Written answers

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied for a derogation under the stocking density rules of the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; the number who...
    • Horse Slaughter Standards
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the procedures in place regarding the slaughtering of horses here where the horse meat is subsequently exported; the...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the expenditure in 2011 and 2012 on the suckler cow welfare scheme; the estimated expenditure on suckler cow schemes in...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sport horses here; the controls in place to ensure animal and human health in relation to these horses; and if he will make...
    • Rural Development Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU allocation under different measures under the Rural Development Programme; the expenditure to date; the amount re-imbursed by the...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to fund the development of forestry from the next common agriculture policy programme; and if so, the effect this could...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which all farm support payments due to the farming community are paid up to date; the number still outstanding and the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU Commission has tabled any proposal under common agriculture policy reform that would allow each country the flexibility to set...
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made by his Department in appropriate assessment of the impact of aquaculture activity on harbours and bays...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial implications for farmers here, including the re-distribution of payments, if the revised proposals on external convergence...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of rent reductions that have been negotiated between tenants in fishery harbour centres and his Department in each of the past...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if France or any other EU member state secures coupled payments in the common agriculture policy 2013 negotiations of 10% or more for...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in mountain areas who applied for the disadvantaged area scheme in 2012; the number of these who have mountain...
    • Horsemeat Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered for the food chain in licensed meat plants in each of the last five years; the numbers of meat plants...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares planted in 2011 and 2012; the target for planting in each year; the steps he intends taking to increase private...
    • Beef Industry Irregularities
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in detail controls his Department apply at factory level to ensure that processors comply with the correct beef carcase...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under the disadvantaged areas payments scheme for 2012; the number who have received their payments; the...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the Peter Bacon report, showing that it will actually cost the State money to sell the Coillte harvesting rights, if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of rent reductions that have been negotiated between tenants in fishery harbour centres and his Department in each of the past...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends increasing the number of places on the agri-environment option scheme 3 scheme to cover all eligible applicants; when...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the proposals that he has put forward on the issues of simplification of direct payment, inspections, notice,...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the 60,000 suckler farmers under the common agricultural policy or through other schemes; and if he will make a...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports the recent policy paper issued by the Irish Farmers' Association in relation to common agricultural policy reform; and if...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stance being adopted by him in relation to greening in the common agricultural policy negotiations; if he supports the EU Commission's...
    • Agriculture Schemes Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the expenditure to date; if he intends making changes to the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date with the common agriculture policy negotiations 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers the draft guide-lines for the sustainability dairy quality assurance scheme as being too onerous and bureaucratic; and if...
    • Commonage Division
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on proposals in relation to commonages; and if he will confirm that no decision will be made in relation to this...
    • Food Safety Authority Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent instances of horse meat found in Irish burgers, his views on whether greater scrutiny of the food processing...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to ensure the continued open access for recreation to land owned by Coillte in the context of the sale of parts...
    • Horse Slaughter Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses killed at licenced slaughter houses in each of the last five years; the number of those passed fit each year to enter...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received in 2011 and 2012 for grants and premiums to plant land with forestry; the number rejected; the broad...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the allocation of bass quota in Irish waters. [6914/13]
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give any indication as to when the appropriate assessment will commence on Bannow Bay and Waterford Estuary in view of the fact...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers currently in rural environment protection scheme 4 and agri-environment option scheme 1 and agri-environment option...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the French proposal under common agriculture policy reform to front load the single payment and the first number of hectares...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met any of the farming organisations recently in relation to common agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to the Coillte review that was a separate component of the Forestry review, being conducted by his Department in...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the possible designation of the area from Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation by the Department Arts,...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the effect that the decoupling process within common agricultural policy reform has had upon the scale and intensity of Irish...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated by his Department in each of the last two years to each of the following, Horse Sport Ireland, Horse...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date with the sale of the Coillte Teo. forest crop; the funds expected to be raised from this sale; his views that...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were written to in relation to their 2012 disadvantage payments under the stocking density rule; the number...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will ensure that amenity areas within our forests are protected following privatisation of our forests; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue a copy of the information and background material in his Department that resulted in him issuing a letter on 2 November...
    • Agricultural Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measure he intends taking to ensure the entrance of more young persons into the farming profession; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he can tally the objective of achieving the 30% EU forestry target and realising the known potential for employment in forestry...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of dates of meetings held to date by the Cabinet sub-Committee on Mortgage Arrears since its establishment in March 2012. [7035/13]
    • G8 Summit
      To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to issue an invitation to the leaders of the G8 countries who will be attending the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, in June 2013 to visit the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money held on deposit or in short term bank investments by each Government or State agency or body under his remit; the rate of interest at which these deposits...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Taoiseach if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Taoiseach if he has held a bilateral with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6775/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on whether there have been applications to his Department for the jobbridge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/13]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any discussions that were held at the EU Council on the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6781/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Taoiseach the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7395/13]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount it costs to produce the EU Presidency ties which were distributed to Members of the Oireachtas on 28 January 2013....
    • European Parliament
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he has taken to preserve the State's entitlement to 12 seats in the European Parliament; his views that the 12...
    • Rapid Response Initiative
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list in detail the requests made to his Department from the UN and the OECD and other organisations for Irish...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of progress reports which have been submitted to either the European Court of Human Rights or the Council of Europe...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, the amount of State funding paid overseas to countries affected by war or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he...
  • Department of Finance
    • Strategic Investment Fund
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Strategic Investment Fund; when it will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6862/13]
    • Insurance Industry
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some insurance companies are refusing to provide coverage to drivers who committed driving offences more than five...
    • Universal Social Charge
      To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of changes to the rate of universal social charge for the over-70s in Budget 2013, he will provide an update to the example he previously cited in...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage interest relief will continue to be made available to first time buyers in recognition of the economic benefits of the scheme, including the freeing up...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the fuel rebate will be extended to private coach operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6588/13]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views that recipients of mortgage interest relief in respect of homes that were bought at the height of the boom will be losing the relief this year and next...
    • VAT Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider measures to assist the construction industry by reducing VAT on building materials for home improvement schemes being carried out by registered...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance following the conclusion of the trial of two men in Britain who were convicted of defrauding Allied Irish Bank in a scheme whereby £740 million has been...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if a technical paper on resolving Ireland’s bank-related debt was ultimately finalised in conjunction with the bailout Troika of the IMF,...
    • Contingent Capital Notes
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement of his Department that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland contingent capital notes had concluded, if he...
    • NAMA Loans
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the National Asset Management Agency provides so-called staple finance or vendor finance to purchasers of its loans, as opposed to purchasers...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the December 2012 Exchequer Statement if he will explain the €300m entitled Repayment of Loans to Social Insurance Fund; if he...
    • Credit Union Fund Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the December 2012 Exchequer statement, if he will explain the €250m contribution to the credit union fund; and if he will...
    • Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment as to whether the State now qualifies for the ECB’s outright monetary transactions scheme; if the State now qualifies, his...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by Permanent TSB in November 2012 confirming that it was selling loans with a value net of provisions and write-offs of €351m at...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by Permanent TSB, confirming that it was selling two operating units to management for nominal consideration, if he will confirm the...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by Permanent TSB, confirming that it was selling loans with a value net of provisions and writeoffs of €351m at February 2012, if...
    • Bond Redemption
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that PTSB has sufficient resources to repay bonds which mature in April 2013 and that PTSB will not need any additional funding from the...
    • General Government Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the December 2012 Exchequer Statement, if he will confirm the General Government Deficit for 2012 and a reconciliation between the...
    • EU-IMF Agreement
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the agreement between the previous Government and the Troika in relation to property tax under the Memorandum of Understanding; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a married couple live together but the house is only in one of their names will the named homeowner's income be the only one taken into account for the payment...
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken at Departmental level to ensure expenditure is managed with due consideration for matters of equality in the context of Ministers working...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any clauses in the terms of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation promissory notes which would be triggered in respect of Irish Exchequer issued debt...
    • Banking Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff earning more than €100,000 per year who have taken early retirement from the EBS since the begining of 2012. [6733/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding their mortgage. [6767/13]
    • Voluntary Housing Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will be take to increase access to mortgages for people obtaining homes through charitable housing organisations, who have a lower net disposable...
    • Tax Forms
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners would not stamp a HPL1 form for a person (details supplied) in County Cork applying for social housing in Cork [6860/13]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which capital acquisitions tax and/or capital gains tax is payable on compensation received on foot of a compulsory purchase order and the operation...
    • VAT Rates
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate of VAT by 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the taxation of Department of Social Protection pensions pre 2012 in view of the fact that certain taxpayers such as a person (details...
    • NAMA Debtors
      To ask the Minister for Finance the limits the National Assets Management Agency sets on debtors living costs that is rent, by month and by year. [7042/13]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the investigations, if any, that have taken place by the Financial Regulator into the activities of private financial management and investment companies who may...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Finance the exposure, if any, estimated to arise for the State from the case being taken by Enid Investment Corporation against Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the current investigation being undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland into possible mis-selling of payment protection insurance...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that Anglo Irish Bank/IBRC spent in legal fees in relation to Quinn Companies and the Quinn family, both in this jurisdiction and in all others; and if...
    • Banking Guarantee Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 5 February 2013, if he will confirm that he has provided a complete response; his views on the Abadi litigation with...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State annually of continuing to pay interest on the subordinated Anglo bonds held by Fir Tree Capital. [7154/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a report carried out by the ESRI for the Interdepartmental Expert Group on Property Tax dated April 2012, in particular in relation to the section...
    • NAMA Legal Fees
      To ask the Minister for Finance the legal costs incurred by the National Asset Management Agency in its case in the High Court and Supreme Court in 2010 and 2011 against a person (details...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance the person or persons responsible for ongoing negotiations with the Troika and particularly the European Central Bank in respect of the future of the promissory...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the estimate of payments to the Insurance Compensation Fund in 2013; and if he will provide the total amount due from the ICF to the State at...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Longford, will be liable for property tax in July on a house which is new, unoccupied and for sale for the last four years...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of allowing tax relief at the marginal rate in respect of income protection policies. [7354/13]
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail all tax reliefs currently available to tax-payers at their marginal rate of tax. [7355/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for the school transport scheme in respect of persons and a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [7048/13]
    • FÁS Contracted Training Companies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracted training companies employed by FÁS that have payments due to them for courses delivered now being withheld or retained...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a student grant as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts cut from two, three and four teacher primary schools in the 2012/13 academic year due to the increase in pupil requirement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be successful; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the...
    • State Examinations Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will advise as to the reason a reader has been refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the amalgamation of FÁS, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the Irish language will be recognised by all colleges for entry into courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm a date on which construction will begin on a permanent school building (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [6683/13]
    • Erection of Memorial Plaque
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his intention to proceed with a plan to build a memorial to the victims of child abuse in the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school extension project in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Statutory Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/13]
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the value for money report on small schools will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/13]
    • Schools Recognition
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the status of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6808/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Clare may be facilitated with a third level grant. [6810/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for student grant. [6819/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined by a person in relation to their student grant appeal (details supplied) in County...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the growing demand for primary school start places in County Meath in view of the fact that recent reports that the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the provision of a new school facility at Ardclough, County Kildare; the developmental procedures concluded or pending;...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the site purchase for a school (details supplied) in County Galway is expected to go through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6890/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of grant awarded by Student Universal Support Ireland to a person (details supplied) in County Galway following an appeal; and if he will...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends reviewing the school transport system following last year's complications when siblings are transported to different schools and where...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views (details supplied) regarding the Springboard Innovation Academy Business Hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6926/13]
    • State Examinations Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payment his Department receives from the private companies who reprint, for sale, the junior and leaving certificate exam papers. [6937/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the efforts of a school (details supplied) in County Galway to secure funding for a new school building in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special rate of maintenance grant, top up grant, will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [7018/13]
    • Land Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreed land prices per hectare for lands purchased for schools in the Munster area, on a county basis, over the past five years. [7021/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an application for student grants in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will ensure that this appeal is processed at...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are in place for the adjudicating of grant applications for independent students, aged under 23 years (details supplied); his...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue in relation to a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the education of children with autism; if he intends to support schools who exclusively cater for children with autism or if he...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised in correspondence signed by the President of Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin, and the chairman of the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct his building unit to engage with board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath who are faced with the...
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the introduction of a charge in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations regarding a new Educate Together school (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [7223/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the first National Action Plan on Bullying, if he envisages a role for the Health Service Executive within the implementation group;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update as to when person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, will be awarded their third level grants, which they applied...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an application for grant aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford with a Bachelor of Science honours...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a grant to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason more than 7,000 people are still waiting to have their Student Universal Support Ireland grants paid as of first week of February; if this...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that an appeal is processed urgently by Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traveller Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will calculate the savings in 2013 arising from the earlier closing of the visiting teacher service for Travellers and the system of resource...
    • Traveller Training Centres
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list individually all the now closed senior Traveller training centres; if he will provide details, under each, as to whether the centres...
    • Traveller Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his estimates as to the total value of his Department's investment in Traveller education for each year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Croke Park Agreement Savings
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed savings of €1 billion that he is seeking in the renegotiations over the Croke Park Agreement included in the...
    • Public Sector Pay and Pensions Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the figures for pay and pensions to the Public Service for the month of January in 2011, 2012 and 2013;...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Implementation Body for Croke Park 2 will have representation from the private sector as distinct from public sector...
    • Public Sector Staff
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to amend the rules to ensure that no senior public servant, including...
    • Equality Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he has taken at departmental level to that ensure expenditure is managed with due consideration for matters of equality in the...
    • Public Procurement Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of complaints submitted about the new eTenders website since it went live on the 12 November 2012; if he will provide a...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the issue of underbidding on public procurement contracts, the measures he is taking to ensure that the Registered Employment...
    • Coastal Protection
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allocate additional funding, €40,000 approximately, to complete coastal protection works (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposed macro-economic conditionality in the next round of EU funds will lead to a suspension of ESF projects and all other projects...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans he has to reduce the levels of pensions paid to former and current politicians and Ministers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Construction Contracts Bill
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protection in place in the Construction Contracts Bill to ensure that the end user/client is solvent and may execute the contract sum;...
    • Public Service Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the pre-qualification criteria for procuring public sector work should contain a solvency statement with a double lock mechanism, for...
    • Evaluation Officers' Role
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with reference to the Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2012, if he will advise as to the likely date for enactment of this legislation; if he will...
    • Coastal Protection
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available to carry out emergency coastal protection works in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Work Sharing Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if full increments paid to persons who are in the public service who are on work sharing arrangements, taking term time leave or other types...
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to a property (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7122/13]
    • Public Service Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider amending public contracts such that it is a condition of all future contracts that the contractor is obliged to have a...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include An Taisce under the Freedom of Information Legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7131/13]
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way community and local development groups will put forward proposals to acquire local Garda Stations recently vacated for community...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the January Exchequer Statements did not list the Department expenditure profiles for January; if he will include these profiles...
    • Capital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the publication of the Exchequer Statement for January 2013, if he will confirm the total spent on capital projects in the month...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Energy Conservation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the phasing out of CFL bulbs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6677/13]
    • Work Permit Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of work permits issued to non-EU nationals during the years 2011 and 2012; if he will...
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been any further discussions within his Department regarding the possibility of a youth entrepreneurship fund being set up;...
    • Corporate Governance
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has given consideration to the introduction of conditions in which retail multiples operating here would be required to publish their...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding a proposal to establish a business hub (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7103/13]
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7172/13]
    • Work Permit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the renewal of a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the date the independent mortgage advice function became operational; if she will provide details of the number of mortgage customers...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that gross rents are to be subjected to a 4% PRSI charge. [7225/13]
    • Departmental Consultations
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the increase in calls to the St. Vincent de Paul in 2012; the engagement that she has had with the society in order to pin point...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the report on the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare, specifically in relation to child benefit, is expected to be published; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a review of the decision to refuse an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 29 January 2013 when a decision will be made on a disability allowance in respect of a person (details...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the extremely high cost of medical and dental treatment her and in view of the fact that some treatments are not covered by medical cards, if...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [6699/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal in relation to an application for disability allowance will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Public Services Card
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the necessary provisions in relation to identification are made available to people who are not in possession of a drivers' licence or a passport; if...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6716/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is paying rent allowance to the residents of a property (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if so, if the landlord is registered with the...
    • Respite Care Grant Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received an appeal for a respite care grant in respect of a person (details supplied); when their appeal will be answered; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6880/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of disability allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6899/13]
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the additional community employment scheme places announced in Budget 2013 are to be allocated to existing schemes or if they may be used to create...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7056/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [7057/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an application for invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an illness benefit will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7098/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file from the invalidity pension section will be forwarded to the appeals office in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and...
    • Community Employment Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline, since January 2012, the decline in the numbers on community employment programmes; if she will further outline for the same period...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm the total expenditure on child benefit in January 2013 as recorded in the January 2013 Exchequer Statement and if he will provide the...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the total PRSI receipts in January 2013, as recorded in the January 2013 Exchequer Statement; if she will provide the equivalent...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer's application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 5 February 2013, if she will investigate the contribution record of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal in relation to the decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Longford supplementary welfare...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will indicate the progress made to date in determination of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Child Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular format, the number of non-nationals, their country of origin, and the constituency wherein they are registered, who are...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update with regard to an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [7353/13]
    • Special Initiative for Travellers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the allocation, with subsequent out-turn, for the Special Initiative for travellers, FAS SIT, for each year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Travellers identified as participants in community employment in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [7418/13]
    • Traveller Community
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding provided for National Traveller Money Advice and Budgeting Services in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 with the subsequent outturn...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Protection
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of persons subject to lamping on their lands; the protection, if any, his Department may...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions No. 292 of 7 February 2012, No. 249 of 8 May 2012, No. 395 of 3 July 2012 and No. 156 24th October 2012...
    • Census of Population
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on his plans to release the 1926 census. [6817/13]
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an application for a grant to extend the pier at an area (details supplied) in County Donegal. [7049/13]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Properties
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location of all Údarás premises in counties Mayo, Galway, Waterford, Cork and Meath; if he will provide the breakdown by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Salmon Fisheries
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider instituting a compensation package for the Waterford estuary salmon fishermen similar to the 2006 package....
    • Angling Season
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring forward the date for the opening of the angling season on a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will prioritise the funding of a cable connection to the wave test site off the coast of Belmullet, County Mayo, in...
    • Energy Trading
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of trading agreed with the British Government pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding for the export of...
    • Broadband Services Charges
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal made by Eircom to ComReg to reduce telephone line rental; if he will ensure...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in bringing broadband to rural areas (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if women who flee domestic violence situations in their own homes are entitled to be placed on a social housing waiting list;...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed to date; if he will confirm the...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm as per the IMF staff report on Ireland of December 2012, that he has given a commitment to bring in water...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of a sewerage scheme for Belmullet, County Mayo; if he will prioritise the funding of this scheme;...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider measures to assist the construction industry by increasing the planning permission exemption dimension...
    • Asbestos Remediation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or financial supports available from his Department to assist with the removal of asbestos from residential...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the provision of a sewerage scheme for Killala, County Mayo; if he will prioritise the funding of this scheme;...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when local authorities will be notified about the 2013 housing adaption grants; if the scheme will remain unchanged; the...
    • European Parliament Elections
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision is taken to reduce the number of seats the State is entitled to in the European Parliament as a result of the...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the closing date for septic tank registration for a period of one month in order to allow households that...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available in respect of a housing complex (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pyrite Resolution Board Membership
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeline for the publication of legislation to establish the pyrite resolution board; and if he will make...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in South Tipperary was not included on the unfinished housing estates list for...
    • Local Authority Housing Applications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork applying for social housing; if the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration has been given to grant aiding local authorities to roll-out a retro-fitting insulation scheme for older...
    • Local Authority Housing Standards
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the standards which are expected of local authorities and other social housing with regards to insulation and heat efficiency;...
    • Legislative Process
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in respect of the publication of the Climate Change Bill with particular reference to future...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the contracts/tenders for the installation of water meters will be advertised in the context of the establishment of Irish...
    • Local Authority Housing Evictions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are permitted to evict tenants or if there is an injunction in place prohibiting it; and if he will make a...
    • Illegal Dumping
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding littering and illegal dumping in the northside of Dublin [7075/13]
    • Irish Water Remit
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that Irish Water complies with the Aarhus Convention and related European Directives and European Law; and...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Building Control Act 2007, by including a genuine grandfather clause, in order to take special...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve a request by Kerry County Council for €1.2 million funding to allow them to include essential pipe...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the shared ownership scheme operated by local authorities, in particular the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position in relation to proposed sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Donegal. [7359/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding allocated, with the subsequent out-turn, for the community social inclusion budget in his Department for 2008,...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation and the subsequent out-turn of funding of Traveller accommodation for each year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to undertake a technical update of the guidance on noise including separation distance and shadow flicker in the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Urban Centre Management
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the possibility of introducing a Purple Flag Initiative, similar to those established in Britain and Northern Ireland, to recognise...
    • Magdalen Laundries Apology
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will issue a full apology to people who went through the Magdalene Laundry system in this State. [6936/13]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the lack of cooperation from the British Authorities on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [7138/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the number of Gardaí in the DMR North Region in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the deployment issues that are arising due to the high mileage on Garda cars including cars in the fleet in County Donegal. [6584/13]
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the provisions in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Troika of the IMF, EU and ECB, which directly impinge on the number of...
    • Asylum Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the checks in place to ensure that those in the asylum and refugee process, whose deportation orders have been revoked on the basis of a judicial...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of application to leave to remain and subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision; if he will provide the details in tabular form by year they entered direct provision; and his plans...
    • Immigration Status
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who has been living in direct provision for nine and a half years will have his case decided; and if he will make a...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the case regarding anti social behaviour (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6747/13]
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption in November 2011; the body, under Article 6, that is responsible...
    • Legal Aid Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person's social welfare payments have been reduced in order to recover some of the cost of free criminal legal aid; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce restrictions on the number of times a person can claim free criminal legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in having Garda vetting clearance issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [6814/13]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been provided in the budget specifically for the purchase of patrol cars; the number of patrol cars to be purchased; the...
    • Garda Stations Opening Hours
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Garda station in Rathcoole, County Dublin; if there are any plans to reduce the opening hours, staffing or funding of that Garda...
    • Execution of Warrants
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of warrants currently outstanding in the Garda R District as of 31 January 2013; the steps being taken in the District to deal with same;...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service figures for visa applications from Russia and Turkey for 2011 and...
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the closure of the proposed 95 Garda Stations in view of the fact that they more than serve as a crime preventing measure. [6853/13]
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will specify the average amount of time it currently takes to process an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of a de...
    • Prison Committals
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will declare the percentage of female prisoners in prisons here who are serving time for the non-payment of fines; and if he will make a...
    • Court Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place to deal with alleged cases in which barristers or solicitors knowingly provide inaccurate or untrue information to a court;...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns in relation to the decision to disband the Cavan/Monaghan Divisional Drugs Unit in view of the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the shortest, longest and median turnaround time for Garda clearance; if he will outline the efforts he is making to ensure prompt turnaround of...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when he intends to commence section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act (2008); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7000/13]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the rationale for the Garda Youth Diversion Projects; if these projects operate in counties Longford and Westmeath; the way these...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests that have been made as part of Operation Quest so far in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7015/13]
    • Family Reunification
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed and eligibility for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if printed copies of the Magdalene Laundries report will be provided to persons who request them in view of the fact that some citizens with a strong...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the cash for cars signs around Dublin; and the role of criminals on this matter. [7076/13]
    • Immigration Status
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on an incident detailed in the press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork which was lodged on 27 March; and if he will make a...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update regarding the personal insolvency service; if the service will be operational by March; if not, when the service will be...
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his further plans in relation to the closure of Garda stations; if he has had discussions with an Garda Síochána in relation to this matter;...
    • Garda Stations Opening Hours
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or the Garda Síochána are preparing any proposals for him regarding reducing the opening hours of Garda stations...
    • Constitutional Amendments
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on future plans regarding marriage for same sex couples. [7139/13]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce reforms of current laws which will improve safety for victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Civil Partnerships
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to the preparation of the Family Relationships and Children's Bill; and if he envisages that it will afford...
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commence the recruitment of additional Gardaí in view of dwindling numbers; if he will re-commence training in Templemore, County...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards that exist for somebody to challenge the soft evidence permitted in the 2012 Vetting Act, whereby Gardaí or the National Vetting...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Magdalene Laundries Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7240/13]
    • Drug Courts
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 14 September 2011, if the review mentioned has taken place; if he will outline the up to date situation...
    • Garda Resources
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he did not publish an independent report which recommends improving Garda management of frontline resources; the length of time the report...
    • European Arrest Warrant Procedure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7262/13]
    • Criminal Law
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a time frame as to when the European Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA will be enacted into Irish law (details supplied); and...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he has undertaken to reduce service costs such as legal on business. [3242/13]
    • Firearms Seizures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms seized in each year since and including 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7297/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7298/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Private Security Authority
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of registered debt collectors, bailiffs and other private security firms at December 31 2012 and for the law in relation to...
    • Human Rights and Equality Commission
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed budget allocation in 2013 for the combined Equality Authority and Irish Human Rights Commission; and the outturn for their budgets in...
    • Traveller Community
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation and subsequent outturn for the budget heading equality monitoring in his Department for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the...
    • Firearms Licences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for firearm licences made in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and in January 2013; and the total number of firearm licence...
    • Cross-Border Policing Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 6 February 2013 if he will describe the engagements between An Garda Siochána and MI-5; and if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a proposal to send Irish troops to Mali; if so, if there has there been a request from the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6784/13]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the development of Donadea Forest Park, County Kildare, with particular reference to the removal of entry fees to...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 22 January 2013, the number of the 17 actions within the Action Plan for Jobs which are...
    • Sheep Census
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received sheep census information in respect to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2011 and 2012 agri-envoironment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment of disadvantage area aid payment for 2010, 2011 and 2012; and...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [6646/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal for a disadvantaged area payment 2011 will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their rural environment protection scheme 4 payment; the reason for the delay...
    • Forestry Premium
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a forestry premium for 2012 has not been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway following their compliance with...
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish a list of animal welfare organisations that receive funding from his Department; his views that all of these groups are...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6731/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary [6772/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a disadvantaged area scheme appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on an agri environment option scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will issue; and...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed macro-economic conditionality in the next round of EU funds will lead to a suspension of direct payments to farmers and...
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the measures he has put in place since the chalara fraxinea disease was found in ash trees here; the results that the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a petition has been deemed admissible by the European Parliament in respect of...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their disadvantaged area payment for 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to the establishment of a food ombudsman here that will arbitrate between parties on issues including the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6887/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of area aid payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coillte Teoranta Lands
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that in the course of any harvesting of trees at Donadea Forest, County Kildare, there will be no reduction of access to...
    • Foreshore Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is seeking payment of a foreshore licence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork for the years 2005 to 2011 when...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/13]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a final response will issue in relation to a matter in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the level of engagement that has taken place on the issue of redeployment of staff from the District...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a disadvantaged area scheme appeal will isue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce an Irish equine identification scheme similar to that of the Irish beef identification scheme which has four...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [7050/13]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7090/13]
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any decision has been made regarding the future of Coillte; and when such a decision will be made public. [7102/13]
    • State Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans to amalgamate Coillte and Bord na Móna in a new entity, NewEra, have been abandoned; and if that was a consequence of the...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide on a county by county basis the number of applications for REP scheme payments made in 2012 that have not yet been...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine arising from the pig meat recall scheme, if he will confirm the amount, if any, of pig meat destroyed in Russia; the total cost to the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive their agri environment options scheme payment for 2012; and if he will...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who were participants in the dairy efficiency scheme 2010-12 are not deemed eligible for inclusion on the new sheep...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on payment of area aid and disadvantaged area payments in consideration of the undue delay in issuing same in...
    • Horse Passports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will issue an original horse passport as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make funding of approximately €90,000 available to Kerry County Council as a matter of urgency to upgrade Docks Slipway,...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the agri envoirment options scheme will be expedited and paid; if...
    • Agrifood Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to liaise with the Irish Farmers' Association and other farming organisations regarding the future...
    • Beef Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his expectations for the development of the beef industry in the coming three years with particular reference to...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects the fishing industry to develop over the coming four years with particular reference to likely fish catches...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to review the future prospects for the pig meat industry with particular reference to meeting the...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the farming community has been in a position to comply with requirements arising from animal welfare requirements in...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the context of common agricultural policy negotiations and his Department’s plans for the future of the agri-food sector, he...
    • Farm Enterprises
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he proposes to take in conjunction with his EU colleagues to protect the concept of the viability of the family farm enterprise...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he and his Department expects to be in a position to counter any negativity arising from recent traceability or...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent, if known, to which all EU countries including Ireland continue to enforce fishing quotas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the lessons, if any, to be learnt from the recent breakdown in the labelling, quality and description of some meat products or ingredients...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which any remaining farm payments have yet to be paid under each heading; the cause or causes of any delays in this regard;...
    • Marine Resources
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which conservation measures already adopted in the context of the common fisheries policy or otherwise have improved fish...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Equipment Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the outstanding appeal payment in resect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason, following a visit from the Health Service Executive, Naíonra Tír na nÓg in Manor Street, Dublin 7, was closed [6702/13]
    • National Educational Welfare Board
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs subsequent to the elimination of the visiting teacher service for Travellers, the details of the number of Travellers assisted by the National...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the structure and model for the new Child and Family Support Agency; if she will confirm whether the CAFCASS in...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 594 of 27 November 2012, if she will expedite this reply (details supplied) in view of the delay...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the progress made to date that she has made concerning inter country adoptions; the progress that the Adoption Authority has...
    • School Completion Programme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reverse the cuts to the School Completion Programme in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of the invaluable work...
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the State has not funded Helping Helps Adoption Mediation Agency, in accordance with Hague conditions that such organisations should...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost incurred by her Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and the subsequent out-turn for the Special Projects for Youth for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and, within that...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Defence Union
      To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the December 2012 Exchequer Statement, if he will explain the source of the €45 million titled Medical Defence Union Receipts....
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended that Ireland will join with France and the 11 other countries in signing the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...
    • Psychological Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to provide counselling or the access to psychology services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [6809/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that immediate sanction will be provided for a new prosthetic socket in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact...
    • Counselling Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided, under the scheme of grants for counselling organisations, for counselling services for Travellers for each year 2008, 2009, 2010,...
    • Health Insurance Cost
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the VHI statement that one of the factors that will lead to a 6% increase in premiums is an ineffective risk equalisation scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing a Vision for Change; the reason there is a priority to review the Mental Health Act 2001 prior to replacing the Vision for...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if persons with chronic asthma will be issued with a medical card on health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6597/13]
    • National Carers Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health if all contributors to the National Carers' Strategy are listed in this document titled Submission to the National Carers' Strategy Process; if he will confirm...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which it is proposed to publish the Tobacco Policy Review Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6651/13]
    • Universal Health Insurance
      To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish both the preliminary document and the white paper of Universal Health Insurance; the consultation processes he has planned on both these...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with regard to the implementation of the Tobacco Products Directive here; the steps he has put in place to date; the matters yet to...
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the actual number of applicants on the graduate nursing scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6676/13]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify that the three weeks and one week timeframe set for the Tobacco Products Directive which occurred over the Christmas period was an appropriate...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a home care package in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [6689/13]
    • Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding long term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6690/13]
    • Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the criteria used in the Health Service Executive West and in particular the Regional maternity Hospital, County Limerick, where student nurses...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for medical card. [6710/13]
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of the 20 November 2012, if the independent review of orthodontic services commissioned by the Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will open the new Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Cork University Hospital and the redeveloped unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, as a matter of urgency in view...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) suffering from multiple sclerosis, whose condition is deteriorating; if he will provide...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 5 January 2013 the poistion regarding a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when Sligo Regional Hospital will start accepting outpatient referrals for urology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6737/13]
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Holy Angels Day Care Centre in Carlow be included in the Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013 [6751/13]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff employed in acute public hospitals in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and the cost of same [6752/13]
    • Health Service Executive Agency Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount it will cost to transfer agency staff currently employed in acute hospitals to full time positions; and the savings if the same number of hours were paid...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) under medical grounds [6765/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a review of the decision to refuse their application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (detailed supplied) in Dublin 11 will have to wait two years to see a neurologist in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, despite his experience of...
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the budget for Mullingar Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, has been cut by 2.5% considering that the hospital reduced its expenditure by 2%...
    • Health Service Executive Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the projected cumulative monthly savings in respect of each of the savings measures outlined in part C of his Department's chapter of the Budget...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will work in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure the implementation of the strong recommendation of the jury in an inquest in Wexford...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for the funding provided to the Louth Meath hospital group for each of the past five years [6885/13]
    • General Practitioner Training
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner training places in 2011, 2012 and the number anticipated in 2013 [6894/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Galway in view of the fact that they have been on a...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents up to and including 17 years of age who were admitted to adult beds in 2012 [6907/13]
    • Departmental Organisational Structure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the organisational structure of his Department; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of staff and their grades in each...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip replacement operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [6934/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fair deal scheme (details supplied) [6935/13]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to restore therapies to a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cataract surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he has made and will make to ensure prompt processing of Garda vetting applications, with particular reference to those of potential staff members of...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 39 child and adolescent mental health services accepting referrals of all young people up to and including 17 years of age as recommended in a...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a vaccine damage compensation scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7001/13]
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all details of cuts and changes to ambulance services across the country since his appointment, including the rationale for the areas chosen for...
    • Patient Deaths
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the investigations that are taking place into the death of a person (details supplied); the timeline for the publication of these...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health when a fair deal payment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7007/13]
    • Drugs Task Forces
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will be in a position to appoint a coordinator for the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force [7011/13]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on Ireland's obligation to implement the European Working Time Directive on legal working hours for the medical profession; if he will provide a...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for wide dissemination to all relevant parties of information about the facility by which people with a terminal diagnosis may be given a medical card...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in determination of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant an exemption from generic substitution for anti-epileptic drugs in the upcoming Health Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill (details supplied);...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health when a suitable wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork [7100/13]
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will grant approval for Ampligen, a drug which helps people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/13]
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure an area (details supplied) in County Kerry is adequately served with an ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7129/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve funding for a car harness for a child who suffers from angel man syndrome, ADHD and epilepsy (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Lidnocaine given to people with MS is being provided on a sufficiently regular basis to patients; and if there has been cuts to this in 2011, 2012 or...
    • Positive Ageing Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the National Positive Ageing Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7157/13]
    • Hospital Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the level of prioritisation by the Health Service Executive Capital Steering Committee of the new Surgical and ED block development at Sligo...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the undue delay in assessing medical card applications (details supplied) in County Cork that has been referred to medical assessors [7167/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on a medical card application will issue in respect of a persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was referred to Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, nine months ago and recently his parents received a letter informing them that the...
    • Organ Donation
      To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to introduce legislation to provide for an opt-out system of organ donation; if other incentives to donation are being considered; and if he will...
    • Community Care
      To ask the Minister for Health if an arrangement will be made to continue to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, at Maynooth Day Care Centre and Moyglare Nursing Home, with...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the forthcoming voluntary scheme as proposed for employees in the health service, he will outline the categories of such employees who will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to investigate the role played by consultant psychiatrists and medical staff in having people incarcerated into mental institutions for deviant behaviour...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive did not fund Helping Helps Mediation Agency, as agreed, when it was re accredited last October; his plans he has to deal...
    • Medical Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a case regarding drug provision by the Health Service Executive (details supplied) [7227/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of their mobility allowance, which was cut off in March 2012...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if a second shoulder operation will be arranged at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [7242/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [7250/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the availability of cochlear ear implants for both ears (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7263/13]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated in each of the past five years in each specific health area for programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7275/13]
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if it is order for general practitioners to charge medical card holders for Warfarin readings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7277/13]
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of agencies that are working in the area of suicide prevention and or awareness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Suicide Bereavement Support
      To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of agencies that are working in the area of suicide bereavement care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7285/13]
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular format, the total sum that was spent by his Department each and every year since and including 2008 on suicide prevention and or...
    • Suicide Bereavement Support
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular format, the total sum that was spent by his Department each and every year since and including 2008 on suicide bereavement care; and...
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 96 actions in the ten year National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention, which is due to end in 2014, that have been implemented as...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if the promised €35 million investment in mental health services was delivered on in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7292/13]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health following the announcement on 17 July 2012 that a new primary health centre will be built in Dungloe, County Donegal, if he will provide a full update on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traveller Community
      To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated, with the subsequent out-turn, for the implementation of Traveller health policy for each year 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and the allocation...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Authority Charges
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to apply council parking charges to existing out-of-town retail developments as proposed in the policy Smarter Travel, A...
    • Sporting Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the efforts to create a national tennis league; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6640/13]
    • National Cycle Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in a position to provide further information on work on route alignment and design for a Dublin to County Galway cycle route; if...
    • Regional Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the regional road network in County Meath in conjunction with Meath County Council for the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the expenditure allocated to upgrading Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin, in 2013. [6681/13]
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if works on O'Reilly's Bridge, over the railway line in Cabra, Dublin 7, will proceed as planned this year. [6682/13]
    • Penalty Point System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent new regulations which will allow insurance companies to access drivers' penalty point information from the...
    • Road Tolls
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer through the toll plazas in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • The Gathering Events
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any comprehensive or economic impact assessment of 2012's Emerald Isle Classic Notre Dame Vs Navy American Football game in the Aviva...
    • Smarter Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update of progress made on projects which are being funded under the sustainable transport measures programme, including...
    • Public Transport Infrastructure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to announce further funding for projects to improve road, bus cycle and pedestrian infrastructure in the greater...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial allocation to the National Road Safety Authority for 2013. [6891/13]
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to address under use of the rail service from Dublin to County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the initiatives being undertaken by Fáilte Ireland to promote County Cork as a tourism destination; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to roll out a scheme similar to the Leap card for public transport users in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding making exceptions on taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/13]
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an incident detailed in the press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers...
    • Smarter Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be making any further provision for the Smarter Travel Programme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/13]
    • Search and Rescue Service
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of coastguard units in County Louth; and the number of boats attached to each. [7115/13]
    • Driving Licence Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a commitment on the duration for an application to the National Driver Licence Service for a driving licence to be processed...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a matter (details supplied) regarding mini-buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7151/13]
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the position for a taxi plate owner who wishes to sell or lease their licence as he wishes to retire; the options available...
    • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a new sports capital programme in 2013 to assist clubs and organisations that wish to develop projects in their areas;...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the National Roads Authority, in the interest of safety, when the money that is allocated and earmarked for the N71...
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the process for providing photographic identification for the purpose of issuing new driving licences; if local pharmacies...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of tourists that visited this country arising from the visits of cruise ships to ports here in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the...
    • Port Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need to ensure the provision of facilities in ports here to cater for the next generation of cruise...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost incurred by his Department for assessing means of individual citizens for any reason on an annual basis; and if he will make a...

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