Written answers
Thursday, 17 January 2013
- Department of Finance
- Credit Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the acquisition of near to maturity loans by the SME Credit Fund established recently by the National Pension Reserve Fund will be done in a...
- Disposal of Assets
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to an external expert examination of the asset disposal programme undertaken by the State supporter banks to ensure that taxpayer interests are...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been requested by any European or international Government or institution to review this State's corporation tax rate and the tax treatment of royalties....
- Charities and Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all registered charities are fully exempt from the local property tax in respect of properties used in carrying out their charitable...
- NAMA Portfolio
To ask the Minister for Finance the strategy of the National Asset Management Agency in attracting third party investment to participate on a risk basis in the development of property under the...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence he has or research he has undertaken to back his assertion that imposing the proposed financial transaction tax here would lead to a significant...
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology and process that will be used by the Revenue Commissioners in the assessment of the property tax on private homes, local authority properties and...
- State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in respect of re-organising Permanent TSB and its plans to meet consumer banking needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2009/13]
- Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the €3.1 billion bond to be redeemed with the Bank of Ireland in April 2013, specifically, when the bond will be redeemed and the way...
- Personal Insolvency Act
To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with covered banks regarding the operating guidelines they will apply in respect of implementing the terms of the Personal Insolvency...
- Legislative Programme
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement of introducing legislation to give effect to Real Estate Investment Trusts, if he will provide a timetable for the introduction of...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up to date figures on corporate profits declared and corporate taxes paid for 2011 and 2012 with a detailed break-down in the...
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance if additional staff are being allocated to the Revenue Commissioners to implement the proposed local property tax; and if not, his views on whether Revenue...
- Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out by year for 2010, 2011 and 2012, the total of any tax allowance clawbacks sought and the total actually obtained by the Revenue Commissioners...
- NAMA Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the project finance to be advanced by the National Assets Management Agency that has been drawn down to date; the nature of the projects funded; the...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drawn up a table of new effective and marginal tax rates per income decile for 2012 in view of budgetary changes last month; and if he will make this...
- Promissory Notes
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a deal on the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note can be achieved by 31 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1930/13]
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to be in a position to outline his plans to deal with public concern in respect of pay and pensions in the covered banks; and if he will make a...
- Economic Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the achievements that his Department has realised since he presented Budget 2011/2012 regarding the economic circumstances he inherited; if he will...
- Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to schedule regular meetings with the public interest directors of the covered banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2004/13]
- NAMA Social Housing
To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects the National Assets Management Agency to be in a position to provide additional social housing in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Portfolio
To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a liaison facility in place in the National Assets Management Agency for homeowners of properties owned by developers who are under the remit of NAMA...
- Unemployment Levels
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that according to his own projections that there will a 0% increase in the net level of unemployment by the end of 2013 and that even if his...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments
To ask the Minister for Finance if a detailed regulatory impact assessment was made in advance of the introduction of the local property tax; if so, if it will be made available; and if he will...
- Sovereign Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the deal provided to Greece by the European Central Bank, wherein ECB profits on Greek bond holdings from the Securities Market Programme and...
- Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital...
- Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the initial assessment of Budget 2013 published by the ESRI in December 2012 and in particular on the ESRI's assessment that, like Budget 2012, Budget...
- Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement his Department and National Treasury Management Agency officials have had with ratings agencies with a view to seeking an upgrade of...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the claim that the effective corporation tax rate is 11.9% when the total corporation tax paid suggests a far lower effective tax rate; and if...
- NAMA Property Construction
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency no longer produces a comprehensive monthly list of foreclosed property in a manner which would allow potential...
- NAMA Bonds
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the recent bond sales by the National Treasury Management Agecny will, in fact, increase by a significant amount the annual debt interest...
- Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received confirmation from the lending institutions as to their ability and willingness to meet the credit requirements of the business...
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement of introducing legislation to give effect to Real Estate Investment Trusts, if he has consulted with the National Asset Management...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance if permanent interest rate reductions are actively considered by banks in dealing with distressed mortgage borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement of introducing legislation to give effect to Real Estate Investment Trusts, if he will outline the way in which REITs will be regulated...
- EU Presidency
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his objectives in the course of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU with particular reference to the need to convince his EU colleagues and...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has consulted with any investment, auditing and accounting institutions in the drafting of the Finance Bill 2013; if he will make available the advice that...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a minimum number of employees should be employed before a company may be established for the purposes of corporation tax; if he will provide...
- Bank Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance the process undertaken to redeem subordinated and junior bonds at the covered institutions (details supplied); and specifically the way the haircut offers were...
- Departmental Overview
To ask the Minister for Finance the achievements that he has realised since Budget 2011/2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/13]
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports which predict further declines in property prices here; and his further views on whether the property tax will have a negative effect...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade cén plé a bhí aige nó ag a Roinn leis an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir lena...
- Departmental Staff Transfers
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to extend the excise rebate on diesel to passenger transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2069/13]
- Consumer Protection
To ask the Minister for Finance since AIB/EBS became a covered institution, the number of occasions on which allegations of failing to act in the interest of the customer have come to court; the...
- Deposit Interest Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the matter of recent drop in deposit interest rate by An Post and if he will explain the reason this is justified; if savings of Irish savers...
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners will have to take to recover penalties imposed on liable persons under the Finance (Property Tax) Act 2012; and if he will make...
- Tax Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the basis of calculation for the income tax profile figure of €15,860 million for 2013, an increase of €684 million...
- State Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had consultations with his EU colleagues on the issue of the alleviation of the burdens imposed arising from EU/IMF and ECB debt bailout...
- Personal Debt
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the level of household/personal debt continues to be monitored by his Department; whether particularly positive arrangements can be entered...
- Economic Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects economic recovery and targets set in this regard to be achieved throughout the course of 2013 with particular reference to economic...
- Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it has been found possible to fill the vacuum caused by various banking interest withdrawal from the Irish market with particular reference to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for student grant. [2056/13]
- Psychological Assessments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the quota of educational assessments under the scapa scheme applied in each primary and post primary school in east Cork in tabular form; and if he...
- Teacher Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding primary teachers panel rights in 2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/13]
- Employment Rights
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the current position of an employee (details supplied) in County Kerry on the salary scale; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is still awaiting the processing of their higher education grant application; if he will...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any financial assistance can be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a pupil in primary school is entitled to the support of a full time special needs assistants; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been denied the higher education grant; if he will have Student Universal Support Ireland...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect a decision to be made on their higher education grant application; the reason the...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Coastal Erosion
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the attention of the Office of Public Works has been drawn to reports of serious erosion at the southern end of Inch spit, County Kerry;...
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to floodlight the old monastery and church near the Hill of Skyrne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the number of persons that are seeking re-deployment with the public appointment service broken down on a Department or...
- Departmental Staff Transfers
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide by Department/agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers...
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures whereby some vacancies in the public service are filled through redeployment; the circumstances in which other positions are...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Industrial Development
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency organised visits for perspective FDI startups to sites in Newcastle West, Kilmallock, Askeaton,...
- Enterprise Ireland
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of grant assistance made available by Enterprise Ireland to companies in County Limerick during 2012; the number of...
- Enterprise Support Services
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the extent of job creation opportunities or possibilities available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Regional Aid
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have qualified for regional aid since 2007; the amounts of aid involved; and the regions of the country that...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers...
- Department of Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2071/13]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason mortgage interest supplement has been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Fraud
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of savings she has envisaged as a result of targeting welfare fraud in 2013; if she requires any amendments to be made to the Data Protection...
- Social Welfare Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actual weekly net amount paid to persons with unique PPS numbers; the highest weekly total net amount paid to an individual PPS number by her...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full scale of back to work or other job creation opportunities available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it is deemed that a person (details suplied) in County Kildare has received an overpayment of €5572.80 previously calculated at...
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place to determine entitlement to jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Social Welfare Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to be followed in order to receive emergency or interim basic payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plé a bhí ag a Roinn leis an Aontas Eorpach maidir leis na riachtanais d’aistritheoirí agus...
- Archaeological Sites
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will release the archaeological report/assessment on the Moore Street battlefield site Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by householders whose quality of life is diminished as a result...
- Air Quality
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the various means by which the State measures and monitors air quality in compliance with the various...
- Housing for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to local authorities in 2013 on a county basis in relation to the construction of new houses for persons...
- Senior Alert Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to offer senior alert scheme grants to qualified couples who live together who are aged over 65 years; and if he will...
- Septic Tank Registration Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the standards will be published that single house effluent treatment systems will have to comply with after registration;...
- Waste Management
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in developing new regulatory structures for waste management; if he has further details regarding the...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision on the Dublin City Council revised scheme of lettings submitted before Christmas 2012 will be taken. [2163/13]
- Capital Advance Leasing Facility
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding available through the capital advance leasing facility in 2013; if this money has been allocated; if this...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Liquor Licences
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the types and numbers of each licence currently available in the industry of night-time public houses and clubs; the cost of each type of licence; and...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a specific date for the closure of each individual station announced by him in December; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Strength
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of Gardaí across the country in 2011 and 2012 and his plans for the strength of the force in...
- Garda Retirements
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of Gardaí eligible to retire in 2013; the expected number of retirements; and if he will make a...
- Garda Overtime
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of overtime hours undertaken by the Gardaí in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [2068/13]
- Garda Powers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative basis for the writing off of fixed charge penalty notices; the type of fixed charge penalty notices that are permitted to be written...
- Penalty Point System
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not requested the Garda Ombudsman to conduct an inquiry, under the direction of a judge, as provided in the 2005 Garda...
- Commencement of Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if section 7(c) of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 has been commenced. [2149/13]
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the decision to downgrade a Garda station (details supplied). [2183/13]
- Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the advice he would give families whose children are being threatened and bullied in the Dardale Dublin 17 area. [2190/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the current status and possible eligibility for naturalisation through particular procedures to be followed in the case of a...
- Immigration Status
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that Stamp 4 has not been updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Visa Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of residency status/family reunification in respect of two children in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Leave to Remain
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the temporary permission to remain in the case a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and projected position in regard to residency status entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
- Asylum Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or position position regarding residency eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (deytails supplied) in County Kildare;...
- Immigration Status
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to update of Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment Records
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be issued with details of their employment records; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Special Areas of Conservation
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a case in which the State forestry company, Coillte has refused to buy or give a grant for planting land, designated under EU...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged payment. [2057/13]
- Land Transfers
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has land or a farm valued at €400,000, and is thinking of transferring this to his son or daughter in 2013/2014, if...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in relation to a derogation appeal lodged by 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 the reason he informed this Deputy that a person (details supplied) in County Galway, received their 2012 disadvantaged area payment on...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued with their 2012 agri environment options scheme payment; the reasons for...
- 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...
- Cheadúnas Imill Trá agus Dobharshaothraithe
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cé mhéad aighneacht atá faighte ag a Roinn i leith an iarratais atá déanta ag Bord Iascaigh Mhara ar...
- Farming Qualifications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the farming educational qualifications needed to avail of specific agricultural schemes, such as young farmer schemes and to be eligible...
- Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of paying all farmers in receipt of the single payment €100/ha on the first 20ha; and if he will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a derogation appeal in relation to 2012 disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area aid grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if 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 issued payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; the reasons for the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appeal for payment under the disadvantaged area scheme, lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be decided;...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agri environment option scheme and REP scheme farmers who had a change in area farmed as result of an inspection in 2012 have...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under 2012 REP scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reasons for the delay in issuing this...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Offaly who has been approved for participation in the 2011...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Support Agency
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasoning behind the proposal to transfer clinical psychologists from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Health Support...
- Child Protection Guidelines
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of recently announced Child Protection Information System in the United Kingdom where instances of where children who may be at risk can...
- Foster Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 6 December 2012, the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2013. [2185/13]
- Illegal Adoptions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total estimated number of children illegally adopted; the further investigations she intends to carry out to ascertain same; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that...
- Department of Health
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he has received notification from nursing homes indicating an increase in the maintenance costs charged to patients currently covered under existing contracts...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if and when 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. [2232/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment [2061/13]
- 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. [2065/13]
- Medicinal Products
To ask the Minister for Health the timescale from securing the drug kalydeco that targets the Celtic gene variant of cystic fibrosis; when same will become available to Irish patients; if it come...
- Medical Card Delays
To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the efficiency of the medical card office; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fully completed applications are no longer being...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by the Health Service Executive for the provision of a temporary clinic during the Christmas period in Rathkeale County Limerick; the number of...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the wearing of loose clothing by healthcare workers in hospital environments, including neck ties and white coats constitute a risk to hospital...
- General Medical Services Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if urinary catheter irrigation solutions are available to those patients with a medical card under GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/13]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if any investigations into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding treatment they received in Cork University Hospital in September 2006...
- Cancer Screening Programme
To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a bowel cancer screening programme; if he will outline the resources, including the way money is provided for bowel cancer screening measures; and if...
- National Substance Misuse Strategy
To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions made to him by the alcoholic drinks industry and the off licence trade in regard to addressing the problem of underage and binge drinking;...
- Health Service Executive Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of each of the solicitors and barristers who received payments from the Health Service Executive for legal services during each of...
- Health Service Executive Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the type of information that employees of the Health Service Executive can and cannot communicate publically within current HSE policy; the whistle blowing...
- Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care as outlined in the Programme for Government will be introduced; the timeframe for same; the illnesses and disabilities that will...
- Disability Support Service
To ask the Minister for Health the personal assistant hours provided nationally by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2170/13]
- Health Service Executive Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an analysis of the opening deficit referred to in table 1 page 3 of the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 by method of funding,...
- Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the policy changes/new income calculations that will apply for medical card applications in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/13]
- Disability Support Service
To ask the Minister for Health the cuts from which disability funding outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 will apply; the way this will affect staffing levels; and...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the way he will reduce the State's drug bill; the savings that will be made over the next three years; the legislation and agreements that will be necessary to...
- Psychological Service
To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to transfer clinical psychologist post from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Family Support Agency; the consultation and engagements...
- Legislative Programme
To ask the Minister for Health the legislation that is needed to give full effect to the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
- HSE National Service Plan
To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which the €15 million in savings in community schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied;...
- Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to deliver on the reduction of fees payable to health professionals of some €70 million as outlined in the Health Service National Plan...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the way the waiting list for NHSS will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2262/13]
- Health Service Executive Funding
To ask the Minister for Health the way the money follows the patient programme as outlined in the Health Service National Plan 2013 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that took place in 2012 on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons that an application from County Tipperary under the sports capital programme for 2012 was deemed to be invalid (details supplied);...
- Road Improvement Schemes
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant application made to his Department for road works to be completed in the Strand area of Youghal, County Cork...
- Sports Capital Programme
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [2165/13]
- Departmental Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide by Department/Agency basis the number of persons who are seeking transfers to other locations; the number of transfers that...
