Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

  • Department of Health
    • Data Protection
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to store historical and new Guthrie Cards at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin; the timeline and extent of the upcoming consultation in...
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health when the National Positive Aging Strategy will be published; the funding provided for the strategy this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been in contact with their counterparts in France in relation to the PIP company which is responsible for breast implants using industrial...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding the funding and staffing of Health Service Executive care homes for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Action Plan
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the Health Service Executive Regional Plan 2012 for the South [16263/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take with the manufacturer of the cancer drug (details supplied) to reduce its price to the Health Service Executive in order that...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health if he has issued or will issue instructions in relation to medical card applications from persons who previously benefitted from the free dispensing...
    • Hospital Closures
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health if any small hospitals will be closed either as part of reconfiguration or due to budgetary measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and supports that will be provided to Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin in view of the unacceptable conditions there and in...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to develop a national transfer pool for paramedic staff which will enable the movement of paramedic...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16210/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health his views in response to claims from senior management concerning the capacity to ensure safe deliveries of new born babies continue in the context of...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of public community hospitals and nursing homes across the country; the number of beds in these hospitals; his plans to extend...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for Health the controls he can implement on the salaries of CEOs of certain disability charities, NGOs and voluntary hospitals such as Our Lady's Hospice,...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of his plans for universal health insurance, his intentions for the VHI; if it will be broken up; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for Health the final number of staff who left the Health Service Executive's mental health services by the end of February; the number of same who were...
    • Health Services
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health if he will take measures in 2012 to address the major deficit in orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/12]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the recent Blanchardstown Alcohol Strategy 2012-2014; his views on whether any of the objectives especially in terms of supply,...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends publishing the Walsh Report; if he will advise its terms of reference; the extent of the consultation and engagement with informed...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health when the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, received notice from an orthopaedic paediatrician (details supplied) of their intention to resign...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health the number of day case patient and elective inpatients on waiting lists at the end of 2010; if he will provide the same figure for the end of 2011;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of out-of-hours general practitioner services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive has confirmed that its service plan is out of date, if the number of community hospital beds...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the general practitioner shortage; and the need for further GP training places; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the setting of fees by nursing homes under the nursing home support scheme is monitored; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the report compiled by Dr. Darina O'Flanagan for his Department relating to the relationship between narcolepsy and or cataplexy and...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health the action he proposes to take to protect the health of children along the route of Eirgrid's east west interconnector, in view of the serious...
    • Health Services
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the Health Service Executive Regional Plan 2012 for Dublin/Mid-Leinster [16262/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time on trolleys at the start of 2012; the comparable figure at the start of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health the number of child mental health teams, early intervention teams and disability teams for children that are short of staff as a result of the...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health the results of the recent ambulance response times study and future plans for the development of the ambulance service. [16204/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the expected total numbers of staff retirements from the Health Service Executive in 2012; if he will outline the expected cost to...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists in the public health service here; the hospital in which they work; if he considers this an adequate number per...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the 24 hour accident and emergency services at St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Dublin, and the review being carried out by a...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages the opening of the new primary care centre that will cover Palmerstown, Dublin 20; the stage at which the plans for a primary care...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who hold special medical cards based on their having been subjected to the disturbing procedure of symphysiotomy; the entitlements...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the VHI to desist from using the Government health insurance levy as a means of preventing persons in financial difficulties from...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants in breach of the working time directive; if he is concerned that this may impact on the safe delivery of services;...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health following the recommendations by the legal aspects of professional home care as reported by the Law Reform Commission (details supplied), his views...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the under-funding of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health in the review being carried out of medical cards, the number of persons over 70 years that have been disqualified; the number of persons under 70...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed with his northern counterpart the potential of cross-border co-operation in the area of neurology, specifically the potential of...
    • Health Services
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress and on the development of a National Plan/Strategy for Rare Diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health regarding the new critical care unit in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, when the unit will open and when it will begin functioning; the...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work of the group he established in the wake of the refusal of An Bórd Pleanála to grant permission for the National...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 73: To ask the Taoiseach the way citizens are going to be picked to be on the panel for the constitutional convention; and the way a variety of viewpoints will be included without...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 78: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to bring up the ongoing issue of the sensitive materials deposited in Boston College, that have been ordered by a US District Court to be handed over...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 80: To ask the Taoiseach the number of buildings that his Department has rented in each county that are, at present, being fully utilised; the number of buildings rented which are...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      Question 81: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the numbers of emigrants to Britain from Ireland from 1987 to date in 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 82: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, a list of all agencies, bodies and internal organisations under his aegis. [16402/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 85: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the companies involved;...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; the number of these employees in receipt of salaries €200,000, and over...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of spending on postal and telecommunications services in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. [14908/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of any external companies which performed duties for the Office of Public Prosecutions during each of the past three years; the type...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of moneys paid during each of the past three years by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for consultancy services...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 96: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of general law expenses from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each of the past five years; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 104: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of moneys paid during each of the past three years by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor for consultancy services and value...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 105: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of fees paid to counsel during each of the past five years by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards in relation to the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if so, the name of the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that are due to be upgraded...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with the Chinese President the issue of human rights in relation to all persecuted groups in China;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 21 February 2012 if he will confirm that he will oppose any UN...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an application for a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Missing Persons
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his Department has made in attempting to locate a person (details supplied). [16817/12]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used for the purposes of issuing a primary care certificate; when these criteria were set; when the criteria are set for review; if...
    • Official Engagements
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish a schedule of all communications, written and verbal, and all encounters he, or officials of his Department, or officials of...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the pension arrangements for the ten top National Treasury Management Agency and ten top National Asset Management Agency executives and if the...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider correspondence (details supplied) concerning the issuing of a P60; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the current staffing levels at PTSB; the number of staff that has been made redundant since 2008; the current remuneration of the Board of Directors...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16351/12]
    • Betting Regulations
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of potential revenue losses to the Exchequer as a result of on-line betting; and if he will consider addressing the issue. [16365/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown at todays prices of the amount of VAT, tax, charges and so on taken out of every €10.00 of diesel and petrol; and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the companies...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is investigating recent assertions that companies are offering early draw down of pension savings (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is liable to pay the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16574/12]
    • Haulage Sector
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding road haulage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash reserves currently held by the National Assets Management Agency; the nature of the account in which the money is deposited; the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance if the external investigation into his Department's €3.6 billion accounting error was completed on the 16 of March 2012 as agreed in the 'Terms of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of positions that have been filled in his Department from Assistant Principal upwards since taking office; the number of the available...
    • General Government Debt
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.137 of 6 March 2012, if he will details the amount the buy-out contract between the National Roads Authority...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to a financial business (details supplied) if he and the regulator will hold the company board and leadership to account in relation to...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can involve itself in negotiations with the IBOA and AIB senior management to deliver a fair and reasonable outcome in a...
    • Tax Code
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance if an error was made when 0.6% was deducted in annual stamp duty from a pension fund, which matured on 29 December 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that persons will not be exposed to having to pay exorbitant rates of interest when they borrow money; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if strong consideration can be given, in view of the recent measures announced in the UK Budget, to the introduction of new measures and the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements to provide citizens with annual personal taxation statements providing a breakdown of the way moneys raised by way of...
    • Currency Exchange
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Punts currency still in circulation; the amount still not converted to Euros; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Currency Circulation
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Punts currency in circulation in the years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. [17003/12]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if so, the name of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards in...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that are due to be...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements in place or are intended to put in place for FÁS/Solas to reduce delays in providing certificates including...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected that the new education and training authority SOLAS will be finally set up; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding student grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16839/12]
    • Home Tuition
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra home tuition hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 13 March 2012, if he will provide clarification to a person (details supplied) regarding...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether teachers may work a maximum of 25 hours per week; if he will further clarify if a resource or learning...
    • School Staffing
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to retain its permanent learning support teacher; if not, if an...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork is rapidly expanding, that it has...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retention of the special class and the existing special needs assistant provision at a school (details...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the number of degree courses in oil and gas exploration in universities here; if he has plans to address this...
    • School Staffing
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take action to ensure that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17, does not lose two of its legacy posts in the staffing...
    • Gaelscoileanna
      Question 174: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fath nach bhfuil síneadh ar Ghaelscoil Mhic Amhlaoibh ar an gClár Cúig Bliana do scoileanna a fógraíodh le gairid, i bhfianaise...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the policy of a university (details supplied) to charge non-EU resident fees for persons who are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two schools (details supplied) in County Meath are not listed as part of the school building programme 2012-2016. [16142/12]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [16150/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm when a school place will be made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16159/12]
    • School Placement
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath is not being allowed to continue their dual school placement; the way they can...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used to establish which schools were included in the school building programme which he recently announced [16287/12]
    • School Accommodation
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason every application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to have the prefabs on the school grounds replaced with...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied) in County Laois were not included on the schools building programme...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Laois was not included on the schools building programme announced by him on 12 March...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the eligibility criteria for higher education grants for farmers sons and daughters remains based on the yearly...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way roofing and construction companies can be included on his Departments tender lists for works; and if he will make a statement...
    • Training Programmes
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for those 9,000 construction workers who were included in the globalisation funding; and who defined who was...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital allocation in his Department for school building in 2012; the amount of this which is available for devolved grants;...
    • School Staffing
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suppression of four teaching posts in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the past year; if he will...
    • Statutory Trust Fund (6 comments)
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is proceeding with the establishment of the Statutory Trust Fund despite the objection of many survivor group leaders...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consult with professional bodies in Applied Behaviour Analysis Ireland to ascertain the extent of the misrepresentation of...
    • Religious Education
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Ireland mislead the UN Human Rights Committee by rejecting the request to eliminate religious education on the grounds that...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autistic children and children with special needs for Inishowen, County Donegal, that are forced to travel to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to each of the five new schools announced for Lucan, Dublin, when were these projects initiated; the anticipated timeframe...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be allocated a place on a FÁS ECDL course; the reason for the waiting list for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will take place; if the urgent nature of this extension can be...
    • School Staffing
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which urgently required extra facilities at a school (details supplied) have been identified in the wake of meeting...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that the English language sector is represented on the Board of Directors of the Qualifications and...
    • School Staffing (1 comment)
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education review will take place at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the cost of the provision of transition year imposed on the Exchequer each year since its...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a national transition year curriculum programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are employed by the State to teach transition year students; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transition Year Programme
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of students who are partaking in transition year in 2012; the number of students per...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the average extra cost imposed on families who have a child partaking in transition year; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway was not included in the school building programme considering it had been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to a school (details supplied) the position regarding the Health Service Executive recommendations compiled after...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal against his decision not to pay 40 hours of home tuition will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time it will take to consider a submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with regard to the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame for considering a submission and appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm whether the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method by which the distance from a person's normal residence to an approved institution is measured for the purposes of...
    • Stay Safe Programme
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, due to the new primary school staffing schedules, a school is reduced to a staffing complement of one, and if there is no other...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16783/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16822/12]
    • School Transport
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an exemption to proposed changes in school transport rules in relation to students (details supplied) if it can be...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding survivor groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/12]
    • State Examinations
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers involved in oral Irish examinations, oral French examinations, oral German examinations and oral Spanish...
    • School Staffing
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total staffing complement for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for 2011/2012; the number of teachers this school will have...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for major capital works at a school (details supplied) in County Carlow; if correspondence sent...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the proposed reduction in provision for special needs students at exam time (details supplied). [16943/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a DEIS Band 1 primary school (details supplied) in County Tipperary, which had two legacy posts, has not had these posts...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for early retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application to Dublin VEC (details supplied); and if they may appeal a decision as they did not...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Hazardous Waste
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has published the report of the Working Group chaired by the Office of Public Works that was set up to examine all...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has issued a directive to local authorities explaining the way construction and roofing companies can tender for...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in his plans to abolish 50 quangos; and if he will provide a list of which quangos are due to...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider asking the Office of Public Works to support an association (details supplied) in its efforts to secure...
    • Valuation Office
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation in relation to general revaluation currently on-going by the valuation office; the purpose...
    • EU Funding
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for excluding citizens in the Border, Midland and Western region from being identified under the Connecting...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason, when considering temporary vacancies in a Department, redeployment from other Departments or agencies is...
    • National Monuments
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a member of staff (details supplied) will engage with locals in relation to an Office of Public Works site in County...
    • Public Service Reform
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16379/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 72 and 74 of 7 March 2010, if he will provide the responses to the questions. [16810/12]
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of laptops in use in the civil service; the number of tablets in use in the civil service; the number of the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Intellectual Property Rights
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if estimates were prepared by him on the potential financial and employment impact which SI No. 59/2012 would have on the...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason unemployed persons with new ideas for a business are being charged €20 and later €50 in the Dublin enterprise...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of exporting companies in County Galway that have received Government assistance in the past three...
    • Research and Development Fund
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount awarded to business through the Enterprise Ireland research and development fund and small projects for each of...
    • Export Controls
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the checks carried out by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to ensure that exporters are compliant with the EU Dual Use...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of an appeal in respect of a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in County Cork was turned down for domiciliary care allowance; the reason the person was not seen by...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the appeal against the refusal of a family income supplement application in respect of a person (details...
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when it is expected that payments will be issued to employees of a company (details supplied) in respect to their claims awarded by the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan can expect to receive redundancy payment from the social insurance fund; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [16138/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 295: 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 Cork; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure the prompt processing of individuals in receipt of a jobseeker's payment who have the opportunity of...
    • EU Funding
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available to a club (details supplied) in County Kildare under the EU social inclusion programme 2007/13; and if she will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an award arising agreed via employment appeals tribunal has not being paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of lone parents allowance and jobseeker's benefit payment have their payments changed from weekly to monthly...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines she has issued to local social welfare offices regarding the manner in which staff must interact with clients; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to act on IMF suggestions to cut free travel and free electricity/gas units for older persons. [16391/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of staff in her Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo following a decision...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the large increase in the number using the local social welfare offices and the reduction in the public service numbers, if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her review of community employment schemes will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16598/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16600/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 15266/12 of 15 march 2012, her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal to be granted habitual residence in respect of a person (details supplied) following an oral...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she outline the terms applying to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 and community employment workers in general as to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has not been paid since January to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that a person on invalidity pension who applies for partial capacity benefit but whose capacity to work is assessed as...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a resolution to the...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 13 March 2012, the reason she finds it so hard to get the real figures for fraud into the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance which was discontinued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if same will be expedited. [16775/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) [16806/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to a social welfare appeal when the oral hearing element of the appeal is now over in respect of a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will refer to community employment schemes previously run by FÁS and comment on the changes recently introduced and the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [16920/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if pursuant to the recently announced changes to the redundancy rebate scheme, favourable consideration can be given in introducing a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to introduce additional top-up payments to social welfare entitlements for diabetes sufferers in recognition of the...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a matter concerning electronic transfer of a UK pension can be resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for appeals on social welfare decisions in 2010 and 2011; the number of those appeals which were...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to her Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if so,...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of laptops in use in her Department; the number of tablets in use in her Department; the number of the laptops in use that are...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • National Gallery
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason behind the proposed merger of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery and the Crawford Gallery in...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment;...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to prevent the eviction of residents by Waterways Ireland from Lowtown Marina near Naas, County...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing a studio (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he has had any...
    • National Lottery Funding (1 comment)
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Sector
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been charged...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the current prospects for the Barryroe site 50km off the south coast of Cork which is currently...
    • State Agencies
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the bonus or performance related payment the chief executive officer of An Post receives per annum on top of...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of sub-post offices that have been shut down over the past five years in the Dublin metropolitan...
    • Postal Services
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the public service obligations upon An Post in the postal service it is required to deliver to rural areas; and...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their...
    • Ministerial Travel
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department;...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will carry out a public consultation of suggested new TG4 stations; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Conservation
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remedies which are available for premises which cannot obtain a broadband service commercially due to their...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of houses participating in the national broadband scheme in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy in relation to the operation of post office services and the extent thereof in rural areas now and...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will distinguish between as asset or royalties and exploration licences; if the Irish Government owns all...
    • State Agencies
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Inland Fisheries in 2010 and 2011 and also the savings since the Regional Boards were...
    • River Remedial Works
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in restoring the Owengar River, Lough Allen, after the landslides in 2008; when all the works...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out by him vis-a-vis the following methods of providing social...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); the plans he has to address the issue as outlined; and if he will...
    • State Agencies
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the cost to the Environmental Protection Agency in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the planned lower harbour main drainage scheme in County Cork; if he will provide a...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the closing date deadline for payment of the household charge given the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the upgrading of the sewerage scheme in Askeaton, County Limerick. [16123/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of finance that has been spent on the household charge printed information promised to all...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information as to the total cost of employing retained fire-fighters in 2011; the total...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the household charge bureau will not accept direct debits mandate which were received and stamped...
    • Election Management System
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he has with regard to reducing the voting age; when he proposes to introduce any changes; and...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the development of a national rent scheme, including guidelines for the treatment of...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied) relating to the household charge; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a waiver under the household charge;...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the heads of the Noise Nuisance Bill are expected to be approved; if the Bill will be expedited; and if...
    • EU Directives
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if Dublin Fire Brigade or Dublin City Council is in infringement of an EU Directive...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the implications for his housing policy or for guidelines that he will issue to local authorities to make...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) who has a non-principal residence for which they pay €200 for public...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the rational, between a local authority housing applicant, (details supplied) living on a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be allocated to Galway City Council this year for the improvement and adaptation of the...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government he will consider an amendment to the Building Control Act 2007 to allow the inclusion of a Grandfather...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline all the affordable housing and shared ownership schemes offered by his Department via...
    • Homeless Strategy
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he is undertaking to tackle homelessness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a business premises which is partly residential in circumstances where commercial rates are being paid on...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when his investigation into allegations of planning irregularities in Carlow County Council will be...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a schedule on a matter (details supplied). [16719/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current social housing stock in use in Galway city east [16762/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the 1.8 million households liable to register for the household tax that have done so. [16769/12]
    • Fire Services
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is anticipated that the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management will be in a position...
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money owed to project promoters by Meitheal Forbatha na Gaeltacht, broken down by Gaeltacht...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm or deny the recent media reports which state that the household charge will be taken...
    • Water Services
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Water Services Bill. [16835/12]
    • Dog Licences
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average number of dog licences issued each year; and the value of income received from this source....
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue a directive to all local authorities in the country asking them to ensure that no new...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is current policy to refuse a social housing assessment to a young couple who are currently residing...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the position, salary, allowance and expenses paid to each of the employment of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of speed check operations carried out each year since 2000 in speed limit zones under...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is preparing legislation or, if necessary, a constitutional amendment to end upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Money Lenders
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle illegal money lending (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16844/12]
    • Courts Service
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe he envisages for the promulgation by him of a Statutory Instrument to raise the monetary caps on the jurisdiction of the...
    • Prison Education Service
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 469 and 471 of 13 March 2012, if he will indicate the format or structures used to determine...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the basis used top determine entitlement to early release on whatever grounds, occasional release with or without...
    • Road Traffic Fatalities
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of a Parliamentary Question reply from May 2011 which asked for him to outline the legal basis for withholding the...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide any information he may have in relation to the changes of opening and closing times of Garda stations in Dublin...
    • EU Directives
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State will not opt into Directive 2003/86/EC on family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Firearms Licensing
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on evidence furnished at a recent High Court case (details supplied); the actions he proposes to take regarding the operation...
    • Adoption Services
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the process upon which step-parent adoption will be regularised as part of his guidelines regarding surrogacy...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide up to date figures detailing the total deployment of Gardaí by region, division, district and sub-district across...
    • Judicial Allowances
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if judges are entitled to a daily unvouched lunch allowance; and if so, the monetary value of same and if this arrangement applies to...
    • Residential Institutions
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the event of the former residents of the Magdalen Laundries making a complaint to An Garda Síochána, if he will clarify the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were charged and subsequently prosecuted for illegal money lending between February 2010 and February 2011.;...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he acknowledges the concerns...
    • Repatriation Flights
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has sought a report into an incident involving an injury to a member of An Garda Síochána on a repatriation flight on 8 March;...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities in place at Lagos Airport, Nigeria, to treat those arriving on repatriation flights who may have taken ill or been...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give an assurance that current levels of service provided by Garda Public Offices at Garda stations in County Donegal will...
    • Time Zone Arrangements
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to topical issues debate on 26 October 2011, his views on the collapse of the Daylight Savings Bill in the UK earlier this...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that...
    • Ministerial Air Transport Service
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Government jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16841/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the companies...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Army Barracks
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has in place to deal with emergencies in south Tipperary, Clonmel and west Waterford, such as major floods and severe ice, in view of...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if so, the name of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards in...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that are due to be...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Hazardous Waste Sites
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the estimated cost of the remediation of the former Irish Steel and Irish Ispat site at...
    • Ombudsman Reports
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken since he came to office to implement the Ombudsman report into a family (details supplied) and their...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Exports
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made in relation to the reopening of the US market to Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the staffing levels in his Departments Raphoe, County Donegal local office broken down by grade; his plans to further...
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has confirmed in writing to a company (details supplied) in County Kilkenny the reasons the special investigation...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if...
    • Sugar Processing
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions, if any, he has had with his European counterparts regarding the future of the European Sugar Reform Fund;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received payment in respect of their single payment scheme and...
    • State Bodies
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether he deems it acceptable that Teagasc in Kinsealy, County Dublin, undertook a number of works such as...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the processing of Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme applications for the dairy equipment...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the time delay associated with...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will forward the full copy of the application and all supporting documentation in relation to an application to his...
    • Animal Welfare
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that codes be introduced here covering the transportation of animals by cable car that is the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of State funding being made available in 2012 to Horse Racing Ireland, the Irish National Stud Company Ltd and...
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racecourses under the ownership of Horse Racing Ireland; if each racecourse is making a profit and in the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environmental option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment;...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2010 and 2011; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri environment options scheme payment for 2010; and if...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct Teagasc to cease their plans to trial genetically modified potatoes.. [16516/12]
    • Grant Payments
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if same can be...
    • Fish Farming
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a report into salmon farming here was carried out by, or on behalf of his Department in 1994 (details supplied); if the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application concerning the allocation of milk quota in respect of a person (details...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of agri environment option scheme due to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received an application from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the young farmers installation...
    • Dairy Industry
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made, if any, regarding his announcement of a new statutory dairy marketing levy; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 8 November 2011, if she can specify the number of posts, on a full and part-time...
    • Health Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 27 September 2011, if she can detail the amount of money budgeted for child and...
    • Foster Care
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the structures the Health Service Executive has in place for social worker supports for foster parents; her views that these...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the information that is available to her Department on the number of children, persons under the age of 18 years, that are...
    • Health Services
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she intends maintaining the same level of vital services and employment for family resource centres in view of the cuts...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of staff in her Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to her Department; and if she will...
    • Children First Guidelines
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work which had been done to put the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing in advance of her taking office; and if...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the recent developments on the adoption of children from Bulgaria; the reason only one agency has been...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623, if a section 39 grant for 2011 will be paid to a play school (details supplied) in...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the amount of national lottery funds allocated to her Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of laptops in use in her Department; the number of tablets in use in her Department; the number of the laptops in use...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health the grant or support available to a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [16349/12]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made towards the meeting of emergency response time targets by the country's ambulance services; his plans to ensure that these targets...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Mental Health Commission report regarding the transfer of five residents from an open to a locked ward in St. Brendan's Hospital,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time to see a consultant at the prosthetic, orthotic, and limb absence rehabilitation unit at the...
    • Health Services
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will outline the next steps in the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16079/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of the important medicine (details supplied) given its high cost especially for citizens who do not have a...
    • Health Services
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a specific application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [16132/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued immediately to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and of he will expedite the matter. [16158/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurologists in each hospital here; the change since last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16162/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive an appointment for surgery at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16192/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Health when the new Health Service Executive Director of Mental Health will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16194/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Health Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [16341/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse his Departments Health Service Executive 2012 disability cuts of 3.7%; if he will reverse his decision to cut the personal...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the conditions attached to the Special Delivery Unit funding available for funding of step down facilities private community nursing homes for...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the average waiting times per Health Service Executive region for dealing with applications under the fair deal scheme; the...
    • Substance Misuse Strategy
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health if an action plan has been developed as a result of the report by the Steering Group on a National Substance Misuse Strategy; the time frame that is...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the names of the companies...
    • Health Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [16430/12]
    • Food Labelling
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health if he is entirely satisfied that food labelling and traceability regulations are fully enforced and enforceable throughout each EU member State; if...
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [16511/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [16512/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a long term care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [16513/12]
    • Law Reform Commission Review
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health following the Law Reform Commission report on legal aspects of professional home care, his plans to make regulations in respect of the provision of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the physical developmental needs of children with cerebral palsy are being met within the State education system; and if he...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the need for a National Paediatric Hospital. [12273/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed closure and or cuts to nursing homes around the country that have been actively opposed by local communities; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if further documentation is still required...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccinations that were administered to patients attending drug treatment, by treatment centre, by general...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health if he thinks it is appropriate that an ambulance driver seeking a transfer within the service from one region to another is currently having to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not yet been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the creation of youth mental health teams including psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses to address and enhance mental health...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates delays to the completion of the Children's Hospital following An Bord Pleanala's decision; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Substance Abuse
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations of the National Substance Misuse Strategy steering group with regard to the problem of excessive youth alcohol...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health the impact of budget cuts on local acute service and his plans for the development of services at the Galway Roscommon hospital group [16203/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the steps which he is taking to deal with the shortage of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16209/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment of the 414 staff for mental health services, as announced in the Health Service Executive service plan 2012, has begun; the number of...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health the exploratory work he has carried out with a view to relocating the National Children's Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath; if the review...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 13 march 2012, the other medical equipment currently unused in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda,...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [16613/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health the psychotherapy services that are available nationally to children within the child protection area; the long-term service available; the number of...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not received a medical card after applying for it five months ago; the reason no effort...
    • Cosmetic Products Regulation
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report in a newspaper (details supplied) on 21 November 2011 in relation to an suspected incident of a severe...
    • Food Safety Authority
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research conducted on the possible carcinogenic properties of the sugar substitute aspartame; if he has done any...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health when a person details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment. [16669/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any consolidation in the delivery of services by the Brothers of Charity in the Mid West region; and if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 613: 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...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the Health Service Executive Governance Bill; and if he will be publishing heads of the Bill in advance [16705/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health if a review of a medical card application will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [16724/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health the details of the funding model for the development of primary care centres around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the development of primary care centres, if he will indicate the number of agreements entered into by the Health Service Executive...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of non-core staff, their grades and overall salary costs per grade whole time equivalents, part-time...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health if in view of the PIP scandal it is his intention to introduce a regulatory body to govern medical devices; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [16801/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be called for an operation; the reason for the delay in a date being given; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Health Services
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting time to access child adolescent service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff who availed of the 2012 retirement arrangement who have been re-engaged by the Executive on a contract...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 529 of 6 March 2012, the reason that the issue raised has not been rectified. [16941/12]
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the success rate, that is, the percentage of ambulance arriving at the scene of an emergency within the target time by county or...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the differences which exist across the regions in the administration of the BCG vaccine, with children in the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 646: 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 Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the number of nurses who retired on or before 29 February 2012, who have been hired back through agencies by the Health Service...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Fibromyalgia does not present in any of the disability categories of the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database published at...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16969/12]
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the safety of the flu vaccine Pandemrix; if it is actually in the public interest; his views on whether it should be banned;...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which the cost of beds in public nursing homes are calculated; if he will indicate in tabular form the total all in cost of a place; the...
    • Research and Development
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which State sponsored and private research cooperate or interacts in respect of research on major health issues; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health if he has in mind any proposals to reduce the waiting period for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16981/12]
    • Autism Spectrum Disorders
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which research is coordinated on an EU basis into such issues as Autism and Aspergers or similar heath matters affecting children; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which psychiatric services are coordinated on a Europe wide basis; if children's services are compared on any such basis; and if he...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific projects; if so, the name of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full breakdown by gender of all appointments to State boards since February 2011; the current status of State boards in relation...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in use that are due to be...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Museum Projects
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will endorse the Kerry Cultural and Sporting Experience Museum project which will be developed on the grounds of...
    • Driver Licences
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has actively engaged with An Post and the IPU with regards the possibility of the Post Office offering services...
    • Sporting Bodies
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that both Swim Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland are in the process of recovering the High Court...
    • Road Network
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if surplus funding will be redirected from a project to other projects in a county (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of staff in his Department that serve as directors of companies arising from their employment; the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any sports grants or funding available for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [16426/12]
    • Ministerial Expenses
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of expenses claimed on a monthly basis since March 2011 by all Ministers attached to his Department; and if he will...
    • Driving Licence Applications
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason renewal driving licences are being returned to applicants with less driving categories licensed then they qualified...
    • Road Network
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been allocated by him through the National Roads Authority to Limerick County Council for works at the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of the extension of the visa waiver scheme to the tourism industry which has been further extended by the Minister...
    • EU Directives
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on the impact cabotage enforcement is having on Irish hauliers operating in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available under the road safety remedial measure schemes for local authorities in 2012; the total...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts of Exchequer funding provided to Swim Ireland and Olympic Council of Ireland in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if...
    • Road Safety
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering new regulations to make a rear window wiper a mandatory safety feature on all cars; and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of St Patrick's day internationally as a means for the promotion of tourism in Ireland; the measures taken overseas...
    • Taxi Licences
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply in tabular form the figures for the number of active taxi licences in Dublin City and County for each of the...
    • Rail Network
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop rail links as part of Western Arc from Cork to Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the amount of National Lottery funds allocated to his Department; if the funds are spent on specific...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to stop persons possessing foreign driving licences from evading justice when given penalty points when they...
    • Departmental Equipment
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of laptops in use in his Department; the number of tablets in use in his Department; the number of the laptops in...

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