Written answers

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Traveller Culture
      74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the recognition of Traveller ethnicity has been repeatedly called for by the UN in order for Ireland to comply with its...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is now time to ensure the Law Society of Ireland is mandated to improve its procedures to deal with complaints against...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
      76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has sufficient powers to investigate Garda malpractice, in view of...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers
      77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received under the Personal Insolvency Act in 2013. [52639/13]
    • Prison Education Service
      78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the operation of the prison education service and its levels of funding; and his plans to increase that funding. [52641/13]
    • Garda Reports
      79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the separate investigation recommended at page 50 of the Garda professional services unit report regarding the widespread non-use...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports
      80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the official response, action and protocol by the Garda Commissioner in respect of the section 80(5) report of the Garda...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to implement all recommendations contained within the Magdalene Commission report as prepared by Mr. Justice Quirke in May 2012 on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on reducing waiting times and achieving efficiencies in the citizenship application process since 2011; and the impact this has had...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 13 November 2013, if he will amend legislative provisions in respect of the Garda Síochána...
    • Crime Investigation
      85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ombudsman for Children Investigations
      86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will provide the Ombudsman for Children with powers under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act, as amended, to allow her to...
    • Data Protection
      87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.162 of 21 November 2013, the reasons that exist under the Data Protection Acts for the non-return of seized...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of personal insolvency practitioners appointed to date; the number of applications received...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date he last met with Northern Ireland Minister David Ford; and if he raised with him the question of lateral entry or transfer between An...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps open to a family whose mortgage debt on their primary residence accounts for over 50% of their secure debts to avail of the measures...
    • Location of Victims' Remains
      91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or members of the Northern Executive in relation to the work of the...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 from...
    • Money Laundering
      93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which criminal gangland activity such as illegal drug trafficking relies on money laundering to continue in business; the ongoing...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that can be taken by either his office or the Law Society to deal with a practising solicitor who suppresses information in his or her...
    • Proposed Legislation
      95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on any proposed legislation on the issue of the presumption of paternity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of a new divisional headquarters for An Garda Síochána in Galway; when construction is...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in the Legal Services Bill 2011 that are likely to lead to the greatest cost savings to the consumer; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bail Provisions
      100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to be in a position to introduce the necessary legislation to discourage recidivism, with particular reference to the...
    • Judicial Working Group
      101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he has held with the recently established judicial group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52662/13]
    • Sentencing Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is planning to publish legislation establishing a sentencing council and new sentencing guidelines for the Judiciary. [52638/13]
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding forthcoming legislation which is part of the redress scheme for Magdalen women; the consideration that will be given in...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Reports
      104. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's annual report for 2012 has been published yet. [52553/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over the past five years....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Treaties
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is technically possible for section 48 of the Treaty on European Union to be amended so as to allow a part of an...
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent developments in the Common Foreign Security and Defence Policy in the areas of civilian crisis management and...
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
      108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is preparing a national implementation plan on the Ruggie framework of UN guiding principles which includes as one...
    • Diplomacy Issues
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will investigate the claim that the Israeli Embassy in Dublin is threatening the jobs of Irish citizens by...
    • Civil Registration Documentation
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a certificat de coutume in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the closure of Ireland's resident Embassy to the Holy See has served Ireland's interests, particularly at...
    • Human Rights Issues
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has expressed any concerns to the Northern Ireland authorities and British Government with regard to a person...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the Irish Honorary Consul in Kyiv recently regarding the ongoing violence there; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 3 December 2013, if he will correct his response where he says that the siege...
    • Departmental Funding
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Collection
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the deduction of local property tax from an invalidity pension has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Budget Targets
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason neither GNP nor GDP is used as a key denominator to measure State costs in order to receive more accurate readings on public spending key...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of deductions of local property tax from a local authority tenant's pension will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has seen the recent health checks on AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB; if so, if he will provide a view on their contents; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing for partial encashment of PRSAs in certain limited circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52484/13]
    • Currency Exchange
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing use of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin; if he has concerns regarding the legality of using such currencies as...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to providing an exemption to the universal social charge in cases where medical expenses are greater than taxable income,...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the auditors who audited Irish banks prior to the introduction of the bank guarantee; if these audit companies continue to have...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being charged universal social charge on money saved before the charge was introduced; and if he will...
    • VAT Exemptions
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if registered charity shops are liable for VAT for the sale of goods including donated items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52697/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has not received any contact from the Revenue Commissioners regarding the valuation sent of their property; if, given...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Ard Deaglan complex in Dundalk, County Louth is a National Asset Management Agency owned property; if he considers the complex to be dangerous or...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department and on a regional basis and a county basis over the past...
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax relief for land leasing to companies who own agricultural land and wish to lease same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Economic Policy
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 November 2013, the amount consultants (details supplied) are being paid in their consultative and drafting...
    • Tax Credits
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the regulations regarding the single parent tax credit for 2014 so that by agreement it can be split between the parents on a 75%-25% or a...
    • Consumer Protection
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the consumer advisory group within the structure of the Central Bank; the number of times they have met in 2013; the reports, if any, that have...
    • IBRC Loans
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if the overall valuation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's loan book was completed as scheduled on 30 November; the overall value of same; the way it...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that any option to sell the preference shares to third party investors is a decision for the State alone, if he has decided to sell any of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €55,782,000 of miscellaneous expenditure as outlined in Note 5 Non-Voted Current Expenditure in the November...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of rent receivers appointed to date in 2013 by the Irish headquartered banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52894/13]
    • Property Taxation Yield
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax due for 2014 that has already been collected at the end of November 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Investor Compensation Company Limited
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the annual receipts and payments for each year for the period 2008-2012 in respect of the investor compensation fund; and...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the annual number of participants in the employment and investment incentive scheme since its inception; the cost in each...
    • Fuel Laundering
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 21 November 2013, the options available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of...
    • Tax Code
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has to pay additional tax after gaining employment after a period on jobseeker's benefit; and if he...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff that are receiving a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who have left Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited or the National Treasury Management Agency since 1 January 2011 to join AIB, Bank...
    • NAMA Accounts
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest volume of cash holdings by the National Asset Management Agency following the redemption of €500 million of senior bonds on 4 December....
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there are grounds for the appointment here of an independent professional to review possible mistreatment of small business customers in...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a tax clearance certificate by a community sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick has been received; if a decision...
    • VAT Rate Application
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the VAT rates section of the Revenue Commissioner's website which contains a subpage with respect to the supply and fit of cow mats, if he will...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB has any plans to outsource certain jobs from Ireland over the next number of years as part of Project Orion; if he will provide details of this project...
    • Mortgages Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank data on mortgage arrears can be subdivided into accounts who have historic arrears and those which are continuing to accumulate arrears;...
    • Departmental Funding
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department gives to Irish charities; the names of each organisation that receives funding; the amount each organisation receives; the number...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be available to a hairdresser and beauty therapist who hopes to train students with mild and moderate special needs to undertake...
    • SOLAS Administration
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) with 28 years experience as a welder-fabricator was, after a four-month delay, denied a certificate by...
    • School Enrolments
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the feeder area of a school (details supplied) has been changed, or is to be changed; the criteria which was used to make the said change; and...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the FETAC and FÁS arbitrary increasing of fees for special purpose certification without a reasonable...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that documents sent by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare on 23 November 2013 have been received by Student...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for the refurbishment of a building to be transferred to the State (details supplied); when this funding will...
    • Student Grants Data
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of students during each of the past ten years who have applied for higher education grants assessed...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times each month since its establishment that Student Universal Support Ireland issues regular payments to students; the number of...
    • Schools Administration
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Rules for National Schools book was last updated; his plans to update same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a student under 23 is estranged from their parents that Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to students who have been eligible for student maintenance grants for the majority of their degree, for example...
    • School Patronage
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the vocational education committee, VEC, was awarded patronage of the new schools in Maynooth, County Kildare; and his plans to hold...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 November 2013, if he will detail the 14 schools unsuccessful in their applications; the most...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52630/13]
    • Redundancy Payments
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 265 to 267, inclusive, of 5 November 2013, which states his Department has directed third level...
    • School Uniforms
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 26 November 2013, his views on whether it is discriminatory that schools require girls to wear...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who had been awarded grants from Student Universal Support Ireland but not yet received a payment from SUSI as of 1...
    • School Accommodation
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that Educate Together will be moving into the former Scoil San Shéamus in Basin Street, Dublin 1; and if it is intended...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way colleges of further education will fund major repairs to their buildings if they can no longer apply or qualify for the summer works...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52738/13]
    • School Funding
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average payment of voluntary contributions by parents per student for each of the past three years. [52749/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only one child of a person (details supplied) is covered by the school transport scheme. [52807/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 5 November 2013, the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant in respect of a...
    • State Examinations Statistics
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of fee-paying schools here; and the number of fee-paying schools that offer the leaving certificate applied programme. [52845/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times a student may appeal a Student Universal Support Ireland decision; the steps in the appeals mechanism in total; the point at...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the special needs assistant contract scheme to ensure that all schools are compliant with his Department's circulars....
    • School Accommodation
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has agreed to the provision of additional accommodation for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • School Enrolments
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can amend admissions policies to prioritise children of a particular faith in instances where their applications for patronage stated...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of serving teachers on his Department's payroll; the number of retired teachers on his Department's payroll; the number of serving...
    • Momentum Programme Issues
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants currently on Momentum. [52935/13]
    • School Transport Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last year in which his Department saw independent proof that Bus Éireann do not make a profit from school transport; the name of the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the €7 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent analysis of...
    • Child Safety
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not always report allegations of criminality to An Garda Síochána in view of its grim record of funding...
    • School Inspection Reports
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the situation where whole-school evaluation reports identify inadequacies in teaching and where the Department's...
    • School Equipment
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a laser machine is not included in the official Department list of equipment; when he expects that a laser machine will be included on...
    • School Patronage
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by the patron regarding the reorganisation of four schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10, [53068/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person who applied for a special rate Student Universal Support Ireland grant, who meets all income limits and benefit entitlements...
    • Irish Language Issues
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strands and aspects of education being examined in the context of the review of education in the Gaeltacht; if international practice...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the new book rental scheme as announced in budget 2014; if he will confirm that the new scheme will apply to all schools; if he...
    • Departmental Funding
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the persons who are on the Athleague drainage committee; the way they were involved in allocating €270,000 to Roscommon County...
    • Public Expenditure Statistics
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department has contributed towards the extra €51 million allocated to the Department of Justice and Equality for...
    • Departmental Funding
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if new sick leave entitlements under the Haddington Road agreement, which amount to three months full pay and three months half-pay in a...
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form for each of the years 2007 to 2013, inclusive, the gross annual salary of a Member of Dáil...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gross cost to the Exchequer of all increments due to be paid to civil and public servants in 2014. [52825/13]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason capital spending was significantly below profile in the November Exchequer figures; and to account for capital spending by...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public servants or civil servants receive any additional remuneration for serving on a board or for holding any position in any...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Company Registration
      228. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider introducing legislation to create a public register of companies which would contain details on the identity of...
    • Industrial Relations Issues
      229. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the heads of a Bill reforming the law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining under the Industrial Relations...
    • IDA Jobs Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Agency from 2001 to date in 2013; the number of IDA-backed companies which...
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      231. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of innovation vouchers issued; the number redeemed; their total value; the number extended; and the number elapsed for each...
    • Job Losses
      238. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job losses or forecasted job losses announced by Industrial Development Authority support enterprises over the past 12...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by the Department on a regional and county basis over...
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the provisions being made in the proposed joint labour committees legislation in relation to wage structures for symbol operated...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation of the €23 million in capital funding recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent...
    • Job Creation Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created and the number of jobs lost for each year since 2007 in the manufacturing and in the financial services...
    • Job Losses
      244. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the disappointing news that Pfizer Ireland has announced 150 job losses in Newbridge, County Kildare, the measures being...
    • Charities Regulation
      245. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      246. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the decision made on a marriage licence application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the restrictions on access to benefits and housing to be introduced in the UK, if similar measures will now be required here on 1 January...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Investigations
      249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November, in relation to social welfare fraud detection at airports, if she will extend the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      250. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to cut funding to child care centres currently funded under the community services programme. [52483/13]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their farm assist appeal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      253. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of an person (details supplied) for jobseeker's allowance whose allowance has been reduced by over 50% because their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of casual and part-time employees in receipt of social welfare payments such as jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit and family...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      255. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schools and educational institutions in which JobBridge interns have been taken on and in which they are currently employed since its inception;...
    • Employment Support Services
      256. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 20 November 2013, the specific programmes or targeted measures which are being or will be put in place...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay;...
    • Pensions Legislation
      258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the changes to the allocation of funds proposed in the pensions Bill could be extended to include funds currently in wind-up but where the funds...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for mortgage interest relief in the case of persons (details supplied) County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a reply to their application for an exceptional needs payment; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      263. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of overall estimated spending of €1.08 billion on community employment, Tús and JobBridge that is expected to be allocated to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      266. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by her Department on a regional basis and a county basis over...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal will be reopened in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the new evidence supplied; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details below) will receive a response to their application for a PPS number; and if she will expedite an answer. [52844/13]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding determination of entitlement to a contributory pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will...
    • Youth Guarantee
      271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s progress in preparing the youth guarantee implementation action plan due to be submitted to the European Union authorities...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [52892/13]
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection of the €4 million in capital funding recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent analysis of gross...
    • Tax Code
      276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a policy to claw back jobseeker's benefit through the tax system from persons who gain employment; the reason this is so; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 has been denied access to any social welfare payment even though the person is unable to apply...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional information and application for rent allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if any...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will immediately publish or circulate the report of the Mercer review she commissioned and has had since the end of 2012 on the pension...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in relation to a supplementary welfare allowance appeal; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments of rent allowance are backdated from the date of award to the date of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53020/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Christmas bonuses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53049/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is envisaged that the pension schemes in respect of which a section 50 application has been recently approved by the Pensions Board will come...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application and appeal for carer's allowance; and if she will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will implement the Labour Court recommendation for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the reasons this has...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be carried out in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they did not receive...
    • Charities Regulation
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding that her Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding each...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      293. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that he has provided to celebrate the 2014 millennium commemorations of the Battle of Clontarf, 1014. [52740/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a...
    • Road Projects
      295. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the necessary funding to reinstate the roads through Killarney National Park, County Kerry (details supplied); if...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      296. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the under-expenditure of €2 million in capital funds which was recorded as not spent under the expenditure...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      297. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53034/13]
    • Irish Language Issues
      298. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the progress in creating language plans for Galway Gaeltacht regions as per the provisions of the...
    • Charities Regulation
      299. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the new inland fisheries Bill is due before Dáil Éireann and the level of consultation with angling...
    • Food Security
      301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of comments made that Irish biofuel is from waste material and that we do not use any food crop in its...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      304. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the close of submissions under the first phase of public consultation towards the development of an export...
    • Electricity Generation
      305. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate Ireland's target figure for electricity exports in megawatts, which is central to the UK-Ireland...
    • Energy Conservation
      306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports, including financial assistance, that are available to the owner of an hotel who wants to improve the energy...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he first became aware of certain proposals being made by EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      310. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis...
    • Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann
      311. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources an ndeachaigh an Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha i gcomhairle le hÚdarás...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current supports available to encourage domestic on-farm and commercial microgeneration; his plans for future...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the €22 million in capital funding recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Issues
      316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the warmer homes scheme, applicants can now avail of cavity wall...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the code of practice within which community radio stations are funded by his Department and supposed to deal with...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Issues
      319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he has taken to undertake the economic analysis of the agricultural biomass-generated biogas supply chain in...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding 3G; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53096/13]
    • Irish Language Issues
      321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in the context of the planned introduction of a public service broadcasting charge which envisaged a review of Irish...
    • Charities Regulation
      322. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Issues
      323. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the supply of housing in Dublin and to reduce house prices; and if he will make a...
    • Fire Service Issues
      324. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the development of fire service provision in County Cork; and if there will be an increase in...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      325. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the situation faced by those with shared ownership arrangements with local authorities and who are...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      326. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps home owners can take if they discover that the fire wall between their home and their neighbour's home has not...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      327. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of voids in Dublin City Council; the percentage of the €30...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      328. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a family (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be facilitated in concluding a mortgage to rent agreement with their...
    • Local Authority Elections
      330. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding voting areas in County Sligo (details supplied). [52786/13]
    • Local Authorities Management
      331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Sligo County Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Meters Installation
      332. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when water metering will be rolled out in County Sligo; if this has gone to tender; and the number of jobs that will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis...
    • Housing Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will be empowered to carry out repair and maintenance work to local housing estates which are not...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant application to Louth Leader (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      336. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of the local property tax revenue paid in County Westmeath that will go towards funding services within the...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has spent €172 million less on the capital side than was profiled in the November...
    • Environmental Impact Statements
      338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given any consideration to any potential means of alleviating the financial burden placed on those who are...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the is being made on the sewerage scheme for Kinvara town, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Building Regulations Application
      341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in relation to utilising the Priory Hall model of resolution for unlivable domestic units across...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has undertaken any investigations into the Riverwalk development, Ratoath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Issues
      344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are responsible for dealing with rodent control or if tenants are responsible (details supplied); and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made to date on a review of section V of the Planning Act in relation to equal property...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has set up a departmental recording system for all the data collected by all local authorities to establish the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 4 December 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the grades and numbers for...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Application Numbers
      349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are currently any pending requests for the remainder of the funding allocated to Cork City Council for the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Home Repossession Rate
      350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of court actions for home repossessions commenced by financial institutions in each month since the...
    • Crime Prevention
      352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the strategies the Garda is using to combat break-ins in Dublin 17 and the selling of stolen goods to gold shops; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Recruitment
      353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a panel of successful applicants for the position of members of An Garda Síochána, arising from a competition in 2008, has...
    • Immigration Status
      355. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of representations under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      356. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • Charitable Donations Administration
      357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations that control the percentage of each charitable donation that may be applied to administration purposes; if all charitable...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to their application for leave to remain. [52616/13]
    • Garda Equipment
      359. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pepper spray when used by gardaí will not work on persons high on snowblow or other such...
    • Public Order Offences
      360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the escalation of violence against members of the public and gardaí; and when he will act on this matter....
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Order Offences
      362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct the Garda Commissioner to deploy a second public order van to the Temple Bar area over the Christmas-New Year season to...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      364. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following a request for Garda clearance, the way it occurred that a person (details supplied) in County Clare was assigned the criminal...
    • Temporary Release of Prisoners
      365. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy adopted by the Irish Prison Service in relation to temporary release as a means of dealing with over-capacity; if greater...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over...
    • Garda Equipment
      367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have a watching brief in place on behalf of his Department into the investigation by the Scottish authorities into the cause of the...
    • Stardust Fire Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the matter of the Stardust fire tragedy in view of new information (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 727 of 5 November 2013, where he stated that An Garda Síochána has no role in relation to the...
    • Asylum Applications
      370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 28 November 2013, if he will clarify the current residency status in view of the fact that this is...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the underspend of €14 million in capital funding as recorded in the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent...
    • Firearms Licences
      372. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is reviewing Garda firearm license policy in view of a recent court case that granted licences which had previously been refused on the...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the schedule of banned substances in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the mechanisms in place for the updating of the...
    • Garda Equipment
      374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional equipment An Garda Síochána has received since 2010 to assist members in roadside testing for banned substances; the...
    • Charities Regulation
      376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will fully implement the Charities Act 2009 and ensure that all charities are fully regulated to protect the reputation of the vast...
    • Cash for Gold Trade
      377. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will bring in legislation to address the potential for abuse by criminals of the cash for gold system. [52996/13]
    • Irish Prison Service
      378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date by the Irish Prison Service in targeting the problem of homelessness among women; if he will provide a list of the agencies...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact of the Garda diversion programme on anti-social behaviour and youth crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53004/13]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered establishing an independent review into a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53023/13]
    • Crime Levels
      385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an increase in reported crime in an area (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the action the...
    • Crime Data
      386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions in each of the past four years to date on which bail was granted in situations where An Garda Síochána objected...
    • Garda Recruitment
      387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda recruitment will be resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53077/13]
    • Courts Staff
      388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate numbers of judges are available at the District Court, Circuit Court or the higher courts to ensure the minimisation...
    • Prison Accommodation Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate and sufficient prison spaces are available to meet requirements at the present time; the extent to which more than...
    • Organised Crime
      391. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources to An Garda Síochána to deal with the threat of...
    • Garda Investigations
      392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which conclusions continue to be reached in respect of the various cold cases which have been identified over several years; and if...
    • State Pathologists
      393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources are available to the State Pathologist's office to ensure the earliest possible conclusion of examination of the...
    • Garda Equipment
      394. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the technology available to the Garda remains up to date and in keeping with requirements to assist its efforts in the...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      395. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which free legal aid is available to those who have committed a further crime while on bail; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Security
      397. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners deemed to have absconded or left prison by whatever means without permission in the past ten years, the number...
    • Organised Crime
      398. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of criminal gangs is being weakened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53088/13]
    • Garda Recruitment
      399. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of vacancies at all ranks waiting to be filled at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53089/13]
    • Missing Persons Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons reported as missing in each of the past three years to date; the number traced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      401. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of first-time prisoners on rehabilitative, training, educational or upskilling courses at present; the extent to which all such places...
  • Department of Defence
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Defence of the €2 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent analysis of Gross Voted...
    • Green Paper on Defence
      403. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of submissions he has received to date on the Green Paper on Defence consultations held by his Department; the expected time line for the White...
    • Defence Forces Family Clinics
      404. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding a service and facilities at a clinic (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53121/13]
    • Charities Regulation
      405. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding each organisation...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Aquaculture Development
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the funding committed under the aquaculture initiative by his Department in 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put in place a strict time limit for aquaculture licence applications to ensure that aquaculture companies can...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [52497/13]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      409. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are means of compensation for a person (details supplied) in County Laois when delays in testing for bovine tuberculosis had...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment and an disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Aquaculture Licences Numbers
      411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, all the current offshore marine finfish aquaculture licences issued to operators here; if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the penalties that have been assessed against a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason the penalties have been...
    • Turbary Rights
      413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the future of the turbary scheme in respect of Kilbride bog, County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Livestock Thefts
      417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases where livestock cattle have been reported as stolen since January 2012; and if he will provide a breakdown per...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
      420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reintroduce the installation aid scheme for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52703/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      421. 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...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing matched funding and additional top-ups for the Common Agriculture Policy Pillar II programme; if he has...
    • Departmental Agencies Mergers
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stage of the proposed merger of Coillte with Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is not being invited to board meetings of Coillte since being appointed; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the insulation grant for young farmers will be reinstated; and if the early retirement scheme for farmers will be reinstated....
    • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what fund is available to young farmers after they do their green card, as the fund that was in place ceased in 2007. [52785/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making payments under the 2012 and 2013 agri-environment options scheme 1 in respect of a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their single farm payment for 2013; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged areas scheme payment and a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal for a derogation under the disadvantaged areas scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Commonage Division
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department still accepts requests to become involved in the division of commonages; if so, the process to be followed to make...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 3 December 2013, the reason the question was not answered in full; the date on which the...
    • Agrifood Sector Issues
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the key sectors of agriculture or food industries that are contributing the most to export growth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Coillte Teoranta Review
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the review of Coillte which has been completed; and if he will facilitate public discussion on its contents in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the €26 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent...
    • Departmental Schemes
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specialist heifer feeders were excluded from the beef premium payments prior to the establishment of the three reference...
    • Fishing Industry
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a remuneration or compensation package is being considered by the EU for fishing businesses that were forced to cease operation...
    • Dual Claim Appeal
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a dual claim appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any further rounds of funding for the sow welfare scheme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area aid disadvantage payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area based payments appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Review
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the long overdue report of the review of Coillte, initiated by the last Government in 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a cut of approximately €400 in the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for disadvantaged payments in County Longford last year that had penalties imposed on them; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a case could be made under the rules of stacking of entitlement to allow for stacking in the case of reduced...
    • Fish Quotas
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken, if any, to promote the transfer of the total allowable catch between member states; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to address the suspension of the fishing fleet in Kilmore, County Wexford; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the names of each organisation that receive funding; the amount...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the future plans for a unit (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the unit will remain open in its current form; if not, the changes that...
    • Adoption Legislation
      456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to amend the Adoption Act 2010; and if these amendments will be published before the end of the current year. [52482/13]
    • Child Care Qualifications
      457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the selection criteria that was used when awarding a €900,000 training fund; the number of training agencies that were approached...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by her Department and on a regional basis and a county...
    • Foster Care Supports
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 3 December 2013, if statistics will be collected on the nature and extent of training received...
    • Child Poverty
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an application from a group (details supplied) was not put forward to the design stage for the ABC programme - area based...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs of the €11 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the application for national lottery funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied)and when they may...
    • Charities Regulation
      465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that her Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52716/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who applied for a medical card renewal in July 2013 has not yet received a decision on the matter. [52471/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment for an urgent theatre procedure in St James's Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will maintain funding to the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland at 2012 levels to ensure the organisation can continue in its important work; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52511/13]
    • Hospital Services
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the provision of services (details supplied) at Sligo General Hospital. [52513/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in rheumatology appointments at the Mater hospital in Dublin; the reason appointments have been rescheduled three times in respect of...
    • HIQA Inspections
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority charges various organisations under its remit for inspections and other matters; if he will provide details of...
    • Hospital Services
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the voluntary public hospitals in which public health services are provided; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      476. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the voluntary public hospitals in which public health services are provided, which, if any, have combined heat and power plants installed and...
    • Suicide Prevention
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available for community-based suicide awareness groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52570/13]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a National lottery grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in the past six months towards making the holders of long-term illness cards eligible for free general-practitioner care; the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if any salary top-ups have been paid to any members of staff at St Michael's House, Ballymun Road; if so, the amount that was given; the date on which it was...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if due to the deployment of the back up ambulance in Ballinasloe to provide a service in Tuam, he intends to furnish a patient transport vehicle to the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason all amputee citizens do not have discretionary medical cards in view of the need to change costly prosthetic limbs regularly, including up to three...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if all necessary supports are being provided to all amputee citizens living here, including those who currently hold discretionary medical cards. [52614/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      485. To ask the Minister for Health when payment will be made by the Health Service Executive to North Meath Community Development Association in relation to rent of properties at Climber Hall,...
    • Medical Card Delays
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a person (details supplied) is granted a medical card without further delay [52642/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Health if fertility treatments such as IVF are available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52643/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for a medical card under EU entitlement regulations; the reasons a medical card was removed from a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to sign the commencement notice for regulations allowing for the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out unannounced inspections...
    • Hospital Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national register of all hospitals public and private; if there are published criteria in place for facilities to be registered as a hospital;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of general practitioners per head of population in Ireland compares with the OECD average; his plans to change this; the...
    • Health Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of privately run health centres in County Kerry that are receiving funding from the Health Service Executive; if he will provide details of this...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if the establishment of hospital groups will assist in addressing the issue of non-consultant hospital doctors' working hours and conditions; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health when further medical examinations will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52708/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review and issue a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      497. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52711/13]
    • Departmental Bodies
      498. To ask the Minister for Health when the new co-ordinator for Brain Injury Ireland will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52712/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the national and-or regional supports available for those who have suffered brain injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52713/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the threshold for the over 70s medical card is not doubled for a couple in view of the fact that many other tax credits and allowances are doubled...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to have a 24/7 helipad at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52719/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for students with mild or moderate special needs to be taken on to do some basic training in hair and beauty therapy with a registered...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      504. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether psychiatric service centres should be closed on weekends (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52729/13]
    • Helpline Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether services such as the Samaritans and other helplines which are not free should be made available free (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Prescription Charges
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the instructions that have been given to pharmacies in relation to the new €25 per month maximum prescription charge fee for medical card holders...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      507. To ask the Minister for Health when Crohn's disease will be included on the long-term illness list for free medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52747/13]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      509. To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant psychiatrist will be recruited and put in place in the midlands area for children aged nought to 18 years with a disability; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county basis over the past five...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card is being reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo when their circumstances have not changed; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of 17 diabetes nurse specialists; if all 17 have now been recruited and are fully operational; if not, the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the paucity of facilities available to the mental health team serving areas of north Wicklow (details supplied), in particular now that the...
    • Hospital Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the breast care clinic in Letterkenny General Hospital was cancelled on 14 of November and again on 4 December; the average waiting time for a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes; when these schemes will commence; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Issues
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of persons diagnosed with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus; the number of these who currently...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any specific criteria which apply to young persons under 16 years of age with mental illness in order to qualify for the long-term illness scheme;...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown per county in tabular form of the number of persons who have had their medical card reviewed in 2012 and 2013; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for the fair deal scheme for 2014; if it is expected that there will be a reduction in funding; if there are any plans to change the way the scheme...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if the public service pension levy is included or excluded from the calculation for the over 70s medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parent service users of the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf; the number of board members who are parents of service users; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
      524. To ask the Minister for Health following the reply from the Health Service Executive. if he will set out the exact calculations of the €29,000 fair deal bill in respect of a person...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      525. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an hospital appointment in respect of person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52916/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of persons on the waiting list for ENT appointments, scheduled surgeries, average waiting times and...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received an appointment following two and a half years on the waiting list and if this person...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      529. To ask the Minister for Health of the €83 million in capital spending recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent analysis of gross Voted...
    • Medical Card Delays
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); if and when a medical card will issue in this...
    • Health Services Provision
      531. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for pain management and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the remaining documentation required in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Prescription Charges
      535. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53005/13]
    • Sexual Offences
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to deal with the allegations of sexual abuse from hundreds of victims who have been pursuing their claims for almost 20 years against a...
    • Departmental Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out details by year, and monetary amount, his Department has, and is, supporting health-related campaigns by organisations involved in health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      538. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in relation to a two year waiting list for child to get a urology outpatient appointment...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 21 November 2013, if he will recheck his reply in view of the fact that the answer provided is incorrect per...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons who have applied for medical card-general practitioner-only services, having application form signed by relevant GP, and now...
    • Medical Card Application Numbers
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of applicants in counties Louth and Meath who are awaiting processing of medical card-general...
    • Travel Abroad Scheme
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53067/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance given to students in higher education who are over 23 years, have no income and are financially dependent on their parents, who suffer...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate staffing for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53093/13]
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the distress caused to families who have taken cases against the Health Service Executive; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assistant directors of public health nursing on a county basis; if the filling of vacancies arising in these positions is subject to the...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of funding each...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time, service bus drivers there are in Bus Éireann. [52499/13]
    • Driver Safety
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if part-time bus drivers are subject to a specific directive regarding their working hours; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assistance is available for persons with reading and writing difficulties when sitting their driver theory test; the criteria for...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow county council allocations to contribute to the 20% local contribution for 2014 community involvement schemes; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate a new round of funding under the sports capital programme from national lottery funds in 2014; the month in which...
    • Rail Network
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann regarding the date on which the new direction and additional...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual infrastructure and capital expenditure by his Department on a regional basis and a county...
    • Road Projects
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the N4 carriageway between Collooney and Castlebaldwin in County Sligo has been identified by his Department beyond the...
    • SPSV Licence Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the transfer of a hackney service licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Public Transport Issues
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52853/13]
    • Penalty Points System
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued for each month since January 2011; and separately to detail their issue by county. [52875/13]
    • Rail Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any provisions that can be made to help facilitate ease of transport for persons with a free travel pass on DART services,...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport of the €14 million in capital funding recorded as not spent under the expenditure profile at end November in the most recent...
    • Regional Road Network
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be available in respect of a junction (details supplied) in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Railway Safety Issues
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the extreme overcrowding on the Dublin-Sligo train service; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Charities Regulation
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that his Department gives to Irish charities; the name of each organisation that receives funding; the amount of...

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