Written answers

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

  • Department of Health
    • Preschool Curriculum
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure the Aistear curriculum is being followed by pre school providers; and if she will make a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inter country adoptions approved in 2011 by Irish residents adopting from Hague ratified countries; and if she will...
    • Foster Care Services
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the 14.4% of unapproved foster carers who are not relatives of the foster child will be approved by the...
    • Youth Services
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has access to the necessary resources to develop a comprehensive range of youth support services in line...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who were identified by the Health Service Executive as having parents or guardians who were financially...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm that the referendum on children's rights will be a stand alone referendum; and if she will make a statement...
    • Youth Services
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 3 November 2011, the progress that has been made in her Department's review of the...
    • Children's Residential Centres Inspections
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the inspection regime and standards to which non-statutory private or voluntary run residential centres for children are subject;...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress update on the establishment of the new Child and Family Services Agency; if she will confirm if...
    • Children and Young People's Policy Framework
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to publish a new national youth justice strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23966/12]
    • Adoption Legislation
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish legislation regarding adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23964/12]
    • Review Group on Child Deaths
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she received the Independent Report into the Deaths of Children in the Care of the State; the reason she has not moved to...
    • Missing Children's Hotline
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to allocate funding to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the operation of the 116000...
    • Child Protection
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she received the fifth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection and the reason she has not published same; and...
    • Child Abuse Prevention Training
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Economic and Social Committee made a recommendation in 2006,...
    • Youth Services
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any contingency plans to deal with the fall-out of the cuts affecting disadvantaged young persons, cuts to drugs...
    • Services for Children with Disabilities
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the difficulties facing parents in obtaining State supports for children with intellectual and or physical...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed to work directly with children by the Health Service Executive who are still waiting for Garda...
    • Social Work Staff
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that have retired since 1 January 2012; the number of these posts which have been replaced; and if...
    • Child Poverty
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with, or plans to meet, the Department of Finance to urge them to ensure that children's rights are protected in...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to facilitate the inter country adoption process between Ireland and Hague compliant countries since...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to introduce a Scandinavian system of childcare here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24032/12]
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with her Ministerial counterparts in the north of Ireland to discuss the matter of joint cooperation in the work...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for the transfer of children still in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, to another more suitable...
    • Social Work Staff
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has replaced the 31 social worker staff that retired in February 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
    • Children and Young People's Policy Framework
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish her National Children and Young People Policy Framework; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to sign a bilateral agreement with the Russian authorities to allow families to legitimately adopt children...
    • Adoption Legislation
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made regarding legislation dealing with adoption. [23994/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide supports for transgender children; if she has met with the Department of Health on this matter. [23953/12]
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and type of additional posts that will be created for the establishment of the new Child and Family Support Agency;...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Social Protection to discuss the impact that the Social Welfare Bill will have on...
    • Ombudsman for Children
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider expanding the role of the Ombudsman for Children to allow for the Ombudsman to take complaints from those...
    • Social Work Staff
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to adequately resource social workers and ensure that they have manageable case loads in the context of forthcoming...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the Health Service Executive will publish their external review of alternative care services; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has secured adequate resources including legislative and administrative provision in regard to the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population
      Question 141: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to carry out the next national census on schedule in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23670/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 142: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants that retired in Waterford city and county since the beginning of the year; and the number of those that have been retired by the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed legislation since 9...
    • Emigration Statistics
      Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach if there are any plans to instruct the Central Statistics Office to gather and publish more detailed information on emigration figures, including to list by...
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that the issue of same sex civil marriage is considered in the forthcoming constitutional convention; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 147: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Constitutional Amendments
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funds that were used to publish the stability treaty pamphlet that has been delivered to homes around the...
    • UN Commission on Population and Development
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the UN Commission on Population and Development resolution on the theme Adolescents and Youth; and if...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement regarding the his position on the humanitarian situation in the South Kordofan region of...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Palestinian hunger strikers before the political situation gets out of control. [24322/12]
  • Department of Finance
    • EU Directives
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he is giving to implementing EU directive 2003/96/EC; if he has had any contact with the Department of Transport, Tourism and...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals, if any, to increase the judicial penalties on conviction for illicit trade in tobacco as recommended by the Advisory Group for Small...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [23715/12]
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding car registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23796/12]
    • Value Added Tax Rates
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance his views in relation to the VAT reduction given to the service industry in 2011; if he is satisfied that the reduction has been of benefit to the...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the National Asset Management Agency scheme to effectively guarantee home buyers against future price falls; if the scheme...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proliferation of the practice of so called phoenix businesses, whereby a company enters liquidation and quickly resumes business...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to address the issue of the illicit tobacco trade; if he will be sanctioning the introduction of scanners at Irish...
    • Income Taxation
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate at which a flat tax on income would have to be if all existing tax credits, allowances and reliefs were abolished, with the first €15,000...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 24 April 2012, if he will provide a list of all entities holding authorisations and all credit...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who currently have a distressed mortgage; the level of distress; and the way that this is determined. [23694/12]
    • Irish Bank Deposits
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money currently on deposit in Irish banks household deposits and others, excluding foreign owned deposits. [23695/12]
    • Flood Relief
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding insurance (details supplied) [23701/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will supply a table for the tax year 2011 showing by range of gross income, the sources of single pensioners, pensioner couples and all...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a HPL1 Form is completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance when will the commencement order for tax relief for energy efficient works in the main home, Section 477A of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997, be...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding calls by representatives and members of the Irish haulage industry for fuel rebates; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Stability Mechanism
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the following matter (details supplied) regarding the European Stability Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Investment Banks
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the development of an Irish investment bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23851/12]
    • Public Liability Insurance
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether persons (details supplied) should receive a refund of capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23857/12]
    • Banking Sector Restructuring
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to proceed with plans to move tracker mortgages from State owned banks such as Permanent TSB and Allied Irish Bank to Irish Bank...
    • Banking Sector Restructuring
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, Allied Irish Bank or Permanent TSB has had any contacts with a company (details supplied) in relation to his plans for further...
    • National Car Testing Service
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in soft copy and hard copy format, full details of the arrangements between the Revenue Commissioners and the National Car...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding an increase to interest rates on standard variable mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/12]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to advise Irish Life and Permanent to decrease its interest rate on standard variable mortgages in view of the fact that AIB was directed...
    • European Finanical Stability Fund
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland can avail of European Financial Stability Facility funding up to July 2013; and if €248 billion is still left in that fund. [24047/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland will confirm whether the outsourcing of servicing of residential mortgages for Permanent TSB or any other covered...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it was appropriate for the current chief executive of State owned IBRC to send a supportive text message to a person (details...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the new scheme introduced for the provision of drivers for Ministers in 2011 and to date in 2012; if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding volunteering and community groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24107/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take persons, who paid an inflated price for property three, four and five years ago and who now see the same properties being sold...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage and nominal value of loans in the National Assets Management Agency that are income generating at present; the percentage of the...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 13 March 2012, in considering whether or not to facilitate the issuing of a publican's licence to a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a construction company must have a turnover of €700,000 or greater in order to tender for the construction of primary...
    • An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      Question 198: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a fhoilseofar beartas a Roinn don Ghaeltacht ag eascairt as obair an Ghrúpa Oibre Ardleibhéil idir an Roinn Ealaíon,...
    • Back to Education Initiative
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the back to education initiative; the number of the available 3000 places that were taken up; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for a delay in construction of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for furthering their education in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the composition and persons involved in the Department's Legislative Council; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts (1 comment)
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that the schools built under the school building programme, and the replacement buildings for prefabs,...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payments in respect of a person (details supplied). [23679/12]
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures to be followed when a person wishes to appeal a higher education grant refusal when this decision has also been upheld...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a maintenance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [23699/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding staffing arrangements in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [23720/12]
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of all unauthorised allowances to each of the senior academics for the 2005 to 2011 period; and if he...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to Irish students who have been accepted for post graduate study at universities in Northern Ireland; and if he...
    • Adult Education
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appropriate funding will be provided for the continuation of the services being provided at a centre (details supplied) in...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a review of schools concerning DEIS status and the mechanisms he has in place for schools to qualify for DEIS; and...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he intends to issue a circular to provide for by-elections for staff representatives to vocational education committees; and if he...
    • Education and Training Boards
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision he intends to make for learner/service user representation on the boards of the new education and training boards; and if...
    • Third Level Courses
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the implementation of the Strategy on Internationalisation of Irish Education; if he is satisfied that sufficient...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding grants for postgraduate students in the coming academic year; if he will review the decision to end maintenance...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the funding for a much needed extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all examination superintendent invigilator work is remunerated at the same rate per hour per day regardless of level of exam or...
    • School Staffing
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 84, if whistle blowers can be facilitated with respect to reporting appointments of retired...
    • Institutes of Education
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role being played in the educational system here with the development of Chinese Confucious Institutions; the funding streams...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a third level student (details supplied) was treated in such a manner. [23868/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual allocation of funds to the National Behaviour Support Service; the nature of resources required by this service; if any...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the result of an appeal will be known in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an examination reader will be supplied to a student (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bullying in Schools
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the organisations and individuals invited to participate in the Forum on Bullying; the issues related to...
    • School Enrolments
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that are expected to need school places in junior infants in September 2012 in Ashbourne, County Meath. [23982/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a resource teaching post will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce postgraduate grants or if there is a plan to bring in a student loan scheme to finance postgraduate studies;...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special need hours in total, relating to the number of pupils, that have been authorised for a school (details supplied)...
    • Third Level Remuneration
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the different salary scales for the different grades of lecturer in the National University of Ireland Maynooth; and the increments or...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the teaching of mathematics, his views that school management should deploy teachers who do not meet the qualification...
    • School Staffing
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; the number of teachers the school will have...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct the chief executive officer of the National Council for Special Education to respond to the questions raised by email...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request by a school (details supplied) in Cork for an increase in the size of a general purpose room as part...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the proposed development of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report by a person (details supplied) which criticised the subject matter of project maths and the inadequate training...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had or intends to have with teachers in relation to the progress of project maths; if teachers are satisfied with...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the experience of his Department this year in terms of the new approach to small buildings and improvement works...
    • School Patronage
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, owing to the evidence provided by existing schools in terms of school places on the western side of Galway city which indicated...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community of Knocknacarra, County Galway, are in the main supportive of upgrading...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a report on any works have been undertaken to prevent further flooding of the Poddle river; the cost of...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when will the list of potential stimulus for the economy be compiled; if all members of Oireachtas will have an opportunity to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23941/12]
    • Departmental Functions
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is within the competency of the Office of Public Works to be able to set and enforce bye-laws for members of the public...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a new Office of Public Works panel will be formed (details supplied). [24064/12]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Industrial Disputes
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that will be taken to ensure that a company complies with a recommendation of the Labour Court; the recourse a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a company (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [23919/12]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation...
    • Work Permits
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an appeal in respect of an employment permit application on behalf of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any plans to try and match up local people with local projects in construction, particularly if these...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money generated in revenue from pay related social insurance. [23696/12]
    • FÁS Website
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any technical difficulties with the FÁS website in the recent past; if as a result persons were unable...
    • Job Application Deadlines
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if FÁS is obliged to put closing dates for receipt of applications for jobs when advertising on their website. [23729/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention had been drawn to the fact a recent survey of 1,421 former community employment scheme participants found that 54% had...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Citizens Information Services
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Citizens Information Office in Dunboyne, County Meath, will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23659/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to deal with the problem of backlog in the processing of carer's allowance applications (details supplied). [23669/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for the grant of invalidity pension will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is due a backdated payment of rent supplement at the...
    • Rent Supplement
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [23716/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [23734/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the medical assessment examination that was undertaken by her Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a statement by the Money Advice and Budgeting Services stating that almost all households dependant on social welfare...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any child over the age of three years is non-verbal has been found either on initial application or on review to be ineligible for...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan may expect to receive due holiday pay in addition to the redundancy payment from the...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 288: 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 of their claims awarded by the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the protocols governing decision making under the domiciliary care allowance scheme. [23813/12]
    • Free Travel Schemes
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of a free travel pass for each of the past five years; if she will provide the numbers who are recipients...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Number 544 on Wednesday 18 April 2012, when a decision will issue on this application in respect of a...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regrading an application for redundancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the application was...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an insolvency payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Internship Scheme
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the operation of jobbridge scheme in Cork City and Cork County, the number of companies currently and previously...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23944/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review will take place of the decision to disallow an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by her Department on legislation or proposed...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for disability allowance will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the outcome of the review of a community employment scheme operated by a company (details supplied) and the...
    • Rent Supplement
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has not been paid for three consecutive months in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow....
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their carer's allowance application. [24113/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the decision to extend the age whereby a citizen can access a pension at age 66 years; if he will confirm...
    • Medical Certification Fees
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has finalised proposals to seek a reduction in the cost of funding medical certification fees; if she will provide the details of...
    • Dental and Optical Benefit Scheme
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reduction on fees paid to dentists and opticians since 2009 under the treatment benefit scheme; the annual saving realised from those...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [24228/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the appointments made by her to State boards under the remit of her Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if she will make...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal hearing in relation to a refusal of an application for invalidity pension will be held in respect of a person (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fact that parents are receiving domiciliary care allowance review letters signed by the anonymous DCA Section rather than...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a directive to refuse the domiciliary care allowance to families. [24323/12]
    • Rent Supplement
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance and housing in respect of separated persons (details supplied); her view on same; and if she will...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the former Hume Street Hospital to ensure that it retains some form of civic use. [23698/12]
    • Arts Funding
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on proposals from the National Campaign for the Arts (details supplied). [23719/12]
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of recent reports that many historic buildings in Dublin are in danger of falling into dereliction due to funding...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an environmental impact statement is required by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in respect of bank reparation...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received compensation to cease cutting turf on their bog;...
    • Úsáid na Gaeilge
      Question 326: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfar soláthar i bhforálacha an Bhille nua Gaeltachta do chatagóirí éagsúla Gaeltachta, bunaithe ar líon na...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has any contact with those person's who are proposing to build a golf course at Inch strand in Kerry; his views on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for the Elderly
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding assistance for urgent repair work in respect of a person (details supplied). [23700/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the availability of housing for the disabled in Dublin and any schemes for...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available to local authorities that are in negative equity; if the same consideration can be...
    • Burial Regulations
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations for burials here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23655/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to tenants of local authority housing who do not have insulation in their homes as...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by area of the number of shared ownership homes that have been repossessed in...
    • Voting Rights
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his view on voting rights for referendum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Management
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views or policy relative to the big bin project now being introduced to local authorities throughout the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he hopes to appoint a body to administer the Leader funding in areas such as the Gaeltacht of Chorca...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed centralisation of motor tax offices (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the management of the Dublin - Wicklow mountains; if his attention has been drawn to damage...
    • Protected Structures
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any plans to assist owners of thatched roof structures and dwellings, which are recorded as...
    • Fuel Quality
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/12]
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) bringing his own car into Ireland is eligible for a rebate, as he has abided...
    • Local Authority Housing (1 comment)
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made to allow for the sale of local authority flats as provided for in the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Dublin City Council for the operation of the energy...
    • Water Charges
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the location of the 300,000 homes that cannot be installed with water meters. [24095/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding household charge or property tax payments for the next three years (details...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views in relation to the non principal private residence charge being applied to the family home of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way a person applies to be on an incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos 187 and 193 of 28 March 2012, if he will clarify the answer (details...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of overtime for staffing local authority offices to facilitate the payment of the household charge...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Taxi Regulations
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of SPSV licences that have been granted to persons with Garda National Immigration Bureau stamp 2 and stamp 2a visas. [23673/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [23865/12]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been prosecuted each year, in tabular form, pursuant to the offence of section 19D of the Criminal...
    • Charitable Organisations
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to force charitable organisations to publish yearly accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23654/12]
    • Court Procedures
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the regulations governing the small claims procedure in order that businesses can use it to recover small...
    • Data Protection
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Article 29 Working Party have stated that the European Commission is making...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Exchequer of the legal aid system over the past five years; the number of persons per annum that avail of the service;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he closed Whitehall Garda station, Dublin 9. [23717/12]
    • International Agreements
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has not been incorporated into domestic law in view...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the number of charges and convictions brought under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act per year...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of any cases where the Judge has considered racial motivation as an aggravating factor at sentencing; if he will provide...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on a citizenship application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Terrorism
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his statement published on 4 May on MerrionStreet.ie was referring to the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign; the names of the...
    • Prisoner Releases
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for day special family-event day compassionate release currently on han;, the number of such applications...
    • Citizenship Applications (1 comment)
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship that are waiting for over two years to be completed in view of the fact that he has sought...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will the Spent Law will be in place and the time frame for same. [24119/12]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the new Garda Regional and Divisional Headquarters at Murrough, Renmore, County Galway has passed through all...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which a prisoner is moved from secure or closed prison to open prison in view of recent media coverage of some...
    • Missing Children
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been in contact with a person (details supplied) in relation to child abduction; if he has provided any assistance to the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact Tallaght Garda Station, Dublin 24, is awaiting the appointment of a Garda Chief Superintendent and a Garda...
    • Road Safety
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been involved in fatal and serious collisions each year since 2009; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers since 2009 that have received a caution to date for failing to display L plates and or for driving...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers that have been summoned to court for failing to display L plates and or being unaccompanied by a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a joint visa in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who presented to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of the Garda National Immigration Bureau to...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the current legislative position regarding tackling anti social behaviour; the remedies that might be...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed legislation...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Defence the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Harbour Charges
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the proposed increases in rates and charges for leisure crafts at harbours around the country; if he...
    • Animal Welfare Legislation
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 is expected to be completed through the Oireachtas; the planned commencement...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the views of Horse Racing Ireland and the Turf Club that current legislation is silent in relation...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his responsibility in relation to the welfare of horses in Ireland especially those involved in the horse-racing industry...
    • Sugar Reform Compensation
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for sugar beet compensation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Direct Payment Schemes
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he envisages any changes in the future for farmers who have their farmland, holding and entitlements leased; if he will...
    • Fish Quota
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the allocations for boar fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23785/12]
    • Sheep Inspections
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding sheep inspections (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23794/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri environment option scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/12]
    • Fish Quota
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the Celtic Sea fishery allocations for herring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23799/12]
    • Fish Quota
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the allocations for tuna fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23800/12]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding bovine TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23815/12]
    • Fur Farming
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the report on the practice of fur farming to be completed; the actions he is will take if the report...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of the pig meat recall scheme; the list of those who qualified under the scheme and the amount each...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he has taken regarding the disposal of waste from a site at (details supplied) in County Carlow relevant to the...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their single farm payment for 2010 or 2011; and if...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their ewe grant in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an extra milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association are warning farmers that they could see the price...
    • Circus Animals
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of animals by species, imported into Ireland for use in circuses here in each of the past three...
    • Harbour Charges
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the existing and newly proposed harbour fees in each of the State controlled harbour...
    • Artisan Food Sector
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for Artisan food producers; if he has a strategic plan to develop their indigenous product on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 7 March 2012, the progress that has been made on the issue of a licence for...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of the recruitment moratorium pertaining to Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority will be...
  • Department of Health
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding inter governmental bilateral adoption agreement which is required between Russia and Ireland before...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of management committees and staff of Family Resource Centres in Donegal about...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will expedite an application for childcare provision in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 under the...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by her Department on legislation or...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the report from the Adoption Authority regarding adoptions from Ethiopia; if she has a timetable from when she...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the appointments made by her to State boards under the remit of her Department since March 2011 that were advertised [24240/12]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of inter country adoptions registered by the Adoption Authority of Ireland in 2011. [24316/12]
    • Adoption Statistics
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of adoptions registered by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to adopters who were issued with their declaration...
    • Adoption Statistics
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of adoptions registered by the Adoption Authority of Ireland since its establishment on 1 October 2010 to...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of recorded inter country adoptions by Irish adoptors in the past ten years in tabular form outlining the number of...
    • Youth Services
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has quantified and costed the full range of children and youth services and supports she envisages for...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has available to her Department the necessary resources to identify and protect children at risk; the...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if adequate counselling services are available for children and teenagers with particular reference to those deemed to be at high...
    • Child Protection
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently deemed to be at risk arising from homelessness, family disputes, addiction or other causes; if...
    • Children in Care
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children in care in each of the past three years to date in 2012; the extent and nature of support available;...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of child abuse including child sexual abuse brought to the attention of her Department or its predecessor...
    • Child Protection
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken and continues to take to ensure the protection of children from sex offenders; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date in 2012 in addressing issues arising from unemployment, educational dropout, social and economic deprivation...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on a medical card review; and if he will expedite the matter [23644/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Criminal Justice Psychoactive Substances Act, 2010 to ban the sale of cannabis seeds and fresh Psilocybin mushrooms also known...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the cost of health insurance premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23981/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of child psychological services; his plans for the future in this regard; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected to make available the treatment known as Ipilimumab to people who have malignant melanoma; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects that free general practitioner visits will be extended to long term illness card holders; and if he will expedite the matter [23708/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding support in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [23712/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on inspections for persons with a disability in day care and residential services [23713/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [23731/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the correspondence from the Meningitis Trust dated 17 April 2012 regarding the closure of the trust due to lack of funding; if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the reason that children with disabilities are not being assessed within legal time limits; the actions he is taking to address the backlog of...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Multiple Sclerosis drug, Gilenya, remains unavailable to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for occupational therapy at Kerry General Hospital issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Suicide Prevention
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Health his view on signposting for suicide voluntary bodies given that there is a conflict of opinion as to the effectiveness of signposting whereby they...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue an emergency medical card at the earliest possible date to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health when the review into the practice of symphysiotomy will be made available to survivors of the procedure and their representatives; and if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Health If a person that suffers from epilepsy automatically qualifies for a Medical Card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23859/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 3 May 2012, if information (details supplied) is correct [23864/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment process in respect of specialist diabetic nursing posts at Galway University Hospital, which were...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of overcrowding in Longford / Westmeath General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter of over...
    • Hospital Staffing
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to concerns...
    • Health Services
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding on going treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assigning a general practitioner to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [23921/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who has been working with the Health Service Executive for many years and has been on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a request to receive SMART intervention therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) [23937/12]
    • Community Care
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to source necessary treatment in their home county; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Health if provision has been made for all school leavers with a learning disability who will leave the education system next month; and if he will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the funding structure for community geriatric hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23948/12]
    • Health Care Quality Indicators
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his Department's report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; if he will accept that his failure to acknowledge the inaccuracy...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 8 May 2012, the exact date on which the appointment for a patient (details supplied) has been set....
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of money spent on the Sacred Heart Hospital Castlebar County Mayo in the past ten years [24050/12]
    • Dental Services
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dental treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if a further assessment or review of their...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or proposed legislation...
    • Hospital Equipment
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1225 of 18 April 2012, the number of insulin pumps currently unused in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the drug Pradaxa has been, shown to be significantly more effective than warfarin in preventing stroke in patients with...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that Headford, County Galway will remain part of the North Galway Mental Services in the configuration of the health services; and...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the loss of an administrator from a drugs task force (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person under 25 years of age in receipt of the maximum rate of social welfare appropriate to their age and living in the family home is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be called for a cataract operation in view of the fact that they are blind in one eye and...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an application from Drogheda Special Olympics; the position regarding this application; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for funding in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for their autism services; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of the public hospital that is facing significant fines for failing to meet his targets for treating patients on waiting...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency services in Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; if he is...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place since the beginning of 2012 to deal with accident and emergency overcrowding in Drogheda Hospital, County...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has been carried out of the capacity requirements of Drogheda Hospital, County Louth, including the number of beds required at the...
    • Child Abuse
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health if the attention of the Health Service Executive has been drawn to the allegations of abuse in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth...
    • Community Care
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to cut the home care package of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Redwood ward in James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin 15; his views on reports that the health Service Executive...
    • Health Services
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent statement made by the Chief Medical Officer regarding the replacement of implants and the associated costs; the cost of same;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine and review the case of a doctor visit medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [24233/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any requests to financially support the Irish Performing Arts Festival which will be hosted by an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to developing a dementia strategy to focus on the needs of the estimated 5,000 citizens under 65 years of age with...
    • Community Care
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health the funding being made available to community nursing homes to carry out works to meet Health Information and Quality Authority Standards; the time...
    • Home Help Services
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health if and appeal regarding home help will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [24313/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health the current and projected configuration of mental health services across counties Cavan and Monaghan; the further changes that have or are being...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a specialist emergency psychiatric care for adolescents aged 16 and 17 years in the north Dublin area; and if he will make a...
    • Consultants' Remuneration
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on efforts to review the performance and pay of hospital consultants in the context of recent comments by the outgoing Health...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considering proposals to introduce penalty points for the offence of failing to display L plates and / or being...
    • Driver Licensing
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to introduce the proposed new R plate requirement for newly qualified drivers; if legislation will be required...
    • State Airports
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment formal or otherwise that has been carried out to ascertain the ramifications in airport competition terms of the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available to the National Roads Authority to allow them grant an application made by Westmeath County...
    • Road Network
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the costs incurred in the construction of the southern ring road around Limerick and outline the overspend...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the measures contained with the jobs initiative that pertained to tourism. [23730/12]
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his plans for the Gathering. [23801/12]
    • Road Safety
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to include road safety on the reformed Junior Certificate Cycle. [23802/12]
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the prospects for Irish tourism during the course of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23808/12]
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider incorporating the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 into upcoming legislation. [23810/12]
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23841/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position in relation to the provision of transport infrastructure by the public private partnership mechanism; his views on...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and description of any regulatory impact assessments that have been undertaken by his Department on legislation or...
    • Rail Services
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if part of the upgrade Wifi enabled Irish Rail fleet can be used for the Dublin-Belfast route. [24097/12]
    • Regional Airports
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has for the development and support of Ireland West Airport Knock, County Mayo, in conjunction with plans for...
    • Public Transport
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post implementation review of the abolition of the 19 bus route in Dublin due on 27 February 2012 will be published;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the appointments made by him to State boards under the remit of his Department since March 2011 that were advertised; and if he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to attract cycling tourism into County Louth; the steps he has taken on this matter; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Cycle Policy
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport as part of the National Cycle Policy, the steps he has taken to further investment in cycling infrastructure here; the...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assessments have been made of abandoned railway lines across the State and the feasibility of developing these into cycle...

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