Written answers
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with other EU Foreign Ministers in relation to Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- NATO Membership
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans in relation to NATO membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8960/13]
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) who travelled here last summer to have his eye replaced in...
- International Relations
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been informal or formal discussions with the new Libyan Government about its transition to democracy and...
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the recent EU Development Ministers' meeting in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/13]
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Moroccan authorities to place 23 Saharawi civilians and human rights...
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the decisions made at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in relation to Syria; and if he will...
- Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the projects and programmes that will receive funding from his recent decision to approve an additional...
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the total funding allocated at EU level for development programmes arising from the recent conclusion of...
- Middle East Peace Process
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his EU counterparts fresh plans to provide a much-needed and new impetus to the Israel/Palestine peace...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the progress he has made with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the Northern Ireland...
- State Airports
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Globalising Torture Report regarding the use of Shannon Airport by the US CIA for extraordinary rendition...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent hearings in the American Senate on comprehensive immigration reform; if he has...
- Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the matter which were discussed when he met Bill Gates recently; and if there are any new partnerships...
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has decided on any specific issues, to bring forward in the coming months on the UN Human Rights Council . [8853/13]
- United Nations Resolutions
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU is considering additional sanctions against Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8923/13]
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on internment in Northern Ireland. [8876/13]
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the extent to which aid intended for specific...
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that five unarmed civilians were shot dead by the Israeli armed forces in January...
- Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid that has been provided to Mali arising from the conflict there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8935/13]
- Nuclear Proliferation
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that North Korea's recent nuclear test is likely to result in the imposition of new or tightened sanctions by the...
- Ministerial Travel
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the travel plans of Government Ministers have been finalised for Saint Patrick’s Day this year; the countries that...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he proposes to hold with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State to advance the Bill of Rights as proposed in...
- Official Engagements
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of his commitment to do so, he has made plans to visit the Short Strand community in Belfast, to discuss the...
- European Council Meetings
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent EU budget discussions in particular in relation to the significant cuts to EU transport and...
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the assassination of a Tunisian secular opposition leader; his views that Tunisia’s...
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which his Department will conclude its review of the White Paper on Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with the Northern Executive and with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in relation to the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been an analysis by his Department of the impact on foreign domestic investment into Ireland if the UK move...
- Trade Agreements
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has to advance the EU US trade agreement during the Irish EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Safety Authority Investigations
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements that have been agreed as a result of his meeting with the British Secretary of State for the North, in regards...
- Middle East Affairs
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to develop a coordinated strategy on the Arab Spring and Middle East with his EU counterparts and EU High...
- Global Economic Forum
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide up to date achievements of the Global Irish Economic Forum; if any more progress been made in the creation...
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Trócaire’s 2013 Lenten campaign which shows the positive impacts for communities in the developing world...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the continued detention by the British authorities of a person (details suppied), who is a qualifying prisoner...
- Ministerial Correspondence
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with his Spanish counterpart the policy of dispersal of Basque prisoners throughout the Spanish state and the...
- Foreign Conflicts
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent demolitions of Palestinian homes by the Israeli military in the Jordan Valley;...
- State Visits
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be supportive of efforts to bring about an official visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to this State; his...
- Northern Ireland Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the Northern Ireland authorities in relation to the human rights issues of prisoners in...
- Rapid Response Initiative
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 12 February 2013, the basis on which persons are chosen for these delegations and...
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to the recent detention of Jeyasundaram in Sri Lanka, considered illegal by UNWGAD, the reason there was no Irish...
- Western Balkans Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his EU colleagues continue to encourage and support the peaceful evolution of structures in the...
- Exports Growth
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade based on the performance over the past two years, the countries in Europe or worldwide that present the best prospects for...
- European Union Membership
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which contingency plans are in preparation in the event of the United Kingdom opting out of the European Union...
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which it is expected to use the St Patrick's Day feast day celebrations worldwide to promote the national image...
- Irish Communities Abroad
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which it is expected his Department can interact and engage with the Irish diaspora in the context of St...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his Department continues to have dialogue with the authorities in the United State with a view to...
- Human Rights Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main locations worldwide in respect of which he and his EU or UN colleagues continue to be briefed where war, starvation,...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the proposed tax incentive for persons living in cities included in the Finance Bill, if he will clarify where the incentive scheme for rural areas is....
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the pensions of those employees of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that have been made redundant in recent weeks; if their pensions are still...
- Redundancy Payments
To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to restore the value of the severance terms previously agreed to for Irish Bank Resolution Corporation employees; and if he will make a...
- Disabled Drivers
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine extending the entitlement to reclaim VAT and VRT on car conversions for disabled persons with primary medical certificates to cars with engines...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if persons in the Health Service Executive fair deal scheme could be exempt from the property tax in view of the fact that they are already paying 5% of the value...
- NAMA Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the new cash flow projections for the remaining lifetime of the National Asset Management Agency as a result of the liquidations of Irish Bank...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in detail the categories of exemption from the property tax as recently set out in the Finance Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the potential conflict in the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, KPMG being responsible for considering the feasibility of...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the preparation and publication of the Mercer expert report on banking pay and perks. [9232/13]
- NAMA Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance the activities undertaken by the National Asset Management Agency in anticipation of acquiring loans from Irish bank Resolution Corporation; if NAMA has engaged...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if the Special Liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will entertain approaches and offers from individual mortgage borrowers to buy out their outstanding...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Languages Programme
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being contemplated to meet the language skills gap for recently announced enterprise projects for Dundalk, County Louth; and if he...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a higher education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering an appeal against the decision to refuse a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan;...
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland appeal reassessments upheld on the 25 January 2013 have still not been processed to date and will...
- Staffing Resources
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on staffing resources (details supplied) each December from 2002-20012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the decision that no maintenance grant is paid to new postgraduate students. [9004/13]
- 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 a student grant. [9005/13]
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child with Down Syndrome can automatically qualify for resource hours and a special needs assistant to help them progress through mainstream...
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school building works which are outstanding at a primary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following the change in pupil-teacher ratio at further education colleges, he has conducted a review into the number of courses that have been...
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a secondary level school for educate together; and if his Department has assembled any plans in the...
- Student Grant Scheme Delays
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a decision on a student grant application as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Teaching Contracts
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a CID in respect of a person (details supplied). [9171/13]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the FÁS apprentice budgets for 2013 have not been approved. [9176/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek an urgent review of a student grant (details supplied) in view of the affected family's difficult financial situation and if he will...
- School Enrolments
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9230/13]
- School Curriculum
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the ICT infrastructure can be further developed in schools in order to progress students' digital literacy skills; his views on the importance...
- Education Grants
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that eligibility for third level grants will continue to be calculated on the basis of earned income, that the value of assets used...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Procurement Service Savings
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Procurement Service is currently considering placing art and graphic supplied...
- Burial Grounds
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding maintenance works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8995/13]
- EU Funding
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding allocated to the Border, Midlands and Western region through EU structural funds; his views on the importance of ensuring...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider ring-fencing a special National Lottery draw with a view to raising funds for the National Children's Hospital; and if he...
- Prison Service Overtime
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is engaging with the Prison Officers' Association in negotiations with respect to the payment of hours worked during unsocial hours;...
- Construction Contracts Bill
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider, as part of the Construction Contracts Bill, a Project Bank Account System, which was previously proposed by this Deputy...
- Flood Prevention Measures
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the temporary defence measures, in advance of the completion of the CFRAM study, that will be put in place to manage flooding on the River...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Consumer Protection
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the introduction of a statutory code of practice in the grocery goods sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Regional Aid
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek EU approval to have the EU regional aid grant rates increased from 10% to 15% in the south east; and if he will make a...
- Job Creation Targets
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken since the special Cabinet Committee on Jobs in January; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Production
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to reverse the recent decline in industrial production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/13]
- Research and Development Supports
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department officials have any role, along with the sponsoring Department, in developing research, development and innovation policy;...
- Department of Social Protection
- Youth Unemployment Measures
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm plans to tackle youth unemployment in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if she will appreciate the large youth population in the region and the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9001/13]
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that interim arrangements are in place for persons who must retire at age 65 and who no longer can avail of a transition pension; and...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a domiciliary allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in respect of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for jobseeker's will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
- Education and Training
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any financial assistance available for a person wishing to do a training course (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a complaint in relation to the operation of the jobbridge programme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [9163/13]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Museum
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which he received sanction for the post of Director of the National Museum from the Department of Public Expenditure and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Digital Television Service
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any issues over potential interference with TV receptions for Saorview viewers here with the roll out of 4G in...
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 21 February 2012, if he will provide an update on the provision of broadband for...
- Broadband Services Charges
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider issuing a Ministerial directive under the 2002 Communications Act to inscribe in law the principle of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Control of Dogs
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending existing legislation to oblige all dog owners to microchip their dogs; and if he will make a...
- Water Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Shannon water abstraction proposal contravenes the European Water framework directory. [9345/13]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities will be responsible for the full costs of maintenance and other associated costs with group schemes in...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 13 February 2013, if he will acknowledge that an estate (details supplied) in...
- Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 5 February 2013, if he will indicate, in relation to the rent assistance scheme,...
- Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will defer the signing of new building control regulations until he receives the paper from the Oireachtas Environment...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protections in place to ensure security of tenure for tenants under the rental accommodation scheme; if there are any...
- Local Authority Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 29 January 2013, when funding will be allocated to local authorities for the...
- Fire Stations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene in respect of the delay in finalising arrangements for major development works at the Fire Station on...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the funding of a feasibility study for the development of a regional water supply scheme from Lough Mask...
- Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have availed of the mortgage to rent scheme to date; the number of applications that have been...
- Light Pollution
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding the International Darkskyes Association; and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Prevention
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Civil Legal Aid Issues
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the civil legal aid scheme cost in 2012 and for each of the previous four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9146/13]
- Criminal Legal Aid
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount the criminal legal aid scheme cost in 2012 and for each of the previous four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the event that recruitment of Gardaí is sanctioned in future, whether the intake will occur from existing recruitment panels; and if he...
- Naturalisation Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown by Division of the €5m to be distributed for the purchase and fit-out of Garda transport in 2013. [9186/13]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with his Northern or UK counterpart this year; if the matter of the proposed establishment of the British National Crime Agency was...
- Prisoner Releases
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the financial aid given to persons on their release from prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9194/13]
- Asylum Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding asylum in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9223/13]
- Crime Levels
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increase in burglaries in the general Tallaght area, Dublin, noting that businesses, homes, schools and...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to give statutory effect to Section 9 of the intoxicating Liquor Act 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/13]
- Immigration Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider allowing children attending secondary school who have a Stamp 2 under the registration of non EEA nationals to apply for a Stamp...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service Promotions
To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to an on-going delay with regards to a Naval Service promotion in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare Bodies
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 12 February 2013, if he will oblige all of the organisations which have received grant aid...
- Fishery Harbour Income
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown for the total income of €766,732 in relation to annual charges, rents and other categories at Howth...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an inspection in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Food Safety Standards Regulation
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the horse meat controversy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/13]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme 2 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of agri-environment option scheme 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Veterinary Inspection Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the event that his Department is unable to meet the demand for veterinary inspectors required to carry out the necessary controls and...
- Food Safety Authority Inspections
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if EU-wide regulation of the meat industry will include compulsory DNA testing carried out by the relevant authorities in each State; if...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the specific detail of the new green criteria which will be linked to 30% of the national payment ceiling as proposed...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- State Agencies
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State agencies or bodies not currently included under Schedules 1 and 2 of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; and if she will make a...
- Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the delay to some youth services, in the north inner city of Dublin, in being informed of 2013 funding from CDYSB; the...
- Department of Health
- Drugs Task Forces
To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the arrangements now in place to provide full funding for the estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin 24; if...
- Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the number of extra beds that were accommodated in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in addition to patients on trollies in the month of November last;...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute beds that are closed at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9112/13]
- Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health if it is the intention of the Health Service Executive to restrict access to such procedures as cataract surgery and varicose vein treatment; the other procedures...
- Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health if extra beds and or trollies are being accommodated in hospitals where beds/wards are closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9114/13]
- Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Health if he will be implementing the recommendations of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/13]
- Departmental Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Health Service Executive have received any requests for funding from the organisation Older and Bolder; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure a speedy resolution for those who have suffered from faulty hip replacements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/13]
- Hospitals Funding
To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that all acute hospitals have been allocated budgets in 2013 that are smaller than what they spent in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to appoint a Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money expended by the Health Service Executive on legal fees for the year ending 2012 and for each of the previous four years; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary five nursing personnel and two EEG technologists will be recruited by the Health Service Executive in order that the epilepsy units in Cork and...
- Prescription Charges
To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow an exemption for asylum seekers who only receive €19 per week, older persons and persons with disabilities from the increased prescription...
- Health Service Executive Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a Director for Mental Health for the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9166/13]
- Diabetes Strategy
To ask the Minister for Health the standards, guidelines, protocols and procedures which are in place for the support and supervision of school-going children with Type 1 diabetes in their...
- Health Service Executive Agency Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses that have been contracted by the Health Service Executive in the past three months broken down by location; the estimated cost to the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding being provided by the Health Service Executive to each of the named adult intellectual disabled service providers (details supplied); and if he...
- Medical Internships
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether that due to the increased number of medical school graduates this year it is anticipated that in July 2013 there will be a shortage of intern...
- Medical Card Appeals
To ask the Minister for Health if a decision to refuse the renewal of a medical card to a person (details supplied) suffering from a progressive and incurable condition was made by a Health...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Applications
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow may expect to avail of a general practitioner visit card under the long term illness scheme and if a general...
- Labour Court Recommendations
To ask the Minister for Health if the Labour Court has made its final recommendation in relation to the home helps in a case which has been brought by SIPTU to address issues in relation to the...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in view of a change in circumstances. [9221/13]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
To ask the Minister for Health if the Disability Act is working for persons with a disability; his views on whether disability funding or payments are following the person; if this will be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if assistance and support can be provided to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9245/13]
- Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a Health Service Executive employee (details supplied); if he will outline this persons pension rights; the supports available to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cochlear implants in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9248/13]
- Patient Redress Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a possible redress scheme for those patients who were excluded from the redress scheme at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a sports capital programme for 2013; and if so, when application forms will be available; and if he will make a statement on...
- Voluntary Severance Programmes
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 20 November 2012, if he has approved a voluntary severance programme for Dublin Port Company; if...
- Road Improvement Schemes
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the significant volume of heavy trucks drawing materials daily to and from the Corrib Gas development site since 2004 along the N59...
- Bridge Projects
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding arrangements for the narrow water bridge project have been finalised and if he will outline the details of same; and if he will...
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on advertising to Londoners last summer to visit here during the Olympics and the number of persons from there who...
