Written answers

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to review the safety standards on our motorway network with particular reference to the provision of rest and...
    • Road Maintenance
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he might be prepared to recognise the shortfall of funding experienced by the various local authorities...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his efforts to generate spin-off tourism from the London 2012 Olympic Games. [32049/12]
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, in the interests of promoting tourism, to ensure that the jetty and...
    • State Airports
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to have completed the process of separating Shannon from the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a...
    • Sporting Events
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered or made efforts to attract major sporting events to Ireland; if it would be possible to see rugby world cup...
    • Sporting Organisations
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken any review of the remuneration of personnel within major sporting organisations who receive State funding;...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any agencies operating under his aegis has carried out any study into the provision of sporting facilities for...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with Fáilte Ireland in the interests of promoting tourism, to ensure that there is no cut to the opening hours...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Wild Atlantic Way project. [32048/12]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to address the rise in road deaths in 2012 in comparison with the same time period in 2011; if he has...
    • Airport Landing Slots
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the strategic importance or otherwise of Aer Lingus' landing slots at Heathrow Airport, London, England; and if he...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any of the agencies operating under his aegis have carried out studies in the issues of gender discrimination in Irish...
    • Rail Services
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the LUAS BXD project. [32113/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff members awaiting redeployment in his Department and agencies under his aegis. [31972/12]
    • The Gathering
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress made regarding the Gathering; his views on the best ways for local community groups to...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be supportive of future applications from Kerry County Council to widen Listry Bridge on the R563 Killarney to...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects to implement in full the recommendations of the report of the review of the Irish penalty point system; and if he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out any studies of the potential tourism impact of the creation of a cultural quarter incorporating the Moore...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the tendering of the ID photograph element of the new driver licence card; and the measures he will take to...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current strategy for supporting tourism in the underdeveloped regions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his expectations for Ireland in the London Olympics; the programmes in place to ensure maximum Irish success at the games; and...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made in relation to the introduction of the new credit card sized driving licence; when he expects...
    • State Agencies
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for a body such as the Irish Aviation Authority operating as a semi commercial body which sets its own charges...
    • Tourism Employment
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department have succeeded in achieving job retention or job creation targets identified to date;...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to ensure the development of fencing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32086/12]
    • Public Transport
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Dart underground project; if he will confirm that it is his intention to prioritise the project for...
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Ryanair's attempt to take a majority stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages the construction of the new road, N22, from Ballyvourney to Macroom, County Cork, in the coming years; and if...
    • Job Creation
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a Department specific job creation plans; and if he will outline any initiative for job creation he plans...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the annual Exchequer fund to the National Transport Authority in 2010, 2011 and to date in...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on new proposals to reform the penalty points system; if reform of the penalty points system will be included...
    • Public Transport
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the National Transport Authority's review of the public service obligation bus...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress made in developing urban bike schemes in other cities throughout the State in...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the proposed changes to the penalty points system. [31974/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to scale down wages in his Department and in agencies under his Department among the top earners. [32093/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in public private partnership processes for national roads in particular an update on the current...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding, if any, he has made available to the funding of outdoor gyms; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place to manage sick leave in his Department; the sick leave entitlement in place in his Department; the combined amount of sick days taken...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the tangible results that have been delivered in his Department through the implementation of the Croke Park Agreement; the implementation plan in place in his...
    • Ministerial Transport
      Question 160: To ask the Taoiseach the extent of money spent on Ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [31612/12]
    • Irish Language
      Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five years. [31635/12]
    • Legal Cases
      Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31790/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 163: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons that receive remuneration from his Department by way of wages, salaries, pensions, grants and other...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 164: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax and the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 165: To ask the Taoiseach the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a lack of mutual recognition of driver's licences exists between...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures to be followed in respect of a passport application in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the protocols for the issuance of emergency passports to minors out of hours have changed recently and, if so,...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31784/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provisions that exist for the renewing of a child's passport in circumstances whereby the child's parents,...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current state of planning for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the level of engagement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 178: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying the correct tax and universal charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the removal of VAT on ebooks used for educational purposes in order to encourage the greater use of information and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance when the proposed Betting Amendment Bill will be published; if he will publish the heads of the Bill in advance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five...
    • Credit Availability
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number163 of 28 February 2012, if he will provide an update in relation to banks lending to small and medium...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the figure for the total amount of staple finance provided by the National Asset Management Agency, split by country; the average...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Number 60 of 13 June 2012, if he will advise in relation to residential property, and apart from the National...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he gave to the concession added in the most recent Memorandum of Understanding On Specific Economic Policy Conditionality whereby...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures on the total earnings of the top 10,000 income earners; the average earnings of that group; and the total...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures on the total earnings of the top 1% of income earners; the number of earners in that group; the average...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of income earners that earn more than €100,000 per year; and the additional yield to the Exchequer if the effective minimum tax rate in...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31783/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance following the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency of its intention to demolish a block containing 12 apartments in Longford, if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the justification for the National Assets Management Agency stating that businesses which possess other viable businesses in a...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a business with a licence that may stipulate that the proprietors can be asked to leave within one...
    • Tax Rebates
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [32075/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 26 June 2012, the average percentage interest rate paid by the National Asset Management Agency on its...
    • Tax Code
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the taxation policies outlined in the recent Department of Health public consultation on the Your Health is Your Wealth – Health and...
    • School Management
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the changes in Section 20 of the Finance Act 2011 relating specifically to school principals and boards of management of schools now...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the 2004 to 2008 mortgage interest relief scheme announced in Budget 2012; his views on the performances of individual banks...
    • Banking Operations
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the length of time it is taking banks to clear cheques and credit a customers account; and from the point of view of retail...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he and the officials in his Department have met with the tobacco industry and their representatives since he has taken office;...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by National Asset Management Agency participating institutions of the €2bn of NAMA senior debt redeemed by the...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration the National Asset Management Agency gave to its over-riding objective of addressing the serious threat to the economy caused by...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Skills Shortages
      Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions have been taken to address the skills shortage in the technology sector, where there currently exists significant...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will award a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the...
    • After School Support Services
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for after school support services, involving child care and help with homework (details supplied). [31643/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of schools as of 25 June 2012 that will have one teacher in September 2012. [31668/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to one teacher schools to allow for the full implementation and monitoring of all child protection procedures...
    • School Staffing
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to one teacher schools to allow for the full implementation and monitoring of all health and safety procedures...
    • School Patronage
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department will play in assessing the preferred patronage for the new primary school to be established in the Dublin 2/4...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional classroom accommodation will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Free Fee Scheme
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, is being deprived of their educational...
    • European Globalisation Fund
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that funding promised from the European Globalisation Fund to support former construction workers had to be returned...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the up-to-date progress report in respect of the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry as per...
    • School Management
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines and supports his Department has offered schools and school boards of management for complying with new procedures set...
    • School Staffing Appeals Mechanism
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the appeal mechanism available to the school; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31781/12]
    • School Transport
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make available an additional bus to accommodate the increase of 18 students attending Causeway Comprehensive School, County...
    • Higher Education Courses
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Higher Education Authority has decided to discontinue the teaching of carpentry apprentice classes at a college (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Waterford that have applied for the Springboard Initiative since its inception; the number of persons...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to have a new school (details supplied) in County Cork up and running; if he will advise the steps that are being...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision he has made to ensure that the special needs of a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be fully met when he...
    • Education Schemes
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application of a school (details supplied) to be on the list as one of the five pilot areas surveyed;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistant allocation to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9, in view of the complex special...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject...
    • Student Grant Scheme
      Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a student loan scheme for post graduate students who are no longer eligible for a maintenance grant; if so the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on new primary school buildings at a location (details supplied) in County Meath. [31998/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part time work, primary school teaching, entitles teachers to panel rights for September 2012; if he will provide an update on his...
    • National Council for Special Education
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education falls under the remit of the Ombudsman for Children; if not, the reason for same; and if...
    • School Staffing
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full time class assistant position will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a decision...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with...
    • School Transport
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/12]
    • School Transport
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32062/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 22 November 2011, if he will provide a detailed report in respect of the provision of a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused resource hours. [32178/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Louth in view of their extension plans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school and attendant facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when it...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade and extend and or replace the facilities at having particular regard to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is likely that the plan to replace permanently existing and proposed temporary buildings at a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider embedding information technology within the secondary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the situation in which students are requiring private tuition or grinds to achieve the basis of the course material...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be in place for a student (details supplied) in County Cork due to commence secondary school in September; if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he...
    • School Transport
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents were not informed in advance of entrance exams that their children would not be eligible for school transport if...
    • School Transport
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has in place for the pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Cork who cannot afford the weekly bus fare to allow...
    • School Transport
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a reduced rate on the weekly bus fare for low income families who cannot secure a place for their children at their...
    • School Textbooks
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to introduce the use of ebooks and digital facilities to ease the burden on parents buying new editions of books; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was refused a special needs assistant. [32316/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for the new secondary school for Claregalway, County Galway; if negotiations have commenced with a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in County Kerry that received offers of training from FÁS in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 is not eligible for the maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Cork does not have basic facilities which are normal for a school with 10 teachers and...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 25 April 2012, the position regarding the background paper on ePortfolios and when will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the National Council for Special Education to extend the schools' appeals process it intends to have in place for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the 2012/2013 resource teachers and special needs assistant posts allocations and the schools to which...
    • School Transport
      Question 272: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused a bus ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Protection
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when emergency funding will be made available to replace a collapsed section of seawall and reinforce a section of the R634...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Government will pay increments to public sector employees to which they are contractually entitled to, as they fall due...
    • Office of the Ombudsman
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to act on the recommendation of the Constitutional Review Group 1996 which proposed a Constitutional status for the...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans, if any, to extend the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts to more State agencies, as promised in the...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood relief project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will confirm when a decision on...
    • EU Funding
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the new focus of the structural fund elements of the EU multi-annual financial framework which favours...
    • Irish Language
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected level of savings through adjustments from the Croke Park agreements in 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of increments in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for people in the public sector who are currently in the following earning bands...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31788/12]
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will give approval to the payment of an award approved by the Labour Court which is waiting sanction for payment from...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list in tabular form of every quango and non governmental organisation that received any monies from his...
    • Social Impact Bonds
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held any discussions with interested bodies, either domestic or foreign, regarding the establishment of social...
    • Public Service Remuneration
      Question 288: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons in the public sector in receipt of salaries in excess of €100,000 that are in receipt of increment pay...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2006; and the number of civil servants...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when construction will commence on a project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants dismissed in the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2006. [32000/12]
    • EU Funding
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 22 May 2012, if he will outline, in tabular form, the projects on which the 52%...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011;...
    • Legal Services
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the coordinated action that he has taken to address the issue of legal fees incurred by the State; and if he will make a...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met the social partners recently in connection with the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Irish Language
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in...
    • Visa Applications
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the possibility of establishing a visa scheme specific to persons working in the technology and related...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of Enterprise Ireland supported job announcements each week since the start of...
    • Job Creation
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of Industrial Development Agency supported job announcements each week since...
    • Work Permits
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Number 67 of 21 June in respect of a work permit application (details supplied) if he will...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31786/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive...
    • Job Creation
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of Government supported jobs that were created in the counties of Waterford,...
    • Job Initiatives
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider a strategy initiative to increase the potential of call centre development here; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that...
    • Work Permits
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [32030/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Industrial Relations (Amendment (No 3)) Bill 2011; and if he...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Citizen Information Services
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Citizens Information Board Strategic Plan 2012 to 2015 is due to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Language
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the total expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons (details supplied) in County Cork are entitled to the back to school clothing and footwear payment; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a rent supplement review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the drop in the number of persons in occupational pension schemes in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Back to Work Placement Programme
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the back to work placement programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31677/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine, review/refer for appeal/oral hearing eligibility for invalidity pension on foot of medical evidence in respect of...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 can be expedited; the reason for the undue delay...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the report on the financial review of community employment that she indicated will be available this month; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance (1 comment)
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received, granted and refused within the last year, how these figures compare with the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [31719/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 325: 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...
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one parent family allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against refusal for job-seeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a request to review an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the development of her credible, bankable plan for Scandinavian-style childcare; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to date on the development of a case management approach to the pathways to work scheme; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 333: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 334: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a valid invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 335: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against her Department. [31789/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is in urgent need...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are made a Ward of Court are discriminated against when making a social welfare application on the basis that the...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for back to school clothing and footwear allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension will be paid, following submission of an application in April, in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from her...
    • PRSI Contributions
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a refund in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in relation to the overpayment of PRSI...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a State contributory pension will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow;...
    • Family Income Supplement
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for family income supplement payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway....
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the qualifying time in the jobbridge scheme from six months to three months in order that industries, including labour...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for mortgage interest supplement will be decided in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of financial humanitarian assistance allocated as a result of the flooding last autumn, 24 October 2011, that has been...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in her Department that are subject to...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a statutory redundancy case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32018/12]
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a submission regarding statutory sick pay (details supplied); her plans to address the concerns raised; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers working in the appeals office at the moment; the number of cases assigned to each officer at this time; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the turnaround time for appealing social welfare decisions; the measures being considered or implemented to reduce this time; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements being put in place regarding funding for community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding redundancy repayments in respect of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans in place to rectify the delay being experienced by persons applying for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of all appointments made to State boards under her remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if she...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 20 June 2012, in which she stated that documentation is normally required showing that a joint...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance lodged by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carers allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date on a review of an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which a decision will be made on the oral hearing of a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average and longest length of waiting times for domiciliary care allowance appeals, from the time of oral hearing to the notification...
    • School Meals Programme
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a comparison of the funding each gaelscoil receives per child in respect of school lunches and snacks, with other...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 386: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application under the jobbridge programme in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Cork; if there is...
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Benefit
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the proposed changes in the eligibility criteria for jobseeker's benefit as set out in Budget 2012; when it is...
    • Gender Recognition
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that it is now just over two years since the Government accepted the High Court declaration that the failure to grant...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta
      Question 392: To ask the Áire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir le luach €500,000 de choigiltis atá luaite leis an mBille Gaeltachta agus a éireoidh as deireadh a chur le...
    • Irish Language
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31777/12]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No 292 of 7 February 2012 and Parliamentary Question 249 of 8 May 2012, the progress made...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he stands over his statement that 30% of the protected bogs had already been irrevocably damaged; the reason we should...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the level of consultation and discussions he has had with the EU and the Commission in relation to...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Prices
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding an increase in natural gas prices to the consumer; if he...
    • Water Levels
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislation, Statutory Instrument or other orders under which the water level in Lough Ree was raised in...
    • Irish Language
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 405: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if TV3 has decided whether they wish to be carried on the Saorsat service; if the broadcaster is required to...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the remaining sites in west Cork which are being dropped from the existing analogue system and...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department....
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding financial assistance (details supplied) in respect of persons who will be without...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No 428 of Wednesday 14 September 2011. if his Department has progressed this...
    • Offshore Exploration
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding oil exploration; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the completion time of the interconnector between Ireland and the UK; and if he will...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the strategy position for the development of renewable sources of energy; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 419: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline his plans for the analogue telecommunications spectrum which are due to become available in...
    • EU Directives
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding a submission (details supplied); the actions he will take regarding the contents of same;...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation or regulations to deal with the siting of wind turbines and their...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on RAS in County Kerry in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any legislative initiative is contemplated or planned as a consequence of the 1995 Supreme Court...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an unemployed person who owns a house that is in negative equity and that has been rented out in order to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a wage threshold for those in council housing whereby those earning a higher wage...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the local authorities have a separate auditor namely the Local Government Audit Service; if he...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made any provisions to ring fence the funding budget for a volunteer organisation (details...
    • Irish Language
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the...
    • Household Charge
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a national bin waiver scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the regeneration masterplan brief for the eastern quadrant regeneration...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the quarterly payments of the general purpose grants from his Department...
    • Homlessness Strategy
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County...
    • Homlessness Strategy
      Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by him to fund homelessness statutory and voluntary services for County...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of senior officials from each city and county council who...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position of local authority staff currently employed in water services; if they will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allocate additional funding to Kerry County Council for group water and sewerage schemes in the...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council in its adopted budget for 2012...
    • Regeneration Projects
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of the 2 November 2011, when a reply will issue to same; his views...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by Sligo Borough Council in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while his Department was consulted by council officials on...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the finance provided to voluntary and social housing sector organisations for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011....
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the proposed increase in bin charges by a waste collection company (details supplied) in the...
    • Household Charge
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance he will provide to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is not in a position to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be made available to County Longford this year under the rural programme 2012,...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all allowances and payment rates of those allowances awarded by local authorities that are...
    • Water Services
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the new water board will take over the local authority group water schemes [31947/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the local council's claim that it's against his Department's regulations for local...
    • Commercial Rates
      Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the need for urgent reform of commercial rates to address specifically the issue of...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of CAS applications received in the 2012 round; the number of these received for homeless...
    • Commercial Rates
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt community based childcare facilities from commercial rates; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a waiver system for persons living abroad who genuinely were not aware of the non...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a standard planning site notice that must be used by town and county council planning...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time scale for his Department to consider an application for funding under the proposed housing...
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the up to date statistical position of the number of repossessions here over the past three years,...
    • Local Authority Charges
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received a receipt; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding seven vacant houses on a single street in Dunmanway, County Cork, that have been...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if changes have been made to the clawback provision regarding affordable housing in light of the changed...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 affected by pyrite in their...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed sewerage treatment plant in north County Dublin, the distance from the three...
    • Environmental Policy
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will bring forward during this term in relation to sustaining an eco-friendly environment;...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Clarinbridge sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the scheme will be included in...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grant aid will be made available in respect of home owners that will be requested following on from...
    • Commercial Rates
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review Section 20(1) of Cork City Management (Amendment) Act 1941 in view of the fact that it...
    • Leader Programmes
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current position in relation to the delivery of the Leader programme in Gaeltacht areas; if he intends...
    • Rural Development Programme
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current position in relation to an issue (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he intends to publish any...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • Immigration Policy
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he supports the principle of establishing a specific technology visa scheme to help the indigenous sector and multinationals located...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding ownership of land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [31751/12]
    • Auctioneering Licences
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advise on persons (details supplied) status following changes to the regulatory structure for licenced auctioneers; if the...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 13 June 2012, if the person will be allowed to remain in the State; and if he will make a...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public houses in the country that are currently open and operating without a licence; the person who is responsible for...
    • Human Trafficking
      Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded victims of human trafficking in 2010 and 2011; if he will provide details of the gender, age profile and country...
    • Irish Language
      Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a certificate of naturalisation will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Court Sittings
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the District Court of Castletownbere was allowed to sit in Bantry without the necessary Statutory Instrument for more than a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/naturalisation/family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was not considered eligible for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was not considered eligible for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Medical Service
      Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of the 14 June 2012, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the prisoner in...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31787/12]
    • Coroners Service
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council in its adopted budget for 2012 provided a sum of €187,998 to...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list in tabular form of every quango and non governmental organisation that received any monies from his...
    • Health Services
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 116 of 21 June 2012, the dates that the person visited the specialist for a review of their case;...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the details of all allowances and payment rates of those allowances awarded by him that are subject to income tax;...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of Garda stations affected in the past six months by reduced opening hours and those due...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an incident that resulted in a stand off between Gardaí and turfcutters on a bog (details supplied)...
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the State would fulfil its obligation to hold an Article 2 (ECHR) type investigation in the event of a death caused by medical...
    • Garda Districts
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the District Electoral Divisions and or townlands, as appropriate, comprising the new Garda District of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if...
    • Garda Districts
      Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in each of the Laytown and Ashbourne Garda districts, County Meath, on 1 January in the years 2009, 2010, 2011...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he...
    • Judicial Appointments
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of all appointments made by the Judicial Advisory Appointments Board since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checkpoints in 2010, 2011 and for the first five months of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Operations
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory alcohol checkpoints in 2010, 2011 and for the first five months of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in the Garda Traffic Corps each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the impact of the new Garda roster on then Traffic Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32276/12]
    • Legal Services Regulation
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate if the regulatory impact assessment for the Legal Service Bill 2012 has been completed; if so, if he will provide a...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos 37 and 132 of 20 June 2012, if he will set out the information as requested; and if he will make...
    • Judicial Pay
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage that the salary and pensions of serving judges has decreased since 1 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in the Galway Garda division on 31 May 2008; the number of Gardaí stationed in the Galway Garda...
    • Prison Building Programme
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a building project (details supplied) is expected to move to tender stage. [32421/12]
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Districts in the country as of June 2012; and if he will outline the station designated as district headquarters in...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the scope of the current impact assessment process being undertaken on the demands placed on each Garda District and station in the...
    • Courts Service
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of circuit court venues in the country; if he will outline each in a tabular basis on a county basis; if he will confirm...
    • Irish Language
      Question 526: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 527: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31780/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from his Department...
    • Defence Forces Museums
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that the memorabilia removed from the Army museum at Columb Barracks, Mullingar still remain in boxes in Custume Barracks,...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      Question 531: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of all allowances and payment rates of those allowances awarded by him that are subject to income tax; if he will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 532: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      Question 533: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is his policy to implement a strict moratorium upon recruitment and promotion in the Reserve Defence Forces; and if so, his views on whether...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for Defence the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri-environment schemes in the context of eco-environmentalism; and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Language
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for the agri environment options scheme was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a derogation for fishermen who lost their herring licence because they were not fishing for the required...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 168 (details supplied) if he will reconsider his reply. [31654/12]
    • Pigmeat Recall Scheme
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all compensation from the 2009 dioxin case has been paid out and if he will provide a list of the recipients. [31666/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when files submitted to his Department in relation to a single farm payment will be reviewed in respect of a person...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed directly in the horse racing industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Investigations
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all relevant officials in his Department have cooperated fully and legitimately to ensure that all...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person will receive his outstanding payment under the agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 545: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31776/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of weather conditions to date in Summer 2012, if he will consider allowing a derogation for the cutting of...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list in tabular form of every quango and non governmental organisation that received any monies from...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted their 2011 suckler cow payment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 550: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme
      Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for sucker premium scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos 769 of the 6 June 2012 and 541 of the 19 June 2012, in view of the fact that in the...
    • Stocking Densities
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding stocking density in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Sector
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the transitional arrangements for dairy farming between now and 2015 to allow for an orderly expansion...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 26 June 2012, if he will outline, in tabular form, the locations and year that...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the continuing delay in paying an agri environment option scheme payment in respect of persons (details...
    • Beef Exports
      Question 558: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any progress has been made following the meeting with his US counterpart Tom Vilsack in respect to the reopening of the...
    • Forestry Grants
      Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of a forestry grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
  • Department of Health
    • Foster Care
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rights that foster parents have in protecting a person (details supplied) in their care. [32445/12]
    • Missing Children
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of minors that have been reported missing from the care system in 2010 and 2011; the number that were found and...
    • Irish Language
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the total expenditure by her Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of...
    • Children in Care
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 224 of 22 February 2012, when the figures for 2011 will be available and the details of...
    • Children in Care
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care with an assigned social worker when she came to office in March 2011; the number at present; the...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 566: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against her Department. [31778/12]
    • Family Support Services
      Question 567: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the practical measures in place to protect in crisis families. [31816/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 568: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Vietnamese Adoptions; the time frame she envisages for the adoption process to reopen; and if she will...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in her Department that are...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are plans to run the childcare capital programme in 2013; if so, when will the application process will commence; if he...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of all appointments made to State boards under her remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if demographic funding for school leavers and for emergency residential services will remain in place. [32318/12]
    • Youth Services
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the time frame for the National Youth Framework has slipped from 2012 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [32055/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health in accordance with maintaining impartiality in the advice provided by members of the Expert Body on Fluoride and Health, the reason the largest...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of assistants to service users with intellectual disabilities across all degrees of incapacity and across the range of services in all...
    • Irish Language
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each of the past five...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Eltroxin has tripled in price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31644/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive access to speech therapy in view of the fact that they are listed as top priority; and...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31691/12]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the long term illness scheme in order to include systemic lupus erythematosus as a long term chronic illness; and if he will make a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the items covered under the medical card to include vitamins or complexes such as antox prescribed by doctors for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 588: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding commitments given in relation to school-leavers with a disability; and if she will make sure that a full and an appropriate...
    • Health Services
      Question 589: To ask the Minister for Health if there is any scheme to assist children with major problems (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [31740/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31785/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card applications received for the first five months of 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of same by number which did and...
    • Pharmacy Services
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Number 225 of 25 April 2012 and No. 900 on 6 July 2012, if any progress has been made on finding a resolution...
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of funding provided for mental health services in County Kerry this year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way this...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital consultation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose general practitioner deems the case...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who had hip surgery under the National Treatment Purchase Fund last year, has now been...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health if a grant or financial contribution will be made in respect of the Kerry Cancer Bus as this voluntary service is carrying increasing numbers of...
    • Health Services
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has yet been made regarding the provision of capital funding for a care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if not if he will...
    • Community Care
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients resident in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who are awaiting access to step down care in the community, in order...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will provide the necessary funding to open and adequately staff Saint Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15;...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration from his Department...
    • Medicinal Products
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish all of the Irish Medical Boards advice to him regarding the replacement non-animal cell-based test for botulinum neurotoxins; and...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health if he will now review the entire casual employment trend of home help and home care service in view of (details supplied) and replace it with a...
    • Health Services
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for a hearing test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Dementia Strategy
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national strategy for treating dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31919/12]
    • Intermediate Care
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Health if he has a strategy for intermediate care; the amount this plan will cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31923/12]
    • Long-Term Care
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health the current status of long term care here; the number of persons using this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31924/12]
    • Health Service Allowances
      Question 617: To ask the Minister for Health the details of all allowances and payment rates of those allowances awarded to staff in the health sector that are subject to income tax; the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the fact that the national average reduction in budget in respect of the Alzheimer's Society, is between 2% to 5% of the preceding...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois who is awaiting a date to undergo a procedure at Beaumont Hospital,...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the practice of private clinics and hospitals of utilising private ambulance services for the transport and transfer of patients requiring...
    • General Practitioner Services
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care will be made available to persons on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Screening Programmes
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Health the maternity hospitals here that currently do not offer screening for hearing problems in infants; his plans to introduce hearing screening in each...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the absence of screening for hearing problems in infants at maternity hospitals has left certain children with hearing issues...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the he intends to move children, who are attending the Daughters of Charity Service, Navan Road, Dublin 7, and provide their support from...
    • Animal Experimentation
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Health the legislative measures, policy actions and targets he intends to implement in order to ensure that the 3 Rs principles of reduction, replacement...
    • Sunbed Regulations
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite legislation regarding the use of sunbeds by under 18 year olds, as well as other sunbed related matters requiring regulation; the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the procedures for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been on the treatment abroad scheme since 1997 in view of...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the various options being considered by the European Commission in its revision of the Tobacco Products Directive including plain...
    • Animal Experimentation
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Health the advice he and or his officials have received from the Department of Health Bioethics Unit regarding meeting Ireland's ethical obligations when...
    • Health Care Models
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of a visit to Germany by his officials to investigate the German model of healthcare; if the Dutch model is being abandoned; and if he...
    • Symphysiotomy Report
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Walsh report in respect of women who underwent a symphysiotomy between the 1940's and the 1990's; if an apology will be issued to...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received a decision on their appeal for a medical card; and if he will make a statement...
    • Drug Pricing Agreement
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiation of a revised drug pricing agreement between the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive when an appeal for a medical card will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Your Health is Your Wealth
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions made on the public consultation on the Your Health is Your Wealth – Health and Wellbeing Framework 2012-2020 which closed...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospitals and county in which there were positive test results for the Legionella bacteria in the past 12 months;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the nursing home support scheme appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • National Carers' Strategy
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32225/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding dental health [32228/12]
    • Dental Services
      Question 646: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive an appointment to see an orthodontist [32232/12]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Health the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 648: To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have to wait for a hip operation at University Hospital Galway. [32255/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/12]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding cigarette sales (details supplied) [32261/12]
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for a motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/12]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [32269/12]
    • Respite Care Services
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the application for a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [32283/12]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the reason some treatment drugs (details supplied) prescribed by a doctor are not covered by the drugs payment scheme. [32287/12]
    • Patient Transport
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that transport for patients to and from the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin, has been...
    • Hospital Charges
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Health if he will waive the €75 Government levy for the in-patient day services charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32309/12]
    • Departmental Statistics
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of Gauchers Disease per patient here; the number of persons diagnosed with the disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork in relation to their treatment for Gauchers Disease; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card review which is currently with Health Service Executive will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a 22-bed Alzheimer's unit at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if the Health Service Executive have signed a lease for this...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the out-sourcing of home help hours and to address the fear, on the part of the patients and the home-help providers, that continuity...
    • Hospital Services
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the role that Portlaoise General Hospital, County Laois will have in view of the introduction of new clinical governance...
    • Hospital Procedures
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan was cancelled; if he will ensure that an alternative operation...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance continues to fund the facilities in both the public and private health sectors on an annual basis in...
    • Health Insurance
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Health if a White Paper on universal health insurance will be published before the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32404/12]
    • Organ Donation
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given, in the context of the introduction of a new driving licence format, to altering the current organ donation policy...
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive contribution towards the cost of a nursing home bed will increase in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit not to reduce the homecare hours that are needed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin City [32509/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Job Protection
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current proposals for the deployment of a credit card format driving...
    • Garda Equipment
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 22 new intoxilysers were available to Gardai by the Medical Board of Road Safety, having been tested and approved by...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of evidential breath samples that were tested by the Medical Board of Road Safety in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the one penalty point offence of a learner driver driving unaccompanied has not yet been implemented; and if he will...
    • Rail Services
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that upgrade works will be carried out at Railway Junction XL083 at Kilshane, County Tipperary to improve the...
    • Irish Language
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the total expenditure by his Department on providing services through the Irish language in each...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if will provide the following information in respect to the four driver testing centres in CountiesTipperary, Nenagh, Thurles,...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a lack of mutual recognition of driver's licences exists between Ireland and...
    • Road Safety
      Question 691: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the road safety statistics for the year to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to the re-opening of those closed rail lines that serve commercial ports by private operators for...
    • Legal Cases
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will quantify in tabular form, by year of commencement, all legal cases pending against his Department. [31791/12]
    • Semi-State Bodies
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm when the CIE 2011 Annual Report and Financial Statement will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the Road Safety Authority driving test centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Penalty Points System
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken to address the up to 300,000 drivers on Irish roads who are reported to have incurred penalty points...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons, non governmental organisations and quangos, that receive remuneration...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a grant approved in 2004 will be granted to a sports club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in detail his response to the decision of an Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a bypass at a...
    • Road Network
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when planning permission will be reapplied for in respect of a bypass at a location (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Public Transport
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who avail of subsidised travel on Iarnróid Éireann; if he will provide a breakdown of each subsidised...
    • Rail Network
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will supply information regarding a proposed railway line (details supplied). [32068/12]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider incorporating the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 into upcoming legislation. [31604/12]
    • Road Network
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm when the improvement works on the N11 will commence as part of a public private partnership. [31951/12]
    • Road Safety Strategy
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the target audience the Road Safety Authority and road safety officers should be aiming road safety education at to help combat...
    • Driving Licences
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he proposes to expand the number of recognised States with which Ireland has an agreement for the purpose of driving-licence...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the names of all appointments made to State boards under his remit; the boards to which they were appointed since March 2011;...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason action number 35 of the 2007 to 2012 Road Safety Strategy has never taken place even though it had a completion date...
    • Road Network
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport now that a loan has been approved in principle from the European Investment Bank of €170 million for the M17-M18 Gort to Tuam...
    • Road Network
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to the National Roads Authority for the purchase of land for the Claregalway inner relief road when...
    • Road Network
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Galway city outer bypass is given the go-ahead by the European Court of Justice in November, if funding is ring fenced...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the improvement works on the N11 to commence as part of a Public Private Partnership. [32335/12]
    • Aer Lingus Share Capital
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has had any discussions with the various stakeholders in the context of the possible takeover of Aer...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent, if any, to which he had had discussions with the various local authorities with a view to identifying the...
    • Tourism Employment
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has had further discussions with the tourism sector with particular reference to the need to maximise...
    • Road Signage
      Question 737: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding signage on roads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32416/12]
    • Driving Licences
      Question 738: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given, in the context of the introduction of a new driving licence format, to altering the current...

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