Written answers
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a specific action plan to address the particular needs of women offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39347/12]
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 8 of 20 June 2012, the current status of the Garda review of the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy in Clara, County...
- Judicial Appointments
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the judicial appointments system; the timeframe for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/12]
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the handling of the attempted move of asylum seekers from Lisburn Houses in Galway; and if he will outline his plans in relation to the...
- Garda Strength
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for Garda numbers by the end of 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39108/12]
- Penal Policy Review Group
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish his strategic review of penal policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39335/12]
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers residing in direct provision accommodation broken down by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39328/12]
- Illegal Moneylenders
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of illegal money lenders being brought to the attention of the Financial Services Regulator; the number that have been brought to the...
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda strength and the operation of and at various Garda stations throughout the country continues to be monitored with particular...
- Juvenile Offenders
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the protection regime in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, which can see children locked up for up to 23 hours a day with little access...
- Garda Station Closures
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that there will be no further closures of Garda stations in view of the fact that 39 have already been closed in the past year and...
- Garda Powers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider increasing the period of permissible Garda detention when dealing with whitecollar crimes; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the further progress that has been made in white dollar crime investigations into Anglo-Irish Bank; his views on the pace of progress being made; the...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the current residents of Lisbrook centre, Galway are enabled to remain in residence in view of the serious disruption to their...
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the practice of taking into account previous good behaviour, character references and future potential to commit crimes when sentencing...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action needed by the Garda Síochána and the security forces of this State to ensure that the type of funeral that took place in...
- Crime Statistics
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of armed robberies in each county for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and his plans...
- Courts Service Issues
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources he plans to allocate to the Family Court Service in order to deal with any increase in prosecution of child related offences...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has taken in order to reduce the amount of funds being paid to private operators of direct provision accommodation for asylum seekers....
- Gambling Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he plans to introduce comprehensive legislation to update the law on gambling, including betting. [39344/12]
- Magdalene Laundries
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate further resources to the Inter-Departmental Committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries in order to...
- Prisoner Diversions
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of diversions from prison to community mental health services during each year from 2006 to 2011, and to date in 2012. [39345/12]
- Crime Prevention
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the on-going problem of organised crime continues to be monitored and addressed; the degree to which killings associated with such...
- Policing at Concerts
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost per Garda of policing concerts and the proportion of this that is reimbursed by concert promoters and organisers. [39337/12]
- Drug Seizures
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of drug seizures in each county for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and the quantity,...
- Prisoner Releases
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently participating in the community return programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39343/12]
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any intentions of introducing guidelines for sentencing of criminals convicted of sexual offences and clarifying the role that compensation...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish a new Bill regarding immigration. [39330/12]
- Crime Statistics
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homophobic crimes recorded by the Garda Racial, Intercultural and Diversity Office each year since it was established; the number of...
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prisoner Numbers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners held in the State on the 13 September for each of the past five years; the recommended capacity broken down by prison;...
- International Agreements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on endorsing the Vienna declaration on drug policy, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference - Aids 2010 - which...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding dissident activity in areas of Dublin particularly since the reported activities following a recent funeral in north Dublin; and...
- Location of Victims' Remains
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met Mr Geoff Knupfer chief investigator of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress, if any, made in relation to the undocumented Irish citizens in the United States; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Application Numbers
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that were renewed in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a...
- EU Enlargement
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a possible timeframe for Turkey joining the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39575/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his...
- Department of Finance
- Black Economy Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail his efforts to tackle the problem of the black economy. [39508/12]
- Tax Reliefs Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all of the tax relief schemes available to taxpayers here. [39393/12]
- Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the enhanced mortgage interest relief to first time buyers who signed contracts for their home in 2008 and were therefore obliged to...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield from the abolition of reliefs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39607/12]
- Public Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in the Revenue Commissioners in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and currently in 2012; the numbers of staff in each of those years...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and...
- Tax Rebates
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax rebate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39650/12]
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the tax position of a person who is aged 74 years and is a widow and in receipt of approximately €20,000 per year, with no other allowance other than the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that girls who attend an all girls school will receive four hours learning support instead of five hours as afforded to all boys and mixed...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to an education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the company that has the contract in respect of internet and broadband support for primary schools in counties Wicklow and Carlow; the details of this...
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further consideration will be given to the need to restore the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan to his...
- Higher Education Schemes
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the higher education access route in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [39552/12]
- Site Acquisitions
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has identified a permanent site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/12]
- Schools Building Contractors
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to problems with employment procedures in some of the contracts awarded for school building projects, in particular...
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the status of this application; when a...
- Schools Refurbishment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the status of the application; when a decision...
- Teachers' Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the various allowances paid by the State in respect of the primary education section; the total cost of...
- Adult Education
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the funding of a programme (details supplied) which has announced that it is due to close on 31 October with the loss of nine jobs...
- School Management
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39625/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- State Bodies Mergers
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to merge the Forensic Science Laboratory of the Department of Justice and Equality into the State Laboratory and its transfer to...
- Public Sector Increment Payments
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of public servants who earn the salaries (details supplied) after 1 March 2012; and if he will make...
- Public Sector Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers employed according to sector and or Department in the following years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form, the total amount of applications for family income supplement in 2009, 2010, 2011, and to date in 2012; the number...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]
- Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if redundancy payments will issue without delay to the former employees of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39538/12]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when this claim will go into payment;...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her future plans for the jobbridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39562/12]
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the family income supplement for working one parent families adversely affected by her budget cuts; and if she will make a statement...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the rationale of restructuring contributory state pensions in Budget 2012, which discriminate against women who took time out of the...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in her Department in each of the years...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Events
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the events planned to date to commemorate the 1913 lockout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Schemes
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing residents in an estate (details supplied) in County Louth; if the...
- Bioenergy Ireland
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the establishment of BioEnergy Ireland; and its plans for an annual 14,700 hectare...
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will upgrade the inferior broadband in Ballydesmond to uncongested high speed broadband (details supplied); and if he...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Rents
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority is permitted by law to take foster care allowance into account as means for rent calculation; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a practice that couples who are divorced and separated and entering a new relationship are...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to replace the local authority tenant purchase scheme with a new scheme from 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in place to implement the findings of the Keane report on mortgage to rent, where private mortgage holders who are at...
- Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden,...
- Septic Tank Registration Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pesons who have registered their waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012 broken down by county; the...
- Electoral Divisions Report
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any previous Dáil constituency configurations involved a constituency comprising the entirety or parts of four counties...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the information kept by his Department in respect of compulsory purchase by local authorities; if there are any reporting...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the fact that banks have been shown to be refusing mortgages to persons because of pyrite...
- Leader Programmes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid a LEADER grant approved to them by MFG; the reason for the delay...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rent Reviews
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39442/12]
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a variance in the numbers of stationed Gardaí per capita across Garda districts; his views on whether there has been a...
- Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Forensic Science Laboratory underwent any external reviews of its functions and staffing levels in recent years; if the proposed merger into...
- Property Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional time will be given to small auctioneering firms to conclude existing business to meet with the requirements of the PSRA in view of the...
- Garda Reserve
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the creation of a service medal for members of the Garda Reserve similar to that currently awarded to members of the Army and...
- International Agreements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in relation to the introduction of the Gaming Bill; the matters that will be dealt with in the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will arrange the issue of a certificate to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39568/12]
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the effect of motoring offences on an application for naturalisation including minor parking offences; if such offences permanently act as a barrier...
- Garda Retirements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank who have retired to date in 2012; the number of Gardaí by rank who have applied to retire before the end of...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Pier; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date;...
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which trafficking in women, children and juveniles has been identified throughout the country over the past five years on an annual...
- Criminal Prosecutions
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken in respect of the trafficking of women, children and or juveniles in each of the past five years to date; the outcome...
- Witness Intimidation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised criminal activity continues to impact on crime prevention with particular reference to the intimidation of witnesses and...
- Crime Levels
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which any increase in violent crime resulting in death or serious injury continues to be monitored by him with a view to identifying...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he has received communication from the Garda authorities relating to possible closure of any further Garda stations throughout the...
- Garda Strength
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Siochana, at all ranks, male and female; the extent to which it is expected to maintain present levels of policing and...
- Garda Communications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which modern technology has been made available to all Garda stations throughout the country; the number, if any, of such stations in...
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied regarding the availability of the necessary number of personnel to provide adequate police cover in all areas throughout the...
- Prison Education Service
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have unsuccessfully applied for educational and or training position places in each of the past three years to date; the...
- Organised Crime
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which feuding between criminal gangs continues to be monitored by the Gardaí with a view to intervention and prosecution; and if he...
- Garda Retirements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí, male and female that have retired in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which redeployment or...
- Crime Statistics
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of crimes committed by prisoners while on bail continues to be monitored on an on-going basis; the degree to which such...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the issue regarding the closure of Garda stations; the role the Office of Public Works has in closures; if the decision comes from...
- Department of Defence
- EU Battlegroups
To ask the Minister for Defence the military equipment the EU Battlegroups will have. [39632/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of his Department's budget which has already been spent. [39635/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason a portion has been...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the annual salary costs for the private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- United Nations Conventions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child...
- Children Services Committees
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Health Service Executive children and adolescent mental health service is represented on the children services committees at a local...
- Child and Family Support Agency Remit
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to proceed with the recommendation of the task force on the Child and Family Support Agency to include children and adolescent mental...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39502/12]
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39504/12]
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39505/12]
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/12]
- Departmental Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Health the reason proceedings in a case by a person (details supplied) against his Department, the Health Service Executive, the Attorney General and Ireland in the High...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing aid will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/12]
- Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapist to deal with cases in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39506/12]
- Mental Health Services Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding ringfenced funding of €35 million for mental health service provision; if the money is still ringfenced for mental health services;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is the policy of the Health Service Executive to consider items such as crutches and walking aids as single use items; the cost of crutches and...
- Organ Donation
To ask the Minister for Health if he has brought forward his proposal to the Government for the draft of the Human Tissue Bill; if not, when will he do so; the length of time after that the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the conditions that a person needs to satisfy to qualify for a discretionary medical card; if a person with Fibromyalgia whose income is in excess of the standard...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with an early appointment date for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Closures
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the situation at St Brigid's Hospital, Crooks Lane, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to the community in respect of the...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding transport to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39544/12]
- Medicinal Products Supply
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to remove the cholesterol treatment drug Omacor from the general medical services list of approved drugs for medical card holders;...
- Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with necessary assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39561/12]
- Mental Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in relation to a second independent consultant psychiatrists opinion being required when it relates to a tribunal to determine a patient's freedom,...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and 2010;...
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health when the promised provision of free GP care to long-term illness patients will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he approved the €130 million further cuts to the 2012 health budget, including the proposed cuts to personal assistance services for the...
- Medical Card Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the provision of gluten-free products on prescription for medical card patients with coeliac disease; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to reverse the decision to cease emergency and cardiology services at Nenagh Hospital, County Tipperary; and if he...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health the total sum spent by the Health Service Executive and his Department in 2011 and to date in 2012 for consultancy services other than medical/clinical consultants;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Dublin Bus Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Dublin Bus in relation to the number 17A and 29A Dublin Bus service with a view to putting on extra buses during peak time;...
- Rail Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of commuters who use Clongriffin dart station, Dublin, on a weekly basis since the station was opened; his plans to have...
- Dublin Bus Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of implementing the Dublin Bus real time information displays; the stage the roll out is at; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [39516/12]
- Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if redundancy payments will issue without delay to the former employees of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39538/12]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a claim for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when this claim will go into payment;...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her future plans for the jobbridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39562/12]
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the family income supplement for working one parent families adversely affected by her budget cuts; and if she will make a statement...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the rationale of restructuring contributory state pensions in Budget 2012, which discriminate against women who took time out of the...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in her Department in each of the years...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to preserve, protect and develop the historical 1916 site at Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Events
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the events planned to date to commemorate the 1913 lockout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Schemes
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the situation facing residents in an estate (details supplied) in County Louth; if the...
- Bioenergy Ireland
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the establishment of BioEnergy Ireland; and its plans for an annual 14,700 hectare...
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will upgrade the inferior broadband in Ballydesmond to uncongested high speed broadband (details supplied); and if he...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Rents
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority is permitted by law to take foster care allowance into account as means for rent calculation; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a practice that couples who are divorced and separated and entering a new relationship are...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to replace the local authority tenant purchase scheme with a new scheme from 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in place to implement the findings of the Keane report on mortgage to rent, where private mortgage holders who are at...
- Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden,...
- Septic Tank Registration Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of pesons who have registered their waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012 broken down by county; the...
- Electoral Divisions Report
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any previous Dáil constituency configurations involved a constituency comprising the entirety or parts of four counties...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the information kept by his Department in respect of compulsory purchase by local authorities; if there are any reporting...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the fact that banks have been shown to be refusing mortgages to persons because of pyrite...
- Leader Programmes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid a LEADER grant approved to them by MFG; the reason for the delay...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rent Reviews
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39442/12]
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a variance in the numbers of stationed Gardaí per capita across Garda districts; his views on whether there has been a...
- Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Forensic Science Laboratory underwent any external reviews of its functions and staffing levels in recent years; if the proposed merger into...
- Property Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional time will be given to small auctioneering firms to conclude existing business to meet with the requirements of the PSRA in view of the...
- Garda Reserve
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the creation of a service medal for members of the Garda Reserve similar to that currently awarded to members of the Army and...
- International Agreements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in relation to the introduction of the Gaming Bill; the matters that will be dealt with in the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Appointments
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will arrange the issue of a certificate to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [39568/12]
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the effect of motoring offences on an application for naturalisation including minor parking offences; if such offences permanently act as a barrier...
- Garda Retirements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank who have retired to date in 2012; the number of Gardaí by rank who have applied to retire before the end of...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Pier; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date;...
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which trafficking in women, children and juveniles has been identified throughout the country over the past five years on an annual...
- Criminal Prosecutions
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken in respect of the trafficking of women, children and or juveniles in each of the past five years to date; the outcome...
- Witness Intimidation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised criminal activity continues to impact on crime prevention with particular reference to the intimidation of witnesses and...
- Crime Levels
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which any increase in violent crime resulting in death or serious injury continues to be monitored by him with a view to identifying...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he has received communication from the Garda authorities relating to possible closure of any further Garda stations throughout the...
- Garda Strength
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Siochana, at all ranks, male and female; the extent to which it is expected to maintain present levels of policing and...
- Garda Communications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which modern technology has been made available to all Garda stations throughout the country; the number, if any, of such stations in...
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied regarding the availability of the necessary number of personnel to provide adequate police cover in all areas throughout the...
- Prison Education Service
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have unsuccessfully applied for educational and or training position places in each of the past three years to date; the...
- Organised Crime
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which feuding between criminal gangs continues to be monitored by the Gardaí with a view to intervention and prosecution; and if he...
- Garda Retirements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí, male and female that have retired in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which redeployment or...
- Crime Statistics
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of crimes committed by prisoners while on bail continues to be monitored on an on-going basis; the degree to which such...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the issue regarding the closure of Garda stations; the role the Office of Public Works has in closures; if the decision comes from...
- Department of Defence
- EU Battlegroups
To ask the Minister for Defence the military equipment the EU Battlegroups will have. [39632/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of his Department's budget which has already been spent. [39635/12]
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason a portion has been...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the annual salary costs for the private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- United Nations Conventions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he expects the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child...
- Children Services Committees
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Health Service Executive children and adolescent mental health service is represented on the children services committees at a local...
- Child and Family Support Agency Remit
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to proceed with the recommendation of the task force on the Child and Family Support Agency to include children and adolescent mental...
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39502/12]
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39504/12]
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39505/12]
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/12]
- Departmental Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Health the reason proceedings in a case by a person (details supplied) against his Department, the Health Service Executive, the Attorney General and Ireland in the High...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing aid will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/12]
- Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapist to deal with cases in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39506/12]
- Mental Health Services Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding ringfenced funding of €35 million for mental health service provision; if the money is still ringfenced for mental health services;...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is the policy of the Health Service Executive to consider items such as crutches and walking aids as single use items; the cost of crutches and...
- Organ Donation
To ask the Minister for Health if he has brought forward his proposal to the Government for the draft of the Human Tissue Bill; if not, when will he do so; the length of time after that the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the conditions that a person needs to satisfy to qualify for a discretionary medical card; if a person with Fibromyalgia whose income is in excess of the standard...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with an early appointment date for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Closures
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the situation at St Brigid's Hospital, Crooks Lane, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will give assurances to the community in respect of the...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding transport to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39544/12]
- Medicinal Products Supply
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to remove the cholesterol treatment drug Omacor from the general medical services list of approved drugs for medical card holders;...
- Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with necessary assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39561/12]
- Mental Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the protocol in relation to a second independent consultant psychiatrists opinion being required when it relates to a tribunal to determine a patient's freedom,...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and 2010;...
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health when the promised provision of free GP care to long-term illness patients will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he approved the €130 million further cuts to the 2012 health budget, including the proposed cuts to personal assistance services for the...
- Medical Card Drugs
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the provision of gluten-free products on prescription for medical card patients with coeliac disease; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to reverse the decision to cease emergency and cardiology services at Nenagh Hospital, County Tipperary; and if he...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health the total sum spent by the Health Service Executive and his Department in 2011 and to date in 2012 for consultancy services other than medical/clinical consultants;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Dublin Bus Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Dublin Bus in relation to the number 17A and 29A Dublin Bus service with a view to putting on extra buses during peak time;...
- Rail Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of commuters who use Clongriffin dart station, Dublin, on a weekly basis since the station was opened; his plans to have...
- Dublin Bus Services
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of implementing the Dublin Bus real time information displays; the stage the roll out is at; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Staff
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of...
