Written answers
Thursday, 13 March 2014
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation Data
7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,000 jobs the Government says were created in 2013; the categories of the economy in which they...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the draw-down of funds from the credit guarantee scheme and micro-enterprise fund, particularly by businesses on the...
- Employment Rights Issues
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce measures to ensure staff do not have to pay rental fees to their employers for the provision of uniforms...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of female entrepreneurs that have benefitted from the female entrepreneurship competitive feasibility fund; the progress to...
- Pension Provisions
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to allow former employees access to the Labour Court or the Labour Relations Commission in relation to pension matters; and...
- Job Creation Targets
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he expects innovation, science and technology to play a part in the jobs market in the next two years; the extent...
- Trade Agreements
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the negotiations between the EU and the US on a transatlantic trade and investment partnership; and if...
- Job Creation Data
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if part-time jobs are included in the figures provided by the Industrial Development Agency for employment in its client companies; the...
- IDA Site Visits
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency organised visits by prospective investors to sites in County Limerick and in towns outside...
- IDA Jobs Data
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Agency in each NUTS-II in the last three years; the number lost in IDA...
- Skills Shortages
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives he is taking in view of the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding...
- Living Wage
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the introduction of a living wage and its benefits to employers and employees; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regional Development
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether regional development goals are receiving adequate attention from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland; and if...
- Employment Rights Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he welcomes the fact that over 40,000 workers in the retail sector have sought and won, through their union Mandate, over €15...
- Job Creation
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the current system of employers PRSI can be enhanced to support job creation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Grocery Industry Competition
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding plans to ban so called hello money in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/14]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to implement the report of the Entrepreneurship Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12169/14]
- Industrial Property Portfolio
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agencies under the aegis of his Department that own business or industrial land for development, broken down by agency...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of loans guaranteed to date under the credit guarantee scheme; his plans to review the scheme to improve its take up; and if...
- Action Plan for Jobs
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the implementation of the action plan on jobs; the most recent figures from the exporting sector; if he will...
- Job Creation
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to see jobs created in the manufacturing and services sectors over the next two years; if he is...
- Trade Missions
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the recent joint trade mission carried out in Singapore by his Department and Enterprise Ireland and counterparts...
- National Minimum Wage
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the national minimum wage should be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12174/14]
- Action Plan for Jobs
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in terms of the stated aim of supporting competitive regions, as identified in the 2014 Action Plan for Jobs, the groups,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Application Fees
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not received a refund of the payment made in relation to an...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Assessments
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any provision to refund an overpayment of household property tax where a person who, when completing the household property tax form, ticked the...
- Credit Availability
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the availability of credit and debt management continues to be an issue for small and medium sized enterprises; the extent to which his...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of fines issued to importers of illicit tobacco products and sellers of illicit tobacco products for each of the years, 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
- VAT Rate Application
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will revise the current VAT and duty tax on diesel to assist commercial transport companies who are currently finding it difficult to sustain business...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that will be put in place to protect the 13,000 approved mortgage holders with Irish Nationwide Building Society whose loans are being sold to the...
- Mortgage Repayments Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider placing a clause in the code of conduct for mortgage lenders to prevent them from charging interest on the warehoused section of the loan....
- Customs and Excise Staff
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs and excise officials who work at Ireland West Airport, Knock; if they work there on a full-time or part-time basis; and if he will make a...
- Commemorative Coins
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the commemorative coins he will issue as part of the decade of centenaries 2013-2023. [12541/14]
- Banking Sector Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if, at any stage in 2008, officials in his Department were aware that a sum of approximately €7 billion was placed in Anglo Irish...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Application Numbers
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of the mortgage interest relief supplement in south Kildare; and the number of applications per year since 2010. [12561/14]
- Property Taxation Collection
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the total money collected from each local authority area under the local property tax in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/14]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding financial pressure. [12602/14]
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
54. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to legislation that is in place to allow disabled persons to avail of a VAT and VRT exception on modified vehicles, if legislation will be...
- International Agreements
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of revenue that has been generated arising from memoranda of understanding and the anti-contraband and...
- Tax Collection
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which a solution has been found to resolve the matter of unpaid income tax in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact to date of institution-specific performance targets for covered banks set by the Central Bank of Ireland to move distressed small and medium...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects in which the Ireland strategic investment fund has invested; the number of new jobs created as a result of these projects; and if he...
- Non-Resident Companies
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish incorporated companies that are not judged to be resident here under the test of management and control and that have advised the Revenue...
- Corporation Tax
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the corporation tax of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12720/14]
- Universal Social Charge Payments
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who is employed in another country (details supplied) who is liable to pay €8,000 under the universal social charge in this State...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Social Protection with a view...
- Employment Support Services
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in any circumstances, a higher rate of payment exists for single persons as opposed to those who are married when applications for...
- School Accommodation
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12477/14]
- School Transport Eligibility
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to assist families to cover the cost of school transport in circumstances where they have medical cards but are...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [12532/14]
- Special Educational Needs Data
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of pupils currently within Gaelscoileanna; the total number of special needs assistants working in Gaelscoileanna; the total...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will now re-examine a student grant appeal and issue a 100% non-adjacent rate and 100% maintenance grant and 100% fees and student...
- Commemorative Events
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources he intends to commit to schools, both primary and secondary, over the decade of centenaries 1913-23, to allow schools to...
- School Accommodation
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12551/14]
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy in place for the use of tablets and PCs in schools; if schools should be charging pupils over €700 for such an item as is the...
- School Transport Eligibility
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in rural Ireland that do not have a school transport service due to the low number eligible for such a service on any route,...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the apprenticeship review; the next steps following the publication of this review; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted to his Department under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 in 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively; the number of...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full range of financial supports available to students entering a second undergraduate course immediately upon completion of an undergraduate...
- School Accommodation
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details provided) in County Cork which secured an additional mainstream teacher in September 2013 was provided with or is entitled to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following the recent heavy rainfall and subsequent swelling and overflowing of many rivers, if he will consider a flood alleviation...
- Coastal Protection
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a timeframe for when additional funding will be provided for coastal protection works (details supplied) in County...
- Semi-State Bodies Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of equity investments he has made in State-owned companies since March 2011; and the number he plans to make in 2014. [12527/14]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Retention
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the staff and jobs at a company (details supplied). [12530/14]
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the set up and running costs of Microfinance Ireland; the amount Microfinance Ireland has lent to business to date and on an annualised...
- IDA Portfolio
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of land holdings and industrial estates and parks held by the Industrial Development Agency outside the gateway cities, the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which ongoing trade missions continue to succeed in attracting foreign direct investment to this country; the estimated...
- Job Creation Data
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs created in the services sector in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- EU Funding
95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which grant aid from the EU Commission under the heading of innovation, science and technology continues to be made...
- Job Creation
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the issues likely to encourage new job creation and maintain existing...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which particular or specific cost issues have been brought to the attention of his Department by small and medium sized...
- Job Creation
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which his Department continues to focus on job creation likely to be of benefit to the long-term or youth unemployed; and...
- Work Permit Criteria
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which persons employed here on a long term basis on foot of work permits but in some of which cases, gaps have appeared...
- Department of Social Protection
- Mortgage Repayments Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the present mortgage interest supplement system finishes, the measures she proposes to introduce to ensure that such a system will be continued...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the appeal against the disallowance of carer’s allowance will be decided in respect of a person(details supplied) in Dublin 13. [12466/14]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assistance in respect of a family (details supplied). [12471/14]
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 19 November 2013 regarding unfair dismissal in respect of former employees of a nursing home (details...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's policy in relation to a recipient of jobseeker's allowance who qualifies for illness benefit and if that recipient is required to...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants receiving rent supplement payments in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12582/14]
- Social Welfare Schemes
112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the rules to allow eligible persons to indicate their interest to their social protection office in community employment, Gateway...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount she and her Department have paid out in fees to consultants and external service providers since taking up her role of Minister for...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance and a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [12603/14]
- Youth Guarantee
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the youth guarantee. [12627/14]
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the amount paid in jobseeker's allowance in the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support was terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes Places
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, who was offered a position on a community employment scheme in November 2013, the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent support remains available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [12706/14]
- Pension Provisions
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which previous submissions in respect of unrecorded employment have been examined by her Department with a view to increasing the...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if invalidity pension already refused or entitlement to disability allowance, as appropriate, may be considered in the case of a person (details...
- Guardian's Payment Appeals
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, notwithstanding her replies to previous parliamentary questions in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [12715/14]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for domicilary care allowance applications to be processed; if she can confirm that her Department is currently processing...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form over the past five years of the number of those previously in receipt of domicilary care allowance...
- National Internship Scheme Data
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in JobBridge since its inception on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth. [12739/14]
- State Pensions Reform
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline all changes to the State pension since January 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12745/14]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
139. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding sources that have been investigated to allow grant-aiding of commemorative initiatives, local and national as part of the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Unfinished Housing Developments
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland cut off, or threatened to cut off, the power to the...
- Broadband Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when people in the Dingle Peninsula will receive the broadband facilities that persons in the larger towns and cities...
- Wind Energy Generation
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the costs that have been incurred by the different State agencies regarding the...
- Energy Schemes Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he voted in favour of the biofuel mandate at the EU energy Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of persons who have availed of the better energy schemes; the...
- Post Office Network
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to set up a working group comprising officials from An Post, the Irish Postmasters' Union and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of mortgages between shared ownership and affordable loans, on the books of Kildare County Council, that...
- Local Authority Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the allocation made to Donegal County Council for reparations of the...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland cut off, or threatened to cut off, the power to the...
- Waste Disposal (1 comment)
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding appropriate times for refuse collection by private bin companies in residential areas. [12496/14]
- Public Procurement Contracts
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water complied fully with procurement law when appointing consultants and service providers; if any restrictive...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (1 comment)
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when details of the new tenant purchase scheme will be made available as local authority tenants are currently deprived of...
- Seniors Alert Scheme
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of his discussions with community alert organisations; if he will put in place a process that the current...
- Household Charge Collection
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total money collected from each local authority area from the household charge in 2012; and if he will make a...
- Local Government Fund (1 comment)
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated to each local authority from the local government fund in 2012, 2013 and 2014;...
- Motor Tax Collection
155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any provisions are in place for those who fall into arrears on their motor tax, who wish to have their cars taken off...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be available for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Data
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the information available to his Department regarding the acreage of land zoned for future...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the shared ownership scheme; if provisions have been made for many of those in shared...
- Community Development Initiatives
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details and favourable consideration to the requests made to him by the Irish Local Development Network...
- Local Authority Housing Data
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of local authority houses that have not been let in more than...
- Local Development Companies Expenditure
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons payment has not been processed in respect of a project (details supplied); if he will provide a clear...
- Septic Tank Inspections
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline on a county basis the number of septic tank inspections that have been carried out to date; the number...
- Priory Hall Development
163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of rebuilding Priory Hall, Donaghmede as against demolishing and building houses in their place; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Court Accommodation Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision regarding the temporary relocation of Mullingar courthouse will be published; if he will consider Columb Barracks; and if he will...
- Immigration Data
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who currently have pending applications with his Department for residency based on the Zambrano judgment; the number of...
- Crime Data
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes committed in the south Kildare area on a monthly basis in 2013. [12562/14]
- Court Orders
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of barring orders served through Kildare courts in 2013; and the number of multiple barring orders that have been served to...
- Student Visas Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a stamp 3 visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [12600/14]
- Naturalisation Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding residency status or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding residency status or eligibility for potential naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Residency Permits
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding residency status or eligibility for potential naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Student Visas Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding update of stamp 4 or eligibility for potential naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and...
- Family Reunification Applications
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for family reunification will be entertained in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will...
- Family Reunification Applications
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if family reunification will be entertained in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Deportation Orders
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the proposal to deport in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding updated stamp 4 or determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; if a request made for transfer to...
- Residency Permits
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delay in updating stamp 4 entitlement in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the reckonable continuous residency for consideration in respect of eligibility for naturalisation; the extent to which...
- Residency Permits
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had sight of letters from specific persons supporting upgrading the residency status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if...
- Naturalisation Applications
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all information requested in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of an application for naturalisation has...
- Residency Permits
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, with reference to the Zambrano judgment;...
- Garda Deployment
188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of gardaí who retired and were not replaced in County Donegal in the past five years; the...
- Garda Operations
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a special Garda operation is still in existence to deal with burglaries; and the action that will be taken to deal with the recent spate of...
- Legislative Measures
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy changes he is making to ensure citizens who do not pay fines are not sent to prison; his views on the progress made over the past five...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategies in place to deal with the inevitable increase in emissions; and the impact on the environment that will result from...
- Animal Welfare Bodies
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the DSPCA in the interest of transparency to publish an up-to-date account of its kill records. [12498/14]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Louth is obliged to carry out certain works on lands which he or she is renting out. [12568/14]
- Agriculture Schemes Penalties
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 3 December 2013, in respect of farm penalties, if he will provide these figures for...
- Dairy Sector
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of microbiological testing carried out on raw milk by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland on behalf of his Department;...
- Ash Dieback Threat
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be paid to amenity tree producers who have suffered losses as a result of measures taken to eradicate chalara...
- European Council Meetings
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he voted in favour of the biofuel mandate at the EU agriculture Council of Ministers meetings; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rural Development Programme Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the proposed islands measure under the rural development programme; the options examined to date; and if he will make...
- Rural Development Policy
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application has been made to the EU to de-list equines from eligibility for consideration for stocking density purposes for...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Farm Inspections
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 4 February 2014 and 292 of 19 December 2013, if he will furnish the corresponding...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the remaining 25% agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Equine Industry Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how a person becomes qualified to teach equine transport competency; the steps required to be taken to establish a training company;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a break down of all moneys paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who participated in the 2011...
- Fish Quotas
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the herring quota for small fishing vessels in the north-west fisheries in view of the impact this policy has had...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline co-funding arrangements for the rural development programme 2014-2020; if he is satisfied that the arrangements...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are in place for members of the farming community who have had their lands damaged in recent flooding; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if penalties will be imposed on farmers who have not been able to fulfil the criteria of various departmental schemes due to recent...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Years Strategy Publication
211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the early years strategy. [12473/14]
- Early Child Care Education Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children nationally who are availed of the early childhood care and education scheme over a two year period; the number of...
- Legislative Programme
213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when work will be completed on the adoption information and tracing Bill; her views on whether the current facilities for adoptees wishing...
- Youth Services Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the rural clubs co-ordinator position within Youth Work Ireland, Galway, will continue to be funded; if her...
- Community Care Issues
215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay by her Department in paying subvention schemes; when the delay will be rectified with outstanding moneys paid; and...
- Adoption Legislation
217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action that has been taken regarding the issue of step-parent adoption, as raised by this Deputy under Topical Issues on 10 October...
- Departmental Programmes
218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on any planned improvements in the provision for services for teenagers who need supports (details supplied);...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Administration
219. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria and application process involved for inventors/product developers in having new products added to the list of products available on the medical...
- Prescription Charges
220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm due to a recent change in his Department's policy pertaining to long-term illnesses, that a number of persons with medical cards are still...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Places
221. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to methadone treatment, the number of inpatient residential detox places currently in the State; the location of same for assisting persons with...
- Universal Health Insurance Issues
228. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has been made of the cost of universal health insurance to the taxpayer; the estimated time frame for the introduction of the insurance; and...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for the elderly that are available in County Louth. [12501/14]
- Health Services Issues
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda. [12503/14]
- Capital Programme Expenditure
234. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 100 bed unit at St. Mary’s, Drogheda; and the timeframe for its commencement, construction and completion. [12506/14]
- Hospital Bed Data
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [12508/14]
- Home Care Packages
241. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for home care packages. [12513/14]
- Nursing Staff Provision
245. To ask the Minister for Health the current ratio of nurses to patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda by day and by night. [12517/14]
- Hospital Staff
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the extra 38 posts for the Portlaoise maternity unit approved in July 2013 that have been filled; and when he expects the remainder to be filled...
- Care of the Elderly Provision
248. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the consultations on Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals; the state of the decision making process; and when he will report to...
- Medical Negligence Cases
249. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of cerebral palsy compensation payouts made for children born in Portlaoise hospital in the years 2010 to 2013. [12523/14]
- Hospital Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health further to his response to this Deputy at the Oireachtas health committee hearing on 6 March 2014, that he had received a letter in relation to an...
- Diabetes Strategy
251. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 19 February 2014, in relation to the diabetic retinopathy screening and treatment initiative, the number of...
- Medical Card Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a discretionary medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ambulance Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times over the past two years that there have been no ambulances stationed in Athy, Baltinglass or Portlaoise, due to no cover for overtime...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls from Tallaght Hospital that have taken over an hour to respond to by ambulance [12557/14]
- Cancer Research
257. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical trial published in the AJR 2009 complies with ethical standards; and if it demonstrates an increase in breast cancer [12564/14]
- Medical Card Applications
259. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) which was originally sent to PCRS on 3 January 2014 but not recorded and re-sent to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
260. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthopaedic outpatient appointments for consultants in a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the way the current...
- Food Safety Standards Review
262. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has monitored the review being carried out by the FSA in Britain in relation to raw milk; if there is any...
- Medical Card Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Patient Safety
264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 254 of 26 February 2014 and 265 of 27 February 2014, if hospitals were requested to amend the HIPE data which has...
- Dental Services Provision
265. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Topical Issues debate of 18 December 2013 regarding an orthodontic investigation, the current status of the investigation; the number of persons...
- Medical Card Data
266. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of medical cards that have been cancelled or reviewed in the past two years for those within the 16 – 18...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
267. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has to wait a further seven months to have a pin replaced in their hip in Mayo General Hospital when...
- Medical Card Delays
271. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card is likely to be renewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12672/14]
- Medical Card Applications
272. To ask the Minister for Health if and when medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12673/14]
- Hospital Services
273. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns raised about staffing and the facilities available at St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, County Dublin. [12674/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
274. To ask the Minister for Health if refusal of a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed with the intention of awarding the card in respect of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
275. To ask the Minister for Health when a surgical procedure will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12676/14]
- Generic Drugs Substitution
276. To ask the Minister for Health the enforcement mechanisms that are in place to ensure that consumers and the Health Service Executive actually benefit from generic substitution and reference...
- Misuse of Drugs
277. To ask the Minister for Health the target date for the full commencement of new regulations under the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with the trading of certain z-drugs, the dealing in and...
- Alcohol Sales Legislation
278. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale being worked to in relation to the publication and implementation of the Public Health Alcohol Bill; and if he will confirm that the prevention...
- Patient Safety
279. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail all options available to citizens who feel they have been failed by the health services, this to include the role of internal...
- Medical Card Eligibility
280. To ask the Minister for Health if a person working and paying tax both in another country (details supplied) and here and living here can qualify for a medical card here; and if he will make...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Expenditure
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money provided in 2013 for repair of county roads in County Limerick; the amount of money that has been allocated for...
- Coast Guard Services
282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for the Coast Guard service for a new building in Waterville; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Projects Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be available for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/14]
- Aviation Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the expert group appointed to investigate the IASS pension situation is required to meet representatives groups...
- Driver Licences
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [12528/14]
- Commemorative Events
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with the main sporting bodies to mark the centenary commemoration of the 1916 Rising with a major sporting...
- Driving Test Regulations
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the rules regarding driving tests for persons who drive scooters which means that they...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will seek to have Dunleer train station reopened to serve communities in the...
- Road Safety Strategy
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his announcement in January 2012 that he was making €100 million available after a detailed plan was carried out for...
- Road Projects Contracts
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the amount per annum in tabular form the M3 and Limerick tunnel toll guarantees are costing Irish taxpayers; if he will...
- Taxi Regulations
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the position regarding the new local hackney licences for rural areas; if he will provide full details of the scheme; the...
- Regional Airports
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total operational expenditure subvention, OPEX, and capital expenditure, CAPEX, grants paid to Kerry Airport in each of the past...
- Emergency Services Personnel
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); the reason for the delay in furnishing a reply; and if he will make a statement...
- Taxi Regulations
297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding an application for a hackney licence. [12717/14]
- Public Transport Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or the National Transport Authority has any plans for local transport services for the Dublin North-East and Dublin...
