Written answers

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for those who may be refused Student Universal Support Ireland grants following the delays and may then want to defer...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an assessment done on the number of job losses as a result of the changes made to the pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make...
    • Proposed Legislation
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when legislation establishing the new education and training authority SOLAS will be published; when he expects the new authority to be up and...
    • School Accommodation
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rental of prefabs is centralised or devolved to an individual school or vocational educational committee; if he has examined the potential...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on proposals to develop a standard procedure for the recognition of professional qualifications across the EU; his views on...
    • Literacy Levels
      140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on his literacy and numeracy strategy; the numbers of teachers and principals who are currently...
    • Skills Development
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which education policy for primary, secondary, third and fourth level needs to adapt or change to meet current and future...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the issue of students waiting many months for grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/13]
    • Student Assistance Fund
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for emergency funding from the student assistance fund since September 2012; and the way this compares...
    • School Curriculum
      145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the teaching unions and organisations representing parents to discuss the roll out of the junior certificate; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he expects all grant awards to be made prior to 31 January 2013 the latest date for payment of college fees; if not, the arrangements he is...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the recent proposals from the university presidents recommending five regional clusters; if he has sought further...
    • School Patronage
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to engage with the authorities in smaller and/or rural schools including those under patronage of the Church of...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the impact of changes to pupil teacher ratios in terms of classroom numbers and job losses; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans to include productive assets in the assessment of third level maintenance grants; and when a decision...
    • Departmental Agencies
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative services in Irish of equal standard to those provided in English that the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unprocessed student grant applications that remain to be dealt with by Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind reducing training allowance for further education and training participants in view of the fact that the majority of these...
    • School Patronage
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish in full the results of the 38 parental surveys on patronage; the number of schools that he expects to be divested from the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications that remain unprocessed; the number of students who have had to drop out of college because of delays in...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since the withdrawal of the NEPS psychologists from carrying out testing in relation tot he awarding of readers to leaving certificate students,...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will conclude an investigation into schools which are in breach of his Department's rules by hiring retired primary teachers...
    • School Staffing
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the publication of a survey carried out by Life Care Psychological Services on behalf of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors...
    • Special Educational Needs
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the percentage of children attending primary school is increasing annually, if the cap on special education assistants...
    • Literacy Levels
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the findings of a reassessment into the amount of time that is allocated to subjects in the Irish curriculum are to be...
    • School Accommodation
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since February 2011 the number of prefabs that have been replaced with permanent classrooms; the savings that have been made in the prefab budget...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met any of the university presidents recently; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2354/13]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Job Statistics
      170. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail for each year, the number of jobs lost and the number of jobs created in the general private sector, domestic economy, foreign owned multinational...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      171. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that were employed by small and medium enterprises operating in the Dublin North East and Dublin North Central constituencies in each year since...
    • Census of Population
      172. To ask the Taoiseach the date of the next census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57449/12]
    • Public Sector Staff
      173. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the current budget and total number of approved staff positions including contract staff, consultants or interns, of the Law Reform...
    • Departmental Bodies
      176. To ask the Taoiseach the bodies, other than the statutory bodies, that were fully funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2446/13]
    • Constitutional Convention
      178. To ask the Taoiseach the budgetary allocation for the Constitutional Convention will be in 2013. [2448/13]
    • Public Inquiries
      179. To ask the Taoiseach the response he had from Prime Minister Cameron when they spoke about the Sir Desmond de Silva report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2451/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      181. To ask the Taoiseach the number of regulatory impact assessments that have been carried out by his Department in the past twelve months and to detail the list of regulatory impact...
    • Departmental Bodies
      182. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of agencies, bodies, boards, quangos, or other entities, which are financed from, answerable to or established...
    • Legal Matters
      183. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the details of each of the solicitors and barristers who received payments from the Office of the Chief State’s Solicitor and the Attorney...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      184. To ask the Taoiseach the 2012 targets set out for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason...
    • Patient Statistics
      185. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide statistics for teenage pregnancies covering the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/13]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      186. To ask the Taoiseach 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 a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      187. To ask the Taoiseach the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency
      188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the € 244,741.71 paid to a company (details supplied) for the provision...
    • Passport Applications
      190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in issuing a passport to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [2973/13]
    • Emergency Funding for Natural Disasters
      191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is emergency funding available from the Exchequer for the Irish people living in America, whose homes were...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered providing goods and services in lieu of cash in respect of overseas development aid; and if he will...
    • EU Overseas Aid
      193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the protection of the EU overseas aid budget (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his work regarding efforts to pass legislation in the U.S. Congress to legalise the undocumented Irish....
    • Ministerial Staff
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case;...
    • Human Rights Issues
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had, or intends to have, discussions with the Burmese Ambassador in relation to human rights abuses of the Rohingya...
  • Department of Finance
    • Corporate Tax Regime
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis, if any that has taken place within his Department or by relevant bodies on the implication of the extensive reforms and changes to the UK...
    • Property Taxation
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if thatched cottages will be exempt from the property tax in view of the amount of work that goes into maintaining the thatch annually; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the high insurance costs on young male apprentice mechanics who as part of their jobs need to be able to drive vehicles on the premises of...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of occasions on which he has met the Financial Regulator since he took office; and the dates of those meetings. [2449/13]
    • Property Taxation
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons are now being told that private homes will now have to take into account the amount of grounds around them when valuing them for the...
    • Property Tax Deferrals
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the income margins that will be set to allow home owners to defer payment of the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Taxes
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on any potential EU proposals on minimum energy tax levels especially in relation to diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/13]
    • Income Statistics
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the number of persons who earn more than €100,000 per year in the private and public sectors; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012, Part 14, Offences and Penalties section 146, other than by court action whether Revenue has the...
    • Pension Provisions
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received by the Revenue in 2011 and 2012 respectively to move pension funds overseas, either to another EU country or elsewhere; if...
    • Government Bonds
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any consideration of issuing sovereign debt bonds under non-domestic law such as in New York or the UK; and if future Irish Government Bonds...
    • Intestate Estates
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the amount escheated to the Intestate Estates Fund Deposit Account on an annual basis since 2006, and alongside for each...
    • State Banking Sector
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB is using an autodial facility to phone customers with distressed loans several times per day;...
    • Tax Code
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to maintain the reduced rate of VAT introduced as part of the jobs plan into 2014. [2502/13]
    • Tax Rebates
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if the excise rebate on diesel announced in Budget 2013 for haulage companies will be extended to passenger transport companies; if excluding transport...
    • EU Programmes
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment he has made of EU policies for the promotion of economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/13]
    • Tax Rebates
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate agricultural contractors in the diesel rebate scheme in his deliberations on the Finance Bill. [2609/13]
    • State Banking Sector
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares, has a banking licence; the specific requirements of such...
    • Property Taxation
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an exemption from the property tax of houses adversely affected by radon gas [2741/13]
    • Ministerial Staff
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Product Classification
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cavan that has applied for a 2205 classification cannot be facilitated in obtaining this, in view of the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently employed by the Commission for Energy Regulator; the number of staff who received performance related payments for the years...
    • Mortgage Arrears
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage arrears, home repossessions and foreclosures in the State for the years 2000 to 2011, aggregates in tabular form by quarter; and if he...
    • Financial Transaction Tax
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the upcoming vote on the financial transactions tax at the ECOFIN meeting of Finance Ministers; the criteria on which he will base his...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on recent financial interactions that he has had with Bank of Ireland. [3006/13]
    • Additional Voluntary Contributions
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance when measures announced in Budget 2013, which will see moneys withdrawn from pension funds/AVCs, will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance following the case in the High Court in May 2012 involving the Financial Service Ombudsman, if he will now provide further clarification on the terminating of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3575/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who has been asked to supply information in respect of their partner and in...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing persons qualified in both primary and post-primary teaching to combine their service at both levels for the purpose...
    • Education Standards
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent report carried out by employers groups that shows a concern of writing ability of Irish graduates; if he will be acting...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a persons (details supplied) in County Cavan application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be processed; when first payment will be...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under the student grant scheme 2012 there are any exceptions to the rules as set out under Article 15(7)(b)(ii) which states that having...
    • School Accommodation
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school prefab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/13]
    • Third Level Fees
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increases in third level registration fees, the plans he has to safe guard university access programmes for those socioeconomic...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [2630/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2643/13]
    • Institutes of Technology
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government on the establishment of a technological university in the south...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2668/13]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the lack of supports available to small schools attempting to amalgamate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2725/13]
    • Skills Shortages
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he is tackling the skills shortages in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51844/12]
    • Literacy Levels
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement a national implementation programme for Síolta, Aistear and the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy; and if he will...
    • School Enrolments
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been carried out in relation to the number of school places required in Collon, County Louth; if his attention has been...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are legal limits or guidelines regarding the number of students that may be taught in a classroom. [2769/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department is not furnishing the Department of Social Protection with details of pension entitlements for a widow of a employee of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for assistive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding newly qualified teachers pay scales in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to the delivery of post primary schools through PPP bundles, he considered it necessary and appropriate for assembly halls/multi...
    • Site Acquisitions
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the position in relation to the delivery of a new primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application to Student Universal Support Ireland was rejected in respect of a student (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revisit the qualifying criteria introduced in Budget 2011 for higher education grant scheme, under which the measurement is based on...
    • Emergency Works Scheme
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on funding for necessary repairs and restoration works to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
    • School Staffing
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when changes to maternity and adoptive leave for teachers and special needs assistants will come into effect; if this will apply only to teachers...
    • Third Level Fees
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a situation regarding tuition fees (details supplied) [3016/13]
    • Skills Shortages
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the recent reports of skill shortages amongst Irish graduates resulting in 36% of companies here hiring from abroad; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 16 January 2013, when the National Council for Special Education is due to report to him on the way...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Teachers' Union of Ireland arising from cutbacks affecting the educational sector in 2013...
    • Education Sector Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available throughout the educational sector in the current year at primary, second, third...
    • Special Educational Needs
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available to his Department to meet in full the requirements of the special needs...
    • School Accommodation
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to replace temporary or inadequate school buildings with permanent structures in the current...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full extent of the availability of training, re-skilling or up-skilling places likely to be made available through his Department by way of...
    • Third Level Participation
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students known to have dropped out of third level education in each of the past four years to date for whatever reason; and if he...
    • Bullying in Schools
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of incidents of school bullying including cyber bullying reported to his Department through the primary and/or post-primary...
    • School Staffing
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which discussion has taken place with the various school authorities likely to be affected by the loss of one or more teachers in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland third level grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed...
    • School Accommodation
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of the draft vocational education committee agreement on Greendale School, Dublin 5, with St Michael's House services...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3573/13]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will estimate the revenue that will be generated from the sale of Garda stations being closed this year. [2846/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Numbers
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out, in tabular form, the net job losses anticipated in Budget 2013 across all Departments in 2013. [2776/13]
    • Capital Expenditure
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the capital expenditure reported across Departments for December 2012; and if he will confirm that expenditure is...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top five projects to benefit from capital expenditure in December 2012, ranked according to the capital spend reported across all...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      303. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the relocation of staff from Convent Road, Roscommon to Golf Links Road, Roscommon will be completed by the Office of Public Works;...
    • State Agencies
      304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date on the amalgamation of the Valuation Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Property Registration Authority;...
    • Property Valuations
      305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in accelerating the programme of revaluation of commercial premises; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Industrial Relations
      306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met the trade unions recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54228/12]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will itemise all vacant properties held by the State that are subject to lease terms; if he will supply the terms of all such...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3578/13]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Consumer Protection
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there is need for a review or a change in current consumer protection legislation following the decision to put a...
    • Companies Registration
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding company registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/13]
    • Job Creation
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Industrial Development Agency supported companies that have been filled by the reallocation of existing...
    • Regional Aid
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the amounts of regional aid that can be applied for in the South East Region and if they are less than those in...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans he has to divert foreign direct investment into the regions of the country that are suffering from high levels of...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to set up a hardship fund to help small and medium businesses survive current economic difficulties; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3577/13]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Employment Support Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on the design and roll out of Intreo the new public service brand for the one stop shop for employment services and welfare...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Application Numbers
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers in County Kerry claiming farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2938/13]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to work with the National Consumer Agency, the State agency under its remit, to provide assistance to older citizens in selecting energy...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the consideration given to relapsing or recurring illnesses such as cystic fibrosis when assessing a persons capacity under the partial capacity...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a jobseeker's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualification requirements in respect of self-employed contributions for contributory old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for invalidity and if she will expedite a reply. [2402/13]
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will elaborate on the changes to the means test for farm assist which commences in April 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for an application for State pension contributory; the number of applications currently waiting to be processed; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the social welfare entitlements for small businesses who have to close down; the social welfare payment that is available; is...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an entitlement to an invalidity pension is being questioned in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who made...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for basic supplementary welfare in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24, when this...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2539/13]
    • Child Benefit Appeals
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a child benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension that are currently waiting to be processed; the timescale for same; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance that are currently waiting to be processed; the timescale for same; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that the age of retirement will not be increased to 67 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2559/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2562/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the additional 2,000 community employment scheme places announced in Budget 2013 will be rolled out; and which sectors will be given priority....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on jobseeker's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Benefit Appeals
      361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a child benefit appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 16 October 2012, the reason a person with a horticulture enterprise is not categorised as a farmer for...
    • National Internship Scheme
      364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which four persons who are on jobbridge in the housing section of Galway County Council and would like to remain may be...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2736/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Kildare failed to prove that their means did snot exceed the statutory limit in respect of...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and number of people living in Waterford City and County who are in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if he will list each...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the way it was concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been overpaid by the Department in respect of...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseekers benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she could expedite a decision...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
    • National Internship Scheme
      375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have availed of the jobbridge scheme to date; and the number of persons known to have moved from jobbridge into full-time...
    • Ministerial Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of immediate or extended family members employed by her Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for non contributory old age pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when all arrears in respect of an application for fuel allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of a determination of entitlement to illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the current backlog of appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals Officer; the measures being taken to address this backlog; and if...
    • Departmental Funding
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the feasibility of extending the service Vantastic, which is currently part funded by her Department under the Community Service...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of one parent family payment who are currently on community employment; the numbers at 31 December 2011; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of persons currently in employment who will be affected by the proposed abolition of the State pension...
    • Pension Provisions
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were entitled to claim the State pension transition in 2012; and the number who actually claimed the payment. [2990/13]
    • Social Welfare Code
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will continue to receive the State pension transition in 20914 subsequent to the abolition date for new claimants from 1...
    • Qualified Adult Payments
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in the population on social welfare payments who are currently in receipt of a qualified adult payment and would have...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify if workers retiring at 65 years who cannot access the State pension transition from 1 January 2014 and who are eligible for...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the entitlement to medical appliance benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals for backdating of entitlement to disability allowance; the number of such that were late appeals; the number of requests for...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the means test relative to the claim for a jobseekers allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 16 January 2013, if she will review the application for contributory pension in the case of a person...
    • Redundancy Payments
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of recent examples of companies entering receivership or examinership, if further consideration can be given to introducing a tiered...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, and from the available data held by her Department and the Revenue Commissioners, the percentage of households...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3579/13]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail the new and amended sites of community importance which were proposed by Ireland to the Commission for the Atlantic...
    • Commemorative Events
      408. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to including the 800th anniversary of the introduction of the Magna Carta Hiberniae, Great Irish...
    • Deer Hunting
      409. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends to alter the current open season for wild female deer to begin on 1 October and end on 30 April in place of the current...
    • Ministerial Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he...
    • Turbary Rights
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 27 November 2012, when payment of bog compensation will issue to persons (details...
    • State Bodies
      413. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he shares concerns regarding the future of an Údáras-run company (details supplied) in County Galway on which many local...
    • Commemorative Events
      414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that have been made to mark, on 13 November 2013, the centenary of the decision, taken at a meeting at Wynn's Hotel, Dublin...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3569/13]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the River Maigue will be open for salmon fishing in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/13]
    • Mobile Telephony
      418. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views regarding ComReg (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to such problems and the actions to be...
    • Inland Fisheries
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in monthly tabular form, the number of salmon that came through the fish counter in Scartleigh dam on...
    • Energy Prices
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recent representations he has received regarding the impact on consumers of high oil prices; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case;...
    • Telecommunications Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will be submitting any proposals to the proposed review of the pan-European telecommunications sector this year...
    • Broadband Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to redraw the map of broadband coverage in County Longford in view of the fact that there are errors in the...
    • Offshore Exploration
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the financial amount which accrued to the State in 2012 from the royalties associated with the exploration and...
    • Broadband Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of schools in the constituency of Carlow Kilkenny, that are in receipt of high speed broadband; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3571/13]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Control of Dogs
      431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of recent serious dog attacks on sheep, the introduction of compulsory micro-chipping for all dogs will be...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt community childcare facilities from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a property that has never been lived in and does not have a kitchen fitted will be exempted from the non private...
    • Leader Programmes
      434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an itemised list of all grants and funding provided to community centres and related groups from his...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount distributed from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2011 and 2012; his plans to make distributions in 2013 and to...
    • Public Relations Contracts
      437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent on external public relations companies hired for branding, imaging and so on of Irish Water; and...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the application forms for the upcoming septic tank grants be made available; where will the funding be coming from...
    • Fire Service
      439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests Dublin City Council submitted to his Department for new fire appliances under the Fire Services...
    • Local and Community Development Programme
      440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role that he is playing in the reorganisation and restructure of the partnership companies; if he will set out the...
    • Local Authority Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he can synchronise the following bodies boundary areas in order that there is greater overall accountability, local...
    • Household Charge
      442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the numbers of properties which have registered for the household tax per local authority...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants
      443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the funding for housing adaption grants for 2013 will be released to local authorities; the amount in total that is...
    • Regeneration Projects
      444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the funding cuts to the Ballymun Regeneration Project, Dublin, since...
    • House Purchase Schemes
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to support home ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2590/13]
    • Rural Development Programme
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that investigation of possible governance issues in Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Teo has...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the congregate settings and New Directions report, he intends to make funding available in 2013 to agencies...
    • An Bord Pleanála Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average time it is taking to process an appeal in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will differentiate between appeals...
    • Commercial Rates
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will maintain the commercial rate levels in town councils to be abolished where the rate levels are lower in those...
    • Waste Management
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in any plans he has to introduce a bin waiver scheme. [2889/13]
    • Security of the Elderly
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the future of financing for the senior alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2890/13]
    • Ministerial Staff
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case;...
    • Pyrite Issues
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if those persons whose homes have been affected by Pyrite and who have paid for remediation of their homes already will be...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that there are no further fatalities as a result of sub-standard local authority housing...
    • Local Government Reform
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in relation to a statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2981/13]
    • Library Projects
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given by him to an application by Sligo County Council seeking funding towards the provision of...
    • Local Authority Staff
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering any targeted retirement schemes within the local government sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3574/13]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      469. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on upward only rent reviews; if any actions have been taken to date, or are planned on this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Policy
      470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures on the number of non nationals who have come to Ireland since 2008 and have remained here; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Gardaí assigned to each station in (details supplied) in Dublin for 2013; if he can provide similar figures for 2011...
    • Garda Transport
      473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 170 new Garda vehicles will be assigned to An Garda Síochána; which districts will receive the vehicles; the number of cars...
    • Illegal Immigrants
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason 2,260 persons were refused entry into the State at the Irish border in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of nationalities refused...
    • Penalty Point System
      475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty point notices that were issued for alcohol related incidents between 21 December 2012 and 2 January 2013 inclusive;...
    • Garda Equipment
      476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Stations, in the Dublin Region, that have full access to the live scan machine; his plans to increase this number; and if he...
    • Crime Statistics
      477. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics for 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2435/13]
    • Garda Operations
      478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate additional Garda personnel to Operation Stilts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2436/13]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      479. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown, on a quarterly basis of the number of fines that have been issued from the Go-Safe speed camera detection vans...
    • Penalty Point System
      481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is currently investigating penalty points processed by GoSafe. [2483/13]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      483. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to allegations that Go Safe use vans that are not road worthy in the work that they are contracted to do by the...
    • Garda Stations
      485. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the Garda station premises at Killala, County Mayo is adequately accessible for persons with disabilities; and if he will...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      487. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delay in processing an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and...
    • Garda Stations
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will guarantee that Sundrive Road Garda Station, Dublin 12, will remain open permanently; and if he will ensure that the station will...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      493. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Data Protection
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to use the influence afforded to it by the EU Presidency to seek to amend the proposals set out last year by the EU Justice...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda cars that were allocated to County Mayo during 2012; the number planned for 2013 for County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Courts Service
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount owed to the Exchequer in outstanding fines imposed by the Courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2586/13]
    • Legal Aid Service
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a free legal aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Employment Rights
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing a shared leave option for maternity leave entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2658/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the sex industry; when this legislation will be brought forward; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Stations
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reverse the decision to close Garda stations (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/13]
    • Crime Statistics
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded in Waterford City and county in each of the past five years. [2844/13]
    • Garda Retirements
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have retired from the force in the past five years and to detail their rank. [2845/13]
    • Firearms Licences
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hand guns that have been licensed in the Irish state for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Retirements
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by rank who have applied to retire over the next six months in the Dublin Region; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a...
    • Prison Inspections
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the inspection regime in place to monitor conditions at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; if he will outline all measures employed to...
    • Legal Aid Service
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the legal aid scheme will be expanded to provide free legal aid in the context of the newly formed Pyrite Resolutions Board; if he has had any...
    • Residency Permits
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in respect of a determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Deportation Orders
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in relation to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Probate Applications
      515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is more than 70% failure rate for probate applications submitted by solicitors to the probate sections of the Courts Service; if he is...
    • EU Directives
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that Ireland has fully implemented the technical and financial measures to ensure the 2009 EU Framework Directive on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of foreign nationals granted Irish citizenship during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2962/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to amend section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act to ensure that it cannot be used to discriminate against lesbian, gay and...
    • Crime Levels
      521. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the quarterly figures on burglary including car theft in County Meath by town and rural areas for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Garda Deployment
      524. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí who are currently stationed in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3019/13]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 6 November 2012, the progress made to date in relocating staff; his plans to relocate staff to...
    • Courts Service
      527. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff employed by the Courts Service; the grades and location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/13]
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      529. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3572/13]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the number of actions targeted at the agri food sector that were undertaken in 2012 as per the Action Plan for...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on progress being made in relation to agreement on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework to allow for a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rep scheme payment for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when payment will...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment did not issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to the beef technology scheme; if the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if the payment...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is awaiting payments under the single farm payment scheme and area aid; if he...
    • Scéim Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hAchomharc ar Mhaolú atá déanta ag feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo)...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the agri environment option scheme 2 payment; and if he will make a...
    • Whaling Industry
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider establishing a whaling industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2561/13]
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their animal welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 13 November 2012, the position regarding an application in respect of persons (details...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal for disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will direct Coillte to cease the selling off of State forestry lands. [2767/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a disadvantaged area scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal for single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Job Creation
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the 47 jobs created in 2012 under the Killybegs job's task force; if these jobs are on a full-time or...
    • Fisheries Protection
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding gillnet fishing in area VIa; if he will provide details of any restrictions currently in place with...
    • Food Labelling
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the two companies which he stated on 16 January 2013 were the sources of the contaminated product...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Staff
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 27 November 2012, the position regarding a headage payment appeal in respect of a person...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures involved in long term leasing of a farm and the transfer of entitlements to a family member of new entrants; and if he...
    • Forestry Grants
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.183 of 3 October 2012, and Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 23 October 2012, when a person...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 agri environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Horse Slaughter Statistics
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the number of horses slaughtered in abattoirs each year here since 2008; if he has received any...
    • Horse Population Census
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has undertaken a census on the Irish horse population through the use of data collected under the Diseases of Animals Act 1988...
    • Pet Food Regulation
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if horse meat is used in the provision of processed food for domestic pets here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/13]
    • Food Labelling
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to topical issue of 16 January 2013, if he will provide an update on the inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Live Exports
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the transport of live animals to African and Middle Eastern countries is conforming to the guidelines of the...
    • Food Safety Standards
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the traceability system in place for cattle, sheep and pigs to horses in view of the adulteration of beef burgers...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3568/13]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Children in Care
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ask the Health Service Executive to review a decision regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and...
    • Child Care Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital and grant funding available for investment in childcare facilities and areas under her remit in 2013; if she will outline the...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Ethiopian adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2399/13]
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the heads of Bill for the new Agency for Child and Family Services; if she expects the Oireachtas Health...
    • Preschool Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider updating the Child Care Act 1991 in order that all paid child-minders are subject to regulation and inspection. [2621/13]
    • Foster Care
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster parents who have been deemed unsuitable and therefore struck off in each of the past five years; if she will provide...
    • Child Care Services
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease funding of the Childminding Advisory Service...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      575. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding inter country adoptions with Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2794/13]
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm that the range of services and programmes of work of the Family Resource Centres will continue when the FRCs come under...
    • Ministerial Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of immediate or extended family members employed by her Department; the names and remuneration in each case [2894/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3570/13]
  • Department of Health
    • National Lottery Funding
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2601/13]
    • Special Educational Needs
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a special education unit in a school (details attached) County Kildare does not have the same services as similar units in different parts of the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions initiated by the Office of Tobacco Control or Health Service Executive under the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts each year since 2004;...
    • Medicinal Products
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the reason generic drugs here are substantially more expensive than in many other countries; the position regarding the implementation of a scheme similar to...
    • Transport Costs
      583. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or any Government Department has provisions to assist a help day centre (details supplied) in County Mayo in their ongoing transport costs;...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a T-splint in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2288/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive an outpatient appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres
      587. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres that are funded by his Department in areas of Dublin (details supplied); the funding that will be provided to each in 2013; and if he...
    • Sexual Violence
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take into consideration the 10% increase in demand for the Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre's services and make available the necessary funding to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the numbers of persons whose medical cards have been replaced by general practitioner cards who cannot afford to purchase...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider on the possibility of increasing to 21 years the legal age for a person to purchase and use tobacco products due to the increasing number...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of court actions which have been taken by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland during the invigilation of regulations pertaining to the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the amount generated through parking fees at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the percentage of fees that...
    • Home Help Service
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used for assessing those in receipt of home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2431/13]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the products that will be delisted from the GMS scheme as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      595. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will deliver the €10m savings in the high tech drugs bill as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013; and if he...
    • Hospital Charges
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will achieve the charging of all private patients in public hospitals; if he will outline the steps and legislation needed to achieve this; and if...
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the locations at which the 17 posts for the diabetes programme and five posts for audiology services, as outlined in the Health Service...
    • EU Directives
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will ensure compliance with the European Working Time Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2444/13]
    • Health Service Executive Expenditure
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is intended to save €286m in the Health Service Executive gross pay bill in 2013 as outlined in NSP 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the treatments available to persons here, with visual impairments, especially those illnesses requiring laser treatment; if he will explain the reason it would...
    • Nursing Home Services
      602. To ask the Minister for Health if new financial arrangements are being put in place by the Health Service Executive in respect of provisions of temporary nursing home care for patients being...
    • Mental Health Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mental health services for young persons in 2013, and the urgent need to deal with the suicide issue [2522/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Motorised Transport Scheme
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the motorised transport grant scheme; if he will declare the number of participants annually in the years 2007...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of supplying Viagra prescribed under the GMS scheme of the Health Service Executive on a yearly basis from when it was first available to date; and if...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the way his targets for in-patient and out-patient waiting times for orthopaedic treatment will affect Galway Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Cards
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card holders who do not hold Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2592/13]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      612. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional emergency respite beds when carers are unable to carry out their duties on a short time basis, for example, when a carer takes...
    • Medical Card Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Staff
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures for the number of applications received to date for the Health Service Executive nursing/midwifery graduate scheme; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved based on...
    • General Practitioner Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the commitment to provide free general practitioner care and other benefits to those who are on the high tech drugs scheme;...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2665/13]
    • Hospital Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made of the implementation of the 2011 document standards and recommended practice guidelines for post mortem examination...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; when appropriate supports and services will be made available to cater for this...
    • Hospital Staff
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of hospital consultants in tabular form by gender and by Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2731/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal who have had their medical cards withdrawn following reviews by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service of the Health...
    • Dental Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health his views on situations in which Health Service Executive dentists visit primary schools and identifiy children whose adult teeth have decayed and recommend...
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the recent contacts he has had with the group Patients Focus; the steps he has taken to address the concerns of those women who were excluded from the redress...
    • Patient Transport
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place to assist patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments within the State due to a lack of means. [2771/13]
    • Hospital Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if funding allocated to the ophthalmology unit at Cork University Hospital has been reduced resulting in increased waiting lists; if he will confirm that the...
    • Health Insurance Community Rating
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to protect the affordability of health insurance cover for the 16% of the market who currently have the lower level of cover; and if...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the list of advanced and non-advanced insurance cover which he referred to at the Oireachtas Health Committee on 27 November 2012; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Toghermore House, Tuam, County Galway, is closing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2786/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for an urgent procedure after 18 months on the waiting list [2789/13]
    • Disability Support Service
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure disability services will be provided to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2796/13]
    • Primary Care Centres
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the process regarding the provision of new primary care centres; and if Dungarvan, County Waterford will be designated as one of the first...
    • Hospital Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when he will be publicising the Higgins Report into the reconfiguration of hospital groups; and if the South East Hospital Group will be fragmented or affected...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage and number of people living in Waterford City and county who are in receipt of medical cards, general practitioner only cards, drugs refund...
    • Vaccination Programme
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if, following on from his recent reply in relation to Narcolepsy, he will outline his plans to address the needs of the many cases that are now emerging; if...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the age cut-off for dependents on the drugs payment scheme 23 years old to bring it into line with the cut-off for dependents on...
    • Friends of the Hospital Organisation
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all the hospitals which have a Friends of the Hospital organisation [2876/13]
    • Ministerial Staff
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      642. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to compile information in relation to the number of persons who were in psychiatric units or hospitals and were subsequently released or discharged...
    • Hospital Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health if the designated officer conveyed the recommendation to the National Director of Integrated Care and the Chief Executive of the Health Service Executive in...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2926/13]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      645. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the drugs payment scheme to include drugs (details supplied) that are currently not available on the scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Suicide Prevention
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget allocated to the National Suicide Prevention Office; and the details of the spending of the budget. [2931/13]
    • Mental Health Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the details of the spending of €35 million at the 2012 Budget presented to Dáil Éireann in December 2012 for the...
    • Respite Care Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of respite care days that a person (details provided) in County Kerry is entitled to per annun if they spent any days as a respite patient in Kerry...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2972/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if selective dorsal rhizotomy for patients with cystic fibrosis will be available here in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2975/13]
    • Hospital Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will employ an additional permanent radiographer at Kerry General Hospital in view of the fact that agency radiographers cost an additional...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions that have not been replied to in full in 2012 in respect of parliamentary questions that he forwarded to the Health...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to publish outpatient waiting times for each publicly contracted hospital consultant in order that patients and their general practitioners may...
    • Public Health Policy
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the finalisation of a public health policy arising from the launch of the consultative process which commenced in June 2011;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      659. To ask the Minister for Health 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. [2996/13]
    • Health Reports
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report (details supplied); when it is intended to publish this report; when he expects to receive the final report and when it will be...
    • Traveller Community
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on improving the health of our traveller community [3022/13]
    • Hospital Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the cystic fibrosis services at Temple Street Hospital, Dublin; and the issues raised [3023/13]
    • Mental Health Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding assistance from a psychiatrist to deal with post traumatic stress in respect of a person (details supplied); when treatment will be...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Numbers
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of citizens included on the long-term illness scheme; and the progress of plans to furnish general practitioner visit cards to persons with...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of illnesses included under the long term illness scheme [3043/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      670. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the nursing home support scheme. [3108/13]
    • Health Service Executive Investigations
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure there is an immediate independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) [3143/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3576/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Tourism Promotion
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to seize advantage of Ireland's upcoming soccer fixtures with Sweden to expand our tourist potential and develop job...
    • Driving Licence Renewals
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons the drivers licence renewal form requests persons to provide their PPSN/RSI; if this information is deemed to be relevant to...
    • Road Maintenance
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he funding provided by his Department for road maintenance and investment in the Dublin City Council area in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if...
    • Cycling Facilities
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been provided broken down by project towards cycling infrastructure in the Dublin city Council area in 2011, 2012...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is within the rules and regulations set down by the Road Safety Authority and his Department for a driving tester to recommend...
    • Road Signage
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will give permission to Ballinlass/Gurteen group water scheme committee to erect town land markers on...
    • Aviation Promotion
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage growth in the Irish aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2587/13]
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to tackle the problem of fraudulent motor insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2588/13]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a sporting organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive official notification of their sports capital grant...
    • Road Maintenance
      689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make funding available to Kildare County Council in 2013 to advance a project (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      690. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding options available for a sports group (details supplied) in County Meath; the date on which the next round of sports capital...
    • Driving Licences
      691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding photos for the new driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to have a doctor on duty in each of the terminals in Dublin Airport on a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      693. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide funding or part funding to purchase new buses for Dublin Bus or Bus Éireann in 2013; if so the number of buses...
    • Ministerial Staff
      694. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of immediate or extended family members employed by his Department; the names and remuneration in each case; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      695. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his meeting with the Chief Executive of Bus Éireann recently; if the provision of bus services to Roosky,...
    • Road Maintenance
      696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding will be provided for very necessary safety improvement works on the N63, St Mel's Cathedral Junction,...
    • Road Network
      697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages being in a position to produce the funding that he had intended giving towards the dual carriageway between Ballygawley...
    • Road Maintenance
      699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages the re-introduction of the local improvement scheme or the rolling out of a new scheme for the repair of non-public...
    • Cycling Facilities
      701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on the development of the two Irish sections of the EuroVelo project, the Atlantic Coast Route and the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the new procedures the Government have introduced for appointments to State boards. [3580/13]

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