Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2012
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Trade Negotiations
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any further developments in the Mercosur talks; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Feedstuffs
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current unseasonable weather continues into the summer and the effect that this has on grass yields, if there are...
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he foresees the Common Agriculture Policy negotiations to be completed during Ireland's Presidency of the EU in 2013; and...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that payments to farmers which should have been paid in 2011 are being delayed within his Department; the reason...
- Pigmeat Sector
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide supports to the pig industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23285/12]
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to construct an alliance at member State level to support Ireland's case for common agricultural...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he can review the single farm payments and REP scheme with a view to identifying appropriate remedial...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any impact on the wild salmon stocks by the introduction of fish farms to the west coast of Ireland; and if...
- Milk Quota
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for the renegotiation of milk quota levies in view of his recent media comments; if he will outline any...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following detailed information in relation to recipients of the single farm payment and disadvantaged...
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide stimulus for the growing of biofuel crops here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/12]
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether fully regulated fisheries with observer regime is now a necessity in views of issues (details supplied)...
- State Agencies
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been briefed by the CEO of Teagasc on the recent re-organisation of Teagasc; his views on the potential impact on...
- Turbary Rights
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if turf cutting in conservation areas, by those with turbary rights, will affect the turf cutter's single farm payments; and...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects funding to be made available for the reopening of agri environment options scheme in 2013; and if he will make...
- Animal Welfare
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any welfare issues surrounding the use of EID tagging on sheep; and if he will make a...
- Animal Diseases
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to prevent the spreading of contagious equine metritis in Irish horses; and if he will make a...
- Rural Development Programme
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support agricultural development in less favoured areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Sale of State Assets
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding plans to privatise Coillte; if he will confirm whether the matter was discusses with the EU-IMF...
- Animal Diseases
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the high number of cases of TB recently reported in the six counties, the steps he has taken to increase...
- Trade Missions
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussion he had on his recent visit to China regarding the agricultural trade links between the two countries; and if...
- Departmental Properties
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of properties leased by his Department that are subject to upward only rents; if he will provide a breakdown...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on revising the current ban on the commercial fishing of sea bass in Irish waters if research showed that stock...
- Beef Exports
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the current strength and breeding capacity of the beef herd is adequate and sufficient to capitalise...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the national necessity and international obligations to attain sustainable fisheries by 2015 and to address...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy with particular reference to the basic regulation, common...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage and the amount of money that goes from the Irish Aid budget each year to multilateral agencies; if...
- Irish Communities Abroad
Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress, if any, made to date in addressing the difficulties facing undocumented Irish citizens in the United...
- International Relations
Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the current situation in Iran and the ongoing contacts between him and Iran and between the EU...
- Passport Applications
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will launch a basic public information campaign to encourage people to check the time validity of their...
- Diplomatic Relations
Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a request of transfer of residence for a duty-free vehicle in respect of a person (details...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding Bord Gáis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23544/12]
- Freedom of Information
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department copies and retains all documents issued as a result of freedom of information requests; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on the proposal from the EU Council, COM (2001) 714 for a common system of taxation applicable to interest and royalty payments made...
- Tax Code
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the key conditions required by the Revenue Commissioners for workers who choose or are required to contract their labour to employers...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 1 May 2012, regarding whether or not Ireland has an effective veto over the European Stability Mechanism...
- Debt Collection
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the legislation and codes of practice governing debt collection; and if he is satisfied that companies contracted to...
- Motor Fuels
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to reduce the cost of fuel to haulage firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/12]
- Tax Code
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme. [23620/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Courses
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the completion of an apprenticeship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [23622/12]
- Disadvantaged Status
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23437/12]
- Higher Education Grants
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a commitment to provide a €2,000 fee contribution grant to a limited number of postgraduate students who would...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is refusing to approve funds to replace the faulty electrical system at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford....
- Higher Education Grants
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that will be employed to assess applications through the online facility for student grants; and if he will make a...
- Physical Education Facilities
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will agree to meet the shortfall of funds needed to provide a sports hall for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will be announcing the new online only grant applications system for student grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the possibility of providing funding for a new building at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare who are...
- School Curriculum
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the issue of modern languages at primary school level with a view to restoring these important programmes...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied), with permanent recognition functioning on a rented site in rented accommodation with a current...
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the nature and scope of the system in place to track emerging redundancies in the banking sector since the European...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Architectural Heritage
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans to erect information display boards at the Cistercian Abbey, Baltinglass, County Wicklow; and if...
- National Museum
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the costs of the acquisition of the former Motorola premises in Swords, County Dublin, for the National...
- Public Sector Remuneration
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving for the public purse in 2013 if the Office of the Paymaster General and every other agency, authority, board,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to hire additional staff in the Office of Public Works in the area of heritage services; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No.107 of 2 May 2012, the date on which he intends to complete his consideration of proposals...
- Garda Stations
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allocate funding for a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 5 for wheelchair users to enter the front public...
- Telecommunications Facilities
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on measures being taken to increase the level of technological communication that takes place between various...
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is assuming overall responsibility for the delivery of the commitments in the Programme for Government on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Unfair Dismissals
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any type of protection from unfair dismissal for workers who have been employed in a company for a year or less....
- State Agencies
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of the operation of Industrial Development Agency offices in New York, California and Shanghai for the years 2008,...
- Industrial Disputes
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any progress has been made in relation to the need to resolve a long running dispute at a company (details supplied); if...
- Unfair Dismissals
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person who wishes to take a case for unfair dismissals, is now obliged to...
- Employment Rights
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any legislation preventing companies from hiring staff on a permanent or contract basis whilst existing workers...
- Department of Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans regarding pension funds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23546/12]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that there is no erosion of community employment schemes in relation to the provision of services provided by the Centre...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the wage subsidy scheme has been extended to local authorities to encourage them to employ persons with disabilities or if there are any...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the JobBridge internship scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding back payments of rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [23511/12]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the invalidity pension section of her Department has opted for an internal section policy not to disclose decisions on claims...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments being paid to non residential children in the European Union and the amount this is costing the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the grade medical assessors/advisors in her Department are; the qualifications are required to apply for such posts; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will make a decision on a carers' allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Debt Collection Agencies
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that is contracted to collect...
- Emergency Services
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a text message system enabling persons with a disability, that is, deaf or speech...
- Departmental Contracts
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the new and existing telecommunications contracts his Department issued to a company (details...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Pension Provisions
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals for new pension terms for city and county managers submitted to the Department for Public...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the planning, approval, commencement and completion of water schemes (details...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the use of smart meters in the context of deciding the logistics of introducing...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- International Agreements
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he intends to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and the reason for the delay in...
- Ministerial Transport
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of office holder car transport over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Operations
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information regarding An Garda Síochána jurisdiction on Irish waters (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Personal Insolvency Bill
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider allowing one Money Advice and Budgeting Service office per county to be designated as the personal insolvency...
- Visa Applications
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for a visa will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence regarding missing firearms (details supplied). [23489/12]
- Garda Reports
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the 2011 Annual Report for An Garda Síochána to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23516/12]
- Legal Aid Service
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delays to civil legal aid at a law centre (details supplied); and the measures that have been taken to reduce waiting...
- Personal Insolvency Bill
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the role the Money Advice and Budgeting Service will play when the Insolvency Bill is enacted; his views on personal insolvency...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the case of a company (details supplied) vs Ireland, the mechanism or procedure he intends to implement to have the case...
- Garda Vetting Service
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend rules so that when an employee or volunteer has received clearance from the Garda Vetting Unit in the recent past,...
- Garda Communications
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a text message system enabling persons to text the Gardaí should they be unable to speak on a phone in case of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the judgment delivered in a recent case (details supplied) in particular the comments and recommendations of the...
- Ministerial Travel
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost to the Exchequer of the two Government jets since the Government came into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will arrange for the return of the Felix Grant Memorial Plaque to Clonmel, County Tipperary, following its removal on the closure of Kickham...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Common Agricultural Policy
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on Common Agricultural Policy post 2013 reform; the anticipated impact on the single farm...
- Animal Welfare
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that Horse Racing Ireland and The Turf Club are compliant with all aspects of animal welfare in relation...
- Fuel Costs
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide assistance for farm contractors who are suffering from spiralling fuel costs; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entitlements available and the application procedure required for a new entrant into farming with their own herd number...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
Question 144: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth nach bhfuil íocaíochtaí AEOS II 2011 á ndéanamh le feirmeoirí i láthair na huaire, go háirithe le feirmeoirí nach...
- Grant Payments
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the agri environment options scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Special Areas of Conservation
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will report progress on the Environmental Impact Assessment base studies for Kenmare Bay; when he expects the...
- Animal Diseases
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will state the details of the new tuberculosis eradication programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Harbours and Piers
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report progress on the studies on the Bull Nose Pier on Cape Clear Island; if he has received the report, if he...
- Grant Payments
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is expected a decision will issue on an application for a bulk tank grant in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Agri-Food Sector
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate if any indications of economic overheating have spread in the agri food sector; if remedial action is...
- Food Exports
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the extent to which Irish beef, lamb, pig meat and poultry exports remain competitive on EU and world markets; and if he...
- Sugar Industry
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which efforts have been made to restore the sugar industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fishing Industry Development
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the fishing catch for the various species has fluctuated over the past five years; the degree to which...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can restructure or restore any or all of any farm support payments previously reduced due to financial constraints...
- Fisheries Protection
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that each EU member state is sufficiently committed to the conservation of fish stocks; and if he will...
- Agri-Food Sector
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the rising cost of imports on the agri food and fish sectors, if he has...
- Fur Farming
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which he makes the point in a previous reply that killing mink by gas is humane bearing in mind that...
- Common Fisheries Policy
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the benefits to Irish fishermen from the Common Fisheries Policy; the way the 18% quota is organised;...
- Department of Health
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the completion of a bilateral adoption agreement with Russia to allow the many families waiting, the right...
- Children in Care
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure that vulnerable young persons who are in the care of the Health Service Executive are not...
- Child Care Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) is now eligible under the community childcare subvention programme to receive free childcare if...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to receive the report from the Adoption Authority following its recent visit to Ethiopia; and the timescale she...
- Family Support Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a resource centre (details supplied), that has in the past provided outreach service but due to the cut in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that a 92 year old person (details supplied) in County Cork will have to wait for four years for an appointment with the Health...
- Medical Cards
Question 172: 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...
- Mental Health Services
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health his vision for the role of the Health Service Executive National Counselling Service; if it will be incorporated into the primary care model; the way...
- Anti-Cancer Drugs
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a cancer drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23412/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health the number persons who qualify for personal assistant services; the amount of persons waiting for this service; when the last person qualified; the...
- Hospital Staff
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the filling of diabetes nurse specialist and dietician posts at the Mid-West Regional Hospital Limerick, for which...
- Medical Cards
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health when an application will be approved for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford. [23449/12]
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds now closed at South Tipperary General Hospital; the specialties affected; the reason for closure; if these closed beds will be...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a long term chronic auto immune disorder as a long term illness and instruct the Health Service...
- Medical Cards
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the implementation of the budget provision to grant medical cards to persons who qualify for long term illness benefits; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a matter regarding alleged abuse in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [23482/12]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plan Progressing Disability Services For Children and Young People. [23483/12]
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report of the national working group for the review of Health Service Executive funded adult day services. [23484/12]
- Rehabilitation Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the national policy and strategy for the provision of neuro-rehabilitation services in Ireland 2011 to 2015....
- International Agreements
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health when the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities will be implemented; the initiatives he needs to take to have it ratified; and when...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health if a motorised transport grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23509/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid by retired nurses in the year 2011 as a result of the public service pension reduction; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health the number of properties the Health Service Executive are renting from private landlords in Dublin; the total cost of the rent on an annual basis; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the length of the current waiting lists that persons are being subjected to in the public health system, which are causing great...
- Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately restore a medical card to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/12]
- Departmental Funding
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that contact has been made between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) in the past...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health the negotiations he has held with drug companies regarding the provision of the anti cancer drugs other than Ipilimumab; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on cancer drugs; the amount spent in hospitals; the amount spent in demand led drug schemes; and if he will make a...
- Private Health Insurance
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance for each of the past five years in each of the following age groups, 20 to 30 years, 30 to...
- Mental Health Policy
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health when the will publish a National Dementia Strategy for Ireland, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the reason for the delay; and if he...
- Health Services
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health when he expect the new primary care centre in Ashbourne, County Meath, to be open to the public; the services that will be available at the centre;...
- Health Service Staff
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health the reason paediatric diabetes posts in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick (details supplied), have not been filled; the reasons for the...
- Autism Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health when the review of Autism Services will be completed and if adequate finance and resources will be made available to implement the initiatives....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances in which a tree, which is deemed to pose a risk to road users, may be pruned or removed; and if he will make...
- Rail Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with Irish Rail regarding the increase in rail fare prices between Longford and Dublin, in view of the fact...
- Motor Fuels
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reduce the cost of fuel to haulage firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23598/12]
- Public Transport
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Leap card will be available for use on commuter routes in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an organisation receives funding from Meath partnership, if it can also receive funding from Government sources for the same...
