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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (11 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if householders will be able to read their water meters so that they can monitor their usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (11 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provision that has been put in place for homes with a shared water supply, so as to ensure that each individual residence is only billed for their own usage and as such is not billed additionally for the usage of the residence with which they share the supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11735/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (11 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the practical actions his Department has taken to try and reduce the cost of the drug (details supplied) for those suffering from Addison's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11695/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no difference between the cap for a single person and a couple on the monthly cost for medication for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11975/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 426. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if non-EEA nationals are eligible to apply for posts in the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 709. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which water meters will be managed and operated in private estates, whose maintenance are under the direction of a management company and not a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Mar 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that will be filled by the recent competition for administrative officers in the civil service; if he will provide in tabular form the numbers appointed in each stream and the numbers expected to be appointed from each stream. [14613/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I must apologise for my voice which has been affected by some dental work, but I will try to struggle through. I wish to raise the important issue of the new referral procedure for children in the north side of Dublin to the Mater child and adolescent mental health service. Mater CAMHS deals with the mental health needs of children aged from birth to 16 in Dublin North-Central. Sixteen and...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for his response. I note he said that "the service can confirm that in advance of its referral criteria being brought in line with national policy, it will continue to consider all referrals, including those from schools". The problem though is that the Mater CAMHS is telling local school principals something different. While people within the service are quietly...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Why do I have confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter? I have confidence in the way he is closing St. Patrick's Institution for Young Offenders and ending slopping out in Mountjoy Prison. I have confidence in the way he has criminalised forced labour and his belief in equality, especially in the areas of women's health and lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (8 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons of all nationalities that have been detected by the Garda as victims of trafficking for forced labour between 2008 and March 2014. [16350/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (8 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons of all nationalities who have been charged with offences and who have been detected by the Garda as victims of trafficking for forced labour between 2008 and March 2014. [16351/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Leadership in Schools: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I declare an interest in this matter because I was formerly a primary school principal, and may become one again very soon. I am speaking with a certain level of knowledge, therefore. In regard to the issue of school leadership, when people go into the profession of teaching the idea of becoming a principal probably does not enter their minds. Is this something that should be dealt with at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (15 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted an analysis and or evaluation of the private waste collection sector in terms of cost and service delivery; if his attention has been drawn to any local authority conducting the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are specific guidelines or legal requirements for taxis in dealing with persons with physical disabilities such as wheelchair users and facilitating their use of the taxi system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (30 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the renewal date for a new passport is not the date following on from the expiry date but rather the date from which you apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19687/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (30 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications that have been granted under the credit guarantee scheme, CGS, since the last quarterly report on 30 September 2013; the amount in euro that has now been approved in total under auspices of the CGS; if he will enact policies to improve the level of take-up in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (30 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of loans that have been approved under the microenterprise loan fund scheme since Microfinance Ireland last published results at 31 December 2013; the total amount, in euro, that has been approved for lending under this scheme; the current total number of approved or declined...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 561. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the cost of obtaining Irish citizenship for EEA residents is so excessive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 918. To ask the Minister for Health the reason after a medical card holder is given a prescription in a hospital, they then have to ask their doctor to get the prescription put on their medical card before they can go to a chemist for their prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/14]