; and if he will make a...
- State Properties
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State owned properties in the Dublin City Council area that are currently vacant; and if any of these properties are to...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial services regulatory measures he would envisage or hope to see contained within the transatlantic trade and investment...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Numbers
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors that are employed by the National Employment Rights Authority to carry out work place inspections; and if he...
- Department of Social Protection
- Respite Care Grant Administration
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the 19% cut to the respite care grant in 2012, the measures she will take to ensure that there are no more cuts; the reforms that will be...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current average waiting periods for the social welfare appeals office in respect of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Offices
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the continuation of Granard social welfare office, County Longford; if figures are available on the number of persons...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33991/13]
- Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 3 July 2013, if she will provide comparable figures for the past five years; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that carers are adequately protected so that they may continue to provide care rather than placing their loved ones in full-time...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering amending the eligibility criteria for the treatment benefit scheme (details supplied). [34023/13]
- Budget 2014 Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if income supports will be protected for family carers in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34024/13]
- Respite Care Grant Administration
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the cuts to the respite grants or offer an alternative as a redress to compensate for these cuts; and if she will...
- Household Benefits
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the household benefit package will be reviewed to take into consideration the costs involved with running medical devices from homes such as...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the habitual residence clause as a requirement of eligibility for carer's allowance for persons returning here to...
- Pension Provisions
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions being devised to protect long-term and older carers in relation to their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath against the refusal of an invalidity pension claim will be determined and if same...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [34101/13]
- Pension Provisions
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes which failed to submit proposals to meet the required funding standard by 30 June deadline; and if she...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 13 June 2013, wherein it stated that the person had engaged in an apprenticeship whilst claiming...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which two medical officers decided that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was deemed not incapable of work in view of the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review entitlement to deserted wives benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Noxious Weeds
140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the threat posed to native and other species by the plant known as Japanese knotweed, Fallopia...
- Architectural Heritage
141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to reintroduce a grant scheme for the restoration of listed buildings throughout the country; the options that are...
- National Monuments
142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider an application from Longford County Council to share all reasonable acquisition costs regarding the purchase of...
- Irish Language Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding whether written correspondence, as the only form of complaints procedure between an individual and an Irish...
- Architectural Heritage
144. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the proposed demolition of Nos 20 - 22 Vicar Street, County Kilkenny under the Kilkenny central access road scheme,...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals, if any, there are to upgrade broadband connectivity in an area (details supplied) where a number of small...
- Wind Energy Generation
146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will conduct an inquiry into the granting of planning permissions for wind farms in north Wexford in terms if the...
- Offshore Exploration
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he and his Department intend to review the Petroleum and Other Minerals Act 1960; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the cuts in the housing adaptation grant from €79 million in 2011 to €35 million in 2013, the way...
- National Spatial Strategy
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timescale for the development and implementation of a new national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on private consultants in 2012; and the amount expected to be spent in 2013. [33967/13]
- Event Licences
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of event licences that have been issued by local authorities in 2012 for events that were for a duration of...
- Social and Affordable Housing Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to deal with the increased number of applicants for housing; the work of housing organisations and...
- Foreshore Licences Applications
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a foreshore licence application (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Local Authority Staff Numbers
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dog wardens employed by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34052/13]
- Leader Programmes Funding
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that €39 million in Leader funding was handed back this year, the action he is taking to ensure...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 from a local authority (details supplied) in County...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which EU target reductions are being met here in each of the past five years to date; the areas in respect...
- Energy Conservation
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected to conserve energy by way of home or commercial building insulation; the degree to...
- Local Authority Housing Application Numbers
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of families currently registered on local authority housing lists; the extent to which rent support in...
- Housing Management Companies
164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of housing associations nationwide that have benefitted from the capital allowance housing scheme; the...
- Water Services Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and or his Department has identified the full extent of capital investment required to...
- Air Pollution
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which air pollution continues to be monitored on an on-going basis throughout the country; the number of...
- Waste Water Treatment Issues
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total expenditure on waste water treatment approved for County Kildare in each of the past five years to date; the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when consideration will be given to the approval of the group/small sewerage scheme at Kilmacraddock, Maynooth,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which a citizen of the United States of America may attend schools in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Data
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in each institution serving sentences of greater than five years; the number of prisoners in each institution serving...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place to deal with anti-social activity during the hot weather. [33963/13]
- Policing at Concerts
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue that was provided to An Garda Síochána from the RDS, FAI, GAA, IRFU and any other body towards the cost of...
- Garda Training
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have completed the intoxilyzer course in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [34003/13]
- Sentencing Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that have applied for enhanced remission since its introduction; the number of prisoners whose applications have been...
- Prisoner Releases
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have participated in community return schemes from each institution; the number of prisoners from each institution...
- Prison Medical Service
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if standard audit tools to measure health care equivalence in the prison system have been developed; if these tools have been implemented and...
- EU Treaties
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the implications for Ireland as a result of the decision by the British Home Secretary, Rt. Hon. Theresa May, on further...
- Crime Prevention
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that are open to an Garda Síochána in respect of begging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34081/13]
- Immigration Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on plans to progress the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; if this will substantially simplify and streamline the...
- Garda Transport Data
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda vehicles permanently located for normal police duties, excluding any vehicle that may be in the county as part of a...
- Asylum Applications
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons who have been granted leave to remain annually for the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive,...
- Immigration Status
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/entitlement to consideration for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
- Naturalisation Applications
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding progress in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
- Immigration Status
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to examination of residency credentials prior to determination of eligibility for naturalisation in...
- Naturalisation Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the necessary visas for two days visits of musical groups will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Immigration Status
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
195. 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 22; and if he will...
- Immigration Status
196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34149/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/determination of entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Residency Permits
199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when Stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34152/13]
- Immigration Status
200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/eligibility for consideration for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and...
- Asylum Applications
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the eligibility for residency based on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who was renting their land to another person and has not been actively farming for the last 10 to 12 years and who will...
- Aquaculture Licences Applications
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the licensee of the salmon farming site (details supplied) has paid all arrears for this licence up to date and if not, what are...
- Forestry Grants
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the planting of a forestry in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Trade Agreements
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to monitor the agricultural elements of the EU-Canada trade deal that is currently being negotiated; if...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Regulation
210. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding supervision at an establishment (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [33962/13]
- HSE Reports
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the findings of the investigation following the absconsions from Gleann Alainn special care unit in October 2011 will be available; if...
- Child Care Services Funding
212. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a county breakdown of the total funding she and her Department have allocated for the second round of child care capital...
- Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of capital funding provided by her Department in the constituency of Waterford for the years 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and...
- Child Care Services Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a playgroup (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was not granted funding in the recent €2.75 million grants. [33960/13]
- Department of Health
- Health Insurance Regulation
216. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable his Department has had from European Union officials to seek permission for an injection of capital into the VHI; if such an injection of capital...
- Sunbed Usage
217. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/13]
- Speech and Language Therapy
218. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate concerns regarding provision of speech and language services to pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin since the Health...
- Hospital Appointment Status
219. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33949/13]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
220. To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward a transparent framework for negotiations for nursing home care under the fair deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Facilities
221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding future plans for the provision of laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and...
- Medical Card Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33961/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent secure psychiatric unit will be established in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33966/13]
- Community Care Issues
226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in allocation of primary care posts in community care services on a regional basis and within the regions over the past two...
- Hospital Appointment Status
228. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33976/13]
- Medical Card Reviews
229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn on review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin despite there being no change in this person's...
- Medical Card Numbers
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics for the number of medical cards awarded on a discretionary basis where the application exceeded the means test for the years...
- Medical Card Applications
231. To ask the Minister for Health the processes that are in place to allow persons coming up to their seventieth birthday to make their applications for a medical card in advance of their...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons currently working in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list for an appointment to...
- Home Care Packages
233. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to allow for a home care package to be put in place following a recent discharge from hospital in respect of persons...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be given an appointment for a knee replacement at Waterford Regional Hospital. [34012/13]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
235. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned with the disconnect between the Health Information and Quality Authority, the body responsible for the regulation and inspection of nursing...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34022/13]
- Hospital Admissions
237. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the highest rate of hospital admission in the OECD for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
238. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to curb escalating hospital waiting lists in 2013 especially the number of patients waiting over six months for elective procedures;...
- Hospital Procedures
239. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department, the Health Service Executive or the Health Information Quality Authority has plans to monitor, collate and report on a regular basis on the...
- Health Insurance Cover
241. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to information published on a regular basis by the OECD, multi-payer health systems cost more in...
- HSE Properties
242. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for the land at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, between the drug treatment centre and the houses in Whitethorn Estate; if...
- Pharmacy Regulations
243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider removing the part of the Pharmacy Act that prohibits a bankrupt person from registering as a pharmacist; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Staffing
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that any career breaks offered by the Health Service Executive are targeted in areas where there is an excess supply of labour; and if he...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
246. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is given an appointment date with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in full, detail of the process for the awarding of the contract for a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the latest...
- Medical Card Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of refusal of medical card will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Home Services
249. To ask the Minister for Health if a reduction in nursing home charges may be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Reviews
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card may be retained in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34160/13]
- Medical Card Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/13]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driving Licence Issues
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an Irish driving licence is not accepted in Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33948/13]
- Taxi Licence Numbers
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi drivers registered in the Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 17 areas in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [34004/13]
- Public Transport Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the most recent proposals for timetable changes for a Dublin bus route (details supplied), if this proposal...
- Driving Licence Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that between 19 January 2013 and 5 July 2013, 263,936 plastic card drivers licence have been issued by the Road...
- Road Improvement Schemes
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that can be taken to improve road conditions at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Projects Contracts
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the proposed road project in County Kilkenny known as the Kilkenny central access scheme, the contracts, if any, that have...
