Written answers

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with Iascairí Intíre na hÉireann, a fishermen's organisation representing inshore fishermen; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered taking action to incentivise longer term leases of farm land over the current widespread practice whereby most land...
    • Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the underspend in the agri environment options scheme and the REP scheme to date in 2012; if the full budgeted allocation will be spent;...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his key priorities for the process of reforming the common fisheries policy which will more than likely conclude during the Irish...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in the common agricultural policy negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/12]
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding the lobster stock numbers; his plans to provide for access to stock in a limited and sustainable way; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the submission of the newly formed United Farmers' Association in relation to reform of the common...
    • Marine Tourism
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to bring forward proposals to enhance marine tourism opportunities at the six national fishery harbours; and if he will make a...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will state, as Chair of the High Level Implementation Group, if it is still his view that Food Harvest 2020 is not a plan or...
    • Milk Quota Purchases
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that there will be adequate processing capacity to process the increased milk output expected after the ending of the...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will state his precise policy in relation to the outdoor field trials of GM potatoes currently underway in County Carlow; the...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made an application to the European Institute for emergency funding to assist farmers in the aftermath of severe and harsh...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which progress can be reported in the context of any World Trade Organisation discussions to the effect that Ireland and...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency assistance available to Ireland from the EU in the event of near disaster scenarios, such as the appallingly wet summer and...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Farmers' Association has requested to meet with him; if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the growing of experimental GM crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/12]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received submissions from the Irish Farmers' Association and other farming organisations requesting earlier payment of all farm...
    • Marine Accidents
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the investigation into the loss of the Pere Charles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40383/12]
    • Harbour Fees
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed increase in charges in harbour fees, if he will intervene to ensure that the boatmen who take visitors out to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details on the level of expenditure being incurred on the part of the State in hiring solicitors and barristers to undertake State agency work; and if he...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the number of times the Cabinet sub-committee on Climate Change has met since its formation, the dates concerned. [40303/12]
    • Unemployment Levels
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm the latest available unemployment figures at the Tallaght Social Protection Office, Dublin; if he will also provide the comparisons for the same month over...
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made in extending the parliamentary question system to any body established by statute or majority funding or ownership by the State as provided...
    • Ministerial Staff
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline in tabular form the annual salary costs of his private and constituency offices in each of the years 2009 and 2010; the same figure for any Minister of...
    • Disability Numbers
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons between 16 and 64 years here recorded as having a physical disability; and the number of those who are currently in employment. [40576/12]
    • Emigration Data
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of people that have emigrated since January 2010 to date in 2012; and the percentage of those that were Irish nationals. [40577/12]
    • Care Services
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of carers recorded here; and the percentage of these caring for more than 15 hours per week. [40578/12]
    • Income Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach the average income of top 10% of income earners in the population and the bottom 10%. [40580/12]
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies, authorities, boards, committees, working groups, tribunals, council services, task force agencies and other quangos set up by his predecessor in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Taoiseach the total photography costs for his Department by his two predecessors in the past 10 years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40699/12]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the seven action points put forward by Trocaire in relation to Ireland's presidency of the EU in 2013; and...
    • Passport Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is possible for two Irish citizens (details supplied) in County Galway who had their passports stolen in Bolivia ten days...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the previous background of a driver in driving commercial vehicles is not taken into account when applying for private car insurance (details supplied);...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has costed the proposal to grant a rebate on diesel to essential users as allowed under EU directive 2003/96/EC; if he plans to introduce such a rebate in...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which persons investing in an active managed retirement fund can avail of alternative options in the event of changed circumstances; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the taxation of home heating oil in view of the difficulties consumers are experiencing with increasing costs. [40141/12]
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that hospital consultants with private practices paid on their total income in 2011 and the effective tax rate. [40157/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the implementation of further measures announced in Budget 2012 with respect to the treatment of non-residents for tax purposes; the revenue...
    • Income Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of those with an income of €80,000 and more per annum; and the number of those with an income of €100,000 and more per annum. [40247/12]
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of those whose annual income is €80,000 and more and who claim a home carer tax credit. [40248/12]
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the alleged unauthorised disclosure of information at the National Asset Management Agency by a former employee, the date on which NAMA notified the...
    • NAMA Qualifying Investor Fund
      To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency expects to make an appointment for the provision of investment management services for its proposed qualified investments...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce legislation to give effect to so-called Real Estate Investment Trusts in NAMA; and if he has, the timetable for the introduction of...
    • NAMA Loan Offers
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances in the past 12 months when the National Asset Management Agency has rejected an offer for assets under his control which, firstly,...
    • NAMA Loan Write-Downs
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a Sunday newspaper that the National Asset Management Agency has agreed a substantial debt write-down on a loan that was made to a...
    • Black Economy Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the ongoing concerns regarding unfair competition for small and medium enterprises from the black economy; if he will consider further measures to...
    • Gambling Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the current marginal rate of tax on income earned of more than €100,000 per annum; and the way this rate compares internationally. [40474/12]
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in carry-over from full-year measures in Budget 2012, which will be included in Budget 2013; if he will provide a breakdown in this amount between...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the saving that would be made to the Exchequer if the maximum tax-free lump sum available at retirement was reduced from €200,000 to €150,000 [40482/12]
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to review the film industry's tax regime, an industry that historically has been extremely successful in attracting high profile films and TV...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which tenants of State owned property have request of rent reviews that may be affected by upward only revision; the number of such cases if known;...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Financial Ombudsman by bank customers relating to banking issues in each of the past three years; and if he will make a...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 18 September 2012, if he will confirm the cost of the acquisition of Irish Nationwide by IBRC. [40581/12]
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 18 September 2012, if he will clarify the position regarding the interest on the promissory notes, providing a...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given, in view of the increased challenges a person with a disability faces to obtain employment, to the extension of the revenue job...
    • Fuel Prices
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the cost of fuel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40700/12]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to enable FÁS apprentices complete their apprenticeships when they cannot access work experience and complete the required...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the purchase of the site for the new permanent Gael Scoil in Ashbourne, County Meath will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recent correspondence he has had with Kildare Vocational Education Committee in relation to the provision of improved second level accommodation...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the replacement of a teacher (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40086/12]
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary has been refused a school bus ticket; if he will review this matter based on the fact that...
    • Adult Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any element of the lifestart project is funded by his Department directly; if so, if he will outline the way it is funded, the locations and the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 15 March 2012, if he will report on progress on the acquisition of the site as outlined at that time; and...
    • School Breaks Standardisation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reviewing the time-tabling of the primary and post-primary schools' mid-term break to ensure that it doesn't coincide with the...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position regarding the revised arrangements for teacher training and in particular the impact of the announced changes of...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available for parents towards the cost of transport when they are living in excess of five kilometres from the nearest...
    • Vocational Education Committees Amalgamation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the new structures for the proposed vocational education committees; if he will list the designated chief executive officers for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up to date position regarding an application for an education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • School Textbooks
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will deal with the following matter regarding school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40360/12]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the position of a school (details supplied) currently on his Department's school building programme; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives and opportunities that will be coming on stream to give hope to newly qualified teachers as they leave college and seek employment;...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) whose special needs assistant contract was discontinued has been told they will not be issued with a P45 or...
    • School Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the breakdown per private school of the State subsidy for the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the strategic partnership recently formed by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Institute...
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the offer from the anti bullying campaign to provide training in combatting and preventing bullying to teachers and...
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the budgetary amount allocated to the student assistance fund which provides emergency financial support to students in order that they can...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to build or relocate a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40696/12]
    • Teacher Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the special national subsidiary panel in respect of a person (details supplied) [40732/12]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline if it is still the intention of his Department to merge the Forensic Science Laboratory into the State Laboratory; and if...
    • Land Swaps
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available from the Office of Public Works all details, including maps, of a land swap between the OPW and Wexford Borough...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the impact which the managed Print Services Framework will have on 300 Buisnesses which are excluded from...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if privilege days still exist in the civil service; if so, if these privilege days date back prior to independence such as a day off to...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce new legislative changes in view of the recent High Court judgement involving a migrant worker (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is able to determine if his Department or any of the other Government agencies under his remit such as Enterprise Ireland or the...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actual launch date of the temporary partial credit guarantee scheme which he announced in April 2012; the number of applications...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the size and strength of the Industrial Development Agency mission to Australia in terms of funds, personnel and...
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support and advice he can offer to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [40320/12]
    • Consumer Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has met a delegation from the Consumers Association of Ireland to discuss their funding problems; and if there are any plans for a...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide each jobs announcement welcomed by his Department since August 2009, the numbers employed by the relevant company at...
    • Job Vacancies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a projection of the number of posts that will be filled by recruits from here to the jobs recently announced by...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review company law in order to oblige insolvent companies which declare themselves unable to meet their financial obligations...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he...
    • Job Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will, in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland intervene in the threatened closure of a company...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the new mortgage advisory service is confined to accountants; her plans to open up the service to financial brokers in view of the fact that...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is correct that a pension fund is deemed as income in a means assessment for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal on an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review group on domiciliary care allowance is due to report back; if she will reassure recipients of domiciliary care allowance who are worried...
    • Disability Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance for each of the past twenty four months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a job advertised under the jobbridge programme (details supplied) which could be wrongly interpreted as...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 is waiting six months on a social welfare appeal; if she will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the number and percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of her Department in each of the past...
    • Redundancy Rebates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an employer redundancy rebate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40183/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for state pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40184/12]
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 will be given permission to finish their course work on placement; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40198/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40230/12]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons with Fibromyalgia, despite submitting all relevant medical paperwork, are been refused on the basis of a desk assessment. [40231/12]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way it has occurred that an alleged overpayment was made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when one parent family allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review the decision to...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision in relation to their application for invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of child benefit who are also in receipt of a social welfare payment, including family income supplement, and the percentage...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their review application for carer’s allowance; if this case was...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection The number of women applicants who applied unsuccessfullys for the State contributory pension and were refused a pension based on changes to rules that...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who submitted their claim approximately two months ago; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review of a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for jobseeker's benefit; the number of applicants currently waiting for their jobseeker's benefit application...
    • Child Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for child benefit; the number of applicants currently waiting for their child benefit application to be...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for family income supplement; the number of applicants currently waiting for their family income supplement...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for illness benefit; the number of applicants currently waiting for their illness benefit application to be...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for invalidity pension; the number of applicants currently waiting for their invalidity pension application...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for an application for redundancy payment;; the number of applicants currently waiting for their redundancy payment application...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons now taking part in the jobBridge programme; the number of participants on the programme who have gone on to obtain full-time...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a review for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the following hardship case (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [40367/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection on what basis the rent allowance payable to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 is being reviewed. [40380/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review for a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when invalidity pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the reason the person they were not notified of the decision...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures regarding properties housing rent supplement recipients that fail environmental health inspections and the protections in place to ensure...
    • Back to Education Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse back to education allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [40467/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40477/12]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal for disability allowance will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance will be reviewed again based on submission of medical evidence in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the initial refusal rates for applications for invalidly pension in County Louth; or whatever geographical breakdown is available. [40515/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate a review of the refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their appeal for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views regarding concerns of employers as outlined through representative organisations and many companies of varied size, small, medium and large in...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when will a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive a decision on an appeal for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to protect young persons who have grown up in care and subsequently enter emergency accommodation, who discover they are unable to house...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford and the ensuing appeal; and...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford a further refusal of which would be unfair in...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has abandoned the original targets to reduce consistent poverty; if new targets have been set; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Unemployment Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons in categories (details supplied) that are receiving unemployment benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40584/12]
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal for invalidity pension will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will allow an oral...
    • Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a regulatory impact analysis has been or will be conducted on the sick pay proposals which she is considering on account of the uncertainty the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision as been reached in the appeal against a decision to stop disability payments in respect of a person (details supplied) [40701/12]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will outline any other...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any moneys are available for the compensation of persons who have been or will be affected by the restrictions imposed by the Habitats...
    • Commemorative Events
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way relatives of those who fought in the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising can receive invitations to the annual commemoration; the...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application for bog compensation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Angling Season
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the River Maine, which closes now for salmon fishing on 30 September, if he will consider granting an extension...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request that RTE address issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding digital switchover;...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to his Department's and the Commission for Energy Regulation energy policy, if he will indicate when gate four...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 985 of 18 September 2012, when the formal national mapping exercise to determine the...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if supports are in place to encourage the production of bio fuels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the analysis undertaken by his Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority; and if this...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update in the Environmental Protection Agency research taking place into the practice of hydraulic...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the digital dividend which will arise from the cessation of the analogue TV signals and the freeing up of the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason that when Bord Na Móna made a number of employees redundant in September 1992 the company's superannuation...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make Saorview channels available on FreeSat;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40729/12]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are entitled to withhold grant payments to students whose parents may or may not have paid the household...
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the remaining phase of maisonette remedial works (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will commence; and the timescale for the...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to protect tenants from paying the household charge in an instance in which the landlord wrongly imposes...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the claw back element of the affordable home scheme to discount legal and auctioneering fees in...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant application to Mayo north east LEADER partnership company Teoranta by an organisation (details...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of local authorities which regard foster care allowance as reckonable income when calculating rent;...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the reason an area (details supplied) was not designated for a household charge waiver by the county council...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available, if any, towards the installation of solar panels on local authority housing; if there is no such scheme...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact of the letters sent by local authorities to those on the non-principal private residence list in relation to seeking...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has devised a method by way of a loan scheme or otherwise to enable elderly people to purchase outright their houses...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authority staff including city and county managers who are working for the Local Government Management Agency are paid...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from Kerry County Council regarding its concerns about the reduction in the Housing Capital...
    • House Prices
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No 1100 of 18 September 2012, the actual cost of producing the average house price series....
    • Thatching Grants Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a residency requirement for applicants to his Department for thatching grants; the date on which he introduced the...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will issue approval in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving...
    • Housing Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dependents listed on applications for social housing in the State broken down by local authority. [40605/12]
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to ensure that local authorities take measures to engage people on the live register to work as polling clerks...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if works due to be completed by the end of August at a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Cork have been finalised; and if he will make a...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the professions who may act as personal insolvency practitioners under the Personal Insolvency legislation; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Irish sign language recognised as an official language here; if not, the reason for same, when it is so widely used here; and if he...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for de facto relationship visas in view of the fact that all required documentation is submitted with the application; and...
    • Deportation Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a deportation order issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect to an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if any of their residency was deemed to...
    • Organised Crime
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent activity surrounding a high profile funeral in (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on applications for naturalisation lodged by persons (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views of the short-stay visa waiver scheme allowing visitors here, from 16 emerging tourism markets, to travel around the rest of the island...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the report regarding a particular series of events which took place after the conviction of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding to purchase additional vehicles for the Garda traffic corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40298/12]
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda sergeants and inspector vacancies currently in the Garda R&J districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40299/12]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the last time the fees to get a vehicle released after being seized by An Garda Síochána were increased; his plans to increase same; and if...
    • Garda Reserve
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to put in place a rank structure for the Garda Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40310/12]
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a new recruitment drive for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40311/12]
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of active Gardaí at the moment and a breakdown per county on the numbers of the Gardaí in each area; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant a person (details supplied) whose Stamp 4 expired on 3 September, a temporary stamp pending the outcome of their application to renew...
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate if a Stamp 4 visa will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if he will bear in mind, when...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in dublin 9. [40479/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to restrict the height of boundary hedges and trees to two metres in height; and when he will be in a position to...
    • Judicial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the process whereby a member of the judiciary may be disciplined if they have not been able to fulfil their duties in a competent...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the issue regarding visas raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40514/12]
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of Section 15 of the Fines Act 2010; if any interim arrangement will be introduced to facilitate the payment...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that unidentified remains were discovered two years ago off Hook Head where two femur bones were discovered and off Helvick Head...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to respond to the public submissions on the future of prostitution legislation here; the time frame for his response; and if he will make a...
    • Immigration Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on any action that he is taking to introduce a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants living here; and if he...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if north south agreement has been reached on draft regulation in respect of curtailing certain drink promotions under section 16 of the 2008...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 483 of 3 July 2012, if he will arrange for the report from the Gardaí to be forwarded to this Deputy as soon...
  • Department of Defence
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he or the military authorities at the Curragh Camp have had recent discussions with the Department of Education and or Kildare Vocational Education Committee in...
    • Commemorative Events
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Clare in correspondence to him dated 16 May 2012; if he will accept any of the suggestions...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the strength and structure of the Defence Forces; if such proposals will be in accord with other similar forces throughout the EU; and if he will...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects to be in a position to augment, upgrade or otherwise continue to modernise the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Air Corps Training
      To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he intends to increase training with access to the most modern technology in the Air Corps; the way in which this will compare with standards...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of seagoing vessels currently available and seaworthy to the Naval Service at any given time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40136/12]
    • Irish Red Cross
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Irish Red Cross of May 2012; his further views on the recommendations made in this report and if he...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of people who have applied for the Defence Forces during each of the last fifteen years, but were refused on the basis that they had committed a serious...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money that has been allocated to Ireland to implement the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC since the start of implementation....
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm, as per the Sea Lice Monitoring Protocol for Offshore Fin-Fish Farms, if a Notice To Treat was issued to the salmon...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy regarding the culling of badgers; the extent of TB outbreak here amongst badgers; the potential impact that this outbreak could...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry payments will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; the reason for the delay in payment;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 334 of 11 May 2010 and 405 of 18 January 2011, the timeframe for the application; and if he will...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 642 of 17 July 2012 if he will provide an update in relation to Coillte; if a final valuation has...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to revamp and reassess the Aquaculture Licence Appeals Board (details supplied) and make it fit for purpose for a...
    • Fish Landings
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the total fish landings including those from aquaculture and from visiting fishing vessels at each of...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No 148 of 10 May 2012 and Parliamentary Question No. 413 on the 10 July 2012, if he will report progress...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc developed any genetically modified organisms such as potato, barley or wheat seeds, or other important vegetable or fruit...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has, if any to protect food labelling terms such as artisan, farmhouse, local and traditional to ensure they are not open to...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40512/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine having regard to the targets set out in Harvest 2020, if his attention has been drawn to the disincentive if land ownership transfers to...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most recent statistics on the number of farmers receiving less than €5,000 in single farm payment, the...
    • Grocery Industry Competition
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, arising from recent protests by farming representatives, he is satisfied that the various supermarket chains are fully committed to a...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the labelling of various food products with particular reference to indicating the country of...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has had discussions with producer representatives in the pig industry with reference to matters arising from...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any particular trends whereby the banking sector has reduced or in some cases removed overdraft or...
    • Potato Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the potato crop has been negatively affected by weather conditions in the current year; if he will intercede with the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that sufficient measures are in place and any necessary steps are taken through the medium of the common agricultural...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he will ensure the viability of the fishing industry with particular reference to families dependent on the sector; if...
    • Agrifood Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has continued to monitor developments in the beef, lamb and dairy sectors in the context of world trade with a view...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Preschool Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the inspection regime for newly established creches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40062/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Lifestart Project receives funding from her Department by way of grant aid; if so, if she will detail the locations the amount of grant...
    • Child Protection
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support available to a family (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [40314/12]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made regarding applications for funding under the 2012 National Lottery funding; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the upcoming children's referendum will be held on a Saturday in order to allow young people and students to exercise their vote; and if she...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if comments she made in Topical Debates earlier this year (details supplied) will mean that upon the pending signing of an agreement on...
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to deal with the issue of adopted persons' right to access their own information with regard to their adoptions. [40507/12]
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if she...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to meet the various church leaders before the Children's Referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39025/12]
    • Child Protection
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will advice on the rights and support services available in respect of a teenager (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who is at risk. [40724/12]
  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the earnings of all hospital consultants who engage in private practice. [40158/12]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be supplied with a special needs assistant for pre-school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding water fluoridation here; if his attention has been drawn to the growing body of evidence that links fluoridation to cancer; his plans to end...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who have suffered from cancer have had there medical card renewals refused; the reason for same when they have a long term illness. [40064/12]
    • Mental Health Services Report
      To ask the Minister for Health following recent reports (details supplied) that the bulk of the €35 million promised in Budget 2012 for the development of community mental health services...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision in respect of an appeal regarding a medical card application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the unit cost for a pair of crutches purchased by the Health Service Executive; the cost to sanitise same for reuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a submission (details supplied); his plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40105/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reasons community paediatric occupational therapy will no longer be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that pharmacists are having in the procurement of cymbalta capsules which help stabilise individuals suffering...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has made a payment to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if so, the amount granted; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if the ten new midwife positions approved by him for St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny, have now been filled; the number of applicants for the ten positions and...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40152/12]
    • Hospital Consultants' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in consultants' fees by private health insurers annually; and the amount additionally paid to them by persons [40155/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when support under the nursing home support scheme will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a Director to the National Suicide Prevention Office [40164/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if the documentation supplied will be added to the file of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [40172/12]
    • Health Service Executive Governance
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the board of the Health Service Executive will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40173/12]
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding his commitment to extend the Neary redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40176/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) is no longer available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40178/12]
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to an application for mobility allowance;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the running of the accident and emergency departments and other departments at hospitals (details supplied); if there is any forthcoming developments...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the rollout of the free general practitioner in order that more patients will leave Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for home or nursing homes; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of more step down beds and rehabilitation in order that more patients will leave Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for home or nursing homes;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their applications for medical cards; the reasons for the withdrawal of their cards; and...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a pregnant person in Dublin is given an anomaly scan and a similar patient outside the city, and its hinterland, is not catered for in the public health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40297/12]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet with public representatives in County Donegal, including Oireachtas members and the members of Letterkenny Town Council, to hear their concerns on...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he has made in respect of individual medical card holders who can now only be seen by consultants in their own locality in view of the fact that many...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the improvement in the condition of Cystic Fibrosis patients who are treated with a new drug Kalydeco. [40317/12]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in providing general practitioner visit cards to persons who are on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Drugs
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a withdrawal of coverage for gluten free products to coeliac patients under the medical card scheme and if he will reconsider this matter....
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
      To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has for drug and alcohol addiction services in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40328/12]
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an application for a medical card and a general practitioner card; the number of applicants currently waiting for their medical card...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the recent agreement with hospital consultants; if there will be any implications for long-standing plans he has to increase the number of...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a cancer patient (details supplied) who is currently undergoing radiotherapy and other medical treatment at significant cost has been refused a medical...
    • Mobility Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if will consider a mobility allowance request for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40356/12]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of measures being taken to address delays in conducting health screening and development checks for children in County Galway; and if he...
    • Nursing Home Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds closed in 2012 up to the end of August; the number closed since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward legislation to set standards for the provision of home care for elderly people by private commercial companies in receipt of funding from...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals and the type of accommodation that they have been discharged into in each of the years...
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the review group on the national children's hospital, the Dolphin Report, will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide in detail the changes to the medical card eligibility criteria during the period 2011-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40382/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will have an early assessment arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been waiting for a knee operation for some time at...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a replacement hearing aid approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who needs it as a matter of urgency. [40393/12]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which language barriers affect public health service delivery here; the amount of money spent on translation services for frontline medical services...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Budget
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are partaking in the long term illness programme; if he will provide a full patient breakdown in relation to diseases and the total cost...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding free general practitioner visit announced in Budget 2012, for persons who are under the long term illness programme; the date on which this...
    • Regional Health Forums
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid per meeting in expenses to members of each of the Regional Health Forum since its creation. [40463/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/12]
    • Medical Card Drugs
      To ask the Minister for Health if there are any alternative omega 3 triclyceride products available to medical card holders free of charge under the GMS scheme since the recent removal of a drug,...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who requires a secure placement in a Psychiatric Unit since the closure of St. Michael's...
    • National Advisory Committee on Drugs Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Health when the National Advisory Committee on Drugs will be re-constituted [40526/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) who is a patient in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the current situation in which Alprozolam is being purchased without prescription through the internet; his views on the addictive qualities of...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of free GP visits in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a long-term illness; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services Fees
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the waiting list over the past two and a half years of young persons seeking orthodontic treatment in County Kerry in tabular form; the steps...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for more than 15 months for a medical card and now faces a five month wait for an MRI scan; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason applications for leave of absence have been stopped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40587/12]
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40608/12]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 695 of 14 February 2012, if he will report further on the process in introducing a pilot scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40635/12]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a case of a person (details supplied) [40723/12]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of taxi services and other private transport services paid for by the Health Service Executive for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of administration, clerical and management staff employed by the Health Service Executive and his Department on 1 June 2012; and if he will provide a...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of rents paid by the Health Service Executive and his Department for the period 2010 to 2012 inclusive; if he will provide a breakdown of same by...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the law in relation to cyclists wearing safety helmets. [40554/12]
    • Cycling Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to the proposed public bike scheme in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers currently employed as staff with the Roads Safety Authority both on the administrative and non-administrative sections of the...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for the establishment of test centres as local training headquarters; the number of these headquarters that now exist; his plans...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of plans to open a rail stop at Crusheen on the Ennis to Galway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40070/12]
    • Driving Licence Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/12]
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of recommendations of the Taxi Review Group report that have been implemented; his plans to implement the outstanding proposals; if...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is still no online booking facility for the Galway-Limerick train service; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects construction work to begin on the replacement of a level crossing (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [40168/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the actual list of the names and addresses of all the external consultees who were consulted in both the Fisher Report and...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending Statutory Instrument 695 of 2011 to include civil defence vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Marine Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed new coastguard station in Killybegs, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40187/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full breakdown of costs for the recently completed refurbishment of Malin Head Marine Rescue Sub Centre, County Donegal....
    • Marine Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected costs for the purchase and fit out of the proposed new Marine Rescue station proposed to be built in Dublin close to the...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans for a standard 30kph speed limit within town and village boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when successful applicants under the sports capital grants scheme will be notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40238/12]
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of Fáilte Ireland funding allocated to North Dublin each of the past five years and to date in 2012,...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when this Deputy may expect a response from him to the correspondence emailed to him on 31 July 2012 appealing to the him to take...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a bus service from an area (details supplied) to the main reception of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Luas lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/12]
    • Bus Éireann Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider retaining Bus Éireann's route 2 service (details supplied) to areas such as Inch and Ballincor; and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to complete his Departments validation of applications made under the Sports Capital Programme 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Smarter Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the objectives of the sport active travel towns funding scheme; the grounds on which an application for funding under the scheme by an...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 242 of1945 arising from the Section 44 of the Transport Act 1994 which governs the terms of the...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department still grants leave of absence; and if not, the reason this is not considered as a neutral cost saving exercise; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry. [40606/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the dispute between the workers of Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport Authority and former SRT workers and the...
    • Driving Licence Renewals
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary when renewing your driving licence to provide an eye sight certificate if you continue to wear corrective lenses that is...

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