Written answers
Thursday, 21 March 2013
- Department of Finance
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update to his estimate for the cost to the Exchequer in 2013 of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make...
- Bank Debt Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the possible implications for Budget 2014 of the promissory note deal and any future deal on banking debt; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Websites
To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of website from the Revenue Commissioners designed to give indicative values for properties subject to the property tax; and his views on whether it is...
- IBRC Staff
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will meet the former workers at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to discuss their situation regarding redundancy entitlements. [14062/13]
- Fuel Laundering
To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to tackle fuel smuggling in the border area; his views on whether the extension of the carbon levy to solid fuels may result in an...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an impact assessment of the property tax on the numbers of those in mortgage arrears. [14061/13]
- Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the logistical planning undertaken to date to administer the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14045/13]
- IMF Loan Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the IMF will favourably consider a request to extend the repayment period for its loans to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- NAMA Credit Facility for IBRC
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the decision of the National Assets Management Agency to provide €1bn in credit to a bust bank, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, at...
- Credit Unions Restructuring
To ask the Minister for Finance when the restructuring of the credit union sector will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/13]
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance in the event that the special liquidator for Irish Bank Resolution Corporation does not realise the economic valuation of the assets of IBRC, his plans for the...
- Youth Unemployment Measures
To ask the Minister for Finance the extra financial support that is planned in the Multi Annual Financial Framework to tackle youth unemployment. [14073/13]
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the pace of progress of investigations into the collapse of Irish Nationwide; if his attention has been drawn to the timetable under which...
- National Pensions Reserve Fund Plans
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the assets held in the discretionary portfolio of the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/13]
- Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he spent €119,000 plus VAT of taxpayers’ money on a report on bankers’ pay. [14074/13]
- Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will carry out an impact assessment of the property tax on social housing service providers. [14060/13]
- Budget 2013 Impact
To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that was given to the effects on the border region in the design of Budget 2013. [14072/13]
- Quinn Insurance Limited
To ask the Minister for Finance when he will be in a position to provide an update regarding the cost of the collapse of Quinn Insurance; if he is reviewing the operation of the insurance...
- State Banking Sector
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made on the Programme for Government commitment to seek to dispose of the public stakes in the banks as soon as possible at the best possible...
- NAMA Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the best use of the cash reserves on hand with the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/13]
- Banking Operations
To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the non-disclosure confidential document that AIB is demanding buy to let debtors sign before the bank will engage with them in...
- Deposit Guarantee Scheme
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the operation of the deposit guarantee scheme following the recent payments under the scheme to compensate deposit holders in the Irish Bank...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether reductions in the cost base at the covered banks should allow them to halt their on-going process of increasing its standard variable rate for...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to date in the disposal of the Irish bank Resolution Corporation loans; the way the interests of the taxpayer are being protected...
- Credit Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received confirmation from the lending institutions as to their ability and willingness to meet the credit requirements of the business...
- Departmental Contracts
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that the State awarded Ernst and Young almost €7 million in public contracts in 2011 and 2012, despite the fact the company has an...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the operation of the Standard Financial Statement for customers in financial distress; if he has plans to amend the SFS; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the growing problems with mortgage arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14059/13]
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is acceptable that a State-owned bank is forcing mortgage holders to sign non-disclosure clauses which contain indefinite time periods of...
- Fiscal Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the OECD in the course of their BEPS project; the steps he is planning to take next to co-operate with the OECD as they continue to...
- National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance if any staff at the National Treasury Management Agency received performance related bonuses in 2012; the positions of those who did and the value of these...
- Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which Revenue will deduct the local property tax from non-cooperative eligible citizens and the month in which this will happen. [14082/13]
- Budget 2013
To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that he gave to gender proofing in the design of Budget 2013. [14070/13]
- Public Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on plans to extend pay cuts to the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Assets Management Agency; if he will detail the way these cuts...
- Property Taxation Collection
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason behind the introduction of a deferral system as part of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14058/13]
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that even after a 10% cut the salary of the CEO of Bank of Ireland will still be more than €500,000. [14084/13]
- Eurozone Crisis
To ask the Minister for Finance his objectives in the course of Ireland’s Presidency of the EU with particular reference to the need to convince his EU colleagues and institutions...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of including all homes that have tested positive for category 1 pyrite to receive an exemption from the property tax; and if he will...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on negotiations between staff of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and the special liquidator (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to deal with the mortgage arrears crisis in the buy to let sector in a manner that does not disrupt the overall well-being of the economy; and if...
- Economic Growth
To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the slowdown in the European economy in the fourth quarter of 2012; the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues to stimulate growth...
- IBRC Liquidation
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is acceptable to appoint a legal firm, which heretofore was a creditor of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation while acting as legal...
- IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any updates on the arrangements that are being put in place for the mortgages of citizens in the now liquidated Irish Bank Resolution...
- Strategic Investment Bank Establishment
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the Programme for Government Commitment to establish a Strategic Investment Bank. [14069/13]
- Economic Policy
To ask the Minister for Finance the way the two pack discussed at ECOFIN will change the budgetary process here. [14067/13]
- European Investment Bank Loans
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility of the State drawing down increased funding from the European Investment Bank to fund investment in the economy; and if he will make a...
- European Stability Mechanism
To ask the Minister for Finance his views on when the ESM will be in a position to consider making direct investment in European banks; the discussions he has had with Irish banks to prepare for...
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain his conception of sustainable mortgages and unsustainable mortgages here; if he will estimate the number of unsustainable mortgages here; his...
- Banks Recapitalisation
To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings at which the issue of the retrospective recapitalisation of Irish banks through the ESM has been discussed at ECOFIN or EuroGroup meetings....
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a planned date for when Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review Ireland's diplomatic and consular representation in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Military Aircraft Landings
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of military aircraft that landed at Dublin Airport in 2012 and to date in 2013; the names of the State forces...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President,...
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if all houses within estates affected by pyrite will be exempt from property tax; if he will confirm if he is insisting on homeowners having...
- Tax Code
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate where accountability lies for issues regarding the Revenue Commissioners and the non-compliance by private companies in relation to VAT in view...
- An Ghníomhaireacht Mhapaíochta Náisiúnta
To ask the Minister for Finance cén fáth go bhfuil na mapaí ar an suíomh idirlín Gaeilge don Cháin Mhaoine Áitiúil i mBéarla i bhfianaise obair an...
- Motor Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the matter on which the motor tax collected in 2011 and 2012 is spent. [14368/13]
- IBRC Account Holders
To ask the Minister for Finance if a deposit lodged with Anglo Irish Bank (details supplied) will be covered by the Eligible Liabilities Guarantee; if so, the amount of the deposit that will be...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Finance if the same exemptions apply in respect of liability for the property tax as do in relation to the non principal private residence tax as they relate to property...
- Mortgage Arrears Rate
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown per bank of restructured mortgages by type, as outlined in the Central Bank of Ireland's residential mortgage...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form, every tax relief that is currently available to Irish citizens; and the tax revenue lost to the Exchequer from each tax relief...
- Budget 2012
To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to conduct and publish an analysis of the net employment effects of the measures taken in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Reliefs Application
To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the economic rationale for all existing tax reliefs and for all proposed tax reliefs being considered; and if he will make a...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
To ask the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to publish the direct cost to the Exchequer of all existing tax reliefs, including a distributional analysis of which households by...
- Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by reducing the level at which persons and companies may claim interest repayments against tax for...
- Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to give consideration to those who live in privately managed estates and are paying management fees and now have to pay the local property tax; and if he...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones and...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Finance if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an Uachtaráin as part of...
- Mortgage Applications Approvals
To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to assist first time buyers in purchasing a home and in view of the increased presence of cash buyers in the market, often making it more...
- Banking Sector Remuneration
To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he intends targeting rank-and-file bank workers' pay and not senior management with disproportionately high salaries and in receipt of bonuses; the way...
- NAMA Portfolio Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent statement by the National Asset Management Agency that it had sold €22m of Irish residential property with its 80:20 deferred payment...
- Bond Markets
To ask the Minister for Finance the fees payable to the joint lead managers, Barclays, Danske Bank, Davy, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC and Nomura, which have been mandated by the National...
- National Treasury Management Agency Bond Issues
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will account for the premium yield paid by the National Treasury Management Agency on its recent €5bn issuance of 10-year bonds when compared with the...
- Outright Monetary Transaction Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Finance if he has confirmed with the European Central Bank, that in view of the recent issuance of €5bn of 10-year bonds to a wide range of investors, that Ireland...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns
To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts currently borrowed from the International Monetary Fund under the programme finance agreement; the annual rate of interest payable on these borrowings;...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 13 March 2013 on dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, if he will explain what he means by sustainable mortgage solution; if he...
- Property Taxation Application
To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider Mandate's call for a deferral of the property tax in order to protect the retail industry, protect homeowners in distress, and consumer...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Strategies
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the frequency with which circulars drafted within his Department are reviewed; if there is any obligation, mandatory or otherwise, for circulars to be...
- Education Grants
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of eligibility under the free fees initiative will be completed, particularly in respect of the eligibility of free fees in...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate for decisions to be made by the external appeal board in relation to Student Universal Support Ireland once a...
- Croke Park Agreement Issues
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the proposed changes to the substitution cover under the Croke Park 2 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Post Leaving Certificate Centres
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider designating Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin, an approved third level institution for the purposes of the student...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish in full his Autism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14551/13]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team will be appointed for the construction of a permanent school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Discipline
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to ensure that incidents such as those that occurred on FACEBOOK, affecting a member of teaching staff in a school (details...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team will be appointed for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that the new school build is scheduled to start by 2014/15;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Lottery Licence Sale
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will grant National Lottery sale agency status to persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has given any consideration to the possibility of operating a central share or federated telephony switchboard for Government...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from...
- Enterprise Ireland Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding issued by Enterprise Ireland to each company in County Kerry for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- EU Directives
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on discussions surrounding the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives in Brussels; if he will clarify his...
- Departmental Properties
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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,...
- Department of Social Protection
- 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...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review entitlement to invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the recent refusal of their...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of jobseeker's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the amount of arrears that will issue for...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe a person has to be habitually resident in the State to be approved for carer's allowance to provide care for a person who needs full time...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [14421/13]
- Social Employment Scheme
To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the local authority social employment scheme announced in Budget 2013 will be rolled out; and the way places on the scheme will be allocated. [14438/13]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 5 March 2013, if she will confirm exactly the way North Kildare is defined; and if she will make a statement...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made within her Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones and...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an Uachtaráin...
- School Meals Programme
To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to adjust the cap on school funding under the schools meals programme taking note of increased school enrolments as in a school (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [14553/13]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of Udarás na Gaeltachta owned business units; and the total number of such units that have access to fibre based...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps taken to date to progress the north midlands wetland park project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/13]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants that were approved in the past three years; and if he will make a...
- Inland Fisheries
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which wild trout and salmon stocks are encouraged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14596/13]
- Wind Energy Guidelines
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has conducted a cost / benefit analysis in relation to wind energy, and in particular has any research been...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President,...
- Broadcasting Sector Regulation
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the cultural importance of the music industry here and its potential to create employment, if he will consider...
- Alternative Energy Projects
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to any research in the field of alternative energy sources associated with Thorium; and if he...
- Broadband Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to upgrade the Eircom network in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, such that third parties, for example Sky Broadband can...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Yield
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in 2011 and 2012 for motor tax; the amount that is retained by central Government; if councils retain any...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will, for the purposes of Section 10 (3) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2013, prescribe a list of developments...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way savings will be made by his proposals to streamline the LEADER programmes under local authorities as part of the...
- Local Authority Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the subsidy from central government to local government for the period 2000-2012 and including those years. [14369/13]
- Local Authority Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of Director of Services for local government from 2000-2012 and including those years. [14371/13]
- Local Government Elections
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the possible change in scheduled date for the eight election of representatives to the European Parliament on 22...
- Voluntary Housing Sector
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in cases of tenants in housing owned by social organisations, the person responsible for the adaptation of a house in...
- Local Authority Housing Repossessions
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government If he will explain the way, in the absence of legislation to address the Dunne Judgement, it has been possible for local...
- Waste Management Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government...
- Environmental Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he has taken to ensure the effectiveness of the strategic environmental assessment here; his plans to act on...
- Social and Affordable Housing Applications
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is involved in discussions with local authorities to give prioritisation to applicants for social housing...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President,...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the letting of unsold affordable dwelling, if a local authority has regard to the current financial...
- Housing Grants
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the cut of approximately €2.1 million in grants for persons with disabilities and for housing aid for...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funds available for houses from pyrite resolution fund, €50m, to help with the cost of pyrite...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Equipment
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the Garda PULSE system for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14429/13]
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda operation Redline; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to...
- Property Management Company Issues
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the laws that are in place to support homeowners in developments in which the management company is not fulfilling their duties; and if he will make a...
- Magdalen Laundries Issues
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, having included Stanhope Street Laundry, the Athy or Newtownforbes Laundries were not included in the redress scheme; and if he will make...
- Legal Aid Service Reform
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recently published report Access to Justice; A Report of the Legal Aid Task Force; his views on the concerns...
- Garda Maternity Leave
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that availed of maternity leave in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14460/13]
- Garda Sick Leave
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that availed of sick leave in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, broken down by district and division; and if he will make a...
- Legal Aid Service Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of free legal aid in the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14476/13]
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Garda Operations
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding drug addicts in Dublin city centre; his plans to deal with the problem. [14564/13]
- Mobile Telephone Seizures
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an article in a newspaper of 22 February 2013, regarding a convicted murderer (details supplied) who alleges to...
- Prison Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells in each institution here; the number that accommodate two, three, four or more prisoners; the current levels of overcrowding...
- Prison Security
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners, in total and in each institution, that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day; for 22 to 23 hours in a normal...
- Prisoner Numbers
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of prisoners on remand in each prison; particularly the numbers of women prisoners and 17 year olds at St Patrick's Institution Dublin;...
- Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the reform of the bail laws; if he will clarify his previous statements that he plans to restructure the law in order...
- Detention Centres
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans he has to develop non-custodial, holistic centres for women offenders in the community, which address their needs, vulnerabilities and...
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, as part of his commitment to imprisonment as a last resort, he intends to bring forward legislation to address sentencing issues with particular...
- Detention Centres
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he remains committed to introducing primary legislation for the purpose of closing St. Patrick’s Institution, Dublin, as a detention centre...
- Prison Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Prison Service has plans to devise specific strategies or policies for groups of vulnerable prisoners including disabled prisoners,...
- Prisoners' Dependants
To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations contained in IPRT’s Report entitled Picking up the Pieces: The Rights and Needs...
- Department of Defence
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones and...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Defence if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an Uachtaráin as part of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of the single farm payment who have less than 15 ha of eligible land; between 15ha and 25ha of land;...
- Forestry Grants
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite and approve an appeal regarding a forestry contract in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have their agri-environment options scheme application processed and payment issued;...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the appeal of an organic farming scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Sale of State Assets
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to hold a public consultation process in relation to the proposed sale of the Coillte asset; when this consultation will take...
- Dairy Hygiene Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a dairy efficiency scheme 2012 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an inspection will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the recent Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting on the common agricultural policy; and if he will make a...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding designation of lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14607/13]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Community Childcare Subvention Scheme
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the children of participants in jobbridge are not included in band A for the childcare subvention scheme in view of the importance of...
- Inter-Country Adoptions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the case of an inter-country adoption raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will advise on the way the...
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made within her Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile...
- Children Services Committees
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the Children's Services Committees which have already been established; the catchment population and child population...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Procedures
To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments that have been provided under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in respect of specialist ear, nose and throat procedures in each of the...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Mabcampath will be licensed for the treatment of multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14374/13]
- Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Eligibility
To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital redress scheme [14377/13]
- Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recent drive to recruit graduate nurses; when those that have applied to the scheme will receive further updates on their...
- Health Promotion
To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the programme for advancing the health and well-being of men's health called The Men's Shed Movement (details supplied) which has been very...
- Mental Health Services Provision
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of long term care and accommodation in the case of a person (details supplied). [14419/13]
- General Practitioner Services
To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement doctor for a practice (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if the Health Service Executive will commit to put in place appropriate...
- HSE Properties
To ask the Minister for Health the addresses of the properties in the Dublin region on which Health Service Executive pays rent; the length of time each lease isoutstanding; the services that are...
- Speech and Language Therapy
To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no community-based adult speech and language therapists in Kildare and West Wicklow in view of the surplus of graduates from SLT courses here;...
- Home Help Service Provision
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of home help hours per health board region and per individual county outlining the population of over 65 years. [14468/13]
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Health the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile phones and...
- Respite Care Services
To ask the Minister for Health if a plan for regular periods of respite will be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will outline the supports available to...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Health if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an Uachtaráin as part of...
- Rehabilitation Services
To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in Dublin 8 has been denied by the Health Service Executive, Enable Ireland and the National Rehabilitation Hospital a splint...
- Departmental Legal Cases
To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid out by his Department and the Health Service Executive on foot of negligence claims in each of the past three years; the associated legal fees...
- Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on future plans for a community hospital (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will address recent concerns that the hospital...
- Health Services Staff Issues
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procedures involved in the operation of the HealthStats national database system; the way work done by various health professionals is...
- Medical Card Applications
To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether it is acceptable not to inform a person that...
- Home Care Packages
To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary home care package will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14568/13]
- Disability Services Programme Review
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a system whereby persons with disabilities will receive an individualised payment which can be used to provide the services they need to meet...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the major road construction projects and major rail investment programmes that he will include for funding under the next round of TEN-T...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a sports capital programme 2012 application (details supplied) was not successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Information and Communications Technology Issues
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made within his Department on phasing out the use of LoCall 1890 numbers that can be extremely expensive when dialled from mobile...
- Presidential Reports
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received a copy of the Being Young and Irish – Take Charge of Change report from the Office of the President, Áras an...
- Road Improvement Schemes
To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of European funding used in both phase 1 and phase 2 of the R158 – Trim to Kilcock. [14550/13]
