Written answers
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education Reform
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16470/14]
- School Grievance and Appeals Procedures
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the recourse available to parents of children who have been left disadvantaged by the administrative decision of a school...
- Third Level Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the future funding of third level education and the student registration charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Broadband Services Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the ability of primary schools to use internet-based teaching devices in delivering the curriculum; and if he will...
- Gaelscoileanna Issues
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of demand for a new Gaelcholáiste in north-eastern County Kildare over the past five years is such that immediate consideration...
- School Enrolments
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the case of a small school (details supplied) in County Wexford which is due to lose one of its teachers despite having 87...
- Education Standards
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which continued assessment takes place of the need to ensure that children or students exiting from the education system are...
- Schools Building Contractors
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the recourse available to creditors of boards of management of schools who are not receiving payment for services...
- Skills Development
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the ability of the economy to create and sustain jobs is being hampered by the issues highlighted in the OECD programme for...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which his Department’s policy on educating children with autism will be available; the actions that are being taken to improve...
- School Enrolments
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the current school admissions policy is adequately geared to meeting the enrolment numbers presenting throughout the country...
- Schools Building Projects Status
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to increase primary and post-primary school accommodation in Midleton and Carrigtwohill; and if he will make a statement...
- Child Protection
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's requirements in relation to child protection are being implemented and monitored by his Department at a school (details...
- Disadvantaged Status
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS 1 and DEIS 2 schools in the country; if this number has increased in the past three years; if he review the eligibility...
- School Placement
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 25 March 2014, regarding the crisis in school places at junior infant level in Swords and his...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants at both primary and post-primary level in WTE terms in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14; the number of hours...
- School Placement
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems faced by some parents in getting their children into local schools, including that of the parent...
- School Curriculum
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will deal with concerns of teaching unions on the proposed plans for the junior certificate cycle reform; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a committee in operation to advise him on education matters; the membership of the committee; if such a committee has representatives...
- School Transport Administration
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the State's official response in the EU Commission state aid investigation of state aid to Bus Éireann and its answer to...
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the feedback his Department has received from secondary schools on the impact of his cuts to guidance counselling hours; if he will commit to...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Irish citizens who were refused grants from Student Universal Support Ireland on the basis of not satisfying the habitual residence...
- School Staffing
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his proclaimed commitment to a pluralist education system, the reason he allowed Roman Catholic Canon Law to override democratic...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the carbon tax that was introduced in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16885/14]
- Property Taxation Deferrals
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16888/14]
- Tax Code
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the appeals system for tax matters as announced in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16915/14]
- Property Taxation Administration
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will contact a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 regarding their local property tax payment; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16864/14]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of apprenticeships here by class and by participant per each class; his views on whether there are a sufficient number of...
- Autism Support Services
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 25 March 2015, if he will provide a list of the entire range of autism specific interventions that he...
- School Accommodation
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to funding a school (details supplied) regarding it lease for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will make an assessment on the impact of the lack of availability of the back to education allowance for students training to be...
- School Transport Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the longest waiting times and travelling times and the total times for pupils of different age categories for primary school and post primary...
- Departmental Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated by his Department and the list of the projects that benefited in County Mayo in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in...
- School Transport Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the ombudsman’s ruling in dealing with school transport that there is an onus on public bodies to provide fair and transparent...
- State Examinations Commission
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why retired teachers who wish to apply for the position of supervisor of State Examinations are required to register again with the Teaching...
- School Accommodation
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Youth Employment Initiative
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of years Ireland will benefit from the youth employment initiative. [16901/14]
- School Transport Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations in the Farrell Grant Sparks report that were not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16925/14]
- School Transport Administration
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department paid Bus Éireann less for the administration of school transport in 2011 to present day. [16926/14]
- Schools Building Projects Status
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a general purpose room and third additional classroom were not granted for a school (details supplied) in County Galway as part of a...
- Third Level Fees
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the economic think tank has recommended that the Government should reverse cuts to third level education and eventually...
- School Transport Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange to publish a route plan for all schools in County Roscommon as if all eligible pupils based on distance criteria would be...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the number of additional special needs assistants that have been provided to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Refurbishment
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the position regarding a summer works scheme in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Education Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with regard to the adequacy of resources available throughout the educational sector in the current year at primary, second,...
- Special Educational Needs Expenditure
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to meet in full the requirements of the special needs...
- Education Standards
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the entire educational sector to achieve progress in the current year by way of enhancing the potential of the...
- Education Places
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full extent of training, re-education or further education places likely to be available through the aegis of his Department in 2014; the...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects his Department to be in a position to address the question of youth unemployment in the current year having regard...
- Schools Building Projects Application Numbers
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in County Kildare awaiting approval in respect of replacement of buildings or provision of new structures or other...
- Teacher Numbers
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to retain the required complement of teachers at primary and second level throughout the...
- Education and Training Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is satisfied regarding the availability of facilities in respect of upskilling to meet current and future...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he will re-examine the structures of Student Universal Support Ireland and the inadequacy of the existing structures to deal...
- Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of student higher education grant applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of the 2013-2014 academic...
- Bullying in Schools
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of incidents of school bullying, including cyberbullying, reported to his Department by the primary and-or post-primary sectors...
- Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 March 2014, and based on the response (details supplied), if he will encourage third level...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Contracts
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the contract to supply stationary to the State; the reason there is a delay in awarding this contract; the reasons...
- Control of Dogs
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works may stipulate by-laws in relation to the control of dogs and littering on OPW properties and grounds: if...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Regulatory Bodies
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to set up a body dedicated to monitoring the design and quality standards of furniture here; and if he will make a statement...
- Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of Horizon 2020 programme and its emphasis on expanding digital programming as an area for significant job potential and...
- Department of Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) working two hours daily, ten hours weekly receiving €139 per week is not allowed sign on for the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revisit the criteria for the back to education allowance for students training to be secondary teachers in view of the fact that the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the method by which casual workers are means assessed for receipt of jobseeker's payments, that is, where a person can lose...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when disability allowance arrears will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
- Work Placement Programmes
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the Tús scheme placement from 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16962/14]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be held as soon as possible on an application for carer's allowance in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
106. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 2 April 2014, the procedure by which a preservation order under section 8 of the...
- Arts Funding
108. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will actively support the Irish Chamber Orchestra, which needs funding in 2014. [16983/14]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband roll out for rural areas of Navan, County Meath, where persons have been...
- Bioenergy Strategy Implementation
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a detailed study has been conducted into the viability of biomass in view of recent advancements in technology and...
- Communications and Energy Infrastructure
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 1 April 2014, in view of the real and potential impact on communications and...
- Broadcasting Service Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that all residents of the State can access the Saorview system; if the concept of universal free to...
- Broadband Services Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether we will reach the EU target of providing 30 Mb high speed broadband per second to every home and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Irish Water Funding
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the overall figure for investment in Irish Water for both 2013 and 2014; the source of that funding,...
- Local Authority Funding
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be released to Meath County Council to enable them to begin urgent renovation work to council properties...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of housing estates not taken in charge where the developer-builder concerned is insolvent, the number of such...
- Departmental Funding
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on an application (details supplied); when he expects moneys to be made available for draw...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when works will be carried out in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Water Charges Exemptions
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Motor Tax Collection
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider rectifying the substantial additional cost which motorists who tax their vehicles on a quarterly or...
- Departmental Reports
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the CEDRA, the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, report will be published; and if he will make...
- Wastewater Treatment Facilities Inspections
123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private wastewater schemes broken down by county that were inspected to date under the Water Services...
- Traveller Accommodation
124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Traveller accommodation upgrades and provision is eligible for housing regeneration funding in view of the extremely...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commission of Inquiry
125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a risk analysis was carried out in 2008 when new ICT systems were put in place in Garda stations and other Garda offices; if he will provide...
- Garda Retirements
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda, who has reached the age of 50 years, is eligible to retire on a full pension even though they do not have full 30 years service, some...
- Personal Insolvency Act
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality based on the information provided by the Insolvency Service of Ireland that only four deals were struck involving mortgage debt in the past three...
- Data Protection
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that the State may be liable for investigation by the European Commission and possible financial penalty arising from an...
- Assisted Human Reproduction Issues
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on anonymous egg and sperm donation; his further views on whether donor conceived children have a right to a relationship during...
- Residency Permits
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a letter from their landlord can suffice as evidence of residence during the past five years in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Child Abduction
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 11 February 2014, if he is concerned that a German court did not accept a court order from this...
- Immigration Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding immigration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16945/14]
- Garda Retirements
134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 1 April 2014 in which he stated that the previous Garda Commissioner was also granted an extension...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the installation of brand new CCTV equipment along the new road at a location (details supplied) in County...
- Courts Service
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce community courts in Cork. [17011/14]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of further evidence submitted in support of a review of a single farm payment penalty in respect of a person (details...
- Live Exports
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats from Ireland that are currently approved by his Department for the export of livestock to North Africa. [16847/14]
- Legislative Measures
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he proposes to amend or replace the Diseases of Animals (Carriage of Cattle by Sea) Orders 1996 and 1998; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the AEO scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Milk Quota Trading Scheme
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16866/14]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 AEO scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in payment; and...
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grass land sheep scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Eligibility
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant available under the TAMS I scheme for a piece of equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Beef Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken since taking office to protect the price of beef for the farming community; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Exports
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason international certificates for live exports of cattle are only accepted from 11 organisations when there are many other...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme penalty review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be finalised; and if...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their suckler cow welfare scheme payment in respect of 2012;...
- Equine Industry Issues
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take in order to reduce the cost of identification process for those involved in the equine business; and if he...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected annual spend, broken down by year and by sub-programme, of the Common Agricultural Policy rural development programme...
- Fish Farming
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen who have applied for grants for loss of lobster pots and shrimp pots, respectively, due to the storms this...
- Herd Numbers
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a change in the rules relating to joint herd numbers; if so, the details of the changes; the reason for the changes; and...
- Sheepmeat Sector
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if interim compensation will be paid by his Department to sheep farmers in the Twelve Bens-Maam Turk area of Connemara, who left the...
- Sheep Census
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of sheep returned on the sheep census for the following P246 Achill, P247 Currane; P248 Dooegs and P249 Slievemore;...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is anything in the new regulations for the Common Agricultural Policy programme 2014-2020 that would preclude him from...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the present staffing complement, by section and grade, of the Child and Family Support Agency; the number of staff yet to be recruited in...
- Child and Family Agency Remit
160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation's proposal (details supplied) can be included in the Pathways project under the Child and Family Agency; and if she will...
- Early Child Care Education
161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is seeking to up skill but is being forced to recommence...
- Department of Health
- Home Help Service Eligibility
162. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding increased home help hours and a wheelchair in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16864/14]
- Prompt Payments
163. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of days the Health Service Executive takes to pay invoices submitted by suppliers; the total amount of outstanding invoices owing by the HSE...
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason they were not awarded...
- Health Services Access
165. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which transport is provided for adults who must travel to access certain health services, in particular for persons who may, due to the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals are indicating to general practitioners who have referred patients that they may seek alternative treatment elsewhere if waiting...
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cystic fibrosis unit in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, is presently idle; if he has engaged with the Health Service Executive to determine how quickly...
- Health Services Charges
168. To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of dialysis for a patient; the number of dialysis patients that undergo treatment in the State in a year; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
169. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will be recruiting administration staff for the hospital in Portlaoise and Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are only 15 special beds available for patients with spinal injuries in the Mater hospital when there was previously 30 such beds available...
- Health Services Charges
171. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a reimbursement in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16891/14]
- Ambulance Service Response Times
172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether every local community should have trained first responders to hand in times of emergency in view of recent reports regarding delays in...
- Medical Card Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an over 70s medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16912/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be provided with free spectacles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16928/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate under what circumstances participants in the fair deal nursing home scheme may retain a portion of their income; and if he will make a...
- Mobility Allowance Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms being put in place to cater for persons who formerly received the mobility allowance; the plans that exist to introduce a new regime or when it...
- Hospital Charges
178. To ask the Minister for Health the payment policy for attending at accident and emergency departments; his plans to amend same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16941/14]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing free cervical smear testing for those aged under 25 years following concern about the prohibitive fee of €80; and if he...
- Health Services Issues
180. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16949/14]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in granting payment of a nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
182. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding. [16956/14]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug fampyra in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16957/14]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed primary care centre for Dungarvan, County Waterford; if progress has been made in securing a public private partnership,...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts taken to reduce opiate consumption in Cork city. [17012/14]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Trans European Transport Network Programme
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a reply will issue to the interim response LV/1363; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/14]
- Public Service Obligation Services
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he will make to ensure that the tendering of 10% of all PSO bus routes of Dublin services will not further undermine the...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on an application for a sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- HGV Road Tax
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the new HGV road levy which has come into effect on the 1 April, 2014 in the UK and Northern Ireland;...
