Written answers
Thursday, 25 October 2012
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Unemployment
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of her recent welcome for the draft joint report from the EU Commission and Council of Ministers on the implementation of the EU Youth...
- Adoption Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to safeguard the birth records and files, held in the hands of private individuals and organisations, such as general...
- National Children's Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the adherence to and impact of the first children's strategy Our Children-Their Lives, across all Government Departments and relevant State...
- Child Abuse
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will be taking on foot of the publication of the Health Service Executive Diocesan Audit Report; and if she will make a statement...
- Child Care Reports
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in publishing the results of the audit produced on foot of the recommendations in the report on the Roscommon childcare...
- Public Play Facilities
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to revise and update the 2004 National Play Policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46726/12]
- Child Detention Centres
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the wake of the recent Inspector of Prisons Report on St. Patrick's Institution, if she will act to ensure that the May 2014 deadline for the...
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of parental and sibling access to those young persons placed in out of State secure facilities; if all reasonable costs incurred are...
- Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate based on experience in the course of the past ten years, the extent to which child protection facilities, services and...
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the stage of preparation of the report she has requested the National Director for Children and Family Services to prepare on after care...
- Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the implementation plan for the roll out of a State-wide out of hours emergency social care service; if this plan will be...
- Ombudsman for Children Reports
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent annual report of the Ombudsman for Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46705/12]
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding those children awaiting placement in high support or special care unit residential places; the steps she is taking to...
- Child Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with the Department of Social Protection with regard to the child benefit budget 2013; and if she will make a...
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the interests of the welfare of the children at Angels Quest in Glenageary, County Dublin, if she will request that the staff and funding be...
- Child Protection
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...
- Child Protection Guidelines
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in the context of the pending children's first legislation and the vetting legislation and the need for child protection for all children, if...
- Departmental Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the anticipated number of social worker posts that will deal exclusively with children and family issues under the aegis of the Child and Family...
- Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that a network of youth or youth liaison officers are likely to be a feature of future child support whether in conjunction...
- Foster Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made by the Health Service Executive in their efforts to ensure that all foster carers are fully compliant with all...
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure the registration and regulation of all paid child minders; her plans to introduce child protection training and Garda...
- Children in Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of aftercare provided; the length of same to young persons who have been resident in high support and special care unit residential...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- EU Presidency
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the total amount allocated by his Department to the operation of Ireland's forthcoming...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external...
- Departmental Programmes
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had to date in relation to the establishment of a successor programme to the current Peace III...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government...
- Department of Finance
- Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications in each of the last eight quarters for banking licences; the action he will take to attract new banking entrants; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent foster children from being discriminated against in terms of inheritance laws where the foster parent wishes to bequeath their home to the...
- National Asset Management Agency
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employees of the National Treasury Management Agency have not had the same pay cuts applied to their salaries as civil servants; if there are other...
- VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding value added tax being applied to school books; if there are plans to have parity in relation to the VAT regime for school books that are...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer from reducing the earnings cap for pension tax reliefs from €115,000 per annum to €75,000. [46948/12]
- Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer from standardising all discretionary tax relief. [46949/12]
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has information and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who claimed tax free lump sums in 2011 in the following categories, under...
- VAT Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that although many unhealthy foods and beverages are taxed at the standard rate, anomalies exist whereby products high...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the legislative provisions which restrict a holder of pension bond to access the funds prior to their fiftieth birthday; if he proposes to...
- Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance the macro-economic stability and debt sustainability analyses, if any, that have been undertaken in which an assumption is that the promissory note is not repaid;...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Departmental Agencies
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the functions of the proposed Legal Costs Unit under the aegis of the State Claims Agency and the National Treasury Management...
- Mortgage Interest Relief
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the major banks have as yet still not passed on the increased mortgage interest relief granted as part of...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47149/12]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing post primary school transport case (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay in...
- School Staffing
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation of a post primary school (details supplied) in which an assistant principal has been appointed as per...
- Third Level Grant Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46967/12]
- Fee Paying Schools
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual saving to the Exchequer if current State subsidies to private schools were withdrawn; if he will provide a single figure and not a list of...
- Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any progress in restoring a proposed building project to his Department's School Building Programme (details supplied) in view of...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external...
- State Examinations
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the data in relation to the number of applicantions that have been submitted to his Department for secondary school students with...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47147/12]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Allowances
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each...
- Capital Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the voted capital expenditure allocated to each Department for 2012; the amount of that funding that has been spent by the end of September...
- Croke Park Agreement
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total savings achieved under the Croke Park Agreement up to March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Financial Services Regulation
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his view on whether the Irish accountancy bodies have sufficient safeguards in place to enforce regulation and compliance which will help...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Youth Enterprise Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any consideration has been given to the setting up for a youth entrepreneurship fund to help stimulate young persons to set up their own...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the person who has been contracted with operating the recently announced credit guarantee scheme; at what cost; the interest rate that will...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that currently her Department are processing carer's allowance applications for November 2011, 11 months after the applications have...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the dates currently being processed by her Department in respect of invalidity pension applications; the action being taken to clear...
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average time a social welfare appeal has taken to reach a decision in the past six months for which data are available, and the comparable figure for...
- Unemployment Levels
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons formerly employed in construction trade categories particularly electrical/ mechanical who are in receipt of unemployment benefit;...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in matter of determination of entitlement to rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in respect of jobseeker's allowance or back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15.; and if she will...
- State Pension (Contributory)
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for contributory state pension based on Irish and South African contributions; and if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for her Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47155/12]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff members of her Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff members from her Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category and...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Aersheirbhís Fóirdheonaithe
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir leis an tseirbhís aeir fhóirdheonaithe a bheidh ann go hOileáin Árann...
- An Caighdeáin Oifigiúil
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plé a bhí aige le Rannóg an Aistriúcháin, Tithe an Oireachtais, sula ndearnadh cinneadh...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an interim payment will be paid to farmers in the Twelve Bens/Maam Turk Complex who left the REP scheme after applications for an agri...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if firms like wind farms operators and others, who receive State grants are required to refund the grants to the taxpayer if...
- Warmer Homes Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when works will commence under the warmer homes scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external...
- Digital Television Service
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that in 2011 TV users paid some €134 million for public service TV through the mandatory TV...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Charges
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if rates are formally introduced if both the household charge and the second residence charge will be abolished; and if he will...
- Local Authority Staff
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the shortage in frontline outdoor local authority staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to add water blending equipment to the River Barrow extraction scheme at Athy, County...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline on a county basis the level of revenue collected each year under the non principal private residence charge;...
- Property Stock Levels
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the current property stock levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46999/12]
- Planning Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation to give An Bord Pleanála further time to consider applications under the subsititue...
- EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will announce measures to address the current crisis facing farmers who are unable to land spread slurry due to poor...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options open to the many residents of unfinished housing estates throughout the country who are unable to access completion...
- Local Authority Housing
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the entitlement of nationals of EU members states that are resident in Ireland to local...
- Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012; if he has considered the inclusion of architectural...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1001 of 18 April 2012, and taking into consideration the following, the number of Irish persons who have...
- Drug Seizures
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of seizures of the illegal drug pseudoephedrine in each of the past 10 years and the seizure's location, value and size. [46920/12]
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent judgements, if he intends changing the law to ensure convicted sexual offenders get custodial sentences of an appropriate length;...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to give homeowners a right to light (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/12]
- Criminal Legal Aid
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the schedule of fees and claims which barristers and solicitors can make for indictable cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/12]
- Garda Training
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual budgets assigned to third level courses over the past ten years in An Garda Síochána broken down by year. [46988/12]
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on whether there needs to be further mandatory guidelines for the judiciary in relation to serious sexual assaults; if he intends to require...
- Garda Training
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that attended the recent training course for use of Intoxilysers on 16 October last; the number of Gardaí that will...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review on the regulation on prostitution; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external...
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make...
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1235 of 18 September 2012, if any particular provision will be made whereby their residency status can be...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47153/12]
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Pardons
To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which he will publish legislation to give effect to his recent statement to provide a pardon to members of the Defence Forces who deserted to fight for...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Defence Forces Deaths
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of deaths there have been of serving members of the Defence Forces each year sine 2000; the cause of each death; and the number that were due to...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Defence the persons within the army that were prescribed the 27,392 Doxycycline anti-malaria tablets issued between 2006 and 2012 and not another anti-malaria drug; if...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Defence the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47146/12]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category and the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for derogation under the disadvantaged area scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details provided) in County...
- Scéim um Limistéir faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na hAoníocaíochta agus Deontas faoin Scéim um...
- Live Exports
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when exports of live sheep and cattle to Libya will commence; the steps been taken to ensure the commencement of this trade; and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the disadvantaged area payment was not paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [46938/12]
- Scéim um Chaomhnú an Chomhshaoil faoin Tuath
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a éiseofar íocaíocht chuig feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo) faoi Scéim um Chosaint na Timpeallachta...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the exclusion of hedgerows in the new agri envoirnment option scheme in view of the fact that these hedge rows are part...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [46953/12]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme 2 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46954/12]
- 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 payment; when payment will issue; and if...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the closing date for applications to the agri environment options scheme 3 to the 31 December 2012; and if he will make...
- Farm Assist Scheme
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way a person (details supplied) in County Cork can receive a herd number in view of the fact that they only have a small amount of...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a disadvantaged area scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Benefit Payments
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the engagement she has had with the Department of Social Protection on the subject of child benefit expenditure for 2013; if her attention has...
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.178 of 10 October 2012, what this capital investment programme is; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate, based on the experiences over the past ten years, the extent to which she expects to make provision in respect of child...
- Child Abuse
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she expects to augment the facilities for the reporting of child abuse and follow up procedures; and if she will make a...
- Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department can address the issues of bullying including cyber bullying outside school hours with particular reference to...
- Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she expects to put in place the necessary staff to provide adequate children and youth support services outside of school...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for her Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel....
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members of her Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff members from her Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each...
- Department of Health
- Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork suffering with Multiple Sclerosis cannot be considered at this time for the Health Service Executive home care package...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hospital appointments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [46848/12]
- Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health the reason Osteole 1500mg has been removed from the medical card scheme; the criteria under which this decision was reached; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco Control Measures
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 19 July 2011, and follow up letter from the Health Service Executive on 29 July 2011 regarding the number of...
- Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health the reason supporting documentation requested by the Client Registration Services and submitted by the applicant is not being received in an ever increasing number...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive are unable to provide sufficient day care or residential support services in line with health and safety...
- Medical Cards Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card renewal applications which historically were granted on exceptional medical needs are being considered for renewal as a standard application...
- Medical Cards
To ask the Minister for Health the protocol that applies to the issuance of repeat prescriptions for persons on medical cards; if prescriptions are normally issued weekly, monthly, bimonthly or...
- Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making it compulsory for ID to be produced for everyone purchasing medical products containing pseudo ephedrine, that all such...
- Vaccination Programme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all CFR volunteers are inoculated against hepatitis B by the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to ensuring that school leavers with mental health disabilities who will leave school in 2013 will have suitable placements available to them...
- Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons issued with decisions by each primary, community continuing care since 1 September 2012 stating that home help cannot be provided; the number...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a Cochlear implant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46965/12]
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive remove children (details supplied) from their occupational and speech and language therapy lists when a child has been...
- Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Health when she will meet with a delegation representing patients, families, staff, community and the Iveragh Mental Health Association in respect of the proposed closure...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon who has been assessed as urgent will be seen by a urologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a continuation of respite in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has turned 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the waiting list for orthotics on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47006/12]
- Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the annual saving to the Exchequer if current public hospital consultants pay was capped at €150,000. [47018/12]
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports...
- Ambulance Service
To ask the Minister for Health his views on a health Service Executive position which requires Community First Responder volunteers in an area of west Cork to pay a €30 fee for inoculation...
- Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide revenue funding for a new daycare centre in an area (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47132/12]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and travel. [47151/12]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances to perform more senior...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff members from his Department that have been temporarily and or permanently redeployed to other Government Departments or agencies since 27 March...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each category and the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Cross-Border Projects
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had to date in relation to possible sources of funding for the construction of the Narrow Water Bridge between Omeath...
- Driving Licences
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate if in cases where an Irish drivers licence has been held by an Irish citizen for several years prior to emigration to the...
- Road Network
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question 86 of 18 October 2012, if he is satisfied that the local authorities are exercising and enforcing the powers...
- National Transport Authority
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on current staffing levels, salaries and the operational budget at the Taxi Regulator’s office since the...
- Sports Capital Programme
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be in a position to announce funding under the sports capital grant scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost to the Exchequer in the previous 12 months for his Department staff attending conferences including registration fees and...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff members of his Department that have been awarded internal promotions and or additional acting up or temporary allowances...
- Departmental Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all the Gaeltacht allowance payable to civil and public servants; the level of each allowance payable to each...
