Written answers

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to request that the troika agree to the full proceeds of the sale of State assets being used to stimulate...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a shared services expert with extensive experience in the field will join the reform and delivery office of his Department....
    • Expenditure Reviews
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in his review of spending, if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of contract cleaners for the Department of Finance...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an estimate of the number of public servants who will retire by the end of February 2012; and if he will...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that any sale of State assets at this junction is unlikely to achieve the best possible outcome for the State; his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation will be published in respect of reform of the Freedom of Information Act; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the basis on which he defined strategic from non-strategic State assets when making his decision on the State assets that were...
    • Social Impact Bonds
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he intends to introduce social impact bonds; if he has identified any specific areas in which these bonds...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding circular LP 6/7/2001; his views on the appropriateness of required notice periods in the public sector;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding...
    • Top Level Appointments Committee
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider removing Secretaries General from the top level appointments committee. [11217/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will revoke the awarding of added years and special severance gratuity payments to current Secretaries General. [11208/12]
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative total of payments to ministerial advisers in excess of the salary cap of €92,672; and if he will make a...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the detailed impact analysis undertaken or requested by him on the sale of State assets with respect to...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the legislation to protect sub-contractors will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11178/12]
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate the degree to which the public expenditure and reform measures identified by his predecessors have...
    • National Lottery Licence
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose he intends to use the balance of the up-front payment from the National Lottery operator licence. [11223/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is introducing measures to ensure that the salaries of all senior management in bodies and agencies that receive public...
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to assist small business in obtaining public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Performance Management Systems
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the performance assessment measures particularly with regards to policy implementation he intends to put in place following the...
    • State Agencies
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department's reform and delivery office has compiled a comprehensive list of State agencies that includes both...
    • Public Infrastructure Funding
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if following his commitments in the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016 Medium Term Exchequer Framework, he will...
    • Statutory Instruments
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will revoke Statutory Instrument No. 28 of 2012. [11216/12]
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in rationalising State bodies as outlined in the Government statement on public service reform; and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the process of verification for mileage claims by Ministers in respect of their duties is...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if following the publication of the Third Report of the Organisational Review Programme he intends to publish his...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the format of the forthcoming report on the implementation of the Croke Park agreement will address...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further measures he envisages bringing forward to address the issue of excessive pay in the private and public sectors...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes, if any, he plans to make to Government members' travel allowances and the accounting of same; and if he will...
    • Capital Investment Programme
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the pre-Budget 2012 statement of the United Left Alliance advocating a emergency programme of necessary public...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way it is intended to reduce to 282,000 by 2015 the numbers employed in the civil and public service; the number who are...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Official Transport
      Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of the Attorney General's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related expenses paid to the AG;...
    • Departmental Records
      Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach if he will introduce physiological audit management procedure to record gambling related deaths here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11040/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 112: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of lump sum severance payments and pensions of those leaving his Department through retirement or other grounds; and the loss of pension levy and...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 113: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by him in 2011; the number of requests for which a search and retrieval fee was sought; the maximum fee...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 114: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car and that of the Government Chief Whip in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach the location and grade of all public servants within his Department or related agencies who, while not having reached the minimum retirement age to avail of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the total amount each Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment expenses since being appointed in the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12 months; the number of new...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 119: To ask the Taoiseach if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding savings to the State; and if he...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on the refusal by the Northern Ireland Secretary of State to meet elected political representatives in the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Irish Embassy in Iran has been closed. [10673/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, on his forthcoming visit to Malawi, he will raise the human rights issue of people's right to peaceful protest,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Bosnia was omitted from the Irish OSCE priorities. [10701/12]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans for Ireland to nominate a UN youth delegate to participate in the State's official delegation to...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the total amount each Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he is not pressing that an agreement made between the Irish Government and the British Government be...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of the ever diminishing prospects of a two-state Palestinian solution, he will make our disapproval...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the sale of Coillte assets was one of the issues discussed between Irish and Chinese Ministers and officials...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of Ireland's objective to secure a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, if he will comment on the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on the lease held on the former residence of the Irish ambassador to Italy; the length of...
    • EU Enlargement
      Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, if any, he or his Department have had with Icelandic authorities regarding Iceland's accession to...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, or an agency under his auspices, have audited the overseas non-governmental agencies that are in receipt of...
    • International Agreements
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to the upcoming EU-Colombia trade agreement, if he has considered the human rights abuses existing in...
    • Open Government Partnership
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to sign up to the Open Government Declaration; if he has had discussions on the issue; if he has had...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public...
  • Department of Finance
    • Mineral Oil Tax Regulations
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the arrangements for designating marked diesel, green diesel, agricultural diesel, farm diesel are fully in line with...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendation in the inter-departmental mortgage arrears working group, known as the Keane report,...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to his Department of the senior Ministers car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings that he, his special advisers or senior departmental officials have had with representatives of a company (details supplied). [10656/12]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the jobs created by the changes to commercial stamp duty and capital gains tax as outlined in the Finance Bill. [10661/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being deducted the proper tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a pension was reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10702/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the Finance Bill 2012, if he intends under section 9 to provide the additional mortgage interest relief to a first time buyer...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the aggregate cost, for the whole of 2012, expressed in tax expenditure terms, of the tax free lump sums that will be drawn down in...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011;...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the plans Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has for the disposal or management of its remaining loan book; the value...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment expenses since...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the National Asset Management Agency's projected costs in 2012. [10875/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who pay income tax on incomes of €30,000 to €49,999, €50,000 to €70,000, €70,001 to €100,000, €100,001 to...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 24 of 1 February 2012, if he will consider introducing a legal framework whereby credit unions, who are...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the net receipt from stamp duty on financial cards, credit cards, ATM cards, debit cards, combined cards and...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of the retention agreement signed between IBRC and a company (details supplied) for advice in relation to the sale of IBRC's...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency is to take on the direct management of the debts of 600 borrowers, which are currently being managed by the...
    • Motor Fuels
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria in relation to the rebate on diesel fuel in respect of private public transport services (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that banks make credit available to small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the position of chief financial officer for the National Asset Management Agency is only now being advertised; and how it came about that...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the exact calculations used to determine that a two percentage point increase in VAT will yield approximately €670 million in...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the legal costs incurred by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in its pursuit of persons (details supplied) both domestically and...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the current estimated value of the National Asset Management Agency's loan book; if he will provide a breakdown of the value of the US loan book,...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the current estimated value of the IBRC loan book; if he will provide a breakdown of the value of the US loan book, the British loan book, the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding allowances in respect of a person (details supplied). [11378/12]
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance how the scheme of financial assistance through refund of vehicle registration tax works for disabled drivers; if it involves an inspection of the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance to indicate, in tabular form, the number of employees who have availed of the revenue assist scheme for each of the past seven years; and if he will...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and cost of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12 months; the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding savings to the State;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding college grants in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10608/12]
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding levels for a course (details supplied) both this year and over the next five years; the current staffing...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011, to include mileage and...
    • School Staffing
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any circumstances in which a public sector worker in a school setting (details supplied) who wishes to stay on in his or...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any provision will be made for 11 redundant Dell workers who qualified for support under the Dell European Globalisation Adjustment...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers paid on the final payroll of 2011 as a percentage of all substitute teachers - and only substitute...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for two special needs assistants in respect of a school (details supplied). [10714/12]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to a site selection process for the development of a post-primary school at Claregalway, County Galway;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the figures, in respect of the most recently available full year, for the number of days leave of absence taken by...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the decision to terminate all postgraduate grants; and if there is any other support in place for a...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is included in the review of DEIS schools which is being undertaken by him; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status on the provision of a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 and that the construction was to be...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the catchment areas for certain schools in a geographic area (details supplied); the extent to which these schools...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown between primary and post primary of the €491 million capital budget in his Department for 2011. [10873/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with visual impairments who study Irish at primary level and at second level; the number with visual impairments...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that an application for a grant in respect of furniture for a school (details supplied) was turned down; the reason...
    • School Staffing
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concern in a local community in relation to a possible reduction in the staffing complement at a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding human resource policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10918/12]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the introduction of third level fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11005/12]
    • Third Level Participation
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on increasing participation at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/12]
    • Institutes of Technology
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the relocation of DIT to Grangegorman, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on merging the existing accreditation authorities, national qualifications authority, FETAC and HETAC; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the maintenance grant scheme at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11011/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on retaining Irish as a compulsory subject at leaving certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the cap on special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11013/12]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on increasing class sizes at primary level and second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11014/12]
    • Preschool Services
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the early childhood care and education programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/12]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/12]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on prefab rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11017/12]
    • Higher Education Sector
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the payment of salaries in the higher education sector above the pay cap for the public service; and if he will make a...
    • School Staffing
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on schools with fewer than 86 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11019/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the provision of State funding to fee paying schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11021/12]
    • Languages Programme
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on language provision in primary, secondary and third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11022/12]
    • Preschool Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the development of preschool education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11023/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the rehiring of retired teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11024/12]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on teachers teaching subjects when they do not have a third level qualification; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Books
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the introduction of book rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11026/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on making science a compulsory subject at junior certificate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11027/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on tackling mental health problems within schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11028/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on publishing a plan for the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if he...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on reversing the cut to the number of psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the provision of school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11032/12]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the emergency works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/12]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a non-EU dependent child of a person who has permission to remain in the State by virtue of marriage to an Irish national...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 6 December 2011, in view of the fact that planning permission has now been refused by An...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his review of plans to abolish DEIS legacy posts. [11099/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the delivery of new schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will immediately reverse the decision to cut and suspend all teachers' allowances, including qualification allowances for new...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in the payment of child dependant allowance to a VTOS participant (details supplied) in view of the fact that the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding teachers' allowances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11148/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the amount of the savings made through cuts in teacher allocations to DEIS and small schools which will be retained...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any way in which a person who knows that they are going to be made redundant a month before the start of a course under the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was granted a higher education grant for a period of four years, when the course is clearly a...
    • Standardised School Year
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind mid-term breaks and other breaks in the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11387/12]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply has issued in respect of queries made by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if not, when a reply will issue....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress made to date on the project to provide a new second level school facility for Clifden, County Galway....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the option for amalgamation that exists for a school (details supplied) which is located in a Gaeltacht area but which conducts its...
    • School Management
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the avenues of appeal or recourse available to parents if, following their complaints to the relevant primary school...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the numbers of employees at each of the seven universities and also DIT and GMIT who receive gross salaries of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the hardships being caused to post-primary schools as a result of the decision to review the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to facilitate access to an ASD unit as soon as possible in the case of a minor (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the reductions in pay and all allowances that apply to new entrants to the teaching profession; his views on the impact...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence (details supplied) can be considered in the request for a primary school place in respect of the person detailed; the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the broadband for a school (details supplied); if a provider has been found; and if he will make a...
    • School Management
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding insurance providers for primary schools; if direction is given to schools by him on which providers to choose;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of schools regarding developing schools status with regard to GCEB posts; if they will get an increase in these posts in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason 40 hours of home based tuition is not being paid in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding savings to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the numbers of persons who were paid under Vote 12 superannuation and retired allowances in 2011 and his estimate of same for...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the payments made by the State to private land owners in 2010 and 2011 to acquire land for use...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on amending the Valuation Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11076/12]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct all Government Departments, State agencies and local Government bodies to include, as a matter of course,...
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money currently allocated to a national coastal protection programme and within this programme if there is an...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined the costs involved in operating the new system of payments to Ministers' drivers and use of cars; if he...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that while, for the past number of years, each Government Department with responsibility for expenditure that is...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts which were awarded to private companies for each year from 2006 to 2011 inclusive; the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on...
    • Public Service Remuneration
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will honour the outcome of independent third party adjudications made in relation to agreements between the Department...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the sectorial transitional team plans and service implications following the exodus of 6,600 public servants at the end of...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has finalised his plans in relation to the sale of State assets and in particular the possible investment on job...
    • Travel Costs
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason two separate Civil Service mileage rates exist for each engine size, one rate for the first 6,437 km and then a...
    • Subsistence Costs
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that it is appropriate that two separate bands exist for Civil Service subsistence rates, often known as overnight...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the...
    • Public Service Recruitment
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe involved for recruiting and appointing a new Comptroller and Auditor General; the effort he will make to attract...
    • Exchequer Savings
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that public expenditure cuts to date arising form the memorandum of understanding are likely to achieve the...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which it is expected to maximise the return from the sale of any State assets with particular reference to the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to sign up to the new European directive to exempt micro-enterprises from accounting and financial reporting...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period from 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011, to include...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings that he, his special advisers or senior departmental officials have had with representatives of a company...
    • Job Creation
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his assessment of the jobs created by the changes to commercial stamp duty and capital gains tax as outlined in the Finance...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding Industrial Development Agency lands in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent decision to sign the statutory instrument on European Communities (Copyright and Related Rights)...
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which the Chinatown development, which secured planning permission for first phase development at Athlone,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the total amount each Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment...
    • Job Creation
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the two recent reports regarding the Industrial Development Agency's supported jobs in County Offaly over the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a dispute before the Labour Relations Commission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe he expects in regard to the forthcoming transition involving county enterprise boards; if he will take into...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the resources and supports which are in place to help a struggling small business (details supplied) survive; and the way...
    • Prompt Payment System
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail an assessment of adherence to Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 by the bodies included in the schedule....
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to parliamentary Question No. 133 of 22 February 2012, if he will name the official responsible for liaising with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address concerns regarding the new copyright law and provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Innovation Initiatives
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding Ireland's latest ranking on the European innovation table; the actions he is taking to ensure that...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is carrying out a review of the domiciliary care allowance; the purpose of this review; and if the review applies to all...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if back to school clothing allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to her Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the appeal against the disallowance of a lone parents allowance will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied). [10650/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 15 February 2012, if she will provide the following details, the number of community...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will expedite payment. [10717/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the case of invalidity pension applications, the reason it can take up to a year for the files to be sent to the social welfare appeals...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10742/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to her Department since...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to employ a person registered with FÁS for a period of 12 months full time to work in a private business and have a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to heighten the recognition of fibromyalgia as a long-term illness to enable sufferers to claim disability. [10864/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [10897/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue to a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue to a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10935/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10946/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10947/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10948/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10952/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10955/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10958/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10967/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10973/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the terms and conditions negotiated with FÁS for community employment supervisors will still be binding regardless of the decisions...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any clauses under which companies using the JobBridge scheme can specify a third level qualification as a requirement for an...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for exceptional needs payments for religious ceremonies - that is, communions and confirmations - from County...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding funding arrangements for Tús for the year ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11290/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied). [11296/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 16 February 2012, when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue to a...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider, with her EU colleagues, the design and adoption of a system whereby member states could share information on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 16 February 2012, the grounds on which it was decided this person did not meet the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who is in receipt of one-parent family payment before taking up a place on a community employment scheme will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if tracking is carried out on social welfare appeals and reviews which are upheld to see whether there is a pattern; if certain deciding...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to open, close or privatise social welfare offices around the State; and if she will indicate the locations where changes are...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she anticipates that the partial capacity benefit scheme will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11435/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects a redundancy payment to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the progress of the Civil Registration Act of 2004 so as to allow families of Irish persons who die abroad register...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the date for an oral hearing is likely to be set in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their...
    • Live Register
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the live register for a period not exceeding two years who are between the age of 20 and 40 years old; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11499/12]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the Civil Service and public service in the past...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question the status of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason temporary staff are being taken on at a local social welfare office (details supplied) in County Kildare when there are a large...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding savings to the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Hare Coursing
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his policy on hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11054/12]
    • Stag Hunting
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his policy on stag hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11055/12]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the European Commission has said that de-designation of special areas of conservation is possible...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on hedge cutting policy; if reform is planned in this area; if he will provide an update on current policy; and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that the extra €20,000 funding for the capture of feral mink will be used in humane capture practices...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason landowners have to apply for a permit for cutting turf on natural heritage area Kilronan Mountain, County...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State supports and assistance that were provided to the reopening of the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin 7 (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 439: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist ag an gComhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas treoir a thabhairt d'Fhoras na Gaeilge leanacht den...
    • Plean Straitéise don Ghaeltacht
      Question 440: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén bhéim atá ar phoist a chur ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht sa "Plean Gníomhaíohcta le...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10927/12]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for delays in processing applications for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the positions for non-ministerial appointment membership of the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland were...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken, and the timescale, to roll out broadband access to a location (details supplied) in...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider subsidising the cost of enabling Eircom exchanges to provide broadband to customers in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the future of the Digital Hub Development Agency, particularly in the context of the proposal...
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is any assistance available to help a community centre (details supplied) build a fully passive centre...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a review is under way with a view to closing rural post offices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals, if any, there are to extend the natural gas network to a centre (details supplied); and if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Bord Na Móna is exempt from all legislation in relation to turf and peat extraction; and if he...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a monthly instalment payment option for motor taxation, thus affording those who wish...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to introduce the legislation which will allow for a reduction in the voting age; and if he...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a vacant property in County Galway which is uninhabitable is liable for the household charge; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme (details supplied). [10612/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department of the senior Ministers car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is liable to pay the household charge; and if he will make...
    • Waste Management
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the €100 standard charge that a company (details supplied) is charging customers and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to bring forward legislation to ensure the correct implementation of Directive 85/337/EC on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a review has been undertaken regarding housing issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if approved charities are exempt from the new household charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will affirm his commitment to working with local government and other community development and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Building Control Act 2007 to give recognition to so-called grandfather architects;...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is liable to pay the household charge when part of the property is subject to commercial rates...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will direct all local authorities to make arrangements to accept payment of the household charge and...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the city and county managers who will have retired between March 2011 and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, Minister of State and Senior Civil Servant has...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if and under what statute or legislation was the entity household charge established in order to receive...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to issue a call for proposals to avail of the 2012 capital assistance scheme; the amount of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a sewerage scheme for Kilconnell Village, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/12]
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on combating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on incineration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/12]
    • Water Charges
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on the introduction of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/12]
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on the introduction of directly elected mayors; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on funding local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11070/12]
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on the local government efficiency review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11071/12]
    • Electoral Reform
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on the introduction of a 30% gender quota for the 2014 local elections; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/12]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on unfinished housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11077/12]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11078/12]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/12]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on tackling homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11082/12]
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on regeneration schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11083/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on appointments to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11086/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons that were notified about payment of the NPPR charge in 2011; of those persons...
    • County Development Plans
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been confirmed to him by Dublin City Council that DCC has no money to develop lands it owns at a...
    • Site Resolution Plans
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that a site resolution plan is urgently prepared by Fingal County Council for the site...
    • Water Services
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a charge for water usage will be applied to listed buildings; if discussions will take place within the...
    • Local Governance Structures
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the issue of the alignment of local development companies and local authorities; his plans for...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose application for a council...
    • Fire Stations
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Dublin Fire Brigade personnel that will be retiring at the end of February 2012; and the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he allocated for the regeneration of an estate (details supplied) in County Sligo, in 2011; the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government out of the €30 million allocated to local authorities for retrofitting local authority homes to improve...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 482 of 21 February 2012, and the response given, clearly the estate in question was...
    • Property Management Companies
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is legally permissible for management companies to clamp residents' cars for non-payment of management...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the motor tax concession available to disabled drivers and the medical evidence required...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations that govern the rights of retention of buildings that have been illegally erected;...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to Kerry County Council to allow Killarney library, which requires significant...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role of the environmental awareness teams in county and city councils; if the national and regional...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he intends to introduce, by way of legislation or directive, relating to the standards,...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason applicants from an EEA and or a non-EEA country applying for social housing cannot just sign a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons;...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ministerial transport for the senior Minister in his Department for the period 1 June 2010 to 31 December 2010; and the...
    • International Agreements
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines in place to compensate householders for damage caused to their homes during Garda raids when no drugs or illegal...
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the progress of CCTV systems for the Cardiffbridge and Wellmount Road junction in Finglas, Dublin, which were...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the ministerial transport fleet from 1 June 2010 to 31 December 2010; and if he will provide a breakdown of costs between...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the meetings that he, his special advisers or senior departmental officials have had with representatives of a company (details...
    • Prisoner Rights
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made requests to Governors of prisons to make provision for prisoners to practice their religious faiths as set out in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the general scheme of the Mediation Bill to be submitted to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Security Industry
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered conducting a review of the operation of the Private Security Services Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Court Sittings
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the delays faced by persons who are looking for a sitting of the Circuit Court in relation to family...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on marriage equality legislation which grants full marriage to gay and lesbian couples. [10792/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a protocol in place which allows applications from participants on the Department of Social Protection's TÚS programme to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to prevent human trafficking into here; the actions taken to identify and assist those trafficked for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact position in relation to squatters rights; if it is envisaged that a review of this matter will take place; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff, if any, that will be employed by the missing persons bureau in the near future; if he has considered...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of the Mosney asylum facility in Bettystown, County Meath; if he intends to close the facility down; the plans...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish the report on improving conditions in Cork Prison that was submitted to him by the Prison Service; the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if gardaí will remove those occupying Dame Street, Dublin, in view of the fact that the occupation is damaging local businesses and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment expenses since...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is going to honour the outcome of independent third party adjudications made in relation to agreements between his Department and PDFORRA in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12 months; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Defence if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding savings to the State;...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Fur Farming
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the shutting down of feral mink farms and other fur farms in the country to help eradicate the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the vacant Teagasc site in Navan, County Meath. [10665/12]
    • Metrology Service
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements and procedures in place for verifying the accuracy of the weighing equipment used in meat plants for...
    • Fur Farming
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy on fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/12]
    • Agricultural Exports
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail, in view of Mr. Xi Jinping's recent identification of agriculture as one of three priority areas in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place for the Teagasc office in Manorhamilton County Leitrim; if it is to be closed and services moved to...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application for a hardship grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to his Department of the senior Ministers car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding single farm 2011 payment and the 2011 forestry payment in respect of a person...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that re-inspection of commonage areas in County Galway to determine their...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2011 REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the changes to the land classification process used by him for the agri-environment options scheme and...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a society. [10810/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on opening the agri environment options scheme in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment for 2009, 2010 and 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to Galway County Council for works done on piers (details supplied) in Connemara; the reason for...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an alleged overpayment in the 2010 disadvantaged area scheme to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his statement that the rate of thoroughbred foal levy is calculated by reference to the advertised value of...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord Iascaigh Mhara is providing subsidised marine safety training to the...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views in relation to the proposed abolition of milk quota in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy reforms that aim to link payments to land size rather than...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the current funding to the REP scheme is sufficient to provide adequate protection to the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the level of funding afforded to the agriculture sector to maximise the export potential from the...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if carbon credits will accrue to private leasees of Coillte forestry. [11277/12]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an agri-environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied). [11298/12]
    • Global Strategic Framework
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an issue (details supplied) regarding Trocaire Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11299/12]
    • Beef Exports
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department has had any contact with the Iranian Government in relation to the possible reopening of a beef...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11392/12]
    • Global Strategic Framework
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11491/12]
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the outstanding 2011 agri-environment option scheme payment due to a person (details...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Care Services
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available for community crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10668/12]
    • Children in Care
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 12 January 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [10830/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a section 39 grant for 2011 will be paid to a community playschool (details supplied), in view of the fact that the grant had...
    • Domestic Adoptions
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her budget allocation for the staffing and administrative costs of the processing of domestic adoptions in 2011 and 2012 [10595/12]
    • Youth Cafés
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding options open to a facility (details supplied); her position on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to her Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include...
    • Preschool Services
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved for the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she...
    • EU Youth in Action Programme
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement Irish children and young persons have had with the EU's Youth in Action 2007 to 2013 programme. [10670/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10826/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 27 September 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10827/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the total amount each Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding a submission regarding adoption (details supplied); if there is proposed legislation to address this issue;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fundamental importance placed on the development of literacy and numeracy in children's earliest years in the...
    • Skills Development
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the importance placed on the professional upskilling of the early childhood workforce in order to meet the targets and...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the workforce development plan cites access to flexible, affordable and nationally accredited learning...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact funding that will be allocated to the 116000 missing children hotline which is to be opened in the near future; the...
    • Detention Centres
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detailed plans of the facilities that she intends to provide for the detention of 16 and 17 year olds at Oberstown, Lusk,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any State board appointees have volunteered to waive their fee or expenses; the names of such persons; the corresponding...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a commission of inquiry into the circumstances around allegations of sexual abuse at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda ,...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health if he is sure that the fluoridation of public water supplies does not have a negative impact on human health; if he can point to any research to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the care of high dependency patients following the planned closure later this year of St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick. [10600/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include mileage and car related...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and lengths of time in the accident and emergency departments of hospitals (details supplied) for the week beginning 13 February and the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Oireachtas primary care reimbursement service has stopped responding to inquiries and representations from TDs via the dedicated...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a comprehensive report on plans to move the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to St. Ita's in Portrane, including costs and...
    • Community Care
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his statements that no decision has been made in relation to the future of public nursing homes, yet at the same time a long-term...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has been unable to obtain an appointment for necessary eye surgery. [10725/12]
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health if a property (details supplied) has yet been transferred by a voluntary housing body to the Health Service Executive; the HSE's plans for the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for phlebotomy services provided in each of the years, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners required to deliver free universal access; his plans to have that number of GPs in place in advance of the...
    • Health Services
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of chronic disease management programmes. [10768/12]
    • Medical Training
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline planned changes to general practitioners training programmes in order to fast-track training; the institutions that will be...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; the reason for the delay in making a...
    • Health Services
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born here in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of these babies who received a check-up within 48 hours of discharge from hospital;...
    • Health Service Properties
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Health the term and cost of the lease for the new unit headquarters of the primary health care team centre in Macroom, County Cork; the cost to the Health...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health his views on proposals regarding methadone patients (details supplied). [10788/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Health when an insulin pump will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/12]
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his Department since March 2011;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/12]
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 6 December 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [10828/12]
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all publicly run nursing homes and units; the number of beds in each; the number and grade of staff in each; and if he...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of Health Service Executive and Department of Health employees receiving gross salaries in excess of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total amount each Minister, Minister of State and senior civil servant has spent on entertainment expenses since being...
    • Drug Treatment Programme
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Health the future of the Aisling Clinic, which is located on the grounds of Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin; if it is envisaged that funding will be...
    • Medical Cars
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason, six months after the appeal was...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a wheelchair and bus pass in respect of a person (details supplied). [10885/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10886/12]
    • Seirbhís Fiaclóireachta
      Question 686: To ask the Aire Sláinte cén fáth ar stopadh an tseirbhís fiaclóireachta san Ionad Sláinte i gCarna; cén fáth ar baineadh an trealamh as gan aon réamhphlé leis an bpobal;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be admitted to undergo surgery at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin. [10906/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Health if it his intention to seek the consent of the Department of Finance as laid out in section 9 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 to...
    • Alcohol Labelling
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans for reducing the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10916/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an operation to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10982/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10984/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment for an assessment under the Health Service Executive to be brought forward in respect of a person (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application; and when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10991/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there will be no disruption to day care centre services (details supplied) due to staff retirements under the public service...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application under the nursing home support scheme, fair deal, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the appointment of a new doctor to the spinal unit in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11 [11091/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to accommodate persons who were scheduled for appointments in the spinal unit of Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11, who have had their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; the reason for the delay in a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health if patients of Fibromyalgia are not covered by the long-term illness scheme, the welfare schemes available to them. [11106/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a comparison by hospital of the numbers waiting 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, and more than 12 months for...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital operations cancelled, postponed or rescheduled last year by hospital; the increase since 2010; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding neurological conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 26 January 2012, when a response will issue. [11229/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive orthopaedic shoes. [11294/12]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider undertaking an audit or requesting an audit from the national ambulance service to ensure that the appropriate use is being made...
    • Health Services
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health if the time that a doctor is available at the health clinic in Muff, County Donegal can be extended due to large population and catchment area of the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Health when the drug naloxone will be made available in Ireland to assist in supporting persons suffering from the effects of drug use; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Health if 40 cystic fibrosis patients were waiting for beds on Tuesday, 21 February 2012; and what is available for these patients at this hospital (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical card queries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11380/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health the running costs of Listowel Community Hospital, County Kerry, in 2011, and on a per patient basis, as compared to other community hospitals in the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health if his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of personal assistants for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [11399/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent difficulties in obtaining information on medical card queries (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Smoking Ban
      Question 751: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the inspection system in place within the Health Service Executive on the implementation of the smoking ban across the country; the...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 752: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a new classification for care homes, community, relative to the Health Information Quality Authority regulations; his views on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter. [11464/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be arranged for an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and the reason for the delay in issuing...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the filling of a post of consultant rheumatologist at Kerry General Hospital, which received formal approval some time ago, in...
    • Health Services
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 687 of 14 January 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this matter has still not been dealt...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Health the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the past 12 months; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11521/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Health if a hip operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay;...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Health when the new inter hospital ambulance transfer service will be rolled out to each hospital throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 764: To ask the Minister for Health the full capacity of a nursing unit (details supplied) in County Cavan; the bed capacity that is designated for long-term patients; the number of...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €6 million overspend by the Health Service Executive in the midland region in 2011 broken down by location and service; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to the eye and ear hospital in Dublin; and if he...
    • Health Services
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 17 January 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [11600/12]
    • Home Help Service
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [11602/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10723/12]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 772: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if airlines (details supplied) need tour trade licences in view of the fact that they also sell holiday packages and auxiliary...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to his Department of the senior Minister's car in the period relating to 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2011 to include...
    • Road Network
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be available for essential overlay works to be carried out to the N71 at Clonakilty Bypass,...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of mileage clocked up on a monthly basis for which expenses were claimed for all Ministers attached to his...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when advertisements will be placed inviting applications for the Sports Capital Programme funded by the National Lottery; and...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any progress in relation to a company (details supplied) bringing an extra five million passengers to Ireland....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 778: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the total amount each Government Minister, junior Minister and senior civil servant has spent on...
    • Rail Stations
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects Kishogue Train Station, Lucan, Dublin, to open to passenger in view of the fact that construction work appears...
    • Rail Network
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Limerick Foynes rail line is now being proposed by Ireland for inclusion as a core network to the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of all bus services will go out to public tender from now on; his policy on the matter; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the National Roads Authority to do work on the following road (details supplied) for the reasons...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will immediately commence Part 5 of the 2010 Road Traffic Act and its associated provisions in Part 3 of the same Act; if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the taxi review report recommendations are not going to be implemented until October 2012; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Shannon referred to in Section B Other Sections on the Core Network in the European Commission's recent Proposal for a...
    • Public Transport
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on buses that are used to provide taxi services; if he will provide an overview of licensing in this area; and if he...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 787: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding driving instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress regarding the commitment given in the programme for Government to legislate to...
    • Road Network
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N14 Letterkenny to Lifford/Strabane road which is to link to the proposed A5 western transport...
    • Public Transport
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent occurrence at a meeting of Galway City Council whereby the National Transport...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 794: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his intention to tackle the practice of drivers using their fog-lights when not warranted by the weather conditions as...
    • Departmental Advertising
      Question 795: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and costs of advertisements placed in national newspapers for job vacancies in the civil and public service in the...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 796: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of costs incurred in the provision of transport to Cabinet Ministers in 2011; and if he will...

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