Written answers

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he or his officials have had with the authorities in Northern Ireland with a view to agreeing a...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends issuing an instruction to ComReg as he is empowered to do under the Acts laying down the minimum...
    • Energy Market Regulation
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on reforming the energy market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2534/12]
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any applications for an exploration licence to conduct hydraulic fracturing drilling here...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which a greater extent of electricity can be generated from non-fossil means with particular...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the international connectivity for broadband and information service cables here; the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he hopes to announce approval of the REFIT programme for wind energy; the reason for its delay; if the EU...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will resolve the lack of broadband provision in the Moheraven area, Aughamore, County Leitrim; if he will...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to concerns and a petition by local residents in the coastal areas close to the Kish Bank,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average broadband speeds available to residential and business customers in towns of less than 10,000...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Western Development Commission paper Why Invest in Gas which outlines the clear benefit of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding the current range of problems facing Eircom in view of the critical national strategic...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the Irish seabed that is licensed for the exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons; the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Ireland's ranking in recent international broadband league tables; if he is considering any new...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that product from the Corrib gas fields will be available to the consumer; the degree to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken in conjunction with his EU colleagues to address the undermining of individual and press...
    • EU Treaties
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the media campaign necessary to advance the fiscal compact treaty with his EU colleagues; and if...
    • Election Monitoring
      Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the disputed Duma elections in Russia held in December 2011 with his EU colleagues; if an EU course...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports an application for EU membership by Bosnia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2692/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of EU policy towards Uzbeki cotton and child labour use; the action he has advocated...
    • EU Budget
      Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussion he has had with the President of the European Council on the EU's multi-annual financial framework;...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional staff his Department will receive for the Irish Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of...
    • EU Strategy
      Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has held any discussions in relation to the Europe 2020 strategy; the suggestions he has put forward on the...
    • EU Directives
      Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of EU directives, regulations and decisions that have been transposed into law here since March...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issue he intends to prioritise during the Irish EU Council presidency in the first half of 2013; and if he will...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is supportive of an application for EU membership by Serbia; the reasons for his position; and if he will make...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on the value of Ireland's embassies in other EU States in informing his work and that of his Department; and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding a passport. [2814/12]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects to appoint an Ambassador to the Irish Embassy in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries in which Irish embassies are located where there is not a reciprocal embassy in Ireland; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed Ireland's corporate tax rate with his EU colleagues; if so, with whom; the response he has received; and if he will make a...
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with his EU colleagues on reforming the remit of the European Central Bank to include economic growth as well as price...
    • Job Creation
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if NewERA will quantify the number of new jobs that have been created by his Department since its inception. [2714/12]
    • State Bonds
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if the State has ever issued a 30-year bond and, if not, the longest maturity on a bond the State has issued; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Debt
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding assistance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2720/12]
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to influence the setting of the variable interest rate charged by State-owned financial institutions on mortgage repayments to avoid...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the current standing of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; if he will provide a breakdown of investments including the discretionary portfolio, as...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum Exchequer budget deficit he thinks is prudent for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals assessed by the Revenue Commissioners on income arising from US social security pensions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the reports completed by McCann Fitzgerald and Ernst and Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of illegal diesel and petrol seized by Customs and Excise for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the payments that will be made to bondholders in the former Anglo Irish Bank in January 2012; the promissory note payments that will be made...
    • Troika Staff
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the staffing of the troika (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2944/12]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Scéimeanna Scoláireachta
      Question 82: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil aon athrú curtha i bhfeidhm nó le cur i bhfeidhm ar scéimeanna scoláireachta 1916, agus ar na scéimeanna scoláireachta...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the disused prefabs adjacent to the schools (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that they are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application made for the provision of the building of classrooms and renovation work in respect of a school...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 9 June 2011, the position regarding the regularisation of land at a location (details...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a social impact assessment has been carried out on the effect of increased class sizes in DEIS band 2 schools form September. [2815/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments made to State agencies and State boards under his remit for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all schools within counties Longford and Westmeath with fewer than 86 pupils. [2878/12]
    • School Inspection Reports
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 11 January 2012, if he will respond to the following (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and address of all DEIS band 1 and band 2 schools in Dublin North East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2891/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of all-girl primary schools in the country which will be affected by the reduction in learning support provision to four...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the possible impact of abolishing postgraduate grants on his areas of responsibility such as promoting innovation,...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the FÁS redundant apprentice placement scheme; and if he will confirm if it has, or will cease [36258/11]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that will be taken to ensure that flooding in an area (details supplied) are minimised; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the Oireachtas pays each year for prepaid envelopes provided for Deputies and Senators, in total and per individual...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce measures to ensure that the salaries of all CEOs, senior management and the board of any voluntary or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the original projected cost for the reconstruction of Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Industrial Development
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency has significantly increased its visitor numbers to the empty IDA park in Mullingar....
    • Job Losses
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has been in contact with a company (details supplied) in relation to their plans to centralise operations at St....
    • Departmental Records
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any electronic data is stored in a commercially operated data centre. [2789/12]
    • Economic Migration Policy
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has reviewed the new report from the UK Government's Migrant Advisory Council on the impact of job displacement on...
    • Job Losses
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to prevent job losses occurring in a company (details supplied) in County Meath. [2877/12]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding supplement payments to employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2659/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she accepts that a loophole exists in that there are not pension provisions for community employment supervisors as, technically, they...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the amalgamation of community welfare officer and FÁS with her Department, if she will outline the premises, locations,...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contractual arrangements between the sponsors of community employment schemes and their project workers; if the secondary benefits...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the decision not to award domiciliary allowance to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if a review of this...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in relation to a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of some commentary that some self-employed tradesmen may be claiming social welfare payments, the analysis that has taken place in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it will take two weeks to notify a person (details supplied) in County Cork of a decision made on an appeal; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she has taken to reduce the processing time for applications for carer's allowance; if her attention has been drawn to the act...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new applicant for community employment after 16 January who is a lone parent with two children should be entitled to more than €208...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for an invalidity pension will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [2883/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration was given to the option to participants in the turf cutters compensation scheme to access renewable fuels...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the supports and grants that exist for musicians; the way these schemes can be accessed by interested...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of senior heritage specialists in the public service who are expected to apply to retire in February 2012; the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 132: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair dheireanach a bhí toghcháin ann d'Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an dáta deiridh de réir na reachtaíochta gur...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to appoint a third commissioner to the Commission for Energy Regulation; if so, the timetable and...
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent meeting on the LNG project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Postal Services
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to proceed with the introduction of a postcode system; if so, when does he intend to proceed with...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of mobile telephone coverage in an area (details supplied); the...
    • Sustainable Energy Grants
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the economic implications of the cuts to energy grants per budget 2012 in view of the fact that industry...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the standard quality and availability of high-speed broadband throughout this country...
    • Postal Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had any discussions with An Post with a view to ensuring the continuation of the...
    • Energy Costs
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which gas and electricity prices here, both to the domestic and commercial market, are...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent if any to which oil, gas or other mineral exploration onshore and offshore have shown positive or...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all preparatory work in regard to making product available from the Corrib gas field has been complied with;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of electricity now generated through wind or alternative energy resources; the extent to which...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent, directly or through the regulator, he can obtain information relating to the number of burglar...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the warmer home scheme contracts will be renewed or awarded for 2012 to enable approved contractors to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electoral Divisions
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the proposed boundary changes to Dáil constituencies will be announced by the...
    • Water Services
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the EU Commission has laid down that there will be fines imposed on Ireland if the Water Services Bill...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the protocol in place with the print media for the recycling of old newspapers; the arrangements in place...
    • Water Quality
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures required and the cost thereof to local authorities in Galway, his Department and central...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 11 January 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2,000...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys set aside by each local authority for the provision of coroner services; if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding the proposed property tax; and if he will make a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants, individual or family, on local authority housing waiting lists by each local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of local authority dwellings in the ownership of each individual local authority or county,...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has to direct local authorities to revise their development contribution schemes in view of the...
    • Pyrite Contamination
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the expert panel on pyrite to make its report; when he expects to make a decision on housing...
    • Business Improvement Districts
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of business improvement districts operating here; the location of same; their annual budgets and...
    • Business Property Vacancies
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the overall business property vacancy rate here, broken down by each individual local authority. [2870/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the household charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address health fears in County Kerry by immediately replacing all remaining lead pipe water...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Courts Service
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the situation in which the waiting time to get a full care order from the Family Court currently extends until April 2013;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements being made for People with Disabilities Ireland and the Longford-Westmeath networks, subsequent to the cessation of...
    • Court Accommodation
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the purchase price of the proposed court house site in Dungloe County Donegal; if an allocation been made to build the proposed...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for processing citizenship applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2733/12]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current timeframe for processing stamp 4 residency applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2734/12]
    • Prison Staff
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2754/12]
    • Garda Compensation Claims
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by him on the authorisation of a garda compensation claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total, living here, who are covered by the Zambrano ruling, that is, non-EU citizen parents with EU citizen...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite the publication of the Coroners Bill; the reason there is a delay in producing this legislation; the main measures...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the appropriate assessment works will be carried out in respect of aquaculture licensing in the Valentia-Caherciveen...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have land in an environmentally designated area SAC, SPA, NHA may maintain existing drains and clean them...
    • Agricultural Exports
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which budget 2012 supported the agricultural export sector; the supports that are available in this context;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the decrease of €19 million to the REP scheme in recent times, the incentives that now exist to encourage...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will ensure that the abolition of the milk quota in 2015 will not lead to an over-production of milk; the...
    • Rural Development
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way rural development was provided for in budget 2012; the way this compares to previous budget years; and if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Common Agriculture Policy reform encourages greater productivity in the food sector; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received an update from the Adoption Association of Ireland and the Irish embassy in Ethiopia on the issue of...
    • UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to make the third and fourth reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which were expected by...
    • Health Services
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made toward assessing all section 36 carers, that is carers who are members of a child's biological...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the lack of services for young adults leaving State care at the age of 18 years. [2753/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 8 November 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2894/12]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a tobacco product (details supplied) sold in head shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2651/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for continuing therapeutic intervention for children with disabilities after the age of 6 years, which is the cut-off age for the early...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that a medical card was issued to an applicant and was subsequently withdrawn six weeks later when the applicant was issued...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2671/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health if there is any curtailment on nurses' entitlement to parental leave due to staff shortages in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and a breakdown of same at Youghal Community Hospital, County Cork. [2673/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of medical card applications received in...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health if funding is still available for the post of consultant rheumatologist at Kerry General Hospital; and when the position will be filled. [2718/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [2722/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health if private health care providers have recently expressed interest in the provision of primary health care; the names of the providers; the amount of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the appointment of a national figure to lead the implementation of a national campaign and strategy on obesity, in a similar way...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health the capital investments made at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal since the year 2000; the details and purpose of each separate capital...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the new mental health unit opened at Letterkenny General Hospital in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2772/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the card will be approved and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the parking charges at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2850/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing medical card holders in obtaining prescribed mental health medications (details supplied);...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health if he is engaged in negotiations to reduce the cost of medications here; his views that such a measure will produce savings for the taxpayer; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the primary care reimbursement service does not inform medical card holders of a change of status, for example, if 16 year olds have been...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 487-488 of 13 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2896/12]
    • Surgical Procedures
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Railway Stations
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make provisions to improve facilities at Broombridge train station, Dublin in view of the conditions that are...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise of the financial provisions under the capital sports programme for 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Leap cards are not being sold through DART or Irish Rail stations at present; and if there are plans to change that....
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the taxi review is likely to be published. [2794/12]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2854/12]