Written answers
Thursday, 1 May 2014
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the seven villages sewerage scheme in County Waterford. [19457/14]
- Planning Issues
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a review of the current planning legislation to allow the extension of planning permission in cases...
- Rural Development Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will implement all the recommendations of the recently published CEDRA report; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the procedures in place for the letting of local authority houses to ensure that local...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give a full report on the rental accommodation scheme and leasing tenancies across all the local authorities...
- Property Taxation Administration
17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which local authorities can be expected to vary the rate of local property tax before they know the level of...
- Housing Issues
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider incentives to reduce the number of vacant housing units in Dublin such as a tax placed on any property...
- Local Authority Funding
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the length of time local councils have after spending money on grants for the upgrade of private wastewater systems to make...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when details of the new tenant purchase scheme will be published; and the way in which it will differ from the old scheme....
- Dormant Accounts Fund Management
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 April 2014, the current position on the new dormant accounts disbursement...
- Homelessness Strategy
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his short term plans to deal with the rapid increase in homelessness; the full costs of using hotels as emergency...
- Planning Issues
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will sign off on the transfer of water services for new housing schemes prior to the schemes being taken...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the provision of ramps and stairlifts by local authorities now have to be processed by his Department. [19464/14]
- Building Regulations Compliance
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider including architectural technologists on the list of registers identified under the Building Control...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commission a review of the Private Residential Tenancies Board to consider how best it can be restructured as...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene as a matter of urgency to revise the terms of the pyrite remediation scheme so that those who are...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Issues
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the European Union membership applications submitted by Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and...
- European Council Meetings
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he put forward at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in relation to sanctions to be imposed at EU...
- Northern Ireland Issues
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent initiatives he has taken or proposes to take in relation to the urgent need to reach agreement on the proposals...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Industry
36. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place, in view of recent developments in the insurance industry, to ensure that vehicle insurance paid for the full year to companies that...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will be able to apply retrospectively for the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- IBRC Liquidation
39. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on 25 April 2014 in which they stated a sum of money will be set aside...
- Insurance Industry
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding Setanta Insurance policy holders who have been informed that the company has gone into liquidation and may not be in a position to meet...
- Tax Code
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding old age pensioners over 80 years of age; if they are required to pay USC on their pensions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Property Taxation Collection
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/14]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will confirm the situation concerning liability for local property tax in respect of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Banking Sector
46. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the State supported banks; the proportion of their outstanding loans that are on a non-recourse basis; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give any special relief from income tax to those who are forced to sell their entitlements due to the EU rules on leased entitlements under the new...
- Tax Credits
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximisation of entitlement to income tax credits in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if a P21 will issue in their case; and if...
- Tax Rebates
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a refund of overpayment of income tax will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Code
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the rising rate of obesity and the problem of food poverty, consideration will be given to the introduction of a price subsidy for...
- IBRC Loans
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the disposal of transfer of the remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan book; if he has issued a direction order on the matter;...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage holders whose mortgages are currently still with IBRC will get an opportunity to bid for their own loans; and...
- Strategic Investment Bank Establishment
53. To ask the Minister for Finance when the proposed strategic investment fund will be put on a statutory footing; the number of staff it will have; what its mandate will be; and if he will make...
- Tax Collection
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) has had an adjustment to their tax which means they are now losing €31.66 per week from their pension...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
55. 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; and if he...
- School Management
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the complaints procedure available to parents who wish to complain about certain actions of board of management in a school; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not yet received their student grant. [19761/14]
- Cóímheas Dalta le Múinteoir
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a chuirfear tús leis an athbhreithniú ar an gcóimheas dalta le múinteoir i ndáil leis na scoileanna ar na...
- School Staffing
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in relation to the continued funding of the guidance councillor at a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make...
- Schools Building Projects Status
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [19800/14]
- Autism Support Services
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 9 April 2014, if he will provide the specific peer reviewed research that supports and demonstrates...
- School Establishment
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has examined the submission from representatives of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in connection with the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advertising spend by each of the agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/14]
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to a person to establish their own physiotherapy clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19815/14]
- Work Permit Applications
68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the refusal of work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin1 who has been in continuous...
- Work Permit Criteria
69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the revocation of a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the pivotal...
- Department of Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Places
70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide more stability for those on community employment schemes who are being moved on despite a need in particular service. [19755/14]
- Departmental Staff Dismissals
72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding arrears in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19727/14]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons this year to date who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour...
- Employment Support Services
77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers taking part in the JobBridge scheme that have been given a warning for giving participants in the scheme allowances for...
- Redundancy Statistics
79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for the years 2009 to 2013 the annual number of companies that have applied for statutory redundancy payments;...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has been waiting since 24 February for a decision on their appeal for jobseeker's...
- Oifigí Leasa Shóisialaigh
81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an bhfuil socrú á dhéanamh chun oifig leasa shóisialaigh a oscailt i nGaeltacht Chonamara; cén uair a bhfuil sé i...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review will be expedited relative to a claim for disability allowance; and if arrears will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the requirements for eligibility for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Invalidity Pension Payments
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total weekly entitlement-payment in respect of invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Child Benefit Appeals
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding the refusal on appeal of child benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if guardianship payment is...
- Disability Allowance Applications
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the payment of disability allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, notwithstanding a...
- Employment Support Services
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new appointment in respect of accessing training courses will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- One-Parent Family Payment Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the one-parent family allowance or equivalent will be made payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount identified by her Department through the detection of overpayments in 2013; the amount of these moneys that has been recouped; the amount...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the rules of the State contributory pension under which many women have reduced contributions and pensions as they were obliged...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Costais Aistriúcháin
99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil anailís déanta aige ar na costais a bhaineann le doiciméid a aistriú ó Bhéarla go Gaeilge agus...
- Film Industry Development
100. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the bilateral co-production treaty with Luxembourg has been successful; if so, the way he measures that success;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts he is making to ensure that customers of the national broadband scheme in an area (details supplied) in...
- Post Office Network
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding concerns from postmasters from all areas over the future of their industry (details supplied); and...
- Broadband Services Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the national broadband plan and the rural broadband scheme...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Services Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on water mains rehabilitation, to repair leaks and to replace pipes for each of the past...
- Local Authority Housing Loans
112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the policy whereby applicants for loans from local authorities have to be in continuous employment for...
- Seirbhísi trí Gaeilge
113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cad iad na socruithe atá á gcur i bhfeidhm chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhísí Leader á gcur...
- Seaweed Harvesting Licences
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications on hand for seaweed harvesting licences; the date each application was received; the number of...
- Departmental Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include 30 further landowners in the Clonfert area of the Hymany Way Walking Trail in the walks scheme as they...
- Departmental Programmes
116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements he will put in place to ensure that the day-to-day administration of the social inclusion programmes and...
- Water Meters Installation
117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the location of water meters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Unfinished Housing Developments
118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of ghost-unfinished estates in the Dublin region in 2012. [19807/14]
- Water Charges Exemptions
119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if households who get their water from private sources on their land such as lakes, rivers, streams or wells will have...
- Water Abstraction Regulation
120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where it is intended to introduce regulation in relation to the abstraction of water by households from their own land...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing estates in County Kildare the development of which is deemed to be incomplete and which may qualify...
- Planning Issues
122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department has had discussions with the authorities in Kildare County Council with a view to...
- Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme
123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on proposals to introduce a rental deposit scheme as part of the Residential Tenancies...
- Private Rented Accommodation Rental Costs and Controls
124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering the introduction of a form of rent cap for residential tenancies; if an analysis has been carried out...
- Departmental Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will announce details of the next tranche of schemes to be approved under the capital assistance...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements that have been made, following the establishment of Irish Water, to continue the subvention to local...
- Shared Ownership Scheme
128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action taken to date to address the outstanding issues in respect of existing shared ownership loans and mortgages...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which contact has been made with the local authorities in the eastern region with a view to addressing as a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which Ireland remains on course to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the period 2013 to...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Data
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the housing adaptation grant requirements in respect of older persons or persons with specific health...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department's review of the wind energy guidelines 2006, issued under section 28 of the Planning...
- Water Charges Administration
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected that the original costs in respect of provision of water services per household as...
- Climate Change Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to examine the economic impact of climate change legislation or other...
- Water Services Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which plans are in hand to tap into new water supply sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Air Pollution
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which air pollution continues to be monitored on an on-going basis throughout the country; the number of...
- Water Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the water crisis in County Roscommon particularly in Castlerea and Boyle; and when it is envisaged...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Traveller Ethnicity
141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has read the recently published Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality's report on the recognition of Traveller ethnicity; and...
- Court Accommodation Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the intention of the Office of Public Works to hand Swinford Courthouse over to the Swinford community who can then decide its future...
- Garda Recruitment
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding recruitment to An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19770/14]
- Crime Data
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions gardaí in the Garda division of Limerick have made against persons whose car exhausts exceed the maximum noise...
- Stardust Fire
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the new evidence submitted by the Stardust fire families; if he will act on this urgent matter; and if he will...
- Road Traffic Offences
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to sulky racing on public roads, if it is still the legal position that the Summary Jurisdiction Ireland Act from the 1800s requires...
- Garda Vetting Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Garda vetting in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Status
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if updated stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19826/14]
- Naturalisation Applications
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding to updating of stamp 4 and evaluation of their application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Naturalisation Certificates
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the certificate of naturalisation issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath can be amended to reflect their full...
- Deportation Orders
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a deportation order has been reinstated in view of previous revocation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
- Residency Permits
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate change of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Properties
156. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will arrange for the wall separating Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines and Greenfield Place, Dublin 6 to be adequately repaired (details supplied); and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid their AEOS 3 payment. [19791/14]
- Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next payment will issue for those on the grassland sheep scheme; the reasons for the delay in payments being issued to...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions in place to assist those who suffer from dyslexia when completing paperwork in respect of farm records, grants and so...
- Beef Exports
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which China imposed a ban on beef imports from the European Union; if this ban is still applicable to all member states...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a LPIS appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of as person (details supplied). [19884/14]
- Beef Data Programme
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a beef data programme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that single farm payment entitlements of a person (details supplied) are returned to them as they...
- Department of Health
- Medical Inquiries
169. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) who died in the street after a pharmacy refused them a...
- Speech and Language Therapy
170. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive speech and language therapy. [19729/14]
- Medical Card Administration
171. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances that exist that allow a general practitioner to bill a private health insurer for a minor surgical procedure when the person involved has a...
- Vaccination Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons who have been adversely affected as a result of the swine flu vaccination provided, one example of...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved for a tax concession for disabled drivers. [19735/14]
- Medical Card Reviews
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person who holds a medical card as a result of EU entitlement is being asked to complete a review form; the reason they are being asked to provide...
- Prescription Charges
175. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding prescription charges for medical card holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/14]
- Medical Card Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19793/14]
- Health Screening Programmes
177. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the national bowel screening programme, the reason only one sample is taken when in Britain a week's samples are examined; and the level of...
- National Children's Hospital Status
178. To ask the Minister for Health when the planning application for the children's hospital will be lodged; the estimated start; when it will be completed; the estimated cost as of 28 April...
- Universal Health Insurance Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended that lifetime community rating would be still be in place for the introduction of universal health insurance and that younger persons who do...
- General Practitioner Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health if the ultimate introduction of free general practitioner care for all means that he is considering offering GPs a salary-based contract; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the administrative procedures in place for follow on treatment following surgery at the breast clinic in Beaumont Hospital; if all patients receive written...
- Medical Card Applications
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19843/14]
- Health Services Provision
183. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card and further backup facilities in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
184. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19845/14]
- Health Services Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the person who currently has ownership of St. Paul's Services, Beaumont Woods; if there was a recent change in ownership and if so the reason for same; his...
- Nursing Staff Provision
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his Department or the Health Service Executive are aware that nursing homes are finding it extremely difficult to get staff onto back to nursing courses...
- Medical Card Appeals
189. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19875/14]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
190. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 10 with hearing aids. [19879/14]
- Medical Card Data
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons granted a discretionary medical card in County Donegal over each of the past five...
- Hospital Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have been diagnosed with age macular degeneration; the number of these who travel to County Sligo on a six weekly...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Noise Pollution Legislation
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation in place on the maximum amount of noise that a car exhaust can emit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/14]
- Railway Stations Upgrade
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to relocate Plunkett Station to the Waterford city side of the River Suir in view of the disruption caused to services by the...
- Road Safety
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for establishing a 30 km speed limit in a residential area under existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport Issues
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body responsible for setting times for the operation of bus lanes; if his attention has been drawn to how uncoordinated these are on...
- Sport and Recreational Development
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to promote sailing as a sport and to encourage and support children to take up sailing and learn the essential...
- Driver Licence Renewals
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the rule whereby people cannot renew their driver licences more than three months in advance in view of the fact that...
- Taxi Regulations
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide justification for the fact a licensed taxi driver (details supplied) who paid a considerable sum of money to acquire a...
