Written answers
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the target he has set for institutions in this State to draw down support from the EU progress micro enterprise fund. [11327/12]
- Prompt Payment System
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to ensure that prompt payment is made by Departments and associated bodies to small and medium...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when his proposed potential exporter division will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11558/12]
- Job Protection
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date on protecting employment at a company (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a...
- Business Regulation
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to complete the audit of licences required for business per item 1.49 of his action plan; and if he will make...
- Job Creation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to ensure that resources will be targeted to major and ongoing regional disparities in job creation....
- Legislative Programme
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when it is expected the partial credit scheme and the micro finance scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if he will make a statement...
- Pharmaceutical Patents
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify the 2011 value in export terms of patents that will expire in 2012, 2013 and 2014. [11318/12]
- Job Creation
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the locations being considered for any future job creation health innovation hub. [11333/12]
- Work Permits
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has been briefed by the Private Security Authority in terms of the way that body operates within the context of his...
- Business Regulation
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to achieve item 1.50 of his action plan regarding reducing the regulatory burden; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to promote clustering of related industries to address regional disparities in job creation. [11322/12]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the liaisons he has had with the Department of Social Protection regarding changes to the sick pay regime; and if he will...
- EU Directives
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to sign the statutory instrument proposed in January to fully transpose Ireland's obligations under the...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports he will put in place to support businesses in crisis. [11323/12]
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to enhance our competitiveness through supporting green technologies. [11330/12]
- Job Creation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional revenue or capital moneys will be made available to his Department to implement the recommendations of the...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to help small and medium enterprises to leverage Internet marketing, sales and social media. [11314/12]
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the county and city enterprise boards that will move premises to council offices; if leases have expired on all premises...
- Job Creation
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he expects to maximise the opportunities for job creation through initiatives, innovation and technology...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the market failures in lending to small and medium enterprises that necessitate a partial credit guarantee scheme. [11319/12]
- Job Creation
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on his new targets for job creation under the new 2012 action plan for jobs; the measures that are in place...
- Regional Aid
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he has taken to renegotiate the regional aid guidelines that govern the areas in which the enterprise and...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will compare and contrast the resources assigned to the Competition Authority here with those operating at best...
- Innovation Initiatives
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendations from the innovation task force that have been implemented; the number that are outstanding; and if he...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the plight of the people of Tibet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during his recent...
- Passport Applications
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications submitted for the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive, and to date in 2012; the number...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Records
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 22 February 2012, the identity of a person from a company (details supplied) whom he met on 8 November...
- Consumer Protection Code
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an investment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11749/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that FTI Consulting can truly be considered an independent adviser when, in the aftermath of the acquisition of its US advisory role for...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the daily and weekly cost of employing Ernst and Young as special manager to a credit union (details supplied); and the total weekly billable hours...
- State Banking Sector
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts signed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, to advise upon the sales of commercial loan books in 2011 and 2012;...
- Tax Code
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the corporation tax rate prevailing in each year from 1985 to date; the receipts from corporation tax; the total...
- EU-IMF Agreement
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 57, 58, 59 of 28 September 2011, in which he states that he proposed to and secured agreement from ECB...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to newspaper reports that some Irish banks have made special provisions for mortgagees that are in negative equity;...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases the National Asset Management Agency allows debtors to retain part of the income from their income producing assets to pay...
- State Banking Sector
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 22 February 2012, if he will outline the exact date officials in his Department were notified as part of...
- State Agencies
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the number of meetings held by his Department or NTMA officials with any part of a group (details supplied) on any topic since...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staffing
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his recent announcement on DEIS posts, if he will now confirm that there will be no changes to DEIS posts in schools in...
- Departmental Funding
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will identify possible sources of additional funding for a community group (details supplied ) available from his Department...
- Site Acquisitions
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 22 February 2012, in relation to a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare, if his...
- School Enrolments
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address an issue of admission policies in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a matter in respect of a school (details supplied). [11824/12]
- Institutes of Technology
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in soft-copy spreadsheet format, details of the numbers of persons awarded added years under the professional added...
- Skills Development
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals, if any, to deal with skills shortages in specific sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Curriculum
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the progress made to date with regard to Project Maths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11853/12]
- National University of Ireland
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the future of the National University of Ireland; the costs per annum of this body; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Staffing
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a request by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 10 in respect of the appointment of an additional...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Service Staff
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his involvement in transition teams to manage the exodus of staff from the public sector under the early...
- Departmental Funding
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will identify possible sources of additional funding for a community group (details supplied ) available from his...
- Heritage Projects
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment of Ennis Friary, Ennis, County Clare (details supplied); if he will...
- National Monuments
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State is the owner of Leamanagh Castle which is situated at the intersection of the R476 Corofin Kilnaboy road and the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Foreign Direct Investment
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the top ten Irish exporters; the proportion their exports make up of total Irish exports; and the steps he is taking to...
- Company Closures
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the remedies in place for creditors of a company that has been liquidated or entered receivership and whose directors...
- Debt Collection
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposals he has for small companies to pursue debts via a system of arbitration or mediation in order that legal costs...
- Job Creation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs in the country at the end of each year since 1985; the total...
- Department of Social Protection
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an RSS scheme can complete work in a private residential housing estate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11752/12]
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commission an impact assessment on the effects of the austerity measures on the lives of persons with disabilities, in view of...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if migraine will be recognised as a disability for those who suffer frequent and severe migraines; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has been contacted by the Carer's Association in connection with the habitual residence condition; if she will advise the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite and approve an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 6 December 2011, when a decision on the review will issue. [11685/12]
- Child Poverty
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the rates of child poverty in Ireland, with more than 19% of children at risk of poverty and almost 9% of children...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who is caring for their 79 year old mother, has been waiting more than eight...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount and type of payments that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 receives from your Department on a weekly and monthly basis;...
- Community Development
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify possible sources of additional funding for a community group (details supplied ) available from her Department and or...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if she will expedite the...
- Social Welfare Fraud
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place for dealing with persons who may have received an overpayment in their social welfare payments; the way in which...
- Departmental Offices
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an update on the acquisition of an appropriately located community welfare office in Dublin North, on which she had...
- Pension Provisions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Social Welfare Bill will be published; when those who are approaching eligibility for partial State contributory pensions will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care for children with autism in County Meath that have been received in the years 2009, 2010...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details...
- Employment Support Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her intention to have a database of all jobs available here; and the number that are currently available. [11850/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact on farmers of the changes concerning farm assist which arose in budget 2012 in relation to a reduction in the income...
- Child Support
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she will ensure the health and welfare of children in the State considering the specific cuts that have been made to one parent...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Airport Development Projects
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans in relation to the development of terminal buildings at airstrips on Inishbofin and Cleggan, County Galway; and...
- Creative Economy
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the creative economy programme, the numbers of projects that are running here at present; the location and...
- National Monuments
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the permanent monuments that exist to commemorate the Famine; and if he has given any consideration to developing a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- EU Directives
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mechanisms in place to ensure manufacturers and distributors of light bulbs comply with the EU lighting...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Grants
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Health Service Executive occupational therapist reports are not sufficient for local...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a club (details supplied) is liable to pay the septic tank charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Planning Issues
Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person who has responsibility for the maintenance and management of services in estates where the...
- Community Development
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will identify possible sources of additional funding for a community group (details supplied )...
- Water Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a submission on public water utility (details supplied). [11792/12]
- Local Authority Charges
Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Dublin City Manager briefed him on the €500 fire services call out charge; if he gave Dublin City...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Departmental Agencies
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of the Equality Authority offices based in Roscrea, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Offices
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of the Garda Ombudsman offices based in Roscrea, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Committals
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of committals to prison for non-payment of fines and non-payment of debt in 2011; if he will provide comparative figures...
- Courts Service
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Probate Service due to retire by 29 February; if he will outline on a county basis the current waiting time...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Property Registration Authority due to retire by 29 February; the impact of these retirements on services;...
- Prison Visiting Committees
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline all appointments made by him to Prison Visiting Committees since 9 March 2011. [11656/12]
- Garda Equipment
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that senior members of the Garda Representative Association have stated that the cuts could leave Ireland vulnerable to a...
- Garda Transport
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether gardaí will have to revert to using bicycles to patrol their areas in the absence of any transport being provided...
- Garda Stations
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he received correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the closure of the Garda station in Moyvane, County Kerry; and if he...
- Departmental Funding
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will identify possible sources of additional funding for a community group (details supplied ) available from his Department or...
- Garda Operations
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Shannon; the number of vehicles recovered; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned with the number of security camera systems in the Dublin city area that are reportedly not working; if he is...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proportion of successful cases taken by the Garda for assault against members of the Garda before a judge (details supplied)....
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); when payment will...
- Global Strategic Framework
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise small scale farmers, especially women, in developing countries, in his submission to the UN Global...
- Knackery Industry
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revoke the licence of a knackery which, located next to a preschool centre for children with special needs and...
- Forestry Sector
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the event of the sale of the forestry assets of Coillte, the steps he will take to ensure that the open forestry policy...
- Land Act Trusts
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the information in relation to trusts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Health
- Child Care Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise on possible funding streams available to a child care facility (details supplied); her views on where it can...
- Departmental Staff
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed by her by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11817/12]
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health if she will review a case in respect of a person (details supplied). [11856/12]
- Home Help Service
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health his views on proposed changes to hours worked by home helps; the measures he will take to ensure that such changes will not drive persons into...
- Nursing Education
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of return-to-practice courses available nationwide for nurses wishing to return to the occupation; the number of spaces...
- Medical Cards
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical cards which are awaiting a decision; the average processing time for both renewal and new applications...
- Health Services
Question 174: 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...
- Medical Cards
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on his application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11619/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be brought forward or if the patient can be called in the event of any...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health if he adequately dialogued with disability organisations prior to implementing cuts affecting the lives of persons with disabilities; and if he will...
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve neurological care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11663/12]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the ear, nose and throat waiting list at Kerry General Hospital; the number of persons currently on the waiting...
- Hospital Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconfirm the commitment he made in Dáil Éireann during Private Members' business on Wednesday 22 February to increase funding to the...
- Sale of Alcohol
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the timeframe to deal with the below cost selling of alcohol. [11674/12]
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure to date on the proposed new national children's hospital, including any cost for planning, design, architect fees, engineers...
- Health Service Staff
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 19 October 2011, if an embargo remains in place in respect of two posts in the National Counselling...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the report by emergency doctors that children are spending up to 24 hours on hospital trolleys because of the shortage...
- Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in processing medical card applications (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times [11763/12]
- Health Services
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health the updated position in respect of the Health Service Executive review which he has requested of the sheltered attendance allowance cut which came...
- Medical Cards
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and if he will make a statement on...
- Health Service Expenditure
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of drugs purchased for the years 2011 and 2012. [11790/12]
- Health Services
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the 330 persons on the residential placement waiting list at a location (details supplied). [11793/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health if the concept of allowing private hospitals to be built on the grounds of public hospitals is no longer permitted. [11800/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that a medical card was issued to a person who subsequently cancelled their health insurance and who one month later received a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given for the development of a 40-bed residential unit in Killarney, County Kerry, to facilitate the overall closure of St....
- Health Services
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconcile the discrepancies between the figures shown in the Health Service Executive annual accounts in both 2009 and 2010 in respect of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to have a transplant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if he will confirm that the waiting times for...
- Eating Disorders
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €35 million funding that was ring-fenced for mental health services under the Budget Statement 2012 that will be allocated for...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a decision will be made in respect of an application for funding under the National Lottery grant scheme in the case of an organisation...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to extend free general practitioner care to those who qualify under the long-term illness scheme. [11823/12]
- Nursing Home Subventions
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish if any moneys are owed by the Health Service Executive to a company which owns a certain nursing home (details supplied); the...
- Hospital Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the proposals, if any, he has to restore services to their former level at a hospital (details supplied). [11855/12]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Proposed Legislation
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the future regulations in the clamping industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Taxi Regulations
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason under section 37 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003, a person cannot use the Irish version of their name and the...
- Traffic Management
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the specific transport projects in Galway that will benefit from the allocation of €25 million...
- Road Network
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a request was received by the National Roads Authority from a local authority in relation to a road scheme (details...
