Written answers

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Prison Committals
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address the number of juveniles and young adults who spend prolonged periods of time on protection in St....
    • Garda Training
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the activities, if any, currently ongoing in the Garda College in Templemore, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU Conventions
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which Cosc will receive observations from the relevant Government Departments and State agencies on the potential policy and...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress made to date on the provision of information to parents; and...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria he used to appoint members to prison visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13846/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to amend the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 to introduce unilateral no-fault divorce; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the how he intends to ensure that our prison system becomes a drug-free system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/12]
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has advanced his plans to tag convicted sex offenders as he outlined prior to the 2011 general election; and if he will make a...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the lack of consultation with local networks in advance of the removal of funding to People with Disabilities in Ireland;...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, following the Supreme Court finding in favour of a person (details supplied) which was described by the Chief Justice as unique and of...
    • Family Reunification
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the MIPEX index, Ireland has the least favourable family reunification policy of...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the Irish Prison Service will present to him plans for the development of Cork Prison within the existing 2012 to 2016...
    • Garda Training
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 164 and 165 of 25 January 2012, the details of firearms training provided for gardaí; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance with regard to reviewing the justice...
    • Gender Recognition
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Social Protection on the issue of introducing gender recognition legislation for transgender...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the public that have joined the Garda Reserve since March 2011. [13910/12]
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how he intends to address the crisis of education provision within the Irish Prison Service; his plans regarding uptake of educational...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will assign a population to Tarbert, County Kerry, using the same criteria as those used to assign a population to Moyvane and...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recognise the residency of non-EEA nationals under the age of 16 years; if he is satisfied that the current situation is...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the significantly reduced opening hours of Garda stations on the north side of Dublin, including Howth and Malahide...
    • Asylum Support Services (1 comment)
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce guidelines to compel his Department to operate the direct provision and dispersal system in a fair and transparent...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda Commissioner on the issue of forced labour; if he is satisfied that current legislation,...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will amend the Prison Rules 2007 to introduce an independent prisoner complaints mechanism; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have become naturalised citizens since November 2011; if he will detail the reason for the high fees of €950...
    • Domestic Violence
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he expects to receive recommendations from the Law Reform Commission on the law on domestic violence; and if he will...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum-seeking minors currently residing in direct provision accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organised Crime
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which he and his Department have monitored the activities of those involved in drug and people trafficking, prostitution,...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the mechanisms developed in partnership between the Probation Service, the Irish Prison Service, Cork...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the arrangements in place for citizens who have been bereaved through a fatal road collision to access critical...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the growth in organised crime has been measured on an ongoing basis over the past ten years with particular...
    • Prison Accommodation
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions on which prisoners were locked in their cells for extended periods because of staff shortages in each prison in...
    • Traveller Community
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 432 of 22 November 2011 and 493 of 14 February 2012, the date on which he will put the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties owned by his Department, their locations and the purposes for which they are currently used; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recent meetings he has attended on justice and law reform issues in Europe and in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Paramilitary Groups
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the threat from paramilitary groups has eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/12]
    • Corporate Governance
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the plan by the EU to introduce a quota system for women on corporate boards; if he agrees with its...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of the fact that he has responsibility for policy on Northern Ireland, if there has been any developments in relation to the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach how he plans to ensure that voices representing the interests of children will be represented on the constitutional convention; and if he will ensure there are...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all appointments to State boards made by him, including any appointments to the position of chairperson, shown separately; if the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the current members of the International Financial Services Centre clearing house group; if they come from Departments, State agencies, the private sector or...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a detailed list of any State organisations, including non-commercial statutory bodies, which since 1 January 2009 appointed a person to a...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Official Engagements
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will extend an invitation to foreign dignitaries (details supplied) to visit Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a PEACE IV programme. [13578/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in view of his forthcoming visit to China, if he will raise a number of issues of human rights abuses, in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies...
    • International Agreements
      Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in view of Ireland's proud history of being a driving force behind the non-proliferation treaty, the role he can...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it was prudent to close the embassy in Tehran, Iran; the effect this closure has had in...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his meeting with Irish LGBT groups in New York in March 2011, if he will refrain from sending a...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on the reduced rate of VAT for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14079/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if there were discussions on European banks releasing new credit to businesses across Europe in order to encourage growth; the details that were...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his Department;...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have identified a pattern of compliance issues with regard to leased licensed premises, or public houses, in recent...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the circumstances in which he anticipates the Revenue Commissioners will use the new powers to be conferred on them...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the IMF's claim that the National Asset Management Agency had a €3.1 billion target for the disposal of assets in 2011, if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance, with regard to the proposed betting amendment Bill, if the legislation will cover betting exchanges, specifically in relation to layers who lay...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the State since 2002 of exchanges at the Central Bank of old Irish currency with euro; the monthly exchanges since 2008; if he...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 22 February 2012, the fees that are paid to companies who provide property valuations for the National...
    • Tax Code
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in receipt of a retirement pension from their former employment should be deducted the...
    • Commission on Credit Unions
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not published submissions made to the Commission on the Credit Unions despite a clear commitment to do so when inviting...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the proposed betting amendment Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13703/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners has calculated the cost of VAT refunds on alcohol products sold below cost; if he will introduce a ban on the...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will encourage the banking sector to facilitate viable pig farming enterprises which may need capital investment arising from redevelopment...
    • Tax Code
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to address the issue of travel agents based here paying VAT twice when doing business in another jurisdiction, i.e. when they book...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 29 February 2012, the total cost to IBRC of the eight major contracts it has agreed with core providers...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if all tax or revenue issues relative to the correspondence sent by the Revenue Commissioners to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of measures included in the Finance Bill 2012 that were not announced in budget 2012; the cost or revenue implications of...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a claim for refund of mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a response...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare are due a tax rebate for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Agreements
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has reached a bilateral agreement with Sweden; the amount the loan agreement was to be for under the original terms of the bailout; the...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 29 February 2012, the number of the National Asset Management Agency debtors who are in receipt of...
    • Tax Code
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 1 March 2012, if he will provide details of the number of cases in 2011 and to date in 2012 in which...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was appointed to a National Asset Management Agency legal adviser panel on 4 January 2012; if the company was at the...
    • Price Inflation
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the problem of rising petrol prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/12]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expedite the refund of tax relief for a medical expenses claim from the Revenue Commissioners in respect of a person (detail supplied) in...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the Revenue Commissioners' investigation into an organisation (details supplied) which began in November 2011...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the alarm created among older persons by media reports suggesting the IMF was seeking the abolition of or cuts to...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14149/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a legislative amendment of the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995 to exempt unincorporated business firms with turnovers below a...
    • International Agreements
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 7 March 2012 on Ireland's participation in discussions regarding access to the European Stability...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/12]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will receive a place on a FÁS course; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to implement the recommendations made by the Ombudsman for Children following an investigation regarding the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that will benefit from the €35 million to replace prefabricated and temporary classroom accommodation. [13453/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in respect of the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his...
    • EU Funding
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding his Department receives from the European Union on an annual basis; and the services that this funding goes toward. [13527/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, in view of changes to the allocation of school guidance counsellors, when schools are forced to redeploy their school guidance...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it might be expected that high speed broadband facilities will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request that the relevant officials in his Department facilitate a meeting with a delegation from a group of schools...
    • Student Loan Scheme
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a loan scheme for third level students in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the points raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding teachers allowances and qualification allowances;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building grant application will be approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received proposals in relation to the realignment or amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the application under emergency funding in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Education and Training Boards
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a copy of the code of practice for the governance of education and training boards can be furnished to this Deputy. [13682/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give the full allocation of 0.2 per class teacher learning support provision afforded to boys-only and mixed schools to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the higher education grants in respect of postgraduate students for the coming academic year in terms of...
    • School Staffing
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) in respect of a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13702/12]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he intends to deal with those persons who deliberately and fraudulently under-report assets and income in order to avail of free...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the national languages educational report, as recommended by the Council of Europe in 2008, will be published. [13720/12]
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department's Circular 0003/2012 is applicable to the allowance of vocational education committee chief executive officers....
    • School Staffing
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will the appeals board dealing with appeals for staffing in primary schools be making its deliberations; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider holding the practical components of the main State examinations during an extended Easter break in order to avoid...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the procurement process for the proposed refurbishment and extension of a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current stage of development by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment of the implementation of Social, Personal and Health...
    • State Examinations
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing physical education as an exam subject for the junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is the right of Irish children to have their education through Irish if they or their parents wish it; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the loss of eight teaching posts, approximately one third of staff, at a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Building Projects
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail plans to replace prefab accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the DEIS schools review. [13957/12]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied); if he will sanction funding for this much needed...
    • School Staffing
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the schools in County Roscommon and County Leitrim which are set to lose a teacher next September due to the revised...
    • Schools Building Programme
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to make funding available for the construction of a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in view of the fact that this...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have been classified at the incorrect rates for PRSI and superannuation contributions by his Department; and...
    • Book Rental Schemes
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an estimate of the cost of the establishment of a fully stocked book rental scheme for all second level schools in...
    • School Patronage
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on patronage for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will inquire with the Higher Education and Training Awards Council if, and if so, the reason, it approved the religion module in...
    • School Building Projects
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of appropriate accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student maintenance grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in the case of a school (details supplied) which has had various forms of funding and support cut. [14144/12]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a positive decision on an appeal in respect of emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry on...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a section 29 appeal will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was refused enrolment to a school; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the five year school building programme will be announced; if there is a shortlist; and the schools included in that shortlist....
    • School Patronage
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the report of the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the annual amount spent on security measures at private homes and constituency offices of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if for the purpose of stimulating employment he will consider asking the troika if it will consider a weighting in favour of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his...
    • Rights of Way
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to acquire a public right of way at Leamanagh Castle which is situated at the intersection of the R476 Corofin to...
    • National Monuments
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the setting and display of medieval carved stone at Ennis Friary, Ennis, County Clare, will be open to the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the Construction Contracts Bill will be brought to Dáil Éireann for Second Stage. [13601/12]
    • Public Sector Reform
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for promotions in the public sector within the framework of the Croke Park agreement and his reform agenda; and if...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a list of the public private partnership contracts awarded by the Office of Public Works to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reasons primary agricultural activities are not included in the forthcoming credit guarantee scheme; his plans to amend...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the recently passed legislation on the temporary agency workers directive will be enacted to give protection to these...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter regarding internet regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the average cost per acre of land being sold by Shannon Development for industrial purposes in...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement...
    • Job Creation
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to encourage small businesses to take on new employees; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an up-to-date analysis of the rural social scheme, including a county-by-county breakdown of numbers on waiting lists;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is her policy to means test State entitlements. [13832/12]
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the FÁS office in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, will be opened on a five-day per week basis, as it operates only on a three-day week...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Limerick who have taken up placements under the JobBridge programme since the introduction of the scheme;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding mortgage interest relief in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [13469/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will supply the definitive criteria for the habitual residence condition for a person who has been living in the common travel...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 21 February 2012, the exact amount of time an unmarried father who has court appointed...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) returning from Spain has been advised under the habitual residence conditions that their main...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [13612/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and when it is expected that payment will be...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 257: 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. [13648/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing a cut (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13666/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for dietary supplement in respect of a person (details...

    • Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been reviewed since 1 January 2012; the number that have been refused; and...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on schemes that lone parents may access to gain training, education and work experience; her plans to extend...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13727/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps being taken to address the anomaly in the system of social welfare that prevents those who were self-employed from being able to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding plans to improve supports available to lone parents in tandem with the changes scheduled in respect of how long a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal to grant carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who have had their allowance withdrawn in the past six months. [13884/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect of their appeal for the invalidity pension as...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will quantify the negative impact of the material support cut for the community employment schemes announced in the budget 2012; if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 279: 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 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the alarm created among older persons by media reports suggesting that the IMF was seeking the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the proposed amendment to the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow for the registration of deaths of Irish...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a non-contributory pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied). [14137/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the number in receipt of this payment as of 1 November 2011;...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is a six month wait when dealing with applications for domiciliary care allowance. [14213/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused permission to participate in the JobBridge scheme when they were on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time taken to process social welfare programme applications, broken down by scheme in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes she has made to her Department's staffing arrangements to tackle waiting lists and processing time delays for social welfare...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact the pathways to work project will have on social welfare application waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for social welfare currently outstanding in the system, broken down by programme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if strong consideration will be given, in the interests of fairness and transparency, to introducing assessments in person carried out by...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 28 February 2012, the reason the domiciliary care allowance has been withdrawn, following...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17, will be granted carer's allowance. [14317/12]
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 24 January 2012, if she will provide the figure, from the 253 criminal cases relating to...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will immediately overhaul the application and review process for domiciliary care allowance. [14333/12]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the community services programme under An Pobal which is now under her Department; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a carer's allowance application will be heard, as it was...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Shooting Rights
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a club (details supplied) can purchase the shooting rights that it has leased for the past 32 years; if it will obtain...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an appeal (details supplied); when a date may be expected for an appeal; if his attention has been...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the...
    • Arts Funding
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available from the arts unit in 2012 to fund a development (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement...
    • Merger of Cultural Institutions
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projected annual savings from the proposed merger of the National Gallery, Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals, if any, he has to deal with the red tape that is blocking the progress of a project (details...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps that have been taken, since this Deputy last raised the issue in September 2011, to enable a person...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it might be expected that high speed broadband facilities will be made available to a school (details...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will change the criteria for grant aided conservation projects for home owners to a partially means...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a drift net fishing licence will reissue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason there is a lack of broadband availability at a location (details supplied) in County Longford; the...
    • Mining Licences
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will renew the Tara Mines licence; the terms of this licence; and if the new licence will develop a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if applications can be accepted under the salmon hardship scheme from fishermen who did not take up the offer...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 23 February 2012, the amount of State funding available for...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the telecommunications charges in the context of comparable unit costs in comparison to...
    • Energy Pricing
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the gas charges in the context of comparable unit costs in comparison to other EU member...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the electricity interconnector between Ireland and the UK. [14003/12]
    • Commercial State Bodies
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which Coillte, Bord na Móna, Bord Gáis and ESB have entered into joint ventures for the...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the tax forgone through the exemption of rental accommodation scheme properties from paying the...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding motor tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Clár Forbartha Áitiúil
      Question 340: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht leis na grúpaí ar fad ar ceadaíodh deontais dóibh ag MFG agus nár íocadh; an...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 341: 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. [14114/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a house that is no longer occupied as a residence but used as a farm building and which has an...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the case that, as part of any residential development, a builder must have cover in place in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory...
    • Fire Safety
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to fire safety concerns in any other developments apart from Belmayne,...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total household charge a homeowner who rents out five separate flats in the same property will pay;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an exemption from the property tax for those who bought houses during the Celtic...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to transfer housing units from the National Asset Management Agency to Galway City Council; the...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government whether, when residential units that are the subject of a planning application are deemed to be a...
    • Air Pollution
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Health Authority will investigate and follow up numerous complaints made to it by a...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to assists citizens dealing with exceptional noise and disturbance at night; if...
    • Local Government Charges
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider making a group (details supplied) exempt from the household charge; and if he will make...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the maximum length of time for a decision to be made on the granting of a foreshore licence. [13696/12]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the average annual rate interest earned on undisbursed balances in the dormant accounts...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish a list of the names of cases dealt with by An Bord Pleanála in which the minimum quorum...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the recent decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse the new children's hospital, the number of...
    • Waste Management
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the first meeting of waste management forum, announced in November 2011, is due to take place; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any correspondence or discussions, either formal or informal, with Dublin City Council city...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, following the closure of Gaeltacht partnership company, Meitheal Forbatha na Gaeltachta, when the remaining...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy with regard to unauthorised caravan, camper van and camping sites; if he will detail any...
    • Housing Finance Agency
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money the Housing Finance Agency has provided to local authorities for the years 2008, 2009,...
    • Local Authority Housing (1 comment)
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the current schemes operated by him which enable local authority tenants to purchase...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a previously approved grant of €40,000 for a community hall refurbishment (details supplied) is still...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the correspondence between his Department and a company (details supplied) in 2006 with...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the unfinished housing estate waiver does not apply to houses in an estate (details supplied) in...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the help he will provide to the resident of Priory Hall, Dublin, who find...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce an exemption for executors of wills who are charged with selling a house on behalf of...
    • County and City Managers' Association
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written submissions that he received from the County and City Managers' Association in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sanction approval for an application for equipment (details supplied). [14055/12]
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite an application by Longford County Council for funding for the provision of a library and...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate when he will bring forward amending legislation to ensure that the calculation of...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to ensure that persons on social welfare will not be discriminated...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to the various local authorities who complete the necessary works in unfinished housing...
    • County Development Boards
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if he intends to merge county development boards into their local authorities; and if he...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if all moneys collected through the household charge will be ringfenced for use in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he queried the decision made by an organisation (details supplied), which receives its funds from his...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park...
    • Local Authority Complaints Procedures
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his commitment to establish a website to assist residents in reporting local...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update as to the status of the buy to rent scheme whereby local authorities will be...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position in relation to genetic modification, GM plant trials and biodiversity in general. [14250/12]
    • Social Housing
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the number of local authorities that have entered into long term leasing arrangements as...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he collects data from local authorities on the planning system as it operates in the area of each...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding provided to Cavan County Council for the housing adaptation grant schemes for older...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the specific funding that was provided in budget 2011 for local authorities in respect of necessary...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a payment under Leader funding will be made to an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of separated persons who can no longer live in the family home but whose...
    • Local Authority Management
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Office for Local Authority Management was established...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify where exactly appeals should be sent - i.e. to the local authority or to his Department -...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a protocol whereby vendors of property are required to have carried out a list of checks to ensure the property is...
    • Magdalene Laundries
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish a threshold for State interaction short of the interdepartmental committee's final report to enable meaningful...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 21 February 2012, the number of criminal prosecutions that have been unsuccessful due to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the stage of processing...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in relation to the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in approving citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has been a resident...
    • Marriages of Convenience
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to address the issue of sham marriages involving certain immigrants; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa renewal application in respect of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Support Services
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the current residents of the Mosney camp are to be relocated to the Bettystown Court Hotel; and if the National Asset Management...
    • Work Permits
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a work permit and citizenship in respect of a case (details supplied). [13673/12]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway was carried out correctly and...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have been allocated to Sundrive Road Garda station, Dublin metropolitan region, in 2010, 2011 and 2012....
    • Courts Service Staff
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a new grant of probate officer for County Galway will be appointed in view of the fact that at present the position is vacant and...
    • Garda Retirements
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí seeking early retirement in County Offaly. [13743/12]
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in County Offaly that have access to broadband; and the number that do not have access to broadband....
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a website (details supplied); if he will clarify if An Garda Síochána has been in contact with the...
    • Garda Auctions
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money raised by An Garda Síochána from the auctioning of unclaimed property in 2009,...
    • Firearms Licences
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the situation regarding the firearms licensing system; if he proposes to update the system in view of Judge...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish the spent convictions Bill; when this important legislation will be put through the Oireachtas; and if he...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who breached conditions under part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of recorded incidents,...
    • Illegal Moneylenders
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any additional enforcement measures are planned to tackle the number of illegal moneylenders operating; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on proposals to change the current daylight saving time system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9384/12]
    • Child Protection
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to educate children about safe Internet use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8069/12]
    • Programme for Government
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how he proposes to enhance the Irish role in EU judicial and home affairs co-operation as per the programme for Government; and if he...
    • Sexual Offences
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex offences recorded in 2011; the number of prosecutions and convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of grant aid given by State agencies under his control to woman's refuges in each of the past three years. [14004/12]
    • Controlled Drug Sales
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a high prevalence of the legal drug Black Mamba; if the Garda has encountered many instances of it on the streets; and if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish the regulatory impact assessment for the Legal Services Bill; if he intends to publish it in advance of...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to review, in conjunction with the Garda Commissioner, the current strategic deployment of gardaí around the country; if...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a matter (details supplied) in an area. [14130/12]
    • Visa Applications
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine whether an applicant or reference for a holiday visa to Ireland has sufficient funds to finance their...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of his decision not to support the Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill introduced by Deputy Mattie McGrath, if he has any...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position on an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth;...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, despite the noticeable improvements in processing times in the immigration and naturalisation section of his Department,...
    • Organised Crime
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action, if any, that can be taken to curtail the activities of criminal gangs and their associates; given the degree to which the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gangland executions that have taken place in each of the years to date since 2001; the extent to which the perpetrators...
    • Defence of the Dwelling
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, arising from a previous incident in which a burglar made a successful insurance claim against a householder, any further...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions under section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 in each of the past five years to date in 2012;...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents of domestic violence in each of the past five years and to date in 2012; the successful prosecutions...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for rehabilitative or educational programmes in each of the prisons in each of the past three years and to...
    • Electronic Tagging
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which electronic tagging has been used to date; the manner of selection for such a programme; the criteria taken into...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for compassionate day, early or supervised release in respect of the various categories of prisoner for health reasons or...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the national vetting bureau legislation is expected to eliminate the possibility of risk arising from any inadequacies in the...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents of sexual offences against women in each of past five years and to date in 2012; the number of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details in respect of the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his Department;...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the extent of the land bank and quantity of forest in the ownership of Coillte on a county basis and...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the source of the extra funding made available to Teagasc for works at Ashtown, Dublin. [14655/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a loan guarantee scheme to assist pig farmers with building costs associated with meeting the...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made representations to have primary agricultural activities included in the forthcoming credit guarantee scheme;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appropriate assessment of an area (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the level of payment under the early retirement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to the horse racing industry in each of the past five years; in view of the amount of public money...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine an application for the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Animal Diseases
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when blood testing of sheep belonging to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will take place as per agreement...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give an update on an issue (details supplied) regarding GM crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      Question 491: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an mbeidh an scéim um roghanna comhshaoil talmhaíochta oscailte in 2012 d'fheirmeoirí nua a d'fhág an scéim chosanta comhshaoil...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any plans to introduce incentives for new entrants in farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fur Farming
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of the fur farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Retirement Schemes
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the age profile of workers in the agriculture primary sector; his plans to address this issue; and if he...
    • Food Industry
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any initiative planned to tackle import substitution for food products; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the depleted research and advisory personnel available to the protected crops unit, he will urgently examine...
    • Potato Sector
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in view of the crisis in the potato sector, if he is considering any marketing initiatives to help increase the per capita...
    • Organic Farming
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the support structure he and Teagasc have for the organic food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Sector
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler cows in the national herd at 1 March 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revise a decision regarding an additional milk quota application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Transport of Animals
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding the transportation of animals. [14145/12]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 14 February 2012, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when he will announce a scheme as follow up to the agri-environment options scheme 2 to allow the...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the upcoming Animal Welfare Bill will contain a provision to abolish live hare coursing in view of the demonstrable...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the changes to the disadvantaged area scheme for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2010 has not yet issued to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that he will be introducing a follow-on scheme to the agri-environment option scheme 2; and the...
  • Department of Health
    • Family Support Services
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review a matter (details supplied) regarding the family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the remit of her...
    • National Children's Strategy
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the youth policy framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13516/12]
    • Youth Services
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the 6.5% cut in funding for youth services which will mean that many projects will have to axe summer...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons (details supplied) in County Meath have to wait until the autumn for an adoption social worker to meet them...
    • Missing Children
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the 116000 number (details supplied). [13761/12]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the bilateral agreement on adoptions to be signed between Ireland and Russia; and if she will make a statement...
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement...
    • Children in Care
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care system who have been placed with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender foster parents; and if...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of clarity in Irish law by which same-sex couples who adopt in the UK may not have...
    • Eating Disorders
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the contribution the food industry, food processing companies and food manufacturers can make to deal with the issue of obesity in children; his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health how cosmetic surgery clinics are currently regulated and if, in view of the recent defective breast augmentation procedures, he plans to update the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health if it is his policy to means test medical cards. [13832/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health with regard to children and the present reviews that are taking place, the payments that are used to buy occupational therapy, speech therapy and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be expedited in the case of person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health the podiatry services available to non-medical card holders (details supplied); the reason this service was denied to them in the north west region;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number and names of all semi-state companies and statutory agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; when this application will be...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 15 February, the progress made to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the dental treatment they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13526/12]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request to meet with members of the vaccine damage steering group to discuss the recommendations of the report published by him...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [13538/12]
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if he will procure and publish full and detailed particulars of all sums expended to date in respect of the proposed new national children's...
    • Health Services
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 has not received orthodontic treatment; the reason they were on a waiting list for more than three...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card submitted online last July 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny....
    • Health Services
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their nine-month development assessment, which is currently six months overdue, as...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued or will issue instructions on medical card applications from persons who previously benefited from the free dispensing of...
    • Health Services
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements being put in place in the Health Service Executive in County Kildare to cover the function of school liaison for children who are on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if any further information is required...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health if all Health Service Executive offices in County Kerry will be retained; if current staffing levels will be maintained; and if he will make a...
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health if he will launch a full inquiry into the complaints of sexual abuse of patients in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth, which were first...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive plan to proceed with treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a West Cork Hospital extension and the replacement of senior staff in the hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the high salary levels of the chief executives of charities who are in receipt of State funding from his...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has been waiting on an emergency list for an MRI scan for 16 months, will be called for their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their general practitioner visit card; the reason for the delay in issuing the renewal...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged five to 18 years awaiting occupational therapy services in the Health Service Executive South area especially the County...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the names of those representatives from parents' groups, youth groups and children's groups who will be participating on the review board headed up...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend general practitioner visit cards to cover hospital and accident and emergency visits and stays. [13716/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the National Rehabilitation Centre will continue to provide music therapy services; if the senior music therapist's (details...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if medical expenses are retrospectively covered in view of the fact that their medical card is backdated in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health then number of medical negligence cases involving mishaps at birth over the past five years; the settlement in each case; the amount paid in legal...
    • Health Services
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to prevent a serious impact on services following a significant number of retirements from the Orthopaedic...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision for a renewal of a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason this particular applicant has to...
    • Health Services
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health if incontinence sheets and other essential health care items will continue to be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) will have to wait upwards of nine months for a repeat MRI at Our Lady of...
    • Health Services
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health the reason orthotic helmets are not available to children here, who must instead seek treatment in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if decision (reference DNZ 135-03) which confirms that Health Service Executive employees should be on a salary scale commensurate with their...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 587: 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...
    • Health Services
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding an action group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13840/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [13875/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [13959/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the current policy of disposing of orthopaedic items such as crutches that have been used once; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13963/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive provides a rehabilitation bed for a patient (details supplied) in County Kildare, preferably at...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of funding given to drugs task force groups in the Dublin North East constituency, including details of the members of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if insulin pumps funded by Co-operation and Working Together are currently sitting unused in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, as...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a bed has been left unoccupied in St. Joseph's Nursing Home, Ardee, County Louth, for more than three months. [14032/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Information and Quality Authority recommendations for personal space requirements are being met with bed closures rather than...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if cost comparisons of the cost of public versus private nursing homes include the cost to the taxpayer of tax foregone to the Exchequer by way of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, that are awaiting step-down beds; if he will provide information on the cost of providing...
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive national appeals office on a home care package appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for the replacement of a consultant orthopaedic and spine surgeon to Cappagh and Mater hospitals (details supplied)...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 606: 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; the reason for the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alarm created among older persons by media reports suggesting the IMF was seeking the abolition of or cuts to...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to protect persons (details supplied) in County Galway from having the land around their house flooded from water...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit that there will be no reduction in service, level of care, number of staff or beds in St. Joseph's, Ardee, County Louth, in view of...
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the existing Central Mental Hospital site in Dublin as a location for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health if he is reconsidering re-introducing the ban on below-cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supports and services in respect of a person (details supplied) and if he will act on this case. [14154/12]
    • Public Service Staff
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement scheme from positions in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to GM food. [14249/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an operation will be given to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny without further delay. [14262/12]
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns of stakeholder organisations (details supplied) regarding the time taken to transpose the Directive...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card application; the reason for the delay in issuing same;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately appoint additional psychologists to address the waiting lists for children with autism in County Kerry, particularly for...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if it will be possible for the chief medical officer to meet with representatives of the Carers' Association in order to discuss the long delays in...
    • Health Services
      Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [14337/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if any private hospitals have offered beds for cystic fibrosis patients as an interim solution while the new cystic fibrosis unit is being built at...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of land available at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin, for further development of the hospital's services....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether child care expenses paid to an unregistered childminder are considered as an allowable expense in the medical card...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Marine Accidents
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Russian Federation reimbursed the Irish State for the €250,000 bill incurred due to an oil spill off the coast of...
    • Driver Safety
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time a patient must be free of any fit in order that they can drive again; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in respect of the number and names of all semi-State companies and statutory agencies under the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reallocate all unspent winter maintenance funding, namely, moneys allocated for salting and gritting roads, to the...
    • Railway Stations
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on the lack of consistency in ticketing practice on the Irish Rail network which means some stations do not have...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of bus stops are not compatible with the ramps needed to allow...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the Kells and District Motor Cycle Racing Club annual road race (details supplied). [13646/12]
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on matters regarding taxi regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/12]
    • Public Transport
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure this Deputy receives a response from Dublin Bus regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason former Aer Lingus staff who went to SR Technics and were then laid off are not getting any of their pensions. [13724/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be funding available in 2012 under the smarter travel jobs initiative scheme as was available in 2011; if he will...
    • Marine Safety
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding COM(2011) 566, which was agreed by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Transport, Culture...
    • Public Transport
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects a student and scholar rate to be available via the Leap card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the case that wheelchair-accessible intercity buses do not have the capacity to transport a wheelchair user and their...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the ongoing discussions in Aer Lingus regarding pensions plans; the problems this pension...
    • Tax Code
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy regarding the air travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14076/12]
    • State Airports
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the separation of airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14077/12]
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the sale of the State's 25% share in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14078/12]
    • Public Transport
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the metro north project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14080/12]
    • Vehicle Clamping
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the regulation of the vehicle clamping industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14084/12]
    • Cycling Policy
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on extending the Dublinbikes schemes to other cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14085/12]
    • State Airports
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on reducing airport charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14086/12]
    • Regional Airports
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14087/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the improvement and maintenance of local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Stadium Projects
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on developing a national sports campus at Abbotstown, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/12]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/12]
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on tourism promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14094/12]
    • Road Safety
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on reducing road deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14096/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on funding for the A5 road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14097/12]
    • Rail Network
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on extending the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14099/12]
    • Rural Transport
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on rural transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14102/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on appointments to State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14103/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on pay caps for chief executives in semi-State agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on plastic card driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14105/12]
    • Ports Sector
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14106/12]
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on smarter travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on merging the Irish Aviation Authority with the Commission for Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on rolling out real-time passenger information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the number of public servants from County Clare who retired as part of the Croke Park early retirement...
    • Road Network
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, with regard to local improvement scheme funding for local roads, which has been suspended for 2012, if he will give an...
    • Road Signage
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new signs will be erected for Dingle, County Kerry, with its bilingual name; the timeframe for same; and if he will...
    • Penalty Points
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will commence Parts 3 and 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2010; if any of the 87,365 unassigned penalty points from 2009 to...
    • Road Network
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the funding provided to Cavan County Council for non-national roads in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of grant allocation by Fáilte Ireland on a Dáil constituency basis for the past three years -...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the metro west project; the projected cost of completing this project; and the projected timeframe for...
    • Road Network
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply details of the contract for the development of the N2-N3 link road, including cost and a breakdown of the...

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