Written answers

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list and describe any proposed transfer of functions to local government in his reform document Putting People First...
    • Security of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent in each of the last five years on the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the Thornhill Report on Property Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54187/12]
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise landlords and developers to place their unoccupied sale properties for rent in order to reduce...
    • Nuclear Plants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on any possible risk factors that may be brought about by the decommissioning and cleaning up of Sellafield;...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the possibility of extending the right to vote in elections here to the Irish diaspora....
    • Leader Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated for projects in the 2007- 2014 Leader Programmme; the percentage of this approved for projects to...
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed apartment buildings over two storeys that have been completed here between the granting of an Irish...
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money paid nationally in motor taxation in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a radical overhaul of local government funding with a view to giving each local authority more autonomy,...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria covering the issuing of local authority mortgages and shared ownership schemes; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money reduced from local government fund payments per local authority area due to their payment rates of...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of funding for the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Quality
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the decisions taken by the previous Government in relation to private waste water systems on foot of the judgement in the...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the contracts for the roll out of water metering will be issued; the number of contracts involved; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to introduce a new statewide uniform scheme of allocations for local authority...
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to introducing a tenant purchase scheme for long-term approved voluntary housing body...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered their waste water systems to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Countryside Recreation Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new developments in rural recreation policy in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54200/12]
    • Water Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position in regard to the future development of an adequate and reliable domestic drinking water supply with particular...
    • Pyrite Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the draft NSAI pyrite testing and categorisation protocol will increase the cost of inspections; and if...
    • Local Development Companies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to integrate the activities of integrated development companies into the local authorities; the reason for...
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff working in local authorities housing maintenance departments; and if he will provide a breakdown by local...
    • Referendum Arrangements
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the arrangements for the holding of future referendums, including the days of the week on which referendums...
    • Leader Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that North East Mayo Integrated Development Company has not being approving LEADER projects in recent months; the...
    • Rural Development
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a role in the new Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pyrite Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a quarry at Rathcore, County Westmeath which is known to have supplied stone...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Thornhill Report was presented to the Cabinet. [54190/12]
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make provision to enable householders who are liable but have not paid their household charge to date to make their...
    • RAPID Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new developments in the RAPID programme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54199/12]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to construct basic sewerage infrastructure in unsewered areas of population density. [54256/12]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to evacuate residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Longford while works are being carried out; if he is...
    • Fire Service
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of chief fire officers or acting chief fire officers throughout the State; the salaries that they are paid; the...
    • Priory Hall Development
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Priory Hall, Dublin, resolution process; when he believes the resolution process will be concluded;...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the structure within the local authorities which will manage rent supplement; if it will require extra staff and...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been contacted for the non-payment of the household charge to date; the total amount including...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor the need to address the shortage of housing stock available to local authorities...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families currently engaged in the process with their mortgage lenders which will allow them to take up the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Taoiseach the groups or organisations he has met in the past 12 months who were victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland including the name of the group or organisation and the date...
    • Constitutional Convention
      To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in establishing the Constitutional Convention; if he plans to make public the names of the 66 non-elected citizens represented on the Convention; and if he...
    • Ministerial Adviser Appointments
      To ask the Taoiseach the total number of Government special advisers employed in his Department; the total cost of employing these advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53761/12]
    • National Minimum Wage
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees on the minimum wage; the number of employees on the minimum wage who are male and the number who are female; the number of employees on the minimum...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline projects which the Department cooperates with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North. [54164/12]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €2m below profile...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he as a member of the World Bank, will raise key concerns to ensure procurement procedures will benefit developing countries...
    • World Bank Policy
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support a strong revised safeguards policy at the World Bank that will meet international standards and...
    • Court Orders
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures and systems in place to restrict children travelling from Ireland, who are restricted from doing so by family...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding allocated by Irish Aid to Irish non-governmental organisations working in Uganda; the proportion of this...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in the context of on-going concerns about the human rights of Ugandan citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or...
  • Department of Finance
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to combat the increasing availability of illegal cigarettes in County Meath which are being sold on the black market and door to door at housing estates;...
    • Fuel Laundering
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has coordinated a meeting of relevant Government Departments on the issue of fuel laundering in the border counties with a view to coordinating action; the...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 39 of 7 November 2012, if he will respond to a query regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if AIB has engaged with its customers who invested in the AIB Alpha Japan Fund and who believe that the investment product was mis-sold; the number of customers...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of bankers' remuneration has been completed; if he has received the final report and when he intends to publish smae [53755/12]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a mandatory minimum fine will be introduced under the Finance Act on conviction of cigarette smuggling and illegal cigarette selling; and if he will make a...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      To ask the Minister for Finance if superstition is part of the Government economic policy in relation to the new car registration for 2013 and the term unlucky 13. [53778/12]
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €3m below profile for this period; his plans to ensure...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints referred to the Financial Services Ombudsman in each of the past five years to date in 2012; the extent to which the views of complainants...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 20 November 2012, if he will explain the way the annual pension contribution of Allied Irish Banks chief executive...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 20 November 2012, if he will quantify annualised contributions of the National Treasury Management Agency and the...
    • AIB Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money paid by AIB to consultants (details supplied) for work carried out at the bank in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who wishes to settle a tax liability with the Revenue cannot pay by debit card and if he will confirm the fee charged by Revenue when a credit...
    • Budget 2012
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline all impact analysis on Budget 2012 conducted before and after the budget came into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53872/12]
    • Mortgage Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 20 November 2011, if he will provide the actual amount of mortgage debt surrendered to borrowers by Bank of Ireland,...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the tax rule which prevents a person from availing of research and development tax credits if they own more than 10% of the company involved; and...
    • Promissory Notes
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the promissory note interest payments to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if any of the amount being paid in is being withdrawn on an on-going...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the work that has been done to determine which of the senior bondholders in the State guaranteed institutions had insurance on their holdings, such as credit...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering the introduction of a profit tax for tobacco companies as included in the Irish Cancer Society and Irish Heart Foundation’s pre-budget...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether vehicle registration tax is in compliance with the Treaty of Rome; in particular if he will consider Article 25 of the Treaty to be fully...
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the pension of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 was taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53937/12]
    • Pre-Budget Submissions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which his Department costs pre-budget submissions produced by pressure groups and political parties; and if a submission can be declared to have...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person qualified for mortgage interest relief before the end of the year are they guaranteed it for the duration of the mortgage or a specified period or is...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      To ask the Minister for Finance the organisations he met in the preparation for Budget 2013; the organisations that sought a meeting but had their request declined; and the reason for these...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the universal social charge by 3% on income in excess of €100,000; and what the impact...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to control tobacco prices in the same way as energy prices are controlled; if implementing such controls would change the proportion of the...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of extending mortgage interest relief for first time buyers for an additional 12 months, subject to an annual maximum of €2,000....
    • Credit Unions Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the nominee for the position of Credit Union Regulator has Credit Union as well as banking experience; that they understand the ethos of the...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making provision for those first time home buyers who are in the middle of purchasing but are unlikely to have the deal closed by 31 December...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are now pursuing a policy of shutting down licensed premises without any leeway when intoxicating liquor licences have not been...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax repaid under the retirement relief for certain sportspersons in each year since 2000; if he will provide a breakdown for each sport; and if he...
    • State Airports
      To ask the Minister for Finance if incentives in relation to Shannon Airport will be included in or are being considered for the Budget 2013 or the forthcoming Finance Bill; if so, if he will...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to change their policy of requiring a 40 percent down payment of tax from a tax payer in advance of agreeing to accept...
    • Tax Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include the tyre industry in the list of businesses that trade in cash which are to be targeted on the basis of compliance with Revenue and other...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual pension in payment paid to a former Assistant Chief Inspector of his Department (details supplied) [53768/12]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an overpayment of a home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [54314/12]
    • Skills Development
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the issuing of a CS card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Education and Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are in place to provide education or training places for taxi drivers looking to leave the industry. [54568/12]
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government will suspend the Fund Bill immediately and let the survivors of residential abuse finally take charge of their own lives and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a redundancy payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53724/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the implications that the lack of special educational needs resources are having on a school (details supplied) in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the minimum and maximum number of pupils required in order for future second level schools to be built in a parish in the country;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recent contract for completion of works at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which was put out to tender; the...
    • Youthreach Programme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Youthreach participants at year end 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53962/12]
    • Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of those pursuing the VTOS programme at year end 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53963/12]
    • Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on PLC courses in 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53964/12]
    • EU Presidency
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to hold a conference, seminar or other event on further education and training policy in the context of the Irish Presidency of the European...
    • Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the establishment of SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53966/12]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all local training initiative funded projects; the total funding provided per project; the number of participants on each local scheme...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to be in a position to ameliorate the impact of the economic situation on the primary education sector with...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission on small primary schools value for money review in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé sásta an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht a chur san áireamh sa Bhille um Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna, 2012; agus an...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; when it will be awarded; and if he...
    • School Services Staff
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that staff who are employed in private colleges such as a college (details supplied) in Dublin 6, who are...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in respect of a newly qualified teacher working as a substitute teacher (details supplied) in County Dublin, his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Education in the North. [54152/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a student grant from Student Universal Support of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a student grant from Student Universal Support of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a student grant from Student Universal Support of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their grant payment from Student Universal Support of Ireland having been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in county Galway has not received their Student Universal Support Ireland grant despite supplying all the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a student grant from Student Universal Support...
    • Education and Training Boards
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on the location of the new headquarters for the amalgamation of Limerick and Clare Local Education Training Board; and if...
    • EU Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the Erasmus Educational Programme, if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the number of...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the staffing of small primary schools as set out in Circular 007/2012 from his Department, the number of teaching posts lost in the...
    • Third Level Survey
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of a national student satisfaction survey for third level students has been...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's assessment of the demographic needs for new primary and post primary schools (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the new second level school in Greystones, County Wicklow, will open; the location of same; the number of pupils it will admit in...
    • Languages Programme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [54329/12]
    • Cross-Border Educational Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made within the four designated areas of north-south cooperation of special education needs, educational underachievement, teacher...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature, process and outcomes of north-south bilateral contacts between his Department and the Department of Employment and Learning in Northern...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that Deis schools in Tallaght West, Dublin 24 will continue to receive special funding to allow the schools respond effectively to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third level student grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois after Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Equality Tribunal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a case of discrimination taken by a former employee of a community training centre (details supplied) to the...
    • School Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the buying of supplies by schools; if they have been directed to buy supplies centrally; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in a case in which Student Universal Support Ireland accepts that a grant was incorrectly refused, the reason it is necessary for an applicant to go...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure the retention of a home economics teacher education at a campus (details supplied) in County Sligo and provide the college and NUI...
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has responded to the postcard campaign of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 against changes to guidance counselling provision in post...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if classroom accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54574/12]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Civil Service Code
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the status of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour, that is, is it mandatory on all civil servants as it...
    • Judicial Pay
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline in tabular form the name and office that a judge retired from, the pension that they are in receipt of, the lump sum that...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if new proposals being drawn for lobbying legislation and a register of lobbyists will contain information on resources and methods used by...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature and outcomes of north-south cooperation which is facilitated through the Special EU Programmes Body. [54371/12]
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of where the funds from the sale of Coillte assets will go; the sums that will go to bridge the €135m...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation by which action on reducing or levying substantial State financed pensions is being curtailed on account of...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all new services across the public service that have been tested for external service delivery since March 2011....
    • Public Sector Reform
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 21 November 2012, if it is the case that he does not intend to review the grading structure of...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Construction Contracts Bill; when his Committee Stage amendments will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €16m below profile for this...
    • Budget 2012
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline all impact analysis on Budget 2012 conducted before and after the budget came into effect; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Procurement
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specification and to which cost was the revamped etenders.gov.ie website built. [53999/12]
    • Public Service Pension Levy
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual benefit to the Exchequer of the public sector pension related deduction since its...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he re-examine the prequalification criteria in respect of turnover of contractors who wish to tender for public contracts; and if he will...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of Finance and Personnel in the North. [54162/12]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Union Movement
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has given consideration to establishing a regulatory body for the trade union movement here, such as a Trade Union Ombudsman; and if...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the North. [54156/12]
    • County Enterprise Boards Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the overheads and total budgets, including the spend on mentoring and soft supports, direct grant aid, staff...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €61m below profile for this...
    • Employment Rights
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the Programme for Government commitment to reform the current law on employees right to engage in collective bargaining...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options or advice for workers who are being bullied in their employment and where management do not act. [53920/12]
    • Consumer Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 302 and 303 of 21 February 2012, when he will introduce the Statutory Instrument to give effect to...
    • Jobs Initiative
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to overcome the issue of unemployment within the construction sector; if there are any supports in place for young...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total revenue raised by the sale, and by rent, of Industrial Development Agency premises for each year since 2006. [54142/12]
    • Job Creation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per jobs created, by Enterprise Ireland for each county, in each year since 2007. [54145/12]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Death Certificates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to be furnished with a death certificate. [53709/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a claim for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [53780/12]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has reviewed arrangements for payment of child benefit in the other European Union member states; if so, the rule that apply to Irish...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for her Department was €4m below profile for this period; her plans...
    • 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 Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Benefit Rates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding multiple birth payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53848/12]
    • Budget 2012
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline all impact analysis undertaken regarding Budget 2012 by her Department, before and after the budget came into effect; and if she will...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she is using to ensure that persons in receipt of jobseekers' payments are actively looking for work or training opportunities, or are...
    • Departmental Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of investigations that have been launched into persons suspected of claiming jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit under false...
    • National Internship Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the requirement for a person to have signed on the dole for three months before they can apply for a jobbridge scheme is a barrier...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons aged between 18 and 21 years who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseeker's allowance of €188; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age, in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for less than six months; for more than six months and less than 12...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of mortgage interest relief payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 months for their application for an invalidity pension to be processed by the appeals office...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for jobseeker's allowance will be determined 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 when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details provided) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the exact figure for savings made on the changes to one parent family payment in Budget 2012, broken down between employed and...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to continue to provide free travel to those currently eligible into the future and to implement measures to better ascertain usage of this...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to proceed with changes to eligibility to the lone parents payment in view of the fact that the scandinavian model of child care is not in...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the organisations she met on a bilateral basis in the preparation for Budget 2013; the organisations that sought a meeting but had their request...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Internship Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young people aged 18-25 who are availing of the Jobsbridge scheme; the metrics in place to measure the success of this scheme in tackling...
    • Youth Unemployment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the pathways to work scheme is successful in targeting youth unemployment; if it is being used by young people; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Work Placement Programme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection he number of young graduates who have taken part in the work placement programme; if they have been successful in gaining further employment; and if she...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the incentives are available for employers who hire a young unemployed person, currently receiving Social Welfare benefits; if there is an inclination...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details Supplied ) in County Cork will be processed; when a decision will issue; the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the processing of a rent supplement application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and when a decision...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Advisory Group on Taxation and Social Welfare will be bringing its report to her in view of recent calls by self-employed groups (details...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she wil outline projects which the Department cooperates with the Department of Social Development in the North. [54163/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and when a decision may be made on...
    • Carer's Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carees, whether on full or partial rate in reciept of respite grant for each of the last 10 years; the value of the grant each year; and...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of a domiciliary allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54311/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any scheme, supports or advice for unemployed taxi drivers, particularly those who got out of the business due to penalty points. [54317/12]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance claim will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Unemployment Levels
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail options open to her, within the remit of her department, to respond to the serious unemployment figures in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a final decision on an application for farm assist will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration is being given to introducing an option of permitting self-employed persons to voluntarily pay the proportion of PRSI for themselves...
    • Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if entering the taxi industry qualifies for support under the back to enterprise allowance; and if so, the reason this continues to be the case. [54567/12]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8 can access Lotto funding. [53815/12]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé sásta mar comhalta ar an choiste comhaireachtaan pobal Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta a aithint mar...
    • Arts Council Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will acknowledge the role played by persons and communities involved in the Arts (details supplied) throughout the country and...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of the October Exchequer returns; the reason the capital spending for his Department was €4m below profile for this...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline projects which the Department cooperates with the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure in the North. [54148/12]
    • Caighdeán Oifigiúil
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén taighde atá déanta ag a Roinn faoi na deacrachtaí oideachasúla a chruthódh athbhreithniú ar an...
    • Cultural Policy
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for developing cultural links with other countries and more specifically India; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €19m below profile...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail the reasons for the refusal of payment of a better energy homes scheme grant in respect of a person (details...
    • Inland Fisheries
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 390, if it is the case that only six of the eighty five sites surveyed are located...
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on delays in building out grid to facilitate the construction of wind farms; his views on whether it is necessary to...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the 3 network in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions No. 482 of 14 September 2011, and 414 of 3 July 2012, if his Department has progressed this...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of the Environment in the North. [54150/12]
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific initiatives there are for County Meath in the national renewable energy plan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding access to broadband in respect of residents of an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer by abolishing the off the road facility for motor tax; if he will confirm...
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application for funding for the regeneration project (details supplied) in County Carlow....
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Statutory Instrument 291 of 2012, if he will provide a list of existing city and county managers who will still be...
    • Pyrite Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in relation to a pyrite problem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53774/12]
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if staff in water services will be redeployed, sub-contracted or re-employed amongst councils. [53779/12]
    • Local Authority Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €150m below profile...
    • Local Authority Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if supports are available for residents in housing estates which have not yet been taken in charge by the local authority, when...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1131 of 18 September 2012, if he has considered the report of the independent financial...
    • Local Authority Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Workforce Planning Group has recommended that between two and three...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest registration figures by local authority area of the household charge and the respective target...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will announce the new guidelines for the new tenant purchase scheme that is replacing the current tenant purchase...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on planning issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53928/12]
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the contractors who are to be given the work of installing water meters nationwide have been appointed; the names of these...
    • Electoral Commission
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made towards the establishment of an Electoral Commission as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if...
    • Saturday Voting
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to carry out research to ascertain the impact of Saturday voting in the recent Children’s Referendum and to...
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the operation of Ballymun Regeneration Limited; if he is satisfied with the level of engagement that the...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the Dublin County Sheriff operated a fair and transparent method of recruitment for polling station...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts made to ensure that first time landlords are aware of their obligations to register with the Private Residential...
    • Arts Council Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will protect the allocation of funding to the Arts Council and local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the money for works to be carried out on an estate (details supplied) in County Longford are earmarked for particular works...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a national waiver scheme for waste collection services...
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will fully implement the Aarhus Convention; if this will have an impact for wind farms here; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of veterinary inspectors who availed of the early retirement scheme earlier this year that are currently working for...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline projects which his Department cooperates with the Department of the Environment in the North. [54154/12]
    • Fire Service
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget allocated to the Fire Services Capital Programme for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the actual amount...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be provided to Fingal County Council in order to fund housing adaptations grants that have been...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his view on a submission (details supplied) regarding septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/12]
    • Scenic Walks
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a walk being developed in South Kerry called the Bolus Head in Ballinskelligs County Kerry could be combined as an extension...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, for each county, the villages/towns with a public foul sewer network discharging to a public effluent...
    • Housing Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed housing units that have been completed here since 1992. [54275/12]
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends removing the legal immunity enjoyed by the Environmental Protection Agency as per the recommendations in the...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems with the standards of service being provided by private operators who have replaced...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the best practice guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities in relation to dealing with shared ownership cases...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason local authorities do not have to make the details of their own planning applications available online as it the case...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of unfinished housing estates in County Meath and the category in which each is classed; if he will list the estates...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if guidelines exist regarding anti-social behaviour in local authority housing; the number of evictions each respective county...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the use of the National Assets Management Agency stock of housing to alleviate the problem of homelessness...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to enable local authorities to utilise the mortgage to rent scheme whereby persons in significant areas...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will endeavour to ensure that the collection of household charges is structured and streamlined in such a way as to ease...
    • Climate Change Policy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the impact of carbon reduction is minimised on domestic households until the economic situation...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority housing loans issued in each of the past four years to date; the number of shared ownership and...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various forms of waste management are currently being used with particular reference to the maximum use...
    • Air Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which air pollution level at various vantage points throughout the country continue to be monitored; the degree...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he hopes to be in a position to provide adequate funding for local authorities in the coming year...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding for group water and sewerage schemes and small schemes is likely to be available to the local...
    • Register of Electors
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which inaccuracies in the voter's register continue; his plans to review the issues with the possibility of...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he expects to be in a position to introduce a local authority loans system to facilitate the needs of first time...
    • Official Travel
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government as part of local government reform, if he will introduce the DeHon’t method of appointing councillors to chairs and to...
    • Nuclear Safety
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost in producing the report Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site; and if the British Government covered...
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in order to facilitate smaller parties, if he will consider increasing the number of councillors representing each local...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the event of a household not paying the forthcoming water charge if he intends to deduct this charge for their source of...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the pieces of legislation needed to action Putting People First; and the timeframe for this legislation. [54583/12]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue specific instructions to local authorities to intervene on public health grounds to maintain treatment plants...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an incident which occurred on 16 November, when persons queuing outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau on...
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is enough in the Coroner’s Act to deal with the death of a person (details supplied) and if this legislation needs updating; and if he...
    • Legal Aid Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent on free legal aid in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 on a national and regional or county basis. [53744/12]
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence Istanbul...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €11m below profile for this period; his...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person who is self employed and who works with persons under 18 years of age can obtain Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Property Registration Fees
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will justify the increases regarding land fees for persons buying a home in view of the fact that the cost of registering lands has risen by...
    • Firearms Licences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearm licences that have been granted in each Mayo Garda District for 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify all legislation currently being administered in relation to anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Stamp 4 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to make decisions regarding commencement of section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 following the review of the Voluntary Code...
    • Charities and Voluntary Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the recently announced consultation on the implementation of the Charities Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve accountability of the legal profession in view of the lack of independent procedures and penalties operated by the Law Society of...
    • Sentencing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce minimum sentencing for sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54005/12]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for a certificate of naturalisation by a naturalised Irish citizen acting on behalf of their minor child since this has...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if sufficient Garda presence will be provided to police the upcoming OSCE conference on 5 December without impacting on normal operational policing...
    • Judicial Pay
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount a person (details supplied) was being paid in sick leave since June 2011 until their recent resignation [54092/12]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Justice in the North. [54160/12]
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the figures for burglaries in each Garda district for 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and the year on year percentage change in...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí deployed to the Garda stations at Naas, Newbridge, Athy, Kildare Town, Kilcock, Maynooth and Leixlip in each of the past ten...
    • Traveller Community
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish state will formally recognise Irish travellers as separate ethnic group. [54345/12]
    • Personal Injuries Awards
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taken to introduce legislation to enable periodic payments be made in respect of personal injuries awards in catastrophic injuries;...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if drivers who have been convicted of road traffic offences and are required to hand over their licence to the Courts Services are now doing so; the...
    • Garda Training
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have undertaken intoxilyser training courses in November 2012; the number that will undertake the training in December...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider giving approval for DNA testing on recent skull and bone finds off the Wexford coast as these finds are in the vicinity of Hook...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of the creation of the new Irish Human Rights Equality Commission. [54455/12]
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm if his Department will be drafting or publishing the heads of a Bill to address the discriminatory effects of Section 37 of the...
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 May 2011, if he has considered the judgement of the case pertaining to jury service by citizens who...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation status will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the payment of the pre Christmas allowance for unsocial working hours for the period of November prior to 2013 for members of the...
    • Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is pressing for action, including prosecution if appropriate, against those officers responsible for the ill-treatment of young offenders...
    • National Disability Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the appeal by nine leading disability organisations issued on 17 September 2012 calling on him to show leadership on an implementation...
    • Asylum Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his responsibilities in relation to children residing here in extreme poverty who are asylum seekers or the children of asylum seekers; if his...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if the changes to the Reserve Defence Forces is causing major hardship particularly now with having to travel to Athlone from Dublin. [53919/12]
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €2m below profile for this period; his plans to ensure...
    • Public Service Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of external agencies involved in recruitment campaigns to the Defence Forces for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; if he will provide the names...
    • Defence Forces Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if there is any voluntary redundancy schemes available for members of the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54563/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a clause can be built into any sale of Coillte forests to guarantee the current supply of round logs to the sawmilling industry here;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for derogation 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if a letter was sent by Bord Iascaigh Mhara to him complaining about members of Inland Fisheries Ireland attending a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment and a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Scéimeanna Ranna
      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 agus...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [53732/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their disadvantaged area payment and their single farm payment;...
    • Scéimeanna Ranna
      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 Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal on disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork with particular...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) furnished to him on 25 September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €13m below profile for this...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when area aid payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the top 100 benefactors of the single farm payment that tested less than 50 cattle in their annual herd test 2011; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if BIM has reported back to him on foot of his request for information on the allegation that the agency was competing unfairly with the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive the remainder of their 2010 disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal in relation to a derogation for disadvantaged area scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for 2012 single payment scheme will be re-examined in view of the weather...
    • 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...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the North....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment for 2011 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [54167/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal against the non payment of disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area scheme application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [54234/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in Cuonty Galway will be paid their 2012 disadvantage area payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment, rural environment protection scheme and area aid payment in respect of a person (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Dunmore East Harbour, County Waterford, is to be included on the list of fishing harbours which are to be shortly...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have received their payments in each county and the number of farmers awaiting to receive their payment in each...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their 2012 disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte failed to correctly predict the future supply of round logs that was to be available to the saw milling industry here...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the agri environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the single farm and disadvantaged area payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [54422/12]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated time the DAS Appeals Committee will take considering individual appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Crawfish Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding crawfish and the rules and regulations surrounding the catching of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the proposals, if any, he has put forward in relation to the need to put in place effective market support measures to...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Dublin Vocational Education Committee is administering the youth grant for the entire country; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Psychological Service
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the community psychology services are being moved from the Health Service Executive to the proposed Child and Family Support Agency;...
    • Psychotherapy and Counselling Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Family Support Agency or any under agency under her remit provides funding to ensure that lower income families may avail of services...
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the report by Indecon for the National Youth Council of Ireland on the Economic Assessment of the Value of Youth Work; if...
    • National Youth Work Advisory Committee
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will appoint the National Youth Work Advisory Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53946/12]
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding in each of the following schemes; special projects for youth, young people’s and facilities fund round 1 and 2,...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount the youth grant has been for the past three years; the total sum of money involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed in the childcare sector and the percentage of persons with varying levels of professional qualifications; and if...
    • Departmental Strategies
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to publish the early year strategy; the level of consultation she has had with the relevant stakeholders; and if she will make...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to the State of experts (details supplied); the persons salaries for the past five years; if she will outline in tabular form all those...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 16 October 2012, if she will outline the anticipated timeframe for the adoption process to reopen;...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline projects with which her Department cooperates with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North....
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding applications submitted for funding under the parent child home programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive Staff Responsibilities
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the number of posts for child and family social workers that have been filled in 2012; if she will confirm the number of...
  • Department of Health
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the action he intends to take to address his Department's failure on two occasions to comply with the Equal Status Acts in its administration of the mobility...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the tendering system for home care projects; if there is a roll-over tendering system; when the tendering process starts and finishes; and if he...
    • Health Insurance Cost
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a means by which a person who ceases their private health insurance payments before the end of their contract, based on an inability to pay, may...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 27 November 2012 and in view of additional documentation have since forwarded, if he will detail what happened to a...
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the annual cost of water fluoridation and the quantities used since 2000. [54580/12]
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider the introduction of the MenB vaccine when it is licensed early in the new year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54714/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of hospitals bringing in staff on overtime during closure days on wards in an effort to prevent penalties being...
    • Sick Pay Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the rate of absenteeism for year to date by region; the cost of absenteeism by region broken down by staffing categories; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the recommendation of the Ombudsman in ensuring that the motorised transport grant scheme is operated in accordance with the requirements of...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the numbers of staff, levels of income and expenditure at the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland; if he will indicate the levels and amount of...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the current position on the rollout of the system of invigilation of the pharmacy sector by the Pharmaceutical Society and whether that system...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the rehabilitation grant was cut in October and backdated to 1 January resulting in a 7% cut rather than the 3.7% suggested [53743/12]
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out free general practitioner care for all by 2015; the way it will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53749/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on advancing the commitment in the Health Service Executive Service Plan 2012; if he will enhance access to psychotherapy and...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current position of Health Service Executive and SIPTU engagement regarding home help contracts; and if he will make a statement...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53766/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no further cuts in funding for Prosper Fingal in view of the vital services they provide to persons with intellectual disabilities;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53775/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will roll out the Ulysses Pain Management Programme across the country that began in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in 2002 and has helped dramatically improve...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help staff employed directly by the Health Service Executive to provide home help services in County Louth in 2011 and 2012; the average hourly...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €32m below profile for this period; his plans to ensure...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment he gave to the members of Sufferers of Unique Narcolepsy Disorder that a paper would be put to Government urgently which would...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) and if he will respond to the issues highlighted [53853/12]
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of tenders to date, for home care projects; the estimated numbers for next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53863/12]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to studies and reports regarding the fluoridation of water supplies and the way the fluoridation of water here differs from...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if specific services will be made available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork at the earliest date possible in view of the necessity and substantial...
    • Domestic Violence
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of September 2011, in which he advised that the Health Service Executive was undertaking to investigate potential avenues...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason six cystic fibrosis patients were sent home from St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, on 26 November 2012 [53925/12]
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to agency staff in County Kerry working for the Health Service Executive for the accounting period November 2011 to November 2012 on a...
    • Domestic Violence
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of a violent nature that have taken place in domestic violence refuges whether against staff or against residents, in 2011 and to date in...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will state the policy and the procedure that is followed by the Health Service Executive National Ambulance Service in responding to an emergency call in...
    • Substance Misuse
      To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the action plan to implement the recommendations in the report of the National Substance Misuse Steering Group published on 7 February...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the sixith Report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Body; his plan to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53952/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed roll-out of the Health Service Executive programme for the restructuring of children's therapy services, if the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting lists for ear nose and throat services at Kerry General Hospital where currently 739 adults and 427 children are on the waiting list;...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals here that provide insulin pump treatment to children; and the number of children who receive this treatment in each hospital [54007/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that antiepileptic drugs will be excluded from generic substitution as recommended by the Moran Report in view of the fact that a number of other...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54027/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a patient safety authority still stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54036/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if an exemption can be made in view of the extenuating...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for a child to qualify for a bone-anchored hearing aid procedure and the number of children with Downs' syndrome that have benefited from it for the...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      To ask the Minister for Health the organisations he met in the preparation for Budget 2013; the organisations that sought a meeting but had their request declined; and the reason for these...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any changes to generic branded drugs legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54100/12]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason it takes an average four to six weeks for a medical card file that has been refused by the PCRS in Dublin to reach appeals in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on reintroducing the indicative drugs target saving scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54127/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing free general practitioner care for all newborns for one year [54135/12]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Health, Social Service and Public Safety in the North [54157/12]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in issuing a reply;...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to refurbish the ear, nose and throat Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54235/12]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will make provision in Budget 2013 for adequate capital funding to enable the proposed extension to the Talbot Grove Addiction Treatment Centre, Castleisland,...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the required complement of radiographers to satisfy the needs of Kerry General Hospital; the cost of employing each radiographer on a fixed term contract directly...
    • 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 Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will help ensure that the promise to invest €35 million annually in community mental health is honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if levels of transport conveying persons with learning disabilities to the Brothers of Charity centre in Kilrush, County Clare, will be maintained; and if he will...
    • Audiology Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if additional audiology services detailed in response to Health Forum motion (details supplied) have been implemented in County Kerry [54289/12]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health when a hearing aid will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54292/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 November 2012, when will a reply be provided to this question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54293/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the ear, nose and throat services available at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; the number of ENT consultants based in the hospital; and when...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the Health Service Executive's decision not to provide home help to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [54316/12]
    • Drugs Task Forces
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has completed his review of the drug task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54331/12]
    • Compensation Tribunals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of moneys paid to members of the Hepatitis C / HIV Compensation Board; the work required of each member to fulfil their duties; and if he...
    • Child Access and Visitation Rights
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an alleged incident reported on the 23 of March resulted in one of the parents being deprived of visitation rights in respect of their children...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the changes and practices that have been introduced since the 2011 ISQSH Patient Survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54338/12]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Health the nature and outcomes of north-south cooperation in the areas of radiotherapy services, paediatric congenital cardiac services, health promotion, cancer research,...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the range of services which Cooperation and Working Together manage and deliver that are supported by the EU Structural Fund Initiative, INTERREG IVA [54365/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on efforts to retain all services at St. Brigid's Hospital, Crooksling, Brittas, County Dublin; if he will appreciate the concerns of...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance managers that have access to Health Service Executive cars in the course of their work; the number that are allowed to bring them to their...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if there are any regulations or restrictions in place for the drugs payment scheme that prevent a patient from obtaining two months supply of their prescription in...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been revoked in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54433/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if she will expedite this matter; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive have any plans to establish specialist facilities for the treatment and support of children with Ehler's Danios...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the report on health spending commissioned from the World Health Organisation and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; the...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Health his views, in view of the increase in obesity and the associated negative health effects on the introduction of a tax on sugar sweetened beverages, some of which...
    • Calorie Posting on Menus
      To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the increasing significance of the obesity issue, consideration will be given to introducing regulations which will make the publication of...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made of introducing the medical product, Sativex, which is used to treat the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis and which has passed...
    • Health Insurance Claims
      To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will confirm insurance payment issues in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54496/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to reports (details attached) that more than 23,000 persons are awaiting up to four years to see a consultant at the Mid-Western Regional...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form all payments made to board members of the National Transport Authority including payments, salaries,...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Taxi Bill will be published and when it will be introduced into Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Buncrana, County Donegal is not serviced by Bus Éireann; and his plans to address this...
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria in respect of grants from the National Lottery. [53816/12]
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the October Exchequer returns, the reason the capital spending for his Department was €23m below profile for this period;...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given in the Road Safety Bill to include legislation regarding making it compulsory for pedestrians to wear high...
    • Irish Coast Guard
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the amalgamation of coastguard units and in particular units (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cycle Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Tramore, Waterford cycle route; the work that has been completed to date; the work yet to be completed;...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North. [54165/12]
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons persons are unable to purchase family train tickets online; his plans to have this facility available; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the chief executive officer of Dublin Bus and ask him if there are plans to have audible announcements on the bus services...
    • Penalty Points System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any procedure to assist taxi drivers who have accumulated 12 penalty points due to 30Km signs around Dublin and who now could lose...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the proposed online M6 service station between Athlone and Moate, County Westmeath, covering such matters as...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in relation to the taxi review and new regulation, he will defer the introduction of branding to allow the taxi representative group to...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the issues of mutual recognition of penalty points north and south of the border, the A5 and A8 road...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding plans to build a bridge across the rail line at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [54393/12]
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of manually operated railway crossings here and his plans to update same. [54394/12]
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of costs for the proposed LUAS BXD line project; if he will explain the very high cost per kilometre compared...
    • Airport Development Projects
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the recent commitment to Shannon Airport, his views on whether this will have an adverse effect on the future potential of Ireland...
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure that CIE/Bus Éireann provide services to visually impaired customers on the 111 and 190 bus routes and...
    • Railway Stations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report on the progress made on the new train station at Oranmore, County Galway. [54459/12]
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has refused to meet the Taxi Alliance/TTNH despite their request for a meeting. [54565/12]
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact that the LUAS link up will have on Dublin city transport links throughout 2013; if this will have an impact on...

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