Written answers

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Strategy for Renewable Energy
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in seeking to achieve the objectives laid out in Strategic Goals 1 and 3 of the Strategy for Renewable...
    • Seismic Surveys
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on concerns regarding the impact of seismic surveying in the Corrib gas field; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to counteract the effects of the escalating price of fuel that is adversely affecting...
    • Strategy for Renewable Energy
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with reference to the recently published Strategy for Renewable Energy 2012-2020, the potential regarding wave...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of additional staff he intends to recruit to his Department; the estimated cost of staff; and if he...
    • Strategy for Renewable Energy
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to set the feed-in tariff for micro generation; when a framework will be published on the...
    • Bord Gáis
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects progress to be made on the part privatisation of Bord Gáis; if he will give details of the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date in the provision of alternative energy generated electricity; the degree to which...
    • Press Standards
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is bringing any proposals forward in the context of his recent comments on the UK Leveson Inquiry and...
    • Radio Spectrum
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to ensure that the new 4 G network provides the maximum geographical coverage; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on upcoming negotiations with the UK Government to facilitate the export of renewable energy...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Statistics
      Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach the number of small businesses here that employ three to 12 persons. [30388/12]
    • Constitutional Convention
      Question 130: To ask the Taoiseach the version of the Electoral Register that will be used to select the 66 persons who will be consulted as part of the constitutional convention; if he will...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 131: To ask the Taoiseach if any evidence has come to his attention to indicate that documentation in relation to the decision on 29 September 2008 to provide a State guarantee to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 132: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their...
    • Economic Management Council
      Question 135: To ask the Taoiseach if a date has been set for the next meeting of the Economic Management Council.. [30195/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 136: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity payments made to retiring...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 137: To ask the Taoiseach the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if he will clarify whether or...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with his British counterpart in view of the publication of the Sipri Report on nuclear...
    • International Finance Corporation
      Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding given to I.F.C. in 2012; if he envisages a change of policy in the allocation of funding to this...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mr Paterson's view that an independent investigation into the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a civilian corps; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the Irish Ambassador to China or the Chinese Embassy in Ireland in relation to a...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary reply 135 of 22 May 2012 if he will update Dáil Éireann on the progress made to date on...
    • Trade Relations
      Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in Irish trade with Cuba in 2012. [30680/12]
    • Humanitarian Access
      Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the serious and immediate humanitarian needs of the affected population in South Kordofan in general and...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the arrest, torture, incarceration and killing of peaceful protestors in Bahrain; and if he will...
    • Arms Trade
      Question 150: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the US and British governments to cease all arms sales to the regime in Bahrain which include CS...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi; his views on the position of the estimated 400...
    • Consular Services
      Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he will not meet the family involved regarding a case (details supplied); if he will outline any...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make inquiries with the immigration authorities in the USA, Australia and Canada regarding the number of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its...
  • Department of Finance
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the pension levy; if the substance of the submission has been addressed by the organisers and...
    • Tax Code
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of preparing for the budget, if he will consider a special income levy of 1%, ring fenced for the mental health and disability...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the disabled drivers scheme the reason there is a limit on engine capacity when there is a cap on the amount of money which can be...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated in purchasing a car under the disabled drivers scheme of the same make and model which they...
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of moneys drawn down to date from the EU-IMF programme; the dates on which the draw-downs took place; the interest rates...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that increasing costs of private health insurance is now a major concern for multi-national corporations...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance following on from reports that suggests that, after taking credit default insurance into account, Bank of Ireland will not make any profit on the...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if the credit default insurance that Bank of Ireland has announced that it is putting in place in respect of the arrangement to provide a loan of...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 18 April 2012, the progress that has been made in his Department's preparation of reformed credit union...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that the State's pay and pensions bill for public servants has fallen by just €134 million or 0.8% this year, despite the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enumerate and detail, in tabular form, the current taxation breaks and exemptions that apply to producers and designers of video games;...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that worked in the former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society, before the rationalisation and name change...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for his attendance at the Bilderberg Conference; the names of the persons with whom he had bi-lateral meetings with at the conference and...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of outstanding liabilities in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick. [30770/12]
    • EU-IMF Programme
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance the current repayment schedule and interest rate applicable for each tranche of loans under the EU-IMF programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Banking Sector
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked Allied Irish Bank to consider the wider economic implications of reports that the bank intends to raise its lending rates on a...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation regarding old age pensioners who are in receipt of a private pension and a State pension; if the Revenue Commissioners will be seeking...
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the registration of quad bikes for use on a public road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30864/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity payments made...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports the concept of banking union across the Eurozone and his views on how enhanced supervision of the banks at Eurozone level will...
    • Strategic Investment Fund
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Strategic Investment Fund has raised capital in addition to the €250m provided by the National Pension Reserve Fund; his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Courses Accreditation
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the report commissioned by him and the higher Education and Training Awards Council on the nature of academic...
    • School Closures
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of the closure of a primary school on any given school day; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants or scholarships available from his Department to fund Irish students who travel abroad to obtain qualifications...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding cutbacks in special needs assistant services in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants available to students who wish to pursue PhD's in their particular disciplines; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for an extension to replace prefabs at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this school is...
    • School Patronage
      Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if legislation will be needed to implement the recommendations of forum on patronage and pluralism; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Denominations
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have changed their religious ethos in each of the past ten years, and for each school that changed their...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the separate review of the nationality requirements in respect of third level maintenance support for students will be undertaken;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will present an up to date report on plans for new school accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24;...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to deal with the accommodation problems in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin with regard to the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an application for an Irish sign language interpreter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider organising a working group of all professionals involved in the training, funding and assessment of barbers with a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding reasonable accommodation access to a scribe for State examinations when a person is not dyslexic but is a slow...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his statement that the schools selected under the five year plan were prioritised on demographic needs if he will give...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding quantity surveyors in his Department; if there are vacancies for such positions; and if so, the way in which a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of pension entitlements will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • School Patronage
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the administration of the block grant by the State Examination Commission; if the grant for all children...
    • School Staffing
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected enrolment numbers for September 2012 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the number of teachers...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the up-date position in relation to a payment of a third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Teacher Training
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made by maths and physics graduates to the postgraduate applications centre to complete a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will not receive a special needs assistant when entering school in September...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his Department or the National Council for Special Education has carried out any analysis into the impact of the 15% cut to...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is intended to publish the value for money report on small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the national school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deontais Tríú Léibhéal
      Question 213: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an mbeadh saoránach Éireannach a fuair a chuid oideachais dara leibhéal i Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá ach a d'fhreastail ar bhunscoil...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that schools with purchased prefabs have been excluded from the prefab replacement programme; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the prefabs at a school (details supplied) in County Galway were purchased by his Department; if the school was...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will permit a school (details supplied) to proceed to stages four and five of the building programme; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the guidelines pertaining to the 2012/2013 student grant scheme will be available on either the website of his Department, that of...
    • School Transport
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements available for a person of a minority faith (details supplied) wishing to send their child to their nearest selected...
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the SOLAS Implementation Group was initially established; the number of times it has met since its establishment; if...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a building either a new build or divested unit will be made available for the Portobello Educate Together, Dublin; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will retain the three special needs assistants assigned to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from the education sector in each year since 2009; the total...
    • Education and Training Boards
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in categorising the new educational and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the July provision and funding for tuition at home for children with a disability, if he will confirm the changes...
    • State Examinations
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing supervisors for the State examination and the numbers of successful applicants who were, immediately prior to...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines exist for the teaching of English in Gaelscoileanna as circulars exist providing guidance on the teaching of Irish in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will apply the €200,000 public service salary cap, which is the current salary for An Taoiseach, to all employees in the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he is ensuring that policies, in education in particular are socially inclusive and fair as outlined in the Strategy Statement;...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the concerns regarding changes to the assessment of third level grant aid to students from a farming...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be applying the Freedom of Information Act in full to the National Assets Management Agency. [30488/12]
    • Oireachtas Pensions
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that would be achieved by the Exchequer if all pensions paid to retired Oireachtas members were capped at...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood defence wall (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who...
    • Departmental Appointments
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be appointing a chief information officer in addition to forming a committee; and if members from professional...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation;...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the construction work undertaken on Farmleigh House, Dublin, in the past five years; if he will provide the costs of each and...
    • Civil Service Language Centre (1 comment)
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Civil Service Language Centre; the staffing and budget given to the Civil Service Language Centre...
    • Gaeleagras (1 comment)
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of Gaeleagras; the staffing and budget given to Gaeleagras for each of the past four years; the reason it...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the likely impact on investors demand for State assets from the ongoing Eurozone crisis; and if he will...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the projected increase in 2012 in respect of the combined public sector pay and pensions bill as...
    • Performance Management and Development System
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service employees that have completed performance management development scheme assessments in 2011 by...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total...
    • Jobs Initiative
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the response to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 19 June, 2012, in which it was stated that he was responsible...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Work Permits
      Question 253: 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...
    • Consumers Association of Ireland
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the Consumers Association of Ireland; if a subvention will be offered to the organisation; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons...
    • Electrical Registered Employment Agreements
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the enforcement power of EPACE; the composition of its governing council; the plans he has to have this State body merged...
    • Community Enterprise Centres
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he anticipates the appointment of any business development managers in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a limit to the number of FÁS courses a person can undertake over a given period of time; the reason any such limitation...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance has been suspended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of the 12 of June 2012, the monthly rate of entitlement in respect of rent support in the case...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 14 June 2012, when it is expected to deal with the appeal arising from the refusal of their...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of the rate of disability allowance will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment will issue on an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for carer's allowance claims to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30361/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that the average waiting time for carer's allowance, as published by her Department, was 17 weeks in respect of the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time to process a claim for carer's allowance including an assessment of medical evidence, means, residency and confirmation...
    • Re-employment Rate
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progression rate to employment of persons who are unemployed for three months, six months and for more than one year. [30420/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Household Relocation
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when final decision will be made in respect of applicants for relocation in the wake of the flooding which occurred in various parts of...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people from County Kerry who have participated in the jobbridge initiative since the scheme commenced; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person taking part in a community employment scheme was disqualified from applying for the position of a Tus supervisory...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons over 65 years and under 65 years currently availing of the free travel scheme;...
    • Child Benefit
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of parents currently in receipt of child benefit where their children are not resident here;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Louth in receipt of rent supplement at present and the number of persons in County Louth in receipt of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand on her proposal to force hard pressed employers to now pay for and cover the cost of sick leave of their employees as...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the results of the recent review carried out by her Department into a community employment scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment will be granted in respect of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to publish the financial review of community employment schemes; if she will consult with representatives of CE...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the up-date position in relation to an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the up-date position in relation to an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average and longest waiting times for appeals against refusals of domiciliary care allowance; and if she will arrange for the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the commission which she set up to investigate the position of self employed persons who find themselves out of work and...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision in relation to their application for invalidity pension; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a claim for domiciliary allowance has been processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 15 May 2012, when a decision will issue on an application in respect of a person (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the 100 extra staff to take mortgage queries from the public; the location at which persons may apply for these...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to make adjustments to the PRSI system to allow the self-employed to make a greater contribution and reap a greater benefit...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of citizens aged 64 years of age that have been targeted for inclusion on the Tús programme; the number of citizens aged 63...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that persons with special needs such as those with disabilities or those coming from situations of homelessness may...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed a report to advise on the appropriate steps to deal with the general issue of social welfare payments...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) [30868/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from her Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 311: To ask the Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí cén uair a íocfar airgead iomarcaíochta le duine (sonraí leis seo); cén fáth a bhfuil moill leis an íocaíocht seo; agus an ndéanfaidh...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress of the key areas of competence of the Combat Poverty Agency which was abolished by the previous...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a tenant has handed back the keys of their council property due to serious anti-social behaviour, if this person is entitled to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the structure and procedures for the planned review of the domiciliary care allowance and to ensure that the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if she...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if townlands (details supplied) in County Mayo, are included as natural heritage areas; and if so, the consequences for...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to organise a cull of wild deer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/12]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will request the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to direct Bord Na Móna to make available...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to allow the continuation of turf cutting on Nure bog, County Westmeath post 2013; the progress he has made with...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [30380/12]
    • Illegal Turf Cutting
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he has taken to ensure that offences under 36(2) of the Habitats Regulations are not committed on raised bog...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons...
    • Garden of Remembrance
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is possible to have a ceremonial guard at the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, in order to develop the civic and...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the current protocol governing the lending to the State of records, artefacts and historical materials...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list the buildings and storage locations available across all cultural institutions under his remit at which...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason thousands of nooski traps, unlawful under the Wildlife Act 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he envisages the provision of the Gaeltacht Bill which empowers him to direct Udaras na Gaeltachta to provide...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding mobile phone coverage in respect of the issuing of new mobile phone licences; the...
    • Salmon Management
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures that are being taken to protect migrating salmon smolts being killed going to sea from hydros and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is,...
    • Copyright Infringement
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding digital piracy here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position in relation to the warmer homes scheme for elderly persons who were told initially that they would...
    • Fisheries Protection
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if public consultations will take place as part of the review of the eel management plan for Ireland (details...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the poor level of broadband connectivity in an area (details supplied) in...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is any facility available to appeal a decision of the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland to refuse...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of his recent programme of installing 100 mbs broadband in schools...
    • Consumer Protection
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is anticipated that responsibility for matters relating to regulation or operational rules in respect of...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which plans are afoot or likely to materialise with the objective of dramatically enhancing the...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if directly or in conjunction with the regulator he has had any discussions with the service providers in...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has had discussions with the various stakeholders involved in alternative energy...
    • Exploration Licences
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which explorations licences issued in each of the past three years to date have been activated or...
    • Postal Services
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he or his Department directly or through the medium of the Regulator have monitored the...
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date in bringing product ashore from the Corrib Gas field; if the statutory requirements...
    • Fuel Prices
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has monitored the impact of oil, gas and commercial diesel prices on the economy,...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      Question 359: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which local radio stations throughout the country have remained local in the context of ownership...
    • Electricity Generation
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the various forms of alternative electricity production have been utilised as a means of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind generation projects currently in operation throughout the country; the total contribution to...
    • Security Systems
      Question 362: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which burglar alarm or other intruder alert systems in the commercial or domestic sectors...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Electric Vehicles
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering using road tax or other charges as a way of incentivising the purchase and use of...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he can stand over the fact that the new property tax is to be deducted directly from the wages of...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action a homeowner can take if they feel that their home has not been built to the specifications of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether Ireland's responsibilities in respect of EU targets for carbon emission reductions can...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the situation regarding exemptions for planning permission in the case of the...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will supply a record of the correspondence between his office and Kildare County Council in 2011 and...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the certificates of registration, permits and licences available under Statutory Instrument 821 of 2007...
    • Foreshore Licences
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consent will be granted to Galway County Council to sublease foreshore (details supplied) in the...
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on the situation of noise pollution (details supplied). [30337/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to develop guidelines for allowing persons to seek local authority housing in areas in which they...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of persons known to be homeless in the Dublin area in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Castletownbere sewage scheme, County Cork; the date on which he expects the...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legal position in respect of commercial rates and pre-school facilities; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Fire Service
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be funding a new fire services capital programme; when new fire stations in Virginia and...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings to date held by the review group established by him to consider the role of the of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the names of those persons appointed to the board of the Dublin Docklands Development...
    • Environment Fund
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €5,479,744 allocated to the waste management capital grants scheme...
    • Household Charge
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 595 of 6 June, 2012, the reason the legislation was originally drafted...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is,...
    • Election Management System
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will collate information regarding the number of public service employees employed as either polling...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to his proposals regarding planning matters and in particular his proposal that there should be a...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position that is being adopted by local authorities to assist persons with council mortgages who are...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Tallaght Area Partnership and the Clondalkin Palmerstown Lucan Area Partnership,...
    • Library Projects
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the up-date position in relation to the progress with regards to funding for the...
    • Water Services
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the regulations under the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the building control regulations will be revised to ensure the strict regulation of third party...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a renewable energy strategy for County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Charge
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the owner of an uninhabited property may receive an exemption certificate in respect of the...
    • Housing Management Companies
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that companies being paid by local authorities for property management...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Private Residential Tenancies Board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electronic Voting
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the Task Force on the Cessation of the Electronic Voting...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the avenue that is available to a person who wishes to dispute their liability for the non-principal private...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the Tolka Valley and Ballymun Whitehall Partnerships, Dublin 11; and if he plans to implement...
    • Property Ownership
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any regulations in place restricting the height or nature of hedges in urban areas with...
    • Waste Management
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to implement recommendation 22 of the International Review of Waste Management Policy 2009,...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non-principal private residence charge (details supplied). [30841/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure taken by local councils in determining rent increases for tenants in council housing; the way...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will obtain and set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from local authorities in each...
    • Motor Taxation
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding motor tax of quad bikes for use on a public road; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans in place to address the matter of ongoing prominent sewage odour at a village (details...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby some persons and families have been on local...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families nationwide that have been transferred from rent supplement to the rental allowance...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an application for funding on a contingency basis will be favourably considered for an organisation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will financially support a walk in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electoral Divisions
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review local authority boundaries with regard to the recent publication of the report on the...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Visa Applications
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed Judicial Council Bill, which has been promised for a considerable period of time; when it will be...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with reference to the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 as amended by part 12 Amendment of Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the IT services that are based in the Irish Prison Service headquarters in Longford; if it will remain in Longford or if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tenders or contracts that have been awarded at a value of more than €100,000 in each of the past three years from his...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for a certificate of naturalisation was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that cash for gold outlets will be obliged to adhere to similar regulations that apply to...
    • Departmental Staff (1 comment)
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be...
    • Investor Visa Scheme (1 comment)
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons who have applied for the entrepreneur or investor visa scheme; and the number who were successful. [30489/12]
    • Road Safety
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in terms of the recent figures released from the his Department that 45 unaccompanied learner drivers were involved in fatal crashes...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the 40 additional Garda vehicles to be on the road; if the contract for the purchase of additional Garda vans has been...
    • Garda Auctions
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue generated through the seizures of vehicles by An Garda Síochána in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in...
    • Legal Aid Service
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not yet been informed if they will be granted legal aid; and if he will...
    • Garda Training
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Gardaí available in each region who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews as part of the joint...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers that have been prosecuted since the introduction of the new learner permit regulations in 2007 whereby...
    • Departmental Staff (1 comment)
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of higher executive officers, executive officers and clerical officers that will be appointed to the permanent...
    • Garda Recruitment (2 comments)
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is envisaged that Garda recruitment will resume and the status of those on the panel of candidates shortlisted in 2008 for a...
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report on the Garda reserve force will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/12]
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations of the Garda review on the Garda reserve being implemented at present; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the chief administrative officers post in the Gardaí, vacant since September 2011, will be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the size of the Garda fleet in each divisional area in County Mayo in 2010; the size of the Garda fleet in each divisional area in...
    • Coroners Service
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support proposals on the Coroners Court (details supplied). [30678/12]
    • Organised Crime
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made to combat drug dealing and organised crime. [30679/12]
    • Departmental Staff (1 comment)
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 12 June 2012, if the advertisement for the visa office posts in April 2010 expressly...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide detailed information on the current Garda vehicle fleet, including the manufacturer, model and current distribution...
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made towards the introduction of the Personal Insolvency Bill; the provision that has been made for the...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 22 extra intoxilysers that were requested by the Gardaí to facilitate the lower drink driving limits will be rolled out to...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when all Gardaí will be trained in the use of intoxilysers; if he will ensure that on every Garda roster or at each Garda station...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from the justice sector in each year since 2009; the total gratuity...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) to permit the family obtain their legal rights in regard to a family property;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from the defence sector in each year since 2009; the total gratuity payments made...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Defence the provision there is for dyslexia support for candidates sitting tests for entrance to the Defence Forces such as a reader; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer for policing the monthly Smithfield Horse Fair, Dublin. [30930/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if he will clarify...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 188 of 13 June 2012, the reason employees of a company (details supplied) were refused...
    • Animal By-Products
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the processing of organic fines at waste facilities routinely requires the prior awarding of animal by-product approval;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form, on a county basis the number of new agri environment option scheme applications made in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for the agri environment option scheme 2011 that have received 100% of their payment; the number...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri environment options scheme payment; and if he will...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      Question 468: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what details his Department records on thoroughbred horses and the details his Department requires other State agencies to...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if permission granted by Coillte to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to access woods will be reviewed in view...
    • Fish Farming
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are being taken to protect migrating smolts being killed at hydros and from sealice emanating from his...
    • Teagasc Rationalisation Programme
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 14 June 2012, in relation to the cost benefit analysis which he told the Seanad...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce a replacement for the agri-environment option scheme; the likely benefits of such a scheme to farmers...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons...
    • Departmental Schemes
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing compensation amounts paid to farmers who receive compensation under the disease eradication...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information regarding the incidence of TB in County Donegal; and if he will provide statistics on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the regulations were finalised under the agri environment options scheme regarding manufacturer...
    • Services to Farmers
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the provision of general software services to farmers including stock management, health management, financial...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be paid his suckler welfare grant; and if he will make a statement...
    • Scéim um Roghanna Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta
      Question 481: To ask the Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a íocfar deontas faoin scéim um roghanna comhshaoil talmhaíochta, 2011 le feirmeoir (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth a bhfuil...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal on a penalty imposed on future payments in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licenses granted to non Natura 2000 sites since late 2007; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing forestry road grants; if he will expedite a decision on a case (details supplied) in...
    • Howth Fishery Harbour Centre
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 19 June 2012, the persons who are the leaseholders in Howth Port, County...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme
      Question 489: 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...
    • Environmental Schemes
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce a new round of the agri environment options scheme to assist those farmers whose support under the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing many families due to the retrospective criteria being applied...
    • Departmental Offices
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of offices of his Department across the State that are open and operational; and the locations of same. [30914/12]
    • Marine Strategy
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent positive objectives achieved at EU level, if he will report on the progress of the establishment of...
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment under the farm improvement scheme due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be issued in view...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its...
  • Department of Health
    • National Education Welfare Board
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will respond to allegations regarding the National Education Welfare Board (details supplied). [30840/12]
    • Child Care Services
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications under the recent childcare capital grant aid scheme that were received from County Laois; the number...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the threat to the complementary funding stream to Donegal County Childcare Committee; if her...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to certain inconsistencies regarding the application of commercial rates payable to local...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are...
    • Family Support Services
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a copy of the Health Service Executive's Review of Adequacy of Services for Children and Families, as...
    • Foster Care
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the cost of private foster care services used by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and to...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of social workers available in each local health office who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts filled expressed as a percentage of total current posts for each grade in social work teams in each Local...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of social work team leader posts filled with acting team leaders; the total number of principal worker posts...
    • Foster Care
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new relative foster carers recruited by each local health office for each of the past five years; the number of new...
    • Health Services
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new supported lodgings providers recruited by each Local Health Office for each of the past five years. [30590/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from her Department in each year since 2009 and the total...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take in response to the report of the independent child death review group; and if she will make a statement...
    • Children in Care
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 22 February 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive....
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the authorisation of the VHI, as required by the European Commission; when he will ensure that the VHI is...
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a clear timeframe for the implementation of the carer's strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30568/12]
    • Nursing Education
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an exemption for the nursing class of 2011 (details supplied), who were excluded from educational qualification payments, due to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons treated and the numbers on the waiting list for treatment at the Cork University Hospital dental clinic for young adults with...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive medical treatment at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; and if he is concerned about the waiting lists for...
    • Disability Support Service
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive review which he has requested in relation to the sheltered attendance allowance cut which came...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health if step-down funding provided by the special delivery unit will be used where appropriate to help fund the care of children at a children's hospice...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his proposals on bed re-designation in public hospitals; if primary legislation is required to effect these changes; when this...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health if bed re-designation will impact on the principle of community rating, particularly in terms of the numbers leaving private health insurance; and if...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted with the Health Insurance Authority in respect of his proposal to re-designate beds in public hospitals, particularly in view of...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information in relation to the total amounts due to all public and voluntary hospitals in relation to outstanding health insurance...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Health the level of income per annum that public and voluntary hospitals received from the private health insurers in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the increasing number of persons opting out of private health insurance will undermine the implementation of universal health...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a system of co-payments by patients under universal health insurance will be necessary to fund all but the most basic treatment...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that increasing costs of private health insurance is now a major concern for multi-national corporations...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Nalcrom Sodium Cromogylcate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30345/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which St. Brigid's Hospital, Shaen, Portlaoise, County Laois, which for many years served as a geriatric unit and is now a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health when the National Treatment Purchase Fund's forensic accounting service will be actively investigating Section 39 and 40 nursing homes; if the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons now on the waiting list at Waterford Regional Hospital for 2012; the number of persons left on trolleys or on chairs in...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds for those in addiction under 18 years of age; if he will outline the extent of Exchequer funding in respect of residential...
    • Disabled Drivers
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available from him or from the Health Service Executive to assist parents of severely disabled children under 17 years of age living...
    • Health Services
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently taking part in the Health Service Executive boarding out scheme; the initiatives being taken by him and the HSE to...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the use of a hospital bed per week; the cost of the use of a nursing home bed per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Health if home help and home care hours will be restored in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a response...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of drugs at the time of Budget 2012; the new estimate for this year following the agreement between the Irish Pharmaceutical...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to the Dignity4Patients organisation to allow its unique service to continue; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a long term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the medical card application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 12 June 2012, the reason a decision has not been made on an application regarding a medical card in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the specific medical conditions that are deemed by the National Ambulance Coordination Centre a appropriate for a response from...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Health if the special delivery unit has implemented a new plan of action for accident and emergency in the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health the organisations in County Meath which support patients with brain injury that are funded by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be replaced in Acquired Brain Injury Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30596/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the up-date position in relation to an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a continuing full medical card, following submission of full supporting...
    • Health Services
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons registered as brain injured in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitation facilities that are available for persons with brain injury in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be admitted immediately to St. James Hospital, Dublin, for...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the possibility of children with cerebral palsy having access to the National Treatment Purchase Fund is currently underway in the...
    • Health Services
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 13 June 2012, when will a reply issue on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing applications for transfer of general medical practitioner under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 27 March 2012, when the independent review of orthodontic services here will be published; the provisions...
    • Orthodontic Services
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for orthodontic treatment here; the average and longest length of wait; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Health Services
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 13 June 2012, when a reply will issue on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Cards
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability on waiting lists for day and home care, respite care and residential places [30677/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health if type 1 diabetes automatically entitles a person to a full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30683/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against a decision to refuse an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider using a building (details supplied) in County Westmeath for use by the Health Service Executive in place of the private rented...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [30747/12]
    • Hospital Transfers
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct University Hospital Galway to provide for the necessary funding and arrangements to be made with St Vincent's University Hospital...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health the care options open to a person (details supplied) [30766/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise definitively the position regarding general practitioners charging for filling in confidential health reports, as requested by...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a submission by the Fibromyalgia Group made in November 2011; and when the group may expect a response [30774/12]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to publish the value for money report on service providers of services in the disability sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health further to cut backs in dental treatment available to medical card patients (details supplied) his views on whether the scheme should be refinanced...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form the number of staff who retired from the health sector in each of the years since 2009; the total gratuity...
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are living in nursing homes on a long term basis; the number of these persons who are aged under 65 years; the number who...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if minimum staffing levels exist for approved mental health centres; if so, if he will give details of these staffing levels are, particularly in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health his views are on those under eighteen years of age using sunbeds and his plans to introduce any measures in this area [30870/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total gratuity payments made...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the urgent need for a speech and language therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health if extra resources will be allocated to the Health Service Executive medical card section to facilitate the efficient roll out of the legislative...
    • Special Delivery Unit
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the special delivery unit operating in Galway University Hospitals and the impact it has had on waiting...
    • Health Service Executive
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 26 April 2012, when an answer will be forthcoming from the Health Service Executive [31012/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for assessment will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange the review of a case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in respect of their need for home care attendant and home...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation; if he will clarify...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount it has cost the Medical Bureau to test the 22 new Garda intoxilyser machines for the past six months and other...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a response will issue to correspondence originally sent to him on 30 March, 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to consult with Irish Rail to expand the service of allowing passengers to bring bicycles on inter-city train...
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the recently announced 20km cycle route from Athlone to Ballinasloe will be completed; if there are any plans to complete...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made under the 2012 sports capital programme on a county basis. [30426/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in his Department's redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a study/audit of all major towns in Ireland with regard to the availability of coach parking within their...
    • Driver Testing Centres
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide clarification further to local concerns that a driver testing centre is to be lost in the North Tipperary...
    • Bus Services
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have security personnel on board Dublin Bus night-link services. [30559/12]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30655/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons within his Department or within agencies under his aegis that are awaiting redeployment; the maximum...
    • Public Transport
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Sustainable Transport Measures Programme - Second Round of Allocations allocated by the National Treasury...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff who retired from his Department in each year since 2009 and the total...
    • Tourism Industry
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown in the expenditure, proposed or already undertaken, of the €1.8m investment announced...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure to date in 2012 in tourism marketing and promotional campaigns in the US and Canada, Germany and China. [30910/12]
    • Smarter Travel
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for selection for funding under the sustainable transport measures programme. [30929/12]
    • Cycle Facilities
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress made to establish a greenway along the old Galway to Clifden railway, particularly in...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the State has paid out in redundancy to the public sector under the Croke Park Agreement during its implementation;...

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