Written answers

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

  • Department of Health
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle the number of patients on trolleys in St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; the impact of these measures; and if he...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the inclusion of cancer patients among those entitled to a free general practitioner card for long term illnesses; and if he will make a...
    • Misuse of Drugs
      To ask the Minister for Health the target date for the full commencement of new regulations under the Misuse of Drugs Act to deal with the trading of certain z-drugs; the dealing in and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      To ask the Minister for Health if the announced decision to make the drug Kalydeco available to cystic fibrosis sufferers has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin; the impact of these...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore home help hours in 2013 to at least their 2011 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists nationally; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health when BreastCheck will be extended to women over 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13860/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle inpatient and day case waiting lists including day care waiting lists for children in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital; the...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to train and recruit more public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin; the impact of...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures he will undertake to address the high price of medicines, both generic and branded, in this State, as compared to other jurisdictions; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he...
    • National Cancer Strategy Publication
      To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to being forward a new National Cancer Strategy; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13851/13]
    • 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...
    • HSE Regional Service Plans
      To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of the new Health Service Executive regional service plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13838/13]
    • Disability Services Programme Review
      To ask the Minister for Health the key measures in the recently published National Implementation Framework of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Disability Services Programme; and if...
    • Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the publication of the Positive Ageing Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13859/13]
    • Smaller Hospitals Framework
      To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the small hospitals framework; if he will provide a list of the hospitals included in the framework; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if an impact analysis has been undertaken by his Department on the budget cuts at Crumlin Children's Hospital and atTemple St. Children's Hospital in 2013; and if...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
      To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to improve the working conditions of non consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13841/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists for children in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; the impact...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the likely impact of the cuts in numbers of staff in services for older persons, mental health and disability revealed in the recent Health Service Executive...
    • Hospital Mortality Rates Report
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mortality rates at acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13682/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which criteria for medical card qualification will be changed as signalled in the Health Service Executive 2013 National Service Plan; and if he will...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the mobility allowance was abolished without any indication given as to what would replace it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13837/13]
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is putting in place to tackle suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13867/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the standards, guidelines, protocols and procedures which are in place for the support and supervision of school going children with type 1 diabetes in their...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Health Service Executive policy in relation to transport from hospital to post-operative care of senior citizens following replacement hip or...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a proposal for a salary review in respect of the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive; if this is an upward review; the sum...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the way the recently published Health Service Executive regional plans will help those requiring disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any full report in relation to the review of the configuration of services in the Health Service Executive Dublin south/Wicklow area comprising St...
    • Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will protect funding for not-for-profit organisations that provide neurorehabilitation supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13783/13]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lamp treatment facilities for psoriasis patients are not in use in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, because of...
    • Nursing Home Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in detail a breakdown of the further 55 public nursing home bed closures scheduled in 2013 in the Dublin/north east Health Service Executive...
    • Nursing Home Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a complaint (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/13]
    • Hospital Bed Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the current number of acute public hospital beds and the number in March 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/13]
    • Health Service Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the very small numbers applying, he will set aside the scheme of recruitment of fully qualified nurses on two year contracts at 80% of the salaries...
    • Pharmacy Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concern of people with epilepsy that generic substitution is not appropriate in the case of antiepileptic medications AEDs;...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent reports that citizens in possession of a medical card are finding it extremely difficult to access general medical services; his further views...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to help children with life limiting conditions and their families who are caring for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists for children in Cork University Hospital; the measures that have been taken to...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the provision of home help hours in the Health Service Executive Dublin North East area; if the technical adjustment will...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the number of public health nurses currently employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13840/13]
    • Hospital Bed Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health if capital works to increase bed capacity will be undertaken to compensate for the further 22 bed closures signalled for St Mary's Hospital, Castleblayney, County...
    • Hospital Trusts
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will be announcing the reconfiguration of hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13846/13]
    • HSE Regional Service Plans
      To ask the Minister for Health the way the recently published Health Service Executive regional plans will help older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13864/13]
    • Official Engagements
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his visit to London and Birmingham; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14344/13]
    • Hospitals Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if an impact analysis has been undertaken by his Department on the cut of €9 million from Saint James's Hospital, Dublin in 2013; and if he will make a...
    • National Substance Misuse Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Health when he will bring forward a national alcohol strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13868/13]
    • Smaller Hospitals Framework
      To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in the Dublin mid-Leinster Health Service Executive region covered in the Small Hospitals Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the provision of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/13]
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the impact of the recent Croke Park Agreement on the health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13854/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the way recently published Health Service Executive regional plans will help those in need of mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Maternity Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a hospital went to the High Court to seek an order for a woman to have a Caesarean section on 10 March 2013; the nationality of the woman...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in South Tipperary General Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the proposal to mark 2 April 2013 the start of autism awareness month, by lighting landmark buildings in blue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of advances in the treatment and early detection of cancer, he will consider including cancer patients on the free general practitioner card for long...
    • HSE Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Patient Association has had its core funding withdrawn by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13839/13]
    • Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if the review he initiated in his Department on the best way to compensate those women victims of the former consultant Michael Neary and who were excluded from the...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent, if any, to which health insurance premiums charged by the VHI or other private health insurers are affected by the fees charged for various procedures...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health the proposed pay levels for the chief executives of the new hospitals groups; if he has proposed bonus payments for these posts; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which expenditure throughout the health service remains on target to date; if any particular sector has indicated a tendency to overrun; the way...
    • Smaller Hospitals Framework
      To ask the Minister for Health when the Framework on Smaller Hospitals Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14351/13]
    • Job Creation Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a Memorandum of Understanding with any other Department to facilitate innovation and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent reports in the United States that one of the proposed conditions for the new Immigration Reform Bill will...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage further with the authorities in Burma on the abuse of human rights of the Rohingya people who are deprived of...
    • European Council Meetings
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussions at the recent Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the request of Mr Idris for arms and...
    • Official Engagements
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has invited Mr al-Khatib leader of the Syria National Coalition to visit Ireland; if arrangements have been made for such...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to widespread commentary that humanitarian aid to Syria is not reaching the persons most in...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding diplomatic relations with the Holy See; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by Irish Aid in Malawi for the 2012 and the projects that were supported. [13971/13]
    • United Nations Resolutions
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his position in relation to the Malvinas/Falkland’s issue. [14357/13]
  • Department of Finance
    • NewEra Remit
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the activities of New Era; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/13]
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is exempt from the universal social charge on their pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14116/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons who adapted a home for use by a disabled person prior to 2001 are excluded from the relief offered to those by section six of the Finance (Local...
    • Tax Forms
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a P21 for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [14214/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Finance if in the context of any restructuring of family home mortgages, cognisance will be taken of the current income of the borrowers as opposed to their income at the...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the full extent of benefits achieved for the Irish taxpayer and the Exchequer arising from various renegotiations at EU/ECB/IMF level in respect...
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received communication from the banking sector with a view to ensuring that small and medium sized enterprises have ready access to...
    • Economic Growth
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic fundamentals have changed in the course of the past six years with particular reference to the need to achieving established and...
    • Insurance Industry
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to be kept up to date in respect of the level of default by insurance companies with particular reference to mortgage...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic performance of all sectors has been monitored over the past four years to date; the extent to which specific areas have been...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of agreements entered into by each of the covered institutions in which the mortgagee in arrears has been required to sign a confidentiality...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain a tax discrepancy in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13647/13]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be exemptions on property tax for persons living in unfinished housing estates. [13634/13]
    • Banking Sector Staff Training
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in each of the covered banks that have received specific training for dealing with customers in mortgage arrears; and if he will make a...
    • Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource the running of its IT systems and their operation to HP; and if so, if there is a precedent for central...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the residential mortgages that have been restructured that will be considered to be have been dealt with only on an interim basis and will...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his commitment that a minimum proportion of the revenue from the local property tax will be spent in the local authority area in which it is raised is...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance the actions a homeowner should take if they disagree with the Revenue assessment of their property value; the evidence that homeowners will be required to produce...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of residential mortgages in negative equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13696/13]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the legislative basis on which self-employed and employed cross border workers are treated differently for taxation and uviversal social charge purposed is...
    • Defined Pension Benefit Scheme Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his permission has been sought by the trustees of pensions' schemes of any of the covered banks to sell or otherwise deploy sufficient assets and use the...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of permanent solutions that have been applied to principal dwelling house mortgages in difficulty in each bank; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the €24bn of taxpayers' funds used to assist the banks with over indebted customers that has subsequently been used to date to assist...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a pension levy for AIB management; if there will be any reduction in their pensions or increases in contributions to their pension fund; and...
    • National Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance the scale of Ireland's national debt at end 2007, both in real terms and as a percentage of GDP; if he will indicate the net increase of the national debt, in real...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the minimum cash payments the Revenue Commissioners will accept from persons paying weekly instalments at a local service providers for the property tax; and if he...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the assets of a developer are being taken over by the National Assets Management Agency can they include what was formerly a designated public road, that is, an...
    • NAMA Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the selling agents currently on the panel of selling agents who may act on behalf of the National Assets Management Agency in relation...
    • NAMA Loan Book
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the locations and properties that have loans acquired by National Assets Management Agency in County Meath. [13962/13]
    • Public Service Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to the outsourcing of a call centre to a private company to deal with calls relating to the local property tax; if the cost of such a...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that the pay cuts in line with the Croke Park 2 agreement for the public service are extended to the bailed-out banks; and if he...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the parliamentary oversight provisions he has established in relation to the liquidator appointed to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in liquidation; and if he...
    • IBRC Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance if employees who are willing to cooperate with the liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in liquidation to ensure a satisfactory outcome for the taxpayer...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken to or met the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland recently to discuss the ongoing mortgage crisis; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance noting that on properties sold to tenants under various State sales schemes a significant discount is applied to an agreed market value, thereby reducing the price...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether local authority emergency or transitionary housing, unoccupied local authority units awaiting demolition or regeneration are liable for local...
    • Living City Initiative
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the living city initiative pilot project to the walled town network or and the walled towns historical initiative; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason fees were not covered in a Student Universal Support Ireland case in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14002/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue regarding an appeal against the judgement to disallow a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will update Dáil Éireann on the student assistance fund; the amount of funding that has been allocated in Budget 2013 for distribution...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the salary scale in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [14125/13]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the present and future accommodation requirements in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scheme of voluntary redundancies is available to employees in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14160/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of a grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14193/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 1 March 2013 regarding Student Universal Support Ireland grant applications, if he will clarify the...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the primary sector that are operating early childhood care and education facilities in each county; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the primary sector that have had funding approved for extensions and the number awaiting approval, broken down by county; and...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified in relation to a college campus development (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons employed and the total cost thereof for each institution in respect of human resources...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 22 January 2013 when the new circular will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if proposals contained in the Croke Park two arrangements will result in a cut in allowances for teachers working in schools in the Gaeltacht areas on...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown of primary school principals by county. [13672/13]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which students are sanctioned for subsidised school bus transport to bring them to a primary school outside of their local school...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision and courses for personal development and education that are available to a young person with autism after they attain the age of 18...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a site for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow was obtained; the details pertaining to its purchase; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the process, including target time, to resolve the backlog of 80 student appeals in the Student Universal Support...
    • State Examinations Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the appeal decisions for reasonable accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [13795/13]
    • Back to Education Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 cannot do a UAC course in Pearse College, Dublin; and the actions that can be taken to allow this...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps or checks his Department carry out to ensure that all contractors, including sub-contractors employed by the main contractor, working...
    • Third Level Courses Feedback
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the cost of administering course feedback/ student evaluations, broken down by year and institution since 2000 in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a student grant as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the pension entitlements under Croke Park two for those teachers who opt to retire before August 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who was receiving jobseeker's allowance for a period...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned at the clustering of immigrant children in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13910/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that they have dyspraxia; if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite approval of two grant applications to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available from his Department to an Irish student (details supplied) studying in the UK; and if his attention has been drawn to any...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 5 March 2013, if payment for participation in the redundant apprentice scheme will issue to a person...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes his Department runs or supports to provide school transport to students with special needs in north County Dublin. [13991/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for dealing with advice to school principals in dealing with response to cyber bullying. [13995/13]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools that are in temporary accommodation; the percentage of those that are Irish-medium schools that are...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to grant funding in respect of emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the necessary funding to address coastal erosion at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish flexible working conditions for public servants as proposed in the Draft Public Service Agreement; the way the abolition...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to reply to a person (details supplied) regarding a property dispute as promised by...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to continue the incentivised career break for civil servants as introduced in the supplementary Budget in 2009; and if he will make...
    • Revised Estimates Publication
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the revised estimates for 2013 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13713/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external consultants currently engaged by his Department; the cost of providing advice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline, in a tabular form, the number of clarifications issued or ancillary deals agreed since the completion of the Public...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding nurses pay. [13804/13]
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been a review carried out in the cost benefit to outsourcing public services; his views on same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of anticipated retirements from the public and civil service in 2013 and 2014; and the likely cost of these retirements in both...
    • Coastal Erosion
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the strategy the Office of Public Works has developed to combat the coastal erosion to Rossbeigh Beach, County Kerry; the funding available...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of January 2013, if he will provide an explanation of what he means by capacity restrictions with...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Registered Employment Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Registered Employment Agreement is being challenged in the High Court; and if he will indicate the present status of the...
    • Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of take up to date on the loan guarantee scheme as announced by the Government; the sectors of industry that have benefitted; the...
    • Redundancy Payments
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the industrial dispute between a company (details supplied) in County Kerry and seven employees, members of SIPTU, whereby the...
    • Export Controls
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has in place to ensure that components for weapons manufactured here do not get used in weapons manufactured in countries...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a farm assist appeal application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13945/13]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when jobseeker's benefit will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is currently on Stamp 4 on foot of a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [14174/13]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct status and eligibility for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the proposed new community employment scheme for workers in the childcare sector and the proposed budget for this...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any circumstances under which the fuel allowance can be retained on medical grounds beyond the current qualifying period; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for community employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
    • National Internship Scheme Placements
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any provision exists for a person whose internship under jobbridge has ceased, due to the failure of the employer to offer the training agreed, to be...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a submission (details supplied) regarding transgender rights; when legislation will be prepared in regard to its content; if there is a time...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is unemployed, has signed for credits for over 12 months cannot avail of any schemes. [13799/13]
    • 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...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will receive jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13805/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of job-seeker's allowance issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their recent claim which is now closed;...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare inspectors carrying out investigations in each region in 2010, 2011 and 2012; if she will outline the resources allocated to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline consequences for medical professionals who are found to be providing false information to her Department in relation to disability or...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is the requirement for a review of social welfare payments to families who are living in poverty to protect the misuse of payments for drug or...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review has taken place of the success of the jobbridge scheme since its introduction; the employment success rate for individuals who have completed...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise of the success of the partial capacity benefit scheme; the number of persons who have accessed the benefit; the number of persons who...
    • Departmental Working Groups
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings of the Interdepartmental Working and Retirement Group that have taken place since February 2011; and the agenda for each of those...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for a diet supplement in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was refused: if she will have this application...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for jobseeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out the full extent of PAYE and or self employed contributions paid and or credited in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • 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 Kildare; when the appeal will be concluded;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy of not allowing rent allowance to a person (details supplied) who owns a house, even if that house has been condemned as...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an application for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; when payment...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Cultural Property
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, having regard to the importance of our built heritage, he is concerned at the degradation of the national stock of thatched houses; if...
    • Cultural Policy
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on a submission (details supplied) [14124/13]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will identify the bogs that have been finalised for relocation of turf cutters in County Kildare; and if he will identify the list...
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2001 a grant of €2.9 million was allocated to Sligo County Council from the...
    • Clár Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sé eolas ar fáil i bhfoirm tábla maidir le cé mhéad pacáiste tacaíochta teanga atá...
    • Special Protection Areas
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the proposed Meenlaragh to Falcarragh Special Protection Area in County Donegal, if he will list the public facilities in...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of households that have been disconnected by electricity companies in the past five years; if he will provide a...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the generating capacity of the ESB from renewable resources such as wind, water and wave; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which the standard, quality and speed of both broadband services and mobile phone services throughout County...
    • Charities Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason ComReg requires charities to obtain a premium rate services licence, when charities do not appear to come within...
    • Departmental Consultations
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there have been meetings between his Department and other interested parties to exchange views of national, European and...
    • Electricity Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the operation of the Eirgrid interconnector in Rush, County Dublin; if all testing of the line...
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14359/13]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will furnish a list of the estates that are exempt on property tax in County Louth and in east Meath. [13634/13]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his view on fuel derived from bitumen or tar sands; if it is viewed as more environmentally harmful than traditional oil...
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ballymun shopping centre, Dublin; and the future plans that are in place in view of the fact that it is...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the number of voluntary organisations dealing with the homeless here; the funding allocated to each...
    • Water Meters
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be possible for apartment owners to be metered separately for water charges when the owner is willing, the...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the length of time a person has to make an application for an extension of duration of a planning...
    • Regeneration Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a submission from Sligo Borough Council seeking grant aid for the refurbishment of the Gate House at Doorly...
    • Housing Grant Applications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the Kerry Oireachtas Members and a delegation from Kerry County Council as a matter of urgency to discuss...
    • Water Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water or relevant local authorities will have the ownership of the combined drainage networks in many towns where...
    • Road Network
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on the purchase of land for future roads projects in every county council in the south...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if decisions by the An Bord Pleanála Appeals Board are binding on county council and city council managers; if parties...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Rural Resettlement Ireland Limited, a State funded organisation with charitable status, has not paid...
    • Water Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there was specific statutory or regulatory provisions in place regarding information on the rights of citizens who have...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding to Mayo North East LEADER (details supplied) in County Mayo and when a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in social housing or awaiting social housing in the areas of Ballymun and Finglas, Dublin, respectively....
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the local property tax, if he has any plans to introduce legislation reforming the system of...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposal that EU funding for Leader Groups (details supplied) will now be channelled...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to carry out an assessment of the free legal aid scheme and to review the criteria for awarding free legal aid; if he will consider looking...
    • Immigration Status
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence sent to him regarding an application to remain here under the 2004 student probationary extension in...
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the status of the panel of applicants in respect of Garda recruitment; if and when recruitment commences, if consideration will be...
    • Property Management Company Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a way for owners who are not directors of a management company to take control of their management company under the Multi Unit...
    • Housing Management Companies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible for homeowners on a housing development that has been abandoned by the management company to receive legal assistance under the...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if permission will be granted to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry to work to support themselves pending the outcome of their application to...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a request for a calculation of loss of earnings in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be provided by the payroll...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the proposed changes to Garda districts will affect the policing arrangements at a station (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the two...
    • Garda Station Closures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to close any further Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/13]
    • Naturalisation 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 Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the date on which it was received; when a...
    • Garda Forms
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the C(T)68 form will be updated in view of the fact that it has been reported that An Garda Síochána have described the current form as...
    • Road Safety
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the ongoing use of mobile phones by motorists in view of the fact that the Road Safety Authority states that using a mobile phone makes a...
    • Land Registry Fees
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to consider reducing the Land Registry fees for a transfer of properties with nominal value for example €100 or less where the amount...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the number of persons in each year from 2000 to date in 2013 who applied for a visitor, student or business visa, by visa type who...
    • Residency Permits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct the Garda Commissioner to take a zero tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour, drinking alcohol in public, begging and theft...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the delays currently being experienced with regard to the processing of Garda vetting applications for newly trained health care workers...
    • Law Society Complaints Mechanisms
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if further regulation or legislation is required to deal...
    • Citizenship Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to introduce transparency in the citizenship process in the three months since the Supreme Court decision in the Mallack Case;...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for Garda vetting applications; the reason this has increased in recent times; when the waiting period will be reduced to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Neutrality
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the Resilient Threat Management Conference on 6 March 2013 which took place under Ireland's EU presidency; if he will reconcile the participation of...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the advice given on the way in which blue flashing lights should be used on vehicles by the Civil Defence when attending to emergency events on...
    • Military Honours
      To ask the Minister for Defence if deceased members of the Army Reserve are entitled to any form of military honours at their funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/13]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if suckler welfare scheme payment for 2011 has been paid in full in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of 2011 Rep scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Grant Aid
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new farm grants scheme to assist farmers who need to carry out drainage works; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been withdrawn from the suckler welfare scheme. [14118/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for land owners, through the rural development fund, arising from restrictions relating to special protection areas...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their area based payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14159/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty of €1,801.68 was put against a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Beef Industry
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current sale of the beef industry here; the analysis that his Department has carried out on viability at farm gate level...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline specifically the penalty being imposed by his Department on a person (details supplied) in County Cork arising from an...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to area based compensation for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
    • Food Safety Authority Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full update on the investigation into the contamination of the food chain by horse meat products; the steps he has...
    • Bord na gCon Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the audited accounts for 2011 of the Irish Greyhound Board have not yet been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; if this...
    • Bord na gCon Remit
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any complaints were made to his Department since March 2011 in relation to corporate governance issues in the Irish Greyhound Board; if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce measures to compel farmers to fence and secure boundaries of private lands from commonage areas; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of an appeal under the disadvantaged area scheme 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 if an agri- environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will produce a cost benefit analysis on the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a rural environment protection scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy on the re-distribution of single farm payment proposals from the European Commission for period 2014/2020; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of the total single farm payment entitlements that have been traded as commodities during the period 2007-2013...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been withdrawn from the suckler welfare scheme; the steps open to them to get...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their agri-environment option scheme 1 payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Offices
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans, if any, to close his Department's public office in Roscommon Town; the cost of any relocation and refurbishment of alternative...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when full payment of the single farm payment for 2012 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding salmon farming; when a final decision will be made regarding the proposal; and if...
    • 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 and their Btap payment; and if...
    • 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 Clare; and if he...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2012 area aid payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration being given to forest replanting at sites when harvesting rights may be sold as proposed by the Government; and if he...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme 4 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm, with respect to the proposed sale of harvesting rights at Coillte forests, the detailed measures that will be proposed...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment for 2012; and if he will...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage from every €1,000 we received in funding from the EU under Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 of CAP funding that is attributed...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out in the beef discussion group in 2012; the number of persons who joined it this year; and the number of persons who...
    • Fish Quotas
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 12 March 2013, if he will update Dáil Éireann on the deliberations of the monthly...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has investigated the economics of growing miscanthus by farmers as an energy crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Foreign Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will explain the distinction between a Hague convention and a Hague standard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funds paid by her Department and its predecessors for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 under the headings, special...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an estimate by county of the number of unregulated childcare providers; the measures being taken to address this issue; and...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the situation whereby couples who commenced their international adoption of children prior to the ratification of the Hague...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she can justify the 11 to 14% cut backs in services to young persons at community level, particularly as research shows that such...
    • Child Care Reports
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has established an independent child death review unit to review all incidences of death or serious injury of a child while in the care...
  • Department of Health
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) to the Government and the EU Commission on the negative health effects of adding fluoride to the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the income threshold for those applying for medical cards. [13875/13]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      To ask the Minister for Health if he accepts the concern of persons with epilepsy that generic substitution is not appropriate in the case of antiepileptic medications, AEDs; if he will frame an...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of additional information; and if he will make a...
    • Nurses Registration
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on an application for nursing registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway [14112/13]
    • Controlled Drug Sales
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make cannabis liquid available by prescription for pain control similar to the UK where it is currently available on prescription [14115/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no downgrading of the ambulance service and cover in Caherciveen, Killarney and Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14121/13]
    • Hospital Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Health if an evaluation has been carried out on the benefits of the introduction of the national integrated medical imaging system at Portiuncala Hospital, County Galway,...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will draw up a health care plan in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [14136/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants awaiting approval for the fair deal scheme in County Tipperary; of these applicants, the number currently in acute beds in hospital; the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14157/13]
    • Health Service Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a graduate social care worker scheme similar to that which was introduced for graduate nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to introduce a bilateral cochlear implant programme; the staff that are being recruited for the proposes of the introduction of the programme;...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns (details supplied) regarding the way in which patients' documentation is being checked at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no full-time rheumatologist operating in Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/13]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason that young nurses in County Cork and in County Galway are being given three month contracts in view of the fact that nurses in County Kerry are being...
    • Workplace Safety
      To ask the Minister for Health if a psychiatric nurse is entitled to a smoke-free work place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14190/13]
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet with the Sound support group for children who developed narcolepsy from the Pandemrix injection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Thalidomide Victim Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 12 March 2013, the timeline involved in his proposal to provide healthcare protocol to the survivors of Thalidomide...
    • Health Care Inflation
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on inflation in healthcare prices here and across the European Union; if he will update Dáil Éireann on any relevant EU discussions in which his...
    • Home Care Packages
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the provision of home care assistance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork to ensure it is adequate for their needs.; and if he...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction negotiated in the past two years in respect of medical costs associated with medical treatment provided by medical personnel; his...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [14227/13]
    • HSE Agency Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if agency nurses have been employed in the medical wards in Sligo General Hospital at any time since 1 January 2011; the number employed each month; and if he will...
    • Midwifery Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Memorandum of Understanding between midwives attending home births and the Health Service Executive sufficiently safeguards a woman's right...
    • Health Service Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will be opening up a new panel for physiotherapists; the number that will be put on the panel; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health when a refund under the drugs payment scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway [13633/13]
    • Health Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will receive an assessment for behavioural issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13639/13]
    • National Strategy on Dementia
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions that were received regarding the dementia strategy and if he will provide a full progress report on the development of the strategy; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay of a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13641/13]
    • Medical Card Review
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity regarding the period when a medical card is being reviewed including the duration of the appeals process; if he will specifically address...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford is on the waiting list for a gastric bypass; the steps being taken to progress their health situation; the length...
    • Health Service Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to remain in employment with the Health Service Executive as a home help carer after her sixty...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on a gastric bypass at St Colmcilles' Hospital; the average waiting time for these patients; the action he will take to address the...
    • Hospice Services
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the conflict that has arisen between the parent of a child (details supplied) who resides in Laura Lynn's Children's Hospice and the hospice management...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in 2010; 2011; and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13796/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13737/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a community psychiatric respite bed (details supplied) in Dublin 3, is no longer available for referrals; if this is only temporary or is another respite...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 17 April 2008, if he will forward a copy of the reply to this Deputy. [13812/13]
    • Health Services Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current circular/embargo on recruitment in the Health Service Executive allows the recruitment of all staff...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposed to ensure the 3,000 staff to leave the Health Service Executive are not frontline clinical staff [13814/13]
    • Health Services Reform
      To ask the Minister for Health the Public Service Agreement proposals that have been developed and sent to the National Implementation Body by the Health Service Executive in relation to the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Health the number and grade of clerical/administration staff by each location that have requested to be redeployed for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the foot wear allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13818/13]
    • Health Services Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 5 March 2013, as a letter from a registered practitioner in the EU is acceptable for other EU members attending...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a county by county breakdown of the number of patients currently waiting to see the consultant neurologist for the North-West region in Sligo...
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for any planned review into the provision of laundry services in the Louth Meath Hospital Group; if the Health Service Executive intends to...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds/residential places provided in a detoxification unit (details supplied); if this unit accepts clients from counties Louth, Meath, Cavan and...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [13832/13]
    • Health Services Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reimburse medical costs in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13891/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health in view of his recent decision, if he will confirm the status of an application for mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department to redress the damage done as a result of the administration of the black leg vaccine (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Symphysiotomy Report
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a copy of the Walsh Report; if so, the date on which he received same; when it will be published; if he will explain the delay in bringing the...
    • Prescription Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing an upper limit cap on the amount charged when a patient is in receipt of a number of prescriptions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on research carried out by the National Coalition for Vision Health here which indicates that the 220,000 already suffering sight loss could rise to...
    • Health Services Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health when a new chief dental officer will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13923/13]
    • Data Protection
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the destruction of guthrie cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13902/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of claims under the Equal Status Acts 2000 - 2008, made since January 2009 against his Department or the Health Service...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is awaiting a surgical procedure; and if he will make a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the possibility of contracting narcolepsy from the flu vaccine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if there are...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application will be reviewed as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13943/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible for Benik splint which is needed for rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13944/13]
    • Medical Card Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of discretionary medical cards in place on both the 31 December 2010 and the 31 December 2011; the number of general practitioner visit cards in place on...
    • Mental Health Services Report
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the recommendations in a Vision for Change which have been implemented; and the recommendations which have yet to be implemented. [13994/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy and occupational therapy: if the attached medical evidence with be considered;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at the South Infirmary in County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      To ask the Minister for Health the procedures followed to date in the course of the various preparations in respect of the building of the National Children's Hospital, Dublin; the extent to...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if the previously incurred costs associated with investigative consultancy, planning or architectural issues in respect of previous sites for the National...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have received orthodontic treatment in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14012/13]
    • Medical Card Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the total number of full medical cards issued and or general practitioner cards now in circulation; the number of new cards that have been issued; the number that...
    • HSE Agency Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to encourage the replacement of agency nursing staff throughout the public system with permanent or part time...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which non-consultant hospital doctors in this jurisdiction require remuneration in line with other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which intensive or any research continues to be conducted here with a view to a determination of the cause or causes of Autism, Asperger’s...
    • Medical Research
      To ask the Minister for Health the full extent of any research on-going in relation to the various life-threatening illnesses currently affecting the broadest age profile of the population,...
    • Professional Qualifications
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors that have graduated in each of the past five years to date; the number of such places required throughout the public health sector in each...
    • Care of the Elderly
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for funding the development of elder care in the public health system; and his plans funding elder care of public patients in for profit nursing homes...
    • Nurses Registration
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the requirement of nurses throughout the public health sector through each of the past five years to date; the extent to which this requirement is...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is given immediately to the new South East Fingal Drugs and Alcohol Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/13]
    • 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. [14018/13]
    • Hospital Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which nursing, medical, consultant or non-consultant posts have been met in line with requirements throughout the public health sector in each of the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 quotes that the air transport industry directly employs 26,000 persons, if he will...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for decreasing the length of DARTs being run at peak hours resulting in services at rush hour periods being cramped to a very...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi drivers will be able to apply decal branding to their taxis which is bilingual; or if they will be able to affix one in English and...
    • Driving Licences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Safety Authority review process will be complete in order to ascertain if there is a role for scanned photographs with the SAFE2...
    • Local Improvements Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has allocated any specific funding to any local authority for 2013 in respect of the local improvement scheme; if so, the amount of...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Iarnród Éireann to immediately add carriages to the Dublin to Westport / Ballina train service to address the...
    • Road Toll Operators
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the State of the traffic guarantees provided for the Limerick tunnel scheme; the estimated cost in 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the...
    • EU Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of making submissions for the next round of EU structural funding for the period 2014 to 2020, he will take steps to...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Ministerial Committee on Road Safety will next meet; if he will outline the indicative agenda of the Road Safety Committee; if he...
    • Penalty Point System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the ongoing use of mobile phones by motorists in view of the fact that the Road Safety Authority states that using a mobile phone...
    • Road Signage
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent by the National Roads Authority on purchasing additional signage for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Tourism Ireland to have a tourism market office in California, USA and in Montreal, Canada; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify if the assets of a developer are taken over by the National Assets Management Agency that those assets can include what was...
    • Transport Costs
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department or any of the State agencies within his remit have to review transport costs or comparison of transport costs between...

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