Written answers
Thursday, 30 January 2014
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadcasting Sector Regulation
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to cover the reduction in funding to RTÉ of €5 million due from the...
- Job Creation
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to ensure that the Government objective of ensuring local employment where possible on land-based...
- National Renewable Energy Action Plan Publication
10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 313 and 314 of 10 December 2013, when he expects the progress report on Ireland's...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the European Commission's decision to remove member state-specific renewable energy production targets, and...
- Internet Safety
14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcome of the first meeting of the Internet Content Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Broadband Services Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ask the ESB to roll out fibre broadband to all households here on the passing of the ESB (Electronic...
- Energy Usage
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Ireland's position in respect of ranking in a list of energy efficient countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Retail Sector
17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned by the risk to employment in the traditional retail sector from increased online purchasing by...
- Fisheries Protection
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a restocking of eels in rivers and lakes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4297/14]
- Broadband Services Provision
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide high speed broadband to rural areas; when the roll out of this high speed broadband will commence;...
- Digital Television Service Provision
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his position on the recently completed external report on the viability of digital terrestrial television; and if he will...
- Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Publication
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to publish the offshore renewable energy development plan; his plans to develop offshore renewable energy...
- Broadband Services Speeds
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current average broadband upload and download speed for the State; if he will provide the average upload and download...
- Energy Regulation
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he has made in developing a new fiscal and regulatory framework for oil and gas exploration industry here;...
- National Digital Strategy Implementation
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by his Department in implementing the national digital strategy; if he is satisfied with the progress...
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has made submissions to the European Commission regarding European-wide regulations relating to the...
- Post Office Network
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to support the maintenance of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electricity Generation
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he and his Department have studied the adequacy of the electricity generating capacity from non-fossil...
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will conduct any studies into the increased threat of environmental problems from fracking in areas that...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Contracts
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are...
- Northern Ireland Issues
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have further discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with members of the Northern...
- Department of Finance
- Job Initiatives
34. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the introduction of the start your own business scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4668/14]
- Departmental Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Finance the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and allocated; if there is a...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
36. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 21 January 2014, if sub-prime mortgages are subject to mortgage arrears resolution targets process which will...
- Pensions Levy Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making those with a pension fund of less than €300,000 a year which would have an approximate payment of €12,000 a year,...
- Tax Exemptions
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of organisations currently availing of charitable status; if he is satisfied with the present system in place as operated by the Revenue...
- Property Taxation Administration
44. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have a system in place for paying a refund in respect of the local property tax in cases where it has been charged in error; the...
- IBRC Loans
46. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 on 23 of January 2014, the reason it is the case that simple details regarding the number of bidders for the IBRC...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Data
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the National Council for Special Education and his Department arrived at the number of 32 hours as the benchmark for a full-time post for...
- School Patronage
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will open a new Steiner Waldorf national school in Galway; if he will fully recognise the Raheen Wood and Mol an Óige national schools;...
- Third Level Fees
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy with regard to the refunding of the student contribution charge after a student has withdrawn from a third level institution; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and allocated; if...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the mature student grant assistance in respect of a third level student (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Pátrúnacht Scoileanna
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcuirfidh sé in iúl cén uair a bhí teagmháil i scríbhinn idir oifigigh a Roinne agus an bord bainistíochta,...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a person (details supplied) should be allowed to submit their passport records to Student Universal Support Ireland as proof...
- Autism Support Services
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his officials will be in a position to discuss the concerns and questions of organisations involved with preschool ASD classes to the recent...
- National Council for Special Education
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria upon which the National Council for Special Education determine who is a stakeholder in determining with whom they will consult in...
- Suíomhanna Scoile
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cruinniú a eagrú le lucht Ghaelscoil Mhic Dara sula mbronnfar an conradh chun an claí teorann a...
- EU Regulations
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 6 November 2013, the date on which his Department put controls in place to ensure that Bus...
- Departmental Reports
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he received the value for money report on small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4737/14]
- School Enrolments
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans with regard to allowing extra staff for schools with large infant intakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/14]
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme Places
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who is unable to avail of the CETS scheme; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in acquiring a site for a new school (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork which is due to go to...
- School Enrolments
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of school places in Haddington Road, Dublin 4 and surrounding schools. [4775/14]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the changes to sick pay arrangements for the public service to take effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Prevention Measures
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the Office of Public Works to carry out emergency flood prevention works to the bank of the Laune River, Lower Bridge...
- Peace and Reconciliation Programme
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding that will be provided by the European Union and by the British and Irish Governments for the Peace IV programme; when...
- Departmental Legal Costs
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by the Office of Public Works on legal services in each of the past three years; the procurement process followed by the...
- Public Sector Staff Data
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to allowing workers in the public sector who wish to remain in employment until 66 years of age to...
- Flood Prevention Measures
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for the maintenance of embankments and sluices on old Land Commission schemes; if the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Protection
73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will assist in ensuring the security of jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Credit Availability
74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the credit options or State support a farmer wishing to invest but unable to access funding through the banks might avail of. [4630/14]
- Departmental Contracts
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and...
- Job Creation Data
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the number of jobs lost, jobs created and net jobs gained by the Industrial Development Agency,...
- IDA Site Visits
77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development Agency on a county basis for the past three...
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the spend of the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards on...
- Employment Rights Issues
79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to deal with the anomalous position of workers whose contract of employment expires on their 65th birthday, a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Applications
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois has been granted; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals currently lodged with the scope section; the average time taken to decide an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork to her Department's scope section; and if she...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 was refused back to education allowance when previously informed by a social welfare office that...
- Employment Rights Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding employment rights in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4578/14]
- Departmental Contracts
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way her departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and allocated; if there...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite same. [4661/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry could be considered for redeployment outside her Department to vacant positions in other Government...
- Disability Support Services Issues
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the employment supports that are available to adults who may not have been diagnosed previously as being on the autistic spectrum and who may not be...
- Departmental Staff Dismissals
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 21 November 2013, the position regarding an application for information on a pension (details supplied);...
- Public Transport Subsidies
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to payments her Department makes to Bus Éireann for free travel, the reasons for arriving at the amounts paid; the way they are...
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a partial capacity benefit appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4739/14]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4752/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will have a decision made on their carer's allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Internship Scheme Data
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobBridge internships that have been commenced in each year since the introduction of the scheme; of these figures the number of...
- Invalidity Pension Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4774/14]
- Interdepartmental Working Groups
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings of the Interdepartmental Working and Retirement Group that have taken place since February 2011; and the agenda for each of...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 16 January 2014, wherein reduction in rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, arising from an inquiry received from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare requesting that they secure a rent...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate the extent to which an application for carer’s allowance can be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- One-Parent Family Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which domiciliary care allowance and other relevant support is available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- EU Directives
116. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4635/14]
- Departmental Contracts
117. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and...
- Inland Waterways Development
118. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Canals Act 1986 (Amendment) Bye-Laws 2014 will come into effect once the public consultation has been completed; his views...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Speeds
119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the inadequate broadband service being provided to customers under the national broadband scheme...
- Departmental Contracts
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are...
- Inland Fisheries Issues
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will reconsider the proposed levy for a compulsory angler registration charge on every angler in the country...
- Electricity Generation
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuels needs to be increased in the future in the...
- Corrib Gas Field Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected product from the Corrib Gas field will become available on the domestic market; the regions of the...
- Broadband Services Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to improve, enhance, upgrade and expand the quality, speed and extent of broadband...
- Electricity Transmission Network
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which it is expected to engage in consultations with community-based groups that have expressed concerns in...
- Exploration Licences
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the most current form of mineral exploration licenses have been applied for or activated to date; the...
- Exploration Industry Data
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which commercially viable oil, gas or other minerals have been detected on foot of explorations carried out...
- Post Office Network
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the post office service, including counter services, remains the focus for expansion throughout the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Proposed Legislation
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to restrict the height of boundary hedges and trees, or any other legislation in this...
- Irish Water Appointments
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the salaries each of the members of the board of Irish Water receives, and the names of the State bodies of which they are...
- Building Regulations Amendments
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address self-builders' concerns regarding amendment SI 9 of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014,...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the amount of funding drawn down by Cork County Council out of the allocation of €3.9 million...
- Departmental Contracts
135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way his Department's contracts for taxi companies for the transportation of departmental staff are decided and...
- Animal Welfare
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide statistics relating to the control of dogs by local authorities for 2013; the number of dogs seized by...
- Water Services Funding
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request Irish Water to make funding available as a matter of priority to address the mid-Kerry water supply...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has given consideration for funding for Phase 2 of the north Leitrim regional supply scheme as applied...
- Building Regulations Qualifications
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revoke SI No. 9 relating to building regulations, due to come into effect on 1 March 2014, as the mandatory...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has any responsibility for testing and inspection of telephone and telecommunications masts; and if he...
- Nitrates Usage
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which dates are selected for the spreading of slurry; if these dates take the weather variation from year to...
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he proposes to put in place to make funding available to Kerry County Council to make up the cost of...
- Water Meters Expenditure
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that contractors appointed to install water meters in homes are being paid per meter; and if he will make a...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a scheme will be put in place where persons would get grant aid to replace the monitoring alarm systems damaged during...
- Foreshore Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a strand beside a property is in the ownership of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry or is in the ownership of...
- Irish Water Administration
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, on foot of commitments during the passage of the Water Services Act 2013, Irish Water will stop charging commercial...
- Irish Water Staff
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the staffing plans for Irish Water; if he is satisfied that Irish Water will not be overstaffed and will operate...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Courts Service
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reform the court poor box system to ensure that a significant amount of contributions made in a county will remain there; and if he...
- Legal Aid Service Expenditure
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the fee rate for each fee type for senior counsel, junior counsel and solicitors for each year, or part of a year, from 1987 to 2013 for all fee...
- Magdalen Laundries Issues
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the ex gratia scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in Magdalen Laundries, if he can clarify the section access to...
- Departmental Contracts
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and...
- Courts Service
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can change name by deed poll; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Awards
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in respect of a person (details supplied); if the...
- Legal Services Regulation
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to explain the course of action open to a person in respect of a breach of confidentiality in a family law case in which the contents of a...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Mountjoy Prison community works party and in view of the benefits for participants and local communities, who benefit...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the case that a member of An Garda Síochána must provide his or her name to a member of the public when requested to do so and...
- Family Law Cases
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the basis on which media reporting is allowed in family law cases held in camera; the basis on which one or other of the parties to a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 will be commenced; if its operation will apply to existing employees...
- Livestock Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the liability that rests with a farmer if an accident is caused by livestock owned by them straying on to a public road; his plans to change the...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which he has the power to release a person from prison on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way regularisation of residency status is likely to be addressed in the short term in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
- Asylum Applications
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Residency Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders Issues
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which residency status can be regularised in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a visa might be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Residency Permits
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and progress to date in the determination of an application for long term residency/naturalisation in the case of a...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Contracts
171. To ask the Minister for Defence the way his Departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of Departmental staff are decided and allocated; if there is a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Carcase Disposal
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls that are in place to deal with a situation (details supplied) regarding an infected animal found in woodland; and if he...
- Departmental Contracts
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and...
- Animal Welfare
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to issues surrounding the welfare of abandoned and stray horses in County Galway; if he will confirm...
- Fishing Communities
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the case taken by his Department against Cromane mussel fishermen, in view of the likelihood of considerable...
- Grant Aid
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the recently announced 60% building grant aid for young farmers will be available and the qualifying criteria for same. [4687/14]
- Proposed Legislation
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the forestry bill will be detrimental to the expansion of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Forestry Premium Payments
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers wishing to plant land will still be able to receive 20 years of payments tax free for planting their lands; if the level...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the TAMS2 scheme to be opened up for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4765/14]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has had their disadvantaged area payments suspended for the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the community grant afforded to those in community childcare facilities includes training for staff in first aid and other child care...
- Departmental Contracts
183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and...
- National Educational Welfare Board Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff, in terms of whole-time equivalents, employed at the National Education Welfare Board as education welfare officers...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if reports in the press by the Children's Rights Alliance earlier in the year that there are no child psychologists employed by the new...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that were removed from persons from February 2011 to February 2012, from February 2012 to February 2013 and from February 2013 to...
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
187. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobility allowance is available to persons who are registered legally blind. [4773/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
188. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for an appointment in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has been on a waiting list for urgently required orthodontic treatment since 2009 will be offered an...
- Medical Card Eligibility
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4566/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/14]
- Hospital Appointments Administration
192. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a date for their operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4572/14]
- Respite Care Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not since mid-2013 provided respite services to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if regular respite...
- Health Services Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a date for an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on the delay that this child has experienced in...
- Preschool Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a child with a chromosome deletion disorder who wishes to avail of the free preschool year in 2014-15; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
196. To ask the Minister for Health if it is permissible for hospital consultants who admit patients on a private basis to transfer those patients to the public system for the purposes of...
- Hospital Closures
197. To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of the impact of the appointment of a liquidator at Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin, on the public health system; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Staff Training
198. To ask the Minister for Health when the Irish Charter of Physiotherapists began to charge persons who did not study in the RCSI, TCD, UL and UCD €500 to register with them; if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
199. To ask the Minister for Health the way his departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and allocated; if there is a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/14]
- Health Services Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a legal obligation on the Health Service Executive to implement remedial action and recommendations proposed by the HSA report regarding the...
- EU Directives
203. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-border health care directive will be implemented; the reason for the delay in implementing this directive; and if he will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
204. To ask the Minister for Health the specific amount of allocated hours per week for a pupil (details supplied) in County Louth for physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy services; and...
- Departmental Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of section 39 agencies that receive funding from his Department; if he will further provide, in tabular form, the amount that...
- Hospital Appointment Delays
206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had to wait two weeks for an emergency dilation and curettage at Holles Street Maternity Hospital; and if this waiting...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
207. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for public and for private patients who require dilation and curettage following a miscarriage as a result of no foetal cardiac...
- Departmental Investigations
208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he will not investigate documents from the Cappagh Farmers Support Group relating to an investigation (details supplied). [4716/14]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions advertised since the announcement of a 30% pay cut in 2012 for such positions; the number of applications received for the...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
210. To ask the Minister for Health his actions in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4742/14]
- Health Services Issues
211. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan who suffers from autoimmune Lympho Proliferative Syndrome; and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products Availability
212. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supply and-or availability of medication (details supplied) under the various drug schemes; if such medication is available under any...
- Medical Card Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Reviews
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review refusal of medical card cover in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4798/14]
- Vaccination Programme
215. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which support services will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4799/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
216. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum nursing home support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the case will be re-examined; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the full extent of support available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4801/14]
- Medical Card Delays
218. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4802/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review entitlement to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4825/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cycling Facilities Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding to Kerry County Council and South Kerry Development Partnership to develop the greenway on the...
- Departmental Contracts
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way departmental contracts for taxi companies for the purposes of taxis for the use of departmental staff are decided and allocated;...
- Road Traffic Legislation
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to vary the maximum height that may be carried on a truck to facilitate the carrying of slightly higher loads of straw and...
- Road Projects
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that will be made available to Cavan County Council for the roadworks programme for 2014; and if he will make a statement on...
