Written answers

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      1. To ask the Taoiseach if community employment scheme and JobBridge participants are included in the employment statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/14]
    • Tourism Data
      2. To ask the Taoiseach the top ten most visited non-English speaking countries by Irish citizens. [10683/14]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will indicate, in tabular form, the total expenditure by his Department on external consultancy advice services, including legal services, in 2011, 2012 and 2013; if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      5. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied with the number of women currently serving on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/14]
    • Semi-State Bodies Issues
      6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employee share ownership plans in operation in the commercial semi-State sector under the remit of his Department; his views on whether they offer good value...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      7. To ask the Taoiseach the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up payments to staff; when...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Common Foreign and Security Policy
      8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish arrangements for the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management under the EU's Common Foreign and...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 11 February 2014, if he will provide details of the election missions in which...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support President Maduro in Venezuela in preserving peace in South America. [10393/14]
    • Trade Relations
      11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify and list who our likely top ten future non English-speaking trading partners will be in the short to...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify and list the ten most important foreign languages used in the conduct of Irelands diplomatic relations....
    • Translation Services Expenditure
      13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out in tabular form the amount spent on translation services in respect of each required language in his...
    • Human Rights Issues
      14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passing of Uganda's anti-gay bill into law will change Irelands diplomatic relationship with Uganda; if it will...
    • Syrian Conflict
      15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent air raid that killed 26 people across Syria on 24 February 2014, on...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that US military plane had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport on...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make inquiries or obtain information from the Spanish Government on an Irish man (details supplied) who died...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the most recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with members of the Northern...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      22. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal since its publication nearly three years ago; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      23. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare should be exempt from tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10208/14]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      24. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of the universal social charge (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10373/14]
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      26. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to make sure the buyer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages complies with the Central Bank of Ireland code of conduct on...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person must pay additional costs when paying taxes by instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10405/14]
    • Property Taxation Application
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the recommendation of the Thornhill Group for local property tax paid in respect of a rented property to be tax deductible in a...
    • IBRC Loans
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance if further consideration will be given to offering discounts to persons who have individual loans with the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if this...
    • NAMA Operations
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 19 February 2014, the price that National Assets Management Agency realised for the site of five acres on the...
    • Economic Data
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has records of the performance of Irish companies in terms of net profit or net loss for the purposes of measuring or indicating economic...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      33. To ask the Minister for Finance when a Revenue Commissioner's investigation is expected to be resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Deposits
      34. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 28 January 2014, the reason maturity options forms for saving certificates in respect of a person (details...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      35. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons prosecuted for cigarette and tobacco smuggling in Dublin Port and Dublin Airport in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local property tax. [10623/14]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 regarding tax relief at source; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Commission will deliver its final response and decision in respect of the restructuring proposals for AIB; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Corporation Tax
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will specify the information that has been requested by the European Commission and the information that has been provided by the Department of Finance...
    • Credit Unions
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that credit unions must hold a yearly annual general meeting; if it is within the remit of the registrar of credit unions to refuse credit...
    • NAMA Investigations
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has conducted an independent economic assessment of the proposed €20 million investment at Scotch Hall in...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman Issues
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter concerning the Financial Services Ombudsman and the provisions of the Central Bank and Finance Authority of Ireland Act 2004 which...
    • NAMA Investment Funds
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the National Asset Management Agency's current estimated cost of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10745/14]
    • NAMA Portfolio Value
      45. To ask the Minister for Finance the average rental yield achieved by National Asset Management Agency on its property assets associated with its portfolio of loans; and if he will make a...
    • NAMA Debtors
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency debtors that have been put into receivership since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      47. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of investigations into allegations of the leaking of confidential information by former National Asset Management Agency staff; and if he will make...
    • NAMA Bonds
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance AIB’s holding of National Asset Management Agency bonds; the interest rate being paid on these bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • NAMA Staff Contracts
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new National Asset Management Agency employees who are subject to longer notice periods than previously applied; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the maximum salary that may be paid to developers whose loans are held by National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Social Housing Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a high proportion of housing units identified by National Asset Management Agency as suitable for social housing are not being taken up by local...
    • NAMA Debtor Agreements
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of application for rent reviews received by developers whose debts are owned by the National Asset Management Agency; the number which were...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      57. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages, if the liquidators will act in the best interest of the taxpayers and allow all interested bidders,...
    • IBRC Loans
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the value that the 2% of borrowers par value loans represent as a percentage of the entire Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up payments to...
    • Credit Availability
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recommendation 6.3.1 of the Entrepreneurship Forum report in relation to personal guarantees; if he has had any discussions with the Central Bank...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport; the procedure he will establish to ensure the safety concerns of the...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 11 months after the establishment date of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, he has not enabled sections 21 and 22...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision in their appeal for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of all contracts and consultancy arrangements entered in to by the Caranua board; the consultancy and contract...
    • Schools Complaints Procedures
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms open to parents to make a complaint about a school principal or the board of management to his Department; the procedures involved;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the plans for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [10333/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capitation Grants
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the financial assistance available to a school (details supplied) which due to rising enrolments secured an additional...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views of the findings in the chief inspector's report that the depth of mathematical knowledge required to deliver the objectives of projects...
    • School Placement
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Dublin. [10398/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children who are transitioning to second level school who have been diagnosed by the Health Service Executive with Asperger's, without a...
    • School Placement
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding placements in respect of children (details supplied). [10419/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the specific constraints outlined in recent communication to his Department with respect to the additional accommodation application of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to his Department of Medmark4teachers for each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10428/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the Student Grants Appeal Board has received an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; when a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision may be expected;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland does not accept the notice of assessment by the Revenue Commissioners used to calculate income for...
    • State Examinations Issues
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10461/14]
    • State Claims Agency Reviews
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report will be completed on the reviews of the school abuse claims initiated after the judgment on a case (details supplied); and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the recent decision to refuse the higher rate of higher educational grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding discrimination against teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10573/14]
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome on an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be made known; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations Issues
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the LCVP. [10581/14]
    • School Transport Provision
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 with special needs; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Education Policy
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policies for faith based schools and the way they deal with new communities and persons of different religious or tribal backgrounds to that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; if funding...
    • School Accommodation
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a progress report available for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10634/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on a proposed school (details supplied) which has already been planned; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in counties Westmeath and Longford that availed of the new book rental scheme as announced in budget 2014. [10651/14]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is policy that contracts of indefinite duration are only awarded to teachers and tutors up to eligibility to claim State pension; the date...
    • Adult Education
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact numbers of adults taking part in language courses at night in respect of the ten most popular languages throughout Ireland, particularly...
    • Languages Programme
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the top ten countries that the Irish student body partaking in Erasmus language exchange programmes and other similar official initiatives travel...
    • Overseas Students Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the top ten non-English speaking countries of origin of overseas third level students. [10686/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be built and open for enrolment of students. [10715/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if this application will be re-opened. [10733/14]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special educational needs officer will be appointed to oversee a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional resource teaching posts that would be required if Down's syndrome were reclassified as low incidence; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a Student Universal Support Ireland late application for grant assistance was received in respect of a person (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the role of the clinical psychologist to make a recommendation that a child should attend a special needs class (details supplied); and...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when his Department will honour payment of money due under bench marking since 2007, following a Labour Court recommendation, to a number...
    • School Transport Fees
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any cost-benefit analysis undertaken by his Department regarding the payment of fees by parents for school transport, particularly...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of hours learning support under the general allocation model in an all-girls school to five hours per mainstream...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the names of the primary schools in the country which are all-girl schools; the DEIS status of those schools...
    • School Curriculum
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources he has allocated to training teachers for implementation of the new junior certificate reforms. [10892/14]
    • Book Rental Scheme
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will provide funding under the book rental scheme to a DEIS band 2 school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the implications for agencies funded by his Department which fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered the application by a college (details supplied) in County Sligo for capital funding to provide a link building...
    • Education and Training Boards Issues
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a facility (details supplied) in County Dublin; the timeframe for when repairs will be carried out; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will enact in full the provisions of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal since its publication almost three years ago;...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works is considering removing the large build-up of silt and vegetation in parts of the River Liffey to improve...
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether it is a requirement for all policy review groups to conduct a regulatory impact analysis prior to submitting recommendations...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the position regarding funding and construction of a new flood relief scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering an extension of the grace period from 1 July 2013 to 31 August 2014 as it applies to those retiring from the public...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects work to start on increasing the attenuation capacity of the Tymon Park ponds to address flood issues on the River...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of Fairtrade public procurement by the Government in the most recent available year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a value for money review is conducted on the cost of banking and legal advice services to ensure that public funds are spent on what...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 6 February 2014, if all Departments are complying with his requirements to publish purchase...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons that the Office of Public Works has not taken immediate action to alleviate regular flooding at a location (details...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff seconded to his Department each year between 2011 and 2013 from external companies; the company from which each...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the history of the moratorium on public sector recruitment, particularly pertaining to local authorities, including...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works keeps figures on the impact of flooding on homes and businesses; if this is the case he will provide the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has had any discussions with the Department of Finance on making the purchase and installation of domestic...
    • Political Reform
      142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on progress on political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11039/14]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal since its publication nearly three years ago; and if...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position in Irish law regarding the implications of the conclusion of the Sorensen and Rasmussen versus Denmark case...
    • Redundancy Payments
      145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their due wages and holiday pay; the mechanisms available to...
    • International Agreements
      146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for a free trade agreement between the EU and Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10594/14]
    • Exports Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify and list what he expects to be the top ten growing export markets for Ireland in the medium term; the language...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current waiting lists in county enterprise boards for initial meetings for persons wishing to start their own business and for...
    • IDA Supports
      149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency have acted to improve their commitment to the County Offaly region including the Edenderry area...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposals or consideration he is giving to community owned enterprise units specifically as part of the Enterprise Ireland...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
      153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when compensation funds will be made available to flood victims in County Limerick; the way in which they must be secured, that is, if an...
    • General Register Office
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the General Register Office at the Irish Life Centre, Dublin, is being relocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10575/14]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all social welfare vacancies are filled as a matter of urgency in order to assist in supporting the most vulnerable sections...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the medical eligibility for carer's benefit and carer's allowance differs; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Redeployment
      158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons currently on permanent panels of relief porters in county councils will be eligible to apply for service officer posts in her Department,...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if part-time workers are entitled to the full rate of jobseeker's allowance if they lose their job; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate eligibility for rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify what is accepted as sufficient evidence in order to prove a child satisfies the definition of an orphan pursuant to section 2(1)...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the rent allowance in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals
      163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time appeals for mortgage interest supplement are currently taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10378/14]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason Boyle social welfare office directed many claimants there to take a training course with a Ballina, County Mayo based training company...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for research to be conducted assessing the impact on persons and families of deducting 5%, 10% and 15% respectively of their...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has still not received a decision regarding a means test; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria that must be met by applicants wishing to participate in community employment schemes; if there are any options to grant discretionary...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times experienced by applicants for carer's allowance, disability allowance, and illness benefit; if her attention has been...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the remit of the community welfare officers with regard to persons currently in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance-rent...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason carer's allowance was only granted for a four and a half week period after the death of a person (details supplied) in County Longford;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details provided) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a disability appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a case in relation to a back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will deal with a matter regarding accessibility to social protection offices (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction of 1,000 in the number of persons on community employment between 2008 and 2013. [10584/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if officials in her Department have considered the lessons learned from the former fish assist scheme and the way this might inform a new scheme to...
    • Job Initiatives
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria she will use to select private contractors to implement the JobPath plans; the amount of money proposed to be spent; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects an appeal of a domiciliary care allowance application to be adjudicated upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      191. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that new welfare claimants are being requested to supply bank details; the implications of such a policy change for the An Post...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      192. 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. [10693/14]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a general inquiry regarding the fact that her Department are now directing recipients to the banks with no mention of the post...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10826/14]
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the serious threat to community based drug rehabilitation projects, special community employment schemes, because...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the implications for agencies funded by her Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is becoming increasingly difficult for community employment schemes to recruit persons to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Monuments
      206. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will meet with the 1916 Rising relatives; when he envisages this meeting taking place; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the education programme for north midlands region National Park and Wildlife Service, Ballinafad, County Sligo is being...
    • Departmental Funding
      208. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any source of funding available to Passion 2014 which is the re-enactment of the Passion of Our Lord which will be taking...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Criteria
      209. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will organise a meeting in west Clare at which officials can outline the emergency works...
    • Harbours and Piers
      210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a berth in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cultural and Heritage Centre
      211. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Cultural and Heritage Centre for College Green, the person who will be responsible for operating the...
    • Naomh Éanna
      213. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 2 February 2014, the reason he decided to exclude the Irish Ship and Barge Fabrication...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      214. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list all research carried out by or on behalf of National Parks and Wildlife Service on the causes of the decline of the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      215. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing...
    • Forestry Management
      216. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has any responsibility or role in the management of old native Irish forests. [10937/14]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Bodies
      217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail the findings of the corporate governance final reports undertaken in Sustainable Energy Authority...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of reference for the expert panel to oversee the preparation of reports on Grid Link and Grid West; and if he...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources he will seek the commissioning of an independent cost benefit analysis on the proposed wind farm developments in the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown in terms of electricity, transport and heat in respect of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2020; and...
    • Energy Usage
      223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of heat energy demand between domestic, public, commercial and industrial buildings; and...
    • Energy Resources
      224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been a study carried out into the potential energy production from hydroelectricity here; and if he will...
    • Fisheries Protection
      226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current planning restrictions surrounding hydro generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10496/14]
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation
      227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the studies completed into the environmental damage caused by tidal energy power systems; and if he will make a statement...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projected impact on the energy grid in terms of fossil fuel consumption if Ireland reaches its renewable targets for...
    • Broadband Services Charges
      231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an early termination fee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who had a verbal agreement with the...
    • EU Directives
      232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will sign up for the EITI, along with 39 other countries, in order to raise common global reporting standards,...
    • Offshore Exploration
      233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to develop an inter-agency oil and gas sector development policy for the management of oil and...
    • Postcode Implementation
      234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the necessity for a public information campaign on the national roll-out of postal codes; when such an...
    • Postal Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to provide the national postal service delivery objectives. [10708/14]
    • Post Office Network
      236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to co-ordinate the interdepartmental working group needed to ensure that Government services are...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the national broadband plan and the national broadband mapping exercise; if he will outline the way the...
    • Postcode Implementation
      239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 18 February 2014, when he stated his Department received correspondence from...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Research
      240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list for each of the years 2003 to 2013, inclusive, the full titles of all of the research carried out by or...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit
      242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that Inland Fisheries Ireland is carrying out all of its State functions in full compliance with the...
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the current regime prohibiting the catching and killing of sea-trout in certain parts of the west...
    • Inland Fisheries
      245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland, or its predecessors, to ensure that the States management of River...
    • Postcode Implementation
      246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 18 February 2014, if he can confirm another tender process was started on 23...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal since its publication nearly three years...
    • Planning Issues
      249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if farmers are required to have planning permission to erect fencing on their lands; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of purchasing carbon credits to offset each tonne of CO2 emitted above our EU targets; and if he will...
    • Noise Pollution
      251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted an audit of aircraft noise levels in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if so, if he...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is available to compensate tourist projects that have been damaged or lost facilities due to the severe weather...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Consumers Association of Ireland have a role in relation to the protection of customers and the quality of water...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all applications by Galway County Council and Galway City Council for funding for remedial and preventative...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the tenant purchase scheme for local authority housing; and his views on when, if at all, the...
    • Water Meters Installation
      257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whom can residents contact if Irish Water damages their property while installing water meters; and the realistic options...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that under SI 9 of 2014, Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, one can no longer self-build or...
    • Local Government Reform
      261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the decision to transfer management of local development programmes such as Leader or the local...
    • Work Placement Programmes
      262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been allocated to each local authority to support the gateway local authority activation scheme; if he...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a group (details supplied) in County Galway will receive funding for its project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Meters Installation
      264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount contractors (details supplied) are being paid per meter installed by Irish Water; if he will provide an...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding provided to Dublin City Council for a brief for the appointment of consultants to...
    • Planning Issues
      270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities or An Bord Pleanála have any powers under existing legislation to compel developers to refrain...
    • Water Services Provision
      274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the exact cost of the proposed water supply project Dublin region; if other options have been explored in terms of cost...
    • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
      275. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the successor programme to the local community development committee will be put out to competitive...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      276. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the subsidy for private group water schemes; if he will provide in tabular form the total spent on such...
    • Local Authority Staff
      277. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are employment progression routes in local authorities whereby a general operative who obtains a third level...
    • Local Authority Services
      278. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of progress regarding the development of a Liffey Valley Linear Park along the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      279. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of submissions received by his Department in respect of the draft wind energy planning guidelines; the way his...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
      280. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide exact details arising from the most recent Environmental Protection Agency emissions inventories and...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Remit
      281. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the systems in place to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency is fully able to monitor the efficacy of filters...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 20 February 2014, (details supplied) if he has available to him and his...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      284. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce initiatives for persons who have a mortgage with a local authority and who wish to trade up to a...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      286. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding housing and Travellers. [10830/14]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      288. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the actual figures or, where not yet compiled, the estimates for the number of individual homes and...
    • Electoral Reform
      289. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the report on the spending limits for candidates in the upcoming local election will be made available; if this...
    • Seanad Elections
      290. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of graduates registered, the number of new graduates registered; and the number of graduates removed,...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      291. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the departmental overview that is undertaken regarding administration of moneys granted to voluntary organisations by his...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the issuing of a foreshore license for Burtonport to Donegal County Council. [10954/14]
    • Motor Tax Collection
      295. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the request of Clones Town Council that the extra charges applicable to a motorist taxing a vehicle...
    • Electoral Reform
      296. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any further developments into the possibility of directly elected mayors; his views that this is the...
    • Irish Water Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the acting South Tipperary county manager (details supplied) is employed on any contractual basis or in any way, either...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      299. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person must pay additional costs when paying taxes by instalments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Political Reform
      300. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on progress on political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11038/14]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      301. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty tribunal since its publication nearly three years ago; and if he will...
    • Alcohol Sales
      302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the introduction of a new code of practice for the sale and supply of alcohol in the off trade; and if he will make a...
    • Courts Service
      303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of courthouses in the ownership of his Department in the Wexford area; the number of these premises that operate as...
    • Firearms Licences
      305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to alter legislation in relation to gun ownership for hunting and target practice; if he has received any requests to alter such...
    • Asylum Applications
      306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for interview in respect of their application for asylum; and if he will...
    • Garda Investigations
      307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason gardaí have not investigated the assault complaint made by a person (details supplied) to Store Street gardaí in Dublin on...
    • Magdalen Laundries
      308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the appeals process where an eligible applicant to the Magdalene laundry redress scheme decides to appeal a decision to the...
    • Alcohol Sales
      311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions undertaken by the Garda Síochána in 2012 and 2013 to licensed premises for the offence of serving alcohol to...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers prosecuted in the Dublin region in 2013 for driving in a bus lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10598/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      313. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have completed the first round of aptitude tests for recruitment to the Garda Síochána; the percentage mark...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the laws or regulations in place for privacy for neighbours whose property is being viewed through a video camera (details supplied); and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms in place to ensure that persons who apply to join the Garda Síochána on the online application form is filled out by the...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      318. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make...
    • Garda Confidential Recipient
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date and manner in which he relieved from duty the confidential recipient, Mr. Oliver Connolly. [10924/14]
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the review of the Garda Síochána as part of the Haddington Road agreement; the matters that review will...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      325. To ask the Minister for Defence the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up payments to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agrifood Sector Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the regulations that are in place to govern the spraying of pesticides by hand and by plane on open farmland; and...
    • Fish Landings
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the white fish fleet who have been unable to fish for the past few months due to bad...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme Eligibility
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will issue a letter giving details of the date of the last payment of farm retirement in respect of a person...
    • Beef Data Programme
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the payments for the suckler grant 2013 will be paid; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the standard to which non-pasteurised, Irish-produced cheeses are tested in Ireland differs from other EU states; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Eligibility
      334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a derogation will be provided to farmers who were adhering to REP scheme plans and were unable to maintain areas of their lands...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme appeal submitted on 21 October 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • European School Fruit Scheme
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase Ireland’s participation in the EU’s school fruit scheme from the current provision of fruit for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a ground survey inspection will be carried out by his Department in County Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding sheep farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10539/14]
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will provide to farmers whose lands have been sterilised because of the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement...
    • Beef Data Programme
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional supports will be provided to farmers of suckler cows on top of the €80 proposed in new common agricultural...
    • Forestry Sector
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial support will be provided to persons whose forestry was completely destroyed in the recent storms; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the payment can be expedited...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive agri-environment option scheme payment; the reason for the delay in...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to announce funding from his Department for annual repairs for piers and quays to local authorities; and if he will...
    • Beef Imports
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if beef from Poland is being imported into Ireland and processed and labelled as Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on the potential role the horse racing industry could have in supporting equine welfare; and his views on imposing a...
    • Animal Welfare
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the special investigation unit will be sent in to investigate animal welfare breaches of the Animal Health and Welfare Act in...
    • Rural Development Policy
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if support needed for the establishment of producer groups for growers will be proposed under the rural development programme being...
    • Fisheries Protection
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to co-ordinate the development of a national management strategy for Irish inshore fisheries to provide...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their farm payments processed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing single farm payments and disadvantaged area aid payments for 2012 in respect of a person (details...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal under the disadvantaged area based scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under agri-environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the...
    • Fish Farming
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the operator moved the remaining fish which suffered such damage in the recent storms at the Bantry Bay fish...
    • Beef Exports
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that Irish cattle, when exported to the UK with an ie eartag, will sell for 40p sterling less than cattle with a...
    • Land Issues
      357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the collection of Land Commission records (1881-1982) in the custody of his Department, including correspondence,...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the exemption for capital gains tax in relation to land which has been leased for the past five years is available in cases where...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area scheme and AEOS payments; and if he...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied ) will receive all outstanding moneys due to them for compensation under the TB eradication scheme;...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing...
    • Proposed Legislation
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of the review on the legislation that criminalised the fishermen for breaches of EU fisheries regulations; the...
    • Forestry Management
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he is responsible for the management of old native Irish forests. [10938/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 695 of 15 January 2014, the reason single farm payment has not issued to a person (details...
    • Equine Statistics
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses that were put down in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10957/14]
    • EU Funding
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will utilise the provision in the new EMFF fund which allows member states to use EMFF funds to compensate for severe weather...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an AEOS payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if same will be expedited; and if...
    • Pork Exports
      369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent meeting of chief veterinary officers of the European Union in relation to the ban by Russia on all...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will implement to deal with the serious problems facing beef producers due to the reduction in prices and changes to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
      373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid to Irish farmers in single farm payment in the period 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Direct Payment Scheme Expenditure
      374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation of Pillar 1 funding to Ireland for the period 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/14]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all applications by Galway City Council and Galway County Council to his Department for funding for remedial and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land that was planted with forestry between 2005 and 2007 will be eligible for consideration as eligible acres for Pillar 1...
    • Animal Welfare
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance available to farmers to assist them in exterminating vermin, including mink; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a badger cull in the Annaghdown/Claregalway/Corrandulla area of Galway as a result of an outbreak of bovine TB...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider including Springboard courses under the child care and employment training support scheme. [10209/14]
    • Local Government Reform
      381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine correspondence (details supplied); if she will examine alternative means of funding for Comhairlí na nÓg in...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she will distribute or allocate the funding for training providers; if private training providers who have specialised in child...
    • Preschool Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a second free pre-school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10856/14]
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      384. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the implications for agencies funded by her Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      385. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the plan announced by the Child and Family Agency of the graduate placement scheme is withdrawn. [10973/14]
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Charges
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the current funds collected by the Exchequer in either direct or indirect health charges respectively, including PRSI; if it is planned to abolish such charges...
    • Departmental Reports
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a regulatory impact analysis was conducted by the tobacco policy review group as part of the process leading to the publication of the...
    • Health Services Issues
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received a reply in relation to a needs assessment application that they submitted on behalf...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which he will withdraw the drug fampyra from the drug payment scheme from July 2014; the reason the Health Service Executive will not fund...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards when issued on the basis of specific medical illness (details supplied) are removed on a return to work strictly where that person returns to...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply details of the remuneration package received by a person (details supplied), including salary, pension packages, and any other forms of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if the incurable condition adiposis dolorosa, also known as Dercum's disease, is covered under the medical card scheme [10257/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      395. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 26 November 2013, and the insufficient information provided in the Health Service Executive response to same, with...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a fair deal appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10328/14]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      397. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 577, 578 and 580 of 17 December 2013, if he will explain the reason this Deputy has not yet received a reply from the...
    • Health Services Reports
      398. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the international evidence review on independent hospital trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a hip replacement has not been scheduled for a person (details supplied) in Cappagh given that the person was referred by their general practitioner...
    • Narcolepsy Issues
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the investigations undertaken by his Department and statutory agencies into the connection between the onset of narcolepsy and the swine flu vaccination; and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [10399/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the proposed introduction of legislation to provide for an advance healthcare directive; the way the legislation will assist in developing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Health in situations where a medical card has been issued on medical hardship grounds and where it required the provision of evidence that was both costly and time...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the annual wages of the chief executive officer of Cheeverstown as a section 38 voluntary service. [10426/14]
    • Health Services Reports
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national treatment purchase fund December waiting lists report was not published as of 25 February 2013 in view of the fact that he previously...
    • Health Services Provision
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if a dialysis machine will be provided in the home of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if funding will be provided for this machine as soon as...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if paramedics will be recruited from 1 April 2014; if he will be lifting any recruitment embargo that is in place for paramedics; and if he will make a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department applies different policy criteria to a child with autism requiring speech therapy services who is based in a mainstream school than to a...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Staloral tablets, which have known health benefits for persons with severe allergies, are not available here but are available in the UK and...
    • HIQA Issues
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the specific issues that caused three members of the Health Information and Quality Authority board to resign from their positions earlier this month; when he...
    • General Practitioner Services
      412. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent Irish Medical News survey of general practitioners which indicated that 90% of those surveyed do not believe that the Government was...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes indoors and in public places due to the untested short and long-term health effects of the emitted vapour; and if he...
    • HSE Properties
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the demolition of several buildings on the campus of the old Meath hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10519/14]
    • Hospital Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health his or the Health Service Executive's plans for Baggot Street hospital; if he will confirm that it is not suitable for use as a primary care centre; his plans...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects planning and then construction work respectively to begin on the new National Maternity Hospital building at the Elm Park campus of St....
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans for primary care centres at locations (details supplied); the specific location address for each; if a lease has been...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [10525/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is trying to live independently and is working has been refused a medical card. [10528/14]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      422. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical procedure will be provided at Tallaght hospital in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      423. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date at Tallaght hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [10546/14]
    • Hospital Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with spinal injuries that have been transferred from Tallaght hospital to the Mater Private Hospital for treatment; and if this transfer...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been two spinal surgeon consultants appointed recently in Tallaght hospital to deal with the waiting lists. [10548/14]
    • Hospital Services
      427. To ask the Minister for Health further to correspondence (details supplied), if a standard guideline for staff working in neonatal/maternity units has been developed; if it makes specific...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/14]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a one month prescription of medication is taken to mean a 28 day supply; if there has been any change towards this manner of dispensation in recent...
    • Medical Card Delays
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the waiting times for medical card applications to be processed, including new applications, renewals, reviews and appeals;...
    • Health Services Issues
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10605/14]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if he provide in tabular form by year the number of inspections undertaken under the national tobacco control inspection programme from 2009 to the end of 2013...
    • Departmental Functions
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if a unit of the economic and evaluation service has been set up in his Department; and if so the number of trained economists and other staff working in the...
    • Hospital Services
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had an appointment for a hip replacement operation cancelled on two occasions; if an early...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an implant pain management procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10624/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the Cork area for children needing to access Health Service Executive early intervention and autism spectrum...
    • Medical Inquiries
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm which section of what legislation precludes the Health Service Executive from commenting on the neglect of patients if the Medical Council...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health to advise how the number of hours worked by agency nurses and level of spending on agency nursing in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, compares to...
    • Hospital Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to open the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore to full capacity to deal with demand, reduce trolley waiting times and ensure all...
    • Hospital Admissions
      452. To ask the Minister for Health in regards to the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore if activity has increased; if the average length of stay has reduced; if the age profile has increased...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospital of the ambulance waiting times at each acute hospital in the last available 12 month period; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline WTE paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians respectively employed in each ambulance region; the number of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 4 February 2014, the reason the estimated cost of the project has increased by nearly €2.5m; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing delays regarding the opening of the psychiatric unit in Beaumont Hospital; and when same will open [10734/14]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10736/14]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if there are situations where graduate nurses are earning a starting salary which pays below the minium wage when divided over the number of hours they work;...
    • Universal Health Insurance White Paper
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider and evaluate a single payer social insurance model, along the lines of those used in France, Germany and Nordic countries...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and allow for orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      462. To ask the Minister for Health when the national ambulance service's review of the delay in an ambulance getting to the scene of an accident (details supplied) in County Donegal will be...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a review on the reason a medical card was removed from the person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prescription Charges
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to increase the prescription charge cap from €19.50 to €25 per month for medical card holders; if his attention...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the decision not to award a general practitioner visit card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he...
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given in respect of a third consultant post at Waterford Regional Hospital; when is it expected that the posts in question, will be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a discretionary medical card was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 despite an increased medical need and no change in income....
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo has adversely affected nursing staff in the emergency department of Sligo Regional Hospital; if the daily staff complement is not...
    • Health Services Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health is he satisfied that all facilities and equipment was available at the earliest possible time in relation to a case (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that an 18 minutes 59 seconds response time is adequate for dealing with clinical status 1 ECHO calls which involve life-threatening...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if the national ambulance service has begun its own capacity review to determine current and future service delivery needs. [10816/14]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      477. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the refurbishment works carried out in a nursing home (details supplied), when patients will be moved back into the facility; if the patients...
    • Health Services Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the quality of service likely to become available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; if a full assessment and diagnosis has taken place;...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons being sent to the UK for mental health treatments which are not currently provided here; if he will provide a breakdown by year...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when making medical card application assessments, the Health Service Executive use 3% as a rule for...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10867/14]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the introduction of a code to ban price based advertising of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/14]
    • Medical Workforce Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical scientists microbiology panels currently in existence; when such a panel was last advertised; when the Health Service Executive experts...
    • General Practitioner Services
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will introduce free GP care for aged five and under; the projected budget for this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if persons over 70 years of age who are over 20 years in long-term residential care provided by the Health Service Executive in regional or community hospitals...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect to be called for an outpatient appointment, in view of the fact the person has been waiting since...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in determination of a medical card review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Funding
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding will be provided to ensure a premises (details supplied) in County Offaly will be operated to its full capacity. [10903/14]
    • Dental Services Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neck and face post-cancer patients who are awaiting dental care for three months, six months and 12 months (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to make top-up payments to...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the ambulance emergency response times for north Kildare from July 2013 to date in 2014. [10931/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the latest Children's Rights Alliance report card which for a second year running downgrade the Government's performance on mental health and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Traffic Management
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place regarding traffic management in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/14]
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is in receipt of a report from Offaly County Council outlining the damage to regional, county and local roads resulting...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department are taking regarding the IASS superannuation pension scheme deficit issue; if his Department are working on...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Office of Public Works will complete their review of the feasibility study in respect of the proposed swimming pool to be...
    • Tourism Policy
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the review of Ireland’s tourism policy which was commenced in September 2013. [11005/14]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide additional capacity or alternative means of joining the N11/M50 for the commuters from Wicklow to Dublin; and if he...
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the maintenance costs associated with the motorway system in 2013; the total revenue raised from tolls on our motorways for 2013; and if...
    • Rail Network
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any recent contact with his Northern Ireland counterpart on the matter of upgrading the Dublin/Belfast railway line; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met the CIÉ board, the Dublin Bus board, the Iarnród Éireann board and the Bus Éireann...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays for driving licence applicants; and the action he is taking to remove such delays....
    • Public Transport Issues
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the lowest Dublin Bus fare has gone up by around 56% from 2011 over the past three years; the way this will...
    • Taxi Regulations
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current situation whereby a taxi cannot act as a taxi if the vehicle is older than 15 years, while no such rule...
    • Swimming Pool Projects
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will launch a new local authority swimming pool programme; when he will announce details of same; the bodies that will be in a...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the regulations requiring the testing of trucks and trailers that are currently off the road and have been certified as...
    • Driver Licences
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the postal service was not developed as the provider of the drivers licence service in view of their excellent record on the...
    • Harbour Authorities Appointments
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the current directors of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company; the date their appointment commenced; the period of...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement changes to the leap card system in order that those who lose or damage a leap card can get a replacement; if he will...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Pension Scheme
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with representatives of the retired aviation staff association as a matter of urgency, to discuss the IASS pension scheme...
    • Driver Licences
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed bilateral agreement between Ireland and Canada in relation to recognition of driving licences in both...
    • Tourism Promotion
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Tourism Ireland will promote tourism here in major tourism billboard campaigns in major airports, bus stations, train stations and so...
    • Penalty Points Working Group
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 18 February 2014, if he will confirm that his Department will be taking the lead on the work...
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for a parking disc in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the subsidised bus service by a company (details supplied) in County Cavan servicing Cavan to Longford is being cancelled; if...
    • Road Tolls
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 20 February 2014, (details supplied) if he has available to him and his Department the...
    • Landing Rights
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests his Department have received from civilian aircraft carrying munitions to land at Shannon Airport or pass through...
    • Traffic Management
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultation his Department has had with Dublin City Council and with the National Transport Authority in respect of a traffic...
    • Rail Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with Irish Rail regarding the disruption of services on the rail line between Carrick-on-Shannon and...
    • National Car Test
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appointment system for booking NCT tests will be reviewed in view of the fact that the current system does not allow customers...
    • Road Safety
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 123 February 2014, in respect of weight restrictions for agriculture tractor and trailers,...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications for agencies funded by his Department that fail to comply with consolidated public sector pay scales by continuing to...
    • Road Safety
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will improve the quality of lighting at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed route that is envisaged for the proposed extension of the Luas Green Line to Bray, County Wicklow; if the proposed route...
    • Rail Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further Parliamentary Question No. 1605 of 18 September 2013, if he will ask the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail to provide...
    • Crime Levels
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown into categories of the number of crimes such as theft, anti-social behaviour and assaults, which occurred...
    • Departmental Funding
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there was a significant decrease in the regional and road grant allowance for 2014 to Longford County Council and the reason...

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