Written answers

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with reference to the review of the Marine Survey Office and Irish Coastguard Services, if he will provide an update on his ongoing work on...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the development of the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52570/12]
    • The Gathering
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an outline of the events confirmed for the Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/12]
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the regulations governing the new driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52620/12]
    • Public Bike Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the expansion of public bikes schemes in Dublin and other urban areas across the State. [52665/12]
    • Tourism Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with car hire companies prior to the 2013 tourist season and the Gathering to ensure that they sign up to a particular code of...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether sponsorship of sporting events by alcoholic drinks companies should be subject to the same regulations as tobacco...
    • Haulage Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals he has to help the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52630/12]
    • Cycle Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve urban cycling conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/12]
    • Tourism Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he proposes to assist the hotel industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52643/12]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the transport sector has found it possible to achieve carbon reduction targets; if he has in mind any particular...
    • Sports Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on elite athlete funding in the context of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update regulations for taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52641/12]
    • Transport Costs
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor the main factors affecting transport costs in both the public and the private sector; the way this...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to deal with drug driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52648/12]
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he tried to breach the €250,000 pay cap for the new Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to regulate vehicle clamping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52646/12]
    • State Airports
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his proposals for Shannon Airport and the next steps in progressing these proposals; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review speed limits and to deal with information that has been brought to his attention in relation to road traffic penalties and...
    • Museum Projects
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the establishment of a museum for Irish sport; the efforts he is taking to establish such a body; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the discussions for the proposed Public Private Partnership of the M17/M18 motorway from Gort to Tuam, County Galway,...
    • Pilot Training Colleges
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is doing to see that the full details of the closing of the Waterford Pilot Training College are investigated and that no company...
    • Penalty Points System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the implementation of mutual recognition of penalty points on both sides of the Border; if this scheme will allow for the...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being done in the prisons by the street leagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driving Tests
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to keep the cost of taking driving tests down in view of the large increase in recent years. [52699/12]
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the extra subvention of €36 million being allocated to CIE; his plans to support and maintain public transport...
    • Air Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress made in improving safety regulations for pilots across the EU but especially in Ireland where some...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by the National Transport Authority, Bus Éireann or his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the speed limits review that is being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52503/12]
    • Tourism Employment
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to ensure that the tourism sector is delivering added employment from the 9% rate of VAT; if he will outline the...
    • Aviation Policy
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop and publish an aviation policy, setting out a clear vision for the development of this sector over the coming decade; if...
    • Ports Development
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to publish the revised Ports Policy; if he will elaborate on the main themes which will feature in the document; if he will...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Bus Éireann is no longer adhering to it's social charter and continues to cut bus routes in lower population...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Semi-State Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the number of semi State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000...
    • Constitutional Convention
      To ask the Taoiseach his views on whether there should be a constant review of the Constitution and that each generation should have a say on the total document; if such a move will be...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department, whose annual remuneration including...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a result of this;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet all Eurogroup Foreign Ministers and EU Foreign Ministers in advance of the EU Presidency; and if he will make...
    • EU Budget
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an overview of his negotiations on the State's contribution to the European Union budget in 2014 to 2020;...
    • Import Regulations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has policy regarding importation of sandblasted denim, and his plans to ban their importation. [52288/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his comment that Ireland cannot act unilaterally to ban illegal Israeli imports, his response to Ireland's...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all countries whose Governments receive overseas aid from Ireland; the amount of aid each of...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is appropriate that Ireland continue to provide overseas aid directly to Governments such as the...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all the non-governmental organisations that received overseas aid funding from Ireland in 2011...
    • Trade with Israel
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of Ireland's exports to Israel in tabular form; if he will provide a breakdown of which State...
    • Irish Red Cross
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Irish Red Cross; if he is satisfied that problems related to the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in their Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the FARC cease-fire in Colombia, and ensure that this peace initiative is not jeopardised over the next two...
    • Passport Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an application for a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he would support the plight of the Palestinian people and to work at ending the slaughter that is happening in Gaza right...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the transfer of land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52334/12]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will invest in more sniffer dogs to fight the war against the illegal importation of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52394/12]
    • Disabled Drivers
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the disabled drivers medical board of appeal, when dealing with primary medical certificate appeals, should be allowed to permit exceptions for persons who do...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance if in response to the lack of adequate credit to the hotel industry, he has had any discussions with the lending institutions with a view to addressing this issue;...
    • Transport Costs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent if any to which he has had discussions with the private transport sector in the context of possible measures to address the increased fuel or other...
    • Promissory Notes
      To ask the Minister for Finance the projected payment schedule of interest charges on the Promissory Notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/12]
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance the analyses being done on Budget 2013 / Finance Bill proposals under his remit, for example poverty impact assessment and gender impact assessment; and if he will...
    • Securities Ownership
      To ask the Minister for Finance the information he has on the level of insurance held by the purchasers of senior unguaranteed bank bonds, in the event that they were not paid back in full; and...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to compel all banks to disclose their guidelines for what they will leave borrowers with when restructuring unsustainable debts;...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the financial emergency measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 to include the staff of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, Allied Irish...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received form each bank operating in the State in terms of Revenue to the Exchequer to include cost of guarantee, operating taxes, income taxes paid on...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the due diligence that was undertaken before appointing Alpha Group to recover assets of the Quinn Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52284/12]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for mortgage interest relief in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, if the application has been...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people that have taken up National Assets Management Agency's 80:20 deferred payment initiative scheme. [52296/12]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report (details supplied) on pension tax reliefs which highlighted the extent of tax subsidisation of the pensions of higher income earners; if he...
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to factor in any possible deals or resolution of the promissory note payments into Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52310/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the new EU rules on banking supervision to be implemented; if the new bank supervision system is in place in 2013, if he will factor the impact of...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the relevant contract tax continues to apply to school Board of Managements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52326/12]
    • Tax Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the introduction of country by country accounting and if he will work towards the inclusion of secrecy jurisdictions in the Council of...
    • Financial Institutions Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance the public representatives on the board of directors of AIB, Bank of Ireland, Irish Banking Resolution Corporation and Permanent TSB; the person to whom they are...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency on 23 May 2012 in which it said that it would invest €2bn in its developments over the...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a national newspaper that the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) has stated in relation to...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a national newspaper that the chief executive officer of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied) has stated in relation to...
    • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the contrast between practice at the National Asset Management Agency where salaries of their borrowers are closely monitored...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the appointment of Mercer in June 2012 to examine pay levels across banking institutions, if he will provide the terms of reference attaching to the...
    • EU Budget
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a forecast for each of 2012 and 2013 of the State's contribution to the European Union budget and of receipts from the EU and to show if the...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a total of debt write-offs, that is, where a portion of an outstanding loan to a borrower including contractually charged or accrued interest is...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings officials in his Department have had with public interest directors of Irish Banks in 2011 and to date in 2012; when the next such meetings...
    • Universal Social Charge
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that since 1 January 2012, workers in this State, who are resident in the north of Ireland and who hold medical cards there are no longer exempt from...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount taken in excise duty on petrol and diesel in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. [52544/12]
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if as part of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation internal review of historical interest rate settings,the bank is reviewing interest rates applied to loan accounts...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 13 November 2012, and 224 of 20 November 2012, if he will indicate the part or parts of Section 33AK of the Central...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 20 November 2012, if the employee of a contractor, whose company is based in another jurisdiction but is working on a...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person who has made a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman, when the Ombudsman refuses to investigate the matter; and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the group pension deficit at Allied Irish Bank increased from €763 million at the end of December 2011 to €1,457 million at 30 June 2012....
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the public interest directors in the State funded banks; the way they are representing the taxpayer; the actions they can take or have they taken when...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 6 November 2012, in which he stated that one National Asset Management Agency employee earned more than...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the recommended exemption in the Commission on Taxation Report 2009 for persons who paid high rates of stamp duty will be considered in the Government's...
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will focus revenue raising measures in Budget 2013 in higher earners and super wealthy citizens, including tax exiles, in an effort to protect lower and...
    • Promissory Notes
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the impending repayment of Anglo promissory notes; his views on whether will secure a positive outcome on this matter; the monetary and...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report on tax injustice by TASC, which found that several corporate entities based here pay no corporation tax...
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the increase in revenue that would accrue to the Exchequer if all loopholes and reliefs in corporation tax were eliminated,...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the stance that he will be taking on the proposed action plan put forward by the European Commission to clamp down on tax evasion, through the agreement of a...
    • Company Closures
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the future of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 12, if all credit balances will be reimbursed to customers of this company. [52955/12]
    • Mortgage Arrears
      To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of tracker mortgages that are in arrears; and the percentage that are in arrears of 90 days or more. [52958/12]
    • Economic Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance the value of imported products (details supplied); if all such items on the Irish market are imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/12]
    • Vehicle Registration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there will be a second registration period for cars in 2013, that is, 131 in January and 132 in July; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the introduction of a carbon tax on solid fuels will have a detrimental effect on the competitiveness of businesses involved in the sale of...
    • Budget Submissions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget submission by the solid fuel trade group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Cóiríocht Scoile
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéid bunscoil agus iarbhunscoil atá i gcóiríocht shealadach agus cén céatadán díobh siúd gur...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be expedited; and the reason for the delay [52375/12]
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the Government should include the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in the Education and Training Boards Bill 2012; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of additional resources released by his Department to resolve the delay in processing student grant applications; the date by which all...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the funding for the Student Assistance Fund to €10 million in view of the hardship that many students are experiencing; and...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the retention of home economics teacher education at a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will provide the campus...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will commence on building a permanent school building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and the percentage number of pupils who took honours and pass level maths for the junior and leaving certificate for each of the past five...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.72 of 24 October 2012, if he will outline the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Schools Administration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the funding to boards for administrative costs for the outsourcing of school accountancy work; and if he will make a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding documentation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [52344/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [52355/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [52357/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the current site of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which currently consists of temporary buildings, is in fact...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the cost incurred by his Department in association with the purchase of land for the construction of a new school...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the criteria for receiving an Irish exemption in schools will be concluded; if he envisages this review extending the criteria to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in County Tipperary that are still awaiting payments of their student grant through the Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contractors who indicated their interest in the completion work for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the date invitations...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [52575/12]
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any circumstances in which a child attending a primary school other than their nearest primary school may be able to avail of the school...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a period of uncompleted undergraduate study in the United Kingdom precludes a student from obtaining a student grant for a similar period of...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his department, or in bodies that fall under the remit of his Department, whose annual...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland failed to inform a person (details supplied) upon application for a grant that the income threshold had...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation that is with the devolved scheme unit of his Department in respect of a person...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline recent changes in funding for compulsory student teacher training in the Gaeltacht; if he will confirm that the cost of this...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reimbursement under the July Provision in respect of tuition received in July 2012 will be sanctioned in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a bus pass was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [52846/12]
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed development at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [52853/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason permanent special needs assistants do not receive pay for public holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52892/12]
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the tender for the process of student grant application was awarded to the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee; the judging...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some pupils of a secondary school (details supplied) in County Dublin, are being refused entry because they don't fall into the criteria of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11, in view of the fact that this person was wrongly...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been sanctioned for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the timeframe for the completion of the proposed project; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when a decision...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that legislative measures to protect the religious ethos of schools do not act as a barrier to enrolment; if any complaints have...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding teachers who were employed in the vocational education committee sector prior to January 2011 when new pay rates and conditions...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Student Universal Support Ireland application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the date on which...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the appointment of Mercer in June 2012 to examine pay levels across banking institutions, if he has made any similar...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when problems with the website www.etenders.gov.ie of the National Procurement Office will be ironed out; his views on the nature of those...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his proposals to reduce costs incurred in respect of engaging external consultants across Government Departments and State agencies; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the number of quangos, State agencies, forums and task forces that have been abolished in 2012; the position in...
    • Budget Statement
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make a budget statement on 5 December next before or after the Minister for Finance or on the preceding day, as happened in...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose...
    • National Lottery
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make provision under the new lottery licensing regime to provide funding for organisations currently in receipt of resources from...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Regional Aid
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding Ireland's regional aid discussions and the new 2014-2020 regional aid map with the European Commission; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of spend per head of population, on a county basis, by Enterprise Ireland and by the Industrial Development Agency since 2006....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or other payments made by his Department to Chambers Ireland, IBEC, ISME and the SFA for each of the past five years. [52173/12]
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm when the Employment Appeals Tribunal will hear claims (details supplied) which have been referred to the Department in...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he and the agencies under the remit of his Department are taking to ensure that the shift in the technology market away from PCs...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any legislation governing the establishment of federations or associations representing an entire business sector; and if he...
    • Rights Commissioner Service
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the matter of a reinstatement of an employment application with the Labour Relations Commission in respect of a person...
    • Sewage Treatment Systems
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) who manufactured and installed sewerage treatment plants have...
    • Industrial Development
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the Industrial Development Agency has arranged and undertaken in County Kerry in 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to the restoration of the cost of education once off payment, paid to those in receipt of the back to education allowance, from...
    • Youth Unemployment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the strategies in place to address youth unemployment; if she is considering any further initiatives in this area; if she has had discussions at a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a derogation provided to her Department from European competition law to continue using post offices to administer social welfare...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on a Carers Allowance application will be reviewed in respect of a person (details provided) in Co. Kerry; and if she will make a statement...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making supplementary welfare allowance available to those who are awaiting their student grants. [52188/12]
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new family income supplement applications and renewal applications from County Louth that were awaiting a decision from before the 5...
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis it could be reasonably assumed that entitlement to family Income supplement can now be determined by reference to the earnings of a person...
    • Family Income Supplement Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any steps will be taken to address the backlog in application for family income supplement as applicants are informed that these will not be dealt...
    • Child Benefit Rates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if child benefit payments in relation to multiples will be maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52255/12]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is only a 2.5 day service provided in a Citizens Information Service instead of a full time service in a town (details supplied) in...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to disallow payment under the rent allowance scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for carer’s allowance appeals to be processed; the position regarding carer's allowance appeals in respect of persons (details...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of outstanding applications for invalidity pension, broken down by months outstanding, the number of medical staff employed to conduct...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for rent allowance will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied).. [52304/12]
    • Social Welfare Offices
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if steps will be taken to address the reportedly large queues for “signing-on” at Blanchardstown Social Welfare Local Office; if her...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied). [52351/12]
    • Family Income Supplement Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason family income support is not paid to the self employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52367/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for an invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding statutory sick pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52380/12]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to receive a decision regarding their disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend access to the jobbridge scheme to the self employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52490/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [52494/12]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determination of an application for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal hearing date for illness benefit will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [52534/12]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of her Department whose annual...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal in respect of domiciliary will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [52574/12]
    • Public Services Card
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the roll out of the public services card; and her views on the duration of the validity of these cards. [52598/12]
    • Disability Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to address the backlog of applications for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52601/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to address the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52602/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a final decision will issue on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if she will expedite the...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue; and if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide data in terms of the number of appeals being processed by the Appeals office in the past 6 months; if she can provide details in...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two members of staff who are redeployed from FAS to her Department and are carrying out all of the...
    • Family Income Supplement Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of family income supplement applicants and renewals submitted from persons in Co. Tipperary since June 2012; the number of these applications...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when enhanced redundancy packages will be finalised in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Costs
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her statement reported in the media in August 2012 (details supplied) that her proposal to transfer the initial cost of illness benefit to employers...
    • Carer's Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance refusal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a social welfare appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 on 12 July 2011 to which the person received a reply from the...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a carer's allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on domiciliary care scheme review will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a family income supplement application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the application will be...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Louth may expect to have their application for family income supplement processed; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on illness benefit will be made on an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding pension forms in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52878/12]
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a one parent family payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52907/12]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who appealed the decision to refuse payment of jobseeker's benefit and...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 20 November 2012, if she will accept this Parliamentary Question as a written request for an exceptional...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 13 November 2012, if she will accept this Parliamentary Question as a written request for a review in...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on an introduction of a vouched scheme or smart card for redemption of the winter fuel allowance to ensure the purchase of legitimate and tax...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grazing Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the terms of the roll-over lease for Drummin Mountain, Laragh, County Wicklow will be made public. [52317/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 2 October 2012 when payment of bog compensation will issue to persons (details supplied) in...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén maoiniú atá curtha ar fáil don áisíneacht trasteorann, Foras na Gaeilge, don bhliain 2012 [52299/12]
    • National Archives
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State papers, older than 30 years, that have not been released as a result of exceptions to the 30 year rule; if he will...
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by communities and individuals involved in the Arts throughout the country and ensure that there...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 10 November 2012, if he will confirm if the person (details supplied) received at any time...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 2 October 2012, when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the scheme for families who wish to raise their children through Irish, Clar Tacaiochta Teaglaigh, be rolled out in County...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the review of all issues relating to the ongoing management of lakes in Muckross Park County Kerry and in particular its boating...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department recognises the Gaeltacht and Irish speaking communities as stakeholders in the implementation of the 20 Year Strategy...
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether the Irish language should be protected in the public sector reform currently underway, in the Government's work in...
    • Turbary Rights
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications on a county basis submitted under the 2011 and 2012 cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme to date in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position is in relation to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland better energy homes scheme and better energy warmer...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the implementation of Warmer Homes: A Strategy for Affordable Energy in Ireland; the progress...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the DS3 process launched in 2008 and in view of our obligations in the provision of wind energy has not proceeded;...
    • Energy Policy Review
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the impact of the key findings of the World Energy Outlook Report on Ireland for the period 2013/2020; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the prospective 4G service will cover the whole of the Republic of Ireland in view of the reports that there may only be...
    • Broadcasting Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the criticism that existing Public Service Multiplex stations are being underused especially by RTE, TG4 and TG3;...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the time frame in which he will ensure that there is an adequate broadband provision throughout rural Ireland; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to restructure road tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52932/12]
    • Property Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed property tax will be collected and spent locally by local authorities, or if it will be collected by the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that Donegal County Council are awaiting approval from his Department in relation to the Gweedore sewerage...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put back the latest date for registration under the Water Services Act, 2012, in view of the fact that no...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on a planned review into Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 particularly in the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the latest developments within the Pyrite Resolution Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that section 5 of the Derelict Sites Act is not robust enough to deal with...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his...
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of motor tax returned in the 10 months to October in 2012; the full year in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the advice and support available in respect of a person (details supplied) [52531/12]
    • Local Authority Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form the development levies applicable on a county basis for new businesses looking to...
    • Leader Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when new applications for funding may be made to North East Leader Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Dublin City Council is involved with his Department in negotiations with the National Assets Management Agency regarding...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 7,000 housing applicants were cancelled by Dublin City Council in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is planning a major housing investment programme in view of the fact that 100,000 families and persons are waiting for...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the review procedure that he intends to take with the Department for Agriculture, Marine and Food to ensure that the dog...
    • Departmental Budgets
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the areas of the 2012 Departmental Budget both capital and current if any that remain underspent and which will either be...
    • Fire Service
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received and reviewed the draft document by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, Keeping...
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 13 November 2012, the reason the specification on hardcore is being developed in...
    • Water Quality
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that each local authority has complied with the letter issued by the water quality section of his Department...
    • Waste Disposal
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide a grant for the removal of asbestos sheeting or roofing in view of the amount of this material that is...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in the forthcoming year to publish the Mental Health Capacity Bill with particular reference to the many persons currently affected by the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been a delay in the processing of an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list all integration funding currently available for prospective applicants. [52261/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent tragedy in Galway Regional Hospital and the Coombe University Women and Children's Hospital, Dublin, where two women died within...
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason repeated requests from family members for an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied) which took place on the Rotunda...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 13 November 2012, if he will explain the purpose of the allowance paid to staff of the National...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 8 November 2012, the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is ineligible for consideration...
    • Courts Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his future plans regarding Kilcock Court House with particular reference to the need to maintain adequate services for this area; his plans to...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will guarantee that the delayed inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries report will...
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) regarding establishing the payment of compensation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an order for deportation was made against a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52721/12]
    • Cyberbullying Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the application of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act (1997) to instances of cyber bullying and the way Gardai should...
    • Immigrant Registration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the recent increase in the fee for an Immigration Certificate of Registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52729/12]
    • Community Policing
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request Gardaí to provide with greater attention to a road (details supplied) in Dublin 13 to deal with illegal parking between now...
    • Garda Vetting Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current procedure by which Irish citizens seeking employment as teachers in England can secure a Garda Síochána police check, as...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to his announcement on 24 January 2012 of the Immigrant Investor Programme and Start-up Entrepreneur Programme; the number of visas issued to...
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for fraud and the number of convictions for fraud during each of the past ten years broken down by categories of offence;...
    • Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí attached to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52816/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce new legislation regarding white collar crime. [52821/12]
    • Recidivism Rate
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report by the Central Statistics Office on criminal re-offending in Ireland. [52822/12]
    • Legal Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the Programme for Government's commitment to establish independent regulation of the legal professions to ensure adequate...
    • Common Travel Area (1 comment)
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the common travel area between Ireland and the UK still exists; if so, the reason passengers with Irish and British passports arriving from the UK...
    • International Agreements (1 comment)
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to enter into the Schengen agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52900/12]
    • Immigrant Registration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons seeking visa renewals at the Garda National Immigration Bureau last week who were not seen...
    • Legal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his understanding of the history and status of a case (details supplied). [52926/12]
    • Garda Property
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to pull down the administration block built in 2005 at Templemore, County Tipperary, because it is not safe for use; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what is being done with the lands bought at Clonmore for €5 million intended for use for firearm training; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Deportation Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding failed asylum seekers and persons illegally present in the State who have been served with a notification of intention to...
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any cases have been taken against the State, or any emanation or agency of the State, in regard to Section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Acts...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012, forums and task forces that have...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Properties
      To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for the Slaugh Hall facility in Drogheda, County Louth, in view of his decision to restructure the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      To ask the Minister for Defence the criteria used when deciding the Reserve Defence Force bases that would be removed as opposed to those that would be retained under the value for money review...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an explanation for the line on the October 2012 Exchequer statement that refers to FEOGA Intervention and which is...
    • Installation Aid Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details in relation to correspondence received by this Deputy (details supplied); if he will confirm the two applicants...
    • Scéim na Limistéar 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...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Fish Farming
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding EU pilot 764/09 environmental infringement case regarding sea lice management on Irish salmon farms; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area scheme grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal,...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm and area aid scheme grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area scheme grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal....
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm scheme grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, when...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reconstitution grant for repair works to damaged forestry; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the disadvantaged area based payment in respect of a person (details supplied). [52331/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area scheme grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding all single farm payments 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 decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme 2011 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Organic Farming
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an organic farming scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will approve a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeal committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment options scheme payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding REP scheme payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding national reserve entitlements 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 payment under the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department,...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals if any to change the compensation regime for TB and brucellosis reactors particularly where herds have only a single...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single payment scheme net payment has been cut by €900 per annum since 2010 in respect of a person (details supplied);...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan [52603/12]
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri environment options scheme grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 844 and 867 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide an update given to him, by the High Level...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.1394 of 18 September 2012, the position regarding a headage payment appeal in respect of a person...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1405 of 18 September 2012, when a decision on single farm payments will issue in respect of a person...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants and value of payments made under the disadvantaged area scheme on a county basis; the corresponding figures for...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of interested parties to date in purchasing Coillte; his views on the possible conclusion of a sale or if he now feels...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the 10 posts of social care leader as advertised and interviewed for in 2011 have been filled; where the 10 posts have been filled; if they...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount experts such as Geoffrey Shannon, Norah Gibbons and Helen Buckley have been paid in the last decade for their services; and if she...
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason only 92.6 per cent of children in care had an allocated social worker at the end of September; if she expects the Health Service...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there were 80 fewer social workers at the end of September 2012 in comparison to the end of 2011; the prospects there are for meeting...
    • Child Abuse
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is a disparity between Health Service Executive Regions regarding the percentage of referrals of child abuse where a...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason no additional posts under Children and Families 2010 - the Ryan Report - were filled in September 2012; and if she will make a...
    • Child Nutrition
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the growing problems with child nutrition here, particularly a recent study by the Food Safety Authority of...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in her Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of her Department whose...
    • Education Welfare Service
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the status of the document one child, one team, one plan; if he will arrange to make this document available on his...
    • Being Young and Irish Initiative
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of proposals from the Being Young and Irish initiative she will pursue and the timeline for implementation; in view of the fact that...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for not including public health nurses in phase one of the new Child and Family Agency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State contribution to Barnardos; ISPCC; Children's Rights Alliance and the Campaign for Children; the amount of money spent by these...
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of a Guardian ad Litem; who supplies Guardian ad Litem services; if Guardian ad Litem will be a feature of every case involving a child...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the child protection staff currently employed by the Health Service Executive will be transferred to the new agency; the number of staff...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding a programme (details supplied); if a decision will be made to reverse a cut in funding; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Health
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a mobility grant has been discontinued in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52813/12]
    • Deaths in Hospitals
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which his Department was first notified of the death of a person (details supplied) and the date on which he was first notified; the persons who...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health if a national dementia strategy will be published in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52172/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the retention and continued development of a facility (details supplied) in County Louth. [52177/12]
    • GP Visit Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for free general practitioner visit cards for under fives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52190/12]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding given to the Irish Patients' Association and Patient Focus in each of the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [52191/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when a post (details supplied) will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/12]
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if an application for the home care package will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if they will be considered for extra...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information regarding the exceptions funding available to hospitals to allow them carry out cochlear implants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Fee
      To ask the Minister for Health if the new annual fee for Health and Social Care Professionals to commence from 31 May 2013 can be reduced; if he will acknowledge that the set annual registration...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of midwives working in Irish maternity hospitals in tabular form. [52222/12]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been refused for a seriously ill child who requires palliative care; if he will have this decision reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if a long term stay bed will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [52266/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a specific area (details supplied) will continue to receive maximum assistance and that there will be no further cutbacks in this area [52267/12]
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise and assist citizens who have V.H.I membership, and have been refused cover for their medical expenses. [52287/12]
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the consultant orthodontist serving the midlands area of counties Laois and Offaly, currently transferring to the...
    • Universal Health Insurance
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the plans to extend free general practitioner care to all claimants of medicines under the long term illness scheme as announced...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the role of the mental health services in the Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 to 2015 [52332/12]
    • Hospital Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will define a virtual bed and a virtual chair as is used for billing of private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52338/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health what constitutes day care services in relation to hospital procedures; the minimum standard of care to qualify as a day procedure; if there is a defined location as...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount invested by the Health Service Executive and St. James's Hospital on nursing home facilities at Brú Caoimhghnín, Cork Street, Dublin, each year...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the intended future use of each of the three existing paediatric hospitals once the new national children's hospitals has been completed and opened; and if he will...
    • Maternity Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the maternity hospitals in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52347/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52366/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if the €5 million allocated in the Health Service Executive's 2012 National Service Plan for mental health in primary care and access to psychotherapy...
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive orthodontic treatment from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available in 2012 for the various drug task forces; the criteria used in the allocation of these funds by individual task forces; if the task...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the waiting lists that exist for routine surgeries for public patients between now and 2016; when he plans to roll out the universal health...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a comprehensive set of supports will be in place for those affected by narcolepsy associated with the vaccine pandemrix; and if he will make a...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all of the voluntary organisations here in receipt of grants under Section 39 of the Health Act; if he will indicate the hierarchy of...
    • Obesity Levels
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle obesity here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52469/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of weight loss operations that have been carried out by the health service here in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of hospitals here providing...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients accessing weight management services in hospitals here; the amount of funding that was provided to these services in 2010, 2011 and to date...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the number and standard of ambulance vehicles and levels of medical staff available throughout County Clare is adequate to support the...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who had home help hours cut without any review; if he will immediately...
    • Hospital Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52496/12]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland in counties Cork and Kerry in 2013 for the provision of a family support worker; and if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      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. [52533/12]
    • Respite Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will list all the areas in the country in which the seven nights of respite care allowing carer's to take a break has been reduced to six nights; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if processing of the medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be expedited [52553/12]
    • Disabled Drivers
      To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying criteria for the motorised transport grant should be amended to include persons with disabilities who need to buy suitable transport in order to...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current protocol for the transfer of social workers within the Health Service Executive from one HSE area to another; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1802 of 18 September 2012, if he will provide details of the exploration of options undertaken by representatives of the...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when posts sanctioned in April 2012 in the area of footcare/podiatry will be filled at the following hospitals, Sligo General Hospital, Cavan General Hospital, Our...
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans the Health Service Executive may have for the future or continued use a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 7 as a drug...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason non CF Bronchiectasis is not included on the long term illness scheme; if there are any future plans to include this condition in the scheme; the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical cared in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [52735/12]
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has found a new location for senior citizens to attend following the closure of a day centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 a number...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the names of the external consultants brought in by the Health Service Executive from the UK to assist Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in tackling its waiting times in...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if the budget for a residential service (details supplied) in County Cork will be cut again in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52747/12]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health If he will consider extending the rapid access clinics that were rolled out to help early detection of prostate cancer to other acute hospitals across the country;...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the establishment of multi disciplinary clinics for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease in line with best international practice; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services for a person with special needs at a training centre (details suppled) in County Limerick; if he will provide funding for the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce a vaccination for Meningococcal Disease Type B; if he will outline the process for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52792/12]
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card patients and non-national doctors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52794/12]
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the breast check programme currently stops at the age of 64 years; if it will be made available to women over this age; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to combat Meningitis; if his attention has been drawn to the work of the Meningitis Research Foundation; if he will outline the efforts he...
    • Pharmacy Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attentionn has been drawn to the high cost often associated with getting repeat prescription forms completed by general practitioners; if he will outline the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the way his new proposed risk equalisation measures differ from those struck down in the Supreme Court in 2008; if he considers them to be more likely to...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young person (details supplied) in County Louth was refused their E112 application for assistance towards the cost of medical treatment outside the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth, has the necessary resources to carry out a specific type of blood test, anti NMDA, voltage gated, potassium...
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given by way of award of National Lottery grant toward the operational running costs of a centre (details supplied) in County...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 15 November 2012, if all public consultation has now been completed; if he has communicated the intended alterations to...
    • Prescription Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service project to monitor the prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines; and if the prescribing patterns of psychiatric...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ascertain from the Health Service Executive if he considered the option of extending the existing HSE health centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5 to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if there is an overall policy for car parking charges in public hospitals here [52944/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider lifting the recent embargo on a promised podiatry post at Cavan Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012 in view of teh fact that the post was planned...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52987/12]
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a care package in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52990/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties with the allocation of funding to a now completed domestic refuge (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new employees there are as a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take regarding the fall off in the number of visitors from Britain during the three months to the end of September; and if...
    • Sports Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any assistance available from the Sports Council or any other body to assist exceptional athletes; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Car Test
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if ABS breaking system lights and airbag lights are excluded from examination in a national car retest; if so, the reason this decision was...
    • Departmental Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the establishment of an investigation into the events leading up to the collapse of the Waterford Pilot Training College...
    • Air Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the withdrawal, by Aer Lingus of its services, provided in this instance by its subsidiary, Aer Arann, to the UK airports, London...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in hi Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to fill the vacant positions on the Port of Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52580/12]
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a problem with the punctuality of the Enterprise train service travelling from...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the road safety strategy for 2013 and if he will advise specifically in relation to the speed limit review and...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his contact with the Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland and his views on the future and sustainability of...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applications that Dublin City Council made under the sports capital programme; when Dublin City Council will be...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Chief Executive Officer of Dublin Bus requesting a bus service (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the project for completion of the stretch of the N11 between Arklow and Rathnew, County Wicklow; and if he...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken in the wake of An Bord Pleanála's decision to refuse planning permission for the Slane bypass; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which construction work will begin on the extension of the Luas BXD to Broombridge, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of routes that Dublin Bus are operating at a loss; his views on the cost of outsourcing these routes to private transport companies...
    • Penalty Points System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the implementation of mutual recognition of penalty points on both sides of the border; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to bring the forthcoming Road Traffic Bill before the Dáil Éireann; the measures that will be contained within same;...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department have identified specific targets for the tourism sector in the coming twelve months; the degree to...
    • Tourism Revenue
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the extent to which the development of the tourism sector has been affected by transport or other costs in each of the past...
    • Tourism Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has examined the potential of the tourism industry to play a major part in economic recovery; if any change of policy...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the number of new State agencies, forums and task forces that have been established in 2012; the number of new...

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