Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Census of Population
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will ask the Central Statistics Office to prepare as soon as is possible revised population projections for the next twenty years following on from census...
- Grant Payments
Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the chairperson, secretary...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38470/11]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Official Engagements
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he intends to make an official visit to China; and if there are plans for senior ministers to make official...
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reverse the decision to close Ireland's embassy in the Vatican; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on...
- Passport Applications
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 2 November 2011, if a decision has been reached in respect of an...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the relief efforts in Haiti and the urgent need for adequate funding to be made available that...
- Department of Finance
- Employment Support Services
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if a scheme such as Revenue job assist will be implemented specifically for long-term unemployed graduates; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered or will consider changes to competition law to deal with what the Financial Regulator recently referred to as the dysfunctional...
- House Repossessions
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 24 November 2011, the number of legal cases taken by each of the banks named for each of the years...
- Grant Payments
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of continued public protest against the effects on pensioners of the pensions levy and his assurances that the industry is not passing it on...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a manual tax return for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [38388/11]
- Tax Code
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a scheme to help persons who are in apartments or houses which are not suitable for their family size and find themselves in...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the provisions of section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997, which is restricting credit unions ability to assist members; and if...
- Credit Availability
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the lending restrictions imposed by the Registrar of Credit Unions, which places a complete ban on credit unions lending...
- Departmental Staff
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who was offered a head to head transfer to his Department; if this...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/11]
- Tax Collection
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will internally review the efficiency of collections by Revenue; if the fees charged by bailiffs represent value for money for taxpayers; and...
- Economic and Monetary Union
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the contingency plans in place for Ireland to produce its own currency in the event of the euro collapsing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to stagger the introduction of the proposed 2% increase in VAT to the higher rate over a period of time in ease of retailers so...
- Departmental Staff
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for supporting a person's nomination to the European Court of Auditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he took to persuade Allied Irish Bank to pass on the recent interest rate change to its mortgage customers; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Code
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a revenue raising initiative which relates to taxation products and investment policy (details supplied). [38615/11]
- Tax Yield
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any evidence that another tax amnesty would result in more revenue. [38643/11]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the EBS interest rate (details supplied). [38648/11]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance the process involved in the National Asset Management Agency taking over loans on properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/11]
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that all amendments to methodologies and changes to formulas applied by the Central Bank of Ireland during the stress testing...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has attempted to quantify the lost revenue due to illegal tobacco smuggling; the inter-agency efforts under way to address same; if he is...
- House Prices
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has concluded his discussions with the proposers of the offset debt method for addressing negative equity in family homes; when he commenced...
- Tax Code
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to end the process in which large multiple retailers are profiting from VAT refunds on the below cost sale of alcohol when they reclaim the...
- Tax Yield
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the moneys to date paid to companies who under the Finance Act 2009 availed of tax relief for research and development here but who had not paid...
- Tax Code
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a VAT refund for registered charitable non profit organisations similar to the model operated by the Danish Government, which...
- Credit Availability
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding loans; his plans to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- In-service Training
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to him of in-service training for primary teachers; the role the Teaching Council of Ireland plays in providing...
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is being considered in the ongoing evaluation of DEIS by the Educational Research Centre; when the...
- School Staffing
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cut second level teaching posts in County Cork over the next 12 months; and if he will provide details of same. [38324/11]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of students per teacher in each primary and secondary school in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €70 million was spent on the ABA pilot school, but no research was undertaken by him or the National Council for Special...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 26 October 2011, the reason County Donegal Vocational Education Committee use mapping...
- Grant Payments
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding permission to utilise football grounds at a college in Ballina, County Mayo in respect of a club (details...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he has identified any other available sites in County Wicklow...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all student grant applications received by Mayo Vocational Education Committee for the 2011-12 academic year will be processed by...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38461/11]
- Schools Building Projects
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to progress a new capital project replacement for an expanding school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a laptop will be provided in the case a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the qualification details for the DEIS programme in view of the fact that some schools are unsure of the way to...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 24 November 2011, if he will confirm that this reply refers to a school (details supplied)...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor repairs grant will be paid to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford. [38633/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the grants that are available for primary schools. [38634/11]
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the internationalisation of Irish higher education. [38650/11]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio for schools (details supplied) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans to reduce the ratio in 2012; and if...
- Capitation Grants
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the funding allocation and pupil numbers for schools (details supplied) for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011;...
- School Accommodation
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the current accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; his further views that the facilities at this...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with special needs and those whose first language is not English are exempt from standardised numeracy and literacy tests,...
- School Curriculum
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research and evidence which supports the approach taken to literacy and numeracy education at primary school level; his views that...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position with regards to the review process of special needs assistants' allocated hours whereby the opinion of an educational...
- School Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified for new accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when building...
- School Staffing
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the staffing levels at schools (details supplied) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of staff who took...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he has taken to increase the efficiency and minimise duplication of function of the agencies operating under his aegis...
- School Staffing
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a request was not responded to in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [38805/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his capital budget for the next five years for County Carlow schools and County Kilkenny schools separately. [38819/11]
- School Accommodation
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary school classrooms designed and delivered in recent times will be large enough to accommodate larger class sizes; the design...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [38913/11]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher schools in County Laois; the number of pupils currently attending therein; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the criterion laid down by the relevant section of his Department relating to the provision of secondary schools in...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of recommendations at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of permanent, temporary and agency staff by grade currently working in the Baldoyle FÁS centre, Dublin. [39012/11]
- Third Level Staff
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees across the third level sector earning €150,000 or more; and the number earning over €200,000 or more....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total pay, benefits and claimed expenses of the Information Commissioner in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the...
- Flood Relief
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works when works will commence on a flood mitigation proposal (details...
- Graduate Support Schemes
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland architectural graduate training scheme is still in...
- Freedom of Information
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Property Registration Authority will be brought under the Freedom of Information Act; if the legislation to do this...
- Garda Stations
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocated for the refurbishment and extensions to Garda stations for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in...
- Grant Payments
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he is making in terms of curbing high public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Service Reform
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in public service reform; the way he is ensuring that when positions are being eliminated all grades...
- Pension Provisions
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the former Revenue Commissioners in receipt of pensions; the names of the recipients; and the amount they receive from the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the month in which he expects the Bill to allow for changes to the Valuation Office in an effort to improve the roll-out of...
- Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain recruitment practices within the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce legislation to ensure that publicly funded projects will only be awarded to companies based here. [38904/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail the lease period beginning and end date for each building rented by the Office of Public Works. [38961/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of courses in higher education undertaken by senior civil and public servants in each of the past five years; if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Job Creation
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will be acknowledging the fact that 2012 is the Year of the Co-operative; his plans to recognise the work of the...
- Grant Payments
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the purpose of his promised legislation on collective investment schemes; when he expects to publish this Bill; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect on competitiveness, as reported to him by Forfás, if businesses must pay in full for employees' sick leave; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if provisions can be made to facilitate a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Skills Shortages
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/11]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or tax concessions available for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who is purchasing a piece of...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget expenditure granted to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis from 2000 to 2011 in tabular form, with a...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the issue of forced labour; the incidences of cases reported to him or agencies under his remit; his views on...
- Corporate Enforcement
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to cases in which employers close down and reopen under different names as a ruse to evade...
- International Agreements
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation convention on domestic workers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider legislation to tackle below-cost selling of alcohol. [38893/11]
- Department of Social Protection
- Redundancy Payments
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when redundancy payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any evidence that another welfare amnesty would result in more revenue. [38643/11]
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Labour Court recommendation LCR 19293 relating to FÁS supervisors will be implemented. [38822/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision will be made regarding a review of means in respect of an application for jobseeker's allowance or benefit in the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for disability allowance and when a medical...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific grants and amounts paid by her to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the increments made payable to public sector workers within her Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38370/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a supplementary welfare allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied ) in County Cork. [38373/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if it will be...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38407/11]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on community welfare officers not paying rent supplement direct to compliant landlords in situations where tenants have lost...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Employment Support Services
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons on one-parent family payments are ineligible for the JobBridge scheme; her plans to revise the eligibility; and if she...
- Departmental Staff
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify a matter (details supplied). [38452/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a medical examination will be carried out in respect of an appeal for illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to her Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38469/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for invalidity allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of one-parent family payment or a basic social welfare payment in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be heard in respect of an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin could sign on in their local office and collect their payment in their local office....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a disability allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and when a decision will...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider means testing children's allowance so that families with incomes of greater than €100,000 are not eligible; and if...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding redundancy payments. [38645/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the carer's allowance that was granted in April 2011 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, which was...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review will take place of the eligibility for payment under the disability allowance scheme in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is currently using the definition of "cohabitation" in the new Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Employment Support Services
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans in place regarding the implementation of an exit plan for graduate recruits in JobBridge to increase their chances of employment...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding fuel allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the payment has been...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
- Employment Support Services
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any evaluation was carried out of the piloted part-time job opportunity programme between 1994 and 1998; the finding of same; and if...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision relative to a claim for domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance in respect of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans, if any, to provide some form of benefit or guaranteed income for self-employed persons who are now unemployed and have no...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment under the rent allowance scheme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment under the domiciliary care allowance scheme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 17 November 2011, if she will clarify that rent allowance is not available to a parent who...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Grant Payments
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due...
- Turbary Rights
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is widespread opposition to the proposal to transfer the fee simple...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a grant application in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Projects
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is prepared to issue a policy decision, as allowed for under legislation, to eliminate the blockade in...
- Grant Payments
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his reasons for legislating for geothermal energy; the main issues this Bill will tackle; when he expects the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his reasons for legislating for offshore gas storage facilities; the main issues this Bill will tackle; when he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider allowing angling clubs or volunteers to carry out some rehabilitation works on spawning...
- Electricity Supply
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been any discussions about the ESB extending their meter reading service to six times a year as...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Communications Regulator, ComReg, has estimated to him or his officials the amount of additional licence...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Disposal
Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has assigned funding for the Nevitt landfill, Lusk, County Dublin. [38562/11]
- Security of the Elderly
Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will remove the obligation for a means test in view of the fact that it discourages elderly persons...
- Regional Road Network
Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the condition of the country's roads in particular rural country roads that are being neglected...
- Grant Payments
Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in...
- Departmental Staff
Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants on the housing waiting list of each housing authority; and if he will make a...
- Recycling Policy
Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if triple rinsing of containers prior to recycling is necessary; if there are any estimates on the amount of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is his intention to alter, edit or redevelop the national spatial strategy. [38508/11]
- EU Directives
Question 232: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of EU directives within his Department that have not been acted upon; if he will provide a list...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 234: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on development contribution schemes relating to lapsed or abandoned capital projects; and if he...
- Local Government Bodies
Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the powers and functions undertaken by the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly. [38581/11]
- Local Authority Housing
Question 241: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding available to Clare County Council for energy efficiency retrofits in council houses and...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding the non-principal private residence tax (details supplied); and if he will...
- Water Services
Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the persons who will be appointed for inspections of septic tanks and the qualifications that will be...
- Job Creation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered an option (details supplied) as an employment creating initiative; and if he will make...
- Election Management System
Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if the Deputy elected as Ceann Comhairle by Dáil Éireann must be re-elected in the...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the funding allocated to each local authority from the local government fund in 2011 in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will bring the climate change Bill, as promised in the programme for Government, before the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide financial details for all local authorities in which budgets to deal with retrofitting...
- Foreshore Licences
Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the determination on 22 July 2011 pursuant to the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933, as...
- Housing Regulations
Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if smoke alarms are a current requirement for houses rented from public funds; if not, if he intends to...
- Legislative Programme
Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Building Control Act 2007 as was previously initiated by the 30th Dáil and which had...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Coroners Service
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State of carrying out a post mortem; the grounds on which a post mortem is carried out; the reason it was necessary to...
- Garda Transport
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Garda fleet is being systematically reduced as patrol cars reach the end of their life when cars with...
- Prison Committals
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the figures of those currently in prisons (details supplied) who were previously in industrial schools or other...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders that have been issued since their introduction; the number of warnings that have been issued...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider providing more information on the speeding fines issued to motorists for example proof of the exact speed the car...
- Grant Payments
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 258: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish legislation that will reform the law on mental capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Equality Issues
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the standing committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/11]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010; his plans to update our immigration policy framework; and if he will...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding extra funding for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38412/11]
- Gambling Issues
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will acknowledge the good work which has been carried out by an organisation (details supplied) over the past two decades to help...
- Courts Service
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the case that there is no obligation for interpreters to be appointed in family law cases in County Meath, however there is an...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when updated stamp 4 will be granted in the case of a person (detail supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 3 visa can be updated to a stamp 4 visa in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue in respect of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Asylum Applications
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which due process was followed in respect of the determination of an application for residency in the case of a person...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Garda Deployment
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in Dunboyne town, County Meath, over the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans for gardaí in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding migrant workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38624/11]
- Court Procedures
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judgments outstanding by the Supreme Court and by members of the High Court; the number of those judgments that are...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Clare may change an existing six-day licence to a seven-day licence and the procedure for...
- Crime Prevention
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda will deal with regular anti-social activity at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [38749/11]
- Citizenship Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason this application...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if forced labour is considered a crime under existing law; and, if it is not, his plans to introduce legislation to address any...
- Human Trafficking
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which cases of forced labour have been reported to An Garda Síochána; the number of cases which have been reported in...
- Visa Applications
Question 284: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve a stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the application to remain in the State will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Donegal division serving in Gaeltacht areas who can conduct business with members of the public through...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for residency and naturalisation on hand; the reason it takes more than 26 months to process an application;...
- Garda Stations
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in County Donegal earmarked for closure; the criteria used to decide on the closure; the security arrangements in...
- Garda Strength
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rate of resignation of female members from An Garda Síochána over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employees for which he has paid fees to attend the King's Inns for the legal diploma course and the barrister at law...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unfilled vacancies within the National Disability Authority; and the dates on which these will be filled. [38901/11]
- Road Safety
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda intend to publish data compiled by their road accident investigation unit into the cause of road accidents; and if he...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding illegal parking at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the number of fixed penalty notices issued in...
- Visa Applications
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused permission to enter Ireland for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. [39010/11]
- Garda Transport
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles including vans allocated to each Garda district in the Dublin region; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Defence the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form;...
- Army Barracks
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Defence if appropriate accommodation is available at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath, to facilitate the transfer of army personnel from Dún Uí...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38460/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed mandatory break in service for members of the Red Cross executive committee is not yet...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Departmental Agencies
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he has made in regard to his commitment to have a dispute investigated (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [38295/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when outstanding sheep ewe premium payments will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in his discussions with the veterinary union on post mortem examinations and slaughter...
- Turbary Rights
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is widespread opposition to the proposal to transfer the fee simple...
- Grant Payments
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their grassland sheep scheme payment; if his...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of single farm payment made on lands designated as disadvantaged and the acreage involved; the total value...
- Grant Payments
Question 313: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing payments under the agri-environment options scheme; when the remaining applications...
- Departmental Staff
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38450/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a single farm payment; the reason he has not received the...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 3 May 2011, if he will now reissue a copy of a letter dated 31 August to a...
- Commonage Division
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 29 November 2011, the length of time he expects this review to take; and when...
- Grant Payments
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment; the reason for the delay in issuing same; and...
- Animal Health
Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Parliament's decision to ban the prophylactic use of antibiotics in livestock farming will affect the sale...
- Bovine Diseases
Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered alternative methods for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis other than the culling of badgers; if...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the timetable for the Natura 2000 bays that are being assessed to identify the conservation...
- Grant Payments
Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 8 November 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the spend, [i]per capita [/i]on residential care for children and young persons for each of the 26 counties. [38481/11]
- Child Care Services
Question 342: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support offered to projects directed at supporting those at risk of entering residential care to remain within the...
- Departmental Funding
Question 344: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that funding for a specific purpose is put in place on time to ensure that applicants who are successful in...
- Grant Payments
Question 346: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants and amounts paid by her to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the increments made payable to public sector workers within her Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012...
- Health Services
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place for young adults who on turning age 18 years leave full-time care; if accommodation is being found for them;...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to her Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set up a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia, building on the long relationship Ireland has with that country while...
- Foster Care
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied there are adequate resources to implement the recommendations in the reports on Health Service Executive...
- National Drugs Strategy
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a review of the effectiveness of current drug policy. [38400/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the list of long-term illnesses has not been reviewed since the 1970s, if he will consider a review in the near future; and...
- Medical Cards
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term care patients in a hospital (details supplied); the reduction in the number of beds during the past 12 months; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding appointment delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38291/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Health the average number of patients from County Donegal who travel to Dublin hospitals or to clinics each month to receive regular treatments; and if he...
- Cancer Incidence
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients attending Dublin hospitals for treatments on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38298/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the decision not to grant a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Ambulance Service
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to him of hiring a private ambulance to transport a patient from South Tipperary General Hospital to Waterford General Hospital for a day...
- Medical Cards
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has expired when the person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has submitted a renewal application form; when the...
- Community Care
Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of a nursing unit (details supplied) in County Donegal, that is persons in charge, nurses, care staff, catering staff,...
- Medical Cards
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health his views on matter regarding replacement lenses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38332/11]
- Grant Payments
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the chairperson,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form;...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a compensation fund for the parents of vaccine damaged children; when a decision will be made on the...
- Hospital Services
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 11 October 2011, when an operation will be carried out on a person (details supplied) in County Carlow...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was charged €100 when she attended the accident and emergency unit having been referred...
- Health Services
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [38424/11]
- Medical Cards
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person suffering from diabetes and who was previously the holder of a long-term illness card and is now the holder of a medical card, is...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the provision in the 2012 capital programme for Roscommon County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38465/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Health the spend [i]per capita[/i] on primary care and acute care for each of the 26 counties [38479/11]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for approval for the fair deal scheme; the number who have been approved to date in 2011; when the backlog of claims...
- Departmental Funding
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Health not to cut funding for an organisation (details supplied) and for those with intellectual disabilities in budget 2012; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the average cost of care in each public sector nursing home and the total cost to the State of care in each public sector nursing...
- Health Services
Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the statement (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive's decision to close a nursing home, if he will confirm if...
- Medical Cards
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health the current or expected position in respect of an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Health when an application under the fair deal scheme will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of an organisation's application for funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 410: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that a stroke victim in south County Tipperary has had a number of speech therapy appointments cancelled or their therapist has...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health the legislation currently governing the prices charged by dentists; if he intends to introduce new legislation in this area; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a hospital appointment can be made to facilitate a hip replacement in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin in the case of a person (details...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds planned for parents in the proposed new national children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site in Dublin; and his views that the...
- Medical Cards
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card on medical needs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
Question 416: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of the drug Pradaxa in respect of a person (details supplied). [38651/11]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that there will be no reduction in the level of services at St. Mary's nursing unit for the elderly, Castleblayney,...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have an application for the fair deal scheme approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [38726/11]
- Departmental Properties
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all the lands and buildings of former psychiatric institutions which are identified for sale by the Health Service...
- Hospital Staff
Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health the reason employment criteria for a position (details supplied) within the Health Service Executive have been altered to require candidates who have...
- Health Services
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 22 November 2011, when a response will be forthcoming from the Health Service Executive; and if he will...
- Medical Cards
Question 422: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays arising in the centralised system of processing medical cards and medical card appeals; if he will set...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to make it mandatory for health professionals to provide parents with a manufacturer's patient information leaflet prior to parents...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health if he will take action to provide Health Amendment Act cards to the small group of women who, having received contaminated anti-D on the birth of...
- Eating Disorders
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons estimated to be suffering from anorexia in Ireland in 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of age and gender in respect of...
- Health Services
Question 429: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are estimated to self-harm in Ireland in 2011; if he will provide a breakdown of age and gender in respect of those so...
- Hospital Services
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports that patients in South Tipperary General Hospital who require services, that is, scans and so on, located in St....
- Mental Health Services
Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive in County Kerry has to cater for a child (details supplied) who has serious mental health issues; the reason...
- Hospital Services
Question 439: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue from the evaluation group on a bid by Sligo General Hospital to become a hub laboratory which would propose to handle all...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 440: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Crohn's disease will not be covered on the long-term illness scheme from next year; if he will outline the alternative supports that will...
- Medical Cards
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of correspondence (details supplied) he will now issue a medical card to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Consumer Protection
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the use of creatine and other muscle building supplements by children under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the future of a welfare home (details supplied) in County Cork has been completed; if formal meetings with union representatives have...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a cataract operation. [38826/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that front-line mental health services are not adversely affected by a reduction in his Department's funding....
- Health Service Staff
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of workers retiring from the health service for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number who retired on the full number of years'...
- Medicinal Products
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to criminalise imported prescription tablets being sold to drug addicts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/11]
- Crime Prevention
Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health if the freefone facility for the dial to stop drug dealing initiative will be extended throughout 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure adequate capital funding in 2012 to continue the closure of psychiatric hospitals and transfer of service users to appropriate,...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all tendering procedures were properly carried out, evaluated and concluded in respect of a contract (details supplied); and...
- Industrial Relations
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive followed up on all matters referred to by the Labour Court in its recommendations in respect of a case (details...
- Health Services
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available as a matter of urgency for the care of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will instruct the...
- Medicinal Products
Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Irish Medicines Board to accept the EU-backed pan-European classification of products as a cosmetic, biocide or medicine...
- Medical Cards
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Reports
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to receive a report into the impending destruction of Guthrie cards held by Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin; the terms of...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health the dental treatments covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38912/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per day of a bed in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding the expert group being set up to address the outcome of last year's European Court of Human Rights ruling on...
- Medical Cards
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/11]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no speech therapy for persons particular stroke victims, in certain areas of South Kerry;...
- Medical Cards
Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [38991/11]
- Hospital Services
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay by the Health Service Executive in having a child (details supplied) in County Wexford admitted to Waterford General...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Grant Payments
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will...
- ^^ Departmental Staff ^^ Departmental Staff
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in...
- Departmental Reports
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed date for the publication of the taxi review group findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38382/11]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Network
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the reason the electronic tolling facility at the M8 toll bridge at Watergrasshill, County Cork, does...
- Swimming Pool Projects
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the possible funding for refurbishment works of a swimming pool (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if...
- Air Accident Investigations
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the publication of the report regarding the crash of IAC PC9 aircraft (details supplied); and if he will...
- Road Network
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position in regard to the M20 and, in particular, the situation with regard to communications with...
