Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Copyright Legislation Review
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to receive the final recommendations of the Copyright Review Committee; the timeframe in terms of new legislation being...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he is taking to create jobs and stem on-going emigration. [41598/12]
    • Youth Unemployment Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his proposals for dealing with youth unemployment; and if he will explain the rate of progress that has been made to date. [41290/12]
    • Workplace Relations Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding his proposals to overhaul the five employment rights bodies; the date on which he intends to complete this project;...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to tackle the rise in underemployment as reported in the latest house quarterly survey. [41595/12]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Closures
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of enterprises that have closed since January 2011; and the programmes in place to support struggling small to medium...
    • Advisory Group on Small Business Recommendations
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of recommendations of the Advisory Group for Small Business that have been implemented by him. [41618/12]
    • Retail Sector
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has taken to help the retail industry here; if he will consider the establishment of a separate unit in his Department to...
    • Skills Shortages
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he has had with industry or their representatives in relation to skills shortages here; the reason, in view of our...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he last met with the major banks to promote credit to the small and medium enterprise sector. [41612/12]
    • Job Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date on protecting employment of staff working on the UK loan book at bank of America, Carrick on Shannon, County...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the first loans will be made available from the Micro Enterprise Fund. [41604/12]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the level of cooperation between him and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the north of Ireland. [41603/12]
    • Research Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland performed so poorly in securing funding for science research projects from the European Research Council which recently...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has carried out research into the effect of the dissolution of the Sunday premium on the working poor. [41594/12]
    • Export Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the increase in the number of people employed in exporting companies; and his plans to increase the number of existing...
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an assessment of the impact of current levels of commercial rates on job creation and sustainability. [41607/12]
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if County Kerry's status for grant aid will be more favourable in view of the lack of foreign direct investment in the county; if he will...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has analysed the cost structure of Irish business and developed methods of reducing the cost base to allow businesses create jobs....
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the way in which the proposed industry-led clustering proposals will address or exasperate existing regional employment...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the credit guarantee scheme will be operational. [41614/12]
    • Trade Mission Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade missions he plans to attend in 2013. [41619/12]
    • Unemployment Levels
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fall in labour force by 95,000 in the age group 20-34 over the past two years. [41597/12]
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by sector and salary scale in each of the past four years to date; the number of jobs lost by sector and salary...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for targeted action to relieve pressure on small and medium sized businesses in the domestic economy in view of the fact that the...
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the Joint Labour Committee legislation is now in place, when the process of re establishing the JLCs will...
    • Labour Market Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he intends to take to tackle the increasing casualisation of the labour market. [41596/12]
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in implementing the Forfás jobs plan for the South East. [41615/12]
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure the rights of workers regardless of migration status. [41616/12]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Minimum Wage
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers currently employed, by sector, with a remuneration level equal to the national minimum wage. [41250/12]
    • Enterprise Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of business startups on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41523/12]
    • Unemployment Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form employment and unemployment levels as a percentage of the work force and in nominal terms on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41525/12]
    • Poverty Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the number of children living in relative poverty on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41529/12]
    • Cross-Border Projects
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the commitment to progressing the co-funded A5 road project; if he will further provide an update on the engagement that he has had with the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Taoiseach the statutory powers that have been delegated to Ministers of State in his Department; and the date on which the statutory powers were delegated. [41270/12]
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of...
    • Overseas Visitors Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach if the statistics for estimating overseas visitors to Ireland should not include visitors who are emigrants visiting family and friends; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in...
    • International Study Opportunities
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any plans to make an application to have Ireland included in a scheme which permits the enrolment of 15 international...
    • EU Presidency Priorities
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his objectives and priorities during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the continuing threats by the US President to support an Israeli pre-emptive military strike against Iranian nuclear...
    • United Nations Resolutions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the implementation of the responsibility to protect UN resolution for the deteriorating situation in Syria; and if...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider additional tax breaks for people with disabling illnesses who are self employed, for example people suffering with Myasthenia gravis and other...
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the purpose of the €100m loan from the European Investment Bank, shown in the August 2012 Exchequer statement. [41248/12]
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance if Permanent TSB has ceased giving loans to new and existing customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41272/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to tax rental incomes from properties located abroad; the tax that is applied; if it is dependent on self declaration; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual saving to the Exchequer of reducing tax relief on pension contributions including the public service pension related deduction from the marginal...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be yielded for the Exchequer if a €1 excise duty was applied to every bottle of wine and 50 cent to every packet of...
    • Insurance Costs
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/12]
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose retirement benefit pension has been taxed at the higher rate; and...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if this debt restructuring firm (details supplied) is regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41464/12]
    • Price Inflation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the price differential between items priced in the UK and here;the actions he will take to help reduce this price difference for consumers; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the tax take both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41513/12]
    • National Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms from 1992 to 2011. [41514/12]
    • Household Debt Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form household debt as a percentage of household income for each year from 1992 to 2011. [41516/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his position regarding pension AVCs; and his plans for alterations in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41541/12]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance having regard for the failure of Irish banks, in State ownership or where the State has significant share holdings, his view on the need for the European Central...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which the European Central Bank interest rate reductions have been applied to business loans across the banks in which the State holds a significant...
    • Credit Review Office Appeal Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of referrals to the Credit Review Office; the number of appeals that have overturned the original decision; the breakdown of this number by...
    • Credit Ratings
      To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date on setting up a Central Credit Register; when legislation on the matter will be published; when the register will be up and running; and...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the percentage of income tax paid in 2011 by the top 1%, 5%, 10%, 20% and 50% of earners. [41573/12]
    • National Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance the annual interest payments on the national debt from 2007 to 2011; the projected annual interest payments on the national debt for 2012; the projected annual...
    • NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures
      To ask the Minister for Finance apart from the recent case which has been referred to An Garda Síochána, if National Asset Management Agency has since its inception identified any other...
    • NAMA Staff Transactions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has, since its inception, approved the sale of any property in the agency's portfolio to an employee or a direct family...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief claimants who purchased for the first time between 2004 and 2008 have yet benefitted from the new increases in the level of mortgage...
    • Debt Cancellation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made towards the cancellation of Haiti’s debt by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund; if he will confirm that Canada, which...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the pet farm part of an educational facility (details supplied) in County Kerry is not exempted from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GDP-GNP Levels
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form GDP and GNP by year from 1992 to 2011. [42003/12]
    • Bank Charges
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned regarding the impact of banking charges being introduced by State and non-State owned banks, the design of which appears to depend on income...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons exiting the springboard programme prior to completion due to having found employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by county of vocational education committee and post leaving certificate places allocated per head of population in...
    • Psychological Assessments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been waiting three years for an National Educational Psychological Service assessment,...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve an application by a school (details supplied) in County Waterford for additional accommodation to replace the dilapidated,...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil teacher ratio in DEIS schools will be maintained next year. [41329/12]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all secondary schools who have lost so called legacy posts since September 2012; and the number of posts in each school...
    • University Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been any further developments in relation to the south east and in particular Waterford Regional Technical College being granted...
    • School Furniture
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a report in 2005 by the National Back Pain Association UK that considered that the backward sloping chairs that are...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding University College Dublin and the new sports facility which has become difficult for students to access with restrictive hours....
    • Higher Education Course Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of foreign students that Educate Ireland has attracted to third level institutions here in the 2011/12 academic year. [41360/12]
    • Teaching Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of contractual teaching hours fulfilled in third level institutions in the academic year 2011/12. [41361/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of consultancy and technical services outsourced to universities here from Government Departments in 2011/12. [41362/12]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding staffing at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41366/12]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for the vocational training opportunity scheme; if vacant course placements will be extended to those seeking to return to...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he proposes to vindicate the constitutional rights of the parents who live in Portobello across Dublin 6, 8 and 12, and who are involved with...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport; if he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will recognise long term recipients of supplementary welfare as a long term social welfare payment when assessing income for the special rate of...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Offaly has submitted an amended proposal for an extension: if he will proceed with this...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of an appeal for school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused school transport; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form education spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011....
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 12 June 2012 the reason someone in Bus Éireann decided that persons (details supplied) in County...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if for the purposes of determining if a third level student is the required distance from the college to be eligible for the non-adjacent grant, the...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation made recently to him that teacher training will cease in colleges (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he will not enter into negotiations with the Health Service Executive regarding the purchase, for a nominal price, of a field adjacent to a...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revive the modern languages in primary schools initiative in view of statistics that only 4% of primary students here learn a foreign...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that are in place to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Meath regarding the school transport scheme; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal has been lodged in a school transport case in respect of a person (details supplied); if so, if he will issue an update on same; and if...
    • English Language Training Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of establishments here that are providing English language classes for Chinese students; the number of Chinese students that have come here...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding remains in place for the construction of an extension to be used as a gym facility at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [41828/12]
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when repair work needed to address the pyrite found in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be completed. [41829/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the construction of new classrooms extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in his Departments capital works programme. [41830/12]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of allowance to teachers for masters level qualifications, in particular with relation to teachers who took up...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the withdrawal of special needs assistants in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit has taken place on a number of pupils, in the primary sector, who posses the ability to speak a foreign language; if so, if he will...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied) if he will provide a definition of traversable; his views on whether the word...
    • Third Level Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recognition of the bachelor of architecture degree currently accredited at Waterford Institute of Technology and University...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline details of his new initiative for effective broadband service for all schools; if he will provide an update on the situation...
    • Third Level Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of international experts that were involved in a recent report commissioned by the Health Service Executive which looked at mergers in the...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the impact of changes to the provision of guidance counsellors and the effect this is having on guidance counselling services in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is fair that teachers are to be disproportionately impacted by the cut to allowances for new entrants to the public service;...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that will be affected by the cuts to allowances for new entrants to teaching in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any contact with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding recent decisions by a number of county...
    • World University Rankings
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the most recent World University rankings which showed the universities here have slipped again; the steps he is taking to...
    • State Examinations Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the implementation body for junior certificate reform has met since it was established; the dates on which the body met; and if he...
    • Postgraduate Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons studying at postgraduate level in 2012/13; the way this compares to the number that studied at postgraduate level in 2011/12;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • School Completion Programme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contract price for the building on the new national school in Ardclough, County Kildare. [41950/12]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if he proposes to restore this project to his...
    • Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the teacher fee refund scheme as it relates to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to rolling out free or subsidised courses in Irish, in the form of lifelong, continuing and or adult education, which...
    • Public Sector Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of former public servants recruited before the sixth of April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Governments recently announced €2.25 billion capital investment programme; the number of jobs to be created; the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider making the compulsory payment of the spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme within the Civil Service a...
    • Public Sector Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the re-employment of civil service staff who have taken a buy-out in receipt of pensions, which is contrary to...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the assessment of catchments and streams and review of culverts in the Douglas area of County Cork; and if he...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an analysis of actual infrastructure and capital investment spending by Ministerial Vote Group for the year to date in...
    • Drainage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange for the Office of Public Works to investigate and examine the need for the dredging of part of the Cordal River adjacent...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a detailed progress report on remedial works carried out to date in Glanmire, County Cork, following the flooding in June;...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the parking spaces at Dublin Castle are under the management of the Office of Public Works; the number of parking spaces provided for...
    • Public Expenditure Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form public spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 25 September 2012, if he will provide details of the days referred to in his reply that were...
    • Public Procurement Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if circular 06/12 will be amended to allow for the purchase of goods and services at a local level provided that the cost of the service is...
    • Croke Park Agreement Savings
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings to be pursued by him under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41766/12]
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which tenants of State owned property have requested rent reviews that may be affected by upward only revision; the number of...
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter (details provided) regarding remuneration for qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41865/12]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the way in which the jobs plan is creating jobs for the long term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Joint Labour Committees Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers employed, by sector, in contracts governed by Joint Labour Committee agreements. [41251/12]
    • IDA Job Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs and opportunities that have been created by the Industrial Development Agency for Waterford City and County within the...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received for the competitive start fund on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41445/12]
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the rent being paid, on a 65 year lease up to 2034, at a current cost of €1.18million per year by...
    • IDA Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total spend by the Industrial Development Agency on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41527/12]
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the total spend on county development boards on an annual basis from 1992 to 2007. [41528/12]
    • IDA Job Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported projects that have been located in County Wicklow in the past three years; the number...
    • Mobile Telephone Chargers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on progress made in ensuring that the mobile phone industry supplies chargers common to all mobile phone...
    • European Council Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to discuss the EU 2020 strategy particularly in relation to job creation at the next EU Council meeting; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail all groups on which he is represented which deal with science and technology issues; and if he is proposing to review...
    • Trade Missions Participation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has made arrangements to ensure that he includes within his official delegation on future trade missions persons who can represent...
    • Media Mergers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fact that the recommendations of the 2008 Advisory Group on Media Mergers, which called for a more robust and...
    • Job Creation Targets
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has targets for creating jobs so as to reduce unemployment over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/12]
    • IDA Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 19 July 2012, if he will clarify his statement that the Industrial Development Agency had...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and or his Department has monitored or identified possible issues affecting competitiveness in the manufacturing or...
    • Job Losses
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the most recently quoted reasons for job losses in the various regions throughout the country in each of the past three...
    • Economic Growth Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the factors deemed most likely to affect economic growth and as a result job opportunities in the coming year in view...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation has featured in the creation and or retention of jobs in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of...
    • Work Permit Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the number of applications for work permits received in his Department in each of the past four years to date; the...
    • Work Permit Criteria
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the criteria affecting the approval of application for work permits in the course of the past three years have altered...
    • Job Creation Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of service jobs created indigenously in each of the past three years to date; the specific area or areas in respect of...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which upward only rent reviews have been recorded as a factor causing job losses in the commercial or retail sectors in each...
    • Economic Policy
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Irish firms continue to access and benefit from innovation and technology assistance directly or indirectly; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an oral hearing was not granted in respect of an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, the reason a letter was sent to the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [41246/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason financial brokers are excluded from participating as advisers in providing free independent financial advice for borrowers in mortgage...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change in policy in 2012 in respect of housing applicants who have been approved for rent assistance and where the social housing...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification on the requirements which must be met in order to qualify for qualified child dependent, with specific regard to...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason this case has been...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to add any additional categories to the job activation initiatives including those who are available for work but not...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for invalidity pension will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in situations where a candidate does not fulfil the eligibility criteria for back to education allowance, if there is any flexibility to use previous...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been awarded assistance in the County Cork area following the recent flooding; if she will provide a breakdown by...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if half rate carer's allowance will be backdated to December 2011 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the 1980 EU Insolvency Directive is applicable to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41357/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for respite care grants for 2011 and 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is anticipated that all free travel passes will contain photo ID in view of the security concerns raised by some senior citizens; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding leeway in the means testing of jobseeker's allowance (details supplied). [41398/12]
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of financial humanitarian assistance allocated as a result of severe flooding last autumn that has been allocated on a national and county...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in her Department; the business case made by her Department in respect of these allowances to...
    • 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 Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on supplementary welfare allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41436/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in Kildare whose rent allowance was approved from a date six months after they had taken up...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding minimum notice and holiday pay in respect of a person (details supplied in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of invalidity pension at the present time; the number of persons in receipt of invalidity pension since January 2011 who...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an up-to-date position on an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied). [41507/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular form social protection spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to...
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received each month for the years 2011 and to date in 2012 for carer's allowance; the number of applications on hand waiting...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals received each month for 2011 and to date in 2012 for appeals to her Department; the number of appeals on hand waiting to be...
    • Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a payment from the insolvency fund will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the payment will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [41719/12]
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the social welfare system for self-employed, including payment of PRSI contributions, as the fear of not being entitled to any social...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason financial brokers were excluded from the recently announced advisory service for mortgage holders; if there will be a review prior to the June...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [41827/12]
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place for parents of school going children who are offered a place on the TÚS scheme, but, cannot take up the offer of a place due...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an appeal for disability allowances was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) [41888/12]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a person in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance, who has no other household income, is eligible for fuel allowance....
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding illness benefit/disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare supports available for a former self employed citizen who is sinking into poverty. [41919/12]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance 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 an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider legislation to impose rent control on residential properties in view of the fact that using limits on rent supplement is a blunt...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a weekly payment from a payment protection insurance policy to a person out of work due to ill health does not qualify for income disregard...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41962/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time to process carer's allowance applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42007/12]
    • Modernisation Projects Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the financial cost of the major service delivery modernisation project recently undergone in her Department; her assessment on the impact this project...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection of the 1628 appeals on medical grounds submitted for carer's allowance in 2011, the number awaiting a decision on 1 January 2012; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection of the 17259 applications received for carer's allowance in 2011, the number of these awaiting a decision on 1 January 2012; and if she will make a...
    • Guardian's Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if guardians payment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow [42051/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will use the upcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council meeting to try to make progress to abolish the habitual...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by her Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if she will make...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if changes in turf cutting in the designated areas of County Galway will be made next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jaunting Car Operators
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will reassure Jarveys in Killarney, County Kerry who have concerns regarding the new penalty points system, that they will be...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of bog compensation will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing refusal by Waterways Ireland to engage in with the barge dwellers at the Marina in Lowtown,...
    • Inland Waterways
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the nature of changes proposed by Waterways Ireland to the Canals Act, 1986 (Bye-Laws), 1988. [41714/12]
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the publication of the National Raised Bog SAC Management Plan, Proposed Approach if he will make available the EU's reasoned...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs that have been sourced for the relocation of turf cutters; the locations and number of turf cutters that...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for compensation or relocation of turf cutters yet to be processed; the number of applications decided upon...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for a complex (details supplied) in County Galway in terms of restocking and compensation measures in 2013. [41987/12]
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if appeals processes will be enacted on particular special areas of conservation/natural heritage areas when concerns appear over the...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon daoine a lorg an pacáiste tacaíochta faoin scéim Ag Tógáil do Pháiste le Gaeilge, briste...
    • Courts Service Issues
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has been consulted by the Courts Service in relation to plans for court services in the Connemara Gaeltacht considering the...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any contact has been made with RTÉ regarding the possibility of RTÉ being made available abroad in territories in...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the provision of uncongested high speed broadband to industry as in some areas where large scale...
    • Inland Fisheries
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will arrange to have a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the review on the status of the eel here and across Europe under the 2007 EU Eel regulation has been completed; if he will...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Irish pre pay mobile phone customers are paying up to 42% more than the European average; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the options or remedies available to a person (details supplied ) in County Waterford in view of the fact that this is one of...
    • Gas and Electricity Disconnections
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of price reduction expected for a three person family in typical accommodation as a result of the completion of the...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of the broadband for schools scheme; the number of schools who have received high...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether it is vitally important to have in place high quality broadband at Carraroe, County Sligo, where there is...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding TV reception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/12]
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41810/12]
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of installing a Metropolitan Area Network cable for broadband services in Newcastle West, County Limerick; the...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans there are to offer the RTÉ television channels across other territories to enable persons from Ireland that...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the laws governing rights of way in view of the recent High Court ruling involving an association (details...
    • Nitrates Usage
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the stance taken by the European Commissioner for the Environment in response to written...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the interest of fairness he will work with his ministerial colleagues to prioritise the appointment of those on the live...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the specification to be ready for the type of water meter to be rolled out nationwide; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the terms of the shared ownership option schemes, in view of the fact that persons are now paying very high...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form, the motor tax received in each of the years 2007 to date in 2012, in total and to break...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include the duplication of the Tolka Valley 9C sewer system, Dublin, in the next water services investment programme...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to take a targeted approach to dealing with the housing waiting lists; if the areas with the largest lists will be...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the promised funding for upgrade works at a location (details supplied); the amount he has...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that can be provided to Dublin City Council for an assessment of needs or hydraulic study on the culverted Swan...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Carlow will be upgraded. [41471/12]
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of households on local authority waiting lists by year from 1992 to 2011. [41533/12]
    • Homeless Persons Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of people who were homeless on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41534/12]
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has provided assistance to Limerick regeneration conditional on local community participation by community...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to deal with nuisance noise and noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the steering group formed by Longford County Council and the Health Service...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the social housing element of part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is still in place; the number of houses that...
    • Local Authority Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify for Dáil Éireann the plans he has for the potential merger of services within Waterford City...
    • Electoral Divisions Report
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the review of local election boundaries to commence; when he expects the review to be completed; and if he will...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that are liable to register their septic tank have registered and paid the required fee. [41880/12]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in his Department that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings. [41881/12]
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by local authorities that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on private consultants in 2011 and the amount expected to be spent in 2012 on private...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of security held by county by local authority in relation to bonds held for the satisfactory completion of housing...
    • Local Authority Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the Keeping Communities Safe document, the publication of which local authorities have...
    • Environmental Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency has published the manual of standards that will be used by inspectors when examining...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the difficulties in relation to housing members of the Traveller Community and the difficulties that arise at...
    • Light Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that with regard to astronomy, the majority of street lighting diffuses the light not only downward to...
    • Commercial Rates Write-Offs
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of commercial rates written off as bad debts over the past three years for each local authority; the total revenue...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a further survey of unfinished housing estates carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private residential septic tanks, if any, that were grant funded or aided by his Department in the period 2007...
    • Register of Electors
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that voter registration may take place in mass registration campaigns at locations such as college campuses;...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason funding for People with Disabilities in Ireland ceased at the end of 2011; the other avenues of funding that are available for local groups...
    • Charities Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to regulate the charity sector to ensure accountability and transparency in its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his policy with regard to Latvian persons living for many years here and who are anxious to acquire Irish residency status or even Irish citizenship...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person to whom the Property Services Regulatory Authority are responsible; and to whom a citizen who has a complaint with the functioning of this...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide local authorities with extra resources to deal with major incidences of racist attacks in local authority housing. [41245/12]
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been convicted of cruelty to animals under relevant legislation over the past five years; if he will specify the...
    • Legal Aid Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 20 September 2012 if he will provide a breakdown of practitioner's earnings (details supplied). [41336/12]
    • Registration of Title
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, notwithstanding the work of the Property Registration Authority of Ireland, of the Valuation Office and of the local authorities which must...
    • Crime Levels
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of murders recorded in the State in 2009; 2010; 2011 and to date in 2012; if he is concerned at the high level of murders that have...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on Operation Clean Tram; the number of persons detected during the operation for anti-social activity, fare evasion,...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances...
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick; if this Garda station will remain open for the next five years; if he will...
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of violent shootings that have occurred in the State in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and the locations of same. [41433/12]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to purchase additional Garda community relations vans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41502/12]
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pubs and supermarkets in the Dublin region that have been fined for serving alcohol to persons aged under 18 in 2010 and 2011; the...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications that he envisages the personal insolvency legislation will have for persons who have act as co-guarantor on mortgages; the...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the timeframe for the implementation of the EU directive on parental leave; if he will confirm that legislation to implement said...
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the decision to deport a person (details supplied) and to consider whether this person should be provided with subsidiary...
    • Garda Stations Opening Hours
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public desk at Cabra Garda Station, Dublin, is closed each night, that citizens contacting the...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an allegation of anti-Semitic intimidation which was conducted on Twitter (details supplied) and has generated huge...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Stamp 4 will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/12]
    • Crime Levels
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking to reduce crime in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his proposals to deal with the illegal smuggling of cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41915/12]
    • Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fund bystander programmes aimed at helping participants to learn to detect the risk of sexual violence in social contexts, to challenge...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the concerns of persons in rural locations such as Connemara, County Galway, regarding the effectiveness of An Garda Síochána...
    • Courts Service Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that irrespective of the reconfiguration or rearrangement of Court Service facilities that court proceedings through the medium...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time-frame for the development of the new Garda Divisional Headquarters in Galway as announced in the recent stimulus plan. [41992/12]
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of the Garda Commissioner to hand over files to the Attorney General in the Six Counties in relation to...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the law to ensure that the Incorporated Law Society cannot make rules in relation to the number of solicitors involved in legal...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Sector Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Defence if the Naval Association has approval as a Defence Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41497/12]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Funding
      To ask the Minister for Defence if his approval was sought by the military authorities to issue instructions to cancel Reserve Defence Forces training with effect from 1 November 2012; the action...
    • Army Barracks Closures
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on discussions taking place between his Department and organisations and community groups in Mullingar, County Westmeath, regarding...
    • Commemorative Events
      To ask the Minister for Defence his policy and that of the Defence Forces for the attendance of the Sliabh na mBan at community events and a list of events that the Sliabh na mBan has been in...
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to transfer staff from the District Veterinary Office at Darrara, Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that farmers who have enquiries regarding the single farm payment will receive a prompt reply; if...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the assignment of an aquacultural licence will be completed in respect of a company (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the restoration of live trade to Egypt, Lebanon and Libya which is vital for additional outlets for stock and price...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41325/12]
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the foxhunting and coursing exemptions in the Animal Welfare Bill can be removed.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41351/12]
    • Milk Quota Leases
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a temporary lease transfer of milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Noxious Weeds
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent upsurge in the prevalence of noxious weeds, including Ragwort and Japanese Knotweed inside...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for developing new schemes to support small farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/12]
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for the suckler welfare scheme; if the scheme will be cut or abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meaningful scheme like REP scheme 3 and 4 will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41405/12]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a letter to Friends of the Irish Environment on 3 September 2012 (details supplied) in which European Environmental...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made regarding his new initiatives to support anaerobic digestion; if he will advise whether these will include small scale...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will details of any regulations or orders or policy papers issued or signed by him in 2012 in relation to the allocation of herring...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the dairy equipment grant scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will acknowledges that due to disproportionate cuts of 17% on farm schemes in Budget 2012 which was nearly five times the 3.5% cut...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who farm deer and those who breed horses will be considered as acting farmers in the proposals for the reformed single farm...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme repayment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [41770/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the headage payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bays in County Kerry that are awaiting aquaculture licences; the status of each of these applications; and when is the approval for...
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the plans to relocate the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, AES, veterinary office from Dockgate...
    • Live Exports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged in discussions with Egypt and Libya and the Lebanon on the issue of live cattle exports. [41990/12]
    • Alternative Farm Enterprises
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any grant schemes to assist the production of bio ethanol from grain. [42002/12]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 618 aquaculture licence applications awaiting determination by his Department on 17 July 2012 that have since been...
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by him to support the shellfish farmers along the north and west coast who have seen significant proportions of...
    • Live Exports
    • Departmental Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her reasons for cutting funding for the education officer in Dublin south east inner city; her plans, if any, to ensure that the work of the...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the childcare support available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41753/12]
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has reviewed the arrangements by which private contractors supply residential units for young persons who are subject to care orders by...
    • Departmental Staff Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in her Department; the business case made by her Department in respect of these...
    • Gaisce Awards
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is possible for youth groups in Belfast to register directly with the Presidents award Gaisce; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding being provided to Dublin City Council for youth work compared to 2011; the reason for any change in the funding in view of the...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the introduction of a Scandinavian style childcare system; the timeframe in which such a system will be...
    • Preschool Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the expansion of the free pre-school year in early childhood care and education programme; if such an extension...
    • Child and Family Support Agency Establishment
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the timeline on the establishment of the new child and family support agency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Years Strategy Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the early years strategy will be in place; if she will outline the various aspects of the proposed strategy; and if she will make a...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date regarding the bilateral agreement with Russia on the issue of adoptions. [41988/12]
    • Departmental Staff Rehiring
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by her Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their application for a medical card . [41252/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of hydroflosilicic acid added to the public water supply by local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by local authority, supplied and cost for...
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appeal for mobility allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the establishment of a consultative forum on health insurance; the findings of the forum; the progress that has been...
    • Public Sector Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Health where information on the franking allowance and key holder allowance may be found; if these allowances are only available to persons in his Department or if they...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on waiting times for orthodontic procedures across the State; if he will indicate if a willingness of persons on the lists of hospitals...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the two year waiting list for an appointment with an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Beaumont hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and the actions being...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will inform this Deputy of the future of the district health nurse for the Drumcondrath area, County Meath [41294/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application for upgrading of a general practitioner visit card to a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has refused to fund art assist pumps which have been proven to decrease the rate of amputation and thus in the longer run...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a 24 hour support service for mental health services as there is currently no weekend or night time Health Service Executive service for...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the savings outlined by the Health Service Executive on 30 August 2012 in relation to cuts to home help hours, if these cuts of €10.8 million still apply;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if will provide details of the occupational therapy services available here and the locations of same; the number of adults and children in County Kildare who are...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason 5000 persons are waiting up to one year for outpatient appointment at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41375/12]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for additional consultant anaesthetics for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/12]
    • Hospital Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of insulin pumps now in operation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41439/12]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre for Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; the target timeframe for completion and operation; the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a hip replacement consultation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the following query regarding the cost of Xalatan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41454/12]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to exclude glucosamine, Omega 3 triglycerides, gluten free products and Orlistat also known as Xenical from medical card cover and...
    • Hepatitis C Compensation Payments
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will agree to meet with a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41494/12]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form health spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41520/12]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of people holding medical cards in nominal terms and as a percentage of the total population on an annual basis from...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive capital funding budget for 2012; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41569/12]
    • National Children's Hospital Location
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the location of the new national children's hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1782 of Tuesday 18 September 2012, when a decision will issue on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide paediatric congenital cardiac services here; the number of consultant specialists expert in this area working here; the hours worked and the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to comments by the Minister for Health in the Northern Assembly (details supplied); if he will commit to working with his Northern...
    • Public Procurement Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the most recent changes to the stock of nappies in the Health Service Executive Dublin North East and HSE Dublin Mid Leinster...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if a place will be funded at the Delta Centre, County Carlow, for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a response [41687/12]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will fund on an exceptional basis an operation for gum disease which necessitates gum and bone graft for a person (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will expedite same [41696/12]
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [41699/12]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the decision to grant a general practitioner only card instead of a full medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry....
    • Hospitals Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in tabular form a summary of each application received from the Health Service Executive in County Mayo for support from the special delivery...
    • Health Services Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future management of Mayo General Hospital in the context of his proposed restructuring of hospital groups; the impact of his proposals on...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the more than 100% increase in admissions to the accident and emergency unit at Mayo General Hospital between July 2011 and July 2012, the fact that...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for funding made by an organisation (details supplied) in view of the vital work they are doing in assisting persons...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is a resident of the Health Service Executive South Region; if they are entitled to attend respite care on a full...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      To ask the Minister for Health if lyme disease sufferers are eligible for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/12]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has put in place and the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting time for speech therapy in view of the fact that the Health Service...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding correspondence from the Health Service Executive Bray to recipients of the home care cash grant informing them that this grant is to be...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding hospital consultants roster arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41811/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health regarding the GP GMS capitation contracts, if any procedure exists whereby when a medical card holder dies the Exchequer can recoup part of the capitation paid to a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41850/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has instructed as part of cost cutting measures that he, the Health Service Executive and State agencies under his remit to use their own offices or...
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the implications of the new conditions salary levels for a person who is currently in a post as a consultant temporary at the 156k level, if they...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment with a speech therapist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare [41859/12]
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if consultants are paid for periods when their specialty unit beds are closed over extended holiday period or for any other reason; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Centres Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of proposed primary care centres that have been designated to be built by means of one hundred per cent State capital funding; the date on which...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the interim arrangements in place for the office of disability appeals and the position of the disability appeals officer; when all...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the current policy operating within the Health Service Executive to reduce the financial, administrative and organisational impact of patients who do not attend...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the arrangements in place for admission into mental health care of children between the ages of 16 and 18 years that have not had...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Cystic Fibrosis physiotherapist at Temple St Hospital, Dublin has not been replaced resulting in only acute patients receiving physiotherapy; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health when day clinics, home based treatment facilities and additional staff will be provided to the Mental Health Services in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health following the Health Service Executives cut to special footwear allowances for patients needing orthopaedic footwear, the alternative funding measures available to...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a guarantee that psychiatric nurses and care assistants in all mental health facilities are taking their required breaks under employment and health...
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the determination of eligibility for funding under the National Lottery grants scheme in the case of a club (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding applications for medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the differences which exists between counties with regard to the administration of the BCG vaccine; the reason a baby born in County Roscommon...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine undue delays in treatment of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [41954/12]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the proposed Primary Care Centre in Tullow, County Carlow, since the announcement in July this year. [41956/12]
    • 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 medical card; the reason for the delay in issuing a decision; and...
    • Dental Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive a dental appointment. [42001/12]
    • Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health the annual health payroll bill for the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive; if he will provide a breakdown of same by year, numbers employed and staff category, that is...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [42012/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of consultant audiologists cover and audiology staff at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting...
    • Respite Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds, in St Mary's Nursing Unit, Castleblayney, County Monaghan; the number of such beds in 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will confirm that it is...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the location at which food is prepared and cooked for Monaghan General Hospital, St Mary's Nursing Unit, Castleblayney and St Davnet's, Monaghan; if he is satisfied...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will verify that officials were informed that only life saving resources should be allocated until years end as part of the long term illness scheme; that...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application now under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if a placement will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42050/12]
    • 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....
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Noise Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the level of noise pollution that residents of Dublin 9 have to endure due to low flying aircraft even after 11 p.m. in the...
    • Sports Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/12]
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on extending the powers of An Garda Síochána to issue fixed charge penalties on taxis and to work...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a real time passenger information display signs for Dublin Bus will be installed on the Ringsend Road between South Lotts Rd and Barrow...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is planning to help taxi drivers who have a car older than three years but at present cannot afford to buy a less than three...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to provide a subsidy for the No. 2 Bus Éireann route which under proposed changes...
    • Port Development
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if State owned port authorities receive grant assistance from Fáilte Ireland or any other public source, for the purpose of marketing...
    • Aviation Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the most up to date licence for Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, Dublin, from the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will forward...
    • Departmental Agencies Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name, county of residence and date of appointment of each currently serving member of the National Transport Authority; the number of...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these...
    • Sports Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant for a football club (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41468/12]
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the national routes that go through Dunboyne, County Meath, for which the county council have no control over...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the €200,000 funding for traffic calming measures in Milltown Village, County Galway has been deferred indefinitely; and if...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made with the N11 Arklow-Rathnew project, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/12]
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Chief Executive Officer of Irish Rail regarding the immediate steps being taken to deal with out of order lifts at...
    • West-Link Toll Bridge
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date on the purchase of the West-Link Toll Bridge from the National Toll Roads; the estimated costs into the future; and if he...
    • The Gathering Revenue
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated benefit that the economy has derived from the Gathering thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41560/12]
    • Pilot Training Courses
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to allegations that those who operated the Pilot Training Centre, Waterford and who closed their operations,...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made in relation to the sports capital grants; if he will provide an up to date position regarding a club (details...
    • National Cycle Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form a summary of each application received from local authorities in County Mayo to construct greenways under...
    • Roadworthiness Testing
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on EU proposals to introduce mandatory technical inspections for motorbikes; if he will outline the implications this may have for...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the new centralised driver licensing system; if the concerns of the photography industry will be taken on...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the concern of residents in the West Cavan area regarding the proposed curtailment of services by Bus Éireann on the No....
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional works will be carried out on a road (details supplied) in County Kerry. [42079/12]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he...

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