Written answers

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which Student Universal Support Ireland has managed to deal with the total number of applications for higher education grants...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil staidéar déanta aige ar na modhanna trína múintear an Ghaeilge, go háirithe i dtaca leis na moltaí...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly that full-time special needs assistants contracts are specified by the National Council for Special Education as...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed report on the cross-Border co-operative activities that are planned for 2014 which will draw on emerging evidence...
    • School Transport Provision
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department is not conducting its own separate investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption in Bus Éireann...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the recommendations of the recent National Council for Special Education research report, Moving to Further and Higher Education;...
    • Industrial Disputes
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the industrial action being taken by secondary school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42510/13]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 342, 343 and 350 of 5 November 2013, if he will confirm that the financial implications regarding the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the deadline dates for appeals to decisions made by the National Council for Special Education during special needs assistants reviews...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have moved from a special needs unit to mainstream education and have sought a special needs assistant but have not...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that ASTI members will continue to be paid the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769 gross, in view...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the decision to change the funding model for apprentices before the review of the Irish apprenticeship training model which he...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the qualification requirements for teachers providing home tuition for children with autism spectrum disorder were recently changed...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any analysis has been undertaken into the cumulative effect of cutbacks in learning supports at primary level for children with special needs,...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is necessary to have a direct line available for Deputies and Senators to contact Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will...
    • Schools Administration
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce legislation to ensure that schools provide to parents a breakdown of the way voluntary contributions are spent; and if he...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that after all the deductions and restitution due under the Haddington Road agreement there will still be a permanent gap...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he considers educational supports for pupils with Down's syndrome to be adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50227/13]
    • School Uniforms
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will ensure that all schools that operate a uniform policy will ballot parents on their preferences; the way he foresees the uniform...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on the collaborative agreement that has been reached by the Marino Institute of Education and the University of Ulster...
    • School Transport Provision
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken a cost benefit analysis of the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann; if he will account for the high cost of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Banking
      129. To ask the Taoiseach the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      130. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date in 2013; the number of vacancies...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      131. To ask the Taoiseach the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the State in...
    • State Honours System
      132. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a national awards scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50229/13]
    • Seanad Reform
      133. To ask the Taoiseach the actions being taken to reform Seanad Éireann as a forum for real debate on European issues and legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50273/13]
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the high-level conference on youth unemployment hosted by French President François Hollande in Paris on 12 November last;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Banking
      135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, the language courses available to the staff of his Department; the number of staff...
    • Human Rights Issues
      138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's position in relation to the EU's Eastern Partnership summit; his views on whether there will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding received by each organisation supported under the emigrant support programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following on from the Government's decision to close the Irish embassy to the Holy See, his plans to close other embassies...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the recruitment of junior diplomats to his Department, the criteria that were applied in the selection of the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the €9.023 million given by Irish Aid in 2012 to Mozambique under the heading...
    • Excise Duties Issues
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No.118 of 22 October 2013 if he will provide an up to date progress report; and if he...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the collusion issue north of the border where one third of the 120 killings occurred in...
  • Department of Finance
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by the Taoiseach to Dáil Éireann in relation to the upcoming exit of Ireland from the EU-IMF assistance programme on 14...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 must pay the property tax on a property they sold in April 2013 in order to get a tax clearance...
    • Departmental Banking
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card;...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgages previously held with Irish Nationwide, now with Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. will be refinanced by the borrowers; if the liquidator is in a...
    • Tax Collection
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of fees and expenses the Revenue sheriff is entitled to charge in the execution of his duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50188/13]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the right of first refusal was not offered to the 4,000 Irish Bank Resolution Corporation performing mortgages at or above the valuation level; the...
    • IBRC Loans
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if the independent valuation has been completed in respect of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan books; if not, when same will be completed; if so,...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons that the liability date for local property tax is in November of the preceding year; if there is a procedure for dealing with the anomaly created...
    • Credit Unions Restructuring
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of transferring the accounts and systems from Newbridge Credit Union to PTSB; if this figure is in the region of...
    • Budget Measures
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 5 November 2013, if he will provide the forecasting data referred to, regarding the modelling of household...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was unable to register to pay their local property tax online due to actions outstanding for 2013, even...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State backed banks that have indicated that they will pass on the ECB's recent interest rate reduction. [50262/13]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of accounts and the types of accounts not covered by the deposit guarantee scheme; and the steps that have been taken to notify these account...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by his Department to curb the excesses of the banks in dealing with distressed homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Rebates
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest date for reclaiming VAT paid by a registered contractor; the reason for a time limit for submitting a claim; if there are any exceptions made in...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any immediate plans to break free from the illegitimate Anglo Irish Bank debt as it is not our debt. [50338/13]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure in regard to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages that any purchaser only changes mortgage interest rates in line with changes in the...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will press for the ECB rate reduction to be passed on to struggling homeowners and in particular families on variable rate mortgages. [50398/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a house has to be habitable to make it liable for local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50411/13]
    • Credit Review Office Remit
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance when the remit of the Credit Review Office will be extended to include Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50444/13]
    • Strategic Investment Bank Establishment
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the State acquiring the banking operations of ACC as a means of giving effect to the Programme for Government commitment to...
    • Tax Collection
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the outstanding issues that still have to be sorted between persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50451/13]
    • Carbon Tax Collection
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the second phase of the carbon tax which is due for implementation in May 2014; if he will consider deferring the further increase in...
    • Tax Collection
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension income of a person now deceased (details supplied) in County Meath was correctly treated from a tax point of view; the reason they incurred a...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on defined contribution pensions, originally introduced to fund job creation measures, will not become a funding stream to...
    • State Bodies Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding alleged text messages from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Economic Policy
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will produce the medium-term economic plan; the length of time the plan will span; the person he is consulting in the drawing up of the...
    • Credit Unions Liabilities
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Garda credit union is fully capitalised. [50604/13]
    • Tax Credits
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance futher to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 23 October 2013, if he will clarify of the 76,800 persons who are in receipt of one-parent family tax credit, the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012,...
    • Property Ownership
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if a person may transfer their house into another person's name in order that they may sell the house on their behalf; if he will also...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may avail of mortgage interest relief on the part of their overall mortgage; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts by company, by number and by financial value, awarded in 2010, 2011 and 2012 by the National Asset Management Agency to...
    • Tax Credits
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 12 November 2013, the steps that the Revenue Commissioners took to confirm that the person in question was...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned date on which Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance it has...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a person's local property tax liability details to be reviewed as it appears there are duplicate entries for the same person on the...
    • Property Taxation Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases the Revenue Commissioners have identified of single properties being registered as multiple properties because the house address may be...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if works (details supplied) will be considered under the home renovation incentive scheme. [50800/13]
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs that were abolished in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the savings to the Exchequer on each of the tax reliefs that were...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices who are within six to12 months of completing their apprenticeship but have been made redundant; the number of...
    • Third Level Fees
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding apprentices being charged college fees for block release; and if he will make a...
    • Momentum Programme Issues
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of each funding approval provided under the Momentum programme for courses (details supplied); if there was a public...
    • FÁS Training Programmes Eligibility
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is currently on a reserve waiting list for Naas Technology Project FÁS course; and if he...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it his intention to force pay cuts and other unilateral measures as contained within the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad atá ar intinn ag an Roinn a dhéanamh lena chinntiú go bhfaighfidh scoileanna Gaeltachta a ndóthain tacaíochta agus...
    • School Patronage
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector as outlined in the programme for Government. [44102/13]
    • Education and Training Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the failure of the Skillnets programme to meet its targets in terms of providing training to recipients of jobseeker payments;...
    • Departmental Banking
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he proposes to take to ensure that gym facilities are available to students attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in respect of his Department's efforts to secure a location for a premises of a school (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding cuts of 90% to education for the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50181/13]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork and replacement of three prefabricated classrooms therein; and if he will make...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to continue their education; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time before a teacher without practical experience will be de-registered from the Teaching Council. [50260/13]
    • Departmental Properties
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has prefabs in his possession as a result of the school building programme. [50313/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of production and distribution of the booklet sent to parents regarding school uniforms. [50315/13]
    • School Uniforms
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary schools with uniforms can discriminate against female students and force them to wear skirts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training Places
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places reserved on education, training and back to work initiatives for under 26s under the responsibility of his Department...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (1 comment)
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while his Department recognises the working week for special needs assistants as comprising of...
    • Departmental Policies
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the school building programme, landscaping and planting of trees is being considered as an important part of this process; if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise feeder area for a school (details supplied); if he will include maps and/or list of estates included in the feeder area; if the...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of employing a special needs assistant. [50377/13]
    • School Accommodation
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to replace the prefab classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Galway with permanent accommodation; and if he...
    • Education and Training Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget associated with the allocation of 2,000 places on Momentum for young persons under 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools in the country that were closed to facilitate polling for the Seanad referendum on the 4 October 2013; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a permanent extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [50474/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the delay in processing a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of applications for Student Universal Support Ireland grants; the number that have been...
    • SOLAS Training Allowances
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the FÁS training allowance been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the legislation that underpins...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of an appeal for higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if dyscalculia is accepted by his Department as a disability which qualifies school children for learning supports such as resource teaching or...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is granted the full rate of the Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a qualification criterion for teachers working with pupils with special educational needs. [50600/13]
    • Site Acquisitions
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the progress that has been achieved towards the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an Irish teaching allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Fees
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the report currently being compiled on practices being operated by individual higher education institutions in...
    • School Health and Safety Issues
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that schools complete structured maintenance and risk management plans and his Department implements regular inspections to...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools who suffered from flood damage during each of the past three years. [50692/13]
    • Weight of Schoolbags
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals or current recommendations in place on the way the weight of children's schoolbags can be reduced; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Assistance Fund Issues
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the hardship fund was adequate to meet the needs of students in each university over the past two years to date; and if he...
    • Third Level Fees
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the cost of a SOLAS course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50734/13]
    • State Examinations Issues
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable to provide scribes and readers for students who need them for State exams at junior and leaving certificate...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two, three and four teacher schools that have embarked on the amalgamation process since the implementation of Budget 2012 teacher...
    • School Staffing
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he would provide in tabular form the schools in County Kerry that have lost a teacher due to the implementation of budget 2012 teacher...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the twelve directors of the National Council for Special Education receive any payment, allowance or other form of benefit in kind as part of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a delay in processing the application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs places available at primary and second level schools throughout the country; the extent to which this is...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it has been found possible to maintain reasonable class sizes notwithstanding economic constraints; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of permanent school buildings improved or replaced by his Department in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of temporary or pre-fabricated school buildings already replaced by his Department in each of the past three years to date; the...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all applications for higher education grants submitted to date have been approved, rejected or are awaiting further...
    • Skills Shortages
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department has entered into dialogue with a view to ensuring that the requirements of modern industry are being...
    • Skills Development
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which educational up-skilling is facilitated throughout the educational system with particular reference to the need to meet the...
    • Education Policy
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students recorded as having dropped out at second and third level on an annual basis over the past four years to date; the...
    • School Evaluations
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to have dialogue with the authorities of smaller rural or urban schools of any particular religious ethos with...
    • School Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the grant aid given to the Artane School of Music to help it achieve its strategic plan 2013-16; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Sligo has been refused further special needs assistant support despite the increase of three...
    • Irish Language Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the findings of the Chief Inspector's Report 2010-2012; the steps he intends to take arising from the findings with...
    • Sick Leave Entitlements
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sick leave entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the entire summer and Easter holidays will count towards the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on allegations of tax avoidance by a company (details supplied) which has been awarded the joint operation of the national...
    • EU Funding
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way macroeconomic conditionality will be applied to Irish drawdown of EU funds; what the recent agreement at EU level means for...
    • Public Sector Staff Grades
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the Civil Service, broken down by grade, in each year 1989 to date in 2013; the number of persons...
    • Departmental Banking
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by...
    • Semi-State Bodies Dividends
      281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 12 November 2013, in respect of the NewERA strategy, if he has devised a strategy for the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider assisting with flood relief at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue to a community (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the handing over of a disused Garda station to a...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stage of the flood risk management of the River Deel in Crossmolina; when he expects the consultant's report investigating the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Mergers
      285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the possible merger of Coillte and Bord na Móna will be completed and when it will be presented to Government;...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by the Department of Finance in...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department has at any stage since 9 March 2011 received a request for approval from the Department of Health for any salary...
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following on the recent conclusion of the multi-annual financial framework in the European Parliament, the level of funding that will be...
    • National Monuments
      302. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that will be provided in 2014 in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Banking
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the various different types of funding available for start-up business and specifically targeted funding for new enterprises; and if...
    • Companies Law Issues
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has plans, through the Companies Bill 2013, to ensure the mandatory disclosure of the beneficial ownership of each incorporated...
    • Job Creation Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created per month over the past 24 months broken down per sector and per county; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Action Plan for Jobs (1 comment)
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to help persons with a disability in the 2013 Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Job Creation
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the negative effect high commercial rates has on job creation in small business. [50446/13]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will examine an entrepreneur local scheme to assist the setting up of small business. [50449/13]
    • Industrial Development
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 28 February 2013, if he will provide an update on whether the Industrial Development...
    • Job Creation
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the change to maternity leave, sick pay, and return to higher rate of PRSI for minimum wage workers will inhibit...
    • Industrial Development
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there is any additional scope to give Connect Ireland a broader mandate to compete with the Industrial...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests his Department received from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in 2012 requesting permission to appoint...
    • Departmental Policy Reviews
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress of the preparation of the policy statement on entrepreneurship; the number of submissions received...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Pension Provisions
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Longford to withdraw from their private pension in view of a change in their...
    • Unemployment Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons classified as unemployed in Counties Longford and Westmeath in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if she will make a...
    • Education and Training Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the 20,000 additional places, referred to by her in media statements, available and reserved for young unemployed...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings in the recent OECD economic survey of Ireland which found that a comprehensive national strategy to tackle the very high...
    • Education and Training Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons on a one parent family payment are excluded from participating in Momentum training courses administered by FÁS; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an employer PRSI waiver scheme would attract more jobs. [50450/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently engaged in teaching internships through JobBridge; the number who have completed teaching internships through...
    • Departmental Banking
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the value of services provided to the public by her Department and entities reporting to her Department where a payment is accepted by debit or...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that an appeal is processed in respect of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); when it is likely a decision will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their social welfare appeal; and if she will expedite same. [50192/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance was stopped in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it will be reinstated as soon as...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseekers allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on a carer's allowance appeal. [50248/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Youth Guarantee
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the implementation of the youth guarantee is to be evaluated here; the person who will evaluate the guarantee; the framework that will be...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons not in employment, education or training here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50252/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that an appeal has been received by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on behalf of a person (details supplied); when a decision...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on domiciliary allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Contribution Refunds
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have made a re-claim in respect of being incorrectly charged the health levy in 2009 and 2010; the number of claims which...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of exceptions that may be made for the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person currently on jobseeker's allowance, and who meets all the qualifying criteria for a place on the community employment scheme, commences...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for less than six months; for more than six months and less...
    • Local Employment Service Issues
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the 22 local employment services funded by her Department; the location of each; the funding provided to each in...
    • Departmental Funding
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the budget allocated in 2014 to implement the Your First EURES Job scheme announced on 14 October 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employment services officers/advisers currently employed by her Department to assist jobseekers; her plans to increase the number of...
    • Employment Support Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years who have undertaken the Intreo registration and profile questionnaire process since the introduction of...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the European Commission Memo 13/984 of 12 November 2013 which indicates that Ireland has been given a provisional allocation of €63.66...
    • Youth Guarantee
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the management and governance of the youth guarantee here; if she will give a commitment that the initiative will be overseen by a high level group...
    • General Register Office
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the General Register Office retains records of the number of persons attending its research facility; if the GRO compiles statistics on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if an appeal is necessary;...
    • Youth Services Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of places reserved on education, training and back to work initiatives for under 26s under the responsibility of her Department in...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision to withdraw the telephone rental allowance where the household involved is renting specialised telephone...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the recent refusal of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum amount of rent support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will reconsider the requirements contained in the new form issued by her Department to allow those who are unemployed on certain...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for half-rate carer's allowance will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Unemployment Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the breakdown of the percentage of young persons under 25 in the low, medium and high PEX probability of exit category since the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria and circumstances her Department uses to determine if a jobseeker should be subject to a sanction in the form of a reduced welfare...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reduced payment which applies to young persons under 25 in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit who have been subject to...
    • Consultancy Contracts Issues
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to outsource tasks such as jobseeker case management, employment engagement, job activation, job matching and placement to external...
    • Back to Education Allowance Numbers
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of young persons under 25 who are currently in receipt of the back-to-education allowance; and if she will...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the 14 projects funded under the disability activation project including the participants on each scheme; and if she...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the one parent family payment; the number in receipt of the one parent family payment who are under 25...
    • Departmental Websites
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of registered users of her Department's Career Directions website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50428/13]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the age criteria for community employment schemes to allow persons between 18 and 35 years to participate in them....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay;...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50475/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the total number of persons in financial difficulty who have benefited from the Mortgage Arrears Information and...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the total number of persons in financial difficulty who have benefitted from the Mortgage Arrears Information...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for decisions on carer's allowance applications in the first instance; and the current waiting times for decisions to be...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 14 November 2013, if the fact that full-time care is being provided was taken into account in respect of...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of a review regarding eligibility for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal lodged in April 2013 in respect of their illness benefit...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issue of grants and/or allowances available for parents of twins, triplets, quadruplets and so on; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person working one hour per day for each of seven days per week will qualify for any jobseeker's allowance for that seven day period; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure rent supplement addresses the needs of those who share custody of their children with a partner on a 50 50 basis; and if she...
    • Pension Provisions
      410. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to include pensions in the Constitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50733/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the date for an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans in terms of legislative reform to allow workers access to the State insolvency fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50561/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the entitlement to rent supplement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50784/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the up to date position on a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for the conclusion of appeals against the refusal of disability allowance. [50806/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify accommodation in Ashbourne or Ratoath, County Meath available to rent suitable for a couple/one parent family with three...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      421. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any specific targets were set at the Youth Unemployment Conference in Paris; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50119/13]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Irish Language Issues
      426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to submitting a request to the European Union not to renew the derogation which exempts the majority...
    • Departmental Banking
      427. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the ownership of Nure bog, County Westmeath has transferred from individual ownership to State ownership; the position regarding...
    • Arts Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department will support financially and in other ways the strategic plan for the Artane School of Music 2013-16; and if he...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in terms of the provision of a subsidised cargo ferry service for Oileáin Árann, County Galway, if the present operators...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if incentives are being considered for the use and optimisation of vehicles for the use of bio-methane biofuels, in view...
    • Departmental Banking
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to deliver access to fibre based broadband for small and medium enterprises in Counties Longford and Westmeath;...
    • Electricity Generation
      436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the assistance available to develop or upgrade micro hydro electric schemes; his plans to develop such assistance; and if...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will withdraw the national broadband scheme contract from a service provider in County Kerry in view of the totally...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of State aid granted to community radio and television stations for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013;...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislative plans he has to deal with the issue of sponsorship by commercial entities of current affairs programmes...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      441. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Ireland meeting its EU targets on renewable energy production, which is that 40% of Ireland's...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      445. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any study has taken place to show the amount of reduction in the fossil fuel import bill that has taken place from...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of the mapping project to ascertain broadband provision across the country; if he will...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      447. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the level of uptake in the purchasing of electric vehicles, in particular cars, over the past three...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Irish Water Appointments
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the public service embargo will apply to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline Ireland's position in the negotiations being conducted at the Warsaw climate change conference; if he...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader Development Company (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise as to the Dublin City Council budget for the housing adaptations grant with effect form January 2014; if...
    • Departmental Banking
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding his Department's request for repayment of a grant received by a company (details supplied) under...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a tender report for a wastewater scheme extension will progress (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of unfinished housing estates around the country that are to be demolished in 2014 and 2015;...
    • Local Government Reform
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultations that have taken place with Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council in relation to the...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the commercial rates for small and medium enterprises, particularly small retail outlets...
    • Local Government Reform
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed cost savings of €440 million through the implementation of the Local Government Bill 2013; where the...
    • Fire Safety Issues
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if current legislation permits a business premises to continue to operate, pending obtaining a fire safety certificate or...
    • Planning Issues
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any planning permission applications which were flagged by fire officers as not...
    • Waste Disposal
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind allowing local authorities to charge for the disposal of fats, oils and greases; if he will acknowledge...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on an issue in relation to the non-principal private residence of a person (details supplied). [50270/13]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the time for the new motor tax regime to accommodate the huge volume of persons seeking to use the...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any correspondence to local authorities to encourage them not to increase their water charges or...
    • Planning Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding establishing the independent planning regulator's office; if he will indicate who the inspector...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person who has fully paid motor tax on the vehicle that they currently drive and having purchased a new...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money to be reallocated for Leader projects; the way it will be allocated; and when will it be announced....
    • Rural Water Programme
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider changing the criteria regarding the minimum contribution requested from households to enable rural...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department has allocated to Cork County Council for water supply network projects for west Cork including...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that houses (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be transferred from the National Asset...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the funding that was made available by his Department for the Bandon main drainage scheme; the date...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be allocated to a group sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Water Programme
      476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list all the applications his Department has received from Kildare County Council for small sewage-waste water...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way national lottery funds are allocated to good causes; and if he will provide in tabular form the good cause and the...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the development plans for the main town centre in Ballymun, Dublin. [50641/13]
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funds that will be made available to the social regeneration fund after Ballymun Regeneration Limited is wound down....
    • Local Authority Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to direct all local authorities to implement the business and retail incentive scheme to ensure that retailers...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to assist in the regeneration of Buttercup housing estate in Darndale, Dublin 17; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department investigates the salary scales in housing bodies and charities before awarding them public funds; and if...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of Leader projects currently awaiting approval by his Department for awards in excess of €150,000; if he...
    • Departmental Functions
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contingency plans his Department has to continue to deliver essential services in the event of a local authority...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the issues Clare County Council was asked to address by letter of October 2012, informing the council that...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to organisations or agencies to deal with homelessness over the past five years;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the entitlement to social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an application from Galway County Council concerning the request for capital assistant to meet the cost...
    • Fire Service Issues
      493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is his intention to provide a new round of funding for the procurement of fire service equipment, including...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Penalty Points System
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county of the number of penalty points issued to persons as a result of detection by the speed...
    • Departmental Banking
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or...
    • State Bodies Establishment
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in appointing a Criminal Injuries Appeals Board; the person he proposes to appoint to the board; the amount of...
    • Garda Deployment
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that were transferred by division to new divisions in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; the extent to which...
    • Asylum Support Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision for more than one year, for more than two years, for more than three years, for more than four years,...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda vetting clearance will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Equipment
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons whose information is on PULSE are given a criminal intelligence number. [50360/13]
    • Coroners Service
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a revised version of the Coroner's Bill 2007 will be presented to Dáil Éireann. [50362/13]
    • Residency Permits
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/13]
    • Garda Juvenile Liaison Service
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50532/13]
    • Firearms Licences
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the approval for use of silencers on rifles; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies Data
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees...
    • Courts Staff
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court messengers appointed in the counties of Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kildare; the names and dates of their appointments and the...
    • Visa Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person who is a Turkish national who is currently resident here and who wishes to commence a visa application...
    • Garda Equipment
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money spent per annum on rental costs for electronic and other speeding signs and information...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the background to the inclusion of sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Crime Prevention
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of burglaries in Kilbarrack, Dublin 5; the discussions he has had with Garda authorities...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid each year in legal aid for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50757/13]
    • Prisoner Releases
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners on release that were recalled to prison during the period 2001-10 due to breach of conditions; the total...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Swords District Court fully wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50823/13]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Banking
      515. To ask the Minister for Defence the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card;...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      516. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the ambulance service in the Curragh Camp was called to work outside the camp in the past three years; and if a yearly breakdown could be...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Banking
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 October 2013 if farm payments will be approved and paid in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Welfare
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has included the docking of dog tails and clipping of dew claws in pups of up to four days old in regulations being...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for incentives for small business start-ups or expansions to take place on Department-owned facilities within each of the...
    • Commonage Division
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an inspection of commonage land took place at Derrygoolin, Woodford, County Galway...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Kerry that have been hit with penalties of 3% and upwards in respect of their single farm payments...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas based scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Control of Horses
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money spent in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in reimbursing local authorities for the removal of horses; the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of area aid on arable land who are paid less than €150/ha on this land, between...
    • Sheep Fencing-Mobile Equipment Scheme Applications
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the level of bureaucracy associated with the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme is necessary in order to...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of herd owners in receipt of payments under the agri-environment options scheme in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the issuing of the single farm payment and area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for area aid payments in Counties Longford and Westmeath who to date have not received payments; and if he...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a REPS payment in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme and the options open...
    • Poultry Industry
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered turkey producers here. [50459/13]
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made on the amnesty for unregistered horses. [50461/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not received their single farm payments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an officer of his Department in County Galway could recommend 90% forest eligibility on land at Kilbeg (details supplied)...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Company Closures
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which he first learned of issues in relation to TLT International; if there were any levies not paid by TLT International...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in payment; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment for an over-claim will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if national guidelines are planned for the traceability of meat supplied to the beef, sheep and pig processing plants to resolve the...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans establish a working group to promote the production of feed compounds to reduce the ever-increasing imported feed bill....
    • Farm Waste Management
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has taken any action to promote the use of biogas from agricultural waste; and if he has promoted the use of biomethane fuel in...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a request from a deputation on the downgrade of his offices in Roscommon town; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be paid their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has held provisional discussions with his Department and with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Banking
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of services provided to the public by her Department and entities reporting to her Department where a payment is accepted by...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has instructed the Adoption Authority of Ireland to carry out an extensive audit of all of its files and all accredited bodies as...
    • Children in Care
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions her Department will be taking after the recent report released by the national review panel concerning children who have died...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the mechanism with which she intends to roll out the mentoring programme for preschool years as announced in budget 2014; the...
    • Early Child Care Education Standards
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes she proposes to make to the child care or preschool regulations; and the timeframe in which these changes will be implemented....
    • Preschool Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the new fee structure for registration of preschool services; if this new fee will replace the existing fee; the...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on the lottery grant fund application in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Meath. [50403/13]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date regarding inter-country adoption; the progress that the Adoption Authority of Ireland has made in establishing...
    • Departmental Contracts
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procurement policy her Department undertook in awarding the €900,000 training fund contract; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if child care inspectorates are fully staffed; and the way recruitment operates. [50851/13]
    • Child Detention Centres
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and location of all child detention places; the average monthly occupancy rates in each case; the number of occasion over the...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if an applicant for the over-70s medical card who is a PAYE employee is permitted a reduction in the means test for travel-to-work costs incurred by that...
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      576. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to allegations of abuse while a patient was in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and the action he will take regarding...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the major epidemic of opiate drugs being taken in midland towns, namely Athy, County Kildare; and his plans to open a new...
    • Departmental Banking
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card;...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Louth for physical, occupational and speech therapy for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposed primary care centre for Coolock/Darndale; the proposed details of the project, location, and budget; when it will be...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for higher costs here, even for Irish manufactured drugs, compared to other countries [50177/13]
    • Maternity Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the large variance between emergency caesarean rates on Mondays and Wednesdays, compared to Saturdays as reflected in an...
    • Health Services Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding moneys paid to general practitioner, GP, practices in the midlands and the south on the programme known as Heartwatch for 2011, 2012 and...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      584. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officers of individual hospitals or areas of the health service are responsible for their performance regarding budgeting and so on; and...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an orthodontic appointment in County Donegal in tabular form for 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, over 12...
    • Medical Card Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretional medical cards removed from persons on a county basis in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment will be arranged with an ear specialist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • State Bodies Funding
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if the reported €150million Exchequer investment in VHI will be found from the 2013 health budget or will have to added to the 2014 budget; and if he...
    • State Bodies Accounts
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2012 VHI annual report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50234/13]
    • Organ Donation
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the organ donation policy in respect of gay men; if this policy differs from other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/13]
    • Coroners Service
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider conducting and independent inquiry into a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their operation for a hip replacement at MRH Tullamore postponed on three separate occasions;...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ennis was not selected as a location for a primary health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a knee replacement operation will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [50271/13]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a forum on long-term residential care bringing all of the relevant stake holders involved in the provision of such care for...
    • Medical Card Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [50311/13]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      600. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish the first progress report on the audit of 46 agencies including hospitals and organisations granting...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      601. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to his correspondence of 10 October 2013, if there has been any progress on the matter of a speech and language therapist for provision of...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of general practitioners, GMS and non-GMS, currently working here; the number of GPs who qualified from the training schemes in the past five...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      603. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress of the working group headed by Professor Brian MacCraith, President of DCU to look at general practitioner recruitment issues; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the 217 general practitioners who have taken up GMS lists since the opening of the scheme, the number already working as assistants in a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      605. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be given an appointment for an arthroscopy procedure following a consultation...
    • Hospital Transfers
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer for surgery/scan from Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a...
    • Health Services Provision
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if and when psychological assessment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the €18 million intervention fund announced last May to tackle waiting lists; if any of the €18 million has been...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      614. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 1 October 2013 the reason medical students on placement in the hospitals for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 were...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider asking the National Procurement Office to take responsibility for purchases of drugs and medicine on the State's behalf; and if he will...
    • Health Strategies
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if the national dementia strategy will be published in 2013; if an allocation of funding has been made for the 2014 Estimate in order to allow implementation...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      617. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the heads of the public health (alcohol) Bill prior to publication of the legislation; when he plans to do so; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      619. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a seven months waiting time is appropriate for an urgent pelvic ultrasound for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • HSE Staff Issues
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the payment of the injury at work grant; if it is now the case that paramedic staff must exhaust sick leave before receiving...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider ensuring that all children born with Down syndrome are automatically entitled to medical cards from birth; and if he will make a statement...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if another visit from the home help organiser will be arranged with a view to increasing home help in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Card Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be examined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if an account of the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Procedures
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason for delayed scheduling of surgery at Crumlin Hospital for patients suffering from scoliosis is due to lack of funding; if additional funding...
    • Vaccination Programme
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take responsibility for children who are suffering from narcolepsy following receiving the flu injection; if he will put supports in place to help...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      628. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50540/13]
    • HSE Transport Service
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind cutting the Health Service Executive transport service for patients attending appointments in other hospitals; the amount in savings his...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home fees are taken into consideration when assessing medical card applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/13]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund will publish its national waiting list data for September 2013; the reason it remained unpublished as of 20 November...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by patients in Tallaght hospital who are waiting for an appointment with an...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50590/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason up to 100 operations and-or appointments were cancelled in the eye clinic in Waterford Regional Hospital in the last few weeks; the reason for the...
    • HSE Transport Service
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by the Health Service Executive for allocating private transport contracts, including patient transport contracts, in the Roscommon area;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has had their essential life-saving operation postponed at very short notice; and if he will confirm when...
    • Medical Card Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the general practitioner visit card review or issue a temporary GP visit card to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [50639/13]
    • HSE Expenditure
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the petrol and diesel costs incurred by Health Service Executive staff in the Dublin mid-Leinster region...
    • Legislative Process
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulations under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50647/13]
    • General Practitioner Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the reason charges continue to be placed on medical card holders for the taking of blood samples by general practitioners; if he will detail the actions taken...
    • No-fault Compensation Scheme
      641. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 26 September 2013 when he expects a decision will be made on the establishment of a no-fault compensation scheme;...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Health when universal health care insurance will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50694/13]
    • Cochlear Implants
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cochlear implants, following the unanimous endorsement of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children to support the case for...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      644. To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent concerns regarding top-up payments, his views on whether it is appropriate that Health Service Executive employees working in, but not...
    • Medical Card Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if 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. [50720/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a hearing aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50722/13]
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if the principal use of the playing fields in Beaumont Woods, Dublin 9, will remain for playing sports following confirmation that the playing fields will be...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the profit generated by the income from the Beaumont Hospital car parks in the past five years; where this profit has been spent in the past five years; and if...
    • Homeless Accommodation Funding
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department and the Health Service Executive to organisations or agencies to deal with homelessness over the past five years; and if...
    • Medical Card Applications
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will not have their application for a medical card considered in view of the fact that they have already...
    • Suicide Incidence
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the suicide statistics and the rate per 100,000 of population for the years 2009 to 2012, inclusive. [50763/13]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he has at any stage since 9 March 2011 sought approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or the Department of Finance for any salary or...
    • Vaccination Programme
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of support currently being offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      662. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a second catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/13]
    • EU Funding
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the projects or programmes within his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • National Clinical Programme for Diabetes
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the national diabetes integrated care package, with particular reference to the implementation of the plan on a...
    • Patient Referrals
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which medical consultants require patients to provide a general practitioner referral letter in the public health system and in private practice;...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for the approval of consultant posts in the public health system; the basis on which decisions are made in respect of geographical locations and...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure involved for medical consultants to establish a private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50865/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding was allocated in budget 2014 for a bridge project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Banking
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by...
    • Road Safety
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding the use of satellite navigation; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rubber pads could be inserted alongside the railway tracks at Minish, Killarney, similar to the practice in Dublin, in order to reduce...
    • Road Safety Authority Funding
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the surplus funds the Road Safety Authority has to hand; its need for this funding; the plans in respect of the funding; and if he will...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will conduct a noise pollution test on a house (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to promote the tourism potential of Counties Longford and Westmeath, particularly its rivers, lakes and canals as a tourist...
    • Taxi Regulations
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for acquiring a taxi licence for Dublin Airport; the specific criteria that apply; the number of such licences that have been...
    • Road Safety
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking regarding bridge strikes to ensure that disruption caused by these incidents is kept to a minimum; and if he...
    • Sporting Events
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise concerns raised by Amnesty International regarding exploitation of workers in Qatar in the run up to the 2022 World Cup...
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority and the Road Safety Authority to immediately investigate and complete the footbridge in...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the Dublin Airport Authority on the issue of aircraft noise and its effects on residents in the hinterland of the...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce testing for tractors; if it will be on an annual or biannual basis; if he will make clear if this is as a result...
    • Airport Development Projects
      684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is represented on the group doing a strategic study on the future of Knock Airport; the progress made to date with this...
    • Rail Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a reduction in the number of carriages on trains throughout Ireland; and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time service bus drivers in Bus Éireann. [50620/13]
    • Rural Transport Programme Issues
      696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the change in boundaries in the rural transport programme, the area or group that now has or will have responsibility for...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to open applications for the next round of the sports capital grant programme; and if there is a deadline in place for...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of the buses in the Bus Éireann fleet that are currently wheelchair accessible; when he expects the fleet...
    • Road Tolls
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his opinion on the HGV Road User Levy Act introduced in the United Kingdom; if it is within the spirit of EU law; if he has raised the...

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