Written answers

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Courts Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address delays in the Courts Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54479/12]
    • Joint Policing Committees
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of joint policing committees; his view on broadening their remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which a new Mental Capacity Bill will be published. [54481/12]
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 June 2012, the position regarding the Garda review of the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy at Clara, County...
    • European Court of Human Rights Rulings
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in MM v United Kingdom, ruled that the indefinite...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to emphasise and resource diversion measures to help at-risk persons make better choices and stop or avoid offending behaviour. [54482/12]
    • Court Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the closures of court buildings across the country; the total number of buildings closed by location since March 2011; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce comprehensive family law reforms that will provide for children being parented by lesbian or gay couples. [54486/12]
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that international research demonstrates that strong family relationships are key to the successful...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to adequately resource the Probation Service into the future to effectively administer the community return scheme and the increased volume...
    • Road Safety Authority Campaigns
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an enhanced road safety campaign on the roads over the Christmas period; if this will include increased Garda checkpoints; if...
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the closure of Garda stations across the country in 2013; the location of the closures; the estimated savings; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of the Garda compensation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55478/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he will address the decision in the European Court of Justice MM case in the intervening period before the publication of a new...
    • Spent Convictions
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the issue of spent convictions which was dealt with in the Law Reform Commission Report in or around 2007 which would allow the...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the new National Youth Justice Strategy will be published. [54488/12]
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the number of members in An Garda Siochána does not drop below 13,000 in view of the recent comments of the Garda...
    • Child Protection
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the measures in place to ensure the safety and welfare of children in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will introduce a Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) Bill; and if he will insert a provision allowing for this money to be...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54476/12]
    • Judicial Appointments and Removals
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an open and transparent appointment and removal criteria and process for the judiciary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners under 18 years of age who remain in St. Patrick’s Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54472/12]
    • Third Level Fees
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the doubling of registration fees for non-EEA nationals to €300; the basis for giving five days' notice to non-EEA...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the concerns set out in the recent Irish Refugee Council report on conditions in State-funded accommodation for those seeking...
    • Prisoner Releases
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to place on a statutory footing, clear and transparent criteria for release of prisoners through remission, temporary release and parole, as...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel in the Gardaí that are assigned to combating white collar crime; the number of forensic accountants in the force; and if...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding the issue of separated children seeking asylum who are removed from Health...
    • Property Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any further discussion with the Law Society regarding changes recommended by the Conveyancing Task Force on property transfers; and if...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any consultation process occurred between his Department and the British Government prior to the announcement of the G8 summit in Enniskillen in...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars which will be deployed as part of his recent announcement; the locations at which said cars will be deployed; if he has...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to disability groups and organisations over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for increasing the numbers of patrol cars for an Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54498/12]
    • Court Staff
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the resignation of convicted District Judge (details supplied), a judge found guilty of attempting to deceive an elderly client, if he will...
    • Prison Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of child-friendly visiting areas in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54465/12]
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to provide decisions on applications for leave to remain; his plans to ensure that these applications are resolved...
    • Court Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he proposes to provide for the commencement of the Section 15 the Fines Act 2000 dealing with the payment of fines by instalments; his plans to...
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he continues to monitor the deployment of Garda numbers at various stations throughout the country with a view to ensuring a...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing a free flow traffic management programme under the auspices of the Garda Traffic Corps; if his attention has been...
    • Crime Levels
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of crimes committed by prisoners whilst on bail continues to monitored by his Department; the number of such incidence...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will introduce a consolidated Bill on domestic violence. [54463/12]
    • Prison Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that countries such as France have made use of collective pardons to tackle overcrowding in prisons,...
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend in camera rules for court hearings in family law cases; and the timeline in which he intends to complete same. [54473/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the International Labour Organisation’s Convention No. 29(1930) and Article 4 of the European...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Constitutional Convention
      To ask the Taoiseach the expected cost of the Constitutional Convention to take place this year and next year. [55225/12]
    • Public Services
      To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external service...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      To ask the Taoiseach the way he is monitoring progress on his Department's strategic priorities as set out in his Department's strategy statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase the number of countries that the Irish passport is visa free to enter; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) who has refused to take part in the war against the Palestinian people...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a query regarding overseas aid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55101/12]
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the status and whereabouts of Ayman Taleb Abustah a prisoner in the Israeli prison system with the Israeli...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on the introduction of an E-3 visa for Irish citizens wishing to work in the United States of...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his...
    • Passport Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria pertaining to obtaining Irish language versions of passports; if it is the case that only the name on the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles beyond December 2012. [55345/12]
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding plans to deliver upon the objectives of NewERA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55414/12]
    • Banking Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal and or commercial loan accounts in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in which he is the shareholder of 100% of the shares, were found to...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public money invested by the State in the Bank of Ireland since 2008; the fees paid by the bank for the various deposit guarantees since then; the...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the amount of expenses received by developers and builders whose properties or businesses are in the National Assets Management Agency. [55139/12]
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the changes in auditing and regulatory practices that have been enacted since the banking crash in 2008 and since the appointment of a person (details supplied) as...
    • Tax Repayment
      To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get receipt of the tax repayment that is due to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55204/12]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax rebate claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55210/12]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the visit by the chair of the Committee of Public Accounts to investigate corruption in African countries and in view of the U.K. Public Accounts...
    • Tax Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT and excise duty collected on agricultural diesel for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55315/12]
    • Household Credit Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if reclassification of debt or the exiting of Bank of Scotland Ireland from the Irish market is responsible for the reduction in credit to households for house...
    • Illegal Moneylenders
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences that have issued to moneylenders; the number of convictions in each of the past five years for illegal trading as a moneylender; the checks,...
    • Public Sector Receipts
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 27 November 2012, if he will provide a breakdown by Department and scheme of the expected public sector receipts from...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to publication by the National Assets Management Agency of a report into the purchase of a property under its control by a former employee, if he will...
    • Legal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a newspaper report that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation requested a borrower to withdraw a complaint by the borrower against a company (details...
    • Housing Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the estimated number of residential properties in the State in market value bands of €50,000, that is between €0...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person had reached a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners under the 1994 tax amnesty, would this have included PRSI as well as PAYE; and if so, would...
    • Budget 2013
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a poverty impact assessment has been completed on Budget 2013; if a poverty proof report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/12]
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made an external appointment of an economist to head up his Departments Budget and Economic Policy Division. [55565/12]
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the following information in relation to IT consultants and IT external resources contracted to undertake IT related work for the Revenue...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the practical problem posed for first time buyers who wish to avail of enhanced mortgage interest relief in order to make their mortgage...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the merits or demerits of a tax initiative (details supplied). [55682/12]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for FÁS to offer language courses to unemployed persons in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he appreciates the importance of such...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 6 November 2012, if a person who is in receipt of separate remote area grants for two children attending...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation for the student assistance fund in 2012-2013 will be adequate to support the needs of students; if there are figures available to...
    • State Examinations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding localisation of school standards. [55075/12]
    • Schools Recognition
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress made to date on the move towards permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of funding from his Department for a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012....
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the teacher refund scheme will be re-opened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55092/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a third level Student Universal Support Ireland grant wil be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS;...
    • School Transport
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the difficulties that parents with different school aged children face with differing finishing times, if he will consider developing a...
    • Adult Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving FETAC courses; the way that he intends to address this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he has taken to ensure that the school build programme in County Meath contributes to the local economy and job creation through the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Ministerial guidelines, as per SI No. 189 of 2012, Article 15 (8), which were issued to the awarding authorities on 15 August 2012, are...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 323 of 27 November, 2012, when the Student Universal Support Ireland application will be processed in respect of...
    • Foreign Language Assistant Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or funding made available to primary or post primary schools for the provision of foreign language skills; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any...
    • Industrial Disputes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55232/12]
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school leavers with Down's Syndrome will have access to full training services from September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/12]
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial supports available for student teachers to facilitate their participation in the Gaeltacht placement programme where their...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to provide for the needs of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder as they progress from primary school to secondary school in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, from 3 December 2012 of the numbers of students on a county basis who have received from Student...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the recent survey by his Department officials of primary school sites in Monasterevin, County Kildare, he will be bringing forward...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [55369/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Student Universal Support Ireland dedicated phone-line for Oireachtas members as provided by him...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of applications for renewal of third level grants to Kerry County Council, County Kerry Vocational Education Committee and the total...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been...
    • Anti-Racism Measures
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the yellow flag programme on diversity and anti-racism in schools; the actions he has taken; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 22 November 2012, if payments due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be paid...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify that the future of the Bachelor of Education in Home Economics provided at a college (details supplied) in County Sligo is secure...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if payment will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the proposed second level school at Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24; if any decision has now been taken in respect of the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a comprehensive update on the processing of first-time student grant applications by Student Universal Support Ireland including...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision to refuse a student grant to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 from a socially disadvantaged area will be reviewed as a matter of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants employed in pre-school settings; if these are included in the overall national cap of 10,575; his views...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55646/12]
    • School Management
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the differences in board structures for community schools and community colleges; the nominating bodies for board positions; the number of position...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of chaplains in Dublin post primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55650/12]
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the matter of teenage suicide in Dublin post primary schools; his views on whether wellness is a topic that ought to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals his Department have for the school site at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55653/12]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the action plan on bullying will be published and if he will indicate his intention to pursue the recommendations therein to confront this...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers that will be recruited in both the primary and secondary school sectors in 2013; where these teachers will be...
    • Broadband Services
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when second level schools in counties Longford and Westmeath will receive high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55661/12]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a Student Universal Support Ireland application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; when first...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Heritage Sites
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the various Office of Public Works tourism and heritage sites in West Cork along with their corresponding...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that has been spent to date on the Office of Public Works book One History; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55141/12]
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the publication of the White Paper on 30 November 2012, if he will provide an explanation for the variance between forecast voted...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current or planned works being undertaken at Rathfarnham Castle Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55647/12]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of Government contracts in his Department that were awarded to non-Irish companies in the three years 2009 to 2011 inclusive;...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the twelve remaining horticultural staff in permanent employment maintaining the gardens at Mount Congreve Estate,...
    • Coastal Protection
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding applied for by Fingal County Council in relation to coastal protection works in its administrative area, broken down by...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the disposal of non-strategic public utilities; his plans to retain control of critical infrastructure; and if he will make a...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on plans by the Office of Public Works to restrict access to Chesterfield Avenue, Phoenix Park, at the weekends; if he will...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount former Minister Roisín Shortall TD was paid in severance when she stood down as Minister. [55629/12]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Retail Sector
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any jurisdiction over store opening hours, for example Sundays or on St. Stephen's Day. [55612/12]
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring together local and regional employment agencies and the private sector in a formalised structure to target the...
    • National Internship Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland client businesses that use the jobbridge scheme; and the numbers...
    • Work Permits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Employment Permit Act. [55180/12]
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 27 November 2012, the reason he believes that the National Standards Authority of Ireland has...
    • Employment Permit Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to amend the Employment Permit Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55310/12]
    • National Lottery Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a project (details supplied) in Dublin 8 was informed by the county enterprise board that they do not qualify for funding from...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have...
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that all Government Departments have fully implemented the Agency Workers Directive and are fully...
    • Clothing Imports
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his a policy regarding importation of sandblasted denim; and his plans to ban the importation of same. [55563/12]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [55066/12]
    • National Internship Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made to put in place a national graduate and apprentice internship scheme as outlined in the Programme for Government 2011;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in relation to the setting up of a community involvement scheme that will allow for people in receipt of job seeker's...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [55056/12]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [55064/12]
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of assistance that is available to self employed and returning emigrants, if they find themselves unable to find alternative...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for family income supplement in respect of a person (details suppplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the amount due on the mortgage every month can be used to offset rental income for the purposes of claiming means tested social welfare payments, in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and their application for...
    • National Internship Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will explain the way an organisation (details supplied) were able to employ a number of jobbridge workers while at the same time moving to dismiss...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in respect of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if she will make...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the three day rule in relation to jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55312/12]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for processing of applications for family income supplement at Longford social welfare; the number of persons waiting more than...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal for one parent family allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an appeal in respect of an application for invalidity pension will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for carer's allowance will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection where a young person aged 23/24 loses a job, then are entitled to jobseekers benefit for a certain number of months; if he will confirm the criteria on...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the number of recipients of child benefit who are in receipt of payments for third and subsequent child broken down...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of family income supplement will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if she will expedite the review;...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if she will provide a list of all new services across her Department that have been tested...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to contributory pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Grants
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular breakdown by county of the total number of persons in receipt of respite care grant, regardless of other payments in 2010,...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if any arrears are due in this instance; and if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working at the Dublin central rent supplement applications processing unit; the number of applications received by the unit since it...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific criteria with regard to the progression rule in respect of assessing an application for back to education allowance; her views on the case...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a carer's allowance application made in October 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be processed,; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Work Placement Programme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any conditions under which a person availing of a Tús scheme may extend their term on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for mortgage interest relief will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Redundancy Rebates
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the recent budget announcement to abolish the redundancy rebate for employers, she will now consider an exemption for this rebate for...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the file on jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be moved from the Inspector to the Deciding...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht while protecting funding to the arts in general, if he will ensure that no taxpayers money is made available to circuses which use...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the turf compensation will be delivered to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Oil and Gas Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 23 October 2012, if he will provide in tabular form by year, the receipts and...
    • Commercial Fishing Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 30 June 2009, if he will provide the names and addresses of 1,171 applicants for...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department has assumed responsibility for a non-ionising radiation monitoring programme in relation to the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered extending the grant support for electric vehicles beyond December 2012. [55345/12]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of possible gas and oil finds off the Irish coast, his plans for Ireland to sign the Extractive Industries...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his...
    • Telecommunications Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the possibility or likelihood of the provision of high-speed broadband in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Renewable Energy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to permit a full and comprehensive environmental assessment be done for the Renewable Action Plan,...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Ministerial 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...
    • Ministerial Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, following the decision to end the arrangements whereby Ministers and Ministers of State receive severance payments on...
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish territorial employment pact areas based on the NUTS 3 Regions here, similar to that which was done in...
    • Pyrite Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a query regarding pyrite (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55102/12]
    • Electoral Divisions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the terms and conditions of the constituency boundaries are set; when persons will be able to make a submission on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 27 September 2012 the progress made to date with the Department of Finance in...
    • Fire Service
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of call outs in each of the fire stations in Waterford City and county in each of the past five years. [55222/12]
    • Local Government Elections
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish proposals on a directly elected mayor for Dublin; and the date on which he expects to publish same. [55226/12]
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be possible to amend the mortgage-to-rent rules to include persons who bought under affordable housing schemes in...
    • Air Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will take following the revelations by the European Environmental Agency of the substantial cost of air...
    • Waste Management
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 25158/11, if he will provide an update on the possibility of a glass bottle deposit...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an assessment of staffing needs will be done in advance of the local authorities assuming responsibility for the housing...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the development of shared services at local authority level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55415/12]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the current processes adopted by local authorities to address the problems associated with incomplete...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the present measures to address anti social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55418/12]
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide grant aid for the upgrade of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55421/12]
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the reasons behind the capital underspend in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Directive 85/337/EEC as amended, EIA Directive, has been fully transposed into Irish legislation; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is dealing with a funding application for South Dublin County Council to allow the authority purchase an...
    • Property Taxation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that an estate (details supplied) in County Westmeath falls under the correct category 3 or 4 when...
    • Property Management Companies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any conflict between guidelines issued by his Department in 2006 Circular Letter PD 5/06 of...
    • Local Government Elections
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration he has given to the increased costs of additional council seats in the four Dublin local authorities; and if...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his policy statement on homelessness will be published and if it will focus upon a housing led approach to deal with this...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision being made under the Mental Capacity Bill to take account of the nomination form as per section 21 of the 1997 Credit Union Act....
    • Property Management Companies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify under existing legislation the precise circumstances under which a management company may be formed in multi-unit developments; and...
    • Gangland Killings
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to tackle the increase in gangland murders over the past number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55544/12]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which legislation will be introduced to allow charities to make their financial accounts information public; and if he will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for a permanent residence card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make...
    • Deportation Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the deportation order in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [55167/12]
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date and the expected position in the determination of eligibility for residency status in the case of a person (details...
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of two persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will review this case; if he will outline the...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 20 October 2011 and 515 of 19 June 2012, if he will now respond in view of the fact that the civil...
    • Property Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact details of the Property Service Appeals Board; and the procedure that must be adopted to make an appeal. [55288/12]
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the number of persons that have applied for, and the number of persons that have received a visa under the visa investment scheme...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legal aid will be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and if she will expedite that matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in having Garda vetting clearance issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [55353/12]
    • Prison Building Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on a prison (details supplied). [55370/12]
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will update Dáil Éireann on the protocol that is in place for an Garda Síochána in circumstances where its members are...
    • Court Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had any update from the Court Service regarding Kells District Court, County Meath and the plans for the future of same; and if he will make...
    • Private Security Authority
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider revising Private Security Authority licence fee costs for access control and CCTV in view of the financial pressure this is...
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decision was made prior to the Budget 2012 to scrap the budget for equality proofing; the ramifications, if any, the lack of funding...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature and extent of additional documentation required and still outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Garda Training
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of an Garda Síochána that took part in the intoxilyser training course on 6 December 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outlaw the payment for sex to help combat the exploitation of women and sex trafficking (details supplied). [55675/12]
    • Garda Stations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the announcement of the closure of a number of Garda Stations around the country, the extent to which it is anticipated that new rostering...
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Siochana in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55685/12]
    • Garda Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the anticipated number of retirements from An Garda Siochana in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55686/12]
    • Prisoner Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken in the Prison Service to segregate first time offenders from repeat offenders and provide rehabilitative training with...
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of trafficking in women or children reported or identified in each of the past five years and to date in 2012; the extent to...
    • Missing Persons
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons, male and female, adults, adolescents and children reported missing and still without trace in each of the past ten years...
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Siochana, male and female, all ranks at present, the number of posts if any to be filled or waiting to be filled; and...
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the trends if any emerging in respect of violent crimes in respect of death and or serious injury that continue to be monitored by his Department; the...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which modern technology and upgraded transport continues to be made available to An Garda Siochana throughout the country with...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of missions to date undertaken by the air ambulance at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55419/12]
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for...
    • United Nations Missions
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the participation of members of the Defence Forces in the UN Mission to Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55681/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include provisions which will ensure public access to Coillte land for recreational purposes, as part of any move to sell any...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 27 November 2012, the review procedures he intends to take to ensure that dog welfare...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a derogation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes 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 Clare; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has now registered...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agrifood Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will he confirm the number of people employed in the agri-food sector here as of 1 December 2012; the percentage this is of the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown per year for the past 10 years of the amount of State Forestry land sold and being sold by Coillte and its...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment will be paid immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [55264/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when will same...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area scheme, REP scheme and single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been taken by his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to sell 1,100 acres of forestry land in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tax implications, if any that exist in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55285/12]
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can protect existing open access and recreational amenities on Coillte lands if he intends to sell the forest assets and have...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm headage will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • 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...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      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...
    • 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...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a single farm payment for 2011 will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their disadvantaged area payment. [55318/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the correspondencethat he has had with a person (details supplied) in County Sligo regarding their agri environment option scheme; and if...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application under the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme has been made in respect of a person (details...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not re-allocated the excess quota [55356/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current position regarding animal rights legislation that is currently progressing through the Dail Éireann; and if he will make...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for derogation 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [55375/12]
    • Fishing Vessels Decommissioning
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the various schemes including hardship funds and their eligibility criteria for the decommissioning of fishing vessels...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an t-airgead faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste, disadvantage area scheme, do 2012...
    • Food Prices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest data on agriculture inflation and the measures that are being put in place to stabilise food input and...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review procedures to ensure the welfare of animals particularly stray horses who regularly have to be herded by the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a county basis of the number of farmers who received single payment in 2011 in each of...
    • 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...
    • Registration of Title
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for registration as owners on site transferred subject of a Land Commission re-arrangement (details...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of grants will issue to those who have had satellite inspections carried out on their farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2012 agri environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Scéim na Limistéar Faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth nár íocadh airgead faoi scéim na...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a new retirement scheme for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/12]
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a dairy equipment grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to TB testing, if the new reactor system is benefitting the control of TB or is there evidence that locking up all neighbours'...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outcome of an appeal on disadvantaged area scheme refusal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this payment will issue; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a submission (details supplied) regarding family resource centres. [55080/12]
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding prospective adoptive parents who have obtained a guardianship order in the country of origin and are now seeking to have...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if she will provide a list of all new services across her Department that have...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average length of time for approval of persons seeking an intercountry adoption; the measures which have been taken to reduce this period...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fees being charged by a company (details supplied); if these fees have been approved by the relevant...
    • Childcare Education and Training Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are grants available for childcare providers to obtain a level seven or eight qualifications; the criteria to qualify for such grants;...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the inclusion of fluoride in public water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/12]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assessment and speech therapy in respect of a person (details suppled) in Dublin 13. [55061/12]
    • Hospital Groups and Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 28 November 2012, if the report has been received by him; the date on which he will publish the report; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 255 primary care posts announced last July that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55070/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had hospital appointments cancelled at less than 48 hours notice; if he will provide a breakdown of same by reason and hospital; and...
    • Health Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/12]
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      To ask the Minister for Health the way primary, social and community care will be funded in 2016; if he will confirm that it will be through general taxation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to introduce patient level costing across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55074/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the rheumatology service at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the commitment to reinstate the service upon completion of the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of health insurance from another EU country (details supplied) to qualify for health services here [55108/12]
    • 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 Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of medicine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55131/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if it will become compulsory for inspections of private and voluntary intellectual disability facilities to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Nurses
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason An Bord Altranais has engaged a call centre in the United Kingdom to deal with queries on nurses' registration; the costs involved; the reason it...
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55169/12]
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55170/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55171/12]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55172/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55173/12]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding animal experimentation and EU Directives [55179/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions on the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; the steps he is taking to fill these positions and the type of expertise he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the provision of sleep apnoea machines in each of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delay with medical assessors when dealing with medical card applications; if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying medical card criteria for cancer patients has changed in recent times; if not, if he will account for the increasing number of complaints that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [55244/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding corrective surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) [55269/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is accredited by the Irish Medicines Board as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and which has made a total of...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of audiology services at Cootehill, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55276/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive an appointment for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 [55279/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement consultant orthopaedic surgeon post will be filled at the Mater Hospital Dublin; the reason this post has been left vacant for 18 months...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals here that use copper/silver ionisation as a method of controlling legionella; if he will provide a list of such hospitals here; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reintroduce the beds at the community hospital of the Assumption Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail current and planned Health Service Executive nursing homes facilities in Ballinamore County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward proposals setting out a package of supports for those who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with Pandemrix; the reason for...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if proposals are in place to extend the drugs payment scheme to include medications that are currently not covered by the scheme; if the nebusal 7 daily nebulizer...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline air ambulance services in place in this State; if he has plans to extend this service;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55330/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy document under the remit of his Department, the Health Service Executive or Health Information and Quality Authority which covers the control...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55339/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will immediately review the care this person received at...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the way adult services were funded for those with an intellectual disability in 2011 and 2012; if that funding system will remain in place in 2013; If it is...
    • Hospital Discharges
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients awaiting discharge from hospital who no longer require hospital care but are seeking access to either a public nursing home bed or...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for home help support provision and or care packages to delayed discharge patients who no longer require acute hospital beds [55365/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his policy for closing public nursing home beds in view of the fact that some 600 patients, the majority of whom are over 65 years of age,...
    • Health Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to independently regulate home help support and care packages providers; in view of the Willis Commission Report findings on nursing education in the UK,...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the provision of further education courses specifically for healthcare assistants over and above the FETAC level 5 healthcare support course [55368/12]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the four seats vacant since May on the board of Health Information and Quality Authority; if he will outline the process that is being...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the refurbishment of Loughglynn Ambulance Base, County Roscommon; the total capital cost of the project; if he will confirm that the base will be...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made as a matter of urgency in relation to the inclusion or otherwise of a condition (details supplied) under the long term illness scheme in...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each project that was completed from the allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2012 to progress the implementation of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, including if the Health Service Executive has completed the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the roll-out of the national retinopathy screening programme which was due to commence screening in the last quarter of 2012; if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a replacement physiotherapist covering Cystic Fibrosis has been provided in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if he will confirm...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in renewing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the further delay that has arisen in the Primary Care Reimbursement Service Medical Officer's Department the reasons for same;...
    • Employment Rights
      To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a medical card; if he will investigate the case with a view to an immediate reversal of the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposals his Department has made with regard to meeting the administrative and operational costs to a facility (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health with regards to the Health Service Executive's Fourth Annual Report of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the announcement in it that on 4 September...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in mental health nursing positions; he location of these vacancies; and if those vacancies are currently covered by agency or...
    • Hospitals Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that...
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out bowel cancer screening throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55672/12]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their nursing home support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55676/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary funds to finish a road resurfacing project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in Budget 2013; and if he will...
    • Bus Shelters
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the provision of a bus shelter for Killorglin town County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in regarding the facilitation of local area hackney licences; when he anticipates that this scheme will be operational; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) was deemed unsuitable for any funding from the sports capital programme despite the fact they fulfilled...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of applications for funding made to his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the motorway maintenance and renewals contract put out to tender by the National Roads Authority in April...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the list of locations for which funding was supplied from his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame for the roll out of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas and the details of the scheme in those areas....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applications under the 2012 sports capital programme deemed invalid for County Galway; the grounds for...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that funding will be made available as a matter of urgency to the National Transport Authority to carry out works (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Exchequer estimates for 2012 as detailed in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012 - 2014 originally allocated €1,231...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and supports available to new entrants to the taxi/hackney business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/12]
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proper bus stop will be provided in Farranfoe, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55633/12]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Siochana, male and female, all ranks at present, the number of posts if any to be filled or waiting to be filled; and...
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the trends if any emerging in respect of violent crimes in respect of death and or serious injury that continue to be monitored by his Department; the...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which modern technology and upgraded transport continues to be made available to An Garda Siochana throughout the country with...
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of missions to date undertaken by the air ambulance at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55419/12]
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for...
    • United Nations Missions
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the participation of members of the Defence Forces in the UN Mission to Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55681/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include provisions which will ensure public access to Coillte land for recreational purposes, as part of any move to sell any...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 27 November 2012, the review procedures he intends to take to ensure that dog welfare...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a disadvantaged area scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for a derogation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes 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 Clare; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has now registered...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agrifood Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will he confirm the number of people employed in the agri-food sector here as of 1 December 2012; the percentage this is of the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown per year for the past 10 years of the amount of State Forestry land sold and being sold by Coillte and its...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment will be paid immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [55264/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when will same...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area scheme, REP scheme and single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been taken by his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to sell 1,100 acres of forestry land in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tax implications, if any that exist in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55285/12]
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can protect existing open access and recreational amenities on Coillte lands if he intends to sell the forest assets and have...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm headage will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • 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...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      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...
    • 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...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a single farm payment for 2011 will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their disadvantaged area payment. [55318/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the correspondencethat he has had with a person (details supplied) in County Sligo regarding their agri environment option scheme; and if...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application under the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme has been made in respect of a person (details...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not re-allocated the excess quota [55356/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current position regarding animal rights legislation that is currently progressing through the Dail Éireann; and if he will make...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for derogation 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [55375/12]
    • Fishing Vessels Decommissioning
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the various schemes including hardship funds and their eligibility criteria for the decommissioning of fishing vessels...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an t-airgead faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste, disadvantage area scheme, do 2012...
    • Food Prices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest data on agriculture inflation and the measures that are being put in place to stabilise food input and...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review procedures to ensure the welfare of animals particularly stray horses who regularly have to be herded by the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a county basis of the number of farmers who received single payment in 2011 in each of...
    • 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...
    • Registration of Title
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for registration as owners on site transferred subject of a Land Commission re-arrangement (details...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of grants will issue to those who have had satellite inspections carried out on their farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2012 agri environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Scéim na Limistéar Faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth nár íocadh airgead faoi scéim na...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a new retirement scheme for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/12]
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a dairy equipment grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to TB testing, if the new reactor system is benefitting the control of TB or is there evidence that locking up all neighbours'...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outcome of an appeal on disadvantaged area scheme refusal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this payment will issue; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a submission (details supplied) regarding family resource centres. [55080/12]
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding prospective adoptive parents who have obtained a guardianship order in the country of origin and are now seeking to have...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if she will provide a list of all new services across her Department that have...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average length of time for approval of persons seeking an intercountry adoption; the measures which have been taken to reduce this period...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fees being charged by a company (details supplied); if these fees have been approved by the relevant...
    • Childcare Education and Training Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are grants available for childcare providers to obtain a level seven or eight qualifications; the criteria to qualify for such grants;...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the inclusion of fluoride in public water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/12]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assessment and speech therapy in respect of a person (details suppled) in Dublin 13. [55061/12]
    • Hospital Groups and Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 28 November 2012, if the report has been received by him; the date on which he will publish the report; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 255 primary care posts announced last July that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55070/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had hospital appointments cancelled at less than 48 hours notice; if he will provide a breakdown of same by reason and hospital; and...
    • Health Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/12]
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      To ask the Minister for Health the way primary, social and community care will be funded in 2016; if he will confirm that it will be through general taxation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to introduce patient level costing across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55074/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the rheumatology service at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the commitment to reinstate the service upon completion of the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of health insurance from another EU country (details supplied) to qualify for health services here [55108/12]
    • 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 Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of medicine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55131/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if it will become compulsory for inspections of private and voluntary intellectual disability facilities to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Nurses
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason An Bord Altranais has engaged a call centre in the United Kingdom to deal with queries on nurses' registration; the costs involved; the reason it...
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55169/12]
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55170/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55171/12]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55172/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55173/12]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding animal experimentation and EU Directives [55179/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions on the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; the steps he is taking to fill these positions and the type of expertise he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the provision of sleep apnoea machines in each of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delay with medical assessors when dealing with medical card applications; if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying medical card criteria for cancer patients has changed in recent times; if not, if he will account for the increasing number of complaints that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [55244/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding corrective surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) [55269/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is accredited by the Irish Medicines Board as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and which has made a total of...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of audiology services at Cootehill, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55276/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive an appointment for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 [55279/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement consultant orthopaedic surgeon post will be filled at the Mater Hospital Dublin; the reason this post has been left vacant for 18 months...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals here that use copper/silver ionisation as a method of controlling legionella; if he will provide a list of such hospitals here; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reintroduce the beds at the community hospital of the Assumption Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail current and planned Health Service Executive nursing homes facilities in Ballinamore County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward proposals setting out a package of supports for those who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with Pandemrix; the reason for...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if proposals are in place to extend the drugs payment scheme to include medications that are currently not covered by the scheme; if the nebusal 7 daily nebulizer...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline air ambulance services in place in this State; if he has plans to extend this service;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55330/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy document under the remit of his Department, the Health Service Executive or Health Information and Quality Authority which covers the control...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55339/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will immediately review the care this person received at...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the way adult services were funded for those with an intellectual disability in 2011 and 2012; if that funding system will remain in place in 2013; If it is...
    • Hospital Discharges
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients awaiting discharge from hospital who no longer require hospital care but are seeking access to either a public nursing home bed or...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for home help support provision and or care packages to delayed discharge patients who no longer require acute hospital beds [55365/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his policy for closing public nursing home beds in view of the fact that some 600 patients, the majority of whom are over 65 years of age,...
    • Health Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to independently regulate home help support and care packages providers; in view of the Willis Commission Report findings on nursing education in the UK,...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the provision of further education courses specifically for healthcare assistants over and above the FETAC level 5 healthcare support course [55368/12]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the four seats vacant since May on the board of Health Information and Quality Authority; if he will outline the process that is being...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the refurbishment of Loughglynn Ambulance Base, County Roscommon; the total capital cost of the project; if he will confirm that the base will be...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made as a matter of urgency in relation to the inclusion or otherwise of a condition (details supplied) under the long term illness scheme in...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each project that was completed from the allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2012 to progress the implementation of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, including if the Health Service Executive has completed the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the roll-out of the national retinopathy screening programme which was due to commence screening in the last quarter of 2012; if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a replacement physiotherapist covering Cystic Fibrosis has been provided in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if he will confirm...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in renewing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the further delay that has arisen in the Primary Care Reimbursement Service Medical Officer's Department the reasons for same;...
    • Employment Rights
      To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a medical card; if he will investigate the case with a view to an immediate reversal of the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposals his Department has made with regard to meeting the administrative and operational costs to a facility (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health with regards to the Health Service Executive's Fourth Annual Report of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the announcement in it that on 4 September...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in mental health nursing positions; he location of these vacancies; and if those vacancies are currently covered by agency or...
    • Hospitals Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that...
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out bowel cancer screening throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55672/12]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their nursing home support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55676/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary funds to finish a road resurfacing project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in Budget 2013; and if he will...
    • Bus Shelters
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the provision of a bus shelter for Killorglin town County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in regarding the facilitation of local area hackney licences; when he anticipates that this scheme will be operational; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) was deemed unsuitable for any funding from the sports capital programme despite the fact they fulfilled...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of applications for funding made to his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the motorway maintenance and renewals contract put out to tender by the National Roads Authority in April...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the list of locations for which funding was supplied from his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame for the roll out of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas and the details of the scheme in those areas....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applications under the 2012 sports capital programme deemed invalid for County Galway; the grounds for...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that funding will be made available as a matter of urgency to the National Transport Authority to carry out works (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Exchequer estimates for 2012 as detailed in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012 - 2014 originally allocated €1,231...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and supports available to new entrants to the taxi/hackney business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/12]
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proper bus stop will be provided in Farranfoe, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55633/12]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who has now registered...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Agrifood Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will he confirm the number of people employed in the agri-food sector here as of 1 December 2012; the percentage this is of the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown per year for the past 10 years of the amount of State Forestry land sold and being sold by Coillte and its...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment will be paid immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [55264/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when will same...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when disadvantaged area scheme, REP scheme and single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been taken by his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to sell 1,100 acres of forestry land in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tax implications, if any that exist in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55285/12]
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can protect existing open access and recreational amenities on Coillte lands if he intends to sell the forest assets and have...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of single farm headage will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • 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...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      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...
    • 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...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a single farm payment for 2011 will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their disadvantaged area payment. [55318/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the correspondencethat he has had with a person (details supplied) in County Sligo regarding their agri environment option scheme; and if...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application under the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme has been made in respect of a person (details...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not re-allocated the excess quota [55356/12]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current position regarding animal rights legislation that is currently progressing through the Dail Éireann; and if he will make...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for derogation 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [55375/12]
    • Fishing Vessels Decommissioning
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the various schemes including hardship funds and their eligibility criteria for the decommissioning of fishing vessels...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a íocfar an t-airgead faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste, disadvantage area scheme, do 2012...
    • Food Prices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the latest data on agriculture inflation and the measures that are being put in place to stabilise food input and...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review procedures to ensure the welfare of animals particularly stray horses who regularly have to be herded by the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a county basis of the number of farmers who received single payment in 2011 in each of...
    • 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...
    • Registration of Title
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for registration as owners on site transferred subject of a Land Commission re-arrangement (details...
    • Farm Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments of grants will issue to those who have had satellite inspections carried out on their farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2012 agri environment options scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for dairy equipment grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Scéim na Limistéar Faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén fáth nár íocadh airgead faoi scéim na...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a new retirement scheme for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/12]
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a dairy equipment grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to TB testing, if the new reactor system is benefitting the control of TB or is there evidence that locking up all neighbours'...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outcome of an appeal on disadvantaged area scheme refusal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this payment will issue; and if he...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a submission (details supplied) regarding family resource centres. [55080/12]
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding prospective adoptive parents who have obtained a guardianship order in the country of origin and are now seeking to have...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if she will provide a list of all new services across her Department that have...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average length of time for approval of persons seeking an intercountry adoption; the measures which have been taken to reduce this period...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fees being charged by a company (details supplied); if these fees have been approved by the relevant...
    • Childcare Education and Training Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are grants available for childcare providers to obtain a level seven or eight qualifications; the criteria to qualify for such grants;...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an outline of the staffing resources in the Adoption Authority of Ireland in view of the efforts to establish administrative...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the inclusion of fluoride in public water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/12]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assessment and speech therapy in respect of a person (details suppled) in Dublin 13. [55061/12]
    • Hospital Groups and Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 28 November 2012, if the report has been received by him; the date on which he will publish the report; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 255 primary care posts announced last July that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55070/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have had hospital appointments cancelled at less than 48 hours notice; if he will provide a breakdown of same by reason and hospital; and...
    • Health Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the 2012 reviews of financial management systems in the Irish Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/12]
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      To ask the Minister for Health the way primary, social and community care will be funded in 2016; if he will confirm that it will be through general taxation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to introduce patient level costing across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55074/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the rheumatology service at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; the commitment to reinstate the service upon completion of the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the use of health insurance from another EU country (details supplied) to qualify for health services here [55108/12]
    • 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 Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55112/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of medicine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55131/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55133/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if it will become compulsory for inspections of private and voluntary intellectual disability facilities to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Nurses
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason An Bord Altranais has engaged a call centre in the United Kingdom to deal with queries on nurses' registration; the costs involved; the reason it...
    • Health Professions Admission Test
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55169/12]
    • Health Service Executive Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55170/12]
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55171/12]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55172/12]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [55173/12]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding animal experimentation and EU Directives [55179/12]
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision to have the home help assistance removed from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and, if he does not intend to do so, if he...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions on the Board of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; the steps he is taking to fill these positions and the type of expertise he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the amount of money spent by the Health Service Executive on the provision of sleep apnoea machines in each of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delay with medical assessors when dealing with medical card applications; if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying medical card criteria for cancer patients has changed in recent times; if not, if he will account for the increasing number of complaints that...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [55244/12]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding corrective surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) [55269/12]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is accredited by the Irish Medicines Board as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and which has made a total of...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the future of audiology services at Cootehill, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55276/12]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive an appointment for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 [55279/12]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement consultant orthopaedic surgeon post will be filled at the Mater Hospital Dublin; the reason this post has been left vacant for 18 months...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which anti-epileptic drugs are being included in the list of medications for generic substitutions under the Health Bill 2012 in view of the concerns...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals here that use copper/silver ionisation as a method of controlling legionella; if he will provide a list of such hospitals here; and if he...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reintroduce the beds at the community hospital of the Assumption Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail current and planned Health Service Executive nursing homes facilities in Ballinamore County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward proposals setting out a package of supports for those who developed narcolepsy as a result of vaccination with Pandemrix; the reason for...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if proposals are in place to extend the drugs payment scheme to include medications that are currently not covered by the scheme; if the nebusal 7 daily nebulizer...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline air ambulance services in place in this State; if he has plans to extend this service;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55330/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy document under the remit of his Department, the Health Service Executive or Health Information and Quality Authority which covers the control...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for the long term illness scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have contracted to offer general practitioner services in the proposed primary care centre in Ashbourne County Meath; the number of staff...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55339/12]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if he will immediately review the care this person received at...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be renewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/12]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the way adult services were funded for those with an intellectual disability in 2011 and 2012; if that funding system will remain in place in 2013; If it is...
    • Hospital Discharges
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding patients awaiting discharge from hospital who no longer require hospital care but are seeking access to either a public nursing home bed or...
    • Home Help Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for home help support provision and or care packages to delayed discharge patients who no longer require acute hospital beds [55365/12]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his policy for closing public nursing home beds in view of the fact that some 600 patients, the majority of whom are over 65 years of age,...
    • Health Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to independently regulate home help support and care packages providers; in view of the Willis Commission Report findings on nursing education in the UK,...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the provision of further education courses specifically for healthcare assistants over and above the FETAC level 5 healthcare support course [55368/12]
    • Ministerial Appointments
      To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the four seats vacant since May on the board of Health Information and Quality Authority; if he will outline the process that is being...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the refurbishment of Loughglynn Ambulance Base, County Roscommon; the total capital cost of the project; if he will confirm that the base will be...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made as a matter of urgency in relation to the inclusion or otherwise of a condition (details supplied) under the long term illness scheme in...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each project that was completed from the allocation of €35 million for mental health services in Budget 2012 to progress the implementation of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed primary care centre at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, including if the Health Service Executive has completed the...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the roll-out of the national retinopathy screening programme which was due to commence screening in the last quarter of 2012; if he...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a replacement physiotherapist covering Cystic Fibrosis has been provided in a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if he will confirm...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in renewing a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/12]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the further delay that has arisen in the Primary Care Reimbursement Service Medical Officer's Department the reasons for same;...
    • Employment Rights
      To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 13 November 2012, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused a medical card; if he will investigate the case with a view to an immediate reversal of the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/12]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the proposals his Department has made with regard to meeting the administrative and operational costs to a facility (details supplied)...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/12]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health with regards to the Health Service Executive's Fourth Annual Report of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and the announcement in it that on 4 September...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in mental health nursing positions; he location of these vacancies; and if those vacancies are currently covered by agency or...
    • Hospitals Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that...
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appeal for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out bowel cancer screening throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55672/12]
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their nursing home support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55676/12]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary funds to finish a road resurfacing project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in Budget 2013; and if he will...
    • Bus Shelters
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the provision of a bus shelter for Killorglin town County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in regarding the facilitation of local area hackney licences; when he anticipates that this scheme will be operational; and if he...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) was deemed unsuitable for any funding from the sports capital programme despite the fact they fulfilled...
    • Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of applications for funding made to his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the motorway maintenance and renewals contract put out to tender by the National Roads Authority in April...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the list of locations for which funding was supplied from his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame for the roll out of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas and the details of the scheme in those areas....
    • Sports Capital Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applications under the 2012 sports capital programme deemed invalid for County Galway; the grounds for...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that funding will be made available as a matter of urgency to the National Transport Authority to carry out works (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Exchequer estimates for 2012 as detailed in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012 - 2014 originally allocated €1,231...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and supports available to new entrants to the taxi/hackney business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/12]
    • Bus Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proper bus stop will be provided in Farranfoe, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55633/12]

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