Written answers

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement an analysis or assessment on the impact in schools arising from changes to the ex-quota allocation which has reduced the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to protecting DEIS in the coming years following the recent report from his Department on improved retention rates at post primary...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has submitted any further funding proposals to the European Investment Bank in view of the recent €50 million public private school...
    • State Examinations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on comments expressed by the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the loss of national State certification at junior cycle...
    • Future Skills Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the progress made towards meeting the educational skills requirement of industry in the future with particular reference to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of recent revelations regarding the numbers of students waiting for grants to be processed, the measures he will put in place to ensure that...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a detailed implementation plan for the training of teachers from now until the beginning of the first phase of the new junior...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response to date to the first five parental surveys on patronage carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in drawing up a plan for the implementation of the EPSEN Act 2004 to prioritise access for children with special needs to an...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the Capital Asset Test Implementation Group regarding higher education grants will be published; if he has received this report;...
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the report of the working group on tackling bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/12]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the threat to smaller rural schools; the number of any such schools likely to be faced with...
    • Procurement Rules
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the tendering process for the awarding of legal contracts by University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that had to be met by Dublin City Vocational Education Committee to win the tendering for administering third level applications under...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, if any, of the miscalculation of the cost of recent retirements within his Department; if he will also clarify any other costs which were...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there are no cuts to funding for special needs assistants, resource and learning support teachers in Budget 2013; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the personnel and resources assigned to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will provide a breakdown of staff employed on a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable that less than 5% of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland have received their grant payments; and the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the various types of ICT education which is offered in primary and post-primary schools; if he will provide a list...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of existing students that have received their initial grant payments from the 66 vocational educational committees and local...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is currently reviewing the school transport scheme for children with disabilities and or special educational needs; his views on whether the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to review the special educational resource allocation system administered by the National Counsel for Special Education which is...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his intentions on the review of means assessments for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51217/12]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Skerries Educate Together, County Dublin, was informed in the last two weeks of the loss of a temporary EAL post which will result in a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently allocated across the 66 vocational educational committees and local authorities to process the grant applications of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he was first contacted by officials from Student Universal Support Ireland regarding problems and delays in processing third level...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [51348/12]
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has concerns regarding the impact that the new junior certificate programme will have on the take up of history and geography; and if he will...
    • Skills Shortages
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce measures that will address the estimated 5,000 job vacancies in IT companies which cannot be filled because of the skills gap...
    • Higher Education Access
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any analysis or assessment has been carried out by his Department which projects the likely impact on access to higher education by persons in...
    • Student Loans and Fees
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research his Department has regarding the current availability of student loans; the engagement his Department has undergone in relation to...
    • Student Retention Rates
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether, in order to sustain the current rise in pupil retention rates, current levels of investment in education must be maintained at...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if fee-paying, non-resident, and non-national primary and secondary boarding school pupils from outside of the EU are included in calculating pupil...
    • Physical Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include physical education on the school curriculum in view of its health benefits and advantages in the prevention of issues such as...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's forecast in relation to the recruitment of teachers between now and 2016 when an extra 80,000 pupils will be in...
    • Higher Education Access
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to follow up on previous landmark reports on access to and participation in higher education such as the 2001 Report of the Action Group on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of special needs resources in primary schools; his plans to maintain such resources; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department's competitive tendering process for Departmental contracts is designed and implemented; if there is a process as part of the...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if external examiners will still be used in the new junior certificate cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51323/12]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of the inspection carried out on the prefabs purchased for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in December 2010 and the subsequent...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Seanad Referendum
      To ask the Taoiseach when it is planned to hold a referendum on Constitution Day at which the people will be asked to approve the abolition of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of bodies that have been abolished or amalgamated by his Department out of the list of bodies listed in the Public Service Reform Document of the 17 of November...
    • Companies Data
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of companies operating here that have 500 employees or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50861/12]
    • Departmental Staff Promotions
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of promotions made in his Department to principal officer higher scale, principal officer standard scale, assistant principal officer higher scale, assistant...
    • Departmental Strategies
      To ask the Taoiseach the progress he has made in the implementation of the action plan which was developed in response to the Organisation Review Programme report which was completed in 2011; and...
    • Cabinet Committees
      To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committees and senior official groups on which he or his Department is represented. [51452/12]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of Ireland's hosting of the EU presidency from January 2013, two contracts have been signed with two Dublin hotels...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations regarding the Kurdish political prisoners, including a number who are elected members of the...
    • EU Programmes
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the new European Endowment for Democracy; the contribution if any, Ireland will make to this organisation;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department up to the end of October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51412/12]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has embassies physically located in each of the G20 countries, particularly Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina,...
    • Trade Missions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals, if any, he or a Minister of State in his Department have to participate in trade missions up to the end of 2012;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Ownership
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the amount of land repossessed by financial institutions since 2009 and the law in relation to mineral rights on lands...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax breaks for philanthropists who will make capital investment to particular health projects; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has set aside for repaying overcharged Anglo Irish Bank customers. [50850/12]
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the 0.6 percent levy on private pensions, the amount that has been collected to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50993/12]
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of reforming the budget process to take into account the impact that Budget 2013 announcements have on the retail industry in the run...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of letters that were issued by AIB to former employees of the bank requesting that they take a voluntary reduction in their pensions; the number of...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the dual abode allowance for Ministers in each year since it was introduced; the value of the allowance that was availed of...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of countries in the OECD in which there are term limits or prohibitions on whom can serve on credit union boards enshrined in primary legislation. [51047/12]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who retired since 2008 in receipt of pension payments of between €100,000 and €200,000, between €200,000 and...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff that are on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000,...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff from the Department of Finance who retired since 2008 and are in receipt of pension payments of between €100,000 and €200,000,...
    • VAT Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a refund of VAT in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/12]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of staff for each covered institution earning a total remuneration package including pension payments,...
    • VAT Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance rather than increasing the tax on fizzy drinks, if it would be more prudent to remove or reduce the VAT from the sugar free drinks to encourage persons to switch...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 18 September 2012, if he will clarify the present valuation of Permanent TSB, noting that its free circulation shares...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the policy adopted by the National Asset Management Agency with respect to reducing rents to commercial tenants, who are facing financial...
    • Commercial Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the policy adopted by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares and on the board of which...
    • Fiscal Policy
      To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions have taken place between him and his Department and the finance programme Troika regarding the extension to the target year by which the State gets...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 on 7 November 2012, if he will provide the salary paid to the Chief Executive Officer of the National Asset Management...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 8 November 2012, if he will consider an investment scheme that applied to all businesses below a certain size, so that...
    • Universal Social Charge
      To ask the Minister for Finance if contractors from outside the State who are on contracts with the State agencies and Department have to pay the universal social charge for the duration of their...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the remuneration packages, including salary, benefits, pension contributions, bonus or incentive payments/schemes and any temporary or other...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown, in tabular form, of expenditure by Revenue on hospitality during the recent Volvo Ocean Race in County Galway, including...
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible under the Credit Institutions Stabilisation Act of 2010, which facilitates the permanent interference with rights, including property rights to...
    • Mortgage Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of mortgage debt the Bank of Ireland has surrendered in the Republic of Ireland to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51262/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the 65 year limit for DIRTexemption was introduced; when did the exemption become automatic other than be subject to an application for a refund....
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51278/12]
    • Succession Act 1965
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm the gross amount that has been escheated to the State under Section 73 of the...
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm if 100% of the transfer of €1.1 billion to the Allied Irish Bank pension...
    • Banking Sector Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 13 November 2012, if he will confirm that a €440,000 average payment to the pension fund in respect of each of...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current rules in respect of discretionary trust tax; the procedure for compliance with this tax in respect of persons deceased in 2012; and...
    • Central Bank Properties
      To ask the Minister for Finance his future plans for the current Central Bank of Ireland headquarters on Dame Street, Dublin, following the announcement that the Central Bank of Ireland plans to...
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 13 November 2012, in which he stated that included in the Prudential Capital Assessment Review is an estimate of...
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is still the case that Revenue will only ask for a medical certificate when assessing incapacitated child tax credit claims with a first claim when it is not...
    • VAT Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make defibrillators a zero rated or VAT exempt item in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51448/12]
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise on a mortgage situation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the options available to the person concerned; and if he will...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the non-pay allowances made to the national Assets Management Agency executives and employees including the provision of cars, private health...
    • Bank Charges
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customers affected and the total value of bank fees and interest refunded to customers in respect of AIB's review of mortgage and loan repayments...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the employees of the National Treasury Management Agency including the National Asset Management Agency who have taken a voluntary...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of years accounts details that the Revenue Commissioners may demand from persons in the course of their investigations; the period that they can go...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Expenditure Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to recent reports that savings required in the education budget in December will exceed the €77 million identified as part...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied). [50893/12]
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if waivers are available within the school transport scheme for families (details supplied) in County Westmeath who do not have the financial means to...
    • Capitation Grants
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that were cut in respect of a school (details supplied) this school year and the date on which the school was notified of these cuts; and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the present situation whereby a student in a public private school is entitled to a special needs assistant and a student in a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise on the tendering process for building the eight proposed new schools to be funded by the European Investment Bank Private Public...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a home tuition grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51046/12]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) working as a qualified substitute teacher is being remunerated at less than the current standard rate of...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he appreciates the concern of the local community in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the matter of applied behavioural analysis education for children with autism. [51102/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the volume and value of third level grants paid by 13 November 2011 in respect of grant applications submitted in 2011. [51147/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he oversees the operation of autism spectrum disorders units; the supports and training provided for staff in these units; the standards...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to remove home economics initial teacher education from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo, as recommended in the recent report...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration for children with special needs should be incorporated in the enrolment policy of primary schools; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a third level grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will forward a copy of the memo V7 which refers to the requirements for the position of deputy principal which may also be referred to in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the higher education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for new classroom accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for the academic year 2012/2013 under the category NA1 - T, that...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a mature student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if insulation grants are available for primary schools to replace windows and doors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51459/12]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a circular will be prepared and sent to all schools outlining a detailed policy on tackling cyber bullying, in view of the recent cases of suicide...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building contracts that have been stopped due to the main contractor going out of business; the total value of each contract; the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied); when first payment will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of student grant applications that have been received by Student Universal Support Ireland on a county basis; the number that have been...
    • Skills Development
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which his Department in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection has identified up-skilling or reskilling requirements...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of primary schools throughout the country currently dependant on prefabricated accommodation; his plans to address this issue in the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an alternative means for the assessment of higher education grants in view of the difficulties that have arisen in the current...
    • Third Level Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which sufficient third level places remain available to meet the current and on-going demand; if he foresees any and changes in this...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of primary schools in urban or rural areas deemed to be at risk due to demographics or other reasons throughout the country; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the special needs requirements at primary and post-primary level throughout the country in...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools, on a county basis, at primary and or second level that have been affected by a reduction in the number of teachers over...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary schools throughout County Kildare currently under construction in respect of extension works on new school...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure adequate teacher cover in primary and post-primary schools throughout the country, some...
    • Adult Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of persons in adult education in each of the past three years and to date in 2012; the extent to which he expects to be in a position...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the planning section has engaged with the school authorities at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare, with a view to making provision...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the conclusion of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a college grant from Cork County Council in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan, if he proposes to restore this project to his...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of home based July provision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will honour its commitment to replace the viewing platform at Mooghaun Fort, New Market on Fergus County...
    • National Convention Centre
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name of the person managing the National Convention Centre and the terms under which the management company are operating the centre....
    • Register of Lobbying
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will establish or create the register of all lobbyists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51191/12]
    • Drainage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in the context of works arising from the Boyne Valley draining scheme, he will investigate the possibility of providing a safe and...
    • Public Sector Voluntary Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to offering voluntary redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50867/12]
    • Budget Statement
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be making a financial statement to Dáil Eireann with the Minister for Finance on 4 December or 5 December; and if he will...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 389 and 390 on 6 November 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the rates of pay for those taking...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question 111 on 10 October 2012, if after the €120m cumulative underspend on the capital programme in August...
    • Public Sector Voluntary Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding additional redundancies expected in the public sector, if these redundancies will be made in a selective or targeted way. [51164/12]
    • Public Investment Projects
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the funding model being used to finance the building of the 20 primary health care centres; and if he will make...
    • Ministerial Pensions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the former Ministers currently in receipt of Ministerial and TD pensions; the names of the recipients; and the amount of money they receive...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current flood mitigation applications with his Department from counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Galway County Councils; the cost of each...
    • Public Sector Voluntary Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the redundancy scheme for the public sector as announced at the start of October 2012; and if he will make a...
    • National Lottery
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the tendering process to sell the National Lottery; the timeframe for the conclusion of the tendering...
    • Public Sector Voluntary Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is his objective to seek uniformity in the redundancy terms offered across the public service and the commercial semi-State sector; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a recent report in a national newspaper that Bank of Ireland is providing €50m funding to build eight schools in a public...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department was consulted in connection with the stimulus package that included primary care centres; and if he will make a statement...
    • Croke Park Agreement
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made at the meeting on the Croke Park Agreement in Government Buildings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the economic expertise which is available to advise him within his Department. [47362/12]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a working visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide additional supports for enterprise development in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he will note that this particular need was...
    • Job Creation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA...
    • Industrial Development
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide statistics on the number of site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development Agency to Dublin...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the Domestic Workers' ILO Convention; if Ireland will make the convention a priority as part of our membership of the UN...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the details in relation to the new credit guarantee scheme; if new start up businesses can apply under this scheme; the...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a complaint made to his Department by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or any of the State's industrial promotion agencies have been able to assist in having production resumed as a processing plant...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce improved structures to incentivise social welfare recipients to work in the caring sector; and if she will make a statement on 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 Mayo; if it will be expedited; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Family Income Supplement Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been taken to prioritise the processing of claims for family income supplement which have been received since 5 of November 2012 over...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she approve and expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50841/12]
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the way jobbridge is audited to ensure that employers do not use repeat internships to avoid employing new paid staff...
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider asking employers partaking in jobbridge for a contribution to the cost of maintaining an intern; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider broadening the qualifying requirements for community employment's schemes and internships to include persons who are working on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect a decision on an appeal for jobseeker's allowance. [50896/12]
    • 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. [50897/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an invalidity pension review. [50899/12]
    • 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. [50901/12]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence regarding backdating the homemakers scheme; her plans to address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Welfare Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the closing of the community welfare clinic in the Third Age Centre in Summerhill (details supplied) and to detail the way those with...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered changing the way property is assessed in the means test for social welfare claimants; if she will change to a system of assessing...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has 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...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the disqualifying criteria for the back to education allowance would credit previous involvement in education, when such involvement was made under...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for jobseekers benefit. [50953/12]
    • Child Benefit Rates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the child benefit payments for multiples will not be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50955/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for the assessment of invalidity pension applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50963/12]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been identified as participating in full time study while incorrectly claiming jobseeker's payments in 2011 and 2012; the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a review process for persons that are initially refused social welfare payments based on the same information on which they win their appeal;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the proposed transfer of some of the administration of rent supplement to county councils, and if she has given further...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare payments in respect of a person (details supplied). [51051/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [51060/12]
    • 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. [51061/12]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for mortgage interest supplement. [51063/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for domiciliary care allowance review. [51081/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for invalidity pension under review. [51083/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a progress report on the review of the domiciliary care allowance application process. [51085/12]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in determining an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [51095/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal has been received by her Department in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of an application for invalidity...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm if her Department has received a carer's allowance application from a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; the date of...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • 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. [51165/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for invalidity pension. [51168/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a full time carer in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on an application for illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision not to grant a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51223/12]
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that the carer's allowance rate, the half rate carer's allowance will be protected in Budget 2013; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will to eliminate the backlog in processing carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51227/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will an update on the review currently being carried out on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on community employment programmes on 1 October 2012 and 1 October 2011 in County Louth; the number of participants in receipt...
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications for carer's allowance in County Kerry between January 2010 and January 2012; the average...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications for rent supplement in County Kerry between January 2010 and January 2012; the average...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the process of collating data for the first 12 months of the operation of TÚS; and when the verification of data will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explain the process of collating data for the first 12 months of the operation of TÚS; and when the verification of data will be...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that persons who are in receipt of family income supplement are eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been reached on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has completed a report to advise on the appropriate steps to deal with the general issue of social welfare payments to retained fire fighters; if...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 15 May 2012, if she will accept a late appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details...
    • Community Welfare Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to close the community welfare office at Wilton Park House, Wilton, County Cork after 30 years in order to amalgamate it with the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite the matter. [51485/12]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for disability; and if she will expedite an answer. [51489/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Statutory Sick Pay Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will maintain the current sick leave payment regime and ensure that no further sick pay obligations are passed on to private companies in order to...
    • Universal Social Charge
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the health levy element of the PRSI paid by employees in respect of 2009 and 2010 and, if she will explain, in view of the...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the control savings and reviews recorded on child benefit in each of the past five years; the overpayments sought each year, and the repayments to date;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review will be conducted by the appeals officer of the decision to uphold the refusal of disability allowance on appeal in respect of a person...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51607/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason additional special areas of conservation were added to farmland in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the conditions for receipt of Aosdana’s Cnuas; if it is specifically for younger, unestablished artists; and if he will provide...
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bheidh sé ag casadh le toscaireacht ó Oileáin Árann le todhchaí na seirbhíse aeir go...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any recent discussions regarding the future use of the Bank of Ireland building on College Green, Dublin; and if he will...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he proposes to implement to ensure that in any upcoming referendum, both sides of the argument are given equal...
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons retired from commercial semi-State companies, of which he is the shareholder, that are in receipt of...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been briefed by ComReg on their recent document Price regulation of Bundled Offers, 12/63; his views on this...
    • National Postcode System
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the current process for the introduction of a national postcode system; when the system will be...
    • Telecommunications Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the continuity of telecommunication services in view of Eircom's announcement that it will reduce its work...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include a village (details supplied) in County Dublin in the national broadband plan; if not, can it be included...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Industry
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to motor trade plates which cost €330, his views on the status of Republic of Ireland trade plates in...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 on 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total of the persons employed in the...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent Supreme Court decision in relation to the wording of the information booklet on the recent Children's...
    • Local Authority Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing persons who pay the household charge and property tax with an annual performance indicator of...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether planning legislation is adequate to deal with persistent and vexatious planning objections and complaints;...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of electors in each of the categories denoted by the letters (L) (D) (E) on the voters register for the constituency...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of empty housing units in Dublin in which the development is under the remit of the National Assets Management...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on his proposal to offer families in social housing an incentive to buy their properties, while at the same time...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to local authorities of continuous maintenance of local authority housing in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Departments role from 2013 onwards in administering and managing funds for local authorities once a local government tax is...
    • Homeless Persons
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason funding has not yet been made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Monaghan, a facility which...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome if a council fails to act on a Section 160 against an unauthorised development. [51021/12]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that essential funding will be maintained in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Local Government Fund
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation South Dublin County Council received from the Local Government Fund in 2011 and 2012; the amount by which the...
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to change Section 129 of the Local Government Act 2001 to facilitate the disbanding of the county development...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons (details supplied) in County Cork are entitled to an exemption from the household charge; and if he will make a...
    • Electoral Divisions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will create a new Electoral Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51190/12]
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of deposit retention cases brought to court on behalf of tenants by the Private Residential Tenancies Board in the...
    • Electoral Divisions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the current European election constituencies will remain the same for the upcoming European election in 2014; if the number...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be reviewing water waste/water infrastructure development charges for new connections when they will be...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of former mortgage holders who have been transferred to rental tenants under the mortgage to rent scheme; in...
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification for local authority staff across Ireland who may one way or other transfer from their current...
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in correspondence to him dated 2 July 2012, 20...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding of a facility in (details supplied) County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Development Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the funding for single rural cottages (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Leader Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will issue to the Cavan/Monaghan LEADER programme in respect of projects (details supplied); and if he will make...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Property Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the Property Services Regulatory Authority and more specifically the section that deals with the Residency Property Price Register, the...
    • Personal Insolvency Bill
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the new personal insolvency legislation, the criteria and the process of P.I.P's being employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of post mortem results pending being sent to the Coroner as of 1 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51205/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of Ireland's election to the United Nations Human Rights Council, if he will prioritise publishing the mental capacity legislation; if this...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review plans to wind down the charitable lotteries scheme; his views on whether he will oblige the successful applicant for the State's...
    • Merger of State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the merger of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for applications for Garda vetting and clearance to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51038/12]
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [51055/12]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for processing applications by the Garda Central Vetting Unit for each month since January 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish a new Sexual Offences Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51250/12]
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the announcement that Clonmel Garda Barracks will be relocated to the former Kickham Barracks site; if he will confirm when funding...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the total cost to the State per year for every year since it opened of the Towers Hotel direct provision hostel,...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain in detail the ratio for the distribution of Gardaí in towns across the State. [51438/12]
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí stationed in Sligo Town. [51439/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of Ireland's seat on the UN Human Rights Council, when he plans to grant Irish Travellers ethnic status in recognition of their human rights;...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view the recent cases of suicide as a result of cyber bullying, if he will move legislation to allow Gardaí to obtain and investigate IP...
    • Courts Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has failed to reply to South Dublin County motion querying the Courts Service's failure to collect £239,000 in outstanding fines...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions on which Gardaí who were prosecuting road traffic offences failed to turn up in court; if the loss of revenue or fines...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is within his discretion to grant citizenship on the grounds outlined in an email forwarded to him on the 23 October, 2012 on behalf of a person...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of the external agencies involved in the recent recruitment campaign to the Defence Forces; if he will provide the name of the company; the fee structure...
    • Reserve Defence Force
      To ask the Minister for Defence when he will publish his value for money review in relation to the Reserve Defence Forces and if he will commitment to ensuring the long term sustainability of...
    • Irish Red Cross
      To ask the Minister for Defence the expected total amount of the grant in aid to the Irish Red Cross in 2013; if there will be a cut on this year's amount or if it will be at the same level as...
    • Defence Forces Retirement Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the proposal to provide an early retirement scheme for border troops and FCA members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51382/12]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will examine the rate of pension being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the way this rate of pension after 32 years service compares...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Íocaíochtaí Deontais
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth a ndúradh le feilmeoir (sonraí tugtha) nach n-íocfaí é go dtí an bhliain seo chugainn...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Live Exports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 277, 278 and 279 of 8 November 2012, if he will be more specific regarding when the age limit will...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will supply the second schedule of the Q3 (details supplied) to clarify the turbary rights attached to the Q3 lease. [50932/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an t-airgead faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste disadvantage area scheme do 2012...
    • Equine Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to Irish Horse Register registration charges and in view of increases in the size of the national horse population and...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that were presented for test at the annual herd test in 2011 of the top 100 earners under the single farm payment;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy in encouraging new entrants into farming who take over a herd number or flock number which had entitlements in 2011; if such...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares a company (details supplied) declared on their single farm payment in 2011. [51099/12]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • 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 scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • European Fisheries Fund
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 850 of 6 November, in relation to the Interim Evaluation report, if this report will be made...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by industry sector fishing, processing and aquaculture by year of funding allocated to BIM or their sub...
    • Fish Farming
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the innovative fin fish farming projects that are inland away from the coast; the action he and BIM are...
    • Grant Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm and area aid grants in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for area aid grants in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when payment...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to prevent the spread of chalara fraxinea, the fungus that causes ash dieback; the systems in place to measure...
    • Agrifood Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans he has to develop a single brand for our agri-food sector globally to market Ireland as a food island; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for anaerobic digestion as a means of producing electricity and providing an added income option for farmers; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme 4 payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the number of farm inspections carried out in County Kerry between June 2009 to June 2010, June 2010 to...
    • Ceantair faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar deontas faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste, disadvantage area scheme, 2012 le...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has only received 20 per cent of their single farm payment this year and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received any disadvantaged area scheme payment this year. [51255/12]
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the farm inspections carried out for the years June 2009 to June 2010, June 2010 to June 2011 and June 2011 to June 2012,...
    • Commonage Framework Plans
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when letters will issue to farmers informing them of the amount of stock they will be entitled to keep on commonages; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are funds within his Department to make single farm payments; if he will confirm that he has had hundreds of calls to the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for disadvantaged area 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for REP scheme and organic will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers that had successful appeals on their application for derogation on medical grounds will qualify for next years disadvantaged...
    • 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 payment and their single farm payment; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for single farm and forestry will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [51442/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      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 payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that it was impossible to spray rushes this year, and it was also impossible to cut them because the ground was too...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      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...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who had an inspection in August and who has...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme payment for 2011 and 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a scientific expert group concluded last week that Charala Fraxenia spreads either from...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the deadline for applications to the agri environment options scheme to the end of the year due to the uncertainty...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to concern among farmers farming in non-designated areas who intend to apply for agri environment option...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the outstanding disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason abused men who deal with an organisation (details supplied) are forced to deal with women when the women's refuge do not even let men...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for introducing minimum limit of eight children participating in the early childhood care and education scheme in order for that...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is her intention to introduce an age ceiling of 15 years for existing disabled children receiving subvention for all day childcare...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the necessary legislation will be published for the establishment of the child and family support agency; if it is still her intention that...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is any legislative requirement for prospective adoptive parents to use the services of ARC Adoption Services for any or all aspects of...
  • Department of Health
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that two schools for special needs students (details supplied) in County Mayo have been without a speech and language...
    • Dental Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to false advertising by unregistered, unregulated operators providing dentures directly to consumers; the efforts he will make to...
    • Drugs Task Forces
      To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the review of Drugs Task Forces will be published and implemented [51685/12]
    • Narcolepsy Disorder
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on sufferers of unique narcolepsy disorder regarding a package of supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51817/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health regarding the fluoridation of the water supply, the frequency with which the fluoridated water is tested for overdosing and or underdosing; the number of times the...
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the terms of the Neary redress scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50846/12]
    • Medical Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the drug omacor for medical card holders that are prescribed same long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50849/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a profile bed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50894/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a promised podiatry post at Mullingar Hospital, County Westmeath, sanctioned in April 2012, will now not be filled; if he will acknowledge the importance...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason Huntington’s Disease is not included among the medical conditions for qualification under the long-term illness scheme and if he will consider the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the approval, development or analysis of APR surgery as an approved treatment for a disease of the spine that requires surgery [50933/12]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card holders that have been hospitalised after a road traffic accident in the Isle of Man in relation to hospital charges and fees;...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the situation of a family who are concerned that their child (details supplied) has refused to receive any further medical treatment and is...
    • Health Services Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain the current funding level for a foundation (details supplied) in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50957/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans in the forthcoming year regarding home help, home care packages and personal assistant hours with particular reference to ensuring that patients can...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their full medical card changed to a doctor only card with no notice or reason [50989/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the long term care options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/12]
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card renewal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50992/12]
    • Universal Health Insurance
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of independent hospital trusts under the universal health insurance system particularly in relation to the agreement of funding and...
    • Health Service Executive Savings
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive tendering process for payroll services will be offered only to Irish service providers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who is on a waiting list for Cappagh Hospital. [51009/12]
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the decision not to award a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder can purchase a branded drug over a generic drug and pay the difference in the cost of the branded drug to the pharmacy for example pay the...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in each hospital to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a medical card. [51064/12]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that essential funding will be maintained in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for the future delivery of children's hospital services in the catchment area of the Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, following his...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by community drugs projects in the Tallaght, Dublin 24 area regarding recently announced cuts by the Health Service Executive, which...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health recognising the important role that assistance dogs can play in the care plan for children with autism and the reluctant decision now being made by the Irish Guide...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [51103/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations, medical and surgical procedures in public hospitals that were cancelled in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he recognises that certain services for persons with significant intellectual disabilities provided by voluntary bodies and partly funded through the Health...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1000 of 6 November 2012, if he has considered a penalty scheme for persons who do not attend appointments and give no prior...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who was deemed to be within the guidelines for a general practitioner visit card, has been refused same; and...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the average number of post-mortems which are carried out annually in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly [51204/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is maintained to a service (details supplied) and that no further cuts are made to this vital service which offers care and necessary...
    • Medical Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders can no longer receive the prescription Osteole 1500mg on their medical card; the reasons this item was removed from the list; and if...
    • Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update from the expert review group set up to look at legislation on the x case; the reason for the delay in publishing the findings of this...
    • Organ Donation
      To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives there are to encourage live organ donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51256/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline efforts to combat TB; if he will outline the funding, resources and facilities for same for the years 2009 to 2012; if he will introduce a...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Health the number and list of health agencies/boards that are awaiting Ministerial appointments; the timeframe they have been waiting for same; the number that do not...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health when payment will issue from the Health Service Executive in relation to the nursing home care of a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home care cash grant reduction in the Bray area, County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment for a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 11 October 2012, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [51394/12]
    • Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment
      To ask the Minister for Health when the expert group report into the A, B and C v. Ireland case will be published [51406/12]
    • National Children's Hospital
      To ask the Minister for Health the ownership status of the site at St. James' Hospital, Dublin, now identified for the new National Paediatric Hospital; if it is publicly or privately owned; if...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as and from Tuesday the 30 of October 2012, the provision of nursing services in satellite clinics with the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress on the introduction of the free GP card to those on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his policy for dealing with persons who require coronary care over the week ends in the mid west area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Health Service Executive to furnish and maintain the HSE Office at Model Farm Road Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51454/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason elective orthopaedic procedures at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have ceased for the period 12 September to 12 December 2012; the...
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51460/12]
    • Hospital Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify his proposal to charge private patients for medical services provided in public hospitals (details supplied) [51463/12]
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the roster policy for the ambulance service throughout the country; if he will provide details of any regional variation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to ensure that plans by the Health Service Executive to reconfigure therapy resources such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal of a refusal of the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that the 24 hour ambulance service that operates out of Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry, will be retained in its present form...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the review of the fair deal scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51490/12]
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will overhaul the current elder care budget and increase funding for home care packages to encourage persons to stay in their homes for as long as possible;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if corrective surgery will be prioritised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51502/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of person who have retired from the mental health services in County Kerry in the past five years; the number of persons that have been working in the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when an application for an operation at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [51512/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of remuneration of any kind whether salary, allowances or expenses paid to each of the members of the Irish expert group on fluoridation in each of the...
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will to ensure that there are no further budget cuts to organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51518/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an association (details supplied) is since October refusing applications for home help services for new clients and...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health the services provided for the Health Service Executive by a company (details supplied); if he can confirm that this company further outsources these services and to...
    • Research and Development
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding health research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51528/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51529/12]
    • Hospital Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 23 October 2012, if he will give the information requested and define the meaning of a virtual bed or chair and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 19 July 2012, if the Health Service Executive will arrange an early date for an operation required by a person (details...
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health when EU Directive 2010/63/EU will be implemented; the process of public consultation he has or intends to employ and the scrutiny period that will apply in the...
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to reduce waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in the mid west region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons working in commercial semi-State companies, of which he is the shareholder, including employees, contractors and...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Ireland is not being promoted as a tourist destination on the ground at major Irish festivals in places such as Maryland, Catskills...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding for local improvement schemes in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50938/12]
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide bridge replacement funding for non-national roads in 2013 and in particular for the replacement of Fintra Bridge on the...
    • Public Service Obligation Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the additional €36 million Public Service Obligation for CIE will be split between Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann;...
    • Road Toll Operators
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the State is paying significant sums annually to some of the companies that built roads and tunnels under public/private partnerships...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in addition to the plans for the 2013 Gathering, the other intitiatives and plans he has to promote tourism here over the coming years; the...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Chief Executive Officer of Iarnród Éireann and ask the reason the ticket office at (details supplied) is...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding received from the EU for the construction of new motorways and dual carriageways for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010...
    • Taxi Hardship Panel
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider measures to assist taxi drivers in view of the impact that the increase in fuel prices is having on their livelihoods; if...
    • Tourism Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet a group (details supplied) in December for a meeting on a potential international conference. [51397/12]
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any knowledge of plans to remove the taxi rank on the island of O'Connell Street, Dublin, outside a hotel (details supplied). [51405/12]
    • Air Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with airlines to ascertain if they will provide special offers to persons willing to come here for the Gathering; and if he...
    • National Vehicle and Driver File
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51447/12]
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assurance that the early morning train service and all other services by rail into County Kerry will not be cut during...

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