Written answers

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on developing a community-based Reserve Defence Force service; if he will consider lowering the age from 17 years to 15 years and work with...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Irish Defence Forces currently serving in Afghanistan; the cost to the Exchequer of this deployment; if a timetable...
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence the military properties he intends to sell in the future. [14021/12]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any recent discussions he has had with Defence Forces representative organisations. [14018/12]
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the persons who will be responsible for negotiating recoupment of the cost to the State of deploying members of the Defence Forces on an EU mission...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence, further to his announcement last year regarding Reserve Defence Forces promotions, the number of officer-level promotions he expects to be announced...
    • Irish Red Cross (1 comment)
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14022/12]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the rationale behind closing Kickham Barracks in the context of remarks made by a spokesperson in relation to the importance of Kilkenny Barracks...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff within the engineering corps of the Permanent Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14024/12]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints of bullying in the Defence Forces that have been lodged in each of the past five years; the number of these complaints that...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14025/12]
    • Personal Injury Claims
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Defence if litigation has commenced against the Defence Forces relating to the use of Lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14020/12]
    • European Defence Agency
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the State's role or interactions with the European Defence Agency. [14015/12]
    • Personal Injury Claims
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of money awarded in compensation for injuries or accidents involving military vehicles during 2011. [14019/12]
    • Army Barracks
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence the method of disposal or alternative use to which military installations closed or decommissioned in 1998 have been put in the interim; if still in...
    • Defence Force Operations
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the explosive ordnance disposal teams have been deployed in the past three years. [14013/12]
    • Defence Forces Pardons
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has considered the request from the Irish Soldiers Pardons Campaign to pardon Irish Defence Forces personnel who fought for the British Army...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider having a consumer awareness campaign to inform consumers of the consequences of buying illegal cigarettes in that the people who...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance when the proposed legislation to extend the betting duty regime will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare may be eligible for mortgage interest relief due to unavoidable circumstances; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance if the deficit in the AIB pension fund will affect the ability of the bank to achieve the announced number of voluntary redundancies; the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding electronic payments and a way to reduce costs for small business; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of buildings...
    • Tax Code
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a submission (details supplied); the plans he has to address the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14527/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance the total drawdown of new loans by small and medium-sized enterprises in 2011 compared to 2010 from the two pillar banks; and if he will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance, in the context of a struggling domestic economy and limited access to investment funding, if he will explore the option of easing Revenue...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect to be called to the FÁS competency determination mechanism, CDM, scheme; if a person is...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a devolved grant application for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position on the reform of the junior certificate examinations and the effect this will have on certain core subjects (details...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all local training initiatives in the north east; the locations of same; the number involved in same; and...
    • School Patronage
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14404/12]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that has been spent on refurbishment and extension works for small schools of four teachers and less in south...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of his Department's engagements with Kildare County Council on the matter of a site for a proposed school (details...
    • Vocational Training Schemes
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of VTOS places approved for County Kildare in 2012; if he intends to increase the number of such places; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the position in relation to a special education unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in his Department's planning unit will accede to a request for a meeting with representatives of the boards of management...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing failure of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan to introduce policy measures to...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his advice regarding the attached correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the social personal health education programme is effectively delivering to students in the area of raising...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will be given the option of taking up rental contracts for prefabricated buildings in 2012; and the number...
    • Physical Education
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to implement criteria which would see secondary schools adopt active lifestyle policies; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if specific education grants are available for members of a group (details supplied); if assistance is not available at present, if he...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 7 March 2012, if he will clarify his reply and state whether officials in his Department...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial allocation in his Department in 2012 for devolved grants for school building programmes; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in spreadsheet format the number of schools with prefabricated classroom accommodation on a county basis; if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to cover fees and maintenance towards a third level course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new second-level school in Dublin (details supplied); if a sufficient site has been acquired...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent by Departments on Lo-call numbers over the past five years; the number of Departments that make...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Office of Public Works response to a flooding incident (details supplied) in County Meath; the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the JLC system (details supplied). [14371/12]
    • Employment Rights
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative responsibility of an employer to an employee who acquires an illness, injury or disability, whether...
    • Transfer of Undertakings
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the annual salaries paid, from 2004 to 2011 inclusive, for a body (details supplied) under his remit;...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the effects that the cut in the material and training allowance will have on the community employment...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 5,000 places which were to be allocated under the Tús scheme that have been filled; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the decision not to fully backdate a payment of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits (1 comment)
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 7 March 2012, if she will clarify the intended meaning of "court approved access" in view of...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has worked with the Private Residential Tenancies Board to inform landlords of the reduction of rent limits from January 2012; and...
    • Sochair Leasa Shóisialta
      Question 97: To ask the Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí an gcuirfidh sí deifir le liúntas míchumais do dhuine (sonraí tugtha) i gCorcaigh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [14436/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason the payment has been...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of buildings her Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the stopped payments in 198 cases of parents caring for a child with a disability who were receiving...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to deal with the Ward Union Hunt, which has been reported as engaging in stag hunting; and if he...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of bog on Carrowkeel, Castlebaldwin, County Sligo, on which persons were prevented from cutting turf some years...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 28 February 2012, his views on the possibility of compensatory habitat...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised;...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in respect of the turf cutters' enhanced compensation scheme of €1,500 per year for a maximum of 15 years...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the Corrib gas field, when it is in full production, will displace or reduce our dependency...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will issue a breakdown of the remuneration package in place for CEOs of all semi-state companies under...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his Department has any plan to improve the broadband reception in an area (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Seirbhísí Sláinte
      Question 116: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén chúis nach bhfuil Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte ag déanamh tuarascálacha Teiripeoirí Saothair a...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for a foreshore license (details supplied); and when a decision will...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, with reference to his decision to set the septic tank registration fee at €5 instead of the proposed...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide 100% funding to local authorities in respect of housing adaptation grant schemes for...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the classes of development and the circumstances which require environmental screening; the details of the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the type of heating system required to meet standards for local authority housing for new builds and when...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts of funding approved to Kildare County Council for housing aid, housing adaptation and mobility...
    • Waste Management
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals for the remediation of a dump (details supplied); the costs involved; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed funding for redevelopment of the Dublin City Council...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 7 March 2012 in which this Deputy stated that a mystery noise...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any dispensation from the household charge for persons who own two properties who have reduced...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Residency Permits
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency application of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [14395/12]
    • Commercial Rents
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the business review Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14408/12]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the licence granted to a pub (details supplied) which is near residential units and which residents claim is open until 2.30 am and...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in the selection process for the Garda Reserve; and the reasons a candidate might fail to be selected. [14451/12]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of speed detection vans currently operating here; if he will increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Dublin region that received an additional Garda vehicle or van in the past 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Investigation
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in each crime scene investigation unit; his plans to increase this number; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times each Government Minister has requested usage of the ministerial air transport service for each of these years 2010 and 2011 and...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of buildings...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm whether alternative accommodation for the 54th FAR, Reserve Defence Force, at Columb barracks, County Westmeath, has been sourced...
    • Overseas Missions
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Exchequer has been fully reimbursed arising from overseas deployment of Irish military personnel on peacekeeping or other...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army Reserve receives ongoing training and upgrading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/12]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of positions to be filled at all ranks in the Army, Navy and Air Corps as at the present date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the female membership of the Defence Forces, in the Army, Naval Services and Air Corps, has increased or decreased in each of...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which Army, Naval Services and or Air Corps vehicles, vessels or aircraft are upgraded on an annual basis; the extent of any such...
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that adequate training facilities and services are available to the Army, Naval Services and Air Corps even in the present...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to upgrade accommodation in the various military barracks throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Emergency Planning
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the chain of command; if the power to activate major emergency services has been sufficiently updated, with particular...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has responded to the concerns raised by a fishermen's association (details supplied) with regard to the by-laws in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will comment on the concerns submitted to him in relation to the transfer of staff in County Donegal (details...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at the recent JP McManus Irish Cup coursing at Limerick racecourse, eight...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind the restrictions on certain areas for forestry without a concrete scientific basis, including lands...
    • Poultry Industry
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has yet to introduce a statutory levy agreed by the poultry industry a year ago to Bord Bia for promotion of...
    • Farm Waste Management
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding slurry exportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter in respect of persons (details supplied). [14429/12]
    • Animal Identification
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a documentary (details supplied) regarding cruelty to horses; if he will address the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an agri-environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to expedite an application for farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is currently undertaking to protect the interests of the Irish fish producers and processors against the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to a ewe grassland payment for 2011;...
    • International Agreements
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will guarantee that he will not support any move to allow the EU-Morocco fisheries partnership agreement to return to...
  • Department of Health
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of buildings her Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the...
    • Health Services
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the possibility of obtaining respite care for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Task Forces
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of interim funded drugs task force projects administered through the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee and City...
    • Water Quality
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health if he has seen the recently published report by a person (details supplied) on the impacts of injecting silicofluorides into public drinking water;...
    • Health Services
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health when an eating, drinking and swallowing disorders clinic (details supplied) will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14372/12]
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health when the findings of the report by his Department and the health protection surveillance into the association between the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to appoint a child psychiatrist and consultant for CAMS in Ballina, County Mayo; when he expects such an appointment to be made; and if...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card may be granted in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward legislation to set standards and regulate the provision of private home care companies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called to see an orthopaedic consultant at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay in dealing...
    • Health Services
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the provision of adequate general practitioner services at a centre (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county in the country that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of buildings...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health the total number of women known to have had PIP breast implants; the extent to which defects in the procedure have been reported or detected; if it...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of transatlantic flights for his special advisors and interim Health Service Executive board members over the past 12 months; if he...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which he intends to standardise the calculation of accident and emergency waiting times; if the current method of calculating waiting...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health which other countries' health systems have been examined with respect to implementing universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that a 24-bed ward in James Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin, is to be closed to public patients and to become a ward for...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health when Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, received notice from an orthopaedic paediatrician (details supplied) of their intention to...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Search and Rescue Service
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the coast guard and other emergency services to meet requirements in all...
    • Railway Maintenance Contracts
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the company which received the contract for maintenance on Iarnród Éireann lines was subject to a due diligence test; if...
    • Road Project Contracts
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the issues in dispute between the National Roads Authority and a contractor (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial allocation to the National Road Safety Authority for 2012. [14397/12]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken on foot of the information before him and Fáilte Ireland's report on the caravan sector with regard to...
    • Rail Network
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is permissible to carry out, or if he will give direction as to the suitability of carrying out, construction work...
    • Taxi Regulation
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing legislation that will prevent taxi firms offering discounts to customers, sometimes as much as...
    • EU Funding
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding received from the EU towards the cost of construction of new public transport and road projects in the...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buildings his Department has rented in each county that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of...