Written answers

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options she is currently considering regarding child benefit including, the way and which vulnerable families would be compensated for any cut to the...
    • Child Benefit Rates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that multiple birth families including twins and triplets will not be subject to further cuts in Budget 2013; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending to 19.5 hours the number of hours a recipient of carer's allowance can work outside the home. [49846/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take in response to the finding contained in her Department's report on pension charges that the private pensions industry is taking...
    • National Advocacy Service
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether advocates working in the National Advocacy Service have no power to obtain information or attend meetings or consultations and can...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the companion travel pass for persons in receipt of disability allowance to cover a companion on the portion of the round trip during...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of community employment scheme cutbacks in 2012; the number of schemes closed or that had hours reduced; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Homemakers Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to SIPTU's call for the home-makers scheme to be backdated from 1994 to 1964; if she will make arrangements to backdate...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the option of a review in advance of an appeal is given greater prominence and explanation in letters sent out turning down...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Service
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take legislative steps to introduce a public appointments procedure involving the publication of selection criteria and an open recruitment...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she has taken to reform the sick pay scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49893/12]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to address waiting times in social welfare payments and appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49911/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address lone parent family distress in Budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter [49891/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of rent supplement in Budget 2013; its future operation and in particular its relationship with local authorities; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange for a review of all agency arrangements for all persons in receipt of disability allowance living in residential care in view of...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of child benefit recipients not in receipt of any means-tested social welfare payment. [49836/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the National Advocacy Service that community welfare officers are not willing to pay rent...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-introduce the free-phone number for callers to the Central Rents Unit and allocate case officers to specific geographic regions. [49840/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on any progress made and the nature of negotiations that she has had with energy and other suppliers with a view to...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of her visit to Sweden to examine childcare; her plans to progress the model and proposals of the Inter-Departmental sub-group on school-age...
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the impact that the early retirement scheme has had on the administrative functions of her Department; her plans to sanction the recruitment...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress caused to applicants for local authority housing who are forced to rely on rent support in...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a clear strategy to increase awareness of the employment supports available to persons with disabilities; and her plans for further...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making a liaison or support person available to those who need assistance making applications and appeals with respect to disability...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commence a review of income supports for family carers as recommended by the Carer's Association. [49833/12]
    • Departmental Functions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced within her Department due to the failure to quickly transfer files for appeals when...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays of over six months in the processing of disability, invalidity and carer's allowance applications...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Diplomatic Representation
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on developments arising from the joint statement on the future relationship between Ireland and Britain made by him and the British Prime...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the list of quasi-Governmental organisations and agencies under his remit; if he will provide a list of quasi-Governmental organisations...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Taoiseach the gross and net additional expenditure savings that his Department is seeking to achieve in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49393/12]
    • Public Sector Pay
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in a tabular form the number of public servants in receipt of annual gross public sector pensions of between €0 to €10,000, €10,001 to...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as sought in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Chinese Government the issue of alleged human rights violations in China, with particular reference...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for...
    • International Relations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider placing an Irish presence in Sarajevo for the EU Heads of Mission meetings as Ireland enters the EU...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials by grade in his Department that will be working solely on the Presidency for the remainder of 2012; if...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 22 March 2012, if this review of the working of the election roster has been...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with reference to the assertion in Fresh perspective: A Needs Analysis of the Irish Community in London, October 2012 that...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issues of the continued imprisonment of Marian Price McGlinchey and Martin Corey with the British Prime...
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his role with regard to Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [45664/12]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has done in relation to identifying further areas for north south cooperation. [47230/12]
    • Scottish Referendum
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the agreement on Scotland holding a referendum in 2014 with Prime Minister Cameron or Scottish First...
    • Trade Missions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is planning to take part in any forthcoming trade missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45672/12]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the EU Council's actions to be taken and Ireland's contribution following the discussion on Syria; and if he...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to...
  • Department of Finance
    • New Economy and Recovery Authority
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to place New ERA on a statutory footing. [49418/12]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if public servant pension abatement rules are being applied to Public Interest Directors appointed by the Government to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation,...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance the support available for Irish small businesses from the banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49578/12]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance the action that can be taken to curtail pensions paid to some of the former top managers in the covered banks; the way these pensions are funded; if he will assure...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 16 October 2012, if legislation or new procedures are in place to ensure adequate monitoring and early action by the...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if following media coverage (details supplied) of the activities of debt management companies, legislation to control same or bring such companies under Central...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in receipt of pensions from the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which are in excess of €100,000; the names of those who are in...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extra cost to the Exchequer in income forgone of granting 30% and 35% mortgage interest relief TRS to all householders who purchased house between 1 January...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to promote the incentive involving negative equity mortgages offered by Bank of Ireland and other banks whereby, a home owner could sell their house and...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Permanent TSB are not offering the mortgage arrears solutions set out in the Government's Personal Insolvency initiative, that is, mortgage to rent...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Allied Irish Bank, if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid to...
    • Public Interest Directors
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in detail the responsibilities of public interest directors in the formerly six covered financial institutions and to contrast those...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of Irish Life and Permanent if he will provide a listing of the public interest directors appointed to that bank since 2008; the total remuneration paid...
    • European Stability Mechanism
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the €509,504,000 contribution paid by the State to the European Stability Mechanism in October 2012, the interest rate and expected date of...
    • Economic Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance his latest estimate of nominal Gross Domestic Product in 2012. [49485/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the €1.1billion top-up made by Allied Irish Banks to that Bank’s group pension scheme in August 2012, set out the contact or contacts...
    • Financial Services Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the following financial institutions, Allied Irish Banks, Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Nationwide Building Society, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation,...
    • Succession Act 1965
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list detailing the property vested in the State since 8 March 2011 pursuant to section 73 of the Succession Act 1965, showing the name of the...
    • Financial Services Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, with respect to the Permanent TSB, the number of the staff whose annual salary at 31 December 2011 fell in the following bands...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has contacted Irish Life, a company wholly owned by him, requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 to waive 15% of their salary or...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending for a year the mortgage relief measures announced in Budget 2012 in view of the fact that we are only just starting to see the...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the upcoming budget the case of buy to let landlords in circumstances where the formula used to subtract losses from 25% of interest paid to...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish a schedule identifying all those financial institutions that have ultimate recourse to the German sovereign exchequer in the event of default...
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are taking to recover overseas property that was formerly in the name of the Quinn Group; and if he will...
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance if Budget 2013 will require more cuts and taxes as growth rates have been reduced by his Department for next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax cases in the following bands (details supplied) that are composed of individual earners as opposed to couples. [49623/12]
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance the fees that are paid to companies who provide property valuations for the National Asset Management Agency; the fees for this service that were paid in each of...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the legal fees incurred by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in each year since its establishment. [49631/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of...
    • Fuel Trader's Licence
      To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation that has taken place between Revenue and fuel retailers relevant to the fees charged and the new regulations in respect of a fuel traders licence;...
    • Liquor Licences
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licensed premises in the State; the number of pubs and the turnover breakdown of these pubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49741/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to the introduction of a levy on alcohol products which are sold unopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49783/12]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the rule of 78 method of calculating interest regulated is banned here for hire purchase or leasing agreements, loans or mortgages; if he will specify where it...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 on 23 October 2012, if he will confirm if the awarding of the loan sale advisory contract to UBS by Irish Bank Resolution...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the total nominal amount in euro of Anglo Irish Bank subordinated bonds that were governed by English Law that were subsequently subjected to a...
    • Sovereign Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the total nominal amount in euro of Irish Government bonds which are governed by English Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 6 March 2012, if he will detail the total amount of interest paid on the subordinated bonds held by Fir Tree Capital...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 6 November 2012, if he will outline the ongoing costs on the Exchequer in terms of tax foregone as a result of legacy...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 24 October 2012, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of fees paid to each of the public interest directors...
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the Treaty of Rome, Chapter 1 The Customs Union Article 25 (ex Article 12), his views on the Vehicle Registration Tax (Permanent Reliefs)...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance the work being carried out by the Revenue Commissioners to combat the sale of illicit cigarettes here; if he will compare the quantities of seizures of cigarettes...
    • Universal Social Charge
      To ask the Minister for Finance in the Budget 2013, if he plans any changes to the Universal Social Charge for Deeds of Covenant as it relates to permanently incapacitated minors, in order to...
    • Social Insurance Refunds
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 6 June 2012 and No. 234 of 18 September 2012 when a PRSI refund will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders that are repaying mortgages across all of the banks operating here at more than 35% of their net income; and the total value of...
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50655/12]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in detail the number, type, location and spaces available on FAS courses in County Meath available to the unemployed. [49779/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a submission (details supplied); if this matter will be reviewed in view of the proposal in the submission that the school in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when they may expect a decision. [49510/12]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49558/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on media reports that there has been a miscalculation within his Department's budget regarding the cost of retirements and the impact that...
    • Third Level Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of postgraduate fees being charged in each university in 2012 and the details of fees in 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Higher Education Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who began a postgraduate course for 2012/2013; the number that commenced a postgraduate course in 2011/2012; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether students who have yet to receive their student grant approval are having difficulty accessing important student services as a...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response rate to date to the survey of parents in Whitehall, Trim, Tramore, Castlebar and Arklow as part of the survey on primary school...
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date of the Working Group on Bullying; when he expects this group to complete its work and publish new recommendations regarding...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the efficacy of an agency (details supplied) of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding scooter user access for students who need to use scooters to get into lecture halls at a university (details supplied) but are...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite grant applications in respect of persons (details supplied). [49672/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update regarding the progress at design stage for a new school (details provided) in County Cork; when he expects to be in a...
    • Third Level Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a travel allowance for springboard participants who have to travel long distances from their homes to their places of study; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [49727/12]
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior and senior infant children who have a school day which is one hour shorter than the length of the normal school day and who avail of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a second level school in an area (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [49757/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a...
    • State Examinations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the criteria in place for a student to avail of a smaller exam centre in a State exam and also for a student to have a person read...
    • Adult Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the Adult Refugee Programme's annual budget spent on language teachers' salaries for the direct delivery of the service. [49938/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a minor works grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49949/12]
    • Third Level Fees
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the undergraduate fees schedule for non EU and EU students for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49953/12]
    • Third Level Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the per student funding formula or ratio used to calculate the Higher Education Authority grant provided to each HEA funded institution; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the total number of student who have started a third level course this year, if any students have subsequently left these courses due to the delays...
    • Third Level Fees
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to increase the student contribution fee by €250 this year and each year between now and 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to student grants and no further changes to the eligibility criteria for student grants; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that applied for a student grant this year; the number that applied last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Participation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to improve access for students from low income backgrounds to third level education; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding teachers pay rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49994/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will confirm that as a former...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 6 November 2012, if he will publish the Departmental review or assessment of the success of a school...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50653/12]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if analysis of the Peace Programme have been carried out; if such analysis will inform the introduction of the successor programme to the...
    • Heritage Centres
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cé mhéad airgead a caitheadh ar Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir in 2011 agus in 2012 go dáta; cén costas a bhain le...
    • National Monuments
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the interpretative panels will be erected at a location (details supplied) which were ordered under contract by the Office of Public...
    • State Property
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list detailing the property vested in the State since 8 March 2011 pursuant to the State Property Act 1954, showing the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of establishing the Ireland Stat website; the number of staff allocated to its running and their salaries; the annual cost of...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 on 10 October 2012, the quantum by which capital expenditure is behind profile for the first 10...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49587/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on all competitions that have been held by the Office of Public Works to select security service providers for a public...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that his Department spent on flood alleviation schemes in County Meath for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if...
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials by grade in his Department that will be working solely on the Presidency for the remainder of 2012; if redeployment...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the public service have been afforded in contributing to the reforms of...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm the date on which the Protection of Employee (Temporary Agency Workers) Bill 2011 came into effect and the steps taken...
    • Job Creation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs that were created in County Donegal in 2011 quarter 2, quarter 3, quarter 4 and to date in 2012 by American...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering the development of a technology visa for IT professionals as recommended by the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on...
    • Job Losses
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the current proposal by the Chief Executive Officer of Eircom to reduce the work force by 2,000 employees; and if he will make...
    • Research and Development
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of research and development grants and other funds that are available to the State and persons from the European...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support small rural shops and businesses in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49863/12]
    • Business Park
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ballymote Business Park, County Sligo, is still owned by Ballymote Enterprise Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Insurance Fund
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing a third higher band of employer PRSI contributions on salaries of €100,000 or more; if she will outline the net...
    • Dental Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full details of the free dental services currently available for persons, based on PRSI contributions; the services available in 2007, 2008, 2009,...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legislation in place for persons who pay contributions while in the workforce and are in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for carer's has not been processed and decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) and when a decision will issue....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a review and appeal for invalidly pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to close an office (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49451/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she as received an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; when this appeal will be processed; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 can have their community employment scheme extended for another year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she will take to resolve the issue where taxi drivers who are unable to work due to an injury for an extended period of time are asked to...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to pass rent allowance directly to landlords rather than tenants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49579/12]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance payment ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and when it will be reinstated. [49588/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for rent supplement application from County Kildare; the number of applications for rent allowance currently awaiting...
    • Community Welfare Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes to the delivery of the community welfare service in the Drumcondra area, Dublin 9; and the way these changes will directly affect...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under her remit for spending, on the areas of...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the assessment used in the weekly carer's allowance figure in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the significant delays within your Department with respect to the processing of family income support applications, if she will confirm the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [49728/12]
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount by which means exceeded the guidelines in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the current rent supplment thresholds in North Tipperary, and in South Tipperary; the reasons for any variances; her view on whether...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidents of landlords seeking payments from tenants in excess of the rent supplement thresholds, if she believes such...
    • FÁS Training Courses
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if unemployed persons who have taken up FAS training courses are excluded from consideration for TÚS supervisor positions within twelve month of...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the problems encountered by persons on jobseeker's allowance benefit who fill in casual workers weekly employment...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to offering back to education allowance to those taking part-time courses of study. [49801/12]
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the fuel allowance payment should be restructured to allow for a sliding scale rather than a flat cut-off point, to prevent...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when benefit will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the matter. [49875/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that persons in receipt of back to education allowances are not cut off due to the fact that they cannot be permanently registered...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects a decision to be...
    • Carer's Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will state which parent is entitled to child benefit in a situation where the parents have joint custody of the child; and the basis on which the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49983/12]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding family income supplement in respect of separated parents who have joint custody of children (details supplied). [49995/12]
    • Farm Assist Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assessment for the farm assist scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49996/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance was received in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a decision may be expected; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a person (details supplied) has had their invalidity pension terminated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50017/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and the target...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of officials by grade in her Department that will be working solely on the Presidency for the remainder of 2012; if redeployment or promotion...
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date that internal promotional competitions were last held for promotion to principal officer, promotion to assistant principal officer, promotion to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has not received any social welfare assistance in recent months; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a decision will be...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the reports of increases in rents since the start of 2012; if the rents limit review to be undertaken by her Department will take place sooner...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to shorten the waiting period for the determination of appeals in respect of each social welfare payment; the particular...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received in each of the past three years to date; the number approved; the number...
    • Child Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of families in receipt of child benefit; the extent to which this number has fluctuated over the past three years; and if she will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of non contributory old age pension; the degree, if any, to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time currently taken to process carer's allowance applications on average; the extent to which the situation has improved or otherwise over...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occasions in which applications for disability allowance and or invalidity pension have been refused and the refusal upheld on appeal have...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of instances wherein an overpayment has been discovered in respect of particular social welfare payments in each of the past three years to...
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance received in each of the past four years to date; the numbers granted, refused and granted and refused on...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households currently in receipt of mortgage interest relief; the number of applications received in each year in the past three years to...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons currently on community employment schemes; the numbers of applications received in each of the past three years to date; the...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of temporary, part-time or internship places created in the past two years from the various initiatives undertaken by Government; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which it has been found possible to expedite the process for the determination of entitlement to basic social welfare payments in respect...
    • Public Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements that have been made to commemorate the founding of Óglaigh na hÉireann by Éoin Mac Néill in 1913; and...
    • Cuanna agus Céanna
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead a chaith a Roinn ar an mBlascaod Mór in 2011 agus in 2012 go dáta; céard air a caitheadh an...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh reachtaíocht ag teastáil le deireadh a chur leis an gCoimisiún Logainmneacha ó tharla go bhfuil an...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on...
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on cuts to funding to the Arts Council in 2012; if he will protect Arts Council funding in Budget 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive compensation for the sale of turbary rights at Derrinlough Bog, County...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/12]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of salmon fish that came through the fish counter on the river Feale between September and October of this year;...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for...
    • Environmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of the 3 October 2012, the progress he has made on the restoration and...
    • State Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence regarding Bord na Móna (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of communications he has held with his British counterpart regarding the Memorandum of Understanding on the...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has developed the terms of reference and the parameters for further research to be commissioned by the Environmental...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is currently any scope for local authorities to extend the deadline for the tenant purchase scheme in exceptional...
    • Constituency Nomenclature
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider retaining the long standing constituency name Dublin South as it has a resonance for its citizens which is...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason some guest houses and bed and breakfasts are exempt from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the relevant points made in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual representational payment under the 2001 Local Government Act paid to town...
    • Local Authority Housing
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated number of local authority houses currently rented; his plans to exempt this category from the proposed property...
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration he has given to the views and concerns of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists in relation...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49603/12]
    • Household Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the properties registered for the household charge to date; the number that have been registered by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for...
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of motorists paying road tax to each local authority in 2011 and to date in...
    • Deontais Leader
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government cén uair a íocfar deontas Leader le grúpa (sonraí tugtha) atá ag fanacht le híocaíocht le...
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence regarding town councils (details supplied); if he will meet with the group to discuss their...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with the two commercial companies seeking planning permission to erect wind turbines for the purposes of...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to help persons who have built up penalties in relation to the non payment of the non-principal private residence...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is looking at alternative location to schools as polling stations, for example in the Mourne Abbey area in Cork, two...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is breaking the law if they do not confirm payment of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form, a breakdown of the the total remuneration packages including pay, allowances such as...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on voting (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49813/12]
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager placed an item on the agenda issued on the 30 October,...
    • Community Development
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that funding for the Westmeath Volunteer Centre will not be cut following the budget in December; if he...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking to help with the problems of persons living in an estate (details supplied) in County Clare that went...
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for developing a stand alone specification for hard core as outlined in recommendation 15 of the Pyrite...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is available for a landowner of a quarry which is in a special area of conservation to carry out an appropriate...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost to his Department of holding the Children's Referendum including a breakdown of the costs; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his planned approach and timescale to implement the recent ruling by the Standards in Public Offices Commission that the...
    • Water Quality
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the chemicals and impurities identified under the current local authority water testing and sampling programmes; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on cuts to funding to local authorities in 2012; if he will protect local authority funding in Budget 2013; and if he...
    • Public Order Offences
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will introduce by-laws to help curb public order offences; if a town council will enact such by-laws; and...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50654/12]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Court Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court judges that retired from the judiciary between 8 March 2011 and 27 October 2011, between 28 October 2011 and 29 February 2012 and...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter regarding visas (details supplied) [49735/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for Irish citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Court Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new court judges appointed between 8 March 2011 and 27 October 2011, between 28 October 2011 and 29 February 2012 and between 1 March...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason bonfires were allowed to destroy the open greens at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 5 and if the Gardaí can take any action....
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a patrol car will be allocated to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49589/12]
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the publication of the Mental Capacity Bill 2008; and if he will address this matter urgently. [49633/12]
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in respect of an application for subsidiary protection in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15 going...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas...
    • Racist Incidents
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that a number of reports have shown that racist incidents here are under-reported; the steps he is taking to encourage all victims...
    • Criminal Law
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the 1989 Incitement to Hatred Act; when this review will take place; his views on the need to legislate for hate crimes; and if he...
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on migrant labour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49670/12]
    • Garda Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports in place for members of An Garda Síochána who suffer from mental health issues such as anxiety and depression as a result of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are restrictions in place which prevents persons with disabilities from joining An Garda Síochána. [49738/12]
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date and times of the open days at Garda stations in the Dublin region between now and year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49766/12]
    • Personal Injury Claims
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if payment under the criminal injuries compensation tribunal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recruitment to an Garda Síochána will be opened up in 2013; if the current applicant panel will be used to recruit new applicants; and if...
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be protections in place under the personal insolvency arrangements to guard against a scenario (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all the Garda stations in the State with full details of the ownership of the land and buildings. [49925/12]
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of Gardaí in each Garda district in the Tipperary Division as of the 1 March 2011 and the 1 of March 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of qualified accountants employed on a full time basis by the Garda Bureau for Fraud Investigation. [50014/12]
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officials by grade in his Department that will be working solely on the Presidency for the remainder of 2012; if redeployment or...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 610 and 611 of 17 July 2012, if he will detail by grade any further promotions that have taken place; if...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, for each grade, details of the salary, allowances and purpose of allowances paid to employees of the Irish Human...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50116/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for payment to the Criminal Injury's Board will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 2 October 2012, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50151/12]
    • Subsidiary Protection
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces will be included in any redundancy package announcements for public service workers in the future; and if he will make a statement...
    • Army Barracks
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that Kickham Barracks, Clonmel which was closed earlier this year does not become derelict and to this end that he will arrange for regular...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the training centre for the Reserve Defence Forces will remain in Cavan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49590/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure there will be houses available in Athlone, County Westmeath, for the families that will be moved there from Dublin; if there will be school...
    • Public Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as...
    • Pension Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Defence how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50652/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Horse Racing Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect tax payers money now and in the future in view of the fact that the Garda Fraud squad are investigating...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the time notification that should be provided by his Department officials in relation to a full farm inspection (details supplied); and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify that grazable lands will become the definition regarding acreage applicable to the single farm payment and so on; and...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department officials are carrying out on-farm inspections and subsequently carrying out satellite inspection on the same...
    • Milk Quota
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the latest decision regarding an application for extra capacity on their milk quota in respect of a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Farm Payment Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an alternative method by which a person can transfer single payment entitlements under the 2011 scheme year (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to close an office (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/12]
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter on turbary rights will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to fill posts from a DS panel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49520/12]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget for his Department; the amount of this budget that is used to run his Department; the number of staff employed by his...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any circumstances whereby compensation due to a person under the TB eradication scheme will be granted to the herd keeper as...
    • Seafood Environmental Management Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a fisherman's group in west Cork (details supplied) has been unsuccessful in a number of grant applications in recent times;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their agri environment option scheme payment for 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Plant Disease Controls
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for stopping the spread of Charala fraxenia which is attacking Ash trees commonly found in hedgerows across urban and rural...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding changes made to quotas in relation to the sentinel herring fishery; his views on whether some fishermen will lose...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      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 single farm payment; and if...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 25 September 2012, if he will provide an update in the restoration works to the Bulls Nose...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the following query regarding herring fishing (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal of a decision to refuse disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all of the categories in order of severity of fisheries offences listed under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rep scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the 2011 agricultural payments that are currently being processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a...
    • Farm Household Incomes
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the number of farmers who currently receive less than €5,000 in single farm...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 26 September 2012, the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      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 single farm payment; and if...
    • Poultry Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the two poultry farms in an area (details supplied) in County Fermanagh which has contracted a disease...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant approval will be granted for the special construction of a bridge on a forestry road in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied). [50118/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on the disadvantaged area scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on agri environment option scheme 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/12]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Social Workers Register
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new social workers that have been appointed since she has taken office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49580/12]
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the early childhood care and education scheme; her views on the benefits of this service; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the legislation required to establish the new Child and Family Support Agency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the children's detention centre in Lucan, County Dublin; her plans for the premises; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Missing Children
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which the 116000 phone line will be operational; if it will be set up before or after the children's referendum; and if she will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under her remit for spending, on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form moneys and grants that her Department has awarded from 9 March 2011 to 9 September 2012; the number of...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the FETAC level five and six will be recognised as the base qualification for childcare workers in private and public...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for delays in progressing inter country adoption co-operation between the Adoption Authority of Ireland and CARA, the central...
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when announcements will be made in relation to her Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Bereavement Counselling Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support she will offer to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49928/12]
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of...
  • Department of Health
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Diet Supplement
      To ask the Minister for Health if the dietary supplement for children with coeliac disease at €6.50 per month is regarded as sufficient; if consideration was given to the adequacy of the...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if proposals regarding supports for those suffering from Narcolepsy following vaccination are to hand; and when they will be communicated to sufferers; and if he...
    • Thalidomide Victim Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding negotiation agreements with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49413/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the number of home help hours paid for by the Health Service Executive, either directly through employment or contracts or through agencies and...
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on funding for applied suicide intervention skills training; and the funding he envisages allocating to this service in the future; and if he will...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Coolmine Therapeutic Community Centre's mother and child rehabilitation service which is in need of funding,...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost breakdown to the Health Service Executive in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 to subsidise antidepressants and anxiolytic drugs [49465/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the capacity, number of patients per year, within the public services to provide mental health services [49466/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline on a county basis, the number of home help cases that have been reviewed; if he will outline on a county basis the number of cases that have had...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their medical card application [49518/12]
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase in the over 65 year old population in the coming decade; if any funds or moneys are being set aside or are being planned to provide this...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close the learning disability service based at Cloonamahon, County Sligo by 2018; if so, the location at which the users of the service will be...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to put in place a time limit on the validity of prescriptions issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49594/12]
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national cross party suicide prevention authority which would be properly staffed and properly resourced to try to reduce the ever increasing...
    • Hospital Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether introducing a charge on persons who do not attend hospital appointments will lead to another layer of bureaucracy which will be cumbersome and...
    • Consultant Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the practice by consultants of block booking appointments, that is 20 persons arriving at 9 a.m., all with appointments to meet the same...
    • Voluntary Disability Sector
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the voluntary disability sector has been targeted for cuts over the past four years, causing a shortfall in funding of approx 15%; and if he will make a...
    • Crisis Pregnancy Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is investigating recent media reports (details supplied) in relation to advice given at the Dundalk office of Irish Planning Association; and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [49636/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the areas of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Meath has an appointment for an MRI at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, that the resulting scan will be read...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when the position of full-time physiotherapist at Temple Street CUH Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Dublin, will be filled; if an agency physiotherapist will be appointed in...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there has been changes to the pre-emergency care cover for Swords, County Dublin in recent weeks; if he will provide the detail of same; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add rubinstein - taybi syndrome to the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49683/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the proposed downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital to a district hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the devestating effect this will...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals and or healthcare centres in which Legionnaires disease occurred in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/12]
    • Health Service Executive Payroll System
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to use the PPARS payroll system for the administration of payroll in the health service for the forseeable future. [49701/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 9 which has had a reduction in services recently causing many residents to fear there might be plans to...
    • Hospital Deficits
      To ask the Minister for Health if any hospitals in the Louth Meath Hospital group are currently running deficits; the current deficit in each of the hospitals; the projected deficit at the end of...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for Health Service Executive grant funding for a group (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when a decision will be made in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing device will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [49751/12]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health the systems in place to provide supervised injection sites to ensure the adequate disposal of needles used to inject heroin in view of the fact that such a service...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to have a special rate for visitors who use the carpark at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, on a frequent basis; and if...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive paid for taxi services in County Donegal since the patient bus service between Letterkenny and Dublin has been abolished;...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      To ask the Minister for Health his current plans to tackle issues surrounding the availability of cheap alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49784/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if protocols will be put in place to ensure patients in the northwest can avail of CT scans in Sligo Regional Hospital, while attending an outpatient clinic of a...
    • Abortion Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the expert group on abortion; when a report is expected from the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49793/12]
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all carers and personal assistants are obliged to obtain FETAC level five qualification before January 2013 if they are to continue in their...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49797/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.760 of 19 July 2012, if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [49816/12]
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the justification for paying a €10,000 appointment fee to legal persons who serve on the Hepatitis C / HIV Compensation Tribunal; and if he will make a...
    • Blind Person's Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria a person (details supplied) in County Kerry failed to meet in order to be registered as blind when applying for the blind welfare allowance;...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he does not intend to do so, if he will...
    • Dental Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding dental care; the action he will take to address the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was granted a full medical card and their partner and two children were only granted a general practitioner...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49981/12]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing aid will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50005/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when the podiatry post in Sligo Regional Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50027/12]
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Kerry awaiting orthodontic treatment in tabular form for the 12 month period June 2011 to June 2012 and between the age groups of 8...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter [50061/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of elderly persons in the region of 80 years of age living alone, with serious illness, who had their home help hours reduced by more than two hours per...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of a national adult metabolic unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50072/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health when a home help takes holidays if there are persons to cover this time. [50073/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the interactions his Department and the Health Servce Executive have had with the RISE Foundation which supports person suffering with addiction to alcohol and...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support survivors of Symphysiotomy in obtaining justice for the suffering the survivors have endured (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 400 additional staff who were to be recruited to strengthen community mental health teams as part of the €35m package announced in Budget...
    • Social Workers Register
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the proposed fee for the registration of social workers which will be required under the new regulations of the Health and Social Care...
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made on the implementation of the EU Directive 2010/63/EU on the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes; and if...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future delivery of Children's Hospital services in the catchment area of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been identified for a primary health care centre in Gort, County Galway; the position regarding the requisition of a site; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a Huntington's Disease clinic in Galway University Hospitals which would comprise a neurologist, a HD specialist nurse,...
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of the location of speed cameras and the inconsistency in speed limits signage in order to improve road safety....
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be approved for a bridge (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49423/12]
    • Tourist Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make it obligatory for all guest houses and bed and brerakfasts to be registered with Fáilte Ireland approved agencies in...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a recent tendering competition for new bus routes from Dublin to Kells and Cavan and from Dublin to Edenderry, County Offaly...
    • Road Tolls
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed introduction in the United Kingdom of the Eurovignette system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49515/12]
    • Commercial Vehicle Testing Centres
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish an additional commercial vehicle testing centre in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of counties across the country that have a full time road safety officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49536/12]
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the amount currently being spent on, or budgeted for by State agencies under his remit for spending, on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the timeframe in which a decision will be made with regarding the transferability of taxi plates from one relative to...
    • Local Authority Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assessment of the outcomes that result from the pedestrianisation of main and secondary streets in regional towns in...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Failte Ireland to support and provide funding to four festivals in County Kerry (details supplied); if he will ask Failte...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who used the Dublin-Carrick-On Shannon, Dublin-Cavan, Dublin-Letterkenny, Dublin-New Ross and The Dublin-Westport Bus...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when announcements will be made in relation to his Department's National Lottery funding payments for 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated completion date for improvement works currently being carried out on the N86; the timeframe for the total 32 kilometre...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of the alcohol industry in any aspect of the Gathering Ireland 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50064/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how well funded all semi-State company pension schemes are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50656/12]

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