Written answers

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reassess the maximum participation time limit with regard to community employment schemes for persons aged 55 and over, which currently...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the persistence of fuel poverty here; if she will enhance the fuel allowance in order to combat this poverty; and...
    • National Internship Scheme Administration
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the appeals process in relation to complaints against the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Benefit Administration
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of administering the child benefit scheme; the estimated administration cost of a means-tested child benefit scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that the senior citizens of Inishowen may avail of free travel in the same way that their contemporaries can all over the country...
    • Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in addiction recovery on community employment drugs rehabilitation schemes, many of whom are early school leavers, are expected to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted a review of the rent allowance scheme; the way the rent caps relate to current market prices; the way the scheme as it stands is...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that are currently in receipt of rent allowance; the number of persons that have been transferred from rent allowance to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address cap anomalies within the rent allowance scheme in view of the fact that it is contributing to family homelessness; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the number of social welfare offices in the County Dublin area over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Poverty Impact Assessment
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department conducted an equality and poverty impact assessment of budget 2015, including an examination of the cumulative impact of budgetary...
    • Pension Provisions
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will put a mechanism in place to implement the Labour Court recommendation of 2008 in relation to an agreed pension scheme provision for...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a weekly social welfare payment who do not receive the household benefits package and who consequently will not...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing training schemes and courses are designed to solely reduce numbers on the live register and that opening these schemes to persons on...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the regulations related to the time a person must be in receipt of social welfare payments before being eligible for the back to...
    • Security of the Elderly
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of elderly persons have been compelled to abandon security systems within their homes due...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which it is possible to address any issues arising for those with special needs and-or respite requirements in the context of budget...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have lost or had a deduction of their social welfare allowance because they refused to engage with labour activation...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a reversal of the reductions in rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39862/14]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to address the situation where persons in receipt of rent supplement are unable to find private rented accommodation;...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility
      108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in cases where workers lost their job due to a business closure and have been awarded a claim for unpaid wages, holiday pay and payment in lieu of...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that in future figures released by her Department that a distinction be made between fraud figures and error figures relating to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the growing concerns about the increases in rent being imposed by landlords and the fact that the rate of rent allowance...
    • Pension Provisions
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding discussions she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in relation to required...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise and reduce the total number of weekly PRSI contribution payments which must be paid to qualify for the widow-widowers and the...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the PRSI anomaly resulting in lower paid workers taking home less pay when they earn more; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Programmes
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to privatise the Department's Jobs Ireland website and if her attention has been drawn to the experience of same in Britain where the...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her proposal to privatise social welfare services via JobPath. [39796/14]
    • Labour Activation Measures
      116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of participants in the Department's various labour activation and training schemes, including, but...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social welfare appeals office will collate statistics on the number of requests made by appellants for oral hearings to take place in respect...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the awarding of the JobPath contract to a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39864/14]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department are engaged upon to reduce the crisis in obtaining suitable accommodation caused by the reductions in supplementary...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department have monitored the most pressing issues dealt with in the context of welfare support over the past 12...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 7 May 2014, in view of a person's (details supplied) rent allowance being withdrawn without the review...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Live Register Data
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who were previously self-employed who currently remain unemployed and are on the live register. [40376/14]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if performance related pay has been paid to any of his staff or staff on his Department for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if so, the number of...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      124. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer; the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the authority under which the Registrar General acted to set aside the powers vested by legislation in the Supreme Court to appoint a commissioner...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department are in a position to extend a community employment workers' position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [39765/14]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on changing the current system whereby the child benefit is cut at the age of 18, in view of the fact that many teenagers are over the age...
    • Youth Guarantee
      130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to date to implement the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39867/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding jobseeker's allowance. [39875/14]
    • Departmental Offices
      132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the context of the CEDRA report what the justification is for closing the Government offices in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, and in the process,...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their appeal for invalidity pension. [39903/14]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for farm assist. [39910/14]
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for illness benefit. [39917/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance. [39928/14]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [39934/14]
    • Community Welfare Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether she is satisfied that there is a sufficient number of community welfare officers and executive officers in her Department to deal with...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the circumstances under which staff in her Department are entitled to retire on enhanced retirement packages; the number of staff from...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding an illness benefit claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding social welfare payments in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is not in a position to work due to serious illness and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of part-time jobseeker's benefit will receive the 25% Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40101/14]
    • Social Welfare Code
      157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households who are likely to be ineligible for either the €100 payment in respect of water charges and by virtue of not having...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork based on latest medical evidence...
    • Redundancy Payments
      160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was not paid redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40122/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [40130/14]
    • Social Insurance Rates
      166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes to employer's PRSI in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40142/14]
    • Social Insurance
      169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to include the self-employed under State social insurance; the number of self-employed persons here; and if she will make...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she will take to ensure that landlords accept tenants who are in receipt of rent supplement; if her attention has been drawn to the high...
    • Unemployment Levels
      171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with her Department’s actions in ensuring that those in long-term unemployment are supported by her Department in their...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review of the free travel pass scheme; the annual expenditure on the scheme since 2011; those in possession of...
    • Pension Provisions
      173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on making a provision for the backdating of credits for women who took time out from the workforce prior to 1994 - when the homemaker...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the recovery of social welfare payments which have been found to have been fraudulently procured from her...
    • Employment Support Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the introduction of the JobBridge scheme is an exercise in reducing the numbers on the live register to imply a marked decrease in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the State supports available in respect of a person (details supplied), who is studying abroad without any Irish State assistance or support but who...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 October 2014, when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will verify when a person (details supplied) first commenced making reckonable contributions for State contributory pension...
    • Budget 2015
      182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address various social issues in the context of budget 2015; and if she will make a statement...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which adequate resources remain available to her Department to meet exceptional needs payment requirements; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which backlogs have been addressed in respect of various headings and payments operated by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects back-to-work incentives to address the issue of the long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Job Initiatives
      190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to facilitate the return to work of previously self-employed persons who remain on the live register; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      193. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the 25% Christmas bonus will be paid to all participants on all activation programmes, for example Tús, Gateway, community employment,...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full cost analysis of increasing child benefit by €5 per child that was announced in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the introduction of an increased rate of household benefits package for individuals with higher than average electricity bills...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the additional expenditure her Department will need to incur in 2015 and 2016 to deal with demographic pressures [40438/14]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in her Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason ballet is rated at 0% VAT and Irish dance, in all its forms, is charged at the full VAT rate of 23%; the reason ballet (details supplied) is...
    • Departmental Bodies
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a central organisation of the State bodies and agencies that receive payments by means of credit-debit card machines because of the wide variation...
    • Pension Provisions
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the type of pension scheme provided to staff employed by the National Treasury Management Agency who work in the National Asset Management Agency; and if he...
    • Tax Credits
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the tax credit system to allow de facto families in long-term relationships receive the same tax benefits as married couples; and if he...
    • Tax Code
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason professional band musicians have to pay such a large proportion of their relatively small earnings on income tax and VAT; and the reason the VAT...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is in mortgage distress may cancel a compulsory annuity scheme and receive the cash balance in order to pay the mortgage. [39886/14]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the further discussions he has held with the Irish Insurance Federation following regarding the problems facing people who live in flood risk areas with...
    • IBRC Loans
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if any debt has been written off by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for companies (details supplied) or any subsidiaries of those companies; and if so, the...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, in the interests of transparency, of bringing Irish Bank Resolution Corporation under the Freedom of Information Acts, with a view to clearing up...
    • Tax Credits
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of the married couple's tax allowance rate for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Debt Restructuring
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage constructively at the UN in developing the modalities for the implementation of the newly agreed multi-lateral framework on debt...
    • Departmental Reports
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government's annual report on the World Bank and IMF will be jointly produced by his Department and Irish Aid and be introduced and debated in...
    • Bank Charges
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding bank charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40037/14]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will be making a submission to the Central Bank of Ireland regarding their proposed mortgage rules to be introduced next year; and if he has...
    • Property Taxation Rate
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider freezing any upcoming compulsory revaluation dates for the local property tax as per the legislation which determines periods at which...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the potential cost to the Exchequer of introducing a local property tax rebate or exemption for homes providing accommodation to...
    • Water Charges Administration
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if taxpayers will benefit from the new water charge tax credit at source as occurs with medical insurance relief or if they will be required to claim the tax...
    • Budget 2015
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the overall budget adjustment for 2015 as will be reported to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/14]
    • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council will be asked to comment on the measures contained in the budget separate to its comment on the macroeconomic assumptions...
    • Tax Yield
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in 2015 from DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40111/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Eligibility
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected numbers of persons who will benefit in 2015 from the DIRT relief announced in the budget based on an overall cost of €2.8 million; and if...
    • Tax Yield
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in 2015 and in a full year of the increase in the standard rate band of income tax by €1,000 from €32,800 to €33,800 for single...
    • VAT Rate Application
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of the calculation that the cross-border EU telecommunications broadcasting and electronically supplied services VAT change will yield €100...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the case in respect of eligibility for a primary medical certificate may be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Living City Initiative
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40124/14]
    • Tax Code
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation rules regarding the sale of land with a forestry crop and that the sale of the land is subject to capital gains tax but the part of the proceeds...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/14]
    • Tax Compliance
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with a small business being imposed with a fine of €4,000 for a late filing of a VAT return noting the tax compliant history of the...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax clearance certificate has been issued to a community group taxpayer (details supplied); and if correspondence issued to the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €100 tax rebate on water charges will be extended to persons who pay for their water through a group water scheme as well as those who are...
    • Budget 2015
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes there are to stamp duty in budget 2015 in relation to the transfer of either property or land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • IBRC Bond Issues
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 6 May 2014, if he will provide an update regarding unfinished housing estates affected by the liquidation of the...
    • Tax Code
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 10% tax on UK dividends paid to Irish residents, which is deducted at source in the UK, is then subject...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding former customers of all institutions with mortgages transferred to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, now in liquidation, who are...
    • Tax Rebates
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a tax refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has not been paid; if he will expedite the matter. [40419/14]
    • Government Deficit
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal GDP in 2013 under ESA, European system of accounts, 95 and ESA 2010 statistical methodologies; and the nominal general government deficit for...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the deficit in nominal and percentage terms which would exist in 2015 if domestic water charges were not applied, and the costs associated with water...
    • Water Charges Yield
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the net revenue which will be generated from the application of domestic water charges in 2015 taking account of each of the measures relating to water...
    • Budget Targets
      248. To ask the Minister for Finance if the budget deficit projections for 2015 contain an assumption for the savings that will be achieved from the early repayment of the IMF loans; and if he...
    • Budget Measures
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance when the tax strategy papers from budget 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/14]
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving to the State in terms of pension tax relief in 2015 from the reduction in the marginal tax rate to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person wishing to avail of the DIRT, deposit interest retention tax, relief for first-time buyers will be required to open a designated account for such...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer;...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Airport Development Projects
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of his budget speech in relation to the special additional allocation of €100 million in structural funds to the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Office of Public Works site at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [39779/14]
    • Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process an ex-public servant employee should follow when wishing to whistle-blow on activities in their former place of work. [39976/14]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public contracts that have been awarded to a company (details supplied) or subsidiaries of the company in the lifetime of this...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 April 2014, if the use of social clauses in public procurement contracts applies to...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department has spent on advertising for vacancies in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40185/14]
    • Political Funding
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the political funding paid to each qualifying independent Deputy, Senator and political party since 2007, including leader's allowance,...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of a social clause project group, as established by him, and an office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the transfer of staff from the offices of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government offices in...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding funding for damaged coastal areas (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the staffing level across the public sector and the expected staffing level at the end of 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of criminal prosecutions which have been brought by National Employment Rights Authority in respect of breaches of...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total payments to each company by Enterprise Ireland and on a county basis in tabular form for each year from 2003 to 2013,...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation is available for persons whose land has been designated for hen harrier under the targeted output scheme, as proposed...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will...
    • Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste, 2014 le feirmeoir i...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the disadvantaged areas payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any agricultural payments have ever been made in regards to land with certain folio numbers (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Farm Regulations
      279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures for registration of pet farms which are open to the public that would include species of animals and wildlife that are...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the maps in respect of a person (details supplied) will be digitised; when payment will be made under the single farm payment...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged areas payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of a disadvantaged areas payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area aid payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2014 disadvantage areas scheme will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      289. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth go bhfuiltear a rá go ndearnadh ró-íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme 2014 will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a single farm payment 2014 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • GLAS Scheme Administration
      295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) dated the 14 October 2014; his views on the correspondence; his...
    • GLAS Scheme Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of moneys allocated under budget 2015 towards the GLAS scheme; the number of farmers who will be provided for under the...
    • Rural Development Plan
      297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the package of supports that will be available specifically to support island farmers; the amount of funds allocated in budget 2015...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update as to when the area aid and single farm payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Fisheries Protection
      300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding overfishing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40336/14]
    • Hardship Grant Scheme Applications
      301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a quota under the hardship scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the formal decision letter in respect of their disadvantaged area scheme...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo, who had an inspection carried out on their land on 28 July 2014, will receive their...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a delay in making a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a compensation package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area scheme payment; if it is being held...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their...
  • Department of Defence
    • Pension Provisions
      310. To ask the Minister for Defence if a review will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding their compensation award which appears to have affected...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      311. To ask the Minister for Defence if the agreement to reimburse 10% of basic salary to contract soldiers will be honoured; if the payments will be backdated to 2011; and if he will make a...
    • UN Missions
      312. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the proposal to erect a monument to acknowledge the service past and present of Irish UN peacekeepers; his views on the project; if he will meet...
    • Defence Forces Drug Tests
      313. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of mandatory drug tests that have been undertaken by members of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service in each year since compulsory random...
    • Sexual Offences Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of informal complaints relating to sexual harassment made by members of each of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service to a designated...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      316. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will assist the local ONE branch to relocate the cross of remembrance situated outside Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to an alternative...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      317. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to accede to the request to provide a bugler at the graveside of a veteran of the Army who served during the Emergency (details supplied) in view of...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      318. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer;...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • EU Conventions
      319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Istanbul Convention has not yet been signed or ratified by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40027/14]
    • Proposed Legislation
      320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to consider extending the parental leave from employment in respect of children above the age of eight years old; and if she will make...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for an Irish passport in respect of a non-national person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Garda Deployment
      322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed in County Laois; and her plans to increase this number. [40000/14]
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals made by the probation service to alcohol and drugs addiction services in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of...
    • Crime Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted for the offence of forging a prescription in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [40016/14]
    • Drugs Seizures
      326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the amount of methadone seized by members of An Garda Síochána in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding anti-social activities especially during Hallowe'en and bonfire periods of the year (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for the processing of spouse reunification visas by INIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/14]
    • Data Protection
      329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any Irish State or Government agencies have direct access to the networks of telecommunications companies. [40097/14]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      332. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the delay in processing an application for Garda vetting in respect of a person (details supplied); and when they may expect a decision on their...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      333. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an exact timeframe for a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice in relation to the threat posed by some groups, commonly referred...
    • Garda Misconduct Allegations
      335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received complaints about the length of time it is taking the independent review mechanism established to review complaints about the...
    • Garda Station Closures
      338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the new Garda divisional headquarters for County Galway being announced, if she will reconfirm the commitment given that a Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the protracted nature of the process for determining eligibility for a visitor visa if she will give consideration to a process of...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposal to provide a new Garda district headquarters in an area (details supplied) in County Cavan; if provision is...
    • Cash for Gold Trade
      341. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 3 December 2013, if she will provide an update on the cash for gold regulations. [40297/14]
    • Garda Operations
      342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extra costs incurred by the Gardaí at Shannon airport on 12 October 2014 for the one hour peaceful peace vigil at Shannon, including the...
    • Legislative Programme
      343. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the mediation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40348/14]
    • Garda Expenditure
      344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs, including overtime, associated with providing policing assistance or coverage for the installation of water metering; if any of the...
    • Legal Costs
      345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money that has been awarded against the State to members of the public and-or other institutions as a result of wrong doings by...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      346. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the last time a tender was sought through the Garda tender system for towing and management services; the number of those that participated in...
    • Garda Operations
      347. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the statement from the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, that he was advised by the Garda...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      348. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding a traffic issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40481/14]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39785/14]
    • Departmental Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the more than €2 million cut in the sectoral programmes for children and young persons in his Estimate for 2015; and...
    • After-School Support Services
      351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown on the way the €14 million announced in budget 2014 for after-school places was utilised; the number...
    • Departmental Funding
      352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the important role which an organisation (details supplied) and its regional staff hold in County Sligo, if he will confirm to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional expenditure his Department will need to incur in 2015 and 2016 to deal with demographic pressures; and if he will make a...
    • Child Protection
      354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he has taken to ensure that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Education and Skills ensure...
    • Early Child Care Education
      355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support Early Childhood Ireland in its efforts for increased capitation and continuous professional development; and if he will...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application made for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the creation of a separate Minister of State portfolio with responsibility for drugs and alcohol addiction for the remainder of the...
    • Marriage Equality Referendum
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if resources for support services for young persons who are LGBT will be enhanced in the run up to the referendum on marriage equality arising from the...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for an infrastructural project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/14]
    • Health Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding occupational therapy in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40344/14]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for dental procedures at the children’s dental clinic at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; the average length...
    • Dental Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have plans to close on a permanent or temporary basis the children’s dental clinic at St. James's...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the substantial negative impact that budget cuts in the past four years have had on the services provided by a company...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has to use a social hours allocation to attend hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will legislate to allow the Health Products Regulatory Authority to fully control the use sale and promotion of MMS and CD. [39772/14]
    • Counselling Services
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a counselling service (details supplied) in Dublin 8 may have to close before Christmas due to a 48% cut in...
    • An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the role of An Bord Altranais in the case of the removal of indemnity cover from a person (details supplied); the role they have played to date in this...
    • Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the opinions expressed in replies to matters raised by way of parliamentary question on the hepatitis C compensation tribunal; his views on...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nurse (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been replaced since the retirement of the previous nurse;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a hospital appointment; if this person is on the urgent or routine list; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report of the expert panel established to examine the way medical needs should be taken into account in the context of medical card...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be moved from a private hospital to the public system for long-term intensive care; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card has yet to be issued to persons (details supplied) in County Sligo who had lost their full medical cards under the review...
    • Medical Card Applications
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an over 70s medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      379. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for a medical card. [39936/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [39937/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment. [39962/14]
    • Hospitals Policy
      406. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the future of hospitals (details supplied) particularly in view of ongoing delays. [39972/14]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      407. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns about organisations being funded by the Health Service Executive where the indications are that employees are on the top end of the...
    • Cancer Treatment
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the specific treatments and supports available for patients with lymphoedema; his views that the suite of treatment and supports compare poorly with...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their hip reconstruction operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39994/14]
    • Autism Support Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of assessment of needs that have been carried out by county, on a yearly basis over the past three years; of...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 12 November 2013, the sanctions in place for pharmacies which failed to record or properly record the running...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form on the basis of each Health Service Executive region, the number of detoxification residential programmes provided directly...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of methadone as opioid substitute treatment in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the cost to the Exchequer of...
    • Drugs-related Deaths
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of deaths attributable to drugs overdoses each year; and, in particular, the number of deaths from...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be granted an extra hour of home help a week due to the rapid deterioration of health. [40031/14]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not been restored in respect of a person (details supplied) with diabetes who had the card withdrawn in June 2013 in view of the...
    • Primary Care Centre Provision
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of the new primary care centres in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/14]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport needs in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40039/14]
    • Respite Care Services
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding respite care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40040/14]
    • Health Services Staff
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of psychologists by service areas in the Health Service Executive; the catchment for said service areas; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to a centre (details supplied) in County Longford which caters for persons with mental, physical and intellectual...
    • Health Services Staff
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has increased its annual retention fee for nurses and midwives from €100 to €150 per year;...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40088/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      432. To ask the Minister for Health regarding funding for a service (details supplied) if he is satisfied that the wages calculated for staff are at their correct point on the incremental scale...
    • Medical Card Applications
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the vaccination for chicken pox is not part of the routine childhood vaccination programme; and his plans for it to be included in the programme....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive funding under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Appeals
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the appeals process of a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Laois has taken over ten months; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/14]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the 24-hour a day seven-day a week crisis support and multidisciplinary community-based mental health services available in County Mayo; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [40204/14]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if money will be granted to a centre (details supplied) in County Cork through lottery funding for fire safety works that need to be carried out; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Health Service Executive-supported persons who reside in the National Association of Housing for Visually Impaired facility in Donabate,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting list for persons seeking funding under the nursing home support scheme; the funding allocated to the...
    • Respite Care Grant Expenditure
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an overnight respite service (details supplied) to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40263/14]
    • EU Directives
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made in order to give effect to the cross-border health care directive; if measures have been put in place to inform those...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of medicines sold here that are generics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/14]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      447. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances governing eligibility for a medical card as it relates to UK citizens living here, Irish citizens returning from periods of employment in the...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when a hospital appointment will be made. [40276/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in order for them to commence their cancer...
    • Medical Card Delays
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay in same; and if he...
    • HIQA Inspections
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has ever submitted a proposed standard for approval under the Health Act 2007 to monitor patient safety risks;...
    • Hospital Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the outcome, morbidity or mortality, for sub arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are not accepted for emergency neurosurgical or endovascular...
    • Health Services Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of occupational therapy services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      457. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the diabetic pumps, when the Health Service Executive will put the I-Port device on the long-term illness book; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if, in consideration of the costs associated with maintaining a house, even when unoccupied, if a person in the fair deal scheme residing in a nursing home...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      459. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is an automatic entitlement to medical cards where the applicant and their family are solely dependent on social welfare...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new prosthesis in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40331/14]
    • National Children's Hospital
      461. To ask the Minister for Health his views that there are question marks over the award by his National Paediatric Hospital Development Board of a mechanical and electrical engineering...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the provision separate from services available to adults that exists for children and young adults with acute mental health difficulties in hospitals or other...
    • Hepatitis C Incidence
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who received a contaminated batch of anti-D blood product; and if he will make...
    • Medical Card Applications
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [40400/14]
    • Hospital Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding staffing at Kerry General Hospital. [40401/14]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40402/14]
    • HSE Properties
      467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the existence of a ministerial order in relation to the Health Service Executive owned lands at Currabeg, Ardee, County Louth, with the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in making payment under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who was approved on the 30...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the additional expenditure his Department will need to incur in 2015 and 2016 to deal with demographic pressures; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Charges
      470. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 870, 871 and 873 of 17 September 2014 when a reply will be issued to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if much needed standing equipment, including standing frame, bench and harness, may be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding two organisations that have service contracts with the Health Service Executive and the constitutional right to seek information under...
    • Orthodontic Service Provision
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no Health Service Executive orthodontic care available for patients in County Sligo and its environs;...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 122, 124 and 125 of 8 October 2014, if there has been documented cases of digital mammograms contributing to the...
    • Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who needs continued orthodontic treatment after their planned procedure at a...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      478. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing dialogue is taking place with the US authorities to affirm some form of regularisation of their residency for...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      479. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that Ireland is seeking to avail of subsidised rental accommodation under a scheme operated by the Holy See for poor...
    • Human Rights Issues
      480. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to support efforts to eliminate gender based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40028/14]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      481. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the recognition of the Palestinian State following a recent vote by the United Kingdom and Sweden; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected outturn in relation to official development assistance expenditure by the end of 2014; the total allocation available to his...
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Northern Ireland community relations council in relation to the inadequate...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 October 2014, the position regarding Hercules C130 registration number 16/8073 which landed...
    • Human Rights Issues
      485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views in relation to the rise in persecution of Christians worldwide as outlined in the recently published Church in Chains Global...
    • Passport Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 1 October 2014, if he will review through the Turkish authorities the reasons a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that were trained via third party trainers-providers with a view to entering the haulage industry; the number of persons...
    • Education Grants
      491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in a position to aid young students from the North of Ireland to seek placements in universities in the USA on the young...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if VTOS participants will be eligible for the Christmas bonus as announced in Budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40343/14]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the redress board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in her Department who have moved to County Mayo since 2011; and if she will...
    • School Staffing
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is set to lose a member of its teaching staff as and from the academic year 2015-2016;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per year, over the past ten years, of archaeological investigations on school building sites; and the way this measures as a percentage...
    • Archaeological Sites
      499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulatory body that is charged with overseeing archaeological investigations to ensure that they are bona fide and are of genuine...
    • Education Fees
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the AONTAS community education network campaign for a fee waiver for independently managed community education providers for Quality...
    • Mental Health Awareness
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the way mental health and emotional well-being is addressed in the education system (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of her budget that is earmarked to support special needs education; and the number and proportion of teaching posts dedicated to...
    • Teacher Statistics
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of primary teachers on her payroll the total number of teachers at 1 September 2011, categorised by their ages at that date; and the...
    • School Curriculum
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes are planned to the Irish language school curriculum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39881/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly concerned may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [39963/14]
    • Departmental Programmes
      514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date of the new social enterprise initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39974/14]
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes in funding allocations to the Cork Education and Training Board in recent months, in terms of both current expenditure and capital...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding special needs assistants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40020/14]
    • Fee Paying Schools
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding fee-paying schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40021/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the new school on Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2 from design to completion; the way and when patronage is to be decided; and when...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of those schools, primary or secondary, that have entered the free scheme since 2011; the total State funding...
    • Departmental Investigations
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an investigation was carried out into employment conditions at a site (details supplied); the person who carried it out; the issues that...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the current minimum number of students for probation of ten students as laid down by the Teaching Council should apply...
    • Minor Works Scheme Restoration
      522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant, which was granted last year and which is crucial for many rural schools, will be allocated again in 2014; and if she...
    • Third Level Funding
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a third level facility (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Staffing
      524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Offaly against the decision to reduce the number of teachers...
    • School Enrolments Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment figures for each secondary level school in Malahide and Swords, County Dublin in tabular form; the number of students in each year...
    • School Accommodation
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that in parts of Malahide and Swords, County Dublin, the number of students at primary school level who will be progressing...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision by the Student Universal Support Ireland not to award a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W a student grant to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision is expected on a student grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40249/14]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects that the autism unit and corridor extension at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim will commence construction; the...
    • Energy Conservation
      532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans in place or is considering plans to support the introduction of environmentally friendly and energy efficient methods...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding academic support in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teacher Recruitment
      534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a system is in place to ensure that candidates referred to an education and training board by recruitment companies meet the standard of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a third level education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Minor Works Scheme Restoration
      537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 October 2014, if provision will be made in her Department's 2015 capital allocation for a minor...
    • Library Projects
      538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the library in the University of Limerick in view of the fact that the current student to seat ratio within the UL library is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional expenditure her Department will need to incur in 2015 and 2016 to deal with demographic pressures; and if she will make a...
    • Third Level Funding
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funds available to University College Dublin that are ring-fenced for the funding of student societies and clubs. [40450/14]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the changing of demographics in the context of the potential recategorisation of some new schools as DEIS in view...
    • School Staffing
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all discretionary or ex-quota teachers to allocated schools in socio-economically disadvantaged areas will be retained. [40452/14]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a decrease in class sizes in senior DEIS schools such that there would be a pupil-teacher ratio of 20:1 in these schools. [40453/14]
    • Early Start Programme
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will put the early start preschool programme on a permanent footing; and if she will extend the early start pre-school programme to all...
    • Home-School Liaison Scheme
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in evaluating the operation of the home school community teacher service;...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on restoring the grant available to some non-DEIS schools in recognition of the educational supports provided to students who have...
    • School Staffing
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effect of the allocation of 1,700 teaching professionals in budget 2015 in increasing staffing allocations for DEIS schools. [40457/14]
    • School Libraries
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the introduction of a targeted library service for DEIS schools. [40458/14]
    • Minor Works Scheme Restoration
      549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the minor works grant scheme; if the scheme is to be continued; if she will provide details as to the future operation of...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review compliance mechanisms at all school and other educational building sites to ensure workers are paid the proper rate for jobs...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has received a motor tax bill for vehicles which they do not drive and...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he has taken to address the homeless crisis here; the actions he will take to ensure homelessness is ended...
    • Nuclear Plants
      553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding plans by the British Government to build a new nuclear power plant 240 km off the Irish coast; and if...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether increased rents are now the main cause of increased homelessness here; his views on whether the...
    • Water Charges Administration
      557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on students who are paying for student accommodation and are now being asked by their landlords to pay water...
    • Water Quality
      558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process required in order to issue boil-water notices or water-restriction notices in relation to the supply of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is in a position to review (details supplied) his allocations for the housing capital programme for 2015 following...
    • Departmental Offices
      562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the CEDRA report, the justification for closing the Government offices in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, and...
    • Pyrite Incidence
      563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses, both private and social, in County Mayo that have been reported to his Department as having pyrite...
    • Local Authority Housing Repossessions
      564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority and housing body of the number of homes they have repossessed in each...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the late payment of the non-principal private residence charge, if he is satisfied that communications of the...
    • Planning Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the granting of planning permission to a company (details supplied) to build at a location in County Wicklow...
    • Semi-State Bodies Privatisation
      567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be privatised in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/14]
    • Farm Waste Management
      568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with farming effluent or slurry in our water systems. [40075/14]
    • Private Rented Accommodation Provision
      569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the Residential Tenancies Act 2014 the remedies available to landlords who have followed all legal and correct...
    • Planning Issues
      570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider establishing a fund to protect special amenity areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that a foreshore licence application (details supplied) has remained in the Office of the Chief State...
    • Water Services Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if 5% of car tax and 2% of VAT goes towards water production; if he will confirm that Irish Water is a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of an application for funding from a public body (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he...
    • Irish Water Remit
      574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if personal public service numbers form part of the asset base of Irish Water. [40189/14]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tender for the seniors alert scheme and the parameters being considered as part of this tender as to whether...
    • Irish Water Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if commercial water rates will remain at the same rate as at present. [40199/14]
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      579. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant application under the old-new Leader funding programme in respect of a project (details...
    • Property Taxation Application
      582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities may increase rents to their tenants to contribute to the local property tax for which local...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      583. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total project funding spent on Leader projects to date; the amount spent in 2014 on projects; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Disposal
      584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 5 December 2013, if he will provide an update on his Department's position on...
    • Irish Water Establishment
      585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, by category and value, the extent of assets which were transferred to Irish Water upon its...
    • Irish Water Remit
      586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding group water schemes that have their own meters which were supplied by Mayo County Council; if Irish...
    • Water Charges Administration
      588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a statement from Irish Water that it is currently developing a mechanism to provide landlords with a means to...
    • Tree Remediation
      589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the civil remedies available to individuals whose property is negatively impacted by the size of trees on neighbouring...
    • Legislative Measures
      590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on legislating to ensure that properties which are taken into receivership are maintained by the receiver; and...
    • Irish Water Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed by Irish Water; and staff costs of Irish Water in 2013,...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the costs of a contract (details supplied) for Irish Water in 2014 and estimated in...
    • Local Authority Rates
      594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps available to a person whose business closed down at the end of 2005 and due to health problems has not been in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Pension Provisions
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding ESB pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/14]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Taxi Regulations
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an LPSV licence holder, while on rest period may legally operate a SPSV vehicle for hire. [39758/14]
    • Superannuation Schemes
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Irish airlines superannuation scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • International Agreements
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the agreement on the mutual recognition of driving licenses between Ireland and Ontario will become operational; and if he will make...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an Irish airlines superannuation scheme issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing mandatory on-the-spot fines for cyclists in breach of the rules of the road; and if he will provide that...
    • Penalty Points System
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of recent announcements to increase the penalty points for not having a current NCT test, if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Road Tolls
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that installation of cables by the National Roads Authority for the multi-tolling of the M50 has been continuing for...
    • Road Projects
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision is made in the Estimates for his Department for 2015 to progress the proposed Narrow Water Bridge project; and if he will...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 14 October 2014, the nature of the munitions on board each aircraft, and the safety and...
    • Roads Maintenance
      609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the necessary funding to carry out emergency remedial work to road subsidence on a dangerous traffic hazardous section...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40329/14]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the Road Traffic Act 2006 (Restriction on Use of Mobile Phones) Regulations 2014 in relation to driving while using a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the issue regarding a holder of a fully licensed car, van, lorry and coach driver who cannot automatically acquire a...
    • Child Protection
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the allegations regarding lack of child safety guidelines and code of ethics, their poor procedures and other...
    • Irish Sports Council
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Athletics Association of Ireland is answerable to the Irish Sports Council in relation to the production and implementation of a...
    • Child Protection
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that each sports club in receipt of grant aid must have a child safety policy and a code of ethics in place prior to...
    • Road Projects
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate specific funding in 2015 to the National Roads Authority to enable Monaghan County Council to advance the proposed...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the number of civil servants in his Department who have designated a County Mayo venue as their...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding employment opportunities in national parks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on an application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting scheme in respect of person...
    • Hare Coursing
      621. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for her decision to issue a licence to coursing clubs for hare coursing. [40051/14]
    • National Monuments
      622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consents sought to film a movie (details supplied) on Skellig Michael off the coast of County Kerry; the type of assessments done...
    • Seirbhísí Taistil Aeir
      623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén socrú atá déanta aici lena chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís farantóireachta paisinéirí...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      625. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of all grazing rights allocated to persons by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to graze 406 acres...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      626. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to seek new tenders for the provision of a passenger service to Inishbofin, County Galway; her plans to incorporate the...

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