Written answers

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list in order from one to five the five main barriers to competitiveness in the economy here; the steps he has...
    • Job Losses
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to offset recent job losses by prioritising job creation in Border counties and in the south east in...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4165/12]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation while harvesting the State's competitive advantage in computer services and chemicals, if he will detail his plans to...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Intellectual Property
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to promote Irish owned business to apply for patents and safeguard intellectual property rights. [4118/12]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the case of workers in the Jane Norman chain who were ejected from their jobs in an almost...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the responsibilities in place to ensure that businesses maintain enough funds to cover liabilities arising...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will details his plans to ensure job retention and creation in the pharmaceutical sector in view of the fact that a...
    • Job Creation
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work he has done in order to ensure that grant funding for job creation addresses regional disparities. [4125/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will advocate for changes to the National Asset Management Agency legislation in order to assign workers who lose their...
    • Job Protection
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to secure jobs at a site (details supplied) in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make...
    • Job Creation
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount invested in job creation by the State in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [4140/12]
    • Commercial Rents
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of upward only rent reviews to the economy in terms of job creation and retention. [4116/12]
    • Industrial Development
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his strategy to reduce the economy's dependency on multinational enterprises; and the times scales of each element of its...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the enterprise development support that he offers to young persons under the age of 25 years and to women....
    • North-South Co-operation
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps he has taken to support business and innovations networks along the Border and on a North-South...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to develop the micro enterprise incubation units over the coming four years. [4136/12]
    • Public Procurement
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the changes he has advocated to ensure that small and indigenous businesses can benefit from Government procurement. [4124/12]
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the cost base is one of the determinates of our competitiveness, if he will detail the work he has...
    • Job Protection
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to safeguard jobs at Spicer's Bakery, Navan, County Meath. [4115/12]
    • Job Creation
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that he is taking to promote new business starts-ups for the long-term unemployed. [4123/12]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the jobs to euro ratio of State investment through each of the State's enterprise development organisations. [4139/12]
    • Job Creation
      Question 42: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific initiatives that he has implemented and planned to create jobs amongst the sectors most hit by the recession, in...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and his Department have examined the potential for the utilisation of innovation and technology...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Emigrant Support Services
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contacts which he has made with the US administration regarding the plight of the undocumented Irish in the US;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding an embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has studied the details of the address made by Lord Ashdown at the recent joint meeting of the Oireachtas Joint...
  • Department of Finance
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make public all communication with the troika in regard to the legislation on REAs and EROs currently being discussed as part of the...
    • Fuel Products
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding illegal fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4394/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials use Clearstream and Euroclear to identify the current owners of unguaranteed, unsecured senior bonds, as he proposed to the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised through the VAT on taxi booking facilities, radio hire and administration for the past year. [4242/12]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding mortgage interest relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of taxpayers here earning in excess of €100,000, €250,000, €500,000 and €1...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the total recapitalisation required for the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank; the source of each of these funds and who bears any financing...
    • Tax Code
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge; the cut off point for the payment of this charge; the way a person may receive a refund and...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money currently held in the National Pensions Reserve Fund; if he will provide an appropriate chart showing the pattern of changes in...
    • Budget Deficits
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form the annual budget deficit for each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4465/12]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 17 January 2012, if he will provide this information for covered banks only; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the practical arrangements in place to assist unemployed workers from the construction industry to get back into new training courses...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/12]
    • School Enrolments
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he will offer to parents of children about to reach school-going age in an area (details supplied) which seems to fall...
    • Modern Language Teaching
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the stated ambition to develop new markets for Irish exporters in the BRIC countries, if he will advise on the number of...
    • State Examinations
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of students that have sat leaving certificate higher level, maths, physics, chemistry, biology and applied maths in the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of all-girl primary schools which will be affected by the reduction in learning support provision to four hours per...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building work will commence for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 7 which is facing into 16 years in prefabricated...
    • School Transport
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to school transport if he will outline the eligibility criteria and definition of remote area grant; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Assessment
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a system in which teachers are assessed on their performance in view of the fact that many parents continue to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the members of the new schools establishment group; the way they were appointed; their expert qualifications; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the delivery of the phased secondary school at Lusk, County Dublin, will also include physical education or a general purpose hall;...
    • Scoileanna Gaeltachta
      Question 84: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth go bhfuil ardú de sheachtar dalta, ó 76 go 83 á éileamh do scoileanna ceithre oide sa Ghaeltacht i gcomparáid le scoileanna...
    • School Staffing
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [4437/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4438/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for a new permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding fee-paying schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4445/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given for a secondary school in an area (details supplied). [4462/12]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an information technology course (details supplied) is no longer offered at third level through FÁS programmes; if his...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in respect of the construction of three new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Revenue Commissioners has decided to remove the service of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland...
    • Public Service Agreements
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Croke Park agreement prohibits the transfer of staff between local authorities apart from surplus staff; the terms in...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the county enterprise boards that are to be amalgamated as announced last December; the timeframe under which the proposed...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in updating the Industrial and Provident Societies Act; the progress made to date to enshrine the...
    • Job Creation
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and or his Department have monitored the number of jobs created on a monthly basis across the economy...
    • Job Losses
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has identified the ten most commonly given reasons for job losses in the manufacturing, services and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created through the use of modern technology and innovation in each of the past 12 months to date in...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the following information on the Tús scheme: the number of positions available; the number that have been taken up as...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will receive notification of an appeal for invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes (1 comment)
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to her commitment that the current review by her of community employment schemes is being undertaken in consultation with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [4240/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current backlog for decisions in the carer's allowance section of her Department; the length of time it is taking to process an...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection not to cut community employment programmes (details supplied) and not to end allowances for child dependent and income maintenance. [4312/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it should take for a file to be sent to the appeals office in D'Olier House, Dublin, from any section or Department...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm from which principal payment - that is, community employment payment or one-parent family payment - the qualified...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an oral hearing will take place to determine an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 413 to 415, inclusive, of 11 January 2012, if she will introduce legislation to ensure that, when...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil and public servants that are in receipt of family income supplement; and the grades and occupations they hold within...
    • EU Council Meetings
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the proposal to increase cross-border mobility to complement budget discipline and debt reduction in the eurozone; if this...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the commitments in the programme for Government on eliminating poverty traps are being met; if the commission on...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Heritage Funding
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants will be available in 2012 for the conservation works on historic or listed buildings, not in public ownership, in...
    • Church Records
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available from him to local communities who wish to establish a digital database of church records of births,...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends including homes owned by a voluntary organisations who provide housing for the elderly as an...
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of households estimated to have a television and not hold a TV licence; the estimated loss to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of revenue paid to RTE from the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/12]
    • Television Licence Fee
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if old age pensioners will be exempt from any proposed new charge for the use of televisions. [4263/12]
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in relation to the Commission for Energy Regulation regarding the recently published document titled,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the after sales service provided to customers in the rural areas of County Donegal who...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the appointment of a lollipop person to supervise the crossing of children and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has not passed on the November interest...
    • Community Development
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release grant aid of €30,000 previously approved to a group (details supplied) as this group...
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontais
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas deontais ó Mheitheal Oibre Chill Éinne, Inis Mór, Árainn chuig...
    • Housing Services (1 comment)
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the relationship between him and HomeBond; if he is satisfied that HomeBond is adequately...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a regeneration project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Coroners Service
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of moneys set aside by each local authority for the provision of coroner services; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a naturalisation status will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of gardaí attached to the organised crime unit, emergency response unit and armed support response...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Lamp; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the crime prevention officer position in County Tipperary; if he intends to fill this post; the cost of the...
    • International Agreements (1 comment)
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about his plans to ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights on the general prohibition of discrimination; and...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff that are working in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; the way this figure compares with the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who carry firearms on a daily basis. [4278/12]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who hold the rank of detective; and their location based on division. [4279/12]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent each year for the past ten years on firearms and weapons for the Garda; maintaining firearms; and providing...
    • Garda Training
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of firearms training provided for gardaí; the number of gardaí who have undertaken this training during each of the past...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Garda traffic corps. [4283/12]
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected cost of electronically tagging prisoners on release from prison. [4284/12]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the charges to sporting bodies for Garda crowd control and public order services for sporting events; the amount paid by...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an Irish crime council in order to provide independent expertise, research and advice to the Government and...
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to work with his Northern counterpart to ensure that crime statistics are collected and collated on an all-Ireland basis as...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any interdepartmental work co-ordinating crime prevention or offender rehabilitation initiatives and funding details of...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce equality proofing of legislation. [4290/12]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Services
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the relationship between him and HomeBond; if he is satisfied that HomeBond is...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a regeneration project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Coroners Service
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of moneys set aside by each local authority for the provision of coroner services; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a naturalisation status will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of gardaí attached to the organised crime unit, emergency response unit and armed support response...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Lamp; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the crime prevention officer position in County Tipperary; if he intends to fill this post; the cost of the...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused entry to the State in each year between 2002 and 2009. [4301/12]
    • Residency Permits
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision can be made to meet the exceptional residential needs in the case of two persons (details supplied) who...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the number of cars and other vehicles currently being used by gardaí in areas (details supplied);...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence the recruitment that has taken place for the Army in 2011; and the future recruitment that is due to take place. [4210/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering proposals to remove cats from the vermin list immediately and to include cat welfare in the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • On-farm Investment Schemes
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for installation aid and early retirement that were received at offices in his Department other...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the delay in the REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
  • Department of Health
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the imprisonment of 16 and 17 year old boys at St. Patrick's Institution will, as per commitments made, end; and if she will...
    • Children's Rights
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will protect the rights of these children (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [4311/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on the new over 70s application for medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain personal medical appliances; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health the reason two members of a family (details supplied) in which a long-term illness exists have yet to have any correspondence in relation to their...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be called for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4209/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health his plans if any, to close community hospital beds in a hospital (details supplied) as part of the Health Service Executive service plan 2012; and if...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the overcrowding in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds currently operational in Ramelton community nursing unit, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4232/12]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the construction of a new geriatric unit in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4247/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications that have gone missing since the centralisation of medical card applications in 2011; the measures being...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that fast food chains are required to provide clear calorie information on their notice boards; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to facilitate the continued provision of vital public health services in an area (details supplied) of County Galway following the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the future of Valentia Community Hospital, County Kerry; if he will elaborate on the recent statement regarding potential for more...
    • Health Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health when a new primary care facility will be opened by the Health Service Executive in north Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speculation about closure of public community hospitals in County Kerry and St. Columbanus nursing home, Killarney, County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Office of the Disability Appeals Officer, ODAO, in view of the fact that the post of disability appeals officer has been...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a date for an orthopaedic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [4422/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 26 October 2011, if he will provide an update on this matter; if upgrading works were completed on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the system whereby persons under the age of 24 years who are living away from home, and are only able to avail of a jobseeker's...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent termination from their job of a mental health patient advocate (details supplied) who brought to light the problems at...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State agencies. [4812/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Office of Public Works has responsibility for maintaining a slipway (details supplied) in County Limerick; if he is...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement, if any, that has taken place between him, or officials within his Department, with the various stakeholders,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new low-floor accessible buses that will be purchased by Dublin Bus in 2012; the number of buses needed to ensure...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports grant in respect of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Network
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans for the proposed N4 Mullingar to Longford, Roosky, road; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent survey findings by Lonely Planet, which established that Irish pubs are the number one attraction for...