Written answers

Thursday, 22 March 2012

  • Department of Health
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Justice on finalising a date for when the National Vetting Bureau and Soft Information Bill...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Child and Family Support Agency to be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15855/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding required to operate the 116000 missing children hotline; the level of funding that the State has allocated...
    • Youth Services
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to protect front line youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15171/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she intends to bring forward to significantly strengthen the existing legislative, policy and practice framework in...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all the residential units accommodating children who are in the care system during each of the past...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish adoption legislation to accompany a children's rights referendum; and if she will make a...
    • Children in Care
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for reforming the current structures regarding the appointment of Guardians ad Litem; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services that will come under the remit of the new child and family support agency. [15123/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 23: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has reconsidered the need to set a target for the number of social workers employed in the area of child protection by the...
    • Child Protection
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has had an opportunity to study the degree to which children and teenagers are bullied by their peers or...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proposals she has made to the Department of Health in terms of enhancing mental health services for adolescents and young...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she intends to put in place measures to prevent trafficking in children and child abuse of a mental, physical...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will discuss with the Adoption Authority of Ireland whether the body will process current referrals from recognised bodies...
    • School Absenteeism
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will make a legislative change to address the anomaly in the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 which does not cover four and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection teams that are short of staff as a result of the moratorium on recruitment; the number of children...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the position in legislation of youth work in Ireland in terms of the merger of the vocational education...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projects or organisations her Department has engaged with since being established and the amount of funding allocated to each...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of any report she has been given by the task force establishing the new child and family support...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the Health Information and Quality Authority is tasked with ensuring that standards are adhered to, the...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to finalise a strategy to tackle childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15849/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to amend section 246 of the Child Care Act to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in the home. [15102/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 37: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will introduce legislation to place the Children First Guidelines on a statutory basis. [15120/12]
    • Children in Care
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will introduce a national policy on special care units; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency staff currently employed in each special care unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15109/12]
    • Foster Care
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason in March of this year that the Health Service Executive reported having 3,769 foster carers, only 3,138 of whom were...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a new holistic mechanism involving all the relevant welfare, health, mental health and educational agencies...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 47: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop guidelines for multi-agency involvement with families and children. [15121/12]
    • Adoption Services
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date and the action she plans to take in order to address the difficulties that prospective parents...
    • Children in Care
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed in the care system during each of the past five years due to parents' inability to financially cope;...
    • Constitutional Amendment on Children
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish revised wording for a referendum on children's rights. [15104/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Health on the issue of expanding the Health Information and Quality Authority remit to...
    • Children in Care
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are currently being provided with specialist care overseas because the State does not have the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for developing and improving a national child care service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15112/12]
    • Child Abuse
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the national audit of child neglect cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15172/12]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail her involvement in a roll-out of programmes for children in disadvantaged areas; the level of investment that...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the number of persons currently on the Irish Overseas Election Observation Panel; if he will...
    • EU Programmes
      Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in line with the commitments contained in the Good Friday Agreement and the identified and proven need for continued...
  • Department of Finance
    • Economic and Monetary Union
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will agree that EU Commission ECB EU Council treatment of programme countries and non-programme countries in relation to general Government...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that there will be an agreement on restructuring of promissory notes before 31 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Instruments
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is examining any proposals for 100-year bonds and other very long-term financial instruments in relation to market re-entry from 2013; and if...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if Dáil Eireann could receive all available technical information from his Department in relation to the debt brake concept in order to assist...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the provisions of the National Asset Management Agency Act set out under section 225, which stipulate that any loss made by...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the Revenue's policy in relation to Disabled Drivers Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations; and in particular...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance when the tax relief for energy efficiency measures will be implemented (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16015/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are available to a retired person with an approved minimum retirement fund who wished to transfer it to an approved retirement fund;...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the figure of €500,000 a month is the amount that a company (details supplied) is charging Irish Bank Resolution...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency accounting methodology for interest receivable, the so called effective interest rule...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review proposed changes to the school bus route arrangements relating to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15869/12]
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      Question 88: To ask the Aire Oideachais and Scileanna cén uair a thosófar an obair thógála ar an síneadh ar Choláiste Iognáid, Bóthar na Mara, Gaillimh, de bharr go bhfuil an comhlacht...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be approved for a new school with remaining funds under the school building...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the details of the arrangements for the July provision this year in respect of children with an ASD diagnosis; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon, will be approved for a new school under the school building programme; and if he...
    • Child Protection
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policies regarding staff in schools being friends with children on facebook; his policies regarding communication by teachers with...
    • Schools Recognition
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the status of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath as a permanent school and in this context, the reason...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the proposed provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Waterford; when this project will proceed to the next...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo that is currently experiencing severe...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Louth has been removed from the new school building programme; the date on which this...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spent each year to date on temporary accommodation for students at a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [15954/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons schools (details supplied) have been removed from the new school building programme; the date on which this decision to...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend each year to date on prefab classrooms for schools (details supplied) in County Louth. [15966/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to refund moneys already spent by schools on design, engineering, planning, architects and so on, which have been removed...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of funding of projects in drugs task force areas, as set out in B8, Vote 26 - Education and Skills, in...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a certificate of trade competence could be practically fast tracked and made affordable for persons who have worked in one of...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons he is refusing to give any information concerning his Department's qualification, the Secondary School Teacher's Drawing...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the metrics used in choosing the schools to be included in the recently announced school building programme; if a ranking of schools...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Parliamentary Party Allowances
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money that an organisation (details supplied ) received from the State for the year ending 2011; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of allowances and premium payment costs across the public service will be completed and its findings...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations that were refurbished or that received additional accommodation for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • County Enterprise Boards
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the levels of funding, or the possibility of funding available for a voluntary community innovation hub (details supplied)...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that in view of the long running dispute at a company (details supplied), if he will ensure that the State's Industrial...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16000/12]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of a rate of disability allowance will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason fibromyalgia is not a recognised illness, which allows sufferers to qualify for illness benefit or disability allowance; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 12758, when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the homemaker's scheme to include persons whose youngest child is over 12 years in 1994 because these women are...
    • Family Income Supplement
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time to process applications, from submission of application to receipt of payment, for family income supplement in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time taken to process social welfare programme appeals, broken down by scheme, in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will take steps to ensure names are attached to all British old age pension transfers to individuals in order to avoid...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the rent supplement limits currently being applied are considerably below the market rents for accommodation in the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if interest is added to statutory redundancy payments to claimants arising from the length of time they are waiting for their claim to be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the paying of social welfare benefit claims or claims for statutory redundancy are covered by her Department's obligations under the...
    • Social Welfare Code (2 comments)
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if changes have been made to the rules governing single male parents' rent supplement that until recently could be paid for a two and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the area abutting the river Delvin on its north side is part of the river Nanny and Estuary Special Protection Area; and...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the areas (details supplied) that will not receive transmission from RTÉ under the new...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm if he is seeking an extension of the end date for support under the Irish REFIT 1 scheme...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the mobile phone reception in Lauragh, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for RTE masts that will be made redundant when Saorview is officially launched in October 2012; and...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the guaranteed feed-in tariff for renewable electricity production; the guaranteed tariff payable to micro...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Services
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve a preliminary report submitted by Roscommon County Council on the upgrade of the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in his Department who hold qualifications in environmental protection and are...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a further exemption in section 4 of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 can be included so that...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made in relation to the allocation of funding for mobility housing aid grants...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money generated through motor tax in each county for the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend section 4(3) of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and section 4(2) of the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve applications submitted by Cavan County Council in respect of two projects (details...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Child Prostitution
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which steps are in place or are being put in place to prevent child prostitution; the number of any such incidents...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol cars in Galway City and county; the number likely to be decommissioned within the next year; his plans for...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of any companies awarded contracts for work in the prison service over the past two years; if these tenders have been the...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda Operation Boa; the amount of drugs seized to date; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; if...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing Garda vehicles for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential breath testing machines in Garda stations in the Dublin region; if this number will be increased; and if he...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of the Garda compound based in Santry, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15977/12]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering any specific legislation to deal with the growing problem of stalking in view of the existence of such specific...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding crime issues. [16043/12]
    • Prison Committals
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the circumstances of the placement in an open, low security prison of a prisoner (details supplied) with over 90...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 14 March 2012, the way he can justify his statement that rent being paid by his Department is...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Defence when he plans to commence the recruitment of army personnel; the numbers and ranks involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/12]
    • Defence Forces Training
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the change of day for parade duty practice for the 65th Reserve Battalion at Makee Barracks, Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an afforestation scheme in respect of persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for sheep subsidy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of staff at his Departments DVO office in Raphoe, County Donegal; the number staff that have left the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a group (details supplied) in view of the fact that this European Union financial support is...
  • Department of Health
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the number of declarations for inter-country adoption issued by the Adoption Authority of Ireland since 1...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents or suspected incidents of trafficking in women, children or teenagers reported in the past five years by...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has put in place or intends to put in place measures to protect children against abuse of a sexual,...
    • Bullying of Children
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she intends to put in place supportive measures for children or teenagers who are victims of bullying; the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent if any to which comprehensive evaluation of children and youth support services of a social, economic and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent if any to which she expects to advance child protection legislation in the current year; and if she will make a...
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide any assurance in respect of the safety of fluoridated water for human consumption or its environmental impacts; and if he accepts...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health when agreements to extend free general practitioner care to all claimants of medicines under the long term illness scheme announced in Budget 2012...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on when the outreach rheumatology clinic will be reinstated at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he...
    • Health Services
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment to be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [15878/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of patients in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, awaiting step down beds over the past 12 months; and the average waiting time on a patient by...
    • Health Services
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long term care plan in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [15896/12]
    • National Children's Hospital
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent decision by An Bord Pleanála to reject the Mater Hospital, Dublin, as a suitable site for the National Children's Hospital, if...
    • Health Services
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support and treatment in respect of a person (details supplied). [15906/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [15911/12]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 481 of 6 March 2012, if he will confirm that no funding was allocated to the proposed National Children's Hospital for 2012....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health when the relevant and required procedures of a surgical or other nature will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health when the new mental health facilities in the grounds of Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin, are due to open. [15928/12]
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the average waiting time for each hospital emergency department, and the equivalent time last year in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the numbers of staff of each grade projected to leave each area of the health service; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo that is currently experiencing severe financial...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists currently working in Beaumont Hospital,...
    • Health Services
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health when the step-down beds and services for senior citizens will be made available at St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in arranging heart surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that respite services are being withdrawn from patients in St. Benedict's Ward in Cashel, County Tipperary, due to inadequate...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that adequate home care will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary thus continuing the level of...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health Service Executive national service plan in view of the extra numbers of staff who retired as part of the grace period...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health the specific efforts that have been made to improve the throughput of medical card applications and reviews since 2 March 2012; his plans to improve...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the date on which they will receive an appointment for Crumlin Children's...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to refuse a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); the date on which said decision will be made;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxis licensed here for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who travelled on Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Luas for the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if...