Written answers
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Illegal Moneylenders
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted for illegal money-lending offences during each of the past seven years; the offences for which they...
- Garda Deployment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardai based in each of Finglas and Ballymun Garda stations, Dublin during each of the past six years; the projected...
- Repatriation Costs
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the costs in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 of repatriating unsuccessful asylum and visa...
- Seized Property
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an annual audit of the total amount of unclaimed, seized or recovered property, that is held, sold or disposed of by An...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to develop an anti-social behaviour strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29731/12]
- Legislative Programme
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Personal Insolvency Legislation; the issues raised by the Troika in relation to this Bill; the timeframe for...
- Subsidiary Protection
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the very small numbers of persons who are awarded subsidiary protection compared to the large numbers that apply; and if he...
- Child Abduction
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the operation of the Child Response Ireland policy since its introduction; the number of child abduction...
- Restorative Justice
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any new programmes the Irish Youth Justice Services are developing regarding restorative justice process under the terms...
- Prisoner Transfers
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the relatives of a person (details supplied) have not been informed or consulted regarding a transfer to the Czech Republic...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for CCTV in Finglas, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29757/12]
- Garda Deployment
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on Garda numbers at individual stations in the Dublin Metropolitan Region East Division, District F and...
- Joint Policing Committees
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the powers of the local joint policing committees; his plans to resource the Joint Policing Committee, County...
- Garda Stations
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the new Garda Station at Glanmire, County Cork. [29750/12]
- Garda Investigations
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Stations
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken towards the closures of additional Garda stations; the locations of the stations to be closed; and if he will...
- Garda Operations (1 comment)
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of strip searches taking place in Belmullet Garda Station, County Mayo...
- Treatment of Prisoners
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures followed and recommendations made and by whom for the referral of prisoners for training programmes, transfer to open...
- Garda Equipment
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations which have had cameras installed since 2008 in view of data (details supplied). [29712/12]
- Prison Accommodation
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a policy of one person, one cell in prisons here; and the strategy he has to implement such a policy. [29713/12]
- Departmental Funding
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has drafted preliminary figures for the amount of funding that will be allocated to the newly merged human rights and equality...
- Firearms Licences
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms licences issued by An Garda Síochána in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the individual licence fee in...
- State Visits
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the visits to the State which took place in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by foreign delegations which...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the level of illegal drinking of alcohol in public places such as pavements outside of licensed...
- Educational Services for Prisoners
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the criteria for referring prisoners incarcerated on foot of serious offences has been reviewed in order to ensure...
- Human Trafficking
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address trafficking into the domestic labour and agriculture sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29749/12]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the matter of two Palestinian political prisoners who are currently on hunger strike in an...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, or request that his officials prepare an analysis of the net cost to the Exchequer of making childcare tax deductible; if he will...
- Currency Circulation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the one off windfall that would accrue for the Central Bank of Ireland if the exchange mechanism for punts to euros was ended; the outstanding amount...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can explain in relation to a business (details supplied|) the reason the National Asset Management Agency has requested a 100% increase in rent...
- Betting Regulations
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects the Betting Amendment Bill to be published during this session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29911/12]
- Mortgage Interest Relief
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who rent out their home residence property due to negative equity, will retain mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Central Bank of Ireland came into possession of the two inspection reports carried out by PriceWaterHouseCoopers in relation to...
- General Government Deficit Adjudication
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects a final adjudication in respect of the impact on the 2011 General Government Deficit arising from the recapitalisation of the banks;...
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to make additional resources available to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council once it is put on a statutory footing; and if he will make...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the fiscal tightening being undertaken by the State and private households, additional time for the banks to meet their deleveraging...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages the covered banks will be able to meet their wholesale funding maturity needs in the next two years from the open market; and if he...
- Banking Sector Redundancies
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated cost to the State owned banks from current redundancy programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30040/12]
- Economic Growth
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures and reforms he proposes to stimulate domestic demand; when he expects domestic demand to return to growth; and if he will make a...
- House Prices
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance his view of the success to date of measures introduced in the budget with a view to stimulating the domestic housing market; and if he will make a...
- Credit Availability
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the 20% decline in the stock of lending to indigenous small and medium enterprises since the first quarter of 2010 that, in addition to...
- Exchequer Revenue
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if in view of the temporary nature of such revenue, he is concerned by the increasing proportion of overall Exchequer revenue that is accounted for...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the State's holdings in the covered banks which he holds directly and through the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will...
- Government Revenue and Expenditure
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to be in a position to report monthly Government revenue and expenditure on a gross basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Credit Unions
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and extent of recapitalisations of credit unions from resources within the sector itself that have taken place to date; and if he will...
- Credit Unions
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his view on whether the four year timeline for the restructuring of the credit union sector as envisaged in the Report of Commission on Credit Unions...
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the continuing fall in the proportion of National Asset Management Agency's loans that are performing; and if he will make a...
- EU-IMF Programme
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans drawn down to date under Ireland's EU / IMF programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30051/12]
- National Asset Management Agency
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash on hand held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30052/12]
- Department of Education and Skills
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an Irish citizen who participated in a FÁS course for ten weeks was not entitled to payment; and if he will make a statement...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a HGV training course in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow [30054/12]
- School Staffing
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of new teachers hired in the primary sector by training institution from which they obtained their...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in identifying a suitable site for a new build in respect of a school (details supplied) in County...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in the short to medium term to progress a school's (details supplied) in County Dublin new build requirement; and...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building works application for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; his plans for this school to be...
- Schools Refurbishment
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that have been approved for works under the summer works scheme; the works that will be carried out...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appointments he made to State agencies and boards under the remit of his Department for the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the application for conditional registration with the Teaching...
- State Examinations
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will take place of the higher level, leaving certificate project maths paper 2 in view of the confusion it caused to all...
- Schools Recognition
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the recognition of a new multi-denominational school in the Portobello area of Dublin for the Portobello...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a proper classroom will be provided to facilitate ASD classes at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford. [29990/12]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when revised pension arrangements for new public sector staff will come in to force; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29827/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussion he has had with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Health in respect of the overruns in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Competition Authority
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of investigations, prosecutions and convictions, and the total number of custodial sentences imposed on...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their application for...
- Disability Allowance
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if any arrears are owned in this...
- Carer's Allowance
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect a decision on a review of an appeal for carer's allowance in view of the time...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Rent Supplement Scheme
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the case of parents who have separated and have agreed joint custody, but have not gone through a legal separation, and where one or...
- Jobseeker's Allowance
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 12 June 2012, the amount by which the earnings of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 in 2010/2011 and 2012; the number of participants on each scheme; the...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive notification of their supplementary welfare allowance claim; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [29992/12]
- One-Parent Family Payment
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue on a single parents allowance claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [29999/12]
- Rent Supplement
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a case of entitlement to rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who did not receive...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the community employment schemes currently operating in counties Louth and Meath; the number of participants in each; if all value for...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Turbary Rights
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, who sold bog in National Heritage areas area to his...
- Film Industry Development
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any change in the Irish Film Board's Regional Support Programme which was successfully...
- Turbary Rights
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of items of turf-cutting equipment detained by an authorised officer of his Department or by the Garda Síochána...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons who have been refused the better energy home scheme grant because they were late in...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 1 May 2012, in relation to a study conducted by Inland Fisheries...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, if the veil, or rather the stone wall of secrecy that pertains to Central Bank of Ireland...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to evidence of practices such as bed and breakfasting account balances being...
- Motor Taxation
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to commission a study on the impact of possible changes to the structure of motor taxation in...
- Control of Dogs
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the enforcement action that will be taken by local authorities against dog owners for issues such as dog...
- Household Charge
Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the payment of the household charge in respect of a person (details supplied) who is...
- Noise Pollution
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he expects the Noise Nuisance Bill to be published this session; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Motor Taxation
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will accommodate motorists in County Kerry who are experiencing exceptional financial hardship by...
- Water Meters
Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the approximate cost per county for the installation of domestic water meters; if there will be a cost to...
- Irish Water
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the section of local authorities drainage system that will be the responsibility of Irish Water when...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Court Accommodation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make available funding to carry out essential repair and maintenance work on a property (details supplied) in County Mayo;...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the total number of investigations, prosecutions and successful convictions for each of...
- Garda Investigations
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill, if this Bill will allow the Gardaí or other...
- Naturalisation Applications
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for naturalisation. [29817/12]
- Guardian Status
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to comments made by him in Dáil Éireann on 7 June, 2011 (details supplied) if he accepts that many fathers who try to take...
- Rights of the Child
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the woman's aid annual statistics report 2011, which highlights the significant increase in the number of children who...
- Rights of the Child
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide for the provision of a comprehensive guardian ad litem service, as contained in the Children's Act 1997, for...
- Probation and Welfare Service
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the probation and welfare service will as was previously the case, assist with the work of the district family courts thus ensuring...
- Garda Strength
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies currently at the rank of Sergeants, Inspectors, Superintendents, Chief Superintendents and Assistant...
- Traveller Community
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recognise Irish travellers as a distinct ethnic group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29928/12]
- Legal Aid Service
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of legal aid paid annually in terms of the most recent figures available for County Galway and that figure as a percentage...
- Legislative Programme
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide through legislation the protection of State lands such as the Curragh of Kildare from illegal parking, misuses of...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an incident that occurred on 26 June 2011 when a group of adults and children travelled by private...
- Garda Stations
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure the retention of the maximum number of Garda stations throughout the country with particular reference to the need to...
- Organised Crime
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken against known members of criminal gangs in each of the past three years to date in 2012; the number of...
- Garda Strength
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he expects to be in a position to maintain the strength of An Garda Síochána in all areas throughout the country;...
- Organised Crime
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the areas throughout the country most affected by serious or organised crime as identified from criminal activity in each of the past...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level and nature of anti-social behaviour or similar reports of bullying and intimidation reported to the Gardaí at various...
- Prison Committals
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to instances of disregard for criteria appertaining to early release, supervised release or transfer to...
- Criminal Gangs
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has observed any indications to the effect that crime gang leaders have an input in respect of prisoner discipline within the...
- Witness Intimidation
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded instances whereby witnesses appearing for the State in the prosecution of serious gangland associated crimes...
- Irish Prison Service
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate prison officers are available in view of the current number of prisoners serving sentences at various...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the recruitment ban on the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that those members of the Defence Forces who suffer from contraindications to the drug Lariam have never been and are not...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to protect the Curragh of Kildare plains; if he will reactivate the Curragh of Kildare Bill that was withdrawn by the last Government; if...
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding extra entitlement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment under the suckler cow welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Single Payment Scheme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Poultry Industry
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity of poultry meat imported over each of the past ten years; the country or countries of origin; if he is...
- Department of Health
- Child Care Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that childcare funding schemes are presenting more demands on childcare services to avail of particular...
- National Children's Strategy
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a national training programme around the implementation of Síolta and Aistear will be a key feature of the forthcoming...
- Child Care Services
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the low number of voluntary Health Service Executive notified childminders nationally, her plans to regulate this...
- Foreign Adoptions
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Irish citizens adopting children from Florida in the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant mobility allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the special delivery unit in Our Lady's Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29821/12]
- Dental Services
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will be seen by a Health Service Executive dentist for the fitting of braces; and if he will make a...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Nalcrom is still available under the drug payment scheme; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prescription Charges
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health further to his earlier commitment to abolish the fifty cent charge on prescription medications payable by medical card holders, his plans for meeting...
- Dental Services
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment from the Health Service Executive and much needed braces; and if...
- Medical Cards
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a decision on their medical card application; and if she will expedite the application;...
- Home Help Service
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Number 518 of 15 May 2012, the date on which the decision to cut a person's (details supplied) in County Dublin...
- Medicinal Products
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 12 June 2012 when the assessment for the availability of resources to provide for the long term...
- General Practitioner Services
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider ensuring that the D-doc Out of Hours GP Service is more widely advertised in order that persons who may be in need of the service...
- Mental Health Services
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a proposal from the staff of a hostel (details supplied) in County Kerry in conjunction with the Iveragh Branch of the Kerry...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the tendering process including timelines to appoint an external body to conduct the review of the nursing homes support...
- Hospital Staff
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health if additional nursing posts will be provided to Coolock Health Centre, Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29913/12]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were approved in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 for the fair deal scheme; the total cost of the scheme on a...
- Orthodontic Services
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding orthodontic treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [30009/12]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Promotion
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the James Joyce Tower and Museum in Sandycove, County Dublin, which is unable to open for...
- Road Openings
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the N3 Belturbet Bypass, N22 Tralee Bypass and the N5 Longford Bypass to be opened to vehicular traffic; and if...
- Tourism Promotion
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the development of equestrian tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/12]
- Cycle Facilities
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the engagement with the private sector to co-fund and support a bicycle rental...
