Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Boards
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards both public sector and...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the projected savings for each State agency to be rationalised as set out in the recent public service...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in drawing up legislation relating to changes to freedom of information; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he sanctioned a salary of €114,000 for his own special adviser despite it being in breach of the pay cap for...
    • Data Protection
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views regarding the sharing of personal data between Government Departments and public bodies; his views that change is...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State...
    • Political Reform Agenda
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views regarding political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3777/12]
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the organisational review programme of the Department of the Taoiseach, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm to Dáil Éireann, in view of comments made by troika officials during a meeting with members of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has revised the Government's salary cap for Ministers' special advisers. [3784/12]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reports he has recently received in respect of additional cost savings across all Departments; if he will publish these...
    • State Agencies
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a revised salary scale and cap for chief executives and senior managers of State agencies is being considered in his...
    • Information Technology
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 28 September 2011, if he has finalised the cloud computing strategy; and if he...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the draft programme of State asset disposals as recently presented to the European Commission, the IMF and...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the estimated total amount of pension lump sum payable to public servants who will retire in the coming...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to review the higher grade salaries across the public sector including Secretaries General, hospital consultants...
    • Commercial Semi-State Bodies
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the restructuring of any State companies is currently being considered. [3803/12]
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he intends to take to end the pay, pension and abatement arrangements for current Secretaries General. [3795/12]
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the enhanced measures of accountability of senior civil and public sector management and office holders he has put in place....
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the National Pensions Reserve Fund that is to be used for investment in key areas of the economy as proposed in...
    • Public Expenditure
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the objectives he has set in relation to public expenditure and reform are on target to date; if a...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that are being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Revaluation Programme
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 17 November 2011, the further progress which has been made in drafting legislation...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a professional breakdown of the 3,000 civil and public servants to be recruited this year as announced in...
    • State Agencies
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a list of all State agency board appointees, and the annual fee received, on his Department's website. [3794/12]
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering the freezing of civil and public sector pay increments in his preparation for budget 2013. [3799/12]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will establish a top pay commission to research and review all levels of compensation and remuneration across the...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to assist small business in obtaining public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Service Agreements
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the implementation of the Croke Park agreement is on track to deliver the expected savings; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Statistics
      Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the size of the workforce here, that is, the total number of those employed on 9 March 2011 and the total size of the workforce on 28 January 2012; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants from his Department who are based in the European Commission working in the relevant permanent representative offices; their titles...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach the assessment and reporting mechanism he has put in place to enable Departments to continually assess the business case for the State bodies under their aegis....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • State Property
      Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, further to Parliamentary Question No. 515 of 11 January 2012 regarding the ownership of the sea-floor of Lough...
    • State Visits
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will issue a personal invitation on behalf of the Irish people to His Holiness Benedict XVI to visit Ireland...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of his discussions with the Northern Ireland authorities regarding the conditions facing many prisoners...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the obligation of countries to adhere to internationally agreed human rights norms; his views on...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities in respect of the Irish Presidency of the European Council commencing in January 2013; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the monetary value of overseas aid for 2012; the value for 2011 and the figure for the years 2013 and 2014; the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to facilitate international observers, parliamentarians and non-governmental organisations to observe the...
    • Consular Services
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in accessing the reasons for the delay in finalising all...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the progress being made to address the matter of undocumented Irish citizens in the US, who...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reconsider his decision to close our embassy to the Vatican. [3898/12]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reported displacement of thousands of Ethiopians off their own land under the Ethiopian...
    • EU Funding
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the various types of European funds and grants available to local...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information in respect of the number of private nursing homes in counties Louth and Meath who have qualified for tax reliefs in...
    • Tax Code
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide stamp duty exemption for persons with disability wishing to live independently; and if he will return tax exemption on vehicles...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the agencies under his aegis are taking to stop the illegal smuggling of contraband cigarettes into the country; the number of cigarettes...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is appropriate that a special manager from a company (details supplied) appointed by the Central Bank of Ireland to Newbridge...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3287/12]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of all letters received by the then Minister, Mr. Brian Lenihan, or his Department of Finance from the...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all costs incurred by Anglo Irish Bank in re-branding the company as the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [3426/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a P21 balancing statement to issue to persons (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of 2011 as a refund of tax may be...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his position regarding persons in mortgage arrears; the details of the instructions, if any, issued to banks and other financial institutions by him...
    • Tax Code
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 12 January 2012, if he will confirm the date on which the living alone allowance became taxable for...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance for the covered banks, as an aggregate the amount of money in each of the following categories, by month, from January 2009 or earlier if available...
    • Tax Code
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to ensure that all the tax exiles are brought into the tax net at the earliest opportunity; the legislative changes...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been taken in on taxes, broken down by each tax or duty: on cigarettes in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of ECB funding for the covered Irish financial institutions that has been replaced into three year ECB funding subsequent to the three...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 following correspondence received from the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if the rate of VAT on agricultural diesel will be reduced in view of the fact that farmers and contractors cannot afford the high cost of fuel at...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the names of the current holders of bonds in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and, if not available, the steps he has taken...
    • Tax Code
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding the 2% VAT rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3640/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all unsecured guaranteed bonds due to be paid by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in 2012 and 2013 detailing the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the year by year cost since 2005 to date analysed by sports code, rugby, soccer, golf, GAA and horse racing, of tax rebates and refunds to retired...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the frequency, amounts and timing of any tax settlements made by GAA county boards with revenue since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected change to persons tax reliefs for service charges; if he will provide details of the expected annual saving of the change; and if he...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the process whereby the National Asset Management Agency agrees, in respect of certain debtors, to directly pay the salary, or provide the necessary...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, for each covered institution and including their finance and leasing businesses, of the number and category of...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to proceed with the appointment of 100 independent mortgage advisers as provided for by the interdepartmental...
    • Tax Code
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any scheme, other than the tax relief for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme, which deals solely with physical...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance his views the recent appointment of a special manager to Newbridge Credit Union, County Kildare; if his attention has been drawn to the excellent...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officers by rank currently based outside Ireland; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3887/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there are no regulations in place regarding social welfare cheques being cleared (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail and itemise all debt that has been forgiven by State controlled, State owned, State part-owned financial institutions in the past...
    • Tax Code
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of utility bills dated January 2012 subject to the standard rate of VAT but charging for activity in the calendar year 2011, should...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of engagement between him and the State guaranteed banks in terms of potential large scale debt write-downs of loans by the covered banks;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme. [4083/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if any US financial institutions have received liquidity funding from the Central Bank of Ireland in the period 2007 to 2011; the name of the...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if a new framework is being put in place to govern the relationship between him, AIB and Irish Life and Permanent respectively to reflect the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the professional fees that have been paid to a legal services firm (details supplied) in respect of work undertaken on behalf of him to assist in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the losses imposed on subordinated bondholders in covered institutions in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards in both the public and semi-State sectors in 2011;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding deductions from a pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retaining of the programme of general nursing in Tralee Institute of Technology, County Kerry, in view of...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of providing additional places on the competency determination validation electrical course, which...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts made available to the National Centre for Technology and Education in 2010 and 2011 and the amount expected to be made...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a set standard number of hours that special needs assistants are expected to work per week; if he will provide details of...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments in 2010 and 2011; the number of assessments carried out...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3280/12]
    • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total annual expenditure by him in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively, on providing temporary classroom cover for teachers who are...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if there will be any subsidies available for parents wishing to send their children to schools with a Protestant...
    • School Patronage
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to the patronage of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new primary school is being planned for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [3363/12]
    • Chaplaincy Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the financing of chaplaincy services in secondary schools and the cost of this service to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of leaving certificate students who have applied for the higher education...
    • Book Loan Scheme
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans to introduce a national book loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3388/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will not cut three teachers at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3399/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application for a supplementary pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a qualification allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [3438/12]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current cost of prefab rental and projected cost of prefab rental between now and 2017 in a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the study carried out in Ballina, County Mayo, identifying the areas in which, due to demographic...
    • School Transport
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding the closed school rule and entitlement of siblings to school transport when other siblings...
    • School Closures
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools he intends to close in County Cork; and the dates on which he intends to close them. [3533/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given to the combining of learning support and resource teachers in rural areas when clustering would...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the allocation of funds to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in order that the prefabs currently...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes are proposed to the physics curriculum; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the building to commence following his announcement of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will...
    • Education Staff
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that our education service which is dependent on teachers, lecturers and tutors will be adequately staffed after the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in regard to budget 2012, along with all other cuts in education, Gaeltacht schools are being particularly targeted and are under...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the tendering of works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3647/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works programme will go ahead in 2012; and if so, if a school in County Westmeath can secure funding to acquire land in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will lift the embargo on the sanctioning of extra resource hours. [3717/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the 2010-11 academic year on which the teacher...
    • FÁS Training Programmes (1 comment)
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction in the payment to students attending the National Learning Network, Hollyhill, County Cork; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the vocational education committee grants for mature students, the reason it is necessary for students to provide...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of changes that were made in budget 2012, if he will consider engaging with the Department of Finance to examine the impact...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a home tuition grant was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staffing
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the issue of job-sharing for principals of primary schools; the difficulties that are being encountered for...
    • Traveller Education Strategy
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the closure of a centre (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the granting of funds to a school (details supplied) in County Meath for the development of their school...
    • Postgraduate Education
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby business degree graduates who are attempting to access postgraduate diplomas...
    • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of additional substitution hours given to schools for use at their discretion; the amount of hours returned unused by...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered building an additional eight new classes at a school (details supplied) in County Meath to provide for his...
    • School Staffing
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin. [3969/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects that payment of pension entitlements will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has conducted research into the value of infant primary schools and, by extension, senior primary schools; if he has ever...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prioritise the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; the position regarding same; and if he will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/12]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the closed school rule in view of the serious additional financial pressure this will place on parents of children in...
    • School Staffing
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cut of permanent learning support teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [4042/12]
    • Teacher Education
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with a person (details supplied). [4058/12]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any financial assistance available for students attending the Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences, Limerick;...
    • Behavioural Support Service
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the National Behavioural Support Service; the numbers working in the service; the cost of the service in 2010 and 2011; and...
    • Teacher Education Centres
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the teacher education centres that have received support from him in 2010 and 2011; the amount of such support received by each; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to the National Qualification Authority of Ireland in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State agencies....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses that are paid to members of publicly appointed State boards both public sector and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views regarding pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3855/12]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application made by Dublin City Council for flood relief works on the Naniken River in Dublin North...
    • EU Funding
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the current round of EU structural funds to Ireland; the amount of...
    • Public Sector Increments
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that the payment of approximately €250 million this year in pay rises for public sector workers in the form of...
    • Public Service Transfers
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if civil or public servants seeking to relocate on compassionate grounds such as caring for an older person are likely to be...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the organisations designated as approved organisations for the purpose of section 4 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when each of the 22 members of the Valuation Tribunal were appointed; when each of their terms of office are due to be...
    • Regional Development
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the introduction of territorial cohesion under the Lisbon treaty is now a core competency of the EU;...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he decides to impose further pay cuts on public servants, if a poverty impact assessment will take place in advance. [3836/12]
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current annual payments in respect of the leader's allowance and the calculations based on numbers of Deputies and...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he would like to see in procurement practice to ensure that jobs are created for the long-term unemployed within...
    • Capital Investment Programme
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that would be created by an additional investment of €750 million in capital expenditure. [35938/11]
    • National Lottery
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that initiatives in his Department funded by national lottery funding will be impacted upon if the sale of the lotto...
    • Local Authority Rates
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take on the subsequent occupier clause condition in the current valuation process; and if he intends to...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposed rehauling of the top level appointments commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give an update on the legislation committed to reform the code of laws replacing both the Ministers and Secretaries...
    • EU Structural Funds
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions that have already taken place at EU Council level regarding directing EU Structural Funds to areas that boost...
    • Revaluation Programme
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the schedule for revaluations of commercial properties for the purpose of commercial rates in County...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in the public sector currently on salaries in excess of €200,000; and the names of the employees in...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the targets in respect of public expenditure reform and/or the elimination of waste and duplication...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which a review has been carried out of the degree to which staff reductions in sensitive or front-line areas...
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified various forms of insurance cover affecting the State and/or its institutions as a means...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector contracts that have been awarded with a remuneration exceeding the pay cap. [4099/12]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to allow offences against competition law be tried in the High Court. [3433/12]
    • Copyright Infringements
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is taking to combat digital piracy, in particular, the downloading of movies and the copying of pirate...
    • Job Creation
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to find an enterprise for a location (details supplied) in Ballivor, County Meath. [3387/12]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce further measures to deal with non-compliance of labour laws in the construction sector; and if he...
    • Job Losses
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has been in contact with a company (details supplied) regarding the loss of in the region of 100 jobs in Dundalk and...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency business parks in County Galway; the number of businesses that are based in the...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the recent report from the National Competitiveness Council, Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2011, his...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list any investigations that are currently being undertaken by him or any agency under his Department's...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average cost of grant aid per job created by the Industrial Development Agency in each of the past five years; the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 10 November 2010, the progress made to date on obtaining an alternative...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is adequate co-operation between enterprise and trade Ministers North and South in order that there can be mutual...
    • Job Creation
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for job creation in 2012, including plans discussed at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to visit a company (details supplied) in County Cork. [1928/12]
    • State Agencies
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that have been put in place to date with regard to rationalisation of the State bodies under his aegis listed...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers who submitted PR50 forms in respect of redundancy payments to employees in 2011 and who pleaded inability to pay;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to publish a circular to clarify the changes in the minimum contributions that tenants on rent allowance will be...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all community employment schemes in counties Meath and Louth in tabular form; the numbers of participants...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason disability allowance was stopped in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment on their redundancy claim; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, in view of the fact that some public servants pay a lower level of PRSI under the 1996 public service arrangement, if she will list...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the recommendations of the Labour Court with regard to pension arrangements for supervisors of community employment schemes. [3570/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to cut funding by 66% at a nursery (details supplied) in Dublin 10 making it impossible for the creche to stay open....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update in the appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount she expects to save by including carer's allowance as income when assessing family income supplement. [3336/12]
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application to participate in the JobBridge national internship scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in relation to the number of Department of Social Protection clients who are in receipt of rent assistance in...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the methods she will use to ensure that positions secured under the JobsBridge programme are suitable to the skill set and learning needs...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it is proposed to deduct at source the alleged overpayment of rent support in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings achieved by her through control measures in 2011 in respect of the pre-retirement disability allowance, the number of...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has implemented cuts to the materials grant for current community employment schemes before the review of schemes has been...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the claim will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would be amenable to altering the criteria for rent allowance payments by capping the amount of rent allowance that can be paid to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3442/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will acknowledge the important role played by community employment schemes in communities throughout the country, particularly the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time a self-employed person must be making contributions to establish full pension entitlement, having regard to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason it is taking so long for a decision on a social welfare allowance payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if welfare assistance will be made available for retired persons (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3532/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes (1 comment)
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, with regard to the cut to the training and materials grant for community employment schemes announced in budget 2012, if she stands by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the moneys paid from her Department to Dublin Bus under the free travel scheme in respect of eligible retired elderly people from the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise pension and social welfare entitlements for self-employed workers who are not due a payment as their partners are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of farm assist on a county basis; the total value of farm assist payments; the estimated savings on foot of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3618/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in the course of the review of community employment schemes, she will include consultation with the participants, their projects,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all community employment schemes currently being operated in Cork city and county; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their appeal in respect of their application for carer's...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of requiring applicants for rent allowance to furnish character references as part of applications in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will issue;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that recipients of social welfare pensions and benefits will have difficulty in accessing their payments due to the closure of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be dealt with as a matter of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin may expect a decision on an application for rent supplement. [3856/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [3864/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3903/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to continue the rural social scheme in view of the benefits it has to rural communities; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be made; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of community employment schemes will be unable to continue until the end of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria for seeking carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3952/12]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 29 November 2011, if she will clarify the figures for social welfare fraud as opposed to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the reduction in rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow which results in...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of redundancy rebates paid to employers in 2010 and 2011 on a county basis. [3996/12]
    • Departmental Property
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 11 January 2012, if she will confirm that no body or any service operator provided by or...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of a circular issued to all community employment supervisors this week, if she will advise the cuts that are to be implemented on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [4051/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will honour community employment scheme grants that were awarded before budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason totals have not been provided in recent months for redundancies notified to her; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assessment and reporting mechanism she has put in place to enable Departments to continually assess the business case for the State...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards in both the public and semi-State sectors...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Arts Plan
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in line with his policy to develop and expand our heritage, arts, national treasures and museums, if he will consider...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the projected savings for each State agency to be rationalised as set out in the recent public service...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards both in the public and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the compensation or diversification proposals for fishermen fishing for eels who...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail any reductions in the budget for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2012. [3591/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford is entitled to the updated revised method for the...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will amend the 2009 Broadcasting Act whereby licence fee money has been allocated solely to RTE and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 25 October 2011, if he will direct the agencies and bodies under...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a traffic warden (details supplied) in New Ross, County Wexford, was forced to retire from their...
    • Rialacháin Foirgníochta
      Question 420: To ask the Aire Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil an dtabharfaidh sé figiúirí i dtaobh líon na mbloc árasán cónaitheach a tógadh i ngach limistéar údaráis áitiúil ó...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the addresses of the 2,000 housing units to be made available for social housing by the...
    • Election Management System
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration, if any, he has given to facilitate blind persons and persons with severe visual...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the construction of houses by local authorities without a front and back exit is in compliance with...
    • Household Charge
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to exempting traditional housing estates from the household charge in which...
    • Election Management System
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of expressions of interest that were made by the public sector in relation to the e-voting...
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding to be provided by him to each local authority this year for grants for housing aid for the...
    • Water Charges
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding water metering; the plans in place for water metering in the short to medium term;...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans on a matter (details supplied) regarding pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Derelict Sites
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Derelict Sites Act allows a local authority to charge the owner of a derelict site every year until...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a proposed sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will elaborate on...
    • Waste Management
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations that exist in regard to the standards that are operated by private companies providing a...
    • Household Charge
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an application form for the household charge will be made available as Gaeilge; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to monitor the implementation of the plastic bag levy in shops and supermarkets; if...
    • Household Charge
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities in the State have been instructed to accept payments of the household charge; and,...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the current status of an application for a significant remedial scheme in an area...
    • Environmental Issues
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an environmental impact assessment of plans by Diageo to centralise its operations at the St. James's...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Mahon report is complete; and when it is proposed to publish same. [3896/12]
    • Sewerage Treatment Systems
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his definition of a working septic tank; if he will define standard of same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Waste Management
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the feasibility of locating a State supervised dedicated landfill for all future...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in terms of local government reform his plans to re-balance the executive functions of city and county...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that having considered the contents of the local government...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that have been put in place to date with regard to rationalisation of the State bodies under...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total remuneration and expenses that are paid to members of publicly appointed State boards both public...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • House Prices
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the register of residential house prices envisaged in discussions with the troika will commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers and others accommodated in the respective centres under the direct provision scheme; the number, gender...
    • Legal Proceedings
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to stop a person (details supplied) from making himself or herself bankrupt in the UK; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda investigations which have taken place during each of the past five years regarding illegal adoption practices here,...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that once Garda patrol cars reach a mileage of approximately 300,000 km they are to be automatically decommissioned...
    • Witness Protection
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of witnesses in criminal cases who have enjoyed Garda protection have had...
    • International Agreements
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a system of sharing personal data, fingerprints and future DNA profiles held by authorities here with the US...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied). [3355/12]
    • Charitable Lotteries Fund
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding available in 2012 to the Charitable Lotteries Fund; the way this level of resources compares to the 2011 figures;...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are provisions in place, or likely to be introduced in the future, to allow for cross-county surveillance in respect of An...
    • Children's Rights
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in this jurisdiction regarding parentage, guardianship and citizenship rights for a child born to a surrogate mother...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of official Garda vehicles in operation in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Courts Service
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the efficiency of the criminal courts. [3431/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status and procedures followed to date with respect to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Vienna declaration on drug policy, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference - Aids 2010 -...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the Justice for the Forgotten group in 2012 with adequate funding. [3491/12]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make available to a person (details supplied) all and any notes, memoranda, communications and correspondence, in whatever...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give any consideration to the proposal to increase the amount of time in respect of which persons can apply for a visa to...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding his programme for new Garda roster arrangements; when the new arrangements will come into force; if the new...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all drivers involved in a fatal or serious road collision are now being tested for their alcohol level; if he will also indicate the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, since the commencement of section 63 of the Road Traffic Act, the number of drivers who have turned up to court without their driving...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí employed. [3547/12]
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí convicted of any offences during each of the past ten years; the offences they were convicted of; the length of...
    • Garda Compensation
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí awarded compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their work during each of the last seven years; the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of the fact that local gardaí on the County Donegal side of Lough Foyle have stated that they have instructions to take no...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will he issue a decision in relation to an application for certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in the decision by him to close the Garda station in Moyvane, County Kerry; the way he assigned a population of 530...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the work carried out by the Garda water unit in Athlone; and if he will confirm that the unit will remain in Athlone,...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is proposing to close more Garda stations; and the location of same. [3626/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact change to the Fines Act he is proposing to bring in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3627/12]
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3628/12]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details, for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, of the number of different instances in which counterfeit...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 14 December 2011, if there is an established requirement on receivers of metal to log all...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the administration and processing of a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any member of An Garda Siochána who has been charged or convicted of making false statements or perjury in carrying out...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda mountain bikes that will be purchased in 2012; the cost of same; when he expects An Garda Síochána to...
    • Garda Operations (1 comment)
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current age at which dogs in the Garda dog unit are kept in active service until the dog has to retire on age grounds; the last...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of repairing Garda vehicles for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Interpretation Services
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the services and facilities available to gardaí when dealing with persons who have little or no English; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding investment opportunities here (details supplied). [3900/12]
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he sanctioned the significant rise in the cost to bereaved families for accessing copies of Garda documents relating to the...
    • Departmental White Papers
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new White Paper on crime has been completed; and when he intends to publish same. [4001/12]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána that are on duty in the 39 Garda stations proposed for closure in the 2012 policing plan....
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he intends to ensure that the Prison Service action plan for Limerick Prison is implemented in view of the recent report...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the closure of a Garda station (details supplied); if an evaluation of the impact on the local community has been...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention's value for money audit in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, will be completed; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to amend the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 to include racially aggravated harassment or other forms of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 5 April 2010, the current backlog in processing applications for naturalisation; when...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 5 April 2010, the current backlog in processing applications for long-term residency...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State agencies....
    • Army Barracks
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Defence when his officials will meet with the civilian staff from Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to discuss the options available to them....
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the membership of the high level civil-military planning and procurement group in his Department and the Defence...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Defence the measures that have been put in place to date with regard to rationalisation of the State bodies under his aegis listed in Appendix IIA of the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards both in the public and semi-State sectors in 2011;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Grant Payments
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) [3354/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs associated with retaining a hot desk, computer and printer with Internet access, only at Ballina agri-environment...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a REP scheme payment has not been paid for 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the clearing of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has suspected bovine...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will...
    • State Property
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to parliamentary Question No. 245 of 14 December 2011, the position in respect of negotiations with the Crown...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has and steps he will take to correct the unfair situation in which a new entrant into dairy farming can get...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) [3624/12]
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the profits of Tote Ireland operated by Horse Racing Ireland at race tracks throughout the country in the years 2008 to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment for 2011 will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application form submitted for the organic farming scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the projected savings for each State agency to be rationalised as set out in the recent public service...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount in remuneration and expenses paid to members of publicly-appointed State boards, both public sector and...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the impact assessments that have been carried out regarding the proposed relocation of the Ballymun social work department to...
    • Child Welfare and Protection
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have slept in Garda stations during the past two years due to lack of access to out-of-hours social...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding adoption (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3269/12]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans that will be put in place to protect the identities of those reporting suspected child abuse under the proposed child...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicants currently waiting to proceed with adopting children from Vietnam; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Services
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total capital spending per annum on youth cafés since the establishment of the funding scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the countries which are open, closed or under review for the purposes of inter-country adoption. [3478/12]
    • Parliamentary Questions
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parliamentary questions that she has referred to the Health Service Executive for answering which have still not...
    • Early School Leavers
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding that is available under the National Education Welfare Board for the school completion programme in 2012;...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the sending countries which the Adoption Association of Ireland have sent packs or dossiers to...
    • Child Welfare and Protection
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3838/12]
    • Foster Care
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3839/12]
    • Children in Care
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [3840/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 15 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [3841/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards, both public sector and...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to integrate and promote the dial to stop drug dealing campaign into the crimestoppers freephone crime prevention...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3334/12]
    • Fluoridation of Water
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost of the fluoridation of water in the midlands and throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 17 January 2012, his plans to decriminalise the possession of drugs deemed to be for personal use; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vaccinations were carried out on children who were resident in the St. Conlett's reformatory school,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health the number of fair deal applications that have been approved in County Clare since October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3271/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers who have retired each year from the Health Service Executive since 2004; the number of these persons who are still awaiting determination...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved in respect of an application for the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical card applications for County Louth in 2011; the number of medical card applications granted; the number of County Louth...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health the current Health Information and Quality Authority policy in relation to inspecting residential services for persons with disabilities; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/12]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health the schedule for the review of the nursing homes support scheme in 2012; the way civil society may engage with the review and provide feedback on its...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to fund long-term care for older persons within his plans for universal health care as contained within the Programme for...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Tralee Community Hospital, County Kerry, remains closed; when it will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3378/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons from Tralee that are in the community nursing home in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the status of an independent report, which was due in September, into the practice of symphysiotomy here; when he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an outpatients appointment for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [3465/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health when the new adult acute psychiatric inpatient facility will be built at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new building for the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin; the planned timeframe for same; and if he...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health if he has finalised plans to downgrade the accident and emergency unit in Loughlinstown, Dublin; and if so, the date on which same will occur. [3479/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [3490/12]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out a full inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the ambulance response...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health the current population for cystic fibrosis treatment; the length of time for access to a consultant; the number of beds available to meet the needs...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3582/12]
    • Primary Care Services
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the primary care services which depend on public health nurses will be adequate after the deadline for retirement in...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3620/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health if 900 public nursing home beds are lost in the next few months the way the ageing population will be cared for; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health if 3,200 staff leave the Health Service Executive whether that will have an effect on frontline services in the HSE; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding health cuts. [3625/12]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects policy proposals regarding assisted human reproduction to be finalised and published; when he envisages legislation being introduced...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the income limits for the over 70s medical card in view of the increasing consumer price Index, which showed consumer prices...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3659/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3684/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3690/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the administrative delays in renewing existing medical cards, which has allowed a period of time to develop between expiry and re-issue...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health if he will use Health Service Executive capital funding to ensure the delivery of the primary care centre in Corduff, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the reason motor neurone disease is not included on the list of diseases or ailments that entitles persons to a medical card; if this will be...
    • Medical Consent (2 comments)
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health if the consent of both guardians or parents is required when making a medical decision in the case of a child born within a marriage. [3743/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he intends to close the geriatric ward in Connolly Hospital; and the location to which patients will be transferred. [3827/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [3854/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an outpatient appointment for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [3857/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for treatment abroad under the E112 scheme will be approved in time for a person (details supplied) in County Galway to undergo the...
    • Health Centres
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health if any health centre in community care area 8 was refurbished in the years 2007 to 2011 inclusive; the cost of each project; and if he will make a...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive is responsible for purchasing ambulances for the Dublin Fire Brigade fleet; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional nurses for patients with Parkinson's disease nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3888/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health if a proportion of the special funding for mental health services is earmarked for dental services to such patients. [3920/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an outpatient appointment to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [3925/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the expiry date of medical cards in respect of persons who have returned their review forms on time but their medical cards have...
    • Health Services
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that 15% of persons with Parkinson's have never been seen by a hospital doctor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that 9,200 persons in here have Parkinson's, the reason there is no State support for the Parkinson's Association of Ireland....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of consultant neurologists here; the ideal number of consultant posts which should be in place to serve the existing...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving an application for a standing frame under the long-term illness card scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Health Services
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 15 December 2010, if he will outline the progress made to date on the opening of the hospice facility;...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the proven efficacy of Pradaxa in preventing stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, and its...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce legislation to deal with the area of assisted reproduction and, in particular, surrogacy, in line with the recommendations...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in 2011 by the Health Service Executive for the provision of home care; the number of hours in...
    • Health Services
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health if he will enquire from the CEO of the Health Service Executive the reason correspondence forwarded to him has not been dealt with (details...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an outpatients appointment for the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, to be brought forward in respect of a...
    • Community Care
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding Macroom Community Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4057/12]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health if it is now policy or practice to approve only equipment that is deemed life saving under the long-term illness card scheme; and the steps he will...

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