Written answers
Thursday, 19 December 2013
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of the sports capital programme will be opened up for applications. [54254/13]
- Traffic Management
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the traffic statistics for Slane, County Meath during the recent toll holiday; the increase-decrease of HGV's through the village during...
- Tourism Promotion
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department has monitored the success of The Gathering in terms of benefit to the tourism industry; the degree if...
- Tourism Data
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up to date tourism figures for the north west region at the end of 2013; if he is satisfied with same in comparison to the other...
- Aviation Issues
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the new aviation policy to include regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54159/13]
- Public Transport Issues
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking in conjunction with Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to improve punctuality...
- Ports Development
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation of the ports policy; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the designation...
- Tourism Promotion
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the tourist potential linked to the work of the Irish Seal Sanctuary, if he will facilitate this volunteer organisation with a...
- Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the strategic investment framework for land transport being undertaken by his Department; and if he will report on...
- Public Transport Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considers the recent fare increases introduced by public transport companies to be sustainable; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tourism Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the tourism policy review; the issues that are emerging following the public consultation; and when the final...
- Public Transport Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if recent reductions in train frequency and number of carriages on trains at stations in County Kildare are in conflict with the...
- Road Tolls
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his work with the Stormont Assembly in order to lobby the British Government in relation to the proposed...
- International Agreements
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a system of US preclearance for freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54132/13]
- Sport and Recreational Development
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Health, the sports authorities and the Health Service Executive regarding the...
- Rail Network
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the cost to date of the Luas cross city project including the renting and staffing of the public office...
- Ports Facilities
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is concerned at the lack of competition in Dublin Port in terminal operations and stevedore services; if he is concerned at the...
- Ports Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the planned integration of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company into Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will take place; the way this...
- EU Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he foresees an agreement being reached between the Northern Executive, the Irish Government and the European Commission in relation to...
- Marine Accidents
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current investigation into the failure of marine emergency position indication radio beacons utilised by boat...
- Road Improvement Schemes
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the upgrading of Osberstown interchange, County Kildare; the availability of funding for same; and if he will make...
- State Airports
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential of formalised stakeholder engagement regarding the development of State airports; if he will consider liaising...
- Sporting Events
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continued to evaluate the potential benefit of attracting major sporting events to this jurisdiction...
- Sports Facilities Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to assist the Irish Amateur Boxing Association in working with Swords Boxing Club, County Dublin to develop...
- Air Safety
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent helicopter crash in Scotland, his plans to introduce a mandatory requirement for flight recording devices to be...
- Vehicle Clamping
41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation to regulate the clamping of vehicles on privately owned land will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Data
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been any noticeable increase in visitors from China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia in recent years; the targets...
- Harbour Authorities Staff
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on any and all pension schemes available to employees of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company; they way they are...
- Sporting Organisations
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on the Irish Sports Council's governing board that are directly electable; if he has any further plans in this...
- Road Tolls
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the working group that has been established to examine road charging for HGVs; and if he will make a statement on...
- State Bodies Mergers
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Railway Procurement Agency is being subsumed into the National Roads Authority; his views on whether this could...
- Sports Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding being provided to sports in 2013 and to compare this to recent years. [54336/13]
- Roads Maintenance
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding was allocated in budget 2014 for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal along the R238 Cockhill Road; if not, when...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Application Numbers
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports issued in the years 2012 and to date in 2013. [54843/13]
- Diplomatic Representation Expenditure
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a sum in euros of the value of trade conducted between Ireland and Iran for each year from 2011 to 2013;...
- Diplomatic Representation
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests or letters urging him to reopen the embassy in the Islamic Republic of Iran he received in 2013; and...
- Passport Service Issues
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current processing of passports; his views on the timeliness of the processing of passports, particularly...
- Good Friday Agreement
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and Members of the Northern Ireland Executive...
- EU Council Meetings
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting of 16 December 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Trade Agreements
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made in relation to the proposed trade agreement between the European Union and the Ukraine; and if he will...
- Freedom of Information Requests
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of...
- Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the cut to Ireland’s overseas aid budget for 2014; the criteria that he will use to determine...
- Passport Applications
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process RIA
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title...
- Departmental Bodies
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department's...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Costs
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if householders face paying more in premiums as a result of what happened at RSA Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55016/13]
- NAMA Staff Remuneration
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the staff numbers at the National Asset Management Agency for 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54780/13]
- NAMA Expenditure
80. To ask the Minister for Finance how much has been paid by the National Asset Management Agency to consultants and advisers for 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
- IBRC Loans
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the intentions of the liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation regarding performing loans, that is, sale at discount or move to other banks; and if he...
- Property Taxation Administration
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 did not receive a local property tax letter; and if he will arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to contact...
- Tax Yield
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional potential yield to the Exchequer if the domicile levy was increased to €350,000. [54841/13]
- Property Taxation Administration
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to request the Revenue Commissioners to issue receipts to those paying the property tax in 2013 so as to ensure complete records for the...
- Banking Sector Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the majority State-owned banks of AIB and Permanent TSB to publish the results of the Central Bank balance sheet assessments; the amount it...
- State Banking Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the investment of the Irish State in Bank of Ireland contingent capital bonds sourced from the National Pensions Reserve Fund; the amount of same; if this was...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the investment of the Irish State in Bank of Ireland preference shares were sourced from the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement...
- Property Taxation Application
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will send out the appropriate documentation to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who wishes to register to pay the local property tax....
- Credit Unions
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some accountancy firms are selling their services to credit unions on the basis that they are the preferred...
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the number of households in mortgage arrears; his further views on bank targets to restructure mortgage books; and if he will make a statement on...
- EU Issues
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on EU rules on bank resolutions; if he has any proposals for the EU in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54954/13]
- Tax Code
98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Industrial Development Agency CEO's remarks on our tax policy; his plans to cut income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Reliefs Cost
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of under-claimed tax reliefs and tax rebates due to taxpayers that have not been claimed over the past five years and estimated for 2013; and if he...
- Tax Code
101. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide tax credits and supports for owners of car garages providing repairs for second hand cars as there is a shortage of such garages; and if...
- Freedom of Information Requests
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval...
- IBRC Legal Cases
103. To ask the Minister for Finance the monetary amount and number of legal claims being taken in view of the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the amount of contingent liability...
- Banking Operations
104. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on overcharging of customers by Ulster Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55012/13]
- Tax Code
105. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the IMF remarks regarding broadening further the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55013/13]
- Tax Collection Forecasts
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of returning the standard rate cut off point to 2010 levels for single, married and so on reversing the changes from budget 2011; and if he...
- Special Assignee Relief Programme
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to date who have taken up the special assignee relief programme; the number of employers whose employees have taken up the programme;...
- Pension Provisions
109. To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement in budget 2013 that persons making additional voluntary contributions used to supplement their main scheme retirement benefits...
- Credit Unions
110. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal relating to the Newbridge credit union building (details supplied); if he will give it his support; and if he will make a statement on...
- Special Assignee Relief Programme
111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to date that have availed of the special assignee relief programme; the number of employers whose employees have availed of the...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to date that have availed of the foreign earnings deduction relief; the amount of tax foregone as a result of the tax relief granted;...
- Tax Collection Forecasts
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer that would arise from increasing the threshold for the top rate of tax for single earners from €32,800 to €34,000,...
- Fiscal Policy
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the current state of proposals for the implementation of a common consolidated tax base within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55097/13]
- Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure
118. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax expenditure in respect of residential mortgage interest relief in each year from 2010 to date in 2013; the way the projected cost in 2012 was...
- Banking Sector Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of senior and subordinated bonds outstanding in AIB and Permanent TSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55099/13]
- Tax Credits
120. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of research and development tax credits granted in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55100/13]
- Tax Collection
121. To ask the Minister for Finance following on from the 150,000 letters issued by the Revenue Commissioners in early January 2012 to pensioners, the number of the 150,000 pensioners who had an...
- Legislative Process RIA
122. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those Bills that included a...
- Departmental Bodies
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department’s responsibility and were in existence...
- State Assets
124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form for each year since 2011 the euro value of the total financial assets of the State, non-financial assets of the State, a...
- Departmental Bodies
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of chairpersons of State boards, agencies and regulators that fall under his Department’s responsibility that were chairpersons when...
- Tax Rebates
126. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision from the Revenue Commissioners on their request for rebate regarding their local...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Travellers Data
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statistical information available to him regarding social inclusion in schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of subscriptions paid by schools to the National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals; if schools pay their annual...
- Schools Building Projects Status
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54815/13]
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of severe and profound special classes that are located in mainstream primary schools; the corresponding schools at...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Dublin Business School and other private third level institutions have not been expressly included on the list of non-eligible...
- Higher Education Courses Applications
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allow students from an area (details supplied) to be eligible for the higher education access route; the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the present stage of this...
- Freedom of Information Requests
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search...
- Schools Amalgamation
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in the context of the provision of two new second level school buildings in Maynooth, County Kildare, it is expected that his Department and...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for refusal of higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Patronage
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a break down of DEIS schools by patron as a percentage of schools of that patron; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process RIA
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those Bills that...
- Departmental Bodies
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations that his Department created or which fall under his Department's...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Property Taxation Assessments
141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 22 May 2013, the valuation the Office of Public Works decided on for Áras an...
- Office of Public Works Properties
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of residential property owned by the Office of Public Works and not used for official State purposes, the policy by which the...
- Freedom of Information Requests
148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants who earn salaries in the range (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55074/13]
- Legislative Process RIA
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those...
- Departmental Bodies
151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGO’s his Department has either created or fall under his Department’s...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Company Closures
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made to respond to the services concerns of the workforce at a company (details supplied) in County Dublin...
- Dangerous Substance Licence Issues
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications granted in respect of the dangerous substance retail petroleum licence in the past five years to date; the...
- Job Creation
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase Irish manufacturing jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54961/13]
- Job Initiatives
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plan to achieve full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54982/13]
- Freedom of Information Requests
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which...
- Work Permit Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit is required in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process RIA
159. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Bills published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those Bills that...
- Departmental Bodies
160. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGO’s that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Issues
163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding employers PRSI from January 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55111/13]
- Mortgage Interest Relief Appeals
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for mortgage interest relief in regard to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid in rent supplement to recipients in the areas of Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 respectively in each year from 2011 to date in 2013; and the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that rents have increased significantly in parts of County Kildare in recent months; if her further...
- Pension Provisions
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her understanding that all the recommendations in the recent Government commissioned OECD report on the pension system here will be...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when the claim will be...
- Unemployment Benefits
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to deal with the fact that some persons are better off on the dole rather than working; and if she will make a statement on...
- Freedom of Information Requests
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Freedom of Information requests received by her Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search and...
- Jobs Initiative
177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have private sector companies find jobs for the long term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55014/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full extent of any eligibility for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is suggested that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, on the basis that they are deemed to work for more than fifteen hours...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if entitlement to child benefit continues to exist after 3 January 2014 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of person (details supplied). [55058/13]
- Pension Provisions
183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will rectify the unintended consequences of the Social Welfare and Pension (No. 2) Bill as outlined in a case (details supplied). [55071/13]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal of invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any timetables for the delivery of social welfare benefits which social welfare officers must follow; if she has given any...
- Legislative Process RIA
186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of bills that have been published by her Department since she was appointed Minister; the number and title of those bills that...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan submitted in July 2013 has still not been reviewed in the carer's...
- Departmental Bodies
188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that her Department either created or falls under her Department’s responsibility and was in...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
190. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the towpath on the Royal Canal be reopened from Jones Road to Drumcondra Road as it has been closed since July 2013; if he...
- Inland Waterways Development
191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position in regard to the proposed restoration of the Ulster Canal; when the project is likely to proceed to the next...
- Census of Population Publication
193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for digitising the1926 census, which was the first held by the State and as a boost to the momentum of The Gathering; and...
- Freedom of Information Requests
194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
195. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application for bog compensation in respect of a person (details supplied). [55060/13]
- Legislative Process RIA
196. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those...
- Departmental Bodies
197. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department’s...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding is provided to organisations so that they can provide free insulation for senior citizens; if he will list the...
- Semi-State Bodies Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the liability assumed by the State on behalf of the ESB pension fund: and if this liability will be...
- Broadband Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action that can be taken to extend the national broadband service to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to...
- Bord Gáis Privatisation
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the purchaser of Bord Gáis which recently put up UK gas prices by 9%; if he has any concerns that there...
- Freedom of Information Requests
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of...
- Legislative Process RIA
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and...
- Departmental Bodies
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGO’s that his Department either created or fall under his...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Noise Pollution
208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions secured under noise pollution laws in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
- Traffic Calming Measures
209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if county councils have accountability to his Department in relation to the cost of the placement and-or repair of traffic...
- Local Government Fund
210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the allocations of general purpose grants from the local government fund to each local...
- Landfill Sites
211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's budgetary plans for 2014 regarding the Kerdiffstown landfill remediation project; the plans going forward...
- Local Government Fund
212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding streams that made up the local government general purposes grant fund in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision (1 comment)
213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units that have been tenanted in 2012 and 2013 from the 4,000 units identified by National Asset...
- Fire Stations Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding in the 2014 budget for the construction of a new fire station for the town of Kenmare, County...
- Noise Pollution Legislation
215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update with respect to forthcoming noise legislation; the reasons such legislation appears to be...
- Priory Hall Development
216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the issue of insurance cover under the HomeBond scheme was examined in the case of the Priory Hall housing development;...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to have resolved all outstanding issues with ghost estates; his plans regarding demolishing those which...
- Building Regulations Amendments
218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to update the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54950/13]
- Election Management System
219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that photographic ID will be the only identification allowed by voters in elections in order to...
- Housing Grant Payments
220. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the housing grants available to householders living in Dublin; the cost of these grant schemes; and if he will make a...
- Leader Programmes Funding
221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to the Cavan-Monaghan Leader programme before the end of 2013; and if he will make...
- Freedom of Information Requests
222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of...
- Housing Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is encouraging foreign investors to build new homes in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/13]
- Litter Pollution
224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he intends to adopt to tackle illegal dumping and general littering in the countryside; if he will reconsider...
- Local and Community Development Programme Staffing
225. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of directors of local community development companies that his Department is now insisting that such directors...
- Local Authority Housing Eligibility
226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding eligibility for housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process RIA
227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title...
- Departmental Bodies
228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department’s...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Community Policing
230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the community policing programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54789/13]
- Personal Insolvency Practitioners
231. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role of personal insolvency practitioners in the use of a bankruptcy option under the new personal insolvency legislation; and if he will...
- Personal Insolvency Act
233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have applied for the options under the new personal insolvency regime broken down by option; the number completed; and...
- Garda Deployment
234. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff operating in the cold case unit in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Policy (1 comment)
236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the proposal made by the Justice for the Undocumented Group in relation to the introduction of an earned regularisation...
- Coroners Service
237. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an audit or examination is carried out in the public interest of fees claimed by coroners; by whom it is carried out; the number of times it...
- Garda Operations
243. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional members of An Garda Síochána will be deployed to Operation Clean Tram during the Christmas and new year period. [54842/13]
- Coroners Service
244. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person who appointed the acting coroners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54848/13]
- Garda Reports
250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54871/13]
- Criminal Assets Bureau
252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advise as to the average time it takes for Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, to seize assets on foot of a court ruling; the total number of...
- Private Security Authority Remit
255. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to the following (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54877/13]
- Gambling Legislation
256. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the potential illegal activities of some gambling operators offering gambling services online in circumstances...
- Crime Prevention
257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for dealing with the increase in armed robberies in Dublin; his views on the recent robbery in Howth (details supplied); and if he will...
- Garda Reserve
259. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the number of Garda reserves in the force; the total cost of these reserves over the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Garda Transport Data
260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda motorcycles that have been off the road this year due to a lack of maintenance; the average length of time it is taking to...
- Garda Investigations
261. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any recent developments in the investigation into the Belturbet bombings in 1972 which caused the deaths of two young persons;...
- Freedom of Information Requests
262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search...
- Bankruptcy Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the number of persons that have applied for bankruptcy to date; the numbers projected to avail of the service; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has received a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; when the person can expect a...
- Citizenship Applications
265. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person born outside of Ireland whose grandfather was born in Ireland and parent was born outside of Ireland but received Irish citizenship...
- Naturalisation Applications
266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present residency status and the extent to which application for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on...
- Immigration Status
271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will upgrade present status to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
272. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he...
- Immigrant Investor Programme
274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will show separately, in respect of the immigrant investor programme and the start-up entrepreneur scheme, the number of persons who have...
- Garda Strength
275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the strength of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Process RIA
276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those Bills that...
- Departmental Bodies
277. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s responsibility and was...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
279. To ask the Minister for Defence when he plans to open up recruitment again for the Defence Forces, Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54970/13]
- Freedom of Information Requests
280. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval...
- Legislative Process RIA
281. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those Bills that included a...
- Departmental Bodies
282. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s responsibility and was in existence...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare
286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of impounded horses recorded in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the steps that have been taken to shelter the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their rural environment protection scheme payment; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding all payments from his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Cork for 2011; the deductions that...
- Farm Inspections
292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 12 December 2013, if he will furnish a breakdown on a county basis; and if he will make a...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers on a country basis awaiting the first instalment of their single farm payments and disadvantaged areas payments...
- Aquaculture Licences
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of aquaculture licences issued under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 where aquaculture in respect of...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for 2013 single payment scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Cavan in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 under REPS-AEOS schemes; and if he will...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Cavan in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Freedom of Information Requests
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change or increase the retention period for the disadvantaged area scheme 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary Question No. 524 of 26 June 2013, the outcome of a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2013 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make...
- Agriculture Schemes Penalties
310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the removal of retrospective penalties imposed on farmers; and if he will...
- Legislative Process RIA
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those...
- Departmental Bodies
312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous NGOs that his Department either created or fall under his Department’s...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Freedom of Information Requests
314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Freedom of Information requests received by her Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a...
- Legislative Process RIA
315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of Bills that have been published by the Department since she was appointed Minister; the number and Title of those Bills...
- Departmental Bodies
316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGOs that the Department created or which fall under the Department’s responsibility and...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Eligibility
318. To ask the Minister for Health if he considers there to be a potential unfairness in his recent move to set the over 70s medical card allowance for a couple at less than double that of a...
- Disease Management
319. To ask the Minister for Health the chronic disease management programmes that were introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54763/13]
- Health Services Staff Data
320. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of health care professionals working in primary care as of 1 January 2013; the most up to date numbers for them; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services Reform
321. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department’s programme management office was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54766/13]
- Patient Safety Agency Establishment
322. To ask the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54767/13]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
324. To ask the Minister for Health the date in 2014 that the age range extension of BreastCheck to include 65 to 69 year old women will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Governance
325. To ask the Minister for Health the findings and recommendations of the review conducted by the Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive of corporate functions and...
- Departmental Funding
326. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the health service will be provided through the Vote from the first quarter of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54771/13]
- Health Insurance Regulation
327. To ask the Minister for Health when the Department will address the regulatory status of the VHI in line with the European Court of Justice ruling; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
328. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Department has developed programme-based budgeting in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/13]
- Health Services Reports
329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the recommendations contained in the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish health service; the progress...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
330. To ask the Minister for Health when the single assessment tool for older people services was rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/13]
- Palliative Care Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54777/13]
- Disabilities Services Funding
333. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the move towards a person-centred model of services and supports for disability services, when the initiation of demonstration projects as proof...
- Medical Card Eligibility
334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54787/13]
- Mobility Allowance Review
335. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of the scheme that is to replace the former mobility grant for persons with physical disabilities; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Appeals
336. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
337. To ask the Minister for Health if he will evaluate the prospects of the moratorium on recruitment being lifted for the Health Service Executive's optometry service for children in primary...
- Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
339. To ask the Minister for Health if any hospital has recouped money from hospital consultants who have exceeded the permitted 20:30 private practice ratio; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Eligibility
342. To ask the Minister for Health if the claim on 20 November 2013 that some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone is correct; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Data
343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-means tested medical cards that are currently allocated to EU citizens over the age of 60 years under EU Regulation 883/04; if he will...
- EU Regulations
345. To ask the Minister for Health the EU states with whom Ireland has a bilateral or waiver agreements with under EU Regulation 883/04; if he will provide in a list form, detailing for each EU...
- Medical Card Eligibility
347. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intend to pursue the recouping of costs associated with the issuance of non-means tested medical cards to EU citizens under EU...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
351. To ask the Minister for Health if the required number of staff will be employed at the new day care building at St. Joseph’s Raheny, Dublin 5; and if he will provide the timeline for...
- Ambulance Service Provision
354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 12 November 2013, if the national ambulance service has received a report regarding serious incidents in the...
- Commencement of Legislation
356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Protection of Life in Pregnancy Act has not been implemented to date; the number of members of the medical profession that were contacted with a...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
357. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a significant number of nursing posts in hospitals across Ireland have recently been advertised by the Health Service Executive to be filled by...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
358. To ask the Minister for Health in situations where a hospital discharges a patient that requires full time nursing home care and where that need is accepted under the fair deal scheme but...
- Nursing Home Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health where a private nursing home charges additional fees which are mandatory such as for occupational and leisure services, the reason that is not included in the...
- Medical Card Drugs
360. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who turns 18, has a severe intellectual disability, and has a medical card will still be able to include his or her monthly prescription charges...
- Medical Negligence Cases
361. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of recent High Court decisions where the Health Service Executive has resisted until the commencement of the hearing of the case the acceptance...
- Health Services Issues
362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 20 November 2013, regarding an investigation, if he will respond to the following (details supplied). [54904/13]
- HSE National Service Plan
363. To ask the Minister for Health if he will as a matter of priority, make the necessary funding and resources available in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan in respect of a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
364. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a knee replacement appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Services Provision
366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 November 2013, if he has received a response from the Health Service Executive; if he will now have an...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital has diverted funding earmarked to open the as yet unused epilepsy monitoring unit to other areas of the hospital; if he...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of extra occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychological services to address the shortfall which exists...
- HSE Funding
369. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of moneys paid to persons (details supplied) over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54947/13]
- Charities and Voluntary Organisations
370. To ask the Minister for Health the role the Health Service Executive played in the appointment of the CRC directors who recently resigned and in the appointment of directors to other...
- European Health Insurance Card
372. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the health service of providing a European Health Insurance Card to Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54968/13]
- Charities and Voluntary Organisations
373. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding top-ups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54974/13]
- Health Services Issues
374. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a conflict of interest regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54981/13]
- Hospital Staff Issues
375. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure that surgeons are kept busy at all times in hospitals in view of what has been highlighted recently in the media; and if he...
- Freedom of Information Requests
377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval...
- Hospital Staff Issues
378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with doctors failing to take the proper history of patients admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55015/13]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of expenditure on hi-tech medicines for each year for the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55018/13]
- Prescription Charges
381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant increase in the cost of a prescription in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 following their switching to the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
382. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department have not provided sign language and a full programme of activities for a special needs person in line with the agreement reached with...
- Medical Card Applications
383. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [55073/13]
- Hospital Charges
384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented at accident and emergency units in 2011 and 2012 who were not in possession of a medical card or a letter of referral from...
- Health Services Staff Issues
386. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed increase in the nursing retention fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55114/13]
- Medical Card Data
388. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any timetables for the delivery of medical cards which the Health Service Executive must follow; if he has given any consideration to imposing...
- Legislative Process RIA
389. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those bills which included a...
- Departmental Bodies
390. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of Irish quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of driving licence centres in the State, broken down by the number of licences issued in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012...
- Physical Education
393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding joint initiatives that could be taken between the two...
- Electricity Transmission Network
394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his concerns in relation to the EirGrid's Grid25 proposals and their impact on tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the recently introduced height restrictions with particular reference to the vital transportation of fodder and animal...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for a cycle lane in Mountrath, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54919/13]
- Pilot Training Colleges
399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to investigate the collapse of the pilot training college in July 2012, with particular reference to the...
- Railway Safety Issues
400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources being made available from his Department to address serious problems at level crossings at each point on the Connolly to...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage owners to set up car garages providing repairs for second hand cars as there is a shortage of such garages; and if...
- National Car Test
402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce an NCT test for motorcycles; and if he is satisfied that there are sufficient numbers of motorcycle mechanics; and...
- Departmental Funding
403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to ensure that the Narrow Water Bridge project proceeds; his views on whether this project has the...
- Freedom of Information Requests
404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of requests for which a...
- Tourism Promotion
405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it might be possible to use the success of The Gathering as means for expanding the tourism sector in future years;...
- Road Network
406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which major arterial routes such as the M50 continues to be adequate to cater for their current volume of traffic with...
- Aviation Issues
407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects to follow a particular policy strategy in the future in regard to the respective roles of Aer Lingus and Ryanair with the...
- Tourism Industry Issues
409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects the tourism sector to grow over the next five years based on recent success; and if he will make a...
- Tourism Promotion
410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which tourism can be increased by way of specific incenctives for air carriers with the objective of maximising the flow of...
- Road Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the development of further enhacement of motorway links, already anticipated but not progressed, is likely to take...
- Tourism Promotion
412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he intends to pursue a strategy to increase the number of visitors to this country in association with major sporting...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has received applications for capital grants towards major and minor sporting and or amenity projects throughout...
- Job Creation
414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to liaise with the stakeholders in the tourism sector with a view to future expansion and employment...
- Transport Issues
415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor the rail, road and air transport facilities with a view to maximising the options available...
- Legislative Process RIA
417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of Bills that have been published by his Department since he was appointed Minister; the number and title of those bills...
- Departmental Bodies
418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of Irish quasi autonomous NGO’s that his Department either created or falls under his Department’s...
