Written answers
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Philanthropy Initiative
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he expects the philanthropy initiative 2013 and the arts in education charter, launched recently by Minister Quinn to facilitate...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dhéanfaid sé ráiteas maidir le hionadaíocht ó na Gaeltachtaí beaga ar Bhord an Údaráis ós...
- Museums Standards Programme
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the names of the museums that received funding under the local and regional museums scheme 2012; the amount allocated...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, an mbeidh sé ag foilsiú...
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will engage with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Scottish Government to develop a Gaeilge-Ulster Scots language tourism...
- Teach an Phiarsaigh
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh maoiniú a thabhairt le hionad oidhreachta a thógáil ag Teach an...
- Clár Tacaíochta Teallaigh
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad duine breise atá tar éis pacáiste na scéime tacaíochta teaghlaigh a ghlacadh ón am seo an...
- Irish Language
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the progress made under the 20 year strategy for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on...
- Aonad Pleanála
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sé Aonad Pleanála ar bun mar atá molta ag na heagraíochtaí pobail Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta chun a...
- Census of Population Publication
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the 1926 census will go online; in view of the benefit of genealogical heritage tourism for Ireland if he is planning...
- Departmental Staff Numbers
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of staff based in the Film Unit of his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012 and currently; the Film Unit budget for each year;...
- Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh ag an Roinn chun cabhrú le Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta atá faoi bhrú le fiacha móra....
- Wildlife Protection
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he will take in relation to reports of illegal stag hunting continuing to take place. [12872/13]
- Foras na Gaeilge
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le cad atá á dhéanamh ag a Roinn, i gcomhpháirtíocht le Foras na...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén céatadán d’fhoirgnimh Údarás na Gaeltachta atá ag luí folamh; an ndéanfaidh sé...
- National Gallery
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the proposed €20 million upgrade of the National Gallery as part of the 1916 centenary commemorations; the...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an Straitéis Fiche Bliain; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...
- Scéimeanna Teanga
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad limistéar atá roghnaithe ó thaobh plean teanga a chur i bhfeidhm; cad iad na hacmhainní atá...
- North-South Ministerial Council
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on cross border work with the North-South Ministerial Council in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to address the ongoing issues regarding the implementation of the ban on turf cutting; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas faoin gcónascadh atá beartaithe idir Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga agus Oifig an...
- Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide the names of the arts and culture organisations that received grants under his Department’s Philanthropy...
- Cruthú Fostaíochta
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad post atá ceadaithe sa Ghaeltacht ó tháinig Bord nua Údarás na Gaeltachta i bhfeidhm; agus an...
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to ensure that Kilmainham Mill, which is an important example of Ireland’s industrial archaeology, is transferred into...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil cead faighte aige ón AE chun síneadh ama a chur leis an gconradh aersheirbhíse go dtí Óileáin...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrias Gaeilge
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon dul chun cinn déanta chun teacht ar shocrú maidir le maoiniú na mbuneagras Gaeilge. [13098/13]
- Todhchaí Arramara Teo
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir le todhchaí Arramara Teo; agus cad atá á dhéanamh aige chun...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar thodhchaí Ealaín na Gaeltachta agus cén maoiniú a bheidh ar fáil don...
- Arts Funding
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his function in relation to supporting the arts at a local authority level either through a direct allocation from his Department's...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs that have been sourced for turf cutters forced to relocate; the number of turf cutters that have been...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way Section 481 of the Irish Film and Television Tax Incentive published in the Finance Bill will assist the production of indigenous...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Application Numbers
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications the Passport Office processed in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current waiting...
- Emigrant Support Services
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will open in 2013 Grant Round for the Emigrant Support Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13378/13]
- Overseas Development Aid
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the following article (details supplied) regarding Israel and the Middle East; if he is of the opinion that it the...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to liability for the property tax where a person lives above a pub/shop and is paying rates on the entire building; if he will clarify...
- Action Plan for Jobs
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of where the 26,000 employed in aviation according to the jobs action plan work that is airport workers, manufacturing, leasing and...
- Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times he or his representatives have met with representatives of the aviation industry or aviation leasing industry since March 2011. [13165/13]
- Universal Social Charge
To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that the universal social charge was introduced in Budget 2011 to replace the income levy and health levy, the reason for both these levies and...
- Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if refunds will be paid to homeowners where it comes to light that an overpayment of property tax was paid in any year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if the date on which the property tax for 2014 becomes payable is January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/13]
- Banking Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been consulted in relation to plans announced by Allied Irish Bank to outsource IT positions to an Indian company (details supplied); if his...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish bank Resolution Corporation liquidator meets with staff to discuss their issues as repeated cancellations of such meetings is causing...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the fuel rebate recently amended in Finance Bill 2013 to include road hauliers and coach companies to the Association of Farm Contractors in...
- Tobacco Seizures
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cigarettes and tobacco products that were seized by Customs and Excise at Dublin Airport for the years 2012 and to date in 2013;; and if he will make...
- Excise Duties Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the 22% rise in cider excise duty as announced in Budget 2013 in view of the following the additional 22% in excise duty is crippling for...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse his decision to tax maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13395/13]
- Government Bonds
To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 185 of 26 Feburary 2013 and No. 71 of 6 March 2013 if the Central Bank of Ireland, can act unilaterally, or in concert with...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering making the property tax deductible against rental income. [13438/13]
- Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has calculated the potential effect the property tax will have on the property market. [13440/13]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Construction Sector Strategy
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a free retraining scheme will be provided for unemployed construction workers to enable them to retrain as installers of water meters; the...
- Public Private Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that IT Tallaght has spent €3.5 million from non-Exchequer resources as part of the preparatory...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason a new school has been taken off the priority list of buildings; and if...
- Irish Language
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of employed translating material in the Irish language, if he will provide the number of persons employed, FTE, translating material into...
- Schools Building Projects Status
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the technical report has been assessed for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13211/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will...
- Scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad bunscoil agus iar-bhunscoil atá i gcóiríocht shealadach agus cén céatadán díobh siúd ar...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
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- School Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of primary and post-primary schools currently in temporary accommodation; the length of time these...
- Teacher Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional 430 resource teachers that were held back to be sanctioned, are now being allocated and to what schools; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, in the case of the Superintending of State Examinations, applicants for these posts, having to do with the care of children and other...
- Appointments to State Boards
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will fill the five vacancies on the Board of the State Examination Commission; the number of persons that expressed an interest to be...
- Minor Works Scheme Suspension
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring back the minor works scheme for schools which were a vital part of the on going maintenance of these schools; and if he will make a...
- School Equipment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has or intends to commission any reports on the use of ipads uploaded with school text books in secondary schools; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he or his Department is aware of the number and location of historical or heritage sites which are open to the public or...
- State Bodies Abolition
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies that have been closed or merged during this term of Government; the savings, if any, that have resulted from the changes;...
- Lease Agreements
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the terms of a lease held at public expense on a premises associated very closely with the 1916 Rising,...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the words natural environment on the list of purposes to which National Lottery funds could apply in the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Lease Agreements
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a State agency (details supplied) that has paid almost €5 million in rent on a vacant property in the past...
- Job Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support and assistance available to unemployed persons who are considering setting up a business; and if he will make a statement on...
- IDA Portfolio
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the development of an Industrial Development Agency park (details supplied); and the amount of money that has been...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the Springboard Innovation Academy Business Hub (details supplied). [13430/13]
- Department of Social Protection
- Department of Education and Skills
- Appointments to State Boards
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will fill the five vacancies on the Board of the State Examination Commission; the number of persons that expressed an interest to be...
- Minor Works Scheme Suspension
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring back the minor works scheme for schools which were a vital part of the on going maintenance of these schools; and if he will make a...
- School Equipment
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has or intends to commission any reports on the use of ipads uploaded with school text books in secondary schools; and if he will make a...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Monuments
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he or his Department is aware of the number and location of historical or heritage sites which are open to the public or...
- State Bodies Abolition
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies that have been closed or merged during this term of Government; the savings, if any, that have resulted from the changes;...
- Department of Social Protection
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for mortgage interest supplement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay;...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; 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 Galway will receive a decision from the Appeals Office in relation to their claim for jobseeker’s...
- Social Insurance Fund
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total liability to the social insurance fund of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13416/13]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a reduction in a state non-contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford on the grounds that their...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Lease Agreements
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the terms of a lease held at public expense on a premises associated very closely with the 1916 Rising,...
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the words natural environment on the list of purposes to which National Lottery funds could apply in the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Lease Agreements
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a State agency (details supplied) that has paid almost €5 million in rent on a vacant property in the past...
- Job Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the support and assistance available to unemployed persons who are considering setting up a business; and if he will make a statement on...
- IDA Portfolio
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the development of an Industrial Development Agency park (details supplied); and the amount of money that has been...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the Springboard Innovation Academy Business Hub (details supplied). [13430/13]
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons availing of health and safety benefit in 2012. [13332/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Application Numbers
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of rent allowance in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13435/13]
- Foster Care Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the fostering care allowance should be excluded as income by lending institutions when calculating mortgage repayments (details supplied); her views...
- Social Welfare Code Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rules regarding habitual residence and to whom those rules apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13189/13]
- Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions she intends to take on foot of recommendations in the report on the disability sector by Watson and Nolan; her plans in terms of getting...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list the detailed benefits that accrue from the payments of pay related social insurance in view of the fact that persons paying these may...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for mortgage interest supplement will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay;...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when payment of an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; 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 Galway will receive a decision from the Appeals Office in relation to their claim for jobseeker’s...
- Social Insurance Fund
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total liability to the social insurance fund of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13416/13]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Pension Provisions
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a reduction in a state non-contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford on the grounds that their...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Conservation
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will extend the burning of the land until 31 March 2013 in view of the fact that this year was an extremely wet one; and if he will...
- Cultural Policy
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he expects to host international events of a cultural or heritage nature with a view to the awarding of such...
- The Gathering Initiatives
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has had discussions with cultural and or heritage groups in the context of the Gathering 2013; and if he will make...
- Departmental Properties
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and location of buildings or sites that have become the responsibility of the State in each of the past four years in the...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any new sites, buildings or regions have come under and or European protection regulations or directives in the past...
- Heritage Sites
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any further heritage site deemed to be in danger over the past two years; and if he will make a...
- Arts Funding
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he hopes to support local and or national arts groups with particular reference to promising funding for production...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide high quality broadband in rural areas and in towns of a population of less than 1500 people; when he...
- Social Media
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to tackle the issue of abuse of social media outlets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13396/13]
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a Metropolitan Area Network, MAN, of fibre optic in Boyle, County Roscommon; and, if not, if there is a proposal...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Charges
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals in place regarding who will pay for water services; the amount that will be payable; and if he will make a...
- Temple Bar Cultural Trust
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will lay before Dáil Éireann the latest report and accounts of the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, formerly Temple...
- Leader Programmes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all applicants for LEADER funding who had projects approved for funding under Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta have...
- Planning Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be planning permission requirements for local authority grant aided remedial works that will be required to be...
- Development Levies
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount outstanding in development levies to local authorities; the years to which these development levies relate; the...
- Planning Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation occurring whereby individuals manipulate the planning process by constantly...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place for residents to deal with anti social behaviour in housing estates; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local and Community Development Programme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release the budget to the local development companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13288/13]
- Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the implementation of an independent certifier as an amendment to the Building Control Regulations as...
- Property Management Company Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a way owners who are not directors of a management company may take control of their management company under the...
- Water Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he or his Department has received submissions from Kildare County Council regarding the prioritisation of...
- Water Meters
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that unemployed construction workers will be able to access the jobs that will be created as a result of...
- Local Authority Services
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the estates taken in charge in each local authority area during the period 1992 to 2012; and if he will list...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the communities outside urban centres for which a feasibility study had been completed or other planning has...
- Water Meters
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the tendering process for the installation of water meters to residential properties; his views on whether...
- Rural Development Programme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the will list the number of LEADER programmes both at group level and national level; the cost involved in operating each...
- Care of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the community support for the elderly grant aid package, if consideration will be given towards encouraging...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on a person (details supplied). [13181/13]
- Garda Resources
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures detailing the budget for each Garda division superintendent in the State in each of the past four years plus the allocation...
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [13276/13]
- Garda Investigations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider an independent inquiry into the death of Father Niall Molloy in Clara, County Offaly, in 1985; and if he will make a statement on...
- Removal Orders
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which a removal order may be made against an EU citizen; if he will provide a breakdown by nationality for each of the past...
- Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names and membership of each prison visiting committee; when each person was appointed; when their term expires; the number of vacant positions on...
- Citizenship Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the maximum age limit for entry to An Garda Síochána and recruitment into the force this year; and if he will make a...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to sign a commencement order for the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and if all sections of the Act...
- Garda Vetting Applications
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the type of information disclosed on an application for Garda vetting and specifically if it is only convictions which are disclosed; and if he will...
- Court Procedures
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible for victims to receive a copy of the book of evidence or of trial transcripts following the conclusion of the trial process. [13346/13]
- Witness Security Programme
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocated to the Garda Witness Protection Programme for the years 2009/2010/2011/2012 and 2013;; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of Garda vehicles actively available to Gardaí in the R&J Districts at present; the number and type of Garda vehicles...
- Court Orders
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to allegations of a miscarriage of justice in respect of a person (details supplied); the position regarding their...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
To ask the Minister for Defence when Irish troops will be sent to Mali; and the role they will preform. [8852/13]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will recieve their REP scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment against predetermined conservation objectives will take place within Galway Bay, Kinvara Bay, and...
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal lodged with the single payment unit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- Single Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of livestock recorded by his Department or his agents on all farms in receipt of a single farm payment of less than...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme 2012 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
- Fishing Industry Development
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives his Department is taking to develop and expand the oyster and shellfish industries here, with particular emphasis on the...
- Departmental Investigations
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any complaints have been lodged with his Department in the past two years in relation to the conduct of a society (details supplied);...
- Horse Passports
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints that were received by him regarding horse breeding associations or societies that have a right to issue passports...
- Turbary Rights
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which purchases of turbary rights in an area (details supplied) in County Roscommon were selected ; if it was by open tender...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite a decision on a disadvantaged area scheme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Farm Safety
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent if any to which the use of gypsum for animal bedding is controlled or banned throughout the EU and this jurisdiction, having...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the grant payment for REPscheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide detailed information in relation to the average production per hectare, based on organic nitrogen usage for farmers who...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri environment option scheme 2 payment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/13]
- Department of Health
- Water Fluoridation
To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fluoridation of the water supply here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13331/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide quarterly waiting list figures for the Ophthalmology Department at Tullamore Hospital County Offaly for the years 2009 to 2012; and if he will...
- Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of home help hours delivered in County Louth in 2010, 2011, 2012 and the number that will be delivered in 2013 [13173/13]
- Nursing Home Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds currently available in County Louth and the number that were available when the Government took office in March 2011 [13174/13]
- Mental Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of positions filled in the community and mental health services in County Louth and the number vacant [13175/13]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the small hospitals framework; the hospitals included in the framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13191/13]
- Long Term Illness Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health if he will include haemochromatosis and hemoglobin santa clara on the long term illness scheme; if both conditions will be considered for a statutory general...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the current situation regarding the unopened epilepsy unit in Cork University Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, due to the Health Service...
- Health Care Products
To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by the Health Service Executive and other organisations funded by his Department when deciding on tendering for the provision of patient seating...
- 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 County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Care Products
To ask the Minister for Health the scheme or schemes a person needs to qualify for in order that the cost/rental of a sleep apnea machine is covered; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cochlear Implants
To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has yet to meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and when will he arrange for a meeting to take place as they urgently...
- Health Care Products
To ask the Minister for Health if community OT's have been instructed by the Health Service Executive and his Department to recommend certain companies who provide seating clinic products; if so,...
- Universal Health Insurance
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that, subject to eligibility and relevant charges, all persons in the State qualify for access to public health system currently, the way this...
- Departmental Schemes
To ask the Minister for Health in view of the findings that his Department's nursing home charges, mobility allowance and motorised transport grant schemes were not soundly based in law, if he...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a three day service is adequate in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [13234/13]
- Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health if the home care package scheme will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13235/13]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed closures in each of the community hospitals in County Kerry for each of the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13283/13]
- Hospital Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed closures in Kerry General Hospital for each of the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13284/13]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for applicants under the fair deal scheme to be approved and the number waiting in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Patient Statistics
To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish details of the total numbers of patients who availed of services inclusive of UCC/MAU at Roscommon County Hospital in 2012; the corresponding...
- Hospital Staff
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the non-nursing professional staff which are on duty and on call respectively at Roscommon County Hospital at weekends; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) who won the tender for driver training of the ambulance service has not been allowed to commence the contract due to start...
- Medical Card Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health the progress made of plans for medical cards for the chronically ill [13338/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get an urgent appointment for surgery and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13348/13]
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the ophthalmology Department at the Midlands Regional Hospital, County Offaly, is only accepting referrals for medical card patients; the reason this...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health when a person [details supplied] in County Galway will be assessed by the Health Service Executive West Occupational Health Department in order for a decision to be...
- Accident and Emergency Services
To ask the Minister for Health the additional immediate steps being taken to reduce the waiting times in the Accident and Emergency Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make...
- Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Health the reason emergency medical technicians who carry out all the duties of a paramedic and have the same legal and professional responsibilities as a paramedic are...
- Drugs Payment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 472 of 5 March 2013, the steps that are open to a citizen when they have evidence that a claim was made under the drug payment...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health when items will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry by the Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation Unit at the Mercy...
- Drug Treatment Programmes
To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to resolve the dispute between hospital pharmacists and the Health Service Executive that has resulted in nearly 1,000 people with...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cardiology testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13412/13]
- Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health the number of sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients classified as poor grade that were denied emergency treatment in the Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital,...
- Health Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13418/13]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- CIE Property
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that have been taken by Córas Iompar Éireann in the last month to protect their property rights along the Tralee to...
- Aerodrome Licences
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding Weston Aerodrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13186/13]
- Road Project Contracts
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to the N17/N18 Gort toTuam public private partnership scheme; if a project schedule is being...
- Rural Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new transport co-ordination unit will be able to maintain the personalised door to door service that is already in place and provided...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) in County Louth was refused funding under the sports capital fund; if they have received any feedback in...
- Taxi Regulations
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will review the refusal to pass a mini bus for use as a taxi in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford on the...
- Rural Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the National Transport Authority document on restructuring of the Rural Transport Programme (details supplied), if he will retain...
- Road Network
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to review the East West corridor route from Dundalk and Sligo;if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current...
- Road Improvement Schemes
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to improve cross border roads in rural North Louth. [13434/13]
- Tourism Promotion
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there is a disparity in the spending of Tourism Ireland in Dublin with only 6% of all advertising spend in 2009 spent in Dublin,...
