Written answers

Thursday, 19 July 2012

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any cost benefit analysis has been carried out to determine the possible advantage of semi-State led...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends issuing an instruction to ComReg, as he is empowered to do under the acts to lay down the minimum...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of additional resources that will be made available to fund the recommendations of the next...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outcomes of the electric vehicle grant scheme that was introduced in 2009; if the target of achieving 6,000...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the independent assessment of the efficiency of the electricity and gas sectors here will be published; and...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which alternative and or indigenously generated electricity production has replaced fossil fuel...
    • Postal Services
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possibility of making post offices more sustainable by allowing them to provide the facility of...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average broadband speeds available to residential and business customers in towns of less than 10,000...
    • Energy Prices
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the practice of energy switching or collective community energy bargaining as occurs in Belgium and...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason widows and widowers are required to provide a sworn affidavit to support their claims of sole guardianship...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position in relation to the release of the Belfast Oral History project materials from Boston College; and if he...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish aid provide funding to Irish aid organisations which have supported programmes for population planning in...
    • North South Ministerial Council
      Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give further urgent consideration to the requests of Clones Town Council that the North South Joint...
    • EU Presidency
      Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his priorities for the remainder of Irelands presidency of the OSCE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Humanitarian Aid
      Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the provision of humanitarian aid to Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36419/12]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to regulate the Corporate Governance of the Overseas Development Non Governmental Organisation sector; if...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had in relation to the republican activists against drugs vigilante group operating in Derry...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, if any, to exert pressure on Israel to remove its illegal settlements and end its military occupation of...
    • Passport Applications
      Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the position regarding an application for a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35%...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis....
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer....
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since March 2012 on a short...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36781/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of trade missions and where he has embarked on since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Credit Review Office
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the effectiveness of the Credit Review Office; if he will provide details of any such review; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance if approval given by Fáilte Ireland to a company (details supplied) of Development and Marketing Plan under Section 495(6) of the Taxes...
    • Tax Code
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends continuing the land leasing tax exemption as this improves land mobility and efficiency of land use. [36830/12]
    • State Agencies
      Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding plans to establish NewEra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36895/12]
    • EU-IMF Agreement
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of interest on Ireland's repayments to the EFSF; and the way this compares with the rate of interest being offered to Spain. [35937/12]
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No 114 of 5 July 2012 if it is the case that the Personal Insolvency Bill was discussed with representatives of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the budgeted costs for the National Assets Management Agency advisory board in 2012 and 2013; the broad headings of expenditure under which these...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance the qualifications and experience of the National Assets Management Agency advisory board with respect to the Irish property markets [35960/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his recent statements regarding ongoing negotiations of the State's bank debt with the EU, the consideration that has been given to...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance the current quantum of non-central bank interbank lending to Irish Life and Permanent; when it falls due for repayment; and in relation to ILP's Debt...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of assets of portfolios of assets presently being offered for sale by Allied Irish Banks, Educational Building Society,...
    • Tax Code
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35975/12]
    • Tax Yield
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT revenue realised, in the past three years, from off-licence and off-sales; the VAT revenue realised from the public house and on-trade sales;...
    • Tax Code
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered a levy on the purchase of slabs of drink from off-sales outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36031/12]
    • Bank Branch Closures
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Central Bank of Ireland has received proposals for branch closures from the covered institutions; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Liquor Licences
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of validly renewed alcohol licences in the off-trade and on-trade for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Central Bank of Ireland investigations into possible mis-selling of payment protection insurance by regulated entities; if...
    • Tax Yield
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money received in 2012 from the levy imposed on private pension funds; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way that revenue is to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of Court cases that the National Assets Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of enquiries and formal applications made to the National Assets Management Agency by debtors and tenants...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the Keane report on mortgage arrears. [36077/12]
    • Sovereign Debt
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the amount of Irish sovereign debt purchased in the secondary markets that is held by the European Central Bank;...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reports completed by a company (details supplied) into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of persons employed by the National Treasury Management Agency, showing the details for National Asset...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will show separately for each covered institution the amount of senior bonds, presenting figures separately for secured and unsecured, repaid...
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of losses that have been imposed to date on subordinated bondholders at the covered institutions since the introduction of the original...
    • Exchequer Deficit
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate, based on all currently available information, including the projected deficits for 2013, 2014 and 2015 set out in the recent Stability...
    • Tax Code
      Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of each of a 5 cent, 10 cent and 20 cent reduction in tax excise and VAT included on consumer liquid motor fuels. [36119/12]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue to the Exchequer in a full year if tax relief on charitable donations were restricted to the standard rate...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would accrue to the Exchequer if educational institutions or bodies including primary, second level or third level, were...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by amount, of the registered eligible charitable institutions that claimed back tax relief on donations in 2010 and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost from 2006 to 2011 of providing tax relief on charitable donations by PAYE workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Collection
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the re-opening of a business subject to historical debt owing to the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding left in the discretionary portfolio of the national pension reserve fund; if he will confirm his plans for this funding; and if...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if the issue of burden sharing with senior bondholders was raised by the ECB, in the context of the recapitalisation of the Spanish banking system,...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the Revenue Commissioners' investigation underway into a syndicate of almost 200 individuals using an intricate...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees incurred by the National Assets Management Agency in respect of the appointment of receivers to the National Assets Management...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the values he or the National Pension Reserve Fund place on the State's share holding in any of the covered institutions; and if he will make a...
    • Bond Markets
      Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will return to the international bond markets in view of the IMF requirement that there must be certainty concerning the funding of a...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has set a target level to bring Ireland's debt to GDP ratio down to, as an outcome of the negotiations currently underway in respect of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to publish correspondence between hi and the ECB in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then Irish Government's...
    • Central Bank Investigations
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed update on the ongoing investigation by the Central Bank into certain matters at the former Anglo Irish Bank and the...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will officially review the growth forecast for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36168/12]
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number and overall value of civil court judgments secured by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of taxation...
    • Fiscal Policy
      Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the overall composition of the fiscal adjustment in Budget 2013, with a breakdown between capital and current spending and taxation...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the percentage of their mortgage book, including both owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgages, in arrears of 90 days or...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the recapitalisation of Credit Unions to date; if he is satisfied that the recapitalisation fund will be sufficient to...
    • Tax Code
      Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains committed to honouring the Programme for Government commitment not to increase income tax rates or to adjust bands or credits for the...
    • Tax Code
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the residence and issuance principles contained within the European Commission proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax which...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to equalise the duty rates between agricultural fuels and motor fuels and to introduce a reclaim system for agricultural fuel...
    • Departmental Banking
      Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Government Departments including the Department of Health continue to have their banking business with UK banks when banks bailed out and...
    • Bank Codes of Conduct
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline, for each covered institution, the banks policy in regard to the acceptance of gifts or hospitality by its senior management from...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reassured that IBRC is using every possible opportunity, with particular regard to the review and renewal of loan agreements, to ensure the...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise with the EBS the need to pass on the recent interest rate cuts to EBS mortgage policy holders; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if any action is being taken to ensure that a financial institution (details supplied) have passed on all recent ECB interest rate cuts to...
    • Credit Unions
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to the credit union sector to compensate for loan losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36415/12]
    • Tax Code
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a financial transactions tax. [36460/12]
    • Tax Reliefs
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any bands of income that avoid paying the minimum rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36475/12]
    • Tax Collection
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate number of income tax cases for which no income tax liability will arise in 2012; the proportion of all income tax cases this...
    • Tax Collection
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the persons registered for payment of the domicile levy; his views on the operation of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Laundering
      Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in relation to tackling the illegal sale of diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/12]
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners have sufficient resources to combat tobacco smuggling; the progress made to date in tackling the...
    • Equality Issues
      Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered undertaking an equality audit of Budget 2012, with a particular emphasis on gender, in order to assess the ways in which the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his Department's...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36620/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36636/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36668/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project; the capital...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in his...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the legislation changes made after the banking crisis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36724/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36732/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and accompanying salaries....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36780/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide Allied Irish Bank's outstanding maturity schedule of bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36789/12]
    • Economic Growth
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Statistics Office in 2012 has revised the GDP projections for 2009 and 2010; if he will outline the impact of the revisions...
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will hold discussions with the pension industry with a view to securing a reduction in the fees charged or management and administration of...
    • Mortgage Applications
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for residential mortgages to the banks each year for the past five years; the number of approvals; the...
    • Mortgage Applications
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance the current duration for which mortgage approval is valid once granted for each of the covered banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • European Stability Mechanism
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will make its first capital contribution to the European Stability Mechanism; the size of the contribution; the way it will be funded;...
    • Economic Growth
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the contraction in GNP over the past three quarters; the implications of this trend for employment and future taxation...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make some provision available so that trades people will complete their apprenticeships and receive their trade...
    • School Funding
      Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer of the State subsidy to private schools for the 2011/2012 school year. [36587/12]
    • Cross-Border Training Initiatives
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint training courses for the unemployed in border areas which...
    • School Transport
      Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the necessary school transport provisions will remain in place in the coming year to meet the requirements of...
    • School Funding
      Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment that was made in schools in County Clare from May 2007 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/12]
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a suitable site has been identified for a development (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms used by vocational education committees in determining the distance from a candidate's home to place of education with...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he considers it appropriate to discriminate against only those girls who attend an all girls primary school here in terms of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the proposed building project is at for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the proposed building project is at for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage at which the proposed building project is at for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed...
    • Cross-Border Education Initiatives
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the cross border education survey; and if he can provide a timescale for completion of same. [36137/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate an all girls disdvantaged school (details supplied) in County Donegal five hours learning support; and if he will...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding made available by him to each of the 33 vocational educational committees in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Adult Education
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that adult learners have a seat on education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will comparatively account for his Department's expenditure on extensions for two primary schools (details supplied) in County...
    • School Transport
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department calculates distances between schools and collection points using roads that buses will not use as part of the route...
    • Third Level Fees
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of third level registration fees for first and subsequent children; and if he plans to introduce a payment plan to alleviate...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places in primary schools and secondary schools in Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown for children diagnosed with...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is confident that no unauthorised payments were made to university staff in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work of the Capital Asset Test Implementation Group regarding higher education grants; when he expects to...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students from a farming background who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each year for the past...
    • Third Level Grants
      Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each year for the past five years. [36290/12]
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was spent on the provision of counselling services at third level in each year for the past five years; the amount that...
    • School Staffing
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of retired teachers working in primary and post primary schools at end of June 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of public services allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36294/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      Question 166: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on cuts to teachers allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36295/12]
    • Technological Universities
      Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in relation to the establishment of technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      Question 168: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of students to teaching staff in each year for the past five years at third level; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount given for minor works grants in schools in each year for the past five years. [36298/12]
    • Departmental Programmes
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places that have been made available under the springboard programme to date; the total number of students who have...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of redundant apprentices who have completed their apprenticeship as part of the redundant apprentice replacement...
    • Third Level Funding
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date on carrying out a study into the sustainability of funding at third level; when this will be completed; and if he...
    • School Curriculum
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in carrying out junior certificate reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36302/12]
    • School Curriculum
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in carrying out Leaving Certificate reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36303/12]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national literacy and numeracy strategy will be fully rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36304/12]
    • School Staffing
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that only qualified registered teachers will be employed in approved teaching posts in schools from September 2012;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further details on the recently announced review of special needs education; what this review will look at; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is committed to fully protecting funding for special needs education in the years ahead; and if he will provide further funding...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of SOLAS; if legislation to establish the new authority will be published before the end of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of times that the implementation body for the establishment of SOLAS has met since it was established; and if he will...
    • Higher Education Grants
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures for the total number of students who qualified for a postgraduate maintenance grant in each year for the...
    • Higher Education Courses
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures for the total number of students who studied at postgraduate level in each year for the past five years; and...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to publishing the value for money review of small schools by September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Staffing
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools with less than 86 pupils who will lose one or more teachers in September 2012; and if he will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who sat the higher level leaving certificate maths exam in 2012; the total number who sat the higher level...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have put in place book rental schemes in place in 2011/2012 compared to 2010/2011; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools that will have a dedicated full time guidance counsellor in September 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in reducing the pay of those working in the third level sector who earn more than €200,000; the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all savings he has sought in the third level sector separate to savings achieved as part of Budget 2012 and under the...
    • Third Level Staff
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in expenses that the head of each university here claimed in each year for the past five years in addition to their...
    • Freedom of Information
      Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Freedom of Information requests which he has received since March 2011; the date that they were received by him; the...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek further information from County Cork Vocational Education Committee regarding allegations made by a former employee...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy change came into force which now prohibits qualified parents from providing July provision for their children; the...
    • School Services Staff
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position on the decision of his Department not to facilitate new job-sharing arrangements for special needs assistants for 2012/13...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the emergency works grant application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the fees payable for people to travel using school bus transport and the dates at which these amounts are payable compared with the...
    • School Transport
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a reduction in school transport charges (details supplied) for persons who have two children attending...
    • School Transport
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who are entering primary education and second level education in September 2012 and are not being granted the...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the inventory school accommodation available to his Department to inform its discussions in relation to...
    • Book Rental Scheme
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the list of schools broken down by county which have a book rental scheme in place; the year that...
    • School Textbooks
      Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the percentage amount that school book publishers have brought their prices down by in each year over...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the educational options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of expenditure on prefabricated secondary and primary school accommodation between 1997 and 2011; if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his...
    • Site Acquisitions
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will make a decision in relation to a permanent site for Gaelscoile and Choillin, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [36548/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills now that An Bord Pleanála has approved the compulsory purchase order for Curraghmore National School, when his Department will advance...
    • School Transport
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to end the catchment boundary system for the post primary school transport scheme which will impact...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the State if all vocational education committee CEO salaries were capped at €100,000. [36569/12]
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36618/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36634/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 224: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36666/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36730/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and...
    • School Relocation
      Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the relocation made by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36778/12]
    • Higher Education Institutions
      Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential savings that can be made through enhanced cooperation and sharing of resources between higher education institutions...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Sale of State Assets
      Question 235: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the agreement with the EU/IMF/ECB in relation to the sale of State assets, including details of what has...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 236: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the funding allocated to Cork County Council and Cork City Council for each of the years 2009,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 237: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to cut the amount of sick leave in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36222/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      Question 238: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36628/12]
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 240: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an allowance exists that members of the civil and public service can avail of for eating lunch at their desks; if the...
    • Political Funding
      Question 241: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to bring forward changes to the current operation of the Leader's Allowance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      Question 242: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Croke Park Agreement; when he expects further savings; when he expects discussions to begin on its successor;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 243: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plan for voluntary redundancies in the public sector; his further plans to ensure that senior critical persons do not...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 244: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to introduce legislation to amend the Valuations Act in order that a fairer system can be put in place in an...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 245: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 246: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay was capped at €100,000. [36564/12]
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      Question 247: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the State if all current commercial semi State companies CEO salaries were capped at €100,000. [36566/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 248: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all Government Departments Public Private Partnerships projects in payment; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      Question 249: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all current and future public sector pensions in payment were capped at €60,000 based...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      Question 250: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all current and future public sector pension in payment were capped at €48,000 based...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 251: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the Office of Public Works State office accommodation portfolio rationalisation programme broken...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 252: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a spending and project breakdown of his Department's training, development and incidental expenses for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 253: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of his Departments office equipment and external IT services spend for 2012. [36580/12]
    • EU Presidency
      Question 254: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of his Budget of €343,000 for spending on the EU Presidency in 2012; and if he is likely to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 255: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the current and capital budget spend for the Centre for Management Organisation Development...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 256: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's €1.515 million Reform Agenda Budget 2012 allocation. [36583/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 257: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new recruits to his Department July 2012; the positions they hold; and the annual salaries paid. [36584/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 258: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the numbers of public servants that have been appointed over the past twelve months by the Public Appointments Service. [36585/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 259: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that are employed by the Commission for Public Service Appointments; and if he will provide details of...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 260: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will supply, in a tabular form, the number of persons who work in his Department's Government Reform Unit and their...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 261: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected pay bill for his Department's Government Reform Unit for 2012. [36589/12]
    • Departmental Strategies
      Question 262: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will supply a list of projects undertaken or to be undertaken by his Departments Government Reform in 2012. [36590/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 263: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a list of all units operating within the remit of his Department; the number of staff...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 264: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of civil servants as of June 2012; the numbers within each grade higher...
    • Public Sector Pay
      Question 265: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, a list of all civil service grades, accompanying pay scale of each grade, and number of...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 266: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all Government Advisors employed since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 267: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 268: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 269: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36641/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 271: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36673/12]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 273: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 274: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 275: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36737/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 276: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 277: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since March 2012 on a short term...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 278: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36785/12]
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the time frame for the implementation of the Government's stimulus plan; the source of funds for the plan; the amount that...
    • Public Sector Staff
      Question 280: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for further reductions in public sector numbers including redundancies and early retirements in 2012 and 2013; the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 281: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for rationalisation of State agencies; the progress that has been made to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 282: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the Government's amendments for the Construction Contracts Bill; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected timelines for progressing the Government's new lobbying legislation; the list of stakeholders currently...
    • Public Procurement (1 comment)
      Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the potential savings that can be made through an all-Island approach to the procurement and tendering for...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
    • Public Service Contracts
      Question 285: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the level of unemployment in the construction industry across the trades and related professions of architects...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 286: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits carried out to County Limerick and the locations by the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 287: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost saving from abolishing Forfas; if there will be any reduction in jobs as a result; when he expects the process to...
    • Job Creation
      Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the job creation/announcement target he set for or agreed with IDA Ireland for 2012; the amount of this target they have...
    • Job Creation
      Question 290: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the job creation/announcement target he set for or agreed with Enterprise Ireland for 2012, how much of this target they...
    • Job Creation
      Question 291: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation what job creation/announcement target he set for or agreed with Science Foundation Ireland for 2012, how much of this target...
    • Job Creation
      Question 292: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the job creation/announcement target he set for or agreed with each County Enterprise Board for 2012; if he will outline...
    • Job Creation
      Question 293: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his job creation plans for County Meath; his further views on IDA's Ireland performance in the country; and if he will make...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he has had with Departments in relation to the proposal regarding sick pay; and if he will make a statement...
    • Research and Development
      Question 295: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the basis for his estimate of the cost of CERN membership; the reason there is such a disparity between his estimate and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 296: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline on a county basis the number of jobs announced by IDA Ireland to date in 2012, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Job Creation
      Question 297: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline on a country basis the number of new jobs announced or supported by Enterprise Ireland to date in 2012,...
    • Employment Rights
      Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reform the Employment Rights agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/12]
    • Company Closures
      Question 299: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has kept in contact with negotiations between a company (details supplied) and their employees in the Dundalk and...
    • Job Creation
      Question 300: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recent consultations he has had with the Industrial Development Agency to prioritise the IDA Business Park at...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 301: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the Industrial Development Agency office in Cavan; the number of personnel based there; the duties...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 302: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list the grants that are available for start up companies so that they will can purchase items such as fixtures...
    • Work Permits
      Question 303: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 304: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 305: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Industrial Development Agency propose to dispose of serviced land adjacent to Cavan town; the reason such a disposal...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 306: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 307: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%.;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 309: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 310: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36671/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 311: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 312: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 313: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 314: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36735/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 315: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 317: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36783/12]
    • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
      Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to economic development and job creation. [36823/12]
    • Cross-Border Training Initiatives
      Question 319: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of joint promotion of labour activation measures which are...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 320: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff...
    • Trade Missions
      Question 321: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade missions and where he has undertaken since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Enterprise Support Services
      Question 323: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation of the €329,234,000 earned from the proceeds of sales of companies in which Enterprise Ireland invested between 2000 and...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 324: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an area (details supplied) has been branded Dublin's worst unemployment...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be allocated a TUS worker to carry out much needed maintenance [35984/12]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 326: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department continue to have their banking business with UK banks when banks bailed out and supported by the tax payer such...
    • Civil Registration
      Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm who is entitled to register a death under the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she will also confirm that it is not the...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [35940/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [35942/12]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the policy, whereby the reduction of the job seeker's allowance/Social Welfare Allowance rate for young persons has...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [35965/12]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [35982/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [35987/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal was disallowed in respect of a person (details supplied) [35992/12]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the back to school allowance in respect of persons on family income supplement (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36005/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36007/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36008/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36009/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36010/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [36015/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36016/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36017/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36019/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36020/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36025/12]
    • Advertising Standards
      Question 352: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent advertising by multi-national companies, where alcoholic drink in included with other products to purchase with...
    • Employment Support Services
      Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the progress in implementing the pathways to work initiative that was announced by Government earlier this year;...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding statutory sick pay; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if this application...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community employment schemes in County Cavan in 2011 and 2012; the number of participants on each scheme; the level of...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 358: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [36131/12]
    • Illness Benefit
      Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give me an update on an illness benefit application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [36145/12]
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a carer's allowance appeal is granted in respect of a person (details supplied) [36148/12]
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to school allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) [36151/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on their non...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she remains committed to honouring the Programme for Government commitment not to reduce basic social welfare rates during the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current cost of rent supplement to the State; and if she will provide a breakdown by local authority [36176/12]
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the problems that young homeless people are facing at the moment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a...
    • Redundancy Payments
      Question 372: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the group established in her Department to examine the position of part-time fire fighters in relation to unemployment payments has...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement measures available to young persons living in emergency accommodation and at risk of homelessness...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
      Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; if an urgent oral...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme
      Question 378: 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...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's respite grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for community employment schemes; when her Department's reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied). [36428/12]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [36429/12]
    • Invalidity Pension
      Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate an appeal in respect of disability allowance and or invalidity pension entitlement in respect of a person (details...
    • Back to Education Allowance
      Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review or refer to appeal the decision to disallow back to education allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for family income supplement or jobseeker's allowance or benefit; and if she...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if is she satisfied with the mechanism available through the community welfare officer for the payment of assistance to flood victims; and...
    • Flood Relief
      Question 388: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons to date who have been awarded assistance in the Cork area following the recent flooding; if she will break it down...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 390: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in dealing with the ongoing backlog of processing carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance
      Question 391: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied).. [36555/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she provides any supports to persons who have long term health conditions and cannot afford to pay the associated costs (details...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 393: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by her or her Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      Question 394: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a case for rent support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under her aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%.. [36626/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under her aegis were capped at €100,000.. [36642/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in her Department or State agencies under her aegis. [36674/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of her Department outsourced to the private...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 401: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to add flexibility to the qualification criteria of social welfare schemes such as the jobseeker's schemes and the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 403: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of State agencies under her aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36738/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by her Department since March 2012; their positions and accompanying...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of her telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36786/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 408: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his overall plans in relation to the budget for the Irish Film Board for 2012 compared with 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Language
      Question 409: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island Irish language strategy. [36818/12]
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 410: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding talks with the EU in relation to identifying alternative areas for domestic turf cutters which have...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 411: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the compensation available to farmers, who were required to destock an area (details supplied) in Connemara, for the years...
    • Film Industry Development
      Question 412: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money that has been loaned by the Irish Film Board for funding short films since September 2008; and the...
    • Merger of Cultural Institutions
      Question 413: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will alleviate the fear of the heritage council and publish the critical review and confirm if this valuable...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 414: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications on a county basis submitted under the 2011 and 2012 cessation of turf cutting compensation...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 415: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to date of the administration of turf cutting compensation scheme to date in 2012 and the estimated cost by year...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 416: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications submitted to him seeking permission to cut turf; the numbers on hand, rejected or approved; and...
    • Turbary Rights
      Question 417: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs which have been sourced for turf cutters forced to relocate; the location of each bog; the...
    • National Gallery
      Question 418: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State controlled amenities, that is, the National Gallery in the Dublin area are closed or have restricted entry...
    • National Monuments
      Question 420: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will forward the Museum Report to the Committee of Save Moore Street as previously promised. [36528/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 421: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency...
    • Architectural Heritage
      Question 422: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider providing funding towards the restoration of St. Mels Cathedral, County Longford, to assist the once...
    • Archaeological Sites
      Question 423: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider the problem that currently faces land owners of heritage sites here with regards to them acquiring...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 424: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 425: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 426: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000....
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 427: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 428: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36662/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 429: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment; the name of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 431: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36726/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 433: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 435: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36774/12]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      Question 436: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No, 299 of 10 July 2012, regarding derogation licences if he will provide the information...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 437: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Single Energy Market
      Question 438: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to energy provision. [36820/12]
    • Energy Resources
      Question 439: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the LNG project at Shannon. [36896/12]
    • Television Reception
      Question 440: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if financial assistance will be provided to old age pensioners to allow them to switch over to digital...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 441: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any plans to introduce an intergovernmental group to be put in place for the benefit of post office...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 442: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he...
    • Broadcasting Services
      Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the full extent of information sought will issue on foot of Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 29 November...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 445: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 446: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 447: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%,...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 448: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 449: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 450: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 451: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in payment;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 452: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 454: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 455: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36776/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 458: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick...
    • Gas Exploration
      Question 459: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that supply from the Corrib gas field will become available on time to assist with economic...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 460: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which native natural energy schemes have replaced imports over the past five years to date in...
    • Renewable Energy
      Question 461: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full extent to which bio ethanol and bio diesel have been supported by way tax or other incentivisations;...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      Question 463: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received submissions from independent broadcasters wherein the disadvantages under which they operate...
    • Mobile Telephony
      Question 464: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any complaints regarding the quality and extent of mobile telephone service throughout the...
    • Post Office Network
      Question 465: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received communication from the Post Masters' Union or some post masters with specific reference to...
    • Broadband Services
      Question 466: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects nationwide availability of broadband of speed and quality comparable to the best worldwide to...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      Question 467: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which commercially viable oil, gas or other mineral finds on or offshore have been detected...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      Question 469: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any communication directly or through the regulator in regard to the protective...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Household Charge
      Question 470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the State of the household charge phoneline service and any other costs accrued in promoting the...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties registered for the non principle private residence tax; the proportion this...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the guidance in place for local authorities taking residential estates in charge; if he will provide a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that the interest rate cut is passed on to local authority mortgage holders. [35939/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 474: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the quantity of vacant housing stock that Carlow County Council have at their disposal; the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding plans to provide a new sewerage scheme for Dunlavin, County Wicklow; the timeframe...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any waiver or exemption will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) for the non principal...
    • Departmental Properties
      Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status and the history of negotiations between a club (details supplied) and his Department in relation...
    • Fire Service
      Question 478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if emergency funding will be provided to fund a maintain a fully trained and fully equipped fire service in...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to complete unfinished common spaces such as roads in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      Question 480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for redevelopment (details supplied); the timeframe in which a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding houses built under the capital loan and subsidy scheme prior to the introduction of...
    • Community Development
      Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether there is a clear opportunity to develop a coherent local development process which...
    • Community Development
      Question 483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether, in any revision of the role of local area partnerships, full consideration will be...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Water Services Amendment Bill. [36081/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be any returns to the State or local authorities from the National Assets Management Agency...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that legislation in countries such as France and the Netherlands...
    • Community Development
      Question 490: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the schemes, functions and responsibilities that fall under the Community Section of his Department; and if...
    • RAPID Programme
      Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the RAPID Programme is still operational; the actions carried out under it in 2011 and to date in 2012;...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he...
    • Local Authority Staff
      Question 495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in granting sanction to Dublin City Council for two estate management workers which...
    • Building Regulations
      Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if she will provide an update on the number of submissions received in the public consultation for the draft...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 11 October 2011, the position regarding the exemption of the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current situation of a sewage plant (details supplied) in County...
    • Port Development
      Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding sedimentation (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [36361/12]
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the local authorities who provide their members with the ability to submit...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of building a social housing unit. [36384/12]
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the figure for the average return on rent from a local authority housing unit. [36386/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that would be saved if wages in his Department were capped at €100,000 per annum....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that would be saved if wages in agencies under his auspices and paid by the State were...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that would be saved if wages in local authorities were capped at €100,000 per annum....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 508: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent on telephones by his Department during 2010, 2011 and 2012. [36391/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of telephones that were purchased by his Department in the years 2010, 2011, 2012; the number of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent on furniture in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the items that may be claimed by staff in his Department for travel and subsistence, and incidental...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent on office machinery by his Department between 2009 and 2012. [36395/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all foreign travel undertaken by staff in his Department during each of the last three years....
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding provided to Cavan County Council in respect of improvement works to unfinished housing...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 516: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications being made for the extension of planning...
    • Housing Grants
      Question 517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make additional funding available to Westmeath County Council for grant aid in respect of housing...
    • Property Registration Authority
      Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering creating a property price register for commercial property, similar to the residential...
    • EU Directives
      Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of Ireland's rivers and lakes that are fully functioning ecosystems; his plans to ensure...
    • Water Quality
      Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which over abstraction of water from rivers is a problem in the State; his plans to deal to...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will work with the Department for Social Protection to help prevent young people becoming homeless who...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the local government reforms; if these reforms include a reduction in the number of...
    • Local Government Reform
      Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the former Waterford County Manager has been retained by him to undertake a study; if so, if he will...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 530: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 534: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Departments public private partnership projects in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36779/12]
    • Water Services
      Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to water treatment. [36819/12]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to homelessness. [36825/12]
    • Marine Resources
      Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be publishing a Marine Spatial Strategy; if he intends to review the National Spatial Strategy...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick...
    • Household Charge
      Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of households who have paid the household charge to date in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Household Charge
      Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have been contacted about not paying the household charge; and the steps that...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have paid multiple non-principal residency tax payments in 2010, 2011, and to date...
    • Property Taxation
      Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the Thornhill report on Property Tax; and if he will make a statement...
    • Derelict Sites
      Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures pertaining to the amount of derelict sites as defined by the Derelict Sites Act...
    • Derelict Sites
      Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of notices issued by local authorities under Section 3 of the Local Government (Sanitary...
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
    • House Prices
      Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the register of residential house prices envisaged in discussions with the Troika will commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Data Protection
      Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the potential impacts and additional costs the EU...
    • Deportation Orders
      Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of aged out foreign national young persons who had been in the care of the State prior to reaching the age of 18 years...
    • Child Protection
      Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources that will be made available to assist the family court system in view of the increase in referrals and legal cases that...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consult with Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details...
    • Garda Policing Plan
      Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact that the assessment process being undertaken on the demands placed on each Garda District and station in the country will...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an issue with the Land Registry Office (details supplied). [36003/12]
    • Drug Seizures
      Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of drug seizures in Cork City and county for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda Station at Ballygar, County Galway will re-open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36153/12]
    • Garda Reserve
      Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former members of An Garda Síochána that are in the Reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36154/12]
    • Garda Stations
      Question 571: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm his commitment that there will be no downgrading to district stations at the Garda stations at Mullingar, Granard,...
    • Irish Prison Service
      Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of spending on sports equipment in each prison in both 2010 and 2011; the corresponding figure for balls; and if he will make...
    • Garda Investigations
      Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Garda investigations into rogue bankers and Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crime Statistics
      Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of a scheduled offence under the Sex Offenders Act 2001 in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if...
    • Sex Offender Treatment Programme
      Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans, if any, he has to make 25% remission for convicted sex offenders dependent on participation in prison treatment programmes;...
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will be taking to stop the recent increase in armed robberies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36227/12]
    • Crime Prevention
      Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that there is a multi agency approach to dealing with the increase in crime in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend or update Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Equality Tribunal Cases
      Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which his Department is a respondent to claims by staff members that are currently before the Equality Tribunal...
    • Ground Rents Abolition
      Question 581: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will proceed with legislation to abolish ground rents in view of the resurgence of demands in certain ground rents by landlords;...
    • Personal Insolvency Legislation
      Question 582: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Personal Insolvency Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/12]
    • Security at Concerts
      Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that concert promoters provide a heavier security presence at concerts and have metal detectors put in place to gain...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 12 June 2012 when the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service intend to contact the...
    • Community Policing
      Question 585: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available to person in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [36362/12]
    • Garda Strength
      Question 586: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of vacant Chief Superintendent, Superintendent, Inspectors and Sergeant positions broken...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the total number of operational Garda stations and sub stations across the country in tabular form broken down by...
    • Personal Insolvency Legislation
      Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns from the credit union sector about the impact of the Personal Insolvency Bill, the contact he has had with the...
    • Personal Insolvency Legislation
      Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated numbers who will avail of the debt relief mechanisms outlined under the Personal Insolvency Bill; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken in relation to the Republican activists against drugs vigilante group; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Committals
      Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the current total number of prisoners held in the State; the recommended capacity broken down by prison; and if he...
    • Security in Prisons
      Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the steps that have been taken to strengthen security in the Prison service in view of a number of incidents over...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and any outstanding requirements to be complied with in the context of an application for naturalisation in...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when updated Stamp 4 is likely to be updated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 598: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 599: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and expected outcome of deliberations in the matter of determination of residency/naturalisation entitlements in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of entitlement to residency and naturalisation and the procedure if any yet to be followed in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and procedures yet to be followed with indicative timescales in the determination of entitlement to residency in...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 602: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and any further requirements in respect of determination of entitlement to residency/naturalisation in respect of...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 603: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected residency status and procedure to be followed to validate their residency and update their Stamp 4 which...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position and progress to date in addition to any outstanding procedural requirements to be followed by the applicant in the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if arising from a study of a copy of a national's passport a review will be undertaken of entitlement to naturalisation based on...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36624/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36640/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 611: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36672/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Department's public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the...
    • Public Services
      Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36736/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 616: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 618: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36784/12]
    • Gambling Legislation
      Question 619: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on security measures that are in place for bookmakers to stop bets being taken from underage persons; and...
    • Drug Dealing
      Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made to combat drug dealing in Dublin City Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36804/12]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 621: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the total number of arrests by county for drug dealing of prescription drugs over the past five...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any discussions with the Department of Health regarding recommendations made in the recent Better City for All Report...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the potential savings that can be made through an all-island approach to policing and community safety. [36822/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total...
    • Bingo Licences
      Question 626: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Bingo Licences operating here; if his attention has been drawn to the growth of profit based Bingo companies; if he has...
    • Garda Transport
      Question 627: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars that will be taken off the road this year under the 300,000 km rule; the number of new cars that will come...
    • Garda Stations
      Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for a decision on Garda Station closures in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36853/12]
    • Garda Operations
      Question 629: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made under Operation Fiacla; the number of Garda engaged in the operation; the timeframe for the operation; the...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 630: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who retired in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number who have signalled their intention to retire...
    • Garda Operations
      Question 631: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that sufficient resources will be made available to the Garda to allow for the proper policing of the forthcoming...
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 632: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish his reform plans for the Reserve Defence Forces. [36105/12]
    • Defence Forces Property
      Question 633: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding finding an alternative use for Columbs Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [36106/12]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      Question 634: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are any plans to reduce the number of personnel based at Dún Ui Mhaoilíosa, An Rinn Mhór, Gaillimh; if it is intended to maintain the...
    • Defence Forces Review
      Question 635: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will suspend his decision to disestablish the 4th Infantry Battalion, to subsume any reorganisation in the Green Paper process and to proceed...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      Question 636: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular form the number of promotions that will occur in the armed forces this year; the positions involved; the location of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 637: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his Department's...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 638: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 639: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36617/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 641: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 642: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36665/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 643: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Department's public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project; the capital...
    • Public Services
      Question 644: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 645: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or resources in his...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 647: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and accompanying salaries....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 649: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36777/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 650: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his...
  • Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme
      Question 651: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if the suckler cow welfare scheme will be operational again in 2013 and in future years in line with the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      Question 652: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available to farmers, who were required to destock an area (details supplied) in Connemara, for the years...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      Question 653: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 435 of 2 November 2011 and 323 of 21 June 2011, when an application for an...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 654: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding outstanding single farm payment for 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 655: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the terms of his application for an expedited upfront payment of the single farm payment in 2012; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 656: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 657: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 658: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and...
    • State Agencies
      Question 659: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000....
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 660: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 661: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36661/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 662: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Department's public private partnership projects in payment; the name of...
    • Public Services
      Question 663: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 664: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 665: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36725/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 666: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 667: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since March 2012 on a short term...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 668: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36773/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 669: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the agriculture budget for current expenditure in 2013 will be reduced by 8% while other Government Departments...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 670: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an underspend in the agriculture budget in 2012 can this be carried forward to 2013. [36832/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 671: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff...
    • Single Payment Scheme
      Question 672: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form in 2011 the total number and geographic location by county of recipients of Single Farm...
    • EU Funding
      Question 673: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money Ireland receives under the Common Agricultural Policy in total and broken down by pillar in 2008,...
  • Department of Health
    • Family Support Services
      Question 674: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an independent review of the circumstances relative to the care of a family (details supplied) will be undertaken by the...
    • Foster Care
      Question 675: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in private foster care in Ireland year on year for the past ten years; the annual cost of providing this...
    • Child Care Services
      Question 676: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount and value of the recent allocation of childcare funding that was awarded to facilities in County Kildare; the way this...
    • Foster Care
      Question 677: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed timeframe as to when the 630 unvetted foster care workers will be vetted; if she will provide a...
    • Children in Care
      Question 678: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high support and or special care secure accommodation unit residential places in total in the State; if she will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 679: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of her Department or any State agency...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 680: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by her or her Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 681: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under her aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%....
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 682: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under her aegis were capped at €100,000. [36631/12]
    • Foreign Adoptions
      Question 683: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current status of a bilateral agreement between Russia and Ireland to enable adoption from Russia recommence; and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      Question 684: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 685: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in her Department or State agencies under her aegis. [36663/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 686: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular format a list of her Department's public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the...
    • Public Services
      Question 687: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of her Department outsourced to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 688: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 689: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of State agencies under her aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36727/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 690: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by her Department since March 2012; their positions and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      Question 692: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of her telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36775/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 693: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of sick days taken by staff in her Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in...
    • Child Poverty
      Question 694: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure the implementation of the commitment in the Programme for Government to an area based approach to tackling...
    • Children in Care
      Question 695: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aged out foreign national young persons currently in the care of the State, in tabular form; each young person's...
    • Child Protection
      Question 696: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the integration of the Health Service Executives child protection services, the youth probation service and the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 697: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [35968/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 698: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [35974/12]
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 699: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national lottery grant application in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Corki [35978/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 700: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [35983/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 701: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [35997/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 702: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [35998/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 703: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical card decision in respect of a person (details supplied). [35999/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 704: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [36012/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 705: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give me an update on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) [36146/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 706: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [36149/12]
    • National Carers Strategy
      Question 707: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the carers' strategy. [36427/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 708: To ask the Minister for Health his views that hospital consultant salary levels are out of line with our European neighbours; and his plans to reform this area of expenditure in...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 709: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [36443/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 710: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the misuse of drugs legislation to be updated to tackle the street sale of Benzodiazepines; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      Question 711: To ask the Minister for Health the reason an injection (details supplied) has been removed from medical cards and if he will reconsider same [35949/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 712: To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for a full medical will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [35969/12]
    • Health Services
      Question 713: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be transferred from the Dublin area to midland area as soon as a position becomes available [35986/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 714: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 559 of the 26 October 2011 if he will provide an update of the review of the care and welfare regulations in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 715: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath receives a date for their pending heart surgery in Galway Hospital [36006/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to discussions between his Department and the National Asset Management Agency in relation to the possible relocation of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 717: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive an operation [36104/12]
    • Patient Transport
      Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the future of the subsidised patient return bus service from County Donegal to hospitals in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 719: To ask the Minister for Health when the intends to introduce amending legislation to give persons with long term illness cards, free general practitioner services and to implement...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that home help is provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36208/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that those staff who worked for the old health boards repay the thousands of euros that they have been overpaid; and if he will...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      Question 723: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a case (details supplied); the position of the European Courts on Human Rights in relation to this matter; when he expects to...
    • Maternity Services
      Question 724: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the Health Service Executive commissioned report reviewing maternity services in the greater Dublin...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 725: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report by the Expert Group on the A, B & C vs. Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human...
    • Departmental Reports
      Question 726: To ask the Minister for Health when the report presented to him by the chairman of the review group on the National Children's Hospital on 8 June 2012 will be published; and if he...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 727: To ask the Minister for Health the total health spend on agency staff; the number of whole time equivalent this equates to; and the details for same for the years 2008 to 2012...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 728: To ask the Minister for Health if there is a full time ambulance located in Ashbourne, County Meath; if he will provide the ambulance cover for that town; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 729: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number and grade of all hospital consultants in the State; the total, highest and lowest person and the average spend on same;...
    • Hospital Staff
      Question 730: To ask the Minister for Health the salaries and expenses of all Health Service Executive Allied Health Professionals receiving more than €100,000 per annum [36256/12]
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      Question 731: To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been available to the dignity for patients campaign group to allow them to represent patients who were the victims of sexual abuse in...
    • National Counselling Service
      Question 732: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for adult victims of sexual abuse for counselling in the County Louth area [36259/12]
    • Abuse in Hospitals
      Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health if he will hold a public inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth [36260/12]
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health the perinatal hospice and or other relevant facilities available to assist families whose unborn children are diagnosed with severe disability or...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      Question 735: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposal of banning the selling of cheap alcohol in supermarkets. [36269/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      Question 736: To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposed changes to his policy on day care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36273/12]
    • Hospital Services
      Question 739: To ask the Minister for Health due to the serious overcrowding and following the business case that was made by management of Mullingar hospital to open a 12 bed in-patient acute...
    • Ambulance Service
      Question 740: To ask the Minister for Health the scheme for subsidy for travel expenses for hospital appointments processed by the Ambulance Service in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; the year...
    • Palliative Care
      Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that general practitioners in Wicklow have been advised that, in palliative care cases, they are only to refer patients that are...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      Question 742: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the lack of access to nursing home beds both public and private in north Dublin, which is limited and where demand...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 743: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 744: To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding the privatisation of the home help service; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of home help hours provided by the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      Question 745: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an application from an organisation (details supplied) for funding under the 2012 National Lottery Fund; if he will indicate when...
    • Orthodontic Services
      Question 746: To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons that are on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment in Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway; the number of these that...
    • Vaccination Programme
      Question 747: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a compensation fund for the parents of vaccine damaged children; when a decision will be made on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 748: To ask the Minister for Health the resources that have been allocated to the roll out of the colorectal screening programme [36376/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 750: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a colonoscopy on 16 July 2012; the number of these persons waiting more than three months for the procedure; the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 753: To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36399/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 754: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford [36442/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 755: To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 756: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved [36447/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 757: To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for assessment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 758: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [36451/12]
    • Medical Cards
      Question 759: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [36452/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 760: To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for assessment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 761: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the matter will be expedited....
    • Health Services
      Question 762: To ask the Minister for Health if occupational therapy services will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason for the delay in relation to the...
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      Question 763: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive Dublin/Mid Leinster recently purchased a property for €437,500 to...
    • Home Help Service
      Question 765: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all those employed by a company (details supplied) for the provision of home help have at least a FETAC level 5...
    • Patient Transport
      Question 766: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total amount of funds, in tabular form for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, allocated to patient transport schemes which...
    • Departmental Funding
      Question 767: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency under his Department's...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      Question 768: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Cork [36553/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      Question 769: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the Mental Health Tribunal section of the Mental Health Commission each year since 2007; if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 770: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be reached on medical card reviews in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      Question 771: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more information on the availability of suitable treatment centres for persons aged under 18 years with addiction problems,...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      Question 773: To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if all medicines paid for under the GMS scheme were substituted with generic equivalents [36565/12]
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 774: To ask the Minister for Health the annual financial benefit to the Exchequer if the full economic costs for the use of beds in public and voluntary hospitals here for the purposes...
    • Health Service Staff
      Question 775: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer of agency staff in the Health Service Executive over the past 12 months [36571/12]
    • Nursing Home Services
      Question 776: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons in long stay nursing home care paid for by the State; the number of these persons that are...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all time-related savings delayed spending of Budget 2011 allocations on staff and/or services within the Health Service...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 779: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary exceeds the first pay...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 780: To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%. [36622/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 781: To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all CEOs of State agencies under his aegis were capped at €100,000. [36638/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 782: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory,...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 783: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36670/12]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      Question 784: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular format a list of his Department's public private partnership projects in payment; the name of the project; the capital...
    • Hospital Facilities
      Question 785: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm his and the Health Service Executives commitment to maintaining respite beds at a hospital (details supplied) in County Longford;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 786: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the private sector; and the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 788: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer [36734/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 789: To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and accompanying salaries...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 790: To ask the Minister for Health the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since March 2012 on a short term contract or on a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 791: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36782/12]
    • Health Service Reform
      Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health the potential savings that can be made through all-island approaches to healthcare in orthopaedic surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery, paediatric...
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      Question 798: To ask the Minister for Health his future plans to include Fibromyalgia as a recognised disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/12]
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      Question 799: To ask the Minister for Health the current support services, both medical and psychological in place to help sufferers of Fibromyalgia; his future plans if any to invest within...
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      Question 801: To ask the Minister for Health his future plans to engage with the Department of Social Protection in order to ensure that sufferers of Fibromyalgia received their entitled...
    • Creative Art Therapies
      Question 802: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include Creative Art Therapies in the list of professionals covered by the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 [36833/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 803: To ask the Minister for Health the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in total across his...
    • EU Directives
      Question 804: To ask the Minister for Health in respect of Ireland's bilateral health care reimbursement agreement with the United Kingdom arising from the application of Regulation (EC) 1408/71...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Maintenance
      Question 806: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide all local authorities roads maintenance budget and actual costs by county for local authority controlled...
    • James Joyce Tower
      Question 807: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the hours of opening of the James Joyce Tower, Sandycove, County Dublin; if there are restricted hours of opening; and if he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      Question 808: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential savings that can be made through the implementation of an all-island tourism promotion and marketing strategy....
    • Sports Funding
      Question 809: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a football club (details supplied) in County Dublin has qualified for the UEFA...
    • Light Rail Project
      Question 810: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current spend on the Luas BXD project. [36085/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 811: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that would be saved if wages in his Department were capped at €100,000 per annum. [36086/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 813: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of telephones that were purchased by his Department in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 814: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on furniture in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36091/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 815: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the items that may be claimed by staff in his Department for travel and subsistence and incidental expenses; the average...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 816: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on office machinery by his Department between 2009 and 2012. [36093/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 817: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of all foreign travel undertaken by staff in his Department during each of the past three years....
    • Road Toll Operators
      Question 818: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid by the State in the 2010 to 2012 period for the operation of tolling systems on roads across the State; and any...
    • Road Toll Operators
      Question 819: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the State paid to Toll operators in subsidies due to low traffic levels in 2012; and the amount the State will pay...
    • Programme for Government
      Question 820: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for the year ahead and the achievements from the Programme for Government to date; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Funding
      Question 821: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the amount awarded in grant aid to the large sporting agencies here (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Road Maintenance
      Question 822: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the National Roads Authority roads maintenance budget and actual costs by county for national roads here for...
    • Road Safety Authority
      Question 823: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total budget for the Road Safety Authority in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Safety Authority
      Question 824: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy as to whether the functions of the Road Safety Authority presently conducted by the State will remain publicly...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 825: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner driver permits which are presently in circulation and for which are awaiting examinations for full...
    • Rail Network
      Question 826: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to examine the feasibility of the reuse of the Phoenix Park tunnel for DART services between Heuston Station and...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      Question 827: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding proposals regarding the tendering of public service obligation services; if he will provide details of...
    • State Agencies
      Question 828: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to merge the Irish Rail Infrastructure team with the Railway Procurement Agency and National Roads Authority to...
    • National Roads Authority
      Question 829: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate if he has had any consultation from the National Roads Authority with regard to bringing about solutions...
    • Sports Facilities
      Question 830: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on the developing of a database of sports facilities (details supplied) and if this database will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 832: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on moneys provided under any funding scheme by any section of his Department or any State agency...
    • Ministerial Advisers
      Question 833: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all Special Advisors appointed by him or his Ministers of State since March 2011 whose salary...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 834: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual saving to the Exchequer if all board members' fees paid to agencies under his aegis were cut by 25%, 35% and 50%....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 836: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in a tabular form, a list of all professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT...
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 837: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the Exchequer for the provision of agency staff in his Department or State agencies under his aegis. [36675/12]
    • Departmental Contracts
      Question 838: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, details of public service provision responsibilities of his Department outsourced to the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 839: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all current time-related savings/delayed spending of Budget 2012 allocations on staff and or...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 840: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of State agencies under his aegis; and the annual cost of each agency to the Exchequer. [36739/12]
    • Bus Services
      Question 841: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36740/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 842: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of retired civil or public servants that have been rehired by his Department since March 2012; their positions and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      Question 844: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of his telecommunications services in 2012 budget. [36787/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      Question 845: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sick days taken by staff in his Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the average number of sick days per staff in...

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