Written answers

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take in relation to the report on St. Patrick's detention centre, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46447/12]
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the family law and family courts system here to address the delays, cramped and stressful court conditions and increasing legal...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his future plans for the Privacy Act 2006 here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46433/12]
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made under Operation Fiachla; the amount spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/12]
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 June 2012, the position regarding the Garda review into the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy in Clara, County...
    • Press Standards
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his future plans for press regulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46430/12]
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in respect of the forthcoming Mental Capacity Bill, he will provide assurances that the issue of Wardship will be addressed with a view to...
    • Legal Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns on changes recommended by the Council of the Law Society's Conveyancing Conflicts Task Force with regard to the use of multiple...
    • Prison Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently incarcerated at all locations throughout the country; the progress being made regarding the extent to which...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider postponing the closure of Lisbrook House, County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the long term effects of closing this...
    • Child Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children under 18 years who were residing within St. Patrick’s Institution, Dublin on 20 September, 2012. [40711/12]
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a case in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cavan, where, over a period of six years, summonses were repeatedly issued for...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following his decision to seek a voluntary code of practice in relation to corporate governance of charities, community non-profit, community...
    • Property Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the remit of the Property Services Regulatory Authority to encompass commercial properties; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda strength and the operation of same at various Garda stations throughout the country continues to be monitored with...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation to shorten the period that a couple would have to be separated in order to be eligible for divorce from the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the additional measures being taken to tackle anti-social behaviour in the run-up to the Halloween period particularly in the...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Garda Representative Association's assessment that a fifth of the Garda vehicle fleet will need to be replaced by the end of 2012,...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the report by the Prisons Inspector, Judge Michael Reilly, on practices by some staff at St Patrick's Institution, Dublin, the interim...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps or proposals that are under active consideration by him to address the issue of the operation of upward only rents. [41613/12]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the action he has taken in response to the evidence presented to him in relation to the write off of millions of euro in unpaid...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the motion of the Stormont Assembly on 17 September to introduce a single visa scheme for all visitors to the...
    • Illicit Drugs Trade
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the ongoing reports of cannabis cultivation and the sale of prescription drugs here, the law enforcement efforts being made to tackle this...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the recent announcement that extra vehicles will be provided to An Garda Síochána, if he will outline the process by which it...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is acceptable for asylum seekers and their children to be housed in reception centres which lack adequate facilities for any...
    • DNA Database
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the proposed establishment of a DNA database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/12]
    • International Time Zones
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 10 and 16 of 32 June 2011, if he will report any developments or discussions that have occurred since with...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received and reviewed the Report on Roadside Drug Testing, Equipment and Related Matters from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; if he is...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Staff Grades
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of staffing in his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of financial support given to overseas development organisations, in tabular form for the past year; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency has any involvement in the O'Connell Street /Moore Street Site which includes the National Monument at 14-17 Moore Street;...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of State revenue generated through the universal social charge, with details of the amounts generated from various income levels;...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the economic impact report on the section 23 type relief changes proposed in the 2012 Finance Bill has been completed; if so, if the proposed changes have been...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a pension levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46608/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff who have...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form the number of illicit cigarettes that have been seized by the Revenue Commission and Gardaí to date in 2012; if he could...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a year by year breakdown of the cost of the bank bailout since 2008 as well as a breakdown of the percentage share holding the...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the Banks in which the Government has appointed public interest directors; when the Directors were appointed; the...
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he was consulted prior to the transfer by Allied Irish Bank of €1 billion in loans to the company pension fund; the funding position of the AIB pension...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend legislation relating to tax relief for mortgage interest payments to cater for situations in which a mortgage has been taken out prior to the 31...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the way in which taxes (details supplied) are used and the matters they fund [46684/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of Central Bank of Ireland supervision and control over bank fees and charges for retail customers in the context of diminished competition due to the...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the recent tax figures released regarding a company (details supplied) paying only €35,000 in Irish taxes since 2005 while paying...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Credit Union Bill [46841/12]
    • Global Tax Transparency
      To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made on achieving global tax transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/12]
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange a meeting in connection with an investment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which provides extensive employment;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Amalgamation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the amalgamation or rationalisation of primary schools at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 16 October 2012, if the parent in question was notified directly by Bus Éireann; the date on which...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding resource teaching hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be re-examined; and if he...
    • Third Level Grant Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any grants or supports exist for a student aged 26 who has returned to full time education to complete a Masters degree having spent a period of...
    • Fee Paying Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to a query regarding fee paying schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46663/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open an Educate Together school in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46664/12]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teaching posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46665/12]
    • Higher Education Grants
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grants that have been paid to people to date this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46672/12]
    • Third Level Grant Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the dates for the intended extension for a school (details supplied) in County Meath as approved in 2006; the reason for the delay...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was recently hired as a resource teacher; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1. [46807/12]
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to the document Key Statistics published by his Department on 3 September 2012 (details supplied), he will provide disaggregated data...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the progress of the CRFAM study for the River Lee and in particular the consideration of the flooding risks to Cork...
    • Public Sector Pay
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what the savings to the Exchequer would be if all civil and public servants had their salaries capped at €80,000; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Grades
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Civil Service grades (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46607/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reforms which have taken place within the public sector dealing with the facilitation of interagency staff transfers and transfer...
    • Public Sector Pay
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 10 October 2012, if he will provide further information regarding the €810 million in...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any plans to consider changing the procedure of appealing decisions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal by the Circuit Court...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of the vacant unoccupied premises in County Kerry which were formerly operated by foreign direct investment companies...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) and the reason for the delay in processing same. [46559/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in accessing a transition pension for members of the Civil Service who are due to retire aged 65 in...
    • Civil Registration of Deaths
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow registration of death in Ireland of Irish citizens who have died...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who transferred from a one parent family payment onto a community employment scheme during the summer months and who were entitled to fuel...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will expedite an answer, [46601/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a North South Co-operation unit in her Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff who...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has been refused the back to school clothing and footwear scheme...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the amount of child benefit paid to parents of twins, triplets and so on. [46653/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will introduce legislation that deals with Gender Recognition Advisory Group's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46655/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make available a report on the social welfare appeals office covering the second two quarters of 2012 as she did in relation to the first...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person on jobbridge who applies for the fuel allowance does not have the required 390 days on jobseeker's to qualify, if he will allow for the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding and appeal on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford [46742/12]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal for disability allowance will be determined in the case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when one parent family allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal of an application for invalidity pension will be heard in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal in respect of an application for carer’s allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal in respect of an application for invalidity pension will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection to indicate if and when an appeal in respect of an application for invalidity pension will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application in respect of carer’s allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal for disability allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to defined benefit pensions schemes if he will reconsider the minimum funding standard and the changes proposed to deal with pension matters...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of persons participating in the rural social scheme countryside; the number of participants in each county by year since the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) and if she will review same. [46815/12]
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was concluded that an overpayment has occurred in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the person...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total amount of applications for family income supplement in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Inland Waterways
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to establish an inter-agency group to explore ways of advancing the marketing of the Royal Canal in terms of regeneration,...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions No. 292 of 7 February 2012, no. 249 of 8 May 2012 and No. 395 of 3 July 2012, the progress that has...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the...
    • Hare Coursing
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will arrange for the immediate National Parks Wildlife Servicer supervised release of hares captured for the Galway and Oranmore...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on his discussions with the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Executive in Northern Ireland in relation to...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No.182 of 17 of October 2012, if he will provide figures, on a bog by bog basis, of those who have...
    • Film Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place to promote County Kerry as a suitable destination for making films; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation...
    • Electricity Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding the urgent need to invest in upgrade of Ardnacrusa power station in order that electrical generation...
    • Rural Broadband Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the rural broadband scheme for an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Household Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the estate known (details supplied) in County Meath is exempt from paying the household charge, due to the fact that the...
    • Regeneration Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure of regeneration funding for an area (details supplied) in County Kerry in each of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010...
    • Electoral Divisions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timescale involved in the redesign of local election boundaries; when the proposed boundary commission will furnish its...
    • Household Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have already paid the household charge directly at the local authority offices who have been...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the success of the smoky coal ban in areas where it has been introduced, if he will consider a complete ban on the...
    • Local Government Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the membership of the Local Government Management Agency and it's advisory groups; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pyrite Incidence
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units in County Louth that have been identified as having a problem with pyrite; the number of persons...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a geographical breakdown of the number of households in mortgage distress and for the number of households...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the provision of a new sewerage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy regarding incineration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46783/12]
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans review the planning acts and regulations to ensure that the principles of public participation in environmental...
    • Household Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the financial cost associated with the recent letters posted to homes in Waterford city this week in relation to the household...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Levels
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46662/12]
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regards to the Personal Insolvency Bill, if he will consider shortening the duration of bankruptcy and voluntary debt settlement agreements to...
    • Immigration Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a quota arrangement exists for entry into Ireland from recently joined EU States; the detail of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Parking Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding car parking in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [46554/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for naturalisation has not yet been decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any circumstances under which the non-EEA national spouse of a naturalised Irish may only be awarded a stamp 4 residence stamp instead of...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff...
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the recently vacated Harcourt Terrace Police Station, Dublin 2. [46652/12]
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any proposals by the Oireachtas to consider changing the procedure of appealing decisions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal by the...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who made applications for access to training, education or other rehabilitative programmes in the various prisons throughout...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken or are likely to be taken to discourage by way of rehabilitation, training or education young offenders particularly...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the need to ensure an adequate spread of Garda strength throughout urban and rural areas with a view to creating a...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the context of deployment of Garda strength throughout the country, he will ensure that the highest possible profile is maintained throughout...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the context of any redeployment, rostering or future organisation and deployment of Gardaí throughout the country, particular reference...
    • Community Policing
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure the most rapid response possible to queries raised by the public in respect of such issues as reporting crime and...
    • Missing Persons
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons including children reported as missing and continuing to remain so in the course of the past ten years; the extent to...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the context of redeployment of Garda strength and or closure or opening of Garda stations, the senior Garda authorities has had any discussions...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which extra facilities or legislation required by the Criminal Assets Bureau has been put in place in accordance with the requirement of...
    • Prisoner Releases
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for early, casual, day or other forms of release received by the prison authorities in each of the prisons throughout the...
    • Crime Levels
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he and his Department have studied the extent to which serious crime continues to be committed by persons accused of serious...
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation; the number of Gardaí by rank that have retired since 1 April 2011;...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 5 receives a new Garda van when the new vans come on stream; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fill vacancies at the ranks of Sergeants, Inspectors, Superintendent and Chief Superintendent in the near future; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) from the Football Association of Ireland regarding the National Vetting Bill. [46840/12]
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of agencies, authorities, boards, committees, working groups, tribunals, councils, task forces or any other non-governmental organisations set up by his...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Defence If he will provide details in tabular form of the names of external public relations, consultancy persons and all the organisations used by his Department from...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff who have...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost to fill the 600 vacant army personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces and to maintain the agreed Permanent Defence Force strength of 9,500; if he...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if maintenance staff currently attached to Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in Galway will be subject to mandatory relocation as part of his plans for the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence if a person with only one kidney is automatically disqualified from joining the army; the reason there are no specific criteria or guidelines for applicants to see...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when payment will issue; and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application for an allocation of payment entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve in...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo and if he will expedite the matter;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46689/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar deontas faoin scéim um limistéir faoi mhíbhuntáiste, 2012 le feirmeoir sonraí leis...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their 2012 disadvantaged area based payment; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of the agri environment option scheme 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a North South Co-operation unit in her Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she proposes to put in place to uphold the rights of parents in their dealings with Government agencies charged with child...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider increasing the minimum qualification criteria for those delivering the early childhood care and education programme; if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if increased personal assistant hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who is in acute need of the additional hours; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason this country needs to put cannabis based medicines of which Sativex is one such brand through clinical trials when the products are already clinically...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding of home care and home help packages; if he acknowledges the contribution these packages make in assisting vulnerable older people to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be admitted to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46562/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 11 October 2012, if he will provide figures in tabular form of the number of persons in receipt of home help hours; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Health if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of staff who have worked...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding bowel cancer screening programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46631/12]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to develop a primary care centre in Dundalk, County Louth by means of operational lease process [46635/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was not granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46650/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be given for an urgent surgical intervention in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the process if any made within the Health Service Executive regarding facilitation of staff transfer within the organisation including inter-hospital transfers for...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to take gluten free foods off the medical card list in view of the financial pressure this is having on some coeliacs [46686/12]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding each community drug response project in the Tallaght area, Dublin 24, received each year from the Health Service Executive over the past five...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the long-term illness benefit scheme to take account of the withdrawal of a product (details supplied) from the market; if the scheme will...
    • Health Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has designated an estate (details supplied) in County Longford as unsafe; and if this has any effect on the safety of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be issued with a full medical card on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46744/12]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford and if will he expedite a response; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that funding is maintained at current levels for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 15 that provides residential treatment...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a medical card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [46786/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will not to cut the Marino Fairview home help service by 28%; and to support them in 2012 and 2013 [46809/12]
    • Community Care
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive allowed a day care centre close; and the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 was not allowed to use the previous...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mental health service in the Dublin 17 area which are in crisis [46811/12]
    • National Carers Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the cost neutral proposals for building a brighter future for Ireland's family carers [46812/12]
    • Medical Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the medical card cover for protein drinks in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to go ahead with the urgent care centre in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, as part of the reconfiguration of the health care system [46823/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a patient wishing to avail of the pain Doctor/Clinic in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin [46822/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his view on the concerns expressed in the Hayes Report regarding the number of radiologists in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and the number that are now currently...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there are currently delays or difficulties in accident and emergency consultants and obstetricians accessing abdominal ultra sounds over weekends and if this is...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there are any proposed plans to close the children's accident and emergency in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, at midnight in the next few months and where is it...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health is the location of a Primary Health Care in Fettercairn,Tallaght, Dublin is a priority or on his list, in view of the fact that no general practitioner or doctor is...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when occupational therapy will be offered as promised to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46827/12]
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours that were cut from Dublin north east as a result of cutbacks announced in Budget 2012; the number of further hours in Dublin north...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the names of all of the organisations located in areas (details supplied) in Dublin that have applied for sports capital...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reintroducing some form of local improvement scheme funding in the budget 2013; his views on whether suspending this...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a review of rail fares charged by Irish Rail for travel between regional towns as cities as average single rail fares...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a North South Co-operation unit in his Department; the number of staff working in the North South Co-operation unit; the number of...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken in the UK, US and Australian markets to promote the Gathering 2013; the budget allocated to same; and if he will make a...