Written answers

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Maternity Benefit
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of maternity benefit in 2011 and 2012; the total amount spent in 2011 and 2012; her plans for this benefit; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobbridge interns in each Department and subsidiary bodies. [11370/13]
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare contract, currently held by An Post, will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/13]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of households affected by changes to the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/13]
    • Child Poverty
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to child poverty proofing Budget 2014 in view of the contents of a report (details supplied) from the Children's Rights Alliance; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social impact assessment of the main taxation and welfare changes announced in Budget 2013 is complete; and when she will publish same. [11375/13]
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to assist unemployed persons who are unable to avail of social assistance payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code Reform
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the future of the one parent family payment; the progress that has been made to reform childcare provision before implementing changes to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide detail of the jobs plus initiative and if she will specify the length of the contracts of the jobs involved. [11378/13]
    • Pensions Reform
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions, if any, she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to align the State pension age with the typical ages that...
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that she has made in the implementation of the pathways to work plan; the use of private contractors in its implementation; and if she will...
    • Jobseekers' Benefit Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure the threshold to access community employment and other job activation schemes and qualification for additional social protection...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she can put a cap on illness benefit of 12 months in cases when there is on-going treatment such as chemotherapy involved. [11380/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the time taken to determine appeals against decisions in respect of various payments provided by her Department continues to be...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the rent supplement limits in Dublin Fingal for two and three bedroomed houses due to the rise of rent in Dublin, its proximity to...
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her role in the development and roll out of Intreo in view of the fact that its key remit is to act as a one stop shop to tailor employment services for...
    • Redundancy Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department no longer shows redundancy figures as detailed previously with statistical breakdown by industry, county and gender on its...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person must be in continuous employment for 104 weeks to qualify for a redundancy payment. [11384/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10956/13]
    • Youth Enterprise Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a dedicated youth entrepreneur fund along the lines of the proposal submitted to her by a youth council (details supplied); if she...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the domiciliary care allowance; the number of refusals of DCA in each of the years since the payment was transferred from the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision being made for persons who had been availing of the free travel scheme under Bus Éireann, but because of the removal of these routes...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future of community employment schemes; the way the CE schemes and the Tús programme are being integrated in communities alongside each other...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 29 January 2013, in relation to 68 unfilled positions which she prioritised as critical, if she will list...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the one-parent family payment scheme; and the number that will be affected when this change comes into effect in July 2013. [11381/13]
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide further clarification on the way the announced local authority community employment scheme will work; the reason for not extending...
    • Social Insurance Fund
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current deficit in the Social Insurance Fund; her plans to ensure that this fund is fully funded for 2013; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobbridge interns that have gone on to employment directly related to the internships in which they had been involved. [11387/13]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the backlog of social welfare appeals, if she has sought an exemption from the public service embargo to recruit additional staff to address...
    • National Internship Scheme Funding
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she is taking to encourage a contribution from the benefitting employer / host in lieu of the free labour they get under the jobbridge...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      To ask the Taoiseach the reason the transcripts of the Moriarty Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/13]
    • Departmental Appointments
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the members or former members of the judiciary who, during the past five years, have acted as chairperson or member of any body in or under his...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of agency and contract staff currently employed under the aegis of his Department; the mechanism in place for monitoring and managing the associated costs; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of public sector workers who have retired in the past three years within his Department or any office/body under his aegis that have been reinstated; if he will...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will support the families of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make every effort to move the process forward with the British Government. [11695/13]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Conflict in Syria
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of the Syrian opposition coalition to boycott international meetings due to of lack of effective...
    • Bilateral Relations
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding developing relationships with Cuba in 2013 particularly in relation to trade and tourism. [11120/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years ago; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if those in social housing will be liable for paying the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11158/13]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is planning a consumer awareness media campaign to tackle illegal selling as part of their Tobacco Policy Review; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if houses built for wheelchair users will be exempt from the local property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/13]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle counterfeit fuel and tobacco sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/13]
    • Bond Redemption
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the European Central Bank has made a profit from the sale of any Irish bonds; if so, the steps he is taking to ensure this money is given back to the Irish...
    • Tax Forms
      To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 form will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10937/13]
    • Banking Sector Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the redundancy terms for an Irish Bank Resolution Corporation staff member (details supplied). [11002/13]
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward the date, by three or six months from January 2014, for the reduction in tax relief on pensions of more than €60,000 per annum; and...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the distress to mortgage holders at Irish Nationwide/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation whose mortgage was not processed as usual...
    • Economic Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of the budgetary and economic forecasts for 2013, in particular the impact on exports, of the sharp appreciation of the Euro against Sterling since the...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recently published Retail Ireland submission to the Department of Health’s June 2012 consultation on...
    • Hidden Economy Monitoring Group Remit
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 23 January 2013, if he will provide details of the persons who make up the Hidden Economy Monitoring Group; if he will...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if sums of damages paid in personal injuries cases on foot of an out of court settlement are liable for the payment of income tax or any other taxes; and if he...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding homes purchased under the local authority shared ownership schemes; if these homes are subject to the local property tax; if so, the person...
    • State Savings Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance if returns arising from the investments in the Ten Year National Solidarity Bond issued under the National Instalment Savings Scheme will be subject to deductions...
    • Tax Rebates
      To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be repaid moneys due in respect of RCT contractors tax for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Budget 2013 provided an excise rebate on diesel for haulage companies, but not for transport companies despite his belief that under law, assistance...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for greater transparency over the profits and taxation of banks as part of the implementation of the Basel III accord in the European Union,...
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the manipulation of a double tax convention between Ireland and Zambia by Zambia Sugar to avoid paying withholding taxes in either jurisdiction, if he...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation will enable persons to withdraw up to 30% of their AVC contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11328/13]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the tender document issued by the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for the provision of independent valuation services to...
    • IBRC Loan Book
      To ask the Minister for Finance the valuation process to be undertaken in respect of Irish bank Resolution Corporation's legacy loan book that will be offered for sale; if he will provide the par...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the National Asset Management Agency is to demolish half a dozen ghost estates here, if he will confirm the approach taken by NAMA in...
    • NAMA Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the National Asset Management Agency that it is sponsoring a two year study at the Economic and Social Research Institute, if he...
    • Sale of State Assets
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement of the sale of Irish Life to Great West Life for €1.3bn, if he will confirm the price earnings ratio implied by the sale; and if...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the benefits of replacing the promissory notes extant at the Educational Building Society, part of the Allied Irish Banks...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have investigated the use of personal guarantees for commercial lending in the State; if he has compared practice in this area with other...
    • NAMA Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 19 February 2013, the reason he did not publish the directions issued to the National Asset Management Agency on or...
    • Tax Forms
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to obtain a copy of their P60 or P45 for 1993 from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to accept cash payments over the counter in each Revenue office for householders to pay the property tax; and if he...
    • Consultancy Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance if any State contracts had been provided to Enrst and Young since 2011; and if so, if he will list the contract details and value. [11448/13]
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a revenue issue; the options available to this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made...
    • Local Authority Housing Bonds
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number and total value of builder/developer bonds held by local authorities which are in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, in special liquidation; and if he...
    • NAMA Legal Fees
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the judgement in the High Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information, the...
    • NAMA Court Cases
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the judgement in the High Court case between the National Asset Management Agency and the Office of the Commissioner for Environment Information, if he...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 26 February 2013 and in view of the fact that the Parliamentary Question did not seek the identity of any of the...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Central Bank of Ireland is taking to address the Ulster Bank error which resulted in more than 1,000 mortgage customers underpaying their mortgage...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks need to have any Ministerial, Central Bank or other formal instruction to write down personal and mortgage debt by expressly using the capital...
    • IBRC Legal Fees
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the quantum of gross legal fees billed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as a result of the direct engagement of a law firm (details...
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of Section 20 of the Finance Bill which extends the tax-relief for the film industry, consideration will be given to extending such relief to the...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if exemption will be made to the property tax in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/13]
    • Tax Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the special assigned relief programme tax relief in 2012; the number of persons that have submitted preliminary tax payments...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of having 200 KPMG consultants on site in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidation process; the reason the remaining staff are only receiving...
    • Credit Unions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the unencumbered funds deposited with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation by a credit union (details supplied) are covered in full by the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exemption will be made for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if they will be paid for the duration of their training on a FÁS...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of resource hours to a child (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of persons who have completed a particular FÁS course (details supplied) in County Cork to date; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.151 of 6 June 2012, if he will ensure that the productive assets of farm families and other self employed...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 17 January 2013, if a review has been completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposal regarding a college for further education (details supplied) when Solas is in charge of further education colleges in view of the fact...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision to remove a resource teaching post for 2013/2014 from a primary school (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Physical Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has explored the possibility of introducing a bonus point system for the leaving certificate for persons who exercise in order to incentives...
    • Outdoor Education Centres
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the directors of vocational education committee outdoor education centres, and a February 2009 Labour Court recommendation in relation...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Ballyfermot College Further Education is not an approved college for the purposes of grants by Dublin City Vocational Education Committee,...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to offer best practice information and guidance to assist primary schools in the procurement of ICT tablet systems and wireless technology...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider permitting four teacher schools who have 20 learning support hours to combine their support hours with their resource teacher...
    • School Discipline
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the behaviour for learning programme teacher has been withdrawn for 2013/14 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available to Irish students studying in third level institutions in other EU member states; if financial assistance is...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in terms of the quality of windows installed in school extensions, do they vary from the quality of windows installed in new build schools or is it...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when will survivors be able to apply to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund. [11285/13]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body that is officially recognised as the employer of staff in national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11432/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is proposed to launch his anti-bullying campaign for schools; the proposed budget for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers and grades of persons, by university, who have been offered a post and have subsequently not taken the post as a result of discussions on...
    • Student Support Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the student assistance fund will not expire for the 2013/14 academic year and that it will continue in place; his views on...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments...
    • Third Level Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form information regarding electronic subscriptions for academic journals (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the appropriate level of assistance and supervision, through resource...
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding bullying (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11505/13]
    • Schools Administration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to schools where not every child who wants to, can do transition year, his views on whether there should be a fair and transparent system...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Dublin; when this application...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans announced in May 2012 to introduce Chinese language and culture as an option subject for the leaving...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Education and Training Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes in place to support unemployed persons in up-skilling or obtaining a position in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of opposition in Firhouse, Dublin 24, to plans to use the 26 acre community green area adjacent to...
    • Schools Building Projects Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects in each of the past five years wherein a percent for arts scheme application was received, together with the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the appropriate level of assistance and supervision, through resource...
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence regarding bullying (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11505/13]
    • Schools Administration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to schools where not every child who wants to, can do transition year, his views on whether there should be a fair and transparent system...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Dublin; when this application...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on his plans announced in May 2012 to introduce Chinese language and culture as an option subject for the leaving...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Education and Training Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes in place to support unemployed persons in up-skilling or obtaining a position in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of opposition in Firhouse, Dublin 24, to plans to use the 26 acre community green area adjacent to...
    • Schools Building Projects Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects in each of the past five years wherein a percent for arts scheme application was received, together with the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the replacement scheme for pre-fabs that his Department is operating. [11609/13]
    • Vocational Education Committees
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the new premises secured by Mayo Vocational Education Committee in Ballina, County Mayo, including the amount of rent...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a 13 year old prefab, in poor condition, owned by his Department will be considered for replacement under a prefab replacement programme even...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications sent to the Student Universal Support Ireland in September 2012 that have been refused on the basis that the course...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it was not possible to advise a person (details supplied) who applied to Student Universal Support Ireland on what an approved course under...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications sent to Student Universal Support Ireland prior to September 2012 which are awaiting a decision on their application;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per application in the administration of processing each application for grant assistance through the Student Universal Support Ireland...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the student grant application process for applicants including the internal workflow management processes used when dealing with...
    • Vocational Education Committees
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the new premises by Mayo Vocational Education Committee in Castlebar; the tenure and price paid for the premises; the...
    • Quality and Qualifications Ireland
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the limbo endured by aspirant providers due to the setting up the new Quality and Qualifications Ireland; when new...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years ago; and if he...
    • Forfeiture of Oireachtas Pension Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will hold a constitutional referendum to remove the pensions of former Ministers and TD’s found to have received corrupt or...
    • Drainage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when work will commence on a drainage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11161/13]
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cuts to front line workers' pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that adequate resources are being provided to the Ombudsman and the Standards in Public Office to allow each office to...
    • Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total pay and pensions cost to the State highlighting the split between pay and pensions for the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive in tabular...
    • National Lottery Licence Sale
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ring-fence the modest 6% retails agent margin in National Lottery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/13]
    • Public Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will exclude frontline workers from all the cuts as a matter of urgency. [11009/13]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to begin the process of reviewing the Government Form of Contract which were introduced in 2007 to deal with cost and time overruns...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether a piece of land in Dublin 20 (details supplied) is currently under the control of the Department of Finance. [11208/13]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she will reconsider the proposed pension cuts and if he will conform the constitutionality of The Financial Emergency Measures in the...
    • Constitutional Amendment on Children
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 294 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number of persons...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if employees who, subject to the existing legislation, are currently subject to the pension levy and who pay pension contributions have an...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to publish his amendments to the Construction Contracts Bill. [11404/13]
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if approval has been received for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; if approved, when will the work commence; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
    • Public Sector Staff Redundancies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to offering voluntary redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11517/13]
    • Garda Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to invoke the inability to pay clause 1.28 of the Croke Park Agreement for members of An Garda Síochána in view of the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years ago; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that adequate resources are being provided to the Director of Corporate Enforcement to allow it to fully carry out their...
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects action point 175 from the Action Plan 2013 to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10950/13]
    • IDA Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the locations of all new Industrial Development Agency led advance unit developments in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the referrals to the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court under the Employees...
    • IDA Site Visits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Authority site visits made to Waterford in 2011 and 2012; if he will clarify the number of those...
    • IDA Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant properties currently being leased by the Industrial Development Agency in Waterford city; the number being leased in...
    • Trade Missions Participation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to have a trade mission to India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11362/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
    • IDA Site Visits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the visit made by the Industrial Development Agency to a town (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Permits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria and process for a work permit giving particular details in relation to the visa status required at the date of application;...
    • Retirement Age
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the interaction, if any, he has had with employer groups regarding the alignment of compulsory retirement age with the new State pension...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will make every effort to build on the 90,000 local jobs created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/13]
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare they have an entitlement to Job Seekers Allowance or part thereof in conjunction with her...
    • Family Income Supplement Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a full review will be carried out on a family income supplement approval rate in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo as had been...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme may not receive their scheme payment or sickness benefit if they have a certified...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year at the age of 65 years will have to wait a full year before they are eligible for their pension; and the action she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year are only entitled to nine months jobseeker's benefit while waiting a year to become eligible for their pension....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue; and if...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [11118/13]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11137/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for jobseeker's; and if she will expedite an answer. [11252/13]
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) to include further medical evidence submitted...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [11280/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who took to jobbridge placements in Waterford city and county since the programme began; the number of those who completed a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the actions his Department is taking in relation to tackling youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6830/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [11399/13]
    • Departmental Staff
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the current vacancy of information officer in Tralee Social Welfare Office, County Kerry, has been filled. [11413/13]
    • Household Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the changes to the household benefits package in Budget 2012 and Budget 2013; the expenditure incurred under these schemes in 2012;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for rent supplement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appointments she has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing files from the invalidity pension section to the appeals office; if she will examine the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current supports available to self-employed business people who have been forced to close their businesses; if better supports will be made available...
    • Job Assist Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the schemes in place to support unemployed persons in up-skilling or obtaining a position in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress of the 14 disability activation projects in operation in the BMW region; if she would confirm the locations of the...
    • Pensions Reform
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her estimate of the saving to the State that will arise in 2014 from the raising of the pension age to 66 years and the abolition of the State pension...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension transition in each year for the past ten years. [11619/13]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of payments administered by her Department which are subject to a means test of medical qualification; the number of applications in both...
    • Job Assist Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of schemes available to her Department to facilitate back to work including self-employment in each of the past four years to date; the extent...
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the skills available from personnel on the live register are likely to be coordinated and utilised in the context of unemployment...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the record breaking numbers of applicants currently on local authority housing waiting lists, the rent support for whom is the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applicants currently in receipt of rent support and mortgage interest relief in each of the past four years to date; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she continues to take to ensure against the occurrence of overpayments which result in recovery and consequent hardship with particular...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent she expects to continue to be in position to provide the necessary resources to retain the maximum number of places on CE or related schemes...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the employment issue of the long term youth unemployed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the total number of applications for Disability Allowance currently on hand, the likely timescale within which it is expected that a...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the total number of applications for invalidity pension currently on hand; the likely timescale within which it is expected that a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the total number of applications for domiciliary care allowance currently on hand; the likely timescale within which it is expected...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total social welfare bill for the years 2007-2012 inclusive in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11647/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of claims for invalidity pension claims that have been earmarked as special project sases in her Department in 2011, 2012 and to date in...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Land Swap
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a request from Killarney Town Council to the Office of Public Works to swap 21 acres from them for 12 acres from...
    • Offshore Islands
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that will be made available to upgrade the roads infrastructure on County Donegal's populated offshore islands in...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the National Parks and Wildlife survey on the hen harrier at a location (details supplied); if additional lands...
    • Wildlife Protection
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the 2010 Wildlife Amendment Act, his response to the reported incident of a deer hunted by the Ward Union Hunt near...
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding or grants available for drama festivals here and in particular with staging an all-Ireland event; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Fisheries Board had a bye law passed at some stage to change the date of the Maine Brown Flesk river opening dates from...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that is being made in bringing broadband to rural areas in County Meath, particularly in the Kilbride area; and...
    • Broadcasting Charge
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the details of the new broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11276/13]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the sub-standard of broadband provision to Ardagh, County Longford will be improved, in view of the fact that it is...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals being put in place to improve broadband in Lairagh, Killarney, County Kerry. [11336/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the...
    • Registration Scheme for Oil Technicians
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to compile a mandatory register of oil installers and service technicians to install, commission and service...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of wind energy grid connection contracts awarded by his Department from 1 January 2000 to 31...
    • Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will grant an exploratory licence for the Lough Allen Basin, County Leitrim, prior to the publication of the...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider equalising motor tax payments for one-off, six-month and quarterly arrangements; and if he will make a...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years...
    • Fire Service Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if retained fire fighters are currently part of the Croke Park 2 negotiations; the element of their pay that is classified as...
    • Constitutional Convention
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the ongoing emigration, his views on whether Irish citizens have a stake in their democracy, no matter where they...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the transcripts of the Mahon Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Commercial Rates Impact
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support R.G.D.A.T.A. in their efforts to retain and develop further employment particularly in relation to...
    • Rural Development Programme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is preparing to transfer the operation of the rural...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications for wind farms which were approved between the years 1997 and 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to close a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if yes, the reason for the closure of this youth...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 17 July 2012, the progress made in relation to the advancement of the Falcarragh...
    • NAMA Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the National Assets Management Agency release funds for an estate (details supplied) to ensure that...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review and implement in full the recommendations of the 1977 Kenny Report to regulate land valuations; and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Galway County Council to connect 10 houses in Ballyloughane, County Galway, to the main Galway...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent and details of any proposed amendments being brought forward to amend the Residential Tenancy Board legislation; and...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that there is a requirement for an average annual turnover of €400,000 to qualify under the water metering...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and regulations governing issues of noise pollution with specific reference to noise pollution created by...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered unbundling the development of proposed waste water treatment plants in County Limerick with a view to...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism in place for a person whose motor tax lapsed whilst they were in hospital for an extended period of...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 431 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available from dormant accounts for the purchase of a premises for the Tralee branch of the Irish Red...
    • Water Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that there is an equitable investment of capital by Irish Water into rural areas in order to...
    • Water Services Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of production of a cubic litre of water by local authorities for domestic and commercial consumption;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the...
    • Air Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 19 February 2013, if affected vendors will be able to sell smokey coal to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for public health issues in relation to sewerage treatment infrastructure previously owned by a private...
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications made under the percent for arts scheme from each local authority in each of the past five years,...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding alarms in respect of persons with a disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2013, if group water schemes, whose source or supply of water is...
    • Foreshore Licences
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time-frame it takes for his Department to grant a foreshore license after the application is received; and if he will make...
    • Air Pollution
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the banning of smoky coal and its likely impact on fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years ago; and if he will make...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the decision to establish an ex gratia scheme with regards to the Magdalene Laundry fund, which is in effect a payment without an...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the planning applications that have been made to Offaly County Council by the Office of Public Works in relation to the Court House building in Birr,...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that adequate resources are being provided to the Crimina Assets Bureau to allow it to fully carry out their duties; if he will...
    • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the transcripts of the Morris Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/13]
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/13]
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [11007/13]
    • Drug Treatment Court
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals that have been made from the District Court to the drugs court programme for persons from the Dublin North West constituency;...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has asked Garda management to consider adopting a leasing policy for transport in certain areas; if his attention has been drawn to similar...
    • Gambling Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to legislate for the issue of underage persons engaging in online/remote gambling; legislative proposals he has in relation to...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a transfer in respect of a person (details supplied). [11150/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda vetting application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality having regard to the catchment area currently serviced by Birr District Court in County Offaly and the court lists that are heard there at each...
    • Gambling Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to bring forward legislation on the regualtion of the casino sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11191/13]
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form by division and district, the number and type of Garda vehicles that were decommissioned by An Garda...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarity on the length of time a residency application is taking in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí by Garda station and by Garda rank who were in service in each county in the State; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Alcohol Sales
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11332/13]
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of licensed premises that were forced to close down for serving alcohol to persons aged under 18 years in each Garda district in the Dublin...
    • Garda Transport
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles actively available to Garda divisions (details supplied) at this time; the number and type of Garda vehicles...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation or regulations that deal with the position of the victim in the criminal justice process. [11438/13]
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Criminal Courts of Justice provide facilities which allows the victim in a criminal case to have separate entrances and or waiting rooms...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments...
    • Garda Stations Replacement
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the relocation of a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cork; the date for the move; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has ever undertaken research into the use of polygraph technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 in view of the EU Commission's concerns about Irish legal costs and the need...
    • Prison Committals
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 26 February 2013, the costs in the twelve month period of committing the 6,197 males and the 1,682...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revisit upward only rent reviews in view of the importance of this issue to small and medium sized businesses; and if he will make a...
    • Merger of State Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his proposed State agency mergers; and the process he intends to undertake to ensure mergers are consistent with his...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act to remove the veto from lenders over restructuring plans. [10584/13]
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      To ask the Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) in the Defence Forces was not selected for a Kosovo appointment even though they were number one on the list with all...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 29 January 2013, when he expects to receive the information sought from the military authorities and the dates on...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
      To ask the Minister for Defence when the authority to recruit and maintain the new strength for the Reserve Defence Force will be delegated; if he is concerned at the effects of claimed delays...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the briefing on the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces in the allocated training centre under the jurisdiction of the 12th Battalion Limerick...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Defence Forces; the actions he will take to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Reorganisation
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces/Reserve Artillery Regiment in Mullingar, County Westmeath,in view of the fact that at present his...
    • Defence Forces Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions since 1 December that army personnel from the Finner Army Camp, County Donegal, have travelled to Dublin or County Kildare to complete any...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the problem of a skulk of foxes in the Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown area; the service provider or...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 area based payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of foreshore and aquaculture licences processed to completion by his Department in 2012; the average waiting...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received their suckler welfare scheme payment for 2011; the reason the payment was not...
    • Commonage Division
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 15 June 2011, the type of documents that need to be provided by a group (details supplied) to...
    • Animal Slaughter
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals in a category (details supplied) that have been slaughtered by the Department of Agriculture in 2010, 2011 and 2012;...
    • 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 option scheme payment for 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • Animal Identification Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of mandatory micro chipping of cattle and if he will give permission to a person (details supplied)...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a review of a decision to apply a penalty to the agri environment options scheme 2 payment in respect of a person...
    • Harbour Fees
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the paid parking arrangements that are in place at Rossaveal Harbour, County Galway and Dingle Harbour, County Kerry;...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme 4 payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 22 January 2013 and the vote of the European Parliament on the 6 February 2013 to adopt a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an adjudication on an appeal in relation to payment of the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme has been delayed in respect of a...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11333/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding headage payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on a derogation appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
    • Tug Boat Services
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a tug boat service is available in Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, County Donegal, to ensure that...
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections he will provide to small farmers who have to make earnings outside of agriculture so that their initiative to work an...
    • Single Payment Scheme Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding reform of the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11521/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land with rushes growing on it is considered grazable land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11544/13]
    • Agriculture Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if physical and satellite inspections are carried out on farms in a small timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11545/13]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [11578/13]
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact extent of ash plant disease here; and if surveys are planned by his Department. [11581/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding for urgent improvements to the harbour slipway at Dunmore East, County Waterford, in view of the importance of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Home Schooling
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options in place for a child to avail of home schooling; the criteria which must be met to be eligible for home schooling; the way a parent...
    • Foster Care Provision
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take to address the lack of resources for foster-care services as highlighted in the Report Inspection of the Health Service...
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Ireland will submit our report on the implementation of our obligation to the UN Convention on rights of the child. [11066/13]
    • After School Support Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed update regarding the 6,000 after school places as was announced in Budget 2013. [11067/13]
    • Child Detention Centres
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will update the current status of the new National Children's detention facility at Oberstown, County Dublin; and if she will confirm...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointments she has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date in discussions with the Russian authorities in relation to adoptions from Russia; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Sexual Abuse Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to implement the recommendations of the National Review of Sexual Abuse Services for Children and Young People; and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that fire safety regulations are adhered to in all hospitals here (details supplied) [11014/13]
    • Industrial Relations
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to State bodies refusing to use the State's industrial relations machinery (details supplied) [11015/13]
    • Mental Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the €35 million mental health budget he has secured for child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the current rates of pay for nurses at all grades also their premium pay, allowances and increments at all grades; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress concerning the EU Medical Devices and Clinical Trials directives; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of med-tech and pharma...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the joint submission, recently received by his Department. to its June 2012 consultation on the Your Health is Your Wealth public health framework from...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his proposals to ban below cost selling of alcohol, including his preferred approach and any agreed timescale for implementation;...
    • Mobility Allowance Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a county basis who are currently in receipt of the mobility allowance; the number of applications received that have not yet been approved;...
    • Mobility Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately reverse his decision to abolish the mobility allowance. [11834/13]
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per county the number of people over the age of 70 years who have had their medical card eligibility reviewed in 2010, 2011 and...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has published the new guidelines for the motorised transport grant; the number of applications for the motorised transport grant that have been processed to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding nursing home care in respect of a person (details supplied). [11003/13]
    • Complementary Therapies
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on homoeopathy as a complimentary therapy; his plans to develop this in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11008/13]
    • Medical Ethics
      To ask the Minister for Health if it is ethical for a doctor to refuse a patient a medical examination required to join a sporting organisation because they do not agree with the sport in...
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason St James Hospital management believe that it is appropriate for non-electrical staff to be able to access fuse boards in the hospital ward areas [11013/13]
    • Industrial Disputes
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the electricians suspended by the management of St James Hospital County Dublin are reinstated in their positions and that the...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the safe guards that are in place to ensure that claims under the drug payment scheme are legitimate and authorised and that the medication has actually been...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the local health services that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11030/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Health his position on categorising Colitis as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/13]
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive will issue a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delay of two years to receive an appointment for assessment in the ENT department at Our Lady's Childrens Hospital Crumlin;...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on the treatment abroad scheme in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 [11123/13]
    • Healthy Eating Guidelines
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish revised nutrition guidelines. [11132/13]
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that calorie counts are advertised on food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11133/13]
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when braces will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11143/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was told in May 2012 that surgery was necessary is still awaiting an appointment to have the treatment...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Service Executive's plans for the future of laundry services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, County Louth and the Louth County...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the total cost of a piece of machinery at a facility (details supplied) in County Louth; if he will explain the reason for the failure to replace...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied) is on record as having formally applied to the Health Service Executive through the public tendering process to provide services at...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11151/13]
    • Underage Drinking
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has received and reviewed a submission (details supplied) on the misuse of alcohol by children and young persons; if he is preparing any new measures to...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite and award full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/13]
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason Dublin 15 has been moved from Health Service Executive Dublin North West to HSE Dublin North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11154/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11159/13]
    • Health Service Executive Agency Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that all agency workers who have been on contract with the Health Service Executive have been paid all the arrears that were due to them as a...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the Health Service Executive's plans for ambulance cover in the Drogheda/Dundalk area; the budget available for the ambulance service in County...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the Tobacco Products Directive public consultation, the number of responses that were received and by what means of communication; the breakdown of...
    • Hospital Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11181/13]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the terms of the treatment abroad scheme to ensure that reasonable accommodation and baggage costs are included for patients with mobility issues...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress made in relation to the provision of free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment. [11192/13]
    • Patient Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Health the total number off persons on dialysis; the number of persons that attend at each hospital for dialysis and if these figures can broken down for hospital...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of providing dialysis on a per person basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11226/13]
    • Organ Donation
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of living donors that made kidney donations in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11227/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11232/13]
    • National Lottery Funding Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the funds available from his Department to support cancer care organisations; the date by which applications have to be made;what the funding is available for [11235/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11239/13]
    • Home Help Service Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter [11243/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if provision of hearing aids will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the application and give an early...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if a home care plan will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if respite will be arranged for them at Thomastown or...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a hip operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [11248/13]
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation was cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11257/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if home help and respite will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if he will expedite a review of their case [11259/13]
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the services for the elderly programme at the Cavan day-care centre in Lisdarn unit for the elderly, County Cavan; if it is under threat; if...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision not to award a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11265/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround times at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, regarding beds and if there are any bed management issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11267/13]
    • Health Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the stage the consultation process under the terms of Section 9 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 is at; and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to consult with the Irish Medical Organisation on the reform of primary care and if so when will meetings take place; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not yet received their assessment for autism from the Health Service Executive in Dublin [11278/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Donegal currently in receipt of home help; the number of these that are living alone; the number of persons in County Donegal who...
    • Hospital Discharges
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was discharged from the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment assessed as necessary three years ago will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford whose condition has...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding an appointment for urgently needed hip replacement surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and...
    • Disability Support Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will allay fears of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath regarding further cuts to the disability sector by the Health Service Executive and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has not been issued a medical card on medical and hardship ground; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity in respect of the criteria regarding personal assistants for persons over the age of 65 years and the reason persons over this age cannot...
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an approach to help suicide prevention (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/13]
    • Medical Internships
      To ask the Minister for Health if due to the increased numbers of medical school graduates due to complete their training in 2013, his views on whether there will there be a sufficient number of...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of a national cancer screening programme with specific plans for the involvement of Roscommon County Hospital [11318/13]
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the review of medical cards for persons aged over 70 years; his views on the possible impact on elderly persons who do...
    • Deaths in Hospital
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an incident (details supplied) at Mayo General Hospital on 17 August 2012 which was the subject of a recent inquest; if he has...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to investigate the need for the construction of a cath lab at Mayo General Hospital and the making available of an...
    • Ambulance Service
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service proposes to remove an ambulance service in the north east; if a risk assessment has been carried out on this proposal; and...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the outcome for 42 sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients classified as poor grade and as a consequence denied emergency treatment in the neurosurgical centre, Beaumont...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who has been awaiting an appointment in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, since 6 June...
    • Mobility Allowance Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary in receipt of mobility allowance and motorised transport grant. [11431/13]
    • Orthodontic Services Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has a date for the completion of the review of orthodontics by the Health Service Executive; the timeframe he anticipates it will take to implement the...
    • Mobility Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a family (details supplied) in view of the scrapping of the motorised transport grant scheme; if he will confirm if this family is...
    • Strategy on Dementia
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to make this a dementia friendly society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary orthotic footwear will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/13]
    • Mobility Allowance
      To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the mobility supports, if the new scheme will be operational when current schemes discontinue; the impact of the discontinuation on persons with...
    • Nursing Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the situation where places are available for public health nursing students to be trained and hired on a permanent basis but not for existing...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11530/13]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 14 February 2013, if he will confirm the Department in the Health Service Executive, and which person in the HSE, with...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health when the palliative medical card will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11540/13]
    • Waste Management Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Health the person responsible for public health issues in relation to sewerage treatment infrastructure previously owned by a private individual or entity that is now...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 1,000 patients with neurological conditions such as M.S. are waiting over four years to see a specialist; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if resources will be provided to enable the implementation of the neuro rehabilitation strategy which was published in 2011; if he will take steps to protect...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the waiting list to see a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11588/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the projected cumulative monthly savings in respect of each of the savings measures outlined in part C of his Department's chapter of the Budget...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply details of which of the 15 candidate screening units have been accredited as part of the National Colorectal Screening Programme and which units...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply in tabular form the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital for less than three months, more than three and less than six...
    • Health Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when an application for Orthotics will be decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason for the delay in processing same; and...
    • Health Service Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of contractors employed by the Health Service Executive in receipt of fees of between €50,000 and...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery is available under the treatment abroad scheme; if not, are there any proposed plans to make it available under treatment...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider recommending changes to the National Transport Authority to the skills development programme for entry into the taxi...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the proposed motorway, the M20, has been shelved indefinitely and that landowners affected by the proposed development...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of Failte Ireland spending on promoting the English language sector sector in 2011 and 2012 and if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Public Transport
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport systems that have been put in place to replace the Rosslare Europort Waterford railway line; and if he will make a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a response to his objection to the changes to the driver and rental notifications for small public service vehicles,...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his commitment to the development of the N2 A5 link between the north-west and Dublin. [11319/13]
    • Driving Tests
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the cost of driving test fees from 2000 to 2012. [11354/13]
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the N3 Belturbet bypass/N22 Tralee bypass will open to vehicular traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11363/13]
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact the Chief Executive Officer of Iarnród Éireann and request that he undertake works (details supplied); and if he...
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding or grants available for drama festivals here and in particular with staging an all-Ireland event; and if he will make a statement...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report into the embedded block system failure in the LUAS; the works that were required and carried out;...
    • Arts Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made under the percent for arts scheme from each local authority or the National Roads Authority in each of the...

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