Written answers
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Websites
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complaints he has received regarding the new eTenders website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3059/13]
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with Troika officials in respect of ensuring that departmental spending overruns are minimised; and if he will...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the designation of commercially sensitive information is arrived at; if his Department has specific guidelines in place for...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline, as per the current Croke Park agreement, the structures that have been put in place by the Implementation Body for...
- National Lottery
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether shopkeepers and agents for the National Lottery will be adequately remunerated for their services under his proposals...
- Public Sector Reform Review
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact if further reductions of €1 billion are imposed on the pay and conditions of public sector...
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if social clauses will be added to public procurement contracts specifically targeting youth and long term unemployment. [3066/13]
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that value for money has been achieved by the Office of Public Works in respect of expenditure incurred to date in...
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will take to open up public procurement to small companies. [3068/13]
- Public Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work in public sector pay is not undermined. [3080/13]
- Economic Competitiveness
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is reviewing any new proposals to address excessive pay in the public and private sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering reviewing the blanket moratorium on recruitment in the public sector in view of the staffing needs of different sections...
- Sale of State Assets
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to privatise semi-State companies in the course of 2013. [3055/13]
- Equality Issues
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of his commitment to reform, if he will consider setting up a unit within his Department with responsibility for integrating...
- Flood Relief Schemes
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain where the sum of €270,000 which was allocated to Roscommon County Council in 2010 for the purpose of flood...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if more effective procedures will be put in place to ensure that the overall Exchequer capital budget is spent in line with the annual...
- Political Reform
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for political reform in 2013; the proposals he has for constitutional amendments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Equality Issues
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the equality audits carried out by his Department in relation to any area of public expenditure since his Department was...
- Budget Targets
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to meet his budgetary targets in 2013 having regard to progress made to date and the options available to him;...
- Public Services
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for new shared services across the public services; the lessons that have been learned from recent experiences in respect of shared...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the event of a public body being found not to be covered by the Freedom of Information legislation to be introduced by him later this...
- Commercial Rates
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with the Valuation Office in respect of valuing for commercial rates purposes assets to be transferred to any new...
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to underbidding by companies awarded public procurement contracts. [3063/13]
- Semi-State Bodies
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects to be the shareholder on behalf of the State for any new commercial semi-State entities or State companies; and if he will make...
- Office of Public Works Properties
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the security and leasing costs of vacant Office of Public Works' properties throughout the State; and his plans to make such premises...
- Public Sector Staff Redeployment
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a measure of the level of employment flexibility that exists within the public service in terms of both redeployment,...
- Public Sector Staff
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that have been taken to date in respect of the public sector voluntary redundancy scheme he announced in October 2012; if a cost...
- Valuation Office
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the early retirement of many senior valuers and the freeze on public sector recruitment, the Valuation Office is sufficiently...
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of occasions since March 2011 that a contracting authority has excluded an applicant from a...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 21November 2012, the reason there was no consultation with any organisation or body which...
- Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider making the contracts for public private partnerships publicly available to enhance accountability; if his attention has...
- Public Sector Staff Grades
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of senior civil servants from Principal Officer upwards that are women; and the percentage of Assistant Secretaries General...
- Government Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the impact of reductions in public expenditure following Budget 2012 and Budget 2013 announcements on the unemployed,...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding legislation for Oireachtas inquiries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2822/13]
- Job Creation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that have been created to date as a result of the EU €2 billion stimulus package; the number that will be put in...
- Freedom of Information Legislation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends consulting with the Information Commissioner in relation to those State agencies and or bodies which may be excluded from the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any representations to any Government, organisation or representative body regarding the recent killing of three...
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the French Government has briefed their EU colleagues regarding the current situation in Mali; and if he will make a...
- Consular Services
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a response will issue to a query ( details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3253/13]
- Research Funding
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Disaster Tech Lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/13]
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the disabled drivers/passengers scheme on new vehicles in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a...
- Land Repossessions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by county of the amount of land repossessed by financial institutions since 2009 and the law in relation to mineral rights on lands...
- Property Taxation
To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax will be paid by the National Assets Management Agency and by the banks where residential properties are in their ownership; and if he...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow those in financial difficulty who have contributed to a personal pension to be allowed to draw down from those pensions before they reach...
- Exchequer Revenue
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the Exchequer cash balance at the end of December 2012; the source of these funds, specifically the quantum raised by the National Treasury...
- Greek Government Bonds
To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has agreed to the arrangement whereby ECB profits on the holdings of Greek bonds under the Securities Market Programme that have been received by...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of promotions at each rank that were approved in the Revenue Commissioners for 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/13]
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if struggling businesses who have settled with the Revenue Commissioners for penalties and interest and are paying back by installment will be...
- Departmental Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of officials in his Department that have moved into jobs in the financial sector in the last two years and the cooling off period which was applied to...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown of the tax liability in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason a recent small sum was deducted at...
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 224 of 19 October 2010, if he will detail by year the number of persons who have telephoned Revenue’s cigarette smuggling...
- Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies who availed of the special assignee relief programme tax relief in 2012; the number of persons who benefitted from the relief and the...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cuts and taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/13]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
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) will be processed and granted as a...
- School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of school places in a locality (details supplied) in Dublin 18: his plans to address this issue; and if...
- Teachers' Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the number of newly qualified teachers who are still awaiting payment of their increased level four payscale; the date...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) in County Clare who has applied for an education grant and repeatedly sent in all the required documentation which...
- Education and Training
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in the South East to develop and pilot an innovation graduates programme in conjunction with the Institutes of...
- Schools Building Projects
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/13]
- Public Sector Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons working in education in the public service and under the current Croke Park Agreement who have salaries between €70,000...
- School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a submission from a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for financial support to enable them to provide transport between the...
- Schools Refurbishment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 23 October 2012, if he will indicate if there are grants available to DEIS schools to purchase scientific...
- School Transport
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a travel allowance grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconsider the centralisation of the National Procurement Services with regards to the supply of stationary to schools which will...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify his plans regarding proposals to bring in compulsory early retirement in the public service; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the discussions entered into by the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works with the Irish Insurance...
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which pay and conditions in the public sector here have reformed in line with our EU, Eurozone and non-Eurozone partner; the...
- Public Sector Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the numbers employed throughout the public sector in respect of each Government Department and bodies under their aegis...
- State Indemnity
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified various forms of insurance cover affecting the State and or its institutions as a means of achieving...
- Public Services
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of non-core public service activities have been selected for priority outsourcing to Irish based companies; and if he will make a...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons on State pensions from the public service in the bands, between €50,000 and €60,00, between...
- Departmental Strategies
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress made in creating a Logistic and Inventory Management Strategy for the public service which will reduce...
- Public Service Reform
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to introducing or appointing a liaison officer or team in each Government Department and public body whose...
- Public Services Card
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress made on introducing the use of public service cards as the means for accessing State services. [3461/13]
- Public Sector Reform Implementation
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he can, in the context of budgetary curtailments in the current year, rely on revised working hours as a possible...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Action Plan for Jobs
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Government Departments and State agencies that have agreed to participate in procuring innovation initiative since mid-2012;...
- Medical Products
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the medicine pricing deal agreed between his Department and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on 15 October...
- Consumers Association of Ireland
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any meeting since July 2012 with the Consumers Association of Ireland to discuss their funding problems and consumer issues;...
- EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail when he proposes to transpose Directive 2011/7/EU on the new late payments directive into Irish law; if he will detail...
- Action Plan for Jobs
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in examining the potential to establish a national community investment fund to create employment; and if...
- Personal Insolvency Act
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on developing a new structured non-judicial debt-settlement system in view of the report submitted to him by the Company Law...
- Employment Rights
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding workers (details supplied) in County Limerick, who have been forced to stage a...
- Economic Competitiveness
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he is taking to realise his commitment to make Ireland the best small country in which to do business; and if he will make a...
- International Agreements
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Unitary Patent package including an EU regulation and an International Agreement...
- Intellectual Property
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his actions to date and future plans in tackling digital piracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54531/12]
- Department of Social Protection
- Employment Support Services
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of her proposals to put long-term jobless persons to work in local county councils; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of the 16 of January 2013, the applicant failed to give a true and accurate account of their circumstances in...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3165/13]
- Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of numbers of persons who applied for invalidity pension; numbers of those who were refused and those who were granted in...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for farm assist was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on...
- Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the farm assist programme; the persons who are eligible for this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- National Internship Scheme
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any circumstances in which a young person wanting to undertake a jobbridge internship will be considered without having the three month...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance [3258/13]
- Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the up to date position with the report/findings of the advisory group set up by her Department to examine tax and social welfare; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3361/13]
- Crime Statistics
To ask the Minister for Social Protection Further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 2 October 2012 concerning convictions for cruelty to animals, if he will ensure that the statistics are...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay;...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their appeal for invalidity pension processed; if she will expedite the appeal; and if...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Environmental Policy
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to extending the hedge cutting season as a result of difficulties experienced by landowners and contractors...
- EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the data available to him regarding the seal population; his views on whether the population is so high that it is having an adverse...
- Film Industry Development
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money that was invested by the Irish Film Board in 2012 on film projects; the amount of this money that was returned; and if...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown on a bog basis, of those who applied for compensation for cessation of turf cutting; if he will supply...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to engage in a publicity campaign to highlight the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning in homes and places of work;...
- Postal Services
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the public procurement process for a post code provider; when it is envisaged the switch to post codes...
- Inland Fisheries
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of tags each angler will receive for the salmon season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3164/13]
- Alternative Energy Projects
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding the establishment of wind farms to export energy to the UK; if he intends to engage in a bilateral...
- Broadband Services
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if NewERA has commenced or completed the assessment of State owned assets which is designated to identify and grasp...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Security of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the seniors alert scheme in the years 2010, 2011,2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will...
- Pyrite Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on proposals to address the problem of pyrite in private homes; if he has reached agreement with...
- Waste Disposal
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to protect refuse customers from irregular pricing and the lack of detailed statements of weighs and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will apply to contractors to carry out remedial works on septic tanks to avail of grant aid; if it is...
- Planning Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the operation of An Bord Pleanála; if he considers that there is a need for greater transparency in...
- Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if has plans to introduce the mandatory installation of carbon monoxide detectors into all public buildings, businesses and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the submission from Dublin City Council on the Rathmines and Pembroke sewerage scheme; if the Swan River,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána stationed in County Tipperary in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively; if he will provide a breakdown...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations in the Dublin region that are currently operating the Garda community text alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drugs in Prisons
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of drugs seized at each prison here for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3203/13]
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the sentencing policy that operates here with regard to those that are convicted of political offences; the policy that operates here that stipulates...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available, if any, from his Department for the provision of CCTV camera systems in towns across the country; and if he will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it is taking to process an application for naturalisation within the Irish Nationalisation and Immigration Service; and if...
- Courts Service
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that there will be no change to the status of Ballyconnell District Court, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prison Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity the new prison in Cork will have; the assessments that have been carried out of the need in Cork, in view of the potential of...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Irish Prison Services/Probation have taken to enhance alternatives to prison and supports for released prisoners in Cork; and if he...
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made to conduct tests on unidentified remains found off the south east to determine whether they are part of the remains of men...
- Garda Stations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the names of the Garda stations which have closed since 31 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3473/13]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reorganisation
To ask the Minister for Defence the savings made by his Department further to the decision to disband the 4th Field Artillery Regiment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/13]
- Army Barracks
To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3410/13]
- Road Maintenance
To ask the Minister for Defence the person responsible for the maintenance of a private road being used by Army personnel to gain access to their training base in Kilcoran, Cahir, County...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme 2 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na...
- Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste Íocaíochtaí
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; the reasons for the...
- Food Imports
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of traceability inspections carried out by his Department in respect of beef, lamb and poultry imports in each of the past four...
- Illegal Horse Meat Trade
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to address the illegal horse meat trade here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3210/13]
- Food Labelling
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks that are carried out on imported pig meat; and if such imported meat can qualify to be labelled as of Irish origin. [3271/13]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment of rural environment protection scheme for 2011 has now been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3279/13]
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry incurred an increased sanction for a cross compliance failure; if the matter will...
- Food Imports
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will supply a list of Spanish and Dutch companies which export food ingredients into Ireland. [3355/13]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive payment of their agri environment option scheme grant for 2012....
- Fish Quotas
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide for each of the past three years, in tabular form, a list of fishing opportunities, fishing quota and fishing effort...
- Food Safety Standards
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a statement by British Food Minister David Heath, MP, on 17 January, to the effect that the import of the horse meat which...
- Animal Disease Controls
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a compensation programme in respect of losses incurred by farmers under the BVD eradication programme; his plans to...
- Department of Health
- Food Safety Authority Inspections
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Food Safety Authority of Ireland were conducting tests on the burgers which were later found to be contaminated. [3157/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the reason for cuts to speech therapy in an autism unit (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [3441/13]
- Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate home help hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3163/13]
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3201/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the total funding by county for rehabilitative training placements in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of persons this...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with an appropriately qualified medical professional; and if he will make a statement...
- Orthodontic Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that were seen each week in the orthodontic unit in Navan County Meath, in the years 2011 and 2012; the number of patients that have been...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be assessed for cataract treatment in Regional Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting autistic spectrum disorder assessments and interventions in County Kerry; the length of time these children are on the...
- Home Help Service
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 344 of 8 November and 239 of 25 October 2012, if he will provide the figures for the period September to December and the...
- Hospital Mortality Rates
To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish his Department's report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; his views on whether his failure to acknowledge the inaccuracy of the figures at...
- Data Protection
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to communicate the benefits of the donation of newborn bloodspot screening cards for medical research in view of his Departments advertisement last...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of the 18 October 2012, the up to date position with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/13]
- Health Promotion
To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question 639 of 3 July 2012, when his Department will publish submissions made to second public consultation process on the Your Health Is...
- Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive are involved in, or have any plans for involvement in, talks with potential investors regarding a public private partnership...
- Dental Services
To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is the holder of a valid medical card and has been diagnosed with a dental disease, are they entitled to have...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; when it will be expedited; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received as of 17 January 2012 for the new nurse/midwife graduate programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3398/13]
- Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce the mandatory installation of carbon monoxide detectors into all public buildings, businesses and homes; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons working in the health system in the public service and under the current Croke Park Agreement, who have salaries between €70,000 and...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3440/13]
- Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the Dunne Report into organ retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/13]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Maintenance
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding resurfacing of streets (details supplied) in County Kerry; if this work will be carried out in 2013; and if he will...
- Driving Licences
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concern among general photography/camera businesses in relation to the changes for the issue of...
- Sports Capital Programme
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application for a sports capital grant was deemed invalid in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the inclusion of limos in the SPSV entry test for those wishing to operate in the SPSV industry; his views on whether it...
- Road Safety
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any proposals to extend the use of high-tech driver stimulators as part of the safety campaign organised jointly by the...
- Driving Licences
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on of the new driving licence scheme (details supplied); if he intends to address these apparent anomalies; and if he will make a...
