Written answers

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed progress on the Irish Language Act with the Northern Executive and the Secretary of State for Northern...
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Northern Executive on all island priorities for the Irish Presidency of the EU Council; and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to alleviate the plight of displaced and affected persons in the Syrian civil war; and if he will make a...
    • State Visits
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent visit of the President and the Minister of State to South America and the estimated impact on...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recently released UN report, 27 August 2012, which states that Gaza will not be liveable...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for the further rationalisation of Irish embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44885/12]
    • The Gathering
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken in his role to encourage and promote The Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed violence in Northern Ireland during the marching season with the Northern Executive and Secretary of State...
    • World Trade Negotiations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made on bilateral economic partnership agreements between the EU and third countries; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his senior level meeting with the World Bank; and if it will signal any change in...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider proposing to the EU Foreign Affairs Council the exclusion from the EU of products from illegal Israeli...
    • Consular Services
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the revelations contained in the New Zealand made television documentary Who Killed Trent Keegan, by Melting Pot...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to support imprisoned Irish trained doctors in Bahrain who have had their appeals rejected; and if he...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any recent discussions in relation to immigration reform between the Irish and American Governments,...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether US threats of military action against Iran are breaches of the UN Charter and international law. [44834/12]
    • EU Enlargement
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with Serbia on their accession talks with the EU; the outcome of same; and if he will make a...
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for when Ireland assumes the Presidency of the European Union on 1 January 2013. [43032/12]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that between March 2001 and October 2011 Israeli forces destroyed €50...
    • Trade Mission Numbers
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any trade missions planned to visit Russia in the near future, on the back of the trade mission he led to Russia...
    • Overseas Development Aid Oversight
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the manner in which audits are undertaken on non Governmental organisations which are funded through...
    • EU Enlargement
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have been held with Albania on the accession talks with the EU; the outcome of the talks; and if he will...
    • Departmental Functions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the practical advantages of trade being assimilated into his Department; the progress that has been made as a...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken on the issue of the undocumented Irish in the USA; if he has discussed the E-3 Visa amongst members of...
    • Nuclear Disarmament Initiative
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on sanctions on Iran with regard to UN Chapter VII, article 39, which the Security Council used to impose sanctions...
    • EU Enlargement
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Serbia's readiness for accession to the European Union; if it is his intention that a date will be set for Serbian...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU and UN colleagues he can focus worldwide attention on the fate...
    • EU Summits
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has engaged with his EU colleagues with a view to re-defining a modern vision for Europe with particular...
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the peace deal signed between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the group styling itself the Patriotic March, an amalgamation of civic society groups and...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his public commitment to reaching the UN target of development aid spending of 0.7 of GNP, if he will specify a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the 2012 expenditure profile of his Department up to the end of September 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his discussions with the Director of UNICEF in New York, regarding Ireland's commitment to tackle...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the EU has agreed to help achieve progress in the Israeli - Palestinian conflict; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recently released Children in Military Custody report, which was sponsored by the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding allocated to the end of September 2012 under overseas development aid; the specific programmes funded; the...
    • Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress and advances made in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe since Ireland's chairmanship was...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian Government; and if in view of the...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his UK counterparts the prospect of the holding of a referendum in Northern Ireland regarding the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans to facilitate county councils to engage in long term sustainable development projects within developing...
    • International Relations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by the families of Cuban 5, Miami 5 in accessing visas to...
    • Millenium Development Goals
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on his meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary General; and in view of the fact that there is now...
    • Overseas Development Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to promote transparency, accountability and fair use and allocation of proceeds from natural resource...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that he has made to date on the issue of the undocumented Irish in the USA; if he has lobbied for the reviving of...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within...
    • International Relations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent wave of protests across the Muslim world sparked by an obscure American made video; and if he will make...
    • Trade Relations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which trade has increased or improved between Ireland and other EU countries and non EU countries in each of the...
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade this country's priorities when Ireland assumes EU Presidency having particular regard to the need for a strategic emphasis on...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which directly or in conjuction with his EU colleagues, he expects to be in a position to address the ongoing...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the treatment of academics or opposition activists in Iran; if any progress has been made to facilitate...
    • Humanitarian Access
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which through his Department the international community continues to be made aware of the ongoing situation of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which basic human rights remain available to the former Prime Minister of the Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko; if in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT,...
    • Airport Security
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish passports now being issued meet the criteria required to use the automatic border control machines in use in some...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the cost to the Exchequer should primary and post primary schools that qualify for the capitation grant be made exempt from value...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will level the playing field by instituting betting tax reform to be fair and equitable and to capture all betting and gaming streams; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his Department to...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the excise rate on fuel per litre by one cent; two cent; three cent; four cent; five cent;...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated tax yield for a full year if the universal social charge was reformed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45113/12]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Leaders' questions on 3 October 2012, where the Minister for Education and Skills stated the Government was forced to repay €1 billion to the...
    • Black Economy Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider the plights of persons operating in the tyre industry here; and if he will...
    • Intellectual Property
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a British publication which claims that a company (details supplied) has transferred US$7 billion of costs for intellectual property from...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs available to a person who has their jeep adopted with a swivel chair to allow access by a person with a disability with the work done by a HSB...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been in contact with the Northern Ireland Secretary for State, Theresa Villiers, recently regarding the corporate tax rate in Northern Ireland; if there...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if extended trading will be enacted immediately. [45358/12]
    • Tax Rebates
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 9 October 2012, if he will confirm the amount of and reason for the refund payment made to a person (details supplied)...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 4 October 2012, regarding Section 535 of theTaxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the CGT exemption, if payments for crash...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Local Training Initiatives Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allowances and funding that are currently provided to local training initiatives by FÁS in relation to training for participants and grants...
    • National Tree Day
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail his Department's involvement with the national tree day initiative; if he will consider a tree planting scheme in national schools...
    • Higher Education Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS has considered increasing the minimum number of teaching hours for lecturers employed in third level institutions from 16 to 18 and the...
    • VAT Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total annual amount of VAT paid by primary and post primary schools in the 2011/2012 academic year. [44976/12]
    • Capitation Grants
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on implementing variable school capitation rates which reflect the annual maintenance and running costs of schools. [44977/12]
    • Third Level Staff Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider implementing a review of the type of research output by third level lecturers; if he will consider introducing changes to the...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that would be accrued from ending State subsidies to Catholic fee paying schools. [44981/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a special needs assistant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [45036/12]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for an iPad will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [45043/12]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application to amalgamate three post primary schools in Ennistymon, County Clare; the time frame for implementation of same;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on the appeal for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Closures
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of the closure of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received to date by Student Universal Support Ireland for student grant scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals received by Student Universal Support Ireland for student grants; the length of time it is taking to assess and make a decision...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in issuing a substantive response to representations (details supplied). [45101/12]
    • Teaching Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of his response to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 18 September 2012, if he will provide similar information by age band of their ages when...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 193 of 7 February 2012, when a reply will issue. [45223/12]
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 10 October 2012, if his Department in prioritising the acquisition of a site for one school is cognisant...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any requirements on his Department to ensure that arrangements put in place to transport children with special needs to school are...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice,...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be compulsory for teachers and or principals of the current junior certificate curriculum to take part in up-skilling and teacher training...
    • Teacher Training Places
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of his plan to merge teacher training colleges he is considering changing the number of teacher training places available in the State...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is not possible for a person (details supplied) in County Cavan to continue availing of school transportation; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Property Ownership
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any property reverted to the State in accordance with the State Property Act 1954 following the dissolution of a company (details...
    • Property Valuations
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will appoint valuation officers to each local authority; if he is taking action to address delays in valuations and ultimately in the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of...
    • Environmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he is taking to address a recycling centre issue (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parliamentary Questions Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of members putting Parliamentary Questions to Dáil Éireann; the costs involved; if there is an average time taken to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice,...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of...
    • Skills Development
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the level of engagement and integration between the institute of technology colleges and Industrial Development Agency in the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Conflict of Interest
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a conflict of interest exists between his former employment and current shareholding in a major integrated construction materials...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is still case that hospital consultants who treat private patients in public beds pay no PRSI on that income; if this is still the case her plans...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) has not been paid to them. [44986/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the legislation to allow community welfare officers to have more leniency and to be able to make decisions on a discretion basis...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by her Department and each agency within the remit of her...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Cost
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will update Dáil Éireann on savings that have been made in the social welfare budget through detection of fraud; if she will provide...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of households with an income in excess of €100,000 in receipt of child benefit. [45048/12]
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 9 October 2012, the formula set out in legislation used to calculate means for a property; if he will...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to disallow disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her statement in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) that she would seek to make graduate architects eligible for...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the very considerable delays in relation to processing claims for family income supplement, she will consider processing all new claims as...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase staff in her Department local office (details supplied) in County Mayo. [45150/12]
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on childcare policy in the context of her own Department's role in this area, with particular reference to recent...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of recipients who are in receipt of a reduced rate State contributory pension arising from the changes...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason relocation assistance is not available for people on jobseeker's allowance; if relocation assistance is available to people who wish to go...
    • Live Register Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct the jobs facilitator at a location (details supplied) to provide details of the numbers of persons currently on the live register...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by her,...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to her Department such as ICT, legal advice,...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown, on a bog by bog basis, of those who applied for compensation for cessation of turf cutting; if he will...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 2 February 2012, if he will provide a copy of documentation signed by a person (details...
    • Airport Development Projects
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent to date on the development of the airstrips on Inishbofin and at Clauin Leacht an Abba, Cleggan, County Galway;...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal...
    • Architectural Heritage
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action farmers are supposed to take regarding dilapidated thatched houses which are constantly deteriorating in condition and are...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within...
    • Broadcasting Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason TV3 and 3e television services will not be available to people who cannot get Saorview terrestrial service and...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the level of Irish language advertising on RTÉ and TV3; his plans to increase the level of...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45067/12]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will review the efficacy of the biofuels obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45142/12]
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the invention grants in renewable energy that exist for students, companies and individuals here; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the availability of broadband in an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered exempting primary and post primary schools from paying water charges. [44982/12]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within...
    • Household Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the non principal private residence charge; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have availed of the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of properties that have been considered...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a cumulative total for the energy bills of all local authorities including public lighting; and if he will...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a retrofit scheme providing grant support or tax relief when problems with domestic septic tanks are...
    • Regional Authorities
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered reconfiguring the regional authorities that were laid out in the Local Government Act 1991 (Regional...
    • Local Authority Loans
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to a loan sought by Roscommon County Council for the development of a new civic headquarters, the persons from whom...
    • End of Life Vehicles
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the process or legislation from which end of life vehicle certification emanates; if there is a system of...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT,...
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the funding that has previously been available to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for a traveller dedicated social...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the agreed lease on the main premises of An Bord Pleanála at Marlborough...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Registration of Title
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a transaction (details supplied) will be completed in the Land Registry Office. [45080/12]
    • Court Sittings
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to close court houses in rural towns and transfer the services to the main city court house; the reason for making such a decision: the cost...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1219 of the 18 of September 2012, the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare since...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to change current wardship legislation and if he will outline his views on the need for such change. [45035/12]
    • Court Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff and vacant posts in each district probate office; the steps being taken to deal with the backlog; and if he will make a statement...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accommodation centres closed by the Reception and Integration Agency since August 2012, and the decreased number of asylum seekers...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice,...
    • Property Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for a licence pursuant to the Property Service (Regulations) Act 2011, that have been found to have been operating without...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his Department to...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if provisions will be included during any possible sale of certain Coillte assets, including harvesting rights to Coillte’s...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Fish Discards
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the practice of fishermen having to dump perfectly good fish at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding headage payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a transfer of entitlements to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be approved. [45041/12]
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth gur diúltaíodh íocaíocht dheontas 2012 faoin scéim um limistéir faoi...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their headage payment . [45066/12]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to have an application for area aid granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange early payment under the agri environment option scheme and other outstanding payments to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main farm enterprises of the farmers in receipt of €50,000 or more single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area scheme payment; when payment will issue;...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme to ensure funding available is fully utilised; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of any consultation he has had with Coillte Teoranta in relation to the possible sale of the forest crop,...
    • Transfer of Entitlement
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue in respect of a transfer of entitlements application for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Farm Accidents
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policies being pursued to reduce the number of farm accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45268/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports proposals to stop making single farm payments to businesses. [45355/12]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his appraisal of the estimate given by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland that to satisfy renewable electricity and heat targets...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by her Department and each agency within the remit of her...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for developing childcare; if she will recommend a proposed model of childcare; if she has examined the model of childcare used in...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will advise on any youth groups or organisations to assist children and teenagers on the northside of Dublin 9, 3, 5, 13 and 17 [45224/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to bring forward legislation to amend Section 267 of the Children Act 2001 which refers to the period in care of health board under...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to her Department such as ICT, legal advice,...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that no further cuts to funding or services be applied to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44993/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health the names of the members of the Irish Expert Group on Fluoridation; the qualifications of each Member of that Group; the cost of the Group to the Exchequer in 2011...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the review into the statute of limitations for the survivors of symphysiotomy. [45370/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the application of fluoride to drinking water here, if he will confirm that the contract to supply fluoride is due for renewal soon; if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of his Department to...
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of pollution incidences that have occurred from fluoride facilities that have resulted in the uncontrolled discharge of fluoride chemicals into the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [45042/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if either he or management within the Health Service Executive have read the history of fluoridation provided by BBC Journalist Christopher Byson's in his book The...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive budget for home help services in County Kerry is on target. [45049/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures, if any, he will put in place to ensure that all young adults with an intellectual disability and or autism, finishing second level education, may have...
    • Nursing Home Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the plans that have been put in place to ensure Saorview will be available in all Health Service Executive residences and public nursing homes; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the expert group report regarding the abc case; if not, when he expects to receive the report and respond to same; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to recruit a replacement dentist to provide services at Athy Health Centre, County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • National Drugs Strategy Publication
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the support he will provide in 2013 to an organisation (details supplied); if he will advise Dáil Éireann on...
    • Nursing Home Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nursing home place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [45104/12]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of works paid for by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the Brothers of Charity Southern Services between 2009 and to date in 2012...
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Extension
      To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to extend the Lourdes Hospital Scheme to include those 36 women who were excluded; when he intends to...
    • Patients Forums
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support efforts for a patients' forum at Beaumont Hospital Dublin 9. [45225/12]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an appointment at the earliest possible date in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health in view of his engagement with the survivors of Thalidomide, the progress that has been made with regard to the appointment and training of a multi disciplinary...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the SouthDoc service in County Kerry in view of the financial difficulty that has recently been highlighted in the media as well as the 2007 cuts to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the way the Expert Medical Group on Whooping Cough Vaccination set up in 1984 by the them Minister Mr. Barry Desmond TD arrived at its decision of reasonable doubt...
    • HSE Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [45274/12]
    • Medical Records
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to the medical records of a person (details supplied) complied during their stay at the Health Service Executive, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding legislation to provide a no fault vaccine injury compensation scheme as recommended in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Childhood...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with the vaccine history by name type, manufacturer and date of vaccination in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project...
    • Maternity Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he would respond to reports from pregnant women that public hospitals and particularly a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexfrod are still not facilitating...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the new Accident and Emergency Department in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45357/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce measures to promote the safety of motorcycles here. [44994/12]
    • Prompt Payments
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, in respect of 2011, the number of payments issued by his Department and each agency within the remit of...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision will be made to allow for an exception to the three-year rule in relation to the transfer of taxi licences in the case of a...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will to confirm that the N2 A5 project does not form part of the St Andrew's Agreement and to also confirm that the only funding that he...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in using the Bus Éireann website; his plans to make it more accessible for users; and...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on...
    • Legal Matters
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the importance of cross-channel ferries to the Irish transport network and to the Irish tourism industry; his views on...
    • Museum Projects
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the establishment of a sports museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45372/12]
    • The Gathering Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Gathering project 2013; if he will provide details of the way local community groups can get involved; and...
    • Offshore Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the event of an oil spill at the Dalkey oil site, the contingency plan in place to prevent the oil spill reaching Dublin’s...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the European Commission has launched a new call for a proposal (details supplied), his plans to develop the specific...