Written answers

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on the effect that cutbacks in community employment schemes are having on the...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a report published by the Irish Refugee Council on 18 September 2012 which catalogues over ten years of enforced child poverty,...
    • Ombudsman for Children Remit
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her views on expanding the role of the Ombudsman for Children as per the recommendations of the Ombudsman contained in her...
    • Child Protection Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received the outline for a national model for an integrated out of hours social care service for young persons from the Special...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to receive the next report from the Ryan Report Implementation Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40685/12]
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the preparations being made by her and her Department for the EU presidency with a particular focus on youth affairs; and if she will make a...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy on children’s bereavement support provision; if support will be provided for the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network; and if...
    • Child Protection Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who received out-of-hours emergency care services through the Crisis Intervention Service each month since its...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacant social worker posts within the Health Service Executive; and the date on which these will be filled. [40712/12]
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she can avail of expert opinion with particular reference to calling on the experience on youth leaders in the community in...
    • Child Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date in expanding the facilities at Oberstown Children Detention Centre, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the new Children and Young People's Policy Framework will be published. [40706/12]
    • Child Protection Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take in response to the findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church; and if she will...
    • HSE Reports
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will receive a copy of the Health Service Executive’s review of Adequacy of Services for Children and Families...
    • Child and Family Support Agency Remit
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to date to improve mental health services for young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40689/12]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed within child services in the Health Service Executive broken down by HSE division; the number of whom who...
    • Child Protection Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that child minders are included in the final draft of the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in different regions of the State, different systems of child abuse management are practiced,...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of disciplinary actions initiated against staff who were involved in cases subsequently examined by the Independent Child Death...
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will bring forward regulations to allow for the reporting of child welfare and protection proceedings. [40716/12]
    • Child and Family Support Agency Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funds that will be granted to the new Child and Family Support Agency; the rates of pay that will be allocated to the management team...
    • Children's Rights Referendum
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if following the publication of the wording for the Children’s Referendum, she will ensure that commitments made in relation to...
    • Foster Care Provision
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reduce the cost of private foster care; if her Department has examined the policy of utilising private foster care companies with a...
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Adoption Amendment Bill will address the problems experienced by adopted persons in relation to their information rights following the...
    • Missing Children
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on plans for the 11600 missing childrens hotline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40707/12]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed to work directly with children by the Health Service Executive who have not been Garda vetted; the number of...
    • Post-Adoption Contact Register
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs noting her statement in Dáil Éireann on 19 September 2012 that for decades this country has failed its children, her views on whether...
    • Child Protection Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the independent external assessment of the two out-of-hours pilot projects providing emergency social care services in...
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a statutory right to aftercare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40705/12]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the process of scrutinising EU legislative proposals; the effects if such proposals are not scrutinised...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the additional revenue he estimates that would accrue to the State if a higher rate of income tax of 48% was introduced on all pay over €100,000 per annum....
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated. [40780/12]
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown for each financial institution, of the €7.5 billion of the bank recapitalisation which was paid in relation to mortgage debt;...
    • Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding held within the Strategic Investment Funds; the level of fund earmarked for particular projects; and the amount of funds spent to date from...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the application by all the banks of the additional mortgage interest relief for a certain category of homeowners as provided for in Finance...
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify the value attributed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on its balance sheet in its report and accounts for the six months ending 30 June...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate by year the interest received, and receivable in future, up to 2031 by the Central Bank of Ireland in respect of the provision of Exceptional...
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the financial institutions Allied Irish Bank, Permanent TSB and Irish Life are subject to public procurement rules. [40839/12]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he still provides staff with the option to take career breaks on one year or more; if not, if this can be considered as a cost saving initiative; and if he will...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No 281 on 18 September 2012, if he will confirm that when he states I can confirm that, under current arrangements, the...
    • IBRC Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Finance the year in which he expects Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to return to a position where it generates a net-after-tax profit. [40896/12]
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the actual effective corporate tax rate over the past five years, breaking it down year by year and the amount of corporate tax paid over the past five years,...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax break for private medical insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/12]
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the addition in tax that would be collected by an increase of 2% on the top rate of tax and the addition of tax that would be collected by an increase of 2% on the...
    • Financial Services Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, of the amount of credit extended by licensed moneylenders to...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 11 January 2012, if the group that was established to examine charges in the pension industry has yet reported to him;...
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts made by his Department and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to seek repayment of the €1 million bonus previously paid to the former head of...
    • NAMA Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide full details, shown separately for the National Asset Management Agency and the National Treasury Management Agency, of all professional fees,...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he and his Department can engage with children at primary and or second level with a view to identifying structures most likely to...
    • Education and Training Boards
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide some information on the categorisation of VEC’s, further to Circular 24/2012; if he will detail the criteria used for this...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24 must take a taxi to and from school and leave an hour early; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Admissions Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in undergraduate medicine offered to candidates in the Education (D.A.R.E.) scheme in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 in UCD and...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated....
    • Third Level Admissions Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if CAO offers can be issued more promptly after the CAO results are published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/12]
    • Closed Circuit Television Systems
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department funds the installation of CCTV cameras in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40903/12]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the incidence of school bullying has decreased with the installation of CCTV cameras in a number of schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when pension payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41020/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding allocated under the springboard initiative in respect of a level 8 course (details supplied) for which there has been insufficient demand...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Procurement Service Savings
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form by sector of the savings that have been made by the National Procurement Service since it was...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 493 of 18 September, 2012 if he will provide an explanation for the payment of €2,603,000 by...
    • State Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposal to merge the Forensic State Laboratory with the State Laboratory as outlined in the Public...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the State agencies turning down requests from employees to reduce their five day contracts to 2.5 or three...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish details of all the allowances paid to public servants which his Department recently considered; if he will also publish...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were...
    • Business Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on reducing red tape for business; the role his Department takes in the cross Government measurement and reduction of...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Youth Unemployment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress being made in response to the call from European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to create an action team and develop a strategy to...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the 1994 homemaker scheme to make it retrospective in view of the impact of changes to the pension system in view of the fact that it...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 is entitled to the back to education allowance, or any other educational supports from her Department; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to community employment workers, employed at Citizen Information Centres, having regard to the level of training involved, if consideration...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review will be undertaken with respect to the recent decision to refuse invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a diabetic allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a hearing aid. [40863/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on domiciliary care allowance will be made in respect of a person (details supplied). [40866/12]
    • Social Insurance Rates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the impact on labour activation in seasonal Irish industries of the calculation of PRSI by weekly income during the in-season; her...
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the approximate cost in 2013 of extending jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; if this estimate is based on a voluntary opt in principle or...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan may expect to receive her redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40951/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the current delays (details supplied) in carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in the jobbridge scheme; the age bands of the participants; the breakdown of placements by company size; the...
    • Standard Authentication Framework Environment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the number of forms of proof are needed to verify a person's address as a SAFE registration appointment. [41031/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Deer Cull
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his proposals regarding a national deer cull (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40756/12]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people being allocated grants under the better energy homes schemes in 2012; and if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Jobs
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of direct new jobs being created by the better energy homes scheme since it was introduced last year. [40742/12]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent publication of the new National Broadband Plan, the plans in place to bring high speed broadband to an...
    • Digital Television Service Availability
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage of the population in County Kerry that will no longer be able to receive any...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No 988 on 18 September 2012, if he will confirm that Radio Telefís Éireann...
    • Digital Television Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason RTÉ NL do not include the Ballydavid transmitter, County Kerry, in the list of 13 additional transmitter sites...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the outcome of the discussions with the key stakeholders identified in the pyrite report,...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider any grant applications for minor extensions of the towns and villages sewerage schemes in County Leitrim in...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of EU funding for environmental natural heritage protection applied for and obtained by each county council and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40873/12]
    • Radon Gas Levels
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address high levels of radon gas exposure in residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • URBAN Operational Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if under the new EU Urban Programme from 2014 that resources will be available for Irish cities and towns; and if he will make...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform councillors payments and expenses; the time frame for such changes; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if financial brokers will be able to act as personal insolvency practitioners when the forthcoming Personal Insolvency Bill is enacted; and if he will...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in relation to the body or agency currently responsible for dealing with unlicensed money lenders; the manner in which...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the repossession of property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40908/12]
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the following proposal on the New Personal Insolvency Bill (details supplied). [40738/12]
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40746/12]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have no Garda patrol cars; the proposals, if any there are to increase the number of vehicles...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated....
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in replacing the crime prevention officer in the Tipperary division; the length of time this position has now been vacant;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown on the district courts that are enforcing section 63 of the the 2010 Road Traffic Act; if he will indicate the reason...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems regarding the personal data request form issued by the Garda Central Vetting Office (details...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken and convictions secured in respect of illegal moneylending activity in recent years; the penalties that applied on...
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on an appeal for asylum will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Defence the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated. [40777/12]
    • Departmental Staff Career Breaks
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he still provides staff with the option to take career breaks on one year or more; if not, can this be considered as a cost saving initiative; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide clarification on the reasons a specific individual was deemed ineligible to join the Defence Forces; if he will provide clarification on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Pigmeat Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals if any he has to assist the pig sector through the series of difficulties at present; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of a forestry grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the single farm payment that used to be paid to Greencore; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the suckler cow welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation or regulation to protect our National Hunt industry, which provides employment for a great many people...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40858/12]
    • Dairy Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a TB reactor grant has not been paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [40868/12]
    • Beef Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he has become aware of the fact that beef producers in other jurisdictions generally receive more for their product...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Absenteeism
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the most recent truancy rates for Dublin broken down on an area basis. [40929/12]
    • School Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a decision has been reached in respect of funding for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Constitutional Amendment on Children
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied regarding the availability of sufficient personnel to ensure the full implementation of any legislation arising from the...
    • Child Abuse
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if arising from the number of reports of child abuse received by her Department in the past year, she is satisfied that structures can be put in...
    • Education Welfare Service
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate arising from reports her Department may have received from school authorities throughout the country appertaining to the...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent if any, to which she and her Department have worked out the scale or extent of youth support services required to ensure that young...
    • Childhood Obesity
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is conscious of the need to encourage greater awareness of health amongst children and young adults with particular reference to...
    • Child Abuse
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure a more rapid response to reported abuse of children, whether of a physical or sexual nature; and if she will...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling for children at risk and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Psychological Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any particular studies have been done to address the issue of child psychological services in all areas throughout the country having...
    • Child Protection Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she can initiate specific steps for children or their parents where there is a fear of or evidence of internet-grooming; and if she will make...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her priorities for the future development of her Department in the aftermath of the forthcoming referendum on children; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Health when legislation to provide for free GP care will be published. [40763/12]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be provided to build Corduff Health Centre, Dublin; and if he will provide a detailed update on the matter. [40764/12]
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has accepted the Ombudsman's recommendation of the need to review and revise the mobility allowance so as to render it compliant with the Equal Status Acts;...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to provide a medical assessment unit for Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40772/12]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated. [40782/12]
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide in tabular form the number of reports that he commissioned from 2000 to 2004; the cost of these reports in individual format and the benefits to...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of hospital activity in hospitals (details supplied) in Dublin; the number of patients being admitted, treated and...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of professionals including general practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health workers and other...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Health the system currently being used by him to appoint professionals, citizens and applicants to various boards under his responsibility; if he will compare this to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of medical cards that have been issued in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to the following areas (details supplied)...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount paid to consultants form 2000 to 2011 by him; if he will outline the name of each organisation used; the reason they...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his political and professional views on the benefits of community based defibrillators available to first responders and trained staff such as Gardaí, nurses,...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been issued with an insulin pump in view of the fact that he is on 4 to 5 insulin injections per day; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is awaiting a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40811/12]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for occupational therapy services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the current plans and function of Peamount Hospital, Newcastle, County Dublin; his plans to examine the development of this hospital; if he will consider discussing...
    • Health Services Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the activities of the Special Delivery Unit since it has been introduced under his stewardship, his plans for the development of further services...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason it takes up to nine weeks to process optical at a clinic (details supplied) in County Meath, when the average time in County Kildare is one to two weeks;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the position of disability appeals office has not been filled since the resignation of a person (details supplied) in December 2011; his views on whether...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients from County Louth currently waiting to be seen at an outpatient clinic for the first time [40859/12]
    • Dental Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the provision of dental service to children at Athy Health Centre, County Kildare has ceased; when this service will resume; if his attention has been...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the sale of high energy drinks similar to Denmark, Turkey and Uruguay due to reported cases of liver damage, kidney failure, seizures, confusion...
    • HSE Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for a response from PAD; if he will confirm receipt of emails of 3 August 2012 and 23 August 2012 (details supplied); if financial assistance is...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the body responsible for the care of a mental health patient who is in an open unit (details supplied) in County Tipperary and has went missing from care and is a...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive difficulties in the supply of the Stelazine drug to the market here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding primary care centres; the number of primary care centres that have commenced the planning process from April 2011 to date in 2012; the number...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of an appeal to the decision to refuse the renewal of their card; and if...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of the €700 million cuts to the health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41012/12]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made of receiving price reductions on generic drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/12]
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years that have given birth from 2010 to 2011; the services available to deal with the growing problem of youth pregnancy...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health in the context of Ireland's endorsement of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006 - 2015, the progress made and the specific measures being undertaken to...
    • National Drugs Strategy Publication
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for any reform of drug policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39338/12]
    • Drug Dealing
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the dial to stop drug dealing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29753/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Procurement Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procurement procedures in companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40766/12]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of the funding available for the development of the Wild Atlantic Drive project to be developed under auspices...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending a derogation on regulations making ABS mandatory for classes of representative vehicles for the purpose of the...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Aer Lingus staff pensions. [40893/12]
    • Road Tolls
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide breakdown of the total enforcement costs comprising; the base enforcement costs and any additional enforcement costs; and...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the bus public service contracts consultation; when he and the Houses of the Oireachtas will receive a report on this...