Written answers
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Garda Investigations
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda personnel involved in the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent Law Reform Commission Report on Mandatory Sentencing; his plans to amend the policy of mandatory sentencing for...
- Prisoner Welfare
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposal for the Irish Prison Service to examine options for the development of prisoner welfare and...
- Legal Aid Service
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the number of applications for legal aid, in both a civil and criminal context, in each of the past three years to...
- Garda Operations
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give details of the plan of action of An Garda Síochána to deal with the problem of cross-Border fuel smuggling; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to him of the Garda presence at Bellanaboy Shell refinery, County Mayo, each year since 2006; the cost to date with a breakdown...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has completed a review of the discipline regulations within An Garda Síochána; the date on which he will introduce new...
- Courts Service
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the limited number of registrars due to the public sector recruitment embargo is having...
- Garda Inspectorate
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has brought a report, Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, by the Garda inspectorate to the Cabinet; the date on which he will lay...
- Prison Deaths
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an office of prisoner ombudsman to investigate all deaths in the custody of the Irish Prison Service to ensure...
- Prison Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a meeting of governors and doctors has been held advising of new procedures that govern the use of safety observation cells and close...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the work of the expert group looking at the Criminal Assets Bureau who are reviewing the proceeds of crime...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Garda clearance documents are only given to companies or organisations which have registered with the Garda clearance centre...
- Garda Deployment
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the manner in which, under section 30(4) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner decides the fees to charge for police...
- White Papers
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the increases in supports, both in staffing and resources, he will give to the Probation Service to enable it to work with more...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the date of publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill. [6527/12]
- Organised Crime
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no person to date has been convicted under gangland legislation, specifically of the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the establishment of an independent debt resolution agency as proposed by the free legal advice centres; and if he will...
- Prison Conditions
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the current procedures regarding deaths in prison custody comply with the terms of the European Convention on...
- Garda Strength
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has directed the Garda Commissioner on the issue of the reduction of personnel in the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the specific process he intends to propose for the appointment of approved intermediaries as mentioned in head 27 of...
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the revenue received in fixed charges paid by speeding drivers as a result of detections by cameras operated by an outsourced safety...
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding his plans to reform the prison visiting committees; and the way in which new members will be appointed to same....
- Garda Stations
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the rationale behind the cutting of hours in which Malahide Garda station, County Dublin, will be open; and if he...
- National Women's Strategy
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of his review of the national women's strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/12]
- Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an independent complaints mechanism for prisoners here. [6528/12]
- Garda Stations
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the implementation of the plan to close rural Garda stations announced in December 2011; and if he will make a...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Official Travel
Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach if a date regarding his trip to China has been agreed yet; the programme content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6203/12]
- Job Losses
Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach the key sectors of the economy in which jobs have been lost since the first quarter of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5798/12]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration packages in place for chief executive officers of all semi-State companies as of 27 January 2011, specifying...
- Income Statistics
Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach the reason there was more than a two year time lag when the Central Statistics Office issued county incomes and regional GDP for 2009 in view of the fact that...
- Constitutional Convention
Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach if he would indicate when the constitutional convention will take place; and the form he envisages it will take. [6908/12]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Constitutional Amendments
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials or representatives involved in discussions leading to the new euro area treaty were given any...
- Court Proceedings
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied). [6368/12]
- Departmental Funding
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding is available from him for a specific purpose (details supplied). [6399/12]
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to outline the impact of budgetary reductions on the aid programme in Lesotho; and if he will...
- Department of Finance
- International Agreements
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which he believes the fiscal compact agreed at inter-governmental level improves economic governance and budgetary discipline within...
- Tax Code
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6223/12]
- Bank Interest Rates
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence regarding the European Central Bank rates (details supplied). [6227/12]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he has to ensure that mortgage lenders are going to develop products to help mortgage holders in distress as part of the new strategy...
- Tax Code
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the universal social charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6271/12]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the National Asset Management Agency's strategy in regard to residential homes, some of which are protected structures or in...
- Pension Provisions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when Fingal County Council transferred responsibility for pension payment to retired vocational...
- Tax Code
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 14 December 2011, his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the universal social charge; and if...
- Tax and Expenditure Profiles
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the monthly tax and expenditure profiles for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6339/12]
- Tax Code
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners are refusing to allow the Non-Principal Private Residence charge as a business expense for owners of rental...
- Tax Reliefs
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a particular not for profit organisation might have its application for relief of taxes under the Disabled Drivers/Passengers Regulations...
- Tax Yield
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue raised on an annual basis from 1975 to 1985 under the terms of the Wealth Tax Act 1075 represented in monetary terms, as a...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to re-price the houses in the portfolio of developers with NAMA loans to make them more affordable in 2012 for young and...
- Tax Code
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a PAYE allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6586/12]
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of the general Government deficit if Ireland was to meet the 0.5% structural deficit in 2016 assuming that the general Government deficit...
- Tax Code
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person paying mortgage interest falls into arrears, if mortgage interest tax relief at source is still available and the methods by which this...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding insolvency legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6704/12]
- Tax Yield
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue, actual and projected, to be raised from the pension fund levy for each of the years 2011 to 2014; the cost of each of the related...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the precise relationship between the emergency liquidity assistance and the promissory notes as relevant to the IBRC. [6777/12]
- Tax Code
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, whose income is well below the relevant threshold, is paying the universal social charge....
- Official Engagements
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if a meeting (details supplied) took place and if so the details of same; if any other similar meetings took place in September 2008; and if he will...
- Disabled Drivers
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision to enforce the restriction preventing owners of vehicles of more than 2000 cc from participating in the disabled...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Agencies
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to a query regarding FETAC (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6288/12]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views in relation to the written documented recommendations of a Health Service Executive psychologist in respect of a child...
- Youth Services
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average waiting time is nationally for placement on a Youthreach programme; the average waiting time in Dublin; and what each of...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was placed by FÁS in the Cherry Orchard Community Training Centre in...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the following reports relating to issues in FÁS north east have been published in full (details supplied); the cost of each report;...
- School Curriculum
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as a result of successive bank bailouts, with the average amount of money now owed by every man, woman and child in this country...
- School Transport
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the possibility of facilitating, at no additional cost to the service, the transporting of children from a...
- Schools Buildings Projects
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the provision of a replacement building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; when it is...
- School Staffing
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will lose 50% of their teaching staff if...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6301/12]
- Special Educational Needs
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a spelling waiver was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/12]
- Schools Buildings Projects
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure to be followed to bring the new school premises for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin into being; and the...
- Third Level Education
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position on proposals concerning the idea of a technological university comprised of Athlone, Dundalk, Letterkenny, Sligo and...
- School Staffing
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of redundancy entitlements for teachers employed exclusively to deliver the modern languages in primary...
- School Enrolments
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of conventional primary schools with 13 pupils and fewer in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6447/12]
- School Patronage
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an announcement on the allocation of new primary schools for 2012 and 2013 will be made; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a travelling allowance. [6615/12]
- School Staffing
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the review currently being carried out into DEIS schools, if consideration has been given to teachers being placed on the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entry grades and salary scales of new entrant teachers affected by the Department's Circular 0003/2012. [6648/12]
- School Transport
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that will be applied when evaluating the nearest school for members of minority faiths who apply for school transport from...
- Early Retirement Scheme
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of public sector workers including teachers who have availed of the Croke Park...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the non-capital allocation to each vocational educational committee in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/12]
- School Staffing
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved staffing level for each vocational educational committee in 2011 together with the grades of staff for whom approval was...
- Teacher Recruitment
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the interview panel for replacing teaching positions in a national school in County Kerry is chosen; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staffing
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the assistant secretaries on his Department's payroll; and details of their salaries, allowances and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a project (details supplied); if this project will proceed to the next stage during 2012; the likely timescale for the...
- School Curriculum
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the way in which mathematics is taught at second level; if he is satisfied that the qualifications of all maths...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a profile of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10; the issues therein; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is a repeat leaving certificate student, is being compelled to sit their...
- School Patronage
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on foot of speculation in the media, if there are any plans to divest a primary school in the Malahide, Portmarnock or Kinsealy area...
- School Staffing
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department's circular will issue in respect of the provision for career guidance and counselling; and if he will make a...
- Educational Disadvantage
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of teaching and teaching support services for DEIS schools will be finalised; when such schools will be notified of...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reply to issues raised in a document (details supplied) regarding maths teaching. [6905/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have availed of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from schools in Santry, Whitehall, Finglas, Cabra...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Service Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to rescind the recruitment embargo on the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6286/12]
- Garda Stations
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider its responsibility for the maintenance of Garda stations that it extends to...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the 2011 Dublin West by-election; and if he will provide a sub-heading breakdown of the costs and the cost...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has reviewed proposals to address excessive pay in the private and public sectors in the UK and other EU states; if he...
- EU Funding
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to take to access the unspent and unallocated structural and social fund identified at the recent EU...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the reform of the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6609/12]
- Departmental Staff
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of civil service workers who have availed of the Croke Park early...
- Exchequer Savings
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline for each year from 2008 to 2015, the reduction in the gross pay bill for public servants, which totalled...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in a tabular form, on a year by year basis from 2008 to 2015, in respect of staff leaving the public...
- Departmental Staff
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the hiring of seasonal outdoor staff in County Mayo; when these positions will be filled; and if vacant...
- Departmenal Expenditure
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any remuneration, stipend, expense facility, financial facility or similar payment is being made from the Exchequer to any...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that proper safety precautions are being taken in the National Car Test sites and that workers' health and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the planned transfer of a site (details supplied) to Cork County Council from the Industrial...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of estate management companies registered with the Companies Office for the purposes of managing private...
- Job Creation
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per job created by the Industrial Development Agency in County Tipperary for each year since 2007. [6319/12]
- Employment Permits
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of six employment permit applications submitted on the 29 September 2011 by an employer (details supplied). [6322/12]
- Job Creation
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland jobs that were provided and supported in each of the 26 counties for the past five years by...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the grants made by Enterprise Ireland in each of the 26 counties for the past five years. [6443/12]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the grants made by county enterprise boards in each of the 26 counties for the past five years. [6444/12]
- Industrial Development
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial development agency supported jobs currently in existence on a county basis; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of public funds that have been allocated to Waterford City Enterprise Board for the years 2008, 2009 2010 and...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the National Employment Rights Authority have requested permission to employ...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he can outline the way his action plan for jobs will tackle youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Redundancy Payments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a payment. [6394/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be decided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment will issue in respect of arrears for a disability application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be reached by the appeals office in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will expedite the...
- Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if existing contributors to her Department's pension scheme are likely to suffer a reduction in their expected benefits; if existing...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of the holding of an oral hearing as part of the appeal process for an invalidity pension; if the person conducting the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment for a qualified adult under the State pension contributory in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 12 January 2012, the reason that 40% of applications filed in 2011 have not yet been...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the statistics provided in Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 12 January 2012, can be broken down into types of disability that is...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the person that will be in charge of the review of the community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6253/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a medical assessment for an appeal will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath in view of the fact...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6351/12]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her role in the delivery of rent supplement to be paid to private landlords. [6359/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an appeal for the one parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10....
- Social Welfare Code
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria by which a person is eligible to apply for rent allowance in a county they are not normally resident in but which they wish...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
- Company Closures
Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the forthcoming closure of a company (details supplied) who now have only three weeks of material...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the backlog in cases being processed by the appeals office and in particular a case (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the phenomenon whereby adult children who are in receipt of social protection payments temporarily return to the family home,...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline details of changes to community employment schemes relating to double payments; who is affected by these changes; if...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of disability allowance will also incur a reduction in the rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) which has been pending for nearly 19...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6597/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a jobseeker's allowance appeal review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding family income supplement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6647/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she will give...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on implementing the national carer's strategy as contained in the Programme for Government; if she has had...
- Flood Relief
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when final approval will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Galway of assistance to relocate; the reason for the delay to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a refusal to grant domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a covert agenda at present to cut 10% of welfare payments that are being made at present from genuine claimants; and if she...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal to be granted habitual residence in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for one-parent family allowance and ensure that an appointment with an inspector is made at her...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clearly clarify the cuts to one-parent family payments announced in the December budget; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
- Employment Support Services
Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in considering measures to tackle youth unemployment, she has examined the possibility of providing a youth contract or youth...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has received a request for a review of a domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to the issues raised by an employer (details supplied) in respect of the additional burden on business due...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Commemorative Events
Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he would report on the progress of the committee tasked with planning centenary celebrations for a range of historically...
- Turbary Rights
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agreed payment for the sale of turbary rights; and if he...
- Commemorative Events
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has any plans to develop a permanent exhibition to the famine in the National History Museum of Ireland in Dublin;...
- Forbairt Labhairt na Gaeilge
Question 294: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén costas ina iomláine - briste síos de réir bliana agus costas ama foirne, agus duaiseanna, dearadh ábhair, taisteal,...
- Turbary Rights
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Longford for their turf cutting rights at Ardaghullion...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Prospecting Licences
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when exploration licences for hydraulic fracturing were granted; to whom they were granted; the locations for...
- Health and Safety Regulations
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Commission for Energy Regulation regarding the recently...
- Departmental Funding
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if funding has been made available to Inland Fisheries Ireland to retain contract staff in 2012 to continue...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request that RTÉ address issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Electricity Generation
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he anticipates delays in payments under the REFIT scheme this year; when he anticipates that these payments...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons for the relative brevity of the 2011 fishing season in respect of two lakes (details supplied) in...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Landowners Liability
Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding landowners liability; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the situation whereby planning applications for an extension of time are being refused...
- Rural Development
Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the administration spend with regard to the rural development programme in tabular form...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is entitled to a waiver of the household charge. [6258/12]
- Water Services
Question 306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding water meters; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering altering the rules around the claw back for those who purchased houses in recent years...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme
Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to the pilot mortgage to rent scheme currently under way with an organisation (details...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that the criteria for inclusion in the list of category three and four...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an application from Kilkenny County Council for funding to refurbish the Newpark Close, Kilkenny housing...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non principal private residence charge on a property which is the only property...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue a specific document (details supplied). [6388/12]
- Waste Management
Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is currently preparing new guidelines or a code of conduct for local authorities for waste collection...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the absence of official notification whether by electronic or hard copy by either the local authority or...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider compiling a list of landlords who are willing to take part in the rental accommodation...
- Urban Renewal Schemes
Question 319: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ballymun Shopping Centre, Dublin, which was to be replaced as part of the regeneration...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the many different formulas for calculating persons' eligibility for housing; his further views...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households who have registered for the €100 household charge to date in 2012 under the...
- Hazardous Waste
Question 324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the southern part of Haulbowline Island and other polluted parts of the island will not be...
- Water Charges
Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the prices charged to domestic and to business consumers for water in each county or local authority...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given approval to Monaghan County Council and a housing association (details supplied) to move to...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of local authority workers who have availed of the...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) is liable for the full rate of the household charge; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grant schemes or other schemes available to local authority tenants to fully insulate their homes; and...
- Wastewater Treatment Systems
Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation or statutory instrument by which he proposes to grant exemption from planning to...
- Litter Pollution
Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 20 October 2011, the amount made available under the anti-litter...
- Local Government (Charges) Act 2009
Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given instructions to local authority managers to exercise discretion when collecting arrears for...
- Household Charge
Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Galway are not entitled to a waiver from the...
- Waste Management
Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on the future of the Poolbeg Incinerator, Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development
Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 31 January 2012, if there will also be an increase in capping;...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the current terms of the tenant purchase scheme including the eligibility criteria; the...
- Household Charge
Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify a specific issue (details supplied) in regard to the €100 property tax. [6935/12]
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Legislative Programme
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the insolvency Bill, his plans to ensure that the lenders will have an obligation or incentives to accept them; and if...
- Garda Stations
Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Garda stations here as at 31 December 2011; the number of these stations that have an e-mail address; his views...
- Garda Strength
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda numbers. [6252/12]
- Garda Stations
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposals to redevelop Clane Garda station, County Kildare, in view of the inadequate facilities for both...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 358: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding legislation (details supplied). [6367/12]
- Visa Applications
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to facilitate a visit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Garda Strength
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of gardaí who retired from the force in Ballymun, Finglas, Santry and Whitehall, Dublin...
- Courts Service
Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps which are being taken to hold all remand hearings for prisoners in Castlerea Prison at Harristown Court, Roscommon; and if he...
- Garda Stations
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date of the last neighbourhood watch meeting in each community which is about to have its Garda station closed; the planned date...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify if, in the event that an American citizen marries an Irish citizen in the USA, if he or she is entitled to Irish...
- Garda Deployment
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory basis which allows Garda escorts for transporting commercial explosives on a non-public duty basis; the body that bears...
- Garda Strength
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of Garda management in relation to promotions, resignations and retirements; if he is satisfied that there are...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response and that of An Garda Síochána to the report that as much as 18% of cigarettes smoked here last year were illegally...
- Housing Management Companies
Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the work he is undertaking to deal with the issues arising when families have paid deposits on homes in estates in which the management...
- Sexual Offences
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001;...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6200/12]
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the view of the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the PSNI, that the threat of dissident republican...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the legal advice about not being able to change the upward only rents became available to Government; if the commitment in the...
- Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it was his decision to donate documents from the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning to Boston College, USA; his...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to repeal the current bankruptcy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5511/12]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Staff
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of public sector workers, including gardaí, who have availed of the Croke Park...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application will be completed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Louth. [6672/12]
- Garda Strength
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have availed of the early retirement scheme in County Donegal and their rank. [6681/12]
- Departmental Bodies
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their payment under the criminal injury compensation scheme; the reason...
- Passport Applications
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/12]
- Garda Deployment
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Toomevara Garda station, County Tipperary; if he will address the concerns of the local community who fear that...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Firearms Licences
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms licences held throughout the State; if he will provide a geographic breakdown of the locations at which these...
- Crime Statistics
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legally held firearms that have been reported stolen during each of the past five years; the number of these stolen...
- Firearms Licences
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address recent Garda behaviour in the issuing of gun licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6776/12]
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vettings carried out in each of the years 2008 to 2011; the number that were granted; the number that were declined...
- Civil Partnership
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate for the rights of children whose parents are in a civil partnership; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria by which are marked patrol cars assigned to individual stations; if it is by number of gardaí per station, geographical...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overtime budget allocated to An Garda Síochána for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Strength
Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank currently in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation...
- Garda Deployment
Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent if any to which redeployment of personnel within the Garda Síochána will take place to ensure adequate policing in areas...
- Garda Strength
Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of vacancies at all ranks awaiting to be filled at the present time; the extent to which such posts are to be filled...
- Organised Crime
Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken against criminal gangs or members thereof in each of the past four years to date; the number of court...
- Crime Prevention
Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which recidivism has been studied with particular reference to crime prevention and or rehabilitation; the extent to...
- Prisoner Education Service
Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate out of the total number of prisoners serving sentences of three years or more, the number who apply for educational...
- Prisoner Releases
Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners serving sentences of three years or more; the number of such prisoners who have been released on day,...
- Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the number of prisoners that have absconded while on release or otherwise in each of the past four years to date in...
- Missing Persons
Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons listed as missing and reported as such in each of the past five years to date in 2012; and if he will make...
- Garda Investigations
Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of cold cases currently under examination; the extent to which progress is being made; and if he will make a statement...
- Crime Levels
Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics in respect of a location (details supplied) for 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Retirements
Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have availed of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from stations in Santry, Whitehall, Finglas, Cabra and...
- Army Barracks
Question 414: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath, as the headquarters for the 4th Western Brigade; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 415: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm if the Defence Forces will be accepting new recruits in 2012; and the options available to those seeking to join the Defence...
- Army Barracks
Question 417: To ask the Minister for Defence when the decision to close Clancy Barracks, Dublin, was approved by him; when the offer for sale by public tender was issued; the number of bids...
- Medicinal Products
Question 418: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will acquire all written documentation provided to Defence Forces personnel relating to Lariam, either prior to or at the time of drug...
- Army Barracks
Question 419: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to provide a training location for the 54th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment, who are discommoded as a result of his decision...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Offaly who will be affected by the announced reduction in the disadvantaged areas scheme;...
- Grant Payments
Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an installation aid application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for funding for a new slipway (details supplied) in County Mayo will be processed. [6344/12]
- Sugar Industry
Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a company (details supplied) received €50 million specifically for the provision of former workers' pensions upon the...
- Grant Payments
Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment has issued to a herdowner (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- State Agencies
Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application by the BIM regional training centre in Castletownbere, County Cork, for the...
- Grant Payments
Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Galway who are still awaiting their 2011 single payments and disadvantaged area payments;...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the particular programmes or schemes that are funded under the sub-head C7 - Fisheries; the actual financial provision made...
- Direct Payment Schemes
Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received in 2008 under the young farmers installation aid scheme and the early retirement...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Funding
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was granted to a group (details supplied) in each of the past 11 years; the person who accounts to her...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding discussions with Russian authorities regarding a bilateral agreement on inter-country adoption; and if she...
- Child Care Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been refused child care subvention in band A for their two children...
- National Carer's Strategy
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in implementing the national carer's strategy as outlined in the programme for Government; the timeframe for same;...
- Health Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health the reason an urgent physiological assessment for a child (details supplied) has been changed from February to June; if the assessment will be...
- Health Insurance Industry
Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the authorisation of the VHI has been delayed until end 2013; the European Commission's response to this delay; if he will outline the way...
- Medical Cards
Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; and the steps being...
- Health Services
Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding extra home help hours in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Cards
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in processing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Patients' Private Property Accounts
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health in view of recent court decisions, if he intends to change the way patients' private property accounts are operated to give individuals concerned...
- Medical Cards
Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [6231/12]
- Health Services
Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be increased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [6232/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [6233/12]
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the prescription regime for medical card holders in order that they can have prescriptions from consultants and other...
- Medical Cards
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued without delay in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6251/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the internal review that took place with regard to the Health Service Executive's redundancy and [i]ex gratia [/i]payments to former...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 477: To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify cuts that have been made to the home help service in Kilkenny; if it is intended to cut the service entirely; and if he will make...
- Health Services
Question 478: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the delay in processing an application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Home Repayment Scheme
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health when the annual appeals report on the health repayment scheme for 2010 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6279/12]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health the treatments that have been put in place for psychiatric patients from St. Otteran's Hospital in Waterford who are being moved to nursing home...
- Medical Cards
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card will be considered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if free general practitioner cover was extended to include long-term illness card or book holders; if they have been advised of this change; and if...
- Medical Cards
Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 had their medical card revoked in July 2011, despite no changes in their income accruing and they...
- Pension Provisions
Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health if the moneys collected as part of the pension levy from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS, employees, was passed onto the Department of...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a compensation fund for the parents of vaccine damaged children; when a decision will be made on the...
- Medical Cards
Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6401/12]
- Care of the Elderly
Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent the proposal by the Health Service Executive to cease the preparation of meals on-site at a home (details supplied)...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to a drugs task force (details supplied), in tabular form, for each of the years 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services available at a location (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown by town; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health the person responsible for deciding which illnesses come under long-term illness benefit scheme; the scope there is for making additions to that...
- Hospital Services
Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health the implications of the further reductions in staffing levels due to take place between now and the end of February 2012 on the provision of services...
- Mental Health Services
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health the implications of the further reductions in staffing levels due to take place between now and the end of February 2012 on the provision of mental...
- Medical Cards
Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application of an appeal against the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Health Services
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health the reason he is reducing home help hours and at the same time proposing to close a minimum of 555 public beds in community nursing units throughout...
- Medical Cards
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health when will the proposed self-assessment for medical card renewals commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6498/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision to cut staff numbers at a care centre (details supplied) in County Dublin further, which will now have only five...
- Health Services
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a drug (details supplied). [6603/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Service Staff
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health the shortfall of junior doctors by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card renewal application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of beds that have closed, or are due to close at the psychiatric ward of Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a case in Waterford in which the Health Service Executive has failed to provide occupational therapy to a five year old boy...
- Health Service Staff
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of public sector health workers in both his Department and the Health Service Executive who...
- Health Services
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to address the cases of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for nursing home support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite...
- Medical Cards
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide additional home help to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6706/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Question No. 232 of 26 January 2012, when a response will issue. [6712/12]
- Health Services
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the Health Service Executive's decision to end in-house catering facilities at nursing homes, including Lusk Community Unit,...
- Medical Cards
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [6800/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses, care assistants and clerical staff who have availed of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from Beaumont, Cappagh, James...
- Medical Cards
Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a renewed medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6824/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health if he will fill the post of domestic cook cleaner at a day care centre (details supplied) in County Kerry on a 39 hour week basis in view of the fact...
- Health Services
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if Health Service Executive staff or clients are being moved out of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6862/12]
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refurbish the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6863/12]
- Hospital Services
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have helipads and that are in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6864/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical card applications in Dublin in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of medical card applications granted; the number of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives undertaken by the Health Service Executive in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the location of each recruitment...
- Hospital Staff
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on agency staff at Kerry General Hospital in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6870/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6872/12]
- EU Directives
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the transposition of directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for...
- Health Services
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [6934/12]
