Written answers

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Gaeltachtaí Nua
      Question 66: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén obair atá déanta aige chun Gaeltachtaí nua a bhunú sa Ghalltacht. [12563/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff that left his Department and agencies operating under the aegis of his Department in the grace period;...
    • Arts Facilities
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the progress that has been made to date in securing properties under the control of the National...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the development of cultural tourism opportunities will be...
    • Irish Heritage Trust
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 31 January 2012, if the review of the Irish Heritage Trust has been finalised;...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he has made to protect the terms and conditions of employment in the Irish film industry for production and...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will be holding public consultations before announcing any attempt to make Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, a world...
    • Census of Population
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on publishing the 1926 census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12481/12]
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 75: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén buiséad a bheidh ag Foras na Gaeilge sna blianta 2012, 2013 agus 2014. [12561/12]
    • EU Programmes
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU culture programmes that are running at present; the location at which these projects are based and the categories;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the early retirement scheme will impact on the opening hours of the State's cultural institutions; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he made to promote Irish heritage and cultural tourism on the occasion of the recent visit to Ireland by the...
    • Inland Waterways
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the Ulster Canal regeneration project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12489/12]
    • Arts Plan
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he intends to maximise the potential of community arts projects as an important tool for social inclusion in areas...
    • Art Collections
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has completed an inventory of art collections in the State's possession, in respect of those owned by the State and...
    • Arts Plan
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role he sees for the arts and the creative industry for economic and regional development and social innovation here;...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 88: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad post nua atá cruthaithe ag Údarás na Gaeltachta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta sna blianta 2009, 2010 agus 2011; cé...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      Question 89: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir cruinniú a reáchtáil idir Foras na Gaeilge agus na heagraíochtaí nach bhfuil sásta leis an tSamhail Nua...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to make heritage protection grants available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12478/12]
    • Job Creation
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department and or other subordinate bodies or agencies have identified the degree to which...
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times that the Oireachtas consultation group on commemorative matters has met in the past 12 months; when it...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      Question 94: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh na haighneachtaí agus torthaí na suirbhéanna atá curtha faoi bhráid na Roinne Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      Question 96: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén obair atá déanta aige chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn i measc comhlachtaí príobháideacha sa Stát. [12562/12]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 97: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the value of dairy exports and also dairy products sold domestically for the years 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other payments they receive for...
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 100: To ask the Taoiseach if he will consult with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties as a relevant stakeholder in the establishment of the constitutional convention. [12008/12]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 103: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [12182/12]
    • International Agreements
      Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will sign and ratify the optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and...
    • Trade Relations
      Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give an update on trade with Argentina and any proposed plans to further develop links. [12839/12]
    • Trade Embargoes
      Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give an update on his position on ending the blockade of Cuba by the U.S.A. [12840/12]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give an update on his position on The Malvinas and the non-compliance of the United Kingdom with United...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the state of the coach tourism sector which is being exasperated by the high levels of tax on diesel; if he will consider the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if Northern Ireland coach companies have been reclaiming VAT from the Exchequer here on fuel purchased in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 132 and 133 of 22 November 2011, he will consider revoking the ability of a member of the Government...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the tax liabilities of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12150/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue authorities are transferring the payroll section of the Revenue Commissioners from Ennis, County Clare, to Mayo; the impact...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide evidence that persons (details supplied) applied for mortgage interest relief; the procedure that was followed by a company to...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the help available for first-time home buyers who find it difficult to get a deposit together (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he has made to ensure that banks covered by the guarantee scheme uphold agreements with clients relating to the payment of VAT on house...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if the study on comparing the detection rate of X-ray scanners with other countries as outlined in the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2009 report...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons in order to qualify for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme a vehicle must be purchased from an authorised person...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each of the following years, 2005 to 2011, inclusive, the number of claims made by companies for co-relative adjustments; the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Revenue has allowed only €13.71 plus 50 cent per mile to be paid tax free to GAA referees, considerably less than its own guidelines...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will approve the issuing of a P21 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [12492/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Permanent TSB is allowed to charge 5.19% variable rate when all other banks have changed theirs to 3.2%. [12502/12]
    • EU Treaties
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Stability Mechanism Treaty contains a provision that access to funds under the mechanism is contingent on countries ratifying the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying their correct taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12604/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the nominal interest payments or other forms of payment that have been given to any of the Fir Tree Capital Funds from Anglo Irish...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the relief available to a person holding a variable rate mortgage from KBC Bank which has failed to pass on the ECB interest rate reduction; and if...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual...
    • Sovereign Debt
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if the liabilities of the National Roads Authority form part of general Government debt; if NRA debt liabilities relating to contractual payments...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other payments they...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Teachers' Remuneration (1 comment)
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he justifies the suspension of allowances for newly qualified teachers; his views that as a result of this cut he has created a...
    • School Transport
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with the parents of schoolchildren from an area (details supplied) regarding changes to the school transport scheme to...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all payments and allowances paid to vocational education committee chief executive officers; the...
    • EU Funding
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend on the Waterford Crystal European Globalisation Fund programme as detailed in his report to the European Commission...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current starting and continuing incremental salary for the new primary teachers entering the profession at this point. [12175/12]
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has set the income threshold that will apply for eligibility for postgraduate contribution of €2,000 towards fees; if not, when...
    • Third Level Staffing
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that academic and support services for students of NUI Galway and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology may be...
    • EU Funding
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person that determines qualifications for the EU's European Globalisation Fund for retraining workers (details supplied); and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plan to provide funding for a new secondary school in Lucan, County Dublin; if so, if he will give details of these...
    • School Staffing
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way walking deputy principals in primary schools are appointed; and if there is a difference between the way such persons are...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to extend DEIS to any further schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12254/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be built; and if he will detail the current status of the project. [12265/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the staffing allocation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; his views that staffing levels are...
    • Schools Inspectorate
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of education inspectors who have retired recently or taken up early retirement; his plans to...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay being experienced by former special needs assistants for their redundancy payments, some...
    • School Discipline
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [12315/12]
    • EU Funding
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that additional funding was provided by him in 2011 to enable a number of redundant Dell workers complete third...
    • Career Guidance
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that it is a condition of the Education Act that career guidance be provided in our schools, if he will detail the...
    • Third Level Institutions
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 224, 225 and 227 of 31 January 2012, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rollú Scoile
      Question 170: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil aon réamh-mheastachán déanta ag a Roinn ar an méid breitheanna a mheastar a bheidh ann sa todhchaí (go dtí 2025) agus cén...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a secondary school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12439/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide savings that could be made to payroll costs across his Department and all primary, second level and third level...
    • Departmental Functions
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the transfer of responsibilities for skills development to his Department impacts on the budget for other crucial areas of his...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the local selection procedure for places in second level schools in Limerick city is...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project (details supplied) in Dublin 7; when it will proceed to the next stage; the likely...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the teaching of Mandarin in our schools as part of the curriculum. [12516/12]
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria under which DEIS schools are classified as either DEIS rural or DEIS urban; the procedure for seeking a reclassification...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons working in the State Examination Commission who have availed of the early retirement scheme; if he will provide a...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) was included in the recent review of DEIS schools; if not included, if he will explain the reason it was...
    • School Patronage
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the patronage process for the new secondary school in County Dublin, the number of children who reside in the parish (details...
    • Schools Funding
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding distributed among vocational and voluntary sector second level schools in Fermoy and Mallow, County Cork, between...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently being paid by him who are not registered with the Teaching Council; if he will provide details of the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of...
    • School Transport
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the cessation of the Forge Cross school pick-up point, Kilgarvan, County Kerry, which has been a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of special needs assistant whole-time equivalents employed at each primary and post-primary school in tabular form and...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of works that are envisaged to be included in the emergency works programme for primary schools; if this level and types of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the future of the national lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/12]
    • Public Procurement
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protection levels that exist for local enterprises competing in the public tendering process against foreign or non-local...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, following a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on 8 November 2011 when members were told the Department of Finance...
    • National Monuments
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available to improve access to and provide amenity areas at Tobinstown and the Brownshill Dolmen, County Carlow....
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the nature and amount of fees charged for freedom of information requests prior to the Freedom of Information...
    • Public Procurement
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Radio Teilifís Éireann is subject to public procurement guidelines in relation to the appointment of contractors and the...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any target figure to be realised from the sale of State assets broken down by State enterprise and the target in...
    • Land Transfers
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will be in a position to transfer land to Kerry County Council for the provision of Derrynane...
    • Tax Code
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform concerning the Estimates for public services, if he will confirm that taxpayer support to the horse-racing and greyhound fund...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number...
    • Office of the Ombudsman
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider designating the Arts Council as a body whose decisions are reviewable by the Office of the Ombudsman in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that it would be a highly positive measure, in the context of the reform of the public sector, if the Irish Human...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is currently or proposed a seed capital scheme for small business start up; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the support services for self-employed persons who are out of work. [12208/12]
    • International Agreements
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following Ireland's application to become a member of the Human Rights Council and the Irish tripartite adoption of the...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will instruct fellow Departments and State agencies to implement, as employers, recommendations made by the Labour...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider changing the time restrictions for carer's leave to allow applicants to stay on this scheme for a longer...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied); the actions he plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide information on State support for the cloud computing sector here; the way that he and relevant agencies...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payments will issue to former employees of a liquidated company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services (1 comment)
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the announcement that the JobBridge scheme has reached its target of 5,000 internships since it was launched, the proportion of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the current rent allowance limits in Bray, County Wicklow, which were revised following a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the criteria for entry to a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12143/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 11 January 2012, if an update can be provided on the disability appeal of a person (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is reviewing the criteria of JobBridge to allow persons who receive a disability allowance to participate in the scheme; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be allowed an extension to their community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of funds from her Department that go to fund the work of Rehab; if any of that money contributes towards the salary of the chief...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the employment status of community employment scheme supervisors has changed in any respect with the transfer of the schemes to her...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons can do voluntary work while on jobseeker's allowance or would this constitute not being available for work; if that is the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that FÁS has advertised a job (details supplied) which requires applicants to be in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in awarding carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12308/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a claim for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a suitably qualified financial adviser may apply to be admitted onto the panel of 100 financial advisers the Government...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding rent issues. [12350/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [12351/12]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been told by FÁS that they cannot partake in a FÁS course on account of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been brought to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will review this case and ensure that this...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allocate moneys from the emergency flood relief fund to ease hardship to residents (details supplied) during this very...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an offer of a placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 was rescinded; if she will arrange for the matter...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the hardships caused by the temporary cessation of work by the Scope section on claims for support to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [12576/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12579/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [12642/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment under the jobseeker's allowance and benefit scheme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is developing plans to extend the JobBridge scheme; if the categories of social welfare recipients open for consideration under the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance payment will be back dated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in regard to a relocation arising from flooding in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal to have rent allowance re-instated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 28 February 2012, when she expects a redundancy payment to issue to the person named as the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in her Department for freedom of information requests and the number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing can take place in relation to an appeal for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter regarding carers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12763/12]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional staffing measures will be put in place at local offices with regard to the roll-out of the pathways to work programme; if...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision announced in budget 2012 to reduce the employer's rebate on redundancies from 60% to 15% which in effect...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for respite care has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12794/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the habitual residence condition, which affects several social welfare payments and was...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow Irish citizens who have died abroad to have their deaths registered here; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the report in relation to the single working age payment, the completion of which is necessary owing to the agreement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) who was not informed that their bog was designated will be eligible to avail of the bog...
    • EU Programmes
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that are running here under the reative economy programme; the location at which they are based and...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give a commitment that there will be no further bogs designated special areas of conservation or national...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the...
    • Arts Sector
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department have focused on the issue of maximisation of job retention and creation...
    • National Monuments
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which ongoing inspections are carried out at protected or other monuments throughout the country with...
    • Arts Sector
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to be in a position to support all aspects of the arts by way of conventional or new methods...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bodies and/or groups, voluntary or otherwise, supported directly or indirectly by way of financial help in...
    • Arts Sector
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is intended or expected to utilise arts and culture as a means of protecting a positive image of...
    • Cultural Institutions
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which it is intended to promote and increase visits and interest in historical and cultural sites throughout...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he continues to monitor endangered heritage sites, buildings or locations throughout the country; the...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is satisfied that proper procedures were followed in relation to the designation of the Moycullen Bog complex NHA,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Chief Executive Officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of job losses that will result in the privatisation in the energy sector of Bord Gáis; if that...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an area (details supplied) in County Mayo is not included in the national broadband scheme; if there...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the global cost of competitive pressures on large multinational employers here, if he will consider...
    • Departmental Reviews
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of all policy reviews instigated by him and his Ministers of State since assuming office; and if he...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding the provision of rural broadband services to those that may not have availed of...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline details, conditions and terms of a licence granted by him (details supplied) to explore for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the population that has access to broadband, the locations across the State that cannot...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who do not have land, planning permission or wind...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that he is satisfied that Ireland will meet its renewable energy targets set for 2020; and...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fuel pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12684/12]
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when acceptable broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated by him in the past four years to energy and natural resources; the amount of...
    • Disconnection of Utilities
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a gas bill. [12845/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, following the response of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to Parliamentary...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has been refused a grant for an extension due to...
    • Community Development
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application by a community centre (details supplied) in County Longford for...
    • Household Charge
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an estate (details supplied) is exempt from paying the household charge. [12145/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to amend the pension entitlements or remuneration of existing city and county managers. [11209/12]
    • Building Regulations
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to the calls from concerned residents to overhaul the building regulations system to...
    • Local Government Elections
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grade at which a public servant is precluded from taking up an elected position at local authority...
    • Election Management System
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a commission has been set up to review the European election constituencies; if so, the terms of...
    • Home Purchase Schemes
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the help available for those who find it difficult to get a deposit together (details supplied); and if he...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding made available and expenditure of the Private Residential Tenancies Board each year respectively...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to a planning application (details supplied) in County Dublin, the reason item nine on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who were housed by each local authority from their respective homeless list in each of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider increasing the grant of €2,000 per household for sewage connection to group schemes...
    • Local Authority Budgets
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that it is a matter for each local authority to determine its own...
    • Retail Sector Developments
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on proposals for new planning guidelines that will restrict the limit on the...
    • Household Charge
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the group that will be considering the structures and modalities for the property tax; if he will provide...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the structure that will replace the work done by the rural development officer in assisting with...
    • Water Services
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position of households nationally who have joint water supplies with their...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a sewerage scheme for Creggs, County Galway, will be included in the next water services investment...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the name of the company which was awarded the contract for printing the household charge leaflet; the amount...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the changes in recruitment policy, if remaining applicants on the panel for Dublin City Fire...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys spent by each local authority year on year from 2000 to 2011 on funding third level...
    • Household Charge
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 531 of 28 February 2011, if he will clarify the appeal procedure is...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the state of legislation with regard to regulating declarations of non-use of a vehicle filed with the...
    • Community Development
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12767/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council local authority mortgage holders have...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to An Bord Pleanála and planning, after a planning application has been refused by a local...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin, on the matters raised by one of the residents...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Commemorative Events
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations that have been made in respect of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress by the Government including in respect...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the immigrant investor programme and the start-up entrepreneur programme to be open for applications; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12209/12]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the current delays in the processing of bridging visas; the steps he is taking to rectify this situation; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship currently being processed; the length of time it is taking to process applications and...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will close a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 2; the station to which gardaí currently rostered there...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish an independent inquiry to ascertain the cause of the Stardust fire, Dublin, which took place on 14 February 1981...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda patrol car will be restored to a station (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if he is satisfied that adequate personnel...
    • Garda Accommodation
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a site (details supplied); when will the redevelopment and building programme begin on the site; the progress that has...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of co-operation between the Garda and the PSNI; if prisoners from one jurisdiction are able to visit family in the other...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application for humanitarian leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied). [12394/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive a decision on their applications for naturalisation; and if further...
    • Family Law (1 comment)
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission outlined in its 2010 report Legal Aspects of Family...
    • Citizens' Rights
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protection available for those who are wrongly accused of committing crimes (details supplied). [12430/12]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow who had hoped to set up a business but who cannot, due to spousal visa delays, do...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will describe the process that is involved in dealing with foreign registered vehicles that are caught breaking Irish speed...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation was received prior to the signing of Statutory Instrument No. 569 of 2011 in respect of a person...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 408 and 410 of 7 February 2012, if he will indicate, by age and gender, the number of persons...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the delay in processing spousal applications, if the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, his Department or the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the moneys in 2009 to 2011, inclusive, that have been reimbursed to the State under section 30 of the...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Property Services Regulatory Authority will be established on a statutory basis; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps a club has to take to apply and get a public house licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12660/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Reception and Integration Agency has any plans to develop facilities at a location (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Multi-unit Management Companies
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is legally permissible for management companies to clamp residents' cars for non-payment of management fees; if so, the detail of...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeal cases listed for hearing by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal in 2012; the number of appeal cases dealt...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the situation regarding the future of a Garda division (details supplied); if the recent retirements will impact on this district or if...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12764/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in carrying out an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the pending deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if his attention has been...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for a naturalisation certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); when...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding a renewal of stamp 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12829/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is being stopped €190 per month of their Army pension; and if he will urgently review this...
    • Departmental Property
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the taking charge of an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Defence if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other payments they...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding Horse Sport Ireland received in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in respect of the Irish draught horse....
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the studbooks maintained by Horse Sport Ireland. [12599/12]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a dairy hygiene grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when a decision...
    • International Agreements
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he makes his submission to the United Nations global plan, if he will ensure the world and its growing population will...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide mortality figures and other information (details supplied) in relation to factory farmed broilers; and...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if inspectors under the REP scheme are entitled to carry out unannounced inspections on farmers' properties; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if horses are eligible to be counted as livestock for stocking density purposes under the 2012 disadvantaged areas scheme;...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an announcement will be made on grants in respect of piers and harbours for 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the details and costs of any newspaper supplements his Department has been involved with over the past...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Schmallenberg virus which is currently in the UK and other parts of Europe; the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the restrictions in place at present with regard to planting forests are changed in order to enable...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • International Agreements
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to prioritise small scale farmers in his submission to the UN Global Strategic Framework for Food Security...
    • Horticulture Sector
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, due to the expansion in the agri-food economy, there are any plans to develop part-time and evening courses or degrees...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a business plan and proposal from an organisation for lease renewal at a location (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for the agri-environment options scheme 2011 will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Salmon Hardship Scheme
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application will be accepted under the salmon hardship scheme for fishermen who did not take up the offer at the time...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of the Turf Club in relation to a complaint relating to the welfare of horses while in training with a licensed...
    • Installation Aid Scheme
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any intention of reintroducing the installation aid grant for young farmers wishing to take over the family farm;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received part of their single farm payment for 2010 even...
    • International Agreements
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he is making his submission to the United Nations global plan, if he will prioritise small-scale farmers, especially...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the disparity between the price paid to fishermen for their catch and the price charged to consumers (details...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 100% forestry grants will still be paid to new buyers of Coillte forestry. [12645/12]
    • Irish Horseracing Industry
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the programme expenditure in 2012, projected in the Estimates at €56.29 million, a 1.75% drop on 2011, under the...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it acceptable that farmers and agents who are now submitting their single farm payment applications...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the re-digitisation of a parcel of land (details supplied) in County Offaly; when the applicant will...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated value in terms of output, export and job creation if there was a 5% and a 10% increase in the national milk...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 8 February 2012 and subsequent detailed information supplied, his views on...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding outstanding penalties under the suckler cow welfare scheme in respect of a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the provision of a pier at Cromane, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a contract of sale entitlements without land under [i]force majeure[/i] in the 2005 scheme year and was expected...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a felling licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason extra funding has not been made available to Teasgasc for works in Ashtown, Dublin; and the budget from which...
    • Animal Transportation
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a set of codes for transporting animals by cable car in order to ensure that Dursey cable car will...
    • Commonage Division
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly whereby farmers who have areas of striped commonage, which are unfenced and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chief executive officer of the Rehab Group (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration,...
  • Department of Health
    • Child Care Services
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to hear the outcome of their appeal for child care subvention; and...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the countries the Adoption Authority of Ireland is issuing declarations for in view of a notice on the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the outcome of a child care subvention appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to provide funding to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the 116000 missing children...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption Authority of Ireland, AAI, will visit Ethiopia with regard to the formulation of a bilateral treaty; if she...
    • Health Service Inspections
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 81 and 102 of 14 February 2012, in which she stated that since the publication of the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in her Department for freedom of information requests and the number...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding allocated to the proposed national children's hospital project for 2012. [12366/12]
    • Animal Experimentation
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies that have licences to use animals in experimentation; the length, terms and conditions of those licences; the guidelines that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the current amount charged for the drug payment scheme for a single person, in view of the fact that they are levied...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) have not been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12123/12]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hearing aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health the anti-venom stocks held in the State; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12137/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to undergo an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12140/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels from 2008 to 2012 at the Cork Dental Hospital on the Cork University Hospital campus; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated by consultants from 2008 to 2012 and separately by visiting dentists from 2008 to 2012 at the Cork Dental Hospital on...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service based at St. Finbar's Hospital, Cork; the future plans for the service based there; and if...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service for the southern region complies with Health Information and Quality Authority guidelines; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which a vacancy was recently filled in the reconfiguration department at Health Service Executive south; if expressions of interest...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the occupancy of Áras Sláinte at Wilton Road, Cork; the reason separate offices were needed at the Model Farm Road to facilitate...
    • Health Services
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on the medical card application made in October 2011; the reason for the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health the financial cost to the Health Service Executive of equipment supplied to general practitioners for blood sampling; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 14 February 2012, the Minister or Minister of State responsible for allocating the budget for such...
    • Health Services
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an E112 expenses claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 506: 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...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of the VHI in charging an insured couple seeking to cancel their policy 11 months from renewal a fee...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health in view of an article in a newspaper (details supplied), if he will clarify the comments attributed to him and his Department in relation to the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of annual expenditure and whole-time equivalent posts for all years from 2007 to date in 2012, under the...
    • Health Services
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health the reason support services, motor skills, speech therapy and paediatric services for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 are not being...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the level of funds from his Department that go to fund the work of Rehab; if any of that money contributes towards the salary of the chief executive...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12264/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the restrictions and guidelines that he operates regarding the provision of homoeopathy services and practitioners' rights to make...
    • Health Services
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently request the Health Service Executive to bring in an independent child care expert to assess the needs and make recommendations...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health the international comparison of the ratio of the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists to the child and adolescent population in countries...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health the number of multidisciplinary outpatient child and adolescent teams at present. [12299/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card awarded on appeal in June 2011 has not to date issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [12310/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the policy of families of patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy having to fill in a new E112 form every time they...
    • Health Centres
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's plans for the building in which the current health centre is located in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [12325/12]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the treatment abroad scheme application (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12327/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 534: 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 538: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the four-year waiting lists for dental services in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath; if there will be a possibility...
    • Health Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath had their home help hours cut by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12361/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring the health (amendment) Bill to Dáil Éireann for Second Stage debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12375/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) is being prohibited by the Irish Medicines Board from introducing its cheaper product for sale in the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the delay in the processing of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the public appointments commission to expedite the approval of a director of nursing for St. Augustine's community nursing home,...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Directives
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health when directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care will be transposed into legislation and the transition...
    • Health Services
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application submitted in November 2011 will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all front-line vacancies which have been approved for replacement will be filled from 1 March despite the fact that...
    • Health Services
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a proposal related to spina bifida care here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12455/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Dublin taxis are parking in the disability bays outside the Mater Hospital, Dublin, sited between construction site and the main entrance...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the VHI operates a policy whereby anybody who wishes to change to a lower plan during the course of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not issued to a successful applicant when the decision was made over a month ago [12474/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided to Westdoc and each of its bases in 2011; the corresponding figure for 2012; the number of patient contacts in 2011 at...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter. [12575/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive plans to redevelop an area (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for renewal of a medical card; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the palliative care services and community hospitals. [12651/12]
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health when the national positive ageing strategy will be published. [12654/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/12]
    • Data Protection
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health the contact his office has had with the Health Service Executive and the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the retention and storage of Guthrie...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding when funding will be transferred to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12679/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to put on a statutory footing the 1995 guidelines for the control of MRSA published by his Department; when this will happen; the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out on the fair deal scheme for 2010 and 2011; the number of successful applicants that qualified for the fair deal scheme in 2010...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients on trolleys in accident and emergency in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, before admittance to a bed in the hospital...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified of any such side effects resulting from a swine flu vaccine (details supplied); if so, the number of cases there are thought...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual requests...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which was applied for in 2008;...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health if, regarding the EU directive on the protection of animals, he has identified the body to evaluate animal research proposals and the steps he is...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12796/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the See Change campaign; the State investment to date in the campaign; and the evaluation of the progress of the initiative to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response. [12831/12]
    • EU Directives
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider, within the context of the transposition of EU Directive 2010/63/EU, introducing an obligation to use the new non-animal...
    • Public Service Agreements
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the Croke Park agreement as it pertains to the health services; the way this will impact on health...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officer of Rehab (details supplied) is a member of any State board; and the remuneration, expenses or other payments they...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Roads Authority
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation to the National Roads Authority for 2012. [12300/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if lands that were subject to a compulsory purchase order on a road scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo will be made...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in the report of the review group on State assets and liabilities, recommendation 40, the McCarthy group recommended the...
    • Tourism Revenue
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that the State-owned coach touring company CIE Tours International often hires coaches from outside this...
    • Traffic Management
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the chronic lack of parking spaces in Dublin city for coaches and that Dublin Bus takes up more parking spaces...
    • Public Transport
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that in December 2011 and January 2012, Dublin Bus tendered on etenders for 150 new double deck buses and...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number...
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be in a position to roll out the rural transport programme which will involve the registration of local hackney...
    • National Roads Authority
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the total level of debt liabilities for the National Roads Authority; if he will detail the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are proposals to allow a fast track for motor dealerships when using the national car test and the procedures in place...

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