Written answers

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent oil/gas find in Ballyroe, County Kerry and the possible find off the coast of Northern Ireland and the...
    • Energy Prices
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he and his Department directly or in conjunction with the Regulator have endeavoured to ascertain the...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he intends to replace the television licence with a broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Post Office Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the need to maintain a strong rural post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/13]
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has identified any legislation needed for the rollout of high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to expand Ireland's digital economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10070/13]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will supply an update on plans to make the Belmullet wave test site, County Mayo, operational, including possible joint...
    • Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money that has been received from companies holding a licencing option in the past three years; if he will...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the new national broadband plan; the way he intends to measure progress; the way he will...
    • Postal Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the application by the Thomas Davis Commemoration Society, Mallow, County Cork, to have An Post...
    • Mobile Telephony
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent 4G spectrum sale which netted €855m for the Exchequer and if the process has been fully...
    • Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a licencing option has been granted to a company for oil off the County Kerry coast, the stage it is currently at; and if...
    • Social Media Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he and his Department can take to help the estimated one in four pupils here, aged nine to sixteen years, who have...
    • Television Licence Fee Collection
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he proposes to introduce a new broadcasting charge; if the revenue from that charge will be confined to one broadcaster...
    • Prospecting Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) hold a petroleum prospecting licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/13]
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the East West Inter Connector Electomagnetic Field emission measurements under assessment by the...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the key measures that will be contained in the forthcoming broadcasting legislation; when he expects to publish this...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will review the spectrum policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/13]
    • Broadband Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the necessary investment required in fibre broadband here to be competitive; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the Environmental Protection Agency report on hydraulic fracturing to be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he is using Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council to advance a green tech agenda; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will direct EirGrid to implement smart grid technology in County Mayo until such time as the 400kv line planned for is...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions he is taking to help ensure that the Shannon LNG project in County Kerry will proceed; his views on the employment...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the effect on his Department's budget of the cutting of the EU's broadband budget for the period 2012-2014...
    • Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the exploration licence granted to a company (details supplied) to prospect off the coast of Dublin...
    • Broadband Services Charges
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered a charge on broadband access on households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/13]
    • Marine Resources
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the marine energy testing facilities currently in operation in Irish waters; the extent to which each of these...
    • Television Reception
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is 100% coverage for Saorview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9981/13]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has identified the source of funding for the rollout of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/13]
    • Electricity Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he has analysed the energy market requirements and targets in respect of conventional and alternative...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of schools that currently avail of the 100 Mbps to schools project; if he will provide a breakdown by county; and...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • International Summits
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all bilateral meetings held between himself and any other individual or group at the recent annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos,...
    • Enterprise Statistics
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of new enterprises created annually in each of the past four years to date; the numbers in the manufacturing and service sectors; his plans for the future in this...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Ministers that will travel for St. Patrick's Day events worldwide; the country or city each Minister will be...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US when he meets with the US President over St Patrick’s...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Moroccan authorities to use civilian courts to ensure fair retrials for those Sahrawi...
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the Irish Language Act; and...
    • Passport Controls
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports that have been issued to persons who have changed their legally registered names more than once....
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a proposal to have the EU designate the Lebanon based militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking to address political and religious repression in Tibet at EU level and to curb the practice of...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the British Government in relation to the De Silva Report and the need to have a full...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be a reduced property tax for persons living on off-shore islands in view of the higher cost of living on the Islands; and if he will make a...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Management
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total contingent liability attached to the dormant accounts fund and if it is intended to take any steps to reduce this liability; and if he will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [9814/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a house that has been repaired of pyrite will be liable for the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/13]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance if records are kept of which brands of tobacco are included in smuggled or illegally sold tobacco which are intercepted by law enforcement; if so, if he will...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance under the agreement with the Troika EU Commission, ECB, IMF is it his understanding that any savings realised from measures such as the recent promissory note deal...
    • Bond Redemption
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Irish Government bonds held by the ECB that will be maturing in the next 12 months; his efforts to get agreement from the ECB to return any profit...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he is proposing in the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013 that persons who own more than one residential property must pay and file the...
    • General Government Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance the effect the recent arrangement regarding the re-structuring of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation debt and its conversion into long term debt will have on...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all investments made by the State directly or through the National Pensions Reserve Fund in the pillar banks and in Irish Life and Permanent; the...
    • NAMA Accounts
      To ask the Minister for Finance the profit or loss made to date by the National Assets Management Agency; the book value of all property and financial assets respectively held at present and the...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he is proposing in the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013 that the exemption for certain incapacitated persons would be framed so...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the treatment of tax credits following the bereavement of a separated spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9579/13]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the balance held at year end for each year from 2007 to 2012 in the deposit protection account at the Central Bank of Ireland...
    • Government Bonds
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views of what constitutes conditions of financial stability in respect of the timetable for the sale by the Central Bank of Ireland of Irish Government bonds...
    • Promissory Note Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees with the estimate of the value of the savings, achieved by the deal announced on 8 February 2013 with the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution...
    • International Summits
      To ask the Minister for Finance the details of all bilateral meetings held between himself and any other individual or group at the recent annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos,...
    • Government Bonds
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for the European Central Bank, acting unilaterally, to direct the Central Bank of Ireland to dispose of the long term Irish bonds created to...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the operation of the SARP tax relief passed in Budget 2012, including the number of persons who have availed of this tax relief;...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the par value, impairment provision and book value of loans at 31 December 2012, 31 January 2013 and 6 February,...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total held in deposits by Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society on 1 October 2010; the total held in deposits in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, the way the special liquidator will obtain independent valuations of IBRC’s loans; when such valuations...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement on 8 January 2013 by the National Treasury Management Agency, if he will confirm the volume and value of applications received by a...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement on 25 July 2011, of the sale of a 35% stake in Bank of Ireland to a group of North American investors for a price of up to...
    • Credit Unions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions are part of the eligible depositors who will be burnt as a result of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act; the steps he is taking to assist...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the net asset position of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at 30 June 2012; in view of his Department's forecast of a net cost to the Exchequer...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay before Dáil Éireann the un-audited accounts of Irish Life for the year ended 31 December 2012. [9827/13]
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of outstanding unpaid corporation tax for the past five consecutive years; and if he will provide information as to the corporations...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the means available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in relation to addressing recent correspondence they received from the Revenue Commissioner;...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Financial Services Ombudsman was not in a position to investigate the case referred to him by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Finance if EU funding was received for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 for the purchase of additional resources or equipment for the Revenue Commissioners; the total...
    • IBRC Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the liquidation of Irish bank Resolution Corporation persons who were employees of the corporation now find themselves effectively to be collateral...
    • EU Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent media reports that he is introducing regulations that will entitle the EU/ECB to extend the period during which they may review the taxation...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is his intention that the property tax will be payable in instalments using various mediums such as An Post, the banks, the credit union and PayPal; and if...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance if Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are both included in the fuel rebate scheme for bus and coach operators under the 2013 Finance Bill; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Financial Services Ombudsman
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation whereby in the case of alleged miss-selling of endowment mortgages the consumer is not entitled to make a complaint to the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if tobacco companies with operations here availed of the tax credit for research and development expenditure in any of the past three years for which figures are...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism for persons who own a house or property that was modified and grant aided by a local authority to cater for a person with a physical disability, the...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline what will happen to the mortgages of citizens in the now defunct Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and Irish nationwide; his views on whether...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired executives of AIB including EBS that have been written to by the bank asking that they consider voluntarily forgoing a portion of their...
    • IBRC Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retired executives of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special liquidation, if any that had been written to by the bank prior to the appointment...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the details of the legislation underpinning the importation of motor homes here; the details of changes made in recent years; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will, in the interests of impartial information provision and clarity, request that Revenue ensure that the letters to be distributed to property owners...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame within which schools in County Galway will be connected to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9776/13]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PRSI contributions in respect of accrued holiday pay, covering actual school holiday weeks, is not...
    • Student Grant Scheme Design
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 5 February 2013, and in the context of whether an applicant can be considered appropriate for assessment...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9571/13]
    • Teacher Training
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the change in procedure whereby B.Ed students of a college (details supplied) in County Limerick now pay for two weeks attendance at...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of redundancy payments to special needs assistants in primary schools for the past five years; if he will provide a numerical breakdown of...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is not currently designated for DEIS; if the school has applied in recent times for DEIS in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full maintenance grant will be approved by Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9719/13]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9777/13]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make sure graduate teachers are offered substitution positions in preference to retired teachers when there is availability of graduate...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a higher education grant was not awarded to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will address the points raised by this...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has identified a site or has plans to relocate a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the membership of the student grants appeals board; their qualifications and appropriateness for the position the criteria used to...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who were no more than five years of age when they first enrolled and attended primary school in each of the past five years;...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an apparent policy is being pursued of facilitating public primary schools for extensions for early childhood care and education rooms in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Design
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the student grant scheme so that mortgage repayments are considered in the means test for grant eligibility due to there...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender has now been awarded to the successful contractor in respect of the completion of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when...
    • Student Grant Scheme Design
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a submission (details supplied); his plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/13]
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of school enrolment policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/13]
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on proposals to bring in politics as a leaving certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9950/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [9964/13]
    • Education Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the springboard initiative to date; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number of...
    • Education and Training Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the local training initiative in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number...
    • Labour Market Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on labour market activation programme run in 2010 and 2011 in 2012 who were under 25 years; the total number aged...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on an a application for additional funding for renovation works for a primary school (details supplied) in County Carlow....
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information regarding a fund to be administered by his Department to support survivors of institutional abuse (details supplied)....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be awarded a Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an up to date progress report in relation to the construction of new primary and secondary schools in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Courses Accreditation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the educational course (details supplied) is not a course recognised by his Department and if he appreciates the way this lack of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [10422/13]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Strategies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department oversees and monitors eGovernment development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/13]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans, if any, to provide a flood relief scheme for an area (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if the town has been surveyed for such...
    • Telecommunications Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the income the State receives from telecommunications companies in exchange for the siting of telecommunications masts on land space at Garda...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the European Regional Development Fund is operated; the number of companies here that have availed of direct aid to investment in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons the Office of Public Works has not engaged with any of the State agencies regarding ensuring places for an apprenticeship...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of a reoccurring flooding problem in Sneem, County Kerry which affects a number of properties and actually endangers public safety,...
    • State Property
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the extent, and estimated value, of property held in trust by the State further to Section 28 (2) of the State Property...
    • Prison Service Overtime
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that workers of the Irish Prison Service, who consistently work unsocial hours, will not lose all payments for this work;...
    • National Monuments
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a matter regarding an Office of Public Works site (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on outsourced security services in the State Laboratories for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies...
    • Oireachtas Members' Salaries
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cuts that have taken place to Minister's and TD's salaries and allowances since the beginning of the crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a determination will be made regarding a pension issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department intends to take to ensure the Government procurement impacts directly on both youth and long term unemployment. [3248/13]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met the social partners since this round of talks has commenced on the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Outsourcing of Public Services
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of non-core public service activities that have been selected for priority outsourcing to companies based here; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he plans to publish the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill, in order to facilitate a...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to public sector reform, he will clarify the assessments and cost benefit analyses that have been undertaken into the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will provide funding or to have work undertaken to deal with flooding problems caused by the River Reane in the Fenagh area near...
    • EU Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the likely timeframe for the introduction of a successor programme to the peace 111 programme; when he proposes to announce the level of...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any Government Departments are planning to be involved in 2013 EU funding under the competitiveness and innovation programme and seventh...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Cabinet Committee on Job Creation has investigated the jobs crisis in County Kerry; if it will request the Industrial Development...
    • Consumer Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the charges that can be applied to flights when booked by credit card; and if he will legislate to ban...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding sick leave. [9696/13]
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the announcement of the loan guarantee scheme for small and medium enterprises in the Budget 2012 announcements in December...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the announcement of the €90m microfinance scheme on 27 September 2012, the total amount that has been to date extended to...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the announcement of the €90m microfinance scheme on 27 September 2012, the total cost of operating Microfinance Ireland...
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any funding or supports for persons with a disability who would like to start a business in the Dublin area. [9857/13]
    • Departmental Consultations
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the stated reform review; if a submission (details supplied) will be included in the process; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
    • Unemployment Levels
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rate of unemployment in Limerick city for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and the current rate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • IDA Staff
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is acceptable that the Industrial Development Agency have no official designated to cover the north east area; if this is the only...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9534/13]
    • Respite Care Grant
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9564/13]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 18 December 2012, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding public sector...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal on an extension to a participation on a community scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a reduced rate of supplementary welfare allowance recently issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Deserted Wives Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who were in receipt of the now defunct deserted wives allowance prior to its discontinuation in 1997 continue to receive this payment...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9742/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a pension in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [9773/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of the amount of arrears that issued on a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which a person (details supplied) in County Cork submitted their appeal in respect of a domiciliary care allowance payment; if all the...
    • Household Benefits Package
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the arrangement whereby a person (detail supplied) in receipt of disability allowance has been cut off the household benefit package...
    • Relocation Grant Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a relocation grant lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will onfirm that she received an appeal against the refusal of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 and...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 22 January 2012, if she will re-examine the case of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the new Intreo offices that are currently operating here and a list of the offices that are due to come on stream by the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in respect of an application for fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare when payment will issue; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a widow's non-contributory pension will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with an appeal against disallowance of illness benefit with specific reference to an appeal in respect of a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will re-examine entitlement to rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a submission (details supplied); the plans she or the sector has to address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays persons on community employment schemes are experiencing in having Garda vetting applications...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if child benefit is paid in respect of children of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9959/13]
    • Social Welfare Code Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she received the Mangan Report on child benefit. [9960/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years who have participated in the jobbridge scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10003/13]
    • Community Employment Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of young persons under 25 years participating in community employment schemes and the most recent total number of participants in...
    • Employment Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of young persons under 25 years participating in the Tús initiative and the most recent total number of participants in the...
    • Back to Work Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of young persons under 25 years receiving the back to work enterprise allowance initiative and the most recent total number of...
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of young persons under 25 years receiving the back to education allowance and the most recent total number of recipients of the back to...
    • Youth Unemployment Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the top 20 districts with the highest level of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10012/13]
    • Pensions Reform
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress on the OECD review of pensions policy; when she expects to receive a report from the OECD; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of hours of care required to qualify for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent of increase of means in net parental income in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the obvious deterioration...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for community welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork while waiting for their...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 19 January 2013, if she is implying that a community welfare officer can use their discretion as to whether...
    • Unemployment Levels
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons registered as unemployed at the Blanchardstown social welfare office, Dublin, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding family income supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be reinstated; and if she...
    • Departmental Websites
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to facilitate online applications for benefits noting that in excess of two million claims for payment are made each year; if there is a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the existence of extenuating circumstances in the form of a serious illness will be taken into consideration as an admissible explanation for their...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she refused an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork whom is incapable of work; the...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will withdraw S.W.A. Circular No 1/2013 Paragraph 4.1 which abolishes exceptional needs payments to needy families for communion and confirmation,...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • 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 increase in the number of dead seals found on Irish coasts in the past 12 months, monitored by the...
    • Architectural Heritage
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding renovation works at Killarney House, County Kerry; if he will give a full account of works and expenditure to date...
    • National Parks Projects
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9563/13]
    • Foilseacháin Ghaeilge.
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid in aghaidh na cóipe a thugann Foras na Gaeilge mar mhaoiniú ar fhoilseacháin, amhail...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will quantify and set out in itemised detail pertaining and relevant individually to each body...
    • Waterways Ireland Feasibility Study
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Waterways Feasibility Study was not carried out in 2012 as previously suggested. [9956/13]
    • Irish Language
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any recent discussions with members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the Irish Language Act; and if he will...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Oil Heating Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respond to the documentation (details supplied) regarding OFTEC Ireland. [9653/13]
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made by Inland Fisheries Ireland in developing the tourism potential of our inland rivers and lakes; and if he...
    • Gas Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the latest reports and findings on unconventional gas exploration and extraction in Germany...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of any future plans by EirGrid to construct high-capacity transmission lines in western Ireland;...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the provision of broadband to an area (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any plans for the development of an electricity interconnector between Ireland and mainland Europe; and if he...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total allowable catch for salmon on the River Moy between the years 1984 and 1994 inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will keep this Deputy informed of any applications from a company (details supplied) to commence exploration for oil/gas...
    • Electricity Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will extend the REFIT scheme to accommodate electricity generators who are disadvantaged by slow grid development; and...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government for the support of electricity...
    • Digital Economy
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals he has to advance the EU digital economy during the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to deal with the following situation, seven out of ten minutes of listening time in Ireland is given to the 34...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department’s website is misleading in relation to the delivering of broadband to certain parts of County...
    • Energy Prices
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which directly or in consultation with the regulator, he and or his Department continues to monitor the prices...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which standard, quality and speed of broadband here currently compares with the best available worldwide; his...
    • Mobile Telephony
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which mobile phone technology and quality of service here compares with the best available throughout Europe and...
    • Offshore Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of oil, gas or drilling explorations that have taken place on and offshore in each of the past ten years to...
    • Energy Prices
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent, if any, to which procurement at EU level can be beneficial in the context of energy price reduction; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate to which unit cost in respect of electricity generation has been made with a view to identifying the most...
    • Social Media Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent if any to which communications technology can be utilised to prevent unwarranted, unwelcomed and uninvited...
    • Postal Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent, if any, to which he continues to have contact with An Post with a view to ensuring the maintenance of the post...
    • Cloud Computing
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he envisages cloud computing to become of major, commercial impact in the context of economic recovery and...
    • Gas Exploration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate the continuing progress in the development of the Corrib gas field with particular reference to the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on Ireland’s initial assessment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive; if the atlas...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to instruct local authorities to reduce commercial rates for struggling businesses; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nitrates Action Programme Review
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that the review of the Nitrates Action Plan will be concluded; if consideration will be given to the recent...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which carbon reduction targets are likely to be met in accordance with international agreements; and if he will...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost of the rental accommodation scheme for the years 2011 and 2012 respectively; and the projected cost for 2013....
    • Building Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding concerns at the proposed changes to the Building Control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 14 February 2013, his views on the principle that householders should get a basic...
    • Priory Hall Development
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the resolution process for the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin to conclude; if he has set a resolution date;...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the special protection or regeneration status that exists for deprived areas; the criteria that would be considered for an area...
    • Fire Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce the number of Chief Fire Officers and Assistant Chief Fire Officers in the various fire services; and if he...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 12 February 2013, the reason an estate in south Tipperary which had been classed...
    • United Nations Environmental Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the 27th session of the UN Environment Programme Governing Council recently held in Kenya; and if he will...
    • Control of Dogs
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on recent contact with farming representatives regarding the promotion of responsible dog...
    • Architectural Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a provision for a grandfather clause under the Building Control Bill and its regulations to ensure that...
    • Septic Tank Remediation Grants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow may recover some of the cost which they incurred for a puraflo effluent...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in arrears on their rental of local authority housing; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 12 December 2012, which specific section in the Valuation Act 2001 he refers to in...
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all community childcare groups have their premises exempt from payment of commercial rates and if so on what basis; and if...
    • Local Authority Employee Code of Conduct
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a moratorium on former employees of local authority planning departments precluding such former employees from...
    • Local Authority Finances
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the debt levels of county councils; if he is satisfied that all local...
    • Auditing of Local Authority Spending
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process that will be in place to audit the spending of property taxes in the local communities in which they are collected;...
    • National Spatial Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to engage in a consultation process on the formulation of a replacement spatial plan to the National Spatial...
    • Light Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a letter of support in respect of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fire Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be any recruitment of Fire Service staff in the foreseeable future; and if so, if there will be any age limit...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if as part of the process of social housing reform, a review of the 2011 social housing assessment regulations has been carried...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application for funding for a Miscanthus plant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Water Services Registrations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward amending legislation and issue guidelines to regulate those bodies or persons deemed to have the...
    • Local Government Reform
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that businesses in the town of Bundoran, County Donegal, will not be subject to higher rates as a direct...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff...
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the entire legal costs of defending ECJ Judgement C-188-08 in which the Court found that...
    • RAPID Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of those streets in Dublin that are in RAPID areas. [10241/13]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that was paid for a property (details supplied) in Dublin 2 when it was purchased; the intended use of same; if it...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce climate legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/13]
    • Housing Regeneration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent over the past five years on retrofitting housing stock; if there is a plan for a new stimulus...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of vacant local authority housing units at present and the proposed turnaround for upgrading these homes is...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the details of the recently announced local authority tenant purchase scheme; the date of publication ; the...
    • Local Authority Finances
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money held on deposit by Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Borough Council; if the money is on call or of it...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a clause in the Galway County Development Plan that only allows local persons, particularly in Barna, County...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Criminal Prosecutions
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any prosecutions were initiated as a result of information gathered by RTE in the course of its Prime Time programme, Profiting from Prostitution,...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans for an inter Departmental report to investigate the activities of mother and baby homes that operated here; and if he will make...
    • Organised Crime
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing an all-Ireland joint-taskforce between An Gardaí Siochána and PSNI in order to combat organised crime. [9566/13]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles by type and category in the Limerick Division serving in the Bruff and Newcastle West (amalgamated with Askeaton)...
    • Prison Committals
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of males and the number of females who have been committed in the past 12 months for the non-payment of fines; and if he will make a...
    • Crime Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the pilot community text alert scheme to all rural areas where a Garda station has closed; and if he will make a...
    • Family Law Cases
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 7 November 2012, if he will provide an update on his efforts to reform the family court system; if he...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the average time it takes for the Garda Síochána to process vetting applications; the measures he has taken to reduce the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline any obstacles preventing him from announcing a commencement order and establishment day in respect of the Personal Insolvency Act...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with the programme finance troika of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission...
    • Bankruptcy Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has had with the British authorities regarding so-called bankruptcy tourism and the practice of citizens of the State relocating to...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 12 December 2012, the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal;; and if he will make...
    • Commercial Leases Database
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 6 November 2012, if he will confirm that the commercial leases database will be published by 31 March...
    • Garda Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State in 2012 of posting payslips to members of An Garda Síochána; the number of Gardai who are not paid via paypath; the...
    • National Substance Misuse Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give statutory effect to Section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 which provides for the structural separation of alcohol products...
    • Road Safety Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 7 February 2012, the Garda districts that are still operating a system of forming an opinion at the scene...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, the number of new Garda vehicles that were provided by division and district during the years 2008, 2009 and 2010;...
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the topical debate issue of 15 December 2011, the need to tackle growing waiting list for persons requiring free civil legal services from...
    • Courts Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced security services in the Court Services for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these...
    • Garda Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced security services in the Garda civilian section for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Civil Court of Appeal, which has been promised for the past two years will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9927/13]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to deal with the problems in An Garda Síochána due to the fleet of cars being at an all time low (details supplied); and if he...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 19 February 2013, if he will share the economic analysis of possible policy options in relation to the...
    • Garda Stations Open Days
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Dublin region that will have an open day over the next six months; the dates and times of same; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria senior Garda management take when choosing what to charge sporting organisations and so on for policing their events; if the charge is...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if new garda vehicles were allocated to the R District in 2012; if they were marked or unmarked Garda cars or vans; if this district will be receiving...
    • Immigration Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of President Obama's proposal to allow 11 million illegal immigrants to move toward a path of citizenship over eight years, if he will...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of holders of category W driving licences that have been convicted for towing a trailer on a work vehicle or land tractor in each of the...
    • Drug Seizures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 589 of 19 February 2013, the most likely source of the prescription drugs available on the illegal market; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the governance arrangements that are currently in place regarding the operations of the Equality Authority and IHRC and the...
    • Deportation Orders
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is being deported when they were employed here for more than five years; and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be any age limit for the recruitment of Gardaí when recruitment recommences in 2015, in view of the fact that there has been a...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of persons who are now deceased but who spent time in the Magdalene Laundries will be entitled to claim from the redress board; and if...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he is proposing a three year bankruptcy law as opposed to the UK Government which is operating on a one year system, resulting in persons...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that was given to Free Legal Aid for the periods 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10124/13]
    • Sentencing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for establishing sentencing guidelines; if he intends to set up a sentencing council; the discussions he has held with the LRC on this...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 7 February 2013, of the 31 patrol vehicles allocated to the Tipperary Division if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Light Up; the number of on the spot fines issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10211/13]
    • Garda Reserve
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves allocated to each station in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/13]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community relations vans currently allocated to the Dublin region in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the stations in which they are...
    • European Arrest Warrants
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the extradition proceeding in respect of a person (details supplied) if he will instruct his officials to seek a negotiation between the...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to the inclusion of former residents of an institution (details supplied) in the redress scheme under the aegis of Mr....
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of his statement that Gardaí now had vehicles which had been converted into mobile Garda offices, if he will explain the following, what...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the review by the UN Committee Against Torture where the committee recommends that the State partly take measures to ensure that all persons...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the Garda personnel resources allocated to provide policing and patrol car support in the Cooley Peninsula area, County Louth; the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for naturalisation. [10350/13]
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide a specific date for when the Personal Insolvency Service will accept...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing an amendment to the proposed Legal Service Bill that would provide and facilitate a suitably experienced...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Operations
      To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the British Ministry of Defence has paid out €14 million in compensation to hundreds of Iraqis with a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired medical officers from the Defence Forces who have been offered medical duties as locum tenens with the Defence Forces in the past ten years;...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a place in the Defence Forces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Red Cross
      To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons for the recent resignation of the Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Red Cross and if issues related to the corporate governance of the IRC were involved;...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of suspect devices that the army disposal unit has had to deal with in each of the past five years and to date in...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Defence if the Irish Army will be recruiting more soldiers in 2013 or 2014. [10424/13]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Forces are made to buy their own boots and water as they do not have proper equipment; the reason these forces have extra hours in...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for a decision in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/13]
    • Sheep Census
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of flocks of sheep in County Galway that were recorded in 2012 and of these flocks, the number of female sheep that were...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the checks for horse DNA to other products which may contain beef products such as inter alia dried soups, gravy...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri environment options scheme 2 payment; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have a their REP scheme payment processed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pásanna Capall
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste do 2012 le duine...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will inform a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under what section of the agreement can payment to the herd owner under...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a RDP afforestation grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will prioritise funding for pier improvement works at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • 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; and if he will make a...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if he is planning to introduce pay parking charges in Howth Fisheries Harbour County Dublin at a rate of €8 per...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an afforestation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Scéim na hÍocaíochta Aonair
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi scéim na limistéar faoi mhíbhuntáiste agus scéim na...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid their 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under REP scheme and the disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will invetsigate a derogation case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans, if any, to improve labelling regulations so that consumers can be assured that they are purchasing what it says on the pack,...
    • Food Quality Assurance Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the food quality assurance scheme beyond the farm gate to include the food processing and packaging industries; and if...
    • Food Imports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value and range of meat products, including horse meat, imported each year for the past two years; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Food Safety Authority Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, following a request from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to his Department on the 21 of December 2012 to obtain samples of raw...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 847 of 16 January 2013, when payment of the agri environment option scheme will issue to a person...
    • Grocery Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work being carried out for his Department to establish the proportion of the margin on the sale of meat and dairy products that are...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri environment options scheme 1 payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made in relation to a derogation appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if not, when the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will issue without further delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applicants who are over the age of 40 years can still receive the single farm payment if they are not currently in receipt of this...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 29 January 2013, if he will provide clarity regarding the terms NHA and proposed NHA...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing a rural environment protection scheme 4 grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Fish Landings
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy in relation to the landing of fish caught at sea by non-Irish vessels at Irish ports; the steps being taken to encourage more...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding further afforestation at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to close the District Veterinary Office in Limerick and any other District Veterinary offices to the public; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the numbler of farmers receiving €50,000 in single farm payment in County Clare; the number...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Importation of Fertilisers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the composition of imported fertilisers have been scientifically tested; the frequency with which this testing is carried out; and the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal to the disadvantaged area appeal committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details in tabular form, by college and course, the number of students who attended agricultural colleges in each of...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a disadvantaged area scheme appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all the land that has no entitlements currently were to be taken into account, what would be the average single farm payment per ha;...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a disadvantaged area scheme appeals committee in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Live Exports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update in the renewed trade of live cattle to Libya. [10217/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has yet to be paid their 2008 single farm payment; if he will make arrangements for...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on current sheep prices; the work that he is doing to improve prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10222/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in the beef technology scheme in County Galway yet to be paid; if his attention has been drawn to an issue in...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects payments to be made to successful applicants of the 2013 agri-environment options scheme. [10321/13]
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will restore the inspection levels at meat processing plants to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be paid their funding under the animal welfare scheme farm discussion group for...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foster Care Policy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if grandparents generally have any right to have some level of access to their grandchildren who are in foster care arrangements in...
    • Foster Care Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail the accredited adoptive agencies handling inter country adoptions in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the level of State funding...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the operation of the early childhood care and education scheme which allows payment for three hours a day for tuition but...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the family resource centre programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9932/13]
    • Adoption Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that have registered with the National Adoption Contact Preference Register since its inception; the number that have been...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review adoption legislation to ensure that it meets with international standards including the standards laid down in the UN...
    • Child and Family Support Agency
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review her decision to move psychology services out of the Health Service Executive and into the new Child and Family Support Agency...
  • Department of Health
    • Food Safety Authority Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland was responding to a tip-off when it tested for horse DNA in certain foods in November 2012; the number of times in 2012 the...
    • Food Safety Promotion Board
      To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget in 2013 of Safefood, and the contribution to that budget by his Department. [9771/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in receiving an appointment at Tallaght Hospital for urgent medical treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 [9829/13]
    • Symphysiotomy Report
      To ask the Minister for Health if he is prepared to amend the law on the statute of limitations to accommodate the survivors of symphysiotomy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the rate of contribution being paid to the Health Service Executive nursing home support scheme will be carried out in respect of a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the total budget for mental health services for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/13]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State per client resident in boarding out houses operating under the jurisdiction of Health Service Executive Mayo for each year over the past five...
    • Air Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for air ambulances here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9581/13]
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      To ask the Minister for Health when a copy of the Public Nursing Home Units review will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9594/13]
    • Nursing Home Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures in relation to the cost of care in public nursing home units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9595/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a scan at Tullamore Hospital, County Offaly will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make...
    • Medical Internships
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical internships made available by the Health Service Executive National Recruitment Service for uptake in 2012; if all eligible Irish medical...
    • Universal Primary Care
      To ask the Minister for Health the competition issues that have arisen with regard to the introduction of universal primary care; the discussions that have taken place with other Government...
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on each of the 35 primary care centres announced under the infrastructure stimulus package in July 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the resource allocation model being used for the development of primary care teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the International Evidence Review on Independent Hospital Trusts undertaken by the Health Research Board at his Department's request; and if he...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      To ask the Minister for Health the role he sees for the market in the provision of health care here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9614/13]
    • Primary Care Centres
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1052 of 16 January 2013, if he will confirm the exact date in June 2012 that the development of a primary care centre at...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement in the BreastCheck programme's annual report for 2011 that sustainability of the programme's current level of service at the current...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers employed by the Health Service Executive in each region for the past four years for which data is available [9638/13]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the application for orthotics in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the fair deal application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to provide medical cards to persons on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9663/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the support available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [9666/13]
    • Smoking Ban
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a clamp down on designated smoking areas in pubs as this has an impact on jobs. [9667/13]
    • Food Safety Authority Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he has first made aware of the adulteration of processed food products with horse meat; the action he took on foot of this notification; and if he...
    • Accident and Emergency Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current waiting times at the accident and emergency department in Kerry General Hospital; if there is an adequate complement of staff...
    • Health Service Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the Fottrell Report 2006, the NCMET Report, and the Second Interim Report on the Implementation of the Reform of the Intern Year April 2012, his...
    • Hospital Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he considers that criteria such as existing partnerships, existing geographical links and patient access to appropriate services will be key in choosing the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow [9720/13]
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce the new Meningitis B vaccine into the immunisation programme; and if so, if he will indicate how soon this will happen; and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide two weeks respite care urgently to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/13]
    • Health Service Executive Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if it is still the case that the Health Service Executive workers automatically become permanet in their position after they have been working for the HSE for more...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide up to date figures detailing the number of prostheses users by county/region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9783/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding urgent eye surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9799/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will include polio as a qualifying illness under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9801/13]
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he will be introducing a vaccine damage compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9803/13]
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be present at the Codex Committee on Food Labelling in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, from 14 May 2013 to 17 May 2013; his position on the...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend from the National Treatment Purchase Fund from 2009 to 2012 for the treatment of bilateral cochlear implants abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose financial circumstances have changed since...
    • Cochlear Implants
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intends to upgrade and enhance the audiology unit in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if the HSE intends to make resources available to...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline in broad detail the main achievements of the renegotiated contract with hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9839/13]
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in respect of absenteeism in the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9840/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the hourly rate paid to home help workers that are directly employed by the Health Service Executive in County Mayo; the number of home help hours currently...
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of the promised 99 child and adolescent community mental health teams that have been delivered to date; and the number of these that are fully staffed...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacists the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland inspected in 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of pharmacies that were asked for a...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the policy for the transfer of a GMS list when a principal general practitioner retires; currently there is an issue whereby a locum doctor who has worked in a GP...
    • Dental Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the free dental services available to persons with medical cards; the waiting list for these services; if persons who lose fillings...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the estimated cost of introducing free general practitioner visits for all children aged six years and under; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services given by the autism team and autism nurse to a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the number of occasions the team met with the...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a full medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [9994/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health if an operation at Waterford Regional Hospital will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding staffing levels in the epilepsy unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; when the unit will open; the way the unit will operate; the level of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health when the package of support promised almost 12 months ago for sufferers of narcolepsy disorder will be rolled out [10037/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) [10041/13]
    • Health Service Executive Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any recruitment of paramedics in 2013, 2014 or 2015; if there will be any process by which those wishing to become paramedics may become familiar...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will include children in the first phase of the introduction of free general practitioner care to all as well as to those with chronic illnesses; and if he...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the correspondence (details supplied) regarding incident forms in hospitals [10106/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an ear, nose and throat consultation can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was made available to the Irish Patients Association for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10126/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with an intellectual or physical disability who are on waiting lists for day care services, respite care, residential services and the overall...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health where funding for an organisation (details supplied) comes from for their residential and outreach services; if the organisation receives State funding; the amount...
    • Health Service Executive Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive plans to axe funding for the Irish Patients Association; if he has had any...
    • National Children's Hospital
      To ask the Minister for Health further to his announcement that the National Children's Hospital will be located at St James' Hospital, Dublin, if his Department and the management of St James'...
    • Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff that are on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits between...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his...
    • Hospitals Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the way additional funds recently announced for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will be spent; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff by job title that retired during each month of 2012 and to date in 2013 in community care area 8; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant nephrologists here; their grade and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will fill the four vacancies on the board of the Health Information and Quality Authority; the number of persons who have expressed an interest in serving...
    • Cochlear Implants
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide a bilateral cochlear implant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding can be secured privately can the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list for occupational therapy intervention in County Kerry; the length of time they are waiting; the number on the waiting list for...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      To ask the Minister for Health if a graduate programme for speech and language therapists will be introduced in 2013. [10242/13]
    • Health Service Executive Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately lift the moratorium on staff recruitment in the Health Service Executive and appoint occupational therapists to address the waiting lists for...
    • Hospital Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that existing links between the Rotunda and the Mater hospitals, Dublin, are maintained under the project in view of the fact that the Mater...
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting orthodontic treatment in County Kerry; the length of time they are waiting; the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting...
    • Health Service Executive Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed to replace the retiring doctor in Milltownpass, County Westmeath in view of the fact that this health provision is essential to the area as the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be issued with a grant in respect of nursing home support respite under the fair deal scheme; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be issued with their full medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10269/13]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the numbers of podiatrist posts linked to the Midlands Regional Hospital diabetes service and his plans to extend the service to Longford to...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be granted on exceptional medical grounds in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total cost of the long term illness scheme for the years 2009 to 2012 inclusive; and the cost per patient availing of this...
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total cost of assessing persons for eligibility for medical cards for the years 2009 to 2012 inclusive [10282/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total cost of assessing persons for eligibility for the fair deal scheme for the years 2009 to 2012 inclusive [10283/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the links that are in place between the Health Service Executive and the Department of Social Protection and the Revenue to assist with means testing in determining...
    • Health Information and Quality Authority Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to introduce legislation to enable the Health Information and Quality Authority to inspect and investigate any problems, should they exist, in...
    • Medicinal Products
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 476 of 11 December 2012 and No. 220 of 13 February 2013, the reason the Health Service Executive is not providing the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 14 February 2013, if he will clarify what he means where he points out that legislation to extend access to general...
    • Health Service Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding placement allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) [10417/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the time limits on drug and alcohol testing; the legislation involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Industry
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9562/13]
    • Rural Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the future proposals for the Westmeath rural transport scheme. [9587/13]
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the process of establishing a new system of photo capture for driving licences which has been awarded solely to the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Ireland is not keeping pace with the demand for youth travel and urgently developing this sector as there is huge potential for...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to transfer their vehicle and taxi plate to their child; if he will outline the...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider proposals in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality to ensure a watchdog type role for the Road Safety...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the CEO of Iarnród Éireann regarding the immediate steps being taken to improve the audible announcements on Dart...
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the maximum size or weight of a trailer that may be towed on a work vehicle or land tractor by the holder of a category W driving licence who...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request from each of the local authorities the percentage of the annual roads maintenance budget that is spent on payroll; if he...
    • Local Improvements Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding his recent announcement that local authorities could re-establish the LIS scheme, if he will consider establishing revised...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that used each Dublin Bus Night-Link route for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make...
    • Road Project Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the motorway service area tranche 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10210/13]
    • Parking Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement park and ride facilities in the Howth, County Dublin and Dublin 13 areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Licence Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence regarding the delay in issuing driving licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to reinstate the discontinued bus service at Kinnegad, County Westmeath, in view of the fact that the...
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put a compensation plan in place for photographers, small shops and businesses, which have suffered loss of income as a result of...

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