Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who left care on reaching their eighteenth birthday in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 and who were provided with...
    • EU Youth Conference
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the recent EU Youth Conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17293/13]
    • Children's Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Children and Young People's Policy Framework will be completed and published; the constituents of same; and if she will make a...
    • UN Convention on Children's Rights
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding her already stated intent to sign, on behalf of Ireland, the third optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on...
    • Child Care Reports
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the contents of UNICEF’s Report Card 11 - Child well-being in rich countries insofar as it relates to Ireland; and if she...
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the progress made during the first three months of 2013 in making increased provision for children in special care and high...
    • Child Care Costs
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that childcare costs are taken into account by the new Personal Insolvency Service; the constituents of same;...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had on increasing the proportion of Exchequer expenditure on children that is dedicated to childcare services; and if...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the full impact of her recent funding cuts to youth projects via the City of Dublin Youth Services Programme;...
    • Bullying of Children
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department will play in the Action Plan on Bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17367/13]
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all children in care now have a care plan; if not, the number of the total who do not; the reason for same; if all children in care now have...
    • Youth Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the reviews undertaken by the Centre for Effective Services of the 2001 Youth Homelessness Strategy has concluded; if she has received a...
    • Children's Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include specific commitments to Traveller children in the National Children and Young People's Policy Framework, due to be published...
    • Preschool Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the operation of the ECCE scheme which allows payment for three hours a day in respect of tuition but nothing for planning...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17358/13]
    • Child Care Costs
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional steps she will to take to address the availability and affordability of regulated childcare services; and if she will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her visit to India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16012/13]
    • Child Protection Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children whose emergency out-of-hours needs were addressed through the Crisis Intervention Service and the Emergency Place of...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs having published the heads of the Children First Bill more than twelve months ago, when she expects to be in a position to instruct the drafting...
    • Preschool Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide Dáil Éireann with details regarding the extension of the free pre school year; if a cost analysis of such a...
    • Children's Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cross-departmental consultations on the proposed new Children and Young People's Policy Framework have concluded as anticipated by end of...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress made towards the introduction of a statutory right to aftercare for all young adults leaving the care system...
    • Child Protection Issues
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date to address ongoing concerns in relation to child protection and welfare for children living in the direct...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for the budgetary cuts to youth services; and if she will provide an undertaking to minimise the impact of these on front-line...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding her preparations for the presentation to the Dáil of the adoption amendment legislation arising from the successful...
    • Children and Family Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has identified the full scope and extent of the responsibilities of her Department including the budgetary requirements...
    • Illegal Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will adopt a similar approach as that of the Australian government in apologising and acknowledging the people who were illegally adopted...
    • Child Protection Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the review of child protection practices across all Catholic Church dioceses; the numbers and names of those completed;...
    • Foster Care Provision
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the deficiencies highlighted by the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding the fostering service...
    • Children and Family Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have received and who are currently receiving, child and adolescent mental health training; her plans to extend...
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken following on from the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will update Dáil Éireann on her Department's engagements with Northern Ireland agencies in developing youth cross-border and...
    • Child Abuse
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the audit of serious neglect cases will be published; the reason for the delay in its publication; if she is concerned that the audit...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of contact she has had with her portfolio holding counterpart north of the border; the specific initiatives they have discussed and...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the progress that has been made on the national rollout of the youth café initiative; her plans for future...
    • Children and Family Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a short-list or final selection has been reached in the context of the already announced extension of the successful Prevention and Early...
    • Road Signage
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will support the introduction of symbol road signs specifically designated to warn motorists of the location of creche and childcare...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will refer to the current situation in relation to the drafting of a bilateral agreement on inter country adoption between Ireland and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current position regarding the preparation of the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill; when she expects to publish this long awaited...
    • School Funding
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Irish Montessori Education Board's montessori schools fared so poorly in the last round of capital funding; the reason IMEB...
    • Children and Family Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress achieved towards a resolution of the issue of the proposed transfer of community psychology services from the Health Service...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff employed and the positions held in the Governnment Information Services since it was set up; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      To ask the Taoiseach the total cost to the taxpayer of paying the aggregate fees, salaries and any other remuneration to directors of all State bodies, to include majority State owned banks, all...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the full cost of Ministerial transport and the breakdown of this cost between salaries, mileage allowance and other travel costs for Ministers and...
    • International Summits
      To ask the Taoiseach if he and his Department have been liaising with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the upcoming G8 Summit taking place in June 2013 in County Fermanagh in...
    • Departmental Programmes
      To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the inauguration of the dialogue between Government and the churches, philosophical bodies and non-confessional organisations which began in 2007...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Application Refusals
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the reasons a new passport will not be issued to an individual who has changed their name (details supplied)...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day;...
    • International Agreements
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the deal he has signed with the British Ambassador to Ireland regarding the agreement...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in relation to the opening of Ireland’s Embassy to the Holy See; his plans to reopen it; and if he will...
    • Passport Controls
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of officials who have left or retired from his Department in the past fifteen years; the rank and/or grade they left...
    • Passport Application Numbers
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons living here in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Land Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the proposed displacement of the Masai tribes from their grazing lands in Tanzania; and if...
    • Passport Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if and when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • International Summits
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his Department have been liaising with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the upcoming G8 Summit...
    • Passport Applications
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons for the delay in granting a passport to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who has been granted Irish...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation regarding Marian Price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/13]
    • Trade Agreements
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding talks between the EU and Australia on a trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/13]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet the Colombian delegation visiting Dublin on 23 April in order to supporting the peace process in Colombia....
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a one euro charge per instalment for those who want to pay the property tax in instalments in An Post; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details agreed between the Troika and the previous Government in respect of the creation of a property tax including the amount that was...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been unable to obtain their P45 from their former employer; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Taxation Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a local authority will be liable to pay local property tax for the percentage of a residential property that it owns under the shared ownership scheme; and if...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding local property tax. [16586/13]
    • Credit Availability
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the banks are making adequate credit available to small and medium sized businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16749/13]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a waiver or reduction in the amount of the household tax will be made available to senior citizens, particularly those with a disability as many senior citizens...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance when a property falls within valuation band number one but in terms of both comfort and cost is well below the standard of the mid-point valuation pertaining to...
    • Building Regulations Application
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding compliance with building regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/13]
    • Employment Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford with respect to the failure of their previous employer to provide a P45. [17612/13]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any property tax exemptions for families whose homes were damaged during the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel. [17614/13]
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the ongoing problem of the illegal smuggling of cigarettes in view of the impact of this illicit trade on retailers in Fingal and...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a house has been unlived in for five years or more is it exempt from the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/13]
    • Disabled Drivers Grant Applications
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for review of primary medical certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick [17712/13]
    • Credit Unions Liabilities
      To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available to credit unions that invested in good faith in Anglo Irish Bank latterly Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and who now owing to the...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the Sheriff's Office can effect entry into a persons home to collect the value of unpaid local property tax even if the person is not at...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the rules that apply to the split mortgage arrangements including details of the maximum percentage of the mortgage that can be...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views with the level of information on the property tax form relating to payment options; his views that the information surrounding option five cash payments...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the overall cost to the State of the bailout of Permanent TSB; if senior bondholders had been wiped out in March 2011. [16124/13]
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if property tax is due on houses that are being constructed or have been constructed on a persons own land, and have not yet been occupied; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if is he considering extending the reduced VAT rate for certain goods and services beyond the 31 of December 2013. [16145/13]
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his intentions regarding the Mercer Report and its effect on lower grade employees. [16150/13]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the impact the tax change on maternity benefit will have on the maternity benefit of women who receive no top up from the employer and are...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline if any discussions have taken place with Bank of Ireland or other private investors in the last six months on the sale or repurchase of the...
    • Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to allowing consumers in debt to Revenue to transfer funds in PRSA accounts as a means of discharging their liability; and if he...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the details that must be supplied to the Revenue under Section 6 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013 in order for a person...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the circumstances as outlined below (details supplied) in County Waterford concerning a private estate whereby home owners pay an annual fee for...
    • Mortgage Debt
      To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding arrears in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [16273/13]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his decision to extend the fuel excise duty rebate to the passenger transport sector if he will now remove the disparity between the haulage and...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of deferral of the local property tax; and if he will make a...
    • Economic Growth Rate
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the economy is back in recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/13]
    • IMF Loan Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 96 of 21 March 2013, if he will confirm that the State is paying a higher rate of interest on its borrowings from the...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the stake held in Bank of Ireland by the American group of investors (details supplied); the consideration paid for that stake; the stake held...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the additional provision that will need to be made in the accounts of Bank of Ireland; if that bank has to write down the value of non...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that following the recent sale by KBC and Banco Santander of their 21.4% share in the polish bank, Bank Zachodni WBK, for €1.2bn, that...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the recent publication of the report and accounts for Bank of Ireland for 2012, in which the Chief Executive Officer confirmed that he had waived...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance his position regarding the provision of additional capital to Bank of Ireland, should that bank decide to pursue a new rights issue. [16288/13]
    • Savings Clubs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any remit to protect consumers who contribute to savings clubs over a period of 12 months in cases where the company may go into liquidation; and if he...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the newly announced fuel rebate for coach operators; if this will apply and be allowed to operators of school transport; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to a Parliamentary response in relation to the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he states the following (details supplied),...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 26 March 2013, the way advertised threat of forcing banks to write down the value of problem loans to the value of the...
    • Mortgage Resolution Processes
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 194 of 26 March 2013, in which he stated that banks have been given targets of proposing sustainable mortgage solutions to 20% of...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the view of the European Commission, from a statement by its spokesperson on 26 March 2013, that the European Stability Mechanism, to which he has...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure adopted by the National Asset Management Agency when an a substantial multi million euro offer is made to the Agency for a property on its...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide his assessment of the performance of Permanent TSB, in which he owns 99.5% of the shares, and which has just published its report and accounts...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to recent reports on the amount of exposure by German and British interests to the Irish banking system in 2008, his views on whether this exposure will be...
    • Tax Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reveal the number of annual cases prosecuted by the Revenue Commissioners in the courts for failure to lodge correct returns since 2008; and if he will...
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he will soon be given details on the National Assets Management Agency accounts, if he will check if there is a record or reference in...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering putting in place a revenue email address to cater for email queries regarding local property tax. [16413/13]
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the changes that have been made to the tax treatment of rental income; if a distinction can be made between rental income and rental profit for...
    • IBRC Staff
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding pay for bank staff. [16431/13]
    • Disabled Drivers Grants
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the criteria for determining eligible cars under the disabled driver car purchase scheme is not based on CO2 emissions; his views on whether this is...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the reduction of dental entitlements under the PRSI scheme, if he will restore the marginal rate tax relief for orthodontic and other selected...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the sum owed by the Thomas Crosbie group to Allied Irish Banks, in which he owns 99.8% of the shares, immediately prior to the receivership and...
    • State Banking Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the performance of Allied Irish Banks, in which he owns 99.8% of the shares, which reported its results for 2012 on 27 March 2013 [16532/13]
    • NAMA Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 13 November 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the legal fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency for...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of Irish pension funds on deposit, or in any other financial product, on the books of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time of...
    • EU Budget
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of a statement made by the European Commission on 27 March 2013 regarding the EU Budget 2013 and the need for further funding needed to cover unpaid claims...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the publication of the 2012 annual report and accounts for Allied Irish Banks, if he will provide the details of the €1.2bn deleveraging of EBS...
    • Eurozone Crisis
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to the confirmation by Moody’s Investors Services of Ireland’s sovereign debt junk status with a negative outlook, which Moody’s...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Finance the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Operations
      To ask the Minister for Finance in the plan to move the Revenue Commissioners payroll from Ennis to the Shared Services Centre in Killarney, if there are any proposals to redeploy staff from...
    • Banking Sector Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that AIB is actively rehiring former staff who left the organisation under the terms of early retirement and severance...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if Bank of Ireland is currently engaged in or is planning to outsource work currently being carried out by bank employees to another country; and if he will make a...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to allow the local property tax to be offset against rental income in respect of an investment property; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fuel Laundering
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compromise fines that were paid to the Revenue Commissioners arising out of detections of the illegal use of marked mineral oil in advance of any...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an anomaly in the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16849/13]
    • Excise Duties Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that results of a recent survey prove that Ireland is the fifth most expensive country in Europe in which to buy diesel, his views on whether...
    • Fuel Laundering
      To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made regarding the introduction of a new marker system to combat the rise in fuel laundering in the border region; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a growing problem with a large number of would-be second home movers trapped by negative equity and living in homes that their families have outgrown...
    • Tax Rebates
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry with no regular income is entitled to some rebate from taxation paid on the sale of shares that they owned; and if...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Finance regarding if Ministers living outside Dublin claim tax breaks on Dublin properties plus new house taxes, if they are allowed to write off cots of mortgages...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to transfer their approved minimum retirement fund pension to an approved retirement fund before...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider using Section 9 of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 to instruct the Special Liquidator to pay to the former employees the level...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed when a property tax notice issues in error to a person at a previous address (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Earnings Deduction
      To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that the payment of either national or sub-national property taxes in respect of a property that is owned by an Irish resident but rented out in...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase personnel in Customs and Excise in the border area to help eradicate the problem of laundered diesel in the border counties; and if he will...
    • VAT Rates Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the reduced rate of VAT applies to ice-cream parlours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16992/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the procedure to withdraw the pre-retirement additional voluntary contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Finance the plans in place to deal with mortgage arrears in institutions outside the specified credit institutions, specified in the Central Bank's mortgage arrears...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the position regarding the availability of tax credits to company directors, particularly in a start-up scenario, as a measure of supporting...
    • Budget Timetable
      To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the budgetary process for 2014 will commence in view of the fact that the budget is due to be delivered in Dáil Éireann early this...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a non principal private residence is subject to both NPPR tax and to local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pensions Levy Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the way the money collected from the pension levy is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17125/13]
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance when the pension levy will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17126/13]
    • Pensions Levy Yield
      To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected to date by the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/13]
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance his projected annual reduction in GDP growth arising from the proposed Croke Park II proposals to cut a further one billion euro from the public sector pay and...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the exceptional circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be considered in terms of their property tax liability; if an exemption can be...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will be able to adjust the tax credits of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the ongoing arrangement they have with...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if any relief or rebate from the local property tax is available for any property dwellers in estates or apartment complexes with management companies who are...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the process to be used by the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in relation to the handling of individual...
    • Exchequer Deficit
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that Exchequer debt servicing costs were €105 million lower in March compared to the profile of €1,997; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Union Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he endorsed the imposition of a special manager on a credit union (details supplied) in County Kildare at a cost expected to exceed €2 million,...
    • Exchequer Deficit
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the underlying general Government deficit, exclusive of supports to the banks, for each of the years from 2008 to 2012 and...
    • Budget Timetable
      To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the new implications of the two-pack regulations, he will indicate the date in September or October on which the draft budget will be published; if...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 27 March 2013, if he will confirm that his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have not prepared or received from...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to Local Property Tax if it is correct that persons with multi properties have to submit their declaration on line; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 March 2013, if he has now had time to peruse the documentation and decided on the appropriate vote for each of the...
    • Mortgage Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he has no plans to interfere or change the interest rates, terms and conditions of tracker mortgages held by many borrowers; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering an exemption for student residences from the local property tax. [17390/13]
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance the way student residences are to be valued for the local property tax. [17391/13]
    • Tax Forms
      To ask the Minister for Finance when a P21 tax form will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17411/13]
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) owns the Killester British Legion Hall in Dublin 5 or is this property under the National Assets Management Agency. [17465/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of submissions, and nams of individual groups who made submissions to the Central Bank during its consultation on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage...
    • Tax Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the financial discrepancies noted in the Irish Medical Organisation, if he has examined the practice of presidents, honorary non-pay positions, of...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an incentive package to enable ghost estates to be finished by providing tax exemptions to buyers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the respective weighting applied to each of the property characteristic variables listed in table 2 of page 11 of the Revenue...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance if a refund of the local property tax will be payable in the circumstances in which a home-owner discovers that they have declared a property value in excess of...
    • Excise Duties Reliefs
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the provision of 100% excise relief on ethanol for fuel in order to support the re-establishment of a sugar industry here; and if he will make...
    • Data Protection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he received correspondence (details supplied) from the former Director of Corporate Enforcement in relation to Revenue Commission data....
    • Consumer Protection
      To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to underpin with legislation the consumer protection code for debt collection firms employed by financial institutions which was developed by...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial Service Regulatory Authority of Ireland is aware of discrepancies between Allied Irish Bank's Annual Financial...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on including the cost of bin collections under the local property tax charge as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to further tackle tax fraud, in view of the findings of an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative...
    • Tax Code
      To ask the Minister for Finance the number of revenue appeals, if any, that remain unresolved for periods in excess of 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17683/13]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      To ask the Minister for Finance if the appointment of the special liquidator to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation was in strict accordance with procurement law; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Credits
      To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has seen an increase in the income tax being taken from their private pension; the amount of additional...
    • Retail Sector
      To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to protect possible job losses in the retail sector (details supplied) in view of the fact that selling goods on line at prices cheaper than...
    • Living City Initiative
      To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the living city initiative (details supplied) to other areas needing regeneration, such as Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Mental Health Awareness
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that some of the colleges, universities and students' unions are facing in respect of students...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline any plans that are being developed to revise Gaeltacht, Island and Secretary to Board of Management allowances that are provided...
    • Research Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a place on the enterprise partnership scheme involving the Irish Research Council in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding FÁS payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 [17102/13]
    • FÁS Local Training Initiatives Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available through FÁS or other Government agencies to support the training and reskilling needs of the 70 former employees of a...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child is eligible for school transport under the primary school transport scheme to a school other than their nearest school on an equal footing...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update of the progress of the application for an extension in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when his...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that cuts to Health Service Executive Beechpark Autism Services are having on schools with ASD classes,...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to amending the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002, to allow for the inclusion of additional State supports,...
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of scholarships given to students by his Department to study at an educational institution (details supplied) in Italy over the past six...
    • Teacher Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for next academic year, 2013/14, with regard to the number of teachers in each of the primary schools in Ratoath, County Meath; if the...
    • Student Grant Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each of the past five academic years detailed by the level of award and the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of participants who have successfully completed a springboard programme; the success rate of the...
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is reviewing the operation of project maths in view of the ongoing concerns that have been raised by students, parents and maths teachers in...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the tendering for the construction of new schools and extensions to schools in Lucan, County Dublin; if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that could be taken to increase the number of persons with a disability who complete second and third level education; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal on a student grant award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to an application for emergency works grant made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans, if any, he has to provide funding for schools who wish to use renewable energy on their premises; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [16270/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/13]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the attached correspondence (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding school cuts. [16306/13]
    • School Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a funding deficit (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they have been contacted by the association in regard to...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16343/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) is processed in view of their...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals on hand to amalgamate second level schools in Galway City; the time frame for any amalgamations and the schools involved; and if he will...
    • School Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the contrast in price and service between the mandatory Viking contract for stationery consumables for schools and...
    • Teacher Fee Refund Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the teacher refund scheme 2011; when a date will be set for refunds of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency works in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his Department has any further...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills f he will clarify a matter regarding third level qualifications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/13]
    • FÁS Training Courses
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it a good use of money to provide funding to further education institutions, such as FÁS, who employ private contractors to...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for resource hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Designation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria that apply in respect of a secondary school to be designated a DEIS school in the context in which the school is taking in a...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that small companies involved in the provision of supplies to schools, will be able to compete with the large...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a gym extension and new classrooms in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dubln 15; if so, when such...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision of his Department not to award a pension to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be processed as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be heard; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of six new classrooms at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [16573/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has further considered the submission from Down Syndrome Ireland that they submitted regarding his Department's review of the General Allocation...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an gcailleann múinteoirí atá ag múineadh i nGaelscoil agus a bhfuil an liúntas as múineadh trí Ghaeilge acu, an...
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the circumstances of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Primary School Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of two, three and four teacher schools in County Tipperary; if he will provide a guarantee that these schools will be...
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If he will expedite a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a school transport application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath [16645/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the legislation governing the Student Union Supoort Ireland grant discriminates against students whose parent for the purposes of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Closures
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact criteria which will govern the decisions to leave open or close the many hundreds of rural schools throughout the country; and if he will...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the status of a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education advised him in June 2011 that there were school placements available for children attending...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the position regarding a redundancy package in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Munster Survivors Support Services Limited regarding the statutory fund established for the...
    • Schools Designation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the need for a co-educational secondary school to meet the demand for a non-fee paying local secondary school in an area (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that he is meeting the special needs requirements in primary and post primary schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken to improve the processing system for student grant applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16750/13]
    • Bullying in Schools
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he has introduced to tackle cyber bullying in all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16751/13]
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the type of school; the size; the catchment area; the time...
    • Vocational Education Committees Staff
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has reviewed the impact statement prepared by Ballyfermot College for Further Education assessing the impact of the new 19:1 student...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism classes that have been opened in schools here since March 2011; the names of these schools and their location; the total number...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school building project (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when the building will commence; the current stage of the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the current status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act; the provisions in this Act that...
    • School Patronage
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to parents who wish their children to commence catholic primary school in Ashbourne, County Meath in the years September 2013,...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he intends to increase the number of special needs assistants to the school and...
    • School Enrolments
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline on a county basis the number of schools with less than 80 pupils currently in operation. [16908/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 92 and 93 of 29 November 2012, if the information sought is now available; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the specific concerns of the various support groups regarding the residential institutions redress scheme; the...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will open up retraining facilities provided by his Department to persons who are unemployed but not eligible for jobseeker's allowance due to...
    • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to public funds of legal fees and consultancy fees and all other related costs in relation to injunctions, judicial reviews and legal actions...
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to prevent the duplication of third-level courses in institutes of technology across the country; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and refurbishment works to a school ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been chosen for a proposed Gaelscoil (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the criteria that has been applied for the selection process;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Land Acquisition
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hectares purchased in Munster by his Department between 2008 and 2011; the amount paid by his Department and vocational education...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in relation to the procurement of school supplies; if procurement has been centralised; if he will acknowledge the potentially adverse...
    • Chaplaincy Services
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 27 March 2013, if he will provide the number of third level student grant applicants who have waited more...
    • School Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm who has the legal responsibility to provide school transport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has discussed the issue of special needs education policy with his counterparts at an EU level in terms of Council of Minister meetings or...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all reports and strategies which have been developed by his Department or agencies under his Department's remit in...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive an additional teacher for 2013/14 as a developing school with growing numbers;...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be placed on a school building list.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17200/13]
    • Technological Universities
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current progress on the development of a technological university for the south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17234/13]
    • State Bodies Establishment
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new SOLAS organisation will be fully established and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17238/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contract has now been signed in relation to the completion of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the name of the successful...
    • Site Acquisitions
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when the site has been acquired for a new post primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare, his Department will avail of the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a Student Universal Support Ireland pplication in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change to the rules for children to get access to resource teaching hours this academic year; if a decision has been taken that...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of two new schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/13]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied). [17428/13]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher who started teaching prior to 1 February 2012 but was not yet qualified will be treated any differently in terms of pay and allowances as...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the residential institute State fund can be accessed; the entitlements from the fund available to a person who believes they are passed the...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on children with Autism; and the reason he is not issuing a definitive policy document on Autism. [17464/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building will commence on a new school building (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/13]
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a shortage of staff at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/13]
    • School Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an extra classroom and resource room for a school (details supplied) in County...
    • School Staffing
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17657/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has been approved by Student Universal Support Ireland. [17658/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [17659/13]
    • School Curriculum
      To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a new poet being accepted to the English syllabus of the junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/13]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the natural and historic access for floodwater to the Old Dry-Arch Bridge was by way of a clearly identifiable channel,...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines and criteria in place in Government Departments and State agencies to ensure that people with a disability are given equal...
    • National Monuments
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work that has been carried out on national monuments in Connaught and in County Clare in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, including...
    • Estimates Publication
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in publishing the revised estimate volume in view of the fact that three months of the year have elapsed; the date...
    • Legislative Programme
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will support amendments to the National Lotteries Bill in particular Section 41(1) as raised in correspondence (details supplied)....
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 246 of 5 March 2013, if approval has been received for a project (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of people who are on the payroll in his Deportment; the number of physical payslips that his Department processes each month; the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of advertised contracts for supplies and general services of up to €125,000; and the number and total value...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of properties owned by the State that are leased to third party tenants, on a county basis; the number of same that have had a...
    • State Agencies
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the rationalisation of State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16380/13]
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the serious concerns in respect of the Garda Síochána Retired Members Association regarding the continuous cuts...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way commercial rates are determined for private houses that are used as businesses for example doctor's surgeries. [16417/13]
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way commercial rates are determined for units in surburban shopping centres. [16418/13]
    • Departmental Contracts
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will begin the review of the Government construction contracts which he committed to undertaking this year; the length of time the...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the current public project procurement process held by architects, engineers,...
    • Departmental Websites
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the organisations, companies and persons that have received briefings about the new eTenders website; when these briefings were held; and if...
    • National Monuments
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider renaming the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Levels
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is envisaged that the pilot water level monitoring exercise on Lough Ree and Meelick Weir involving controlled raising and lowering...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will...
    • Graduate Placement Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps open to graduates who apply for a graduate placement in the civil service to gain experience, only to be refused on the grounds of...
    • Parliamentary Inquiries
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which an effective and legally robust parliamentary banking inquiry will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the actuarial assessments of public service pension costs will commence; or if it has commenced, when it will be completed and made...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pension schemes that have applied to PIPS to date; the number of those applications that have been approved by him; the rates...
    • Croke Park Agreement Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to legislate in the event of the rejection by unions of Croke Park II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16991/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when public sector pay scales will be restored; if time served on existing pay scale points will be taken into account when increments...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline what will happen to retired public servants pensions under Croke Park II; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the performance against profile and estimate analysis is no longer provided in the monthly Exchequer statements under Appendix II...
    • Public Sector Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total reduction in the number of the civil and public service since he came to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Procurement Service Framework Agreements
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the effect that companies being part of a larger purchasing group when tendering for NPS contracts is having on...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the problem that small and medium enterprises are having in being unable to tender for contract because of...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the transfer of a burial ground (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insurance Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will advise residents on the Clontarf Road, Dublin 3, on the way in which they can get home insurance on account of the fact that the...
    • International Summer Camp
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will support the International Summer Camp due in August by the Order of Malta, Ireland (details supplied). [17706/13]
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 27 February 2013, if he will expedite the transaction with Kerry County Council regarding the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Corporate Governance
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there is any potential for a conflict of interest in situations in which the firm acting as liquidator to a business...
    • Company Law
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to examine the so called prepack receiverships to address concerns that companies are being bought out of debt by their existing...
    • Work Permit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a limit on the amount of work permits issued each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/13]
    • Job Protection
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received any communications in relation to concerns that 100 jobs are at risk in a legitimate tobacco factory in Mullingar,...
    • Job Creation Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the level of employment, job losses and job creation in companies supported by the Industrial Development...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of chief executive officers in State and semi-State Agencies serving on a first fixed term contract at present; the number of...
    • Job Creation Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created to date, excluding those in administering the scheme, by loans made form the Microenterprise Loans Fund. [16402/13]
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff posts created in Microfinance Ireland to promote and process applications from the Microenterprise Loans...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a report entitled Feasibility Study for Making Ireland a World Centre for Managing and Trading in Intellectual Property; when...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will...
    • Graduate Support Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to assist graduates to secure employment here when they complete their studies, rather than have our best talent...
    • State Bodies Mergers
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the National Consumer Agency will be merged with other State agencies; the reason a new Chief Executive was appointed to the National...
    • Industrial Property Portfolio
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on Industrial Development Agency lands in an area (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding that was provided by Enterprise Ireland to businesses operating in an area (detailed supplied) in 2011 and 2012 and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount that Enterprise Ireland has invested or provided in grant aid to an ocean energy developer (details supplied); if he will also...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the circumstances in which the Employment Appeals Tribunal accept late appeals; if the other party is automatically notified of such an...
    • Employment Strategy for Persons with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to develop a comprehensive employment strategy for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Labour Conference
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all material from the Irish delegation to the International Labour Organisation's 2012 annual conference,...
    • IDA Site Visits
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits that have taken place with prospective investors to County Waterford and the south...
    • Job Losses
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to mitigate the scale of job losses at a site (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding a submission (details supplied); the mechanism available to the person to obtain the funding as awarded by the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Child Poverty
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the fact that recent Central Statistics Office figures show more children are living in or at risk of consistent poverty, if she plans to...
    • Live Register Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of unemployed in County Longford in February, 2013, giving percentage rate, including the numbers which were first time jobseekers; and...
    • Household Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an illness benefit is not considered as a qualifying payment for the household benefits package; if there any assistance that can be provided...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal may expect to have their habitual residence determination made by her department; and if she will make...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person can receive a winter fuel payment from the UK, which is based on contributions, while also receiving a fuel allowance, which is based on...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who are on the payroll in her Deportment; the number of physical payslips that her Department processes each month; the percentage...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance application/appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a...
    • Live Register Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the current level of unemployment including details of long-term unemployment on a county basis and to outline the 10...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide information on the way FÁS currently works with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to provide supports for those...
    • Gender Recognition Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no transgender person on the Gender Recognition Advisory Group; if an update will be provided on the work of the group; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will receive a response to their appeal. [16136/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action her Department plans to take to ameliorate the current situation where persons in certain areas cannot acquire accommodation due to refusal by...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for a carers allowance to be backdated to the date of when the domiciliary allowance was originally granted in respect of a person...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 136 and 144 on 21 March 2013, in which she stated she had obtained data from the Private Residential Tenancies...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16308/13]
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 12 March 2013, the avenue available to a person who is unemployed or disabled and not in receipt of a social...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 7 March 2013, if she has received the full scale and extent of medical reports form the consultant and...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Cost
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to introduce fingerprint technology in her Department to assist with investigating fraudulent claims; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the delay in processing social welfare appeals; the measures being taken to address the issue; the number of doctors working in the...
    • Household Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 5 February 2013, if she will comment on reports contained in a newspaper article (details supplied); if this...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [16422/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will state if and when domiciliary care allowance/carer's allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Job Vacancies
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their attention brought to a job (details supplied) by her Department; the number of jobs outside the island of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Job Initiatives
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 20 March 2013, if a person (details supplied) whose internship under jobbridge has ceased, due to the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost incurred by her Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to implement a change of policy to enable community employment child care workers a minimum of three years in order to gain the requisite...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • FÁS Training Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an extension for a FÁS course will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress in respect of determination of an appeal for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose case has...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be granted habitual residence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16723/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on their appeal for Invalidity Pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 26 March 2013, the extent of entitlement and stamp received for the last Christmas period in the case of a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the positon regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the appeal will be expedited; and if...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the number of participants on rural social schemes in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16747/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent supplement will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if all information sought has been received by...
    • Invalidity Pension Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of invalidity pension for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on one parent family payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Guardian's Payment Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason guardian payment has ceased in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance review will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rural Social Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the application process for sports clubs and community groups for inclusion on rural social schemes, community employment schemes and...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made; and if she...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will remove or alter the qualifying period for the back to education allowance to enable greater access to the scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Industrial Relations Issues
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the appropriate official from her Department did not attend invitations to discuss a serious issue (details supplied) at the behest of the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently awaiting processing for carer's allowance and carer's benefit; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension and disability allowance that were refused during the years 2011 and 2012; the number of those...
    • Disability Allowance Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance currently awaiting processing; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to have the...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently awaiting processing for invalidity pension; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to have the...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the case that a review of all cases of mortgage interest supplement payments took place earlier this year; if she will confirm that new...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an extension on a community employment scheme will be permitted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal will be decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) [16896/13]
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment review will be answered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [16897/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a disability allowance payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social protection appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who have fled their private home due to domestic violence are entitled to rent allowance; if it is correct that they are refused rent...
    • Household Benefits
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the situation where carers who are not living with the person they are caring for are ineligible for telephone allowance,...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal against a decision to refuse carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of two respite care grants; the number in receipt of three or more grants; the total value of same; and if she will make...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will open up retraining facilities provided by her Department to persons who are unemployed but not eligible for jobseeker's allowance due to...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a respite care grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the payments available to students who are unable to work due to full time college sanctioned unpaid internship placements; and if she will make a...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of the most recent medical examination in respect of determination of eligibilty for illness benefit in the case of a person (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she expects to introduce legislation that will implement changes to defined benefit pension to help ensure the protection of members'...
    • Departmental Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will instruct officials in her Department to enter negotiations with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which rent supplement is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual spend in her Department for sending correspondence to applicants and recipients of any social welfare payment, to include the cost of postage,...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County dublin who finished an apprenticeship and went straight into college whilst in part-time employment with...
    • Advocacy Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she intends to introduce the Personal Advocacy Service as provided for in the Citizens Information Act 2007; the role she envisages for such...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17190/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 26 March 2013, wherein information was sought regarding acceptance of a review or appeal of a decision to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) County Cork; and if she will...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the flexibility exists under social welfare legislation for a person who is in receipt of partial jobseekers allowance and working for two days a...
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the total number of persons in County Waterford that have taken part in the jobbridge programme since its inception;...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in determining eligibility for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will...
    • Citizens Information Service
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of phoning the Citizens Information Service; the reason for changing form a freephone number; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the phasing out of the one parent family payment in respect of (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17426/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo [17433/13]
    • Respite Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any further plans for the respite care grant this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17473/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it is proposed to reduce mortgage interest supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Pension Provisions
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to refuse State pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if consideration was previously...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will accept a late appeal in respect of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection having regard to vulnerable circumstances, if an exceptional needs payment might be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decison will be made on an appeal for invalidy pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding home help hours. [17732/13]
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Grant Payments
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of hen harrier will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nuachtáin Ghaeilge
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na bearta a rinne Foras na Gaeilge chun cuidiú le Gaelscéal, agus chun an infheistíocht a chosaint gan trácht...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any support or compensation is available to farmers who have lost out on possible income and payments as a result of their land being...
    • Film Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht recognising the cultural importance and economic significance of the Cork Film Festival to the city and region, if he will provide an...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 22 January 2013, when payment of bog compensation will issue to persons (details supplied) in...
    • Litter Pollution Issues
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if dog foul bins will be provided at various locations along walkways in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, including the Fossa way,...
    • Film Industry Development
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17018/13]
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location of maps that give the exact outline of the boundaries of special areas of conservation and natural heritage areas; and if he...
    • Ferry Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a ferry will be provided to take animals and so on to and from Dursey Island (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 19 March 2013, if he will provide the names of the Foras na Gaeilge board members whose fees...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters who received a compensation payment and turf respectively for the 2011 turf cutting season; the number of these...
    • National Transport Authority
      To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Transport Authority will be included in the list of public bodies to be asked to prepare a language scheme outlining the...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Inland Fisheries
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the Fisheries Board activities in the past year to stock waterways in the Midlands with trench...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend a gas pipeline spur to Longford and Mullingar towns, as this would be a huge boost to businesses in...
    • Gas and Electricity Disconnections
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of electricity / natural gas disconnections; the number of...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the home energy retrofit support intended to be provided for the elderly and those on low incomes once the...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will supply the terms of contract for the new Chairman (details supplied) of An Post, their annual salary, length of...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans, if any, he has to provide funding to schools who wish to use renewable energy on their premises; and if he will...
    • Gas Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the authorisation, consent or permit the cable laying and associated seismic survey by SEPIL in the Corrib Gas Field is being...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Radio Telefís Éireann journalists and presenters are subject to contracts which prevent them doing their job in a...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when 30Mbps minimum national broadband plan will serve an area (details supplied) in County Waterfiord; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of onshore windfarms and the number of offshore windfarms currently being constructed here; and if he will make a...
    • Nuclear Plants
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the recent development proposals for a nuclear power facility at Hinkely Point as approved by the UK's...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount paid by Bord Gáis for the wind turbines purchased from a society (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the location of the closest telephone exchange for the Faithlegg and Cheekpoint area of County Waterford;...
    • Broadcasting Sector Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the top ten remuneration packages paid at RTÉ in 2011 and 2012, including the packages paid...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day;...
    • Electricity Generation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the present payment system with Electric Ireland in respect of surplus electricity supplied to the National Grid will be...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the broadband service will be upgraded in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Croke Park Agreement Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the new public sector pay proposal Croke Park two, if adopted, will pertain to staff in RTÉ; and if he will make a...
    • Gas Exploration Licences
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil and gas fields currently being explored in Irish waters; the persons undertaking these exploration works;...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the predicament of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, who was approved for attic insulation on 28...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Bord Gáis has invested or provided in grant aid to an ocean energy developer (details supplied); if it has...
    • Energy Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider allowing tenants in local authority housing to avail of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grants to...
    • Postal Services
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll out of post codes across the country will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17198/13]
    • Broadband Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding national broadcasting. [17720/13]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that Ireland is ranked at the bottom of the list with regard to carbon dioxide emissions 118 by the World...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the eligibility criteria that apply to borrowers who wish to avail of the mortgage to rent...
    • Litter Pollution Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new, tougher legislation to address the problem of littering and dog fouling; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the figure for the extra administrative costs relating to the payment of motor tax in instalments is arrived at; and if...
    • Water Charges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an allowance of water units will be given to clients as part of the up coming water charges particularly in areas that...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be allocated to local authority for housing aid for the elderly/housing adaptation/mobility aids grant; and...
    • Water Meters Installation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the main contractor for water metering will be appointed; if the tender process commenced and the criteria that is being...
    • Rural Development Policy
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to re-energise the rural resettlement programme which was available for city tenants in the past. [16127/13]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the current options available to older persons who seek financial assistance to adapt their homes; if he...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all the submissions received by his Department from the local authorities in relation to the...
    • Local Authority Finances
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 165 and 166 of 21 March 2013, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total income of...
    • Nuclear Plants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the communications his Department has had with the UK authorities regarding the proposed Nuclear Power Station Development at...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding rental accomodation scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [16304/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when full approval will be granted by his Department for a project (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has been...
    • Household Charge Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the household charge; the total...
    • Alignment Working Group
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in order to build greater trust and collaboration between the local government and local development sectors, if he will...
    • Fire Safety Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fire, health and safety regulations [16350/13]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any tenant purchase scheme in place since the 31 December 2012, for tenants of local authorities to buy out their...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 383 and 384 of 26 March 2013, if he will request the information sought from each local...
    • Building Regulations Application
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Architects Registration Body published its 2010, 2011 and 2012 annual reports as stipulated in section 73 of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is permissible for a property bought under the affordable housing scheme to be rented to a third party when the owners...
    • Strategic Development Zones
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following his press release of 19 December 2012 on the designation of Dublin Docklands areas as Strategic Development Zones, if...
    • Heritage Centres Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that in 2008 Sligo County Council sought approval from his Department to the raising of...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that he has received submissions from Westmeath County Council in respect of the regeneration of areas...
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the benefits an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 9 will derive from the implementation of the residential...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the non principal private resindency charge will be abolished following the introduction of the local property tax in view...
    • Election Management System
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent by-election in Meath East, the steps he took to reserving polling station and count staff positions for...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day;...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on when he will sign off on the new housing scheme of lettings for Dublin City Council. [16624/13]
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all unfinished housing estates that are not exempt from the local property tax will now be taken in charge by their relevant...
    • Water Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the state of water supplies for Dublin City, the steps he has taken to ensure that the deteoriating Vartry tunnel is...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the approval to Mayo County Council to tender for a new Fire Station in Crossmolina for which a site has...
    • Building Regulations Amendments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to amend the Building Control Regulations to provide for the physical inspection of a new building to ensure that...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the non principal private residence charge, if he will advise a person (details supplied) who has moved to...
    • Noise Pollution Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a noise pollution issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [16764/13]
    • Departmental Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding assistance, if any, available to local housing associations and or community groups who propose to take over...
    • Urban Trees and Hedges
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are laws on the size and height of trees and hedges in urban areas; and if there is a complaints process for citizens...
    • Fire Service Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to examine equipping fire-fighters with personal safety devices like mace or pepper spray; and if he will make a...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a copy of the report he commissioned to be carried out into the purchase of land at Three Trouts in...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses that were provided as part of development conditions where a developer had to build...
    • Waste Management Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering introducing a national waste management bin collection waiver for senior citizens and low income families,...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has received communication from the various local authorities in connection with the need to address the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any review is underway regarding the shared ownership scheme for previous purchasers of affordable and non-affordable homes;...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who own homes affected by pyrite and already have had testing and visual assessments of their homes undertaken will...
    • An Bord Pleanála Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning appeals to An Bord Pleanala that were refused against the recommendation of the Board's own Inspector,...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Pyrite Resolution Board will deal with homeowners whose homes have significant damage as a result of pyrite, where...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be provided for the sewer extension in Aghadoe, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing developments in respect of each local authority that have yet to be taken in charge; if he will provide a...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of value of bonds held by financial institutions in respect of housing developments in each of the respective local...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if septic tanks will have to be registered again in five years time; if so, if this registration will carry a further fee; and...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding planning permission in County Meath; and if he will make a statement...
    • Regeneration Projects
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the overall amount allocated/approved to the Cox’s Regeneration project, Cox’s Demesne, Dundalk, County Louth;...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities receive grants from his Department to carry out works which would improve the energy rating and...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate that community childcare providers, which operate on a not for profit basis and which are clearly...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the approved new Waterford City Fire Station will begin construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17240/13]
    • Building Regulations Application
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his reasons for, as per Building Control Regulations 2013, preventing chartered members of CIAT from designing and to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of an upgraded sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if Limerick County Council has...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding social housing. [17429/13]
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the increased grant for group sewerage schemes to €6,500 per house or 75% of the cost of the scheme will become...
    • Water Services Funding
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Kerry County Council in respect of works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Building Regulations Application
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities made efforts to communicate the new housing regulations to landlords; and the efforts that have been made...
    • Waste Management Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is examining ways to make landlords more accountable for the dumping of rubbish from their premises; the legal barriers...
    • Local Authority Housing Grants
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that Kerry County Council received a cut of 56% in the funding being made available for its housing aid...
    • Planning Issues
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he has studied the number of refusals by the various local authorities for applications for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the county and city councils have autistic planning teams to assist adults with Autism; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Common Travel Area (1 comment)
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the common travel area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/13]
    • Garda Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to amending the proposed changes in the pay and conditions of members of An Garda Síochána to better reflect...
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any review of coroner services and the governance thereof; if not, if he will consider instigating such a review; and if he will...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 12 March 2013 and Supreme Court Justice Hardiman's statement in a case (details supplied), if he sees...
    • Property Ownership
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of ownership of lands (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16858/13]
    • Draft Public Service Agreement
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a specific issue raised in correspondence by a public servant (details supplied) regarding the draft Public Service Agreement...
    • Refugee Resettlement
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has offered to host any refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria; in view of the fact that the number of refugees fleeing Syria continues to...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a determination will be made regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give an update on the plans to repeal the 1871 Lunacy Act. [17701/13]
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities; if he can give an indication as to when ratification of...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda clearance application will be processed in respect of a person in (details supplied) County Galway in view of the fact that their...
    • Garda Civilianisation Process
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the civilianisation of Garda Command and Control in Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel designated to Garda vetting; if he will consider Garda clearance moving with the person when they change jobs; and if he will...
    • Garda Public Access Call Boxes
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the savings that will be made as a result of the removal of the public access call boxes from Garda Stations. [16134/13]
    • Garda Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm if a person (details supplied) in County Laois who was placed on the Garda Recriutment Panel five years ago is still eligible and...
    • Peace Commissioners
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of Peace Commissioners registered in the Fingal area of County Dublin. [16152/13]
    • Road Safety Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new speed cameras installed for the periods, 2010, 2011 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16163/13]
    • Garda Strength
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current personnel strength of An Garda Síochána and of the Garda Reserve and civilians whole time equivalents and the strength of...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in the Drugs Unit; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/13]
    • Garda Rank
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who hold the rank of detective; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16173/13]
    • Child Abduction
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to address the issue of parental child abduction; his views on the role that mediation can play in reaching lasting agreements; if...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that the Uzi personal defence weapon has been withdrawn from service in An Garda Síochána; the date when the decision to...
    • Alcohol Sales
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if provisions will be made for smaller shops who sell alcohol who will not be able to provide structural segregation from other products and...
    • Garda Investigations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Microsoft Transparency Report, published on 21 March 2013 in which it was reported that An Garda Síochána had made 72...
    • Asylum Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people in the asylum and related systems in direct provision at present; the number at the 31 December 2010 and 31 December 2011, broken...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any current provision similar to section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000, which was in operation for one year, to allow those who...
    • Rights of Way Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for right of way made to the Property Registration Authority for each of the past five years; if he is satisfied with the...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding conditions in a reception an integration agency hostel. [16391/13]
    • Crime Investigation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the five years since the murder of a person (details supplied) the reason there has been no contact with the family by the Gardaí or Spanish...
    • Human Trafficking
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total resources earmarked for combatting human trafficking in 2013: if he is satisfied with the resources being deployed to deal with human...
    • Child Abduction
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny whose rights have not been vindicated under the Hague Convention; and if he will...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate the living conditions of asylum seekers here in particular families with children (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending the licensing laws to allow premises such as pubs to open on Good Friday if they so wish and serve alcohol; the reasons...
    • Visa Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reopen and reinvestigate a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Transport Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána in County Louth at present; and the number that were available to An Garda...
    • Crime Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the controls which exist in An Garda Síochána to ensure that all reported crimes are captured for statistical purposes by the Central...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite vetting in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in view of the fact that the delay is impacting on ability to fulfil...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to ensure the Magdalen Fund/Commission is a transparent process; if it will have an appeals process with independent...
    • Private Security Authority Fees
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider instructing the Private Security Authority to waive the registration and audit fees for businesses who must register with the PSA,...
    • Prison Visiting Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request that family visits or access is organised for persons (details supplied), in accordance with best practise operating in European...
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protection afforded to persons who have signed an Enduring Power of Attorney, particularly with regard to End-of-Life and healthcare decisions;...
    • Upward Only Rent Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-examine the decision not to proceed with legislation to abolish upward only rent review clauses in commercial leases in view of the fact...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to curb anti social activity in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [16844/13]
    • Emergency Service Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any extra penalties apply to the assault of emergency workers while they are on duty; and if not, if he will consider amending legislation to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in respect of the determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Judicial Separation Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans if any he has to repeal the legislation governing judicial separations in view of the statutory provisions for divorce; and if he will make...
    • Garda Retirements
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí at detective rank that have left the force in the past five years; the measures he is taking to prevent senior detective...
    • Residency Status
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can be decided on humanitarian grounds; and if he will...
    • International Summits
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he and his Department have been liaising with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the upcoming G8 Summit taking place in June...
    • Penalty Points System
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a specific legal statutory or regulatory basis that allows Garda Superintendents to cancel penalty points after fixed penalty notices have...
    • Asylum Complaints Mechanism
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered instituting an independent complaints mechanism for asylum seekers living in the direct provision system, for example through the...
    • Temporary Release of Prisoners
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an inmate (details supplied) of Castlerea prison is not being released even though the Governor of the prison has cleared the prisoner for...
    • Private Security Industry
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the Private Security Services Act 2004, a person in the security business operating as a sole trader with no employees and who holds a...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements being put in place by An Garda Síochána and the Revenue Commissioners whereby it is proposed that the Gardaí will be...
    • Garda Deployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the whole full-time equivalent of Gardaí in Swords Garda Station, County Dublin, for the years, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012...
    • Garda Transport Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official Garda vehicles that are attached to Swords Garda district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17116/13]
    • Chaplaincy Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the consequences of a survivor not registering with the Magdalen Fund/Commission during the three months of Mr Justice Quirke’s review; if non...
    • Magdalen Laundries Report
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that copies of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Magdalene Laundries are provided to survivors with no internet...
    • Advocacy for Institutionalised Persons
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place to ensure permanent advocacy for women in institutionalised settings in their places of residence in view of the 2010...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to ensure that Magdalene grave records are accurate and up to date. [17155/13]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will appoint a new board to the Private Security Authority; the reason for the delay thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce measures to remove barriers by persons with disabilities in accessing the justice system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the four month delay in the issuing of Garda vetting for proposed participants on a FÁS scheme (details supplied); when the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda Commissioner regarding a public order incident (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the approved extension and refurbishment of Waterford City Court House will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17241/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the stage at which the redeployment of staff from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to the Garda Central Vetting Unit is at; and when he...
    • Legal Aid Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned with evidence of a recent case in which free legal aid was granted to a person who has means in excess of €1 million; if he...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the availability of extra Garda patrolling hours with reference to the patrol car attrition rate; the number of extra patrolling...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases referred to the Garda Ombudsman in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17509/13]
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the policy of decommissioning Garda vehicles that have reached the 300,000 kilometre mark; if he will consider testing such cars...
    • Garda Operations
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the revenue that has been raised by the State over the past five years, with a year by year breakdown, through on the spot fines that have been issued...
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the lack of recognition for forensic pathology training here; whether he intends to reform the inquest system; and if he will...
    • Sentencing Policy
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address recent criticisms regarding the Criminal Justice Act as it related to the appropriateness of compensation as a mitigating factor in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an application for permission to remain in the State, Stamp 4, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Penalty Point System
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will immediately publish the full report on the alleged quashing of certain penalty points including a divisional breakdown of the Garda...
    • Garda Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 22 additional intoxilysers that Gardaí requested in 2009 will be installed into the necessary stations by the MBRS; the number of the...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 171 Garda vehicles purchased in 2012 are going to be rolled out to Garda districts by the Garda Commissioner and breakdown of districts to...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the body responsible for the legal due diligence on the lease of the planned probation service building on Wolfe Tone Street,...
  • Department of Defence
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Defence the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Government Centenary Programme
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on progress with the Military Service Pensions Archive project (details supplied); when he expects that the public might have access to these...
    • Departmental Properties
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give permission to an association (details supplied) in County Kerry to erect a wall on the left hand side of the Defence Force building in Iveragh Park...
    • Irish Red Cross
      To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish Red Cross. [17410/13]
    • International Summits
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he and his Department have been liaising with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the upcoming G8 Summit taking place in June 2013 in County...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel have access to specialist doctors; if such costs are covered by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all clothing, kit and equipment that are issued to members of the Defence Forces are suitable for all regardless of the physical size of...
    • Chaplaincy Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations involved; if humanist...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of agri environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fisheries Protection
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure, during the Irish Presidency of the EU that there will be no fishing agreement signed between Morocco and the EU in view...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to correspondence (details supplied), if he will provide reassurances of the long term support for the rural development...
    • Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider granting a special derogation to sheep farmers on the offshore island of Arranmorein County Donegal regarding the...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made under the disadvantage area based scheme for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway,...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment for cow suckler welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people who are on the payroll in his Deportment; the number of physical payslips that his Department processes each month;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their agri environment option scheme payment despite adhering to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of REP scheme will issue to a herd owner (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16128/13]
    • Horse Passports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any plans to introduce a centralised system for the issuing of horse passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the rationale for the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation 995/2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their suckler cow welfare scheme payment in respect of 2012; and...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of rural environment protection scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was penalised in relation to their single farm payment in 2011; and if he will...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 21 February 2013, if this case is being re-considered in view of the fact that a person...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the publication by his Department of the recent report on the horse meat scandal, if he will outline the sanctions he intends...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way changes to the common agricultural policy will affect the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [16310/13]
    • Forestry Grants
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a forestry grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will legislate to impose a limit on the amount of farm payments accruing to one individual once an agreement has been concluded....
    • Herd Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/13]
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Irish Timber Council which sets out views on the proposed sale of Coillte's...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding agri environment option scheme applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; when...
    • Cross Compliance
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a cross compliance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo [16525/13]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for REPs scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Salmon Management Report
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-2013 effective moratorium on increased salmon farming where it stated that the targets for...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to a REP scheme application as the applicant is most anxious to have the matter finalised; and if he...
    • Microchipping of Dogs
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his proposal that all dog owners have to pay €50 to microchip their dogs, his views on whether this proposal will put...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that there is no grass growth and tight silage supply available to farmers and it is causing a fodder crisis, his...
    • Herd Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a herd number in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments or funding are available to landowners whose land and fields have been damaged by the River Slaney bursting its banks; and if...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when suckler calf premium 2012 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16641/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for single farm payment will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 13 February 2013, the position regarding an agri environment options scheme application in...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 19 Feb 2013, when a disadvantage area scheme payment will issue to a person (details...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 13 February 2013, when payment of an agri environment options scheme will issue in respect of...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an agri environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick;...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce legislation to regulate the sale and keeping of exotic pets here; the supports that are given to State veterinary...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the 2011-2012 agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in relation to his plans for offshore aqua culture, if the taxpayer is exposed to any claims in relation to loss of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that pet owners are being advised to euthanise their healthy pets for financial reasons; if he will confirm if there...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for an agri environment options scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork [16724/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the single farm payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Organic Farming
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid is available under the organic farming scheme to assist farmers in purchasing machinery; the reason this does not cover the...
    • Dairy Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene on behalf of the milk producers of the country by asking the purchasers of the milk to increase the price per litre...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to representations received regarding the Glenary commonage in County Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Control of Horses
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a publicly funded castration scheme for stallions in view of details supplied; and if he will make a...
    • Dairy Efficiency Programme
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when final payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the 2012 dairy efficiency programme; and if he will...
    • Food Labelling
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ordered any reviews of regulation regarding the mislabeling of fish following the UCD report which revealed that 28% of products...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect outstanding payment under the agri environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 26 February 2013 if his Department has finalised its consideration of the applicant's...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the number of redeployment vacancies that currently exist and the associated grades, for public services employees in...
    • Food Harvest 2020 Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the targets of Food Harvest 2020 are achievable; if he is monitoring and reviewing progress; if his attention has...
    • Forestry Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a detailed independent review of the whole forest sector in Ireland, both Coillte and private, with a view to...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be notified of the outcome of their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17049/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of the 26 February 2013 the reason payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if under his proposals for a variable greening based on each farmer's entitlements, the greening element will remain the same for all...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money that would be re-distributed under the convergence model after the 3% national reserve, the 2% young farmer provision...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when payment will issue. [17103/13]
    • Aquaculture Licences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions of Part II, section 7 subsection 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 that will be included in an aquaculture licence...
    • Forestry Premium
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding outstanding forestry payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when REP scheme 4 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17167/13]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their disadvantage area scheme appeal; the reason for the delay...
    • Live Exports
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a report on the last consignment of the shipping of cattle from Ireland to Libya detailing the condition of the cattle...
    • Harbours and Piers Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any funds will be allocated for the Dunmore East Harbour slip, County Waterford, this year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dairy Sector
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to the 2012 scheme for new entrants to dairying (details supplied) in County Limerick. [17317/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; the amount they will...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the digging out of foxes. [17427/13]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he voted against a proposed temporary Europe-wide ban on the use of Neonicotinoid insecticides, when the use of these...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fisheries Offences
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the reintroduction of the legal hunting of basking sharks in our waters; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Development
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the effect that there have been disease outbreaks in a number of salmon cage installations along the...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue for a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent that animal welfare regulations are applicable in respect of horses other than bloodstock or sport horses; the extent to which...
    • Grant Payments
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied under the disadvantaged areas payment, agri environment option scheme payment and REP scheme for the...
    • Agricultural Productivity
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the analysis that has been done on a county or regional basis in regard to agricultural productivity in the dairy, beef and sheep sector;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an application submitted under AEOS 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights have been discussed with any potential buyers; if so who; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single farm payment is no longer paid to to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the options available to them to have...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Children in Care
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current capacity of medium to long term residential care beds in County Donegal specifically designated for children and teenagers awaiting...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on her plans to assist young persons trapped in homeless accomodation. [17613/13]
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken following on from the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the relationship between Youth Services in Dublin and community policing, and impact of this in reducing...
    • Departmental Strategies
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the development of socially funded child care, after-school care and community based education programmes will form part of the Irish social...
    • Child Death Review Group Report
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the key recommendations made in the Child Death Review Report which was published in 2012, documenting the deaths of...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will a receive rebate on their childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16587/13]
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost incurred by her Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when inter country adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16789/13]
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with reference to the €2.75m fund for maintaining the upkeep of interior services, equipment and natural outdoor spaces for all children,...
    • School Completion Programme
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is taking to preserve the budget of a programme (details supplied) in Cork; the other services that are available to children...
    • Child Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will release the analysis undertaken prior to removing Health Service Executive funding from the Childminder Advisory Officers; and if she...
    • Child Poverty
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on area based approach to child poverty to date; and the plans and projected cost for further improvement in this year. [11372/13]
    • Adoption Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the judgment of the European Court of Human rights in X and Others v Austria on discrimination on grounds of...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will respond to the findings of an evaluation of an Early Years Service that is coordinated by Childhood Development Initiative which...
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider initiating discussions between Ireland and Belarus on the matter of inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a...
    • Children and Family Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will agree to an early meeting with a cross-party group of TDs which recently met with CDYSB funded projects which will suffer...
    • Children Services Committees
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 21 march 2013, her plans to deal with the considerable variation in geographical coverage of the...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the priority she is giving to the frontline workers in the Clondalkin and Lucan Youth Services, Dublin; if she will outline the impact the...
    • Early Childhood Education
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a second free year of early childhood care and education for children with Down syndrome who need a second year before...
    • Youth Services
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department is in a position to focus on the issues affecting youth with particular reference to the mental and physical...
    • Child Abuse
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents of child abuse of a physical, psychological or sexual nature reported in each of the past four years to date; the extent...
    • Child Support
      To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs arising from any specific weaknesses identified by her Department in respect of child support services, the action she has taken or proposes to...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has identified the specific sections of the Health Service Executive where employees can apply for the planned new targeted voluntary redundancy scheme; when...
    • Human Rights Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he expressed reservations with regard to new international legal instruments dedicated to the human rights of older persons, to the UN Economic and Social...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Health the proposals that are under consideration to address the problem of below cost selling of alcohol; if he will provide an update on progress made to date; and if he...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the Health Service Executive to bodies working in the area of homelessness in each year for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if all the 150 additional posts for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams in 2012 have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/13]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting that the Health Service Executive to extend the clinic opening hours for the donation of blood platelet donations to cover at least...
    • Narcolepsy Disorder
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of follow through on his commitment to SOUND that a report would be put to Government proposing a range of supports for sufferers of...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the deadline of 31 March 2013 for the public to consent to their records or those of their children being kept regarding Guthrie...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16047/13]
    • EU Directives
      To ask the Minister for Health following the consultation on the draft European Tobacco Directive which was concluded on 16 January 2013 and you confirmed on 5 March 2013 that 6,400 responses...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding assisted human reproduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16042/13]
    • Health Information
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that only appropriate content is put up on the website spunout.ie in future and if he will advise as to the funding that has been...
    • Hospital Facilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no helipad at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16076/13]
    • Health Services Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive Regional Service Plan 2013; if it is practical from a service point of view to have one Director of Nursing over...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of methadone dispensing level two general practitioners across the country, broken down by Health Service Executive region; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the following medical positions have not been filled at Sligo General Hospital, dermatology, urology diabetics and epilepsy along with six other...
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals the Oncotype DX test is available for patients; if he will outline the benefits of this test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16129/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken by his Department to constructively engage with groups representing persons with disabilities and to communicate on issues...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason applicants, who have been both medically approved and satisfy means testing, are experiencing a four to five week delay before the fair deal scheme...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any recent meetings with the Irish Thalidomide Association or the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society and if he will provide an update of the outcomes...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if personal assistant services for persons with disabilities will be maintained at the same level as that provided in 2012; if he will outline in detail the way the...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent of communication that has taken place between his Department and the drinks industry in relation to taking positive action to address...
    • Universal Health Insurance Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans for coverage of mental illness and prescribed medicines under the proposed new universal health insurance schemes. [16202/13]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the age restriction of 16 years old for cover for mental illness on the long term illness card is legally valid, in view of the legal...
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital bed will become available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16207/13]
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of his position on water fluoridation, to address concerns that the practice may be detrimental to a person's health; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health when it was decided to remove access to phlebotomy services at Cavan General Hospital for diabetics attending consultants but not referred specifically as a result...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication (details supplied) is not covered by the GMS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16224/13]
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has a policy in place when local authorities are providing new playground facilities, that they would provide playground equipment, which is, at least in...
    • Food Safety Authority Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Health when the board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland will have sufficient directors so as to enable it to lawfully meet. [16298/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16307/13]
    • Health Services Expenditure
      To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department are aware of a funding deficit for St Catherine's Association County Wicklow; if they have been contacted by the Association in regard to it...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive warning within its National Operational Plan 2013 (details supplied); the planning he is undertaking...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a specific timeframe and commitment in respect of when updated cost of care figures for public nursing home units will be published; and if he...
    • Maternity Services
      To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Draft National Consent Policy in relation to refusal of treatment in pregnancy, if the guideline which says that a woman's refusal of treatment...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff employed by the specialist services for children within the multi disciplinary Autism team in County Donegal; if he will provide in...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to the Donegal Autism Service specifically for the support of children diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an initial appointment with the relevant children’s specialists on the autism team in County Donegal; the average length of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered correspondence sent to him outlining the situation whereby two Departments (details supplied) in Sligo Regional Hospital have taken the...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment with a dermatology specialist in both Letterkenny General Hospital and Sligo Regional Hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, who was referred by their general practitioner in June 2012 as an urgent...
    • Medical Products
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alleged use of an allegedly defective hip product in a hospital (details supplied) for a defined period of time; if he will...
    • Medical Goods Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding Health Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods Bill 2012 whereby there was concerns at the Bill's failure to exempt anti-epileptic...
    • Premium Pay Rates
      To ask the Minister for Health if the current rates of premium pay for Sundays and twilight hours will be maintained for 24/7 frontline workers as has happened in the cases of prison officers and...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the membership of the review group to discuss options in relation to alternatives to the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if any...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will consider providing home help assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      To ask the Minister for Health the way adopted parents who have no knowledge of their birth families' identities can access screening cards in the absence of specific provision for adopted...
    • Clinical Drug Trials
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to carry out clinical trials of low dose Naltrexone for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered adding low dose Naltrexone to the long term illness and GMS card schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/13]
    • Medical Examinations
      To ask the Minister for Health the Medical Council's reason for requiring doctors who have been registered for two years on the Supervised Division of the Medical Register to take the pre...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a procedure will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will explain the...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ambulance service from Baltinglass, County Wicklow to Naas Hospital for persons who have afternoon appointments (details supplied); and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/13]
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Survivor’s Society with regard to permit personal assistance, funding for personal assistance is also a service not...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were waiting on trolleys on the 20 of March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which support and or specific provision can be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health in view of the significant waiting lists for orthodontic treatment, if he will request the special delivery unit within his Department to review the situation with...
    • HSE Properties
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the process to access the hospital application 2193/13 on the Hospital Development Control and Site Mobility Management plans for Beaumont...
    • Hospital Internships
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding intern places for medical students [16497/13]
    • Proposed Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Heads of Bill to be published to legislate for the X-Case; when he expects the legislation to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a date will be given for a knee operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16522/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin over the past five years; when the last audit took place...
    • Primary Care Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will cover the cost/rental of a sleep apnea machine in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health in view of a situation that arose recently where an ambulance had to be driven by a member of an Garda Síochána while the only paramedic on the ambulance...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16570/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the service plan for the delivery of in-patient mental health services of the Health Service Executive for 2013 [16575/13]
    • Hospice Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding access to a hospice (details supplied) [16576/13]
    • Cochlear Implants
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the provision of funding for bilateral cochlear implants for deaf Irish children [16578/13]
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the interests of patient care and local communities are taken into account as part of the upcoming review on the aero medical service pilot...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for persons who hold a mobility allowance after 26 June 2013; if he will assure persons who are in receipt of the mobility...
    • Medical Treatment Entitlement
      To ask the Minister for Health under EU Health Regulations as set out, if a person is entitled to continue receiving medical treatment in Northern Ireland in view of that fact it was in the...
    • Ministerial Travel
      To ask the Minister for Health the cost incurred by his Department, in respect of this year’s overseas travel programme for St Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Deaths Review
      To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it took to carry out, complete and publish the report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a positive response [16621/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for the Dublin 15 early intervention team waiting list for occupational therapy assessments...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine an application and issue full medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding Dilated Cardiomopathy as one of the conditions that qualify for a long term illness card due to the severity of the condition [16649/13]
    • Chronic Disease Prevention Programme
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increase of coeliac disease amongst the population; if there is any specific breakdown of the increase of coeliac disease in terms of age group or...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurse prescribers employed by the Health Service Executive; the number of nurse prescribers appointed in each of the past two years; the amount of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on special needs assistants hours (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16678/13]
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will state the cost of the disposal of an used bag of blood which has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16681/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) may expect to receive treatment for a condition at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [16688/13]
    • Coroners Service
      To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing an Institute for Forensic Toxicology in the State to reflect international best practice in the coronial service; and if he will make a...
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if, despite the fact that our national water supply has been artificially fluoridated for the past 49 years, there has been any testing of the chemicals for their...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16697/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive an appointment for an operation; the reason for the delay in receiving such an appointment; and if he...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16708/13]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health when funding be approved for a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/13]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of infertility treatment in Ireland from the point of view of the lack of available clinics for medical card holders and the inadequate...
    • Home Help Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will issue contracts of employment to home help personnel throughout the country; if he will acknowledge the benefit of home help personnel to the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for a cranioplasty will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the legislative and regulatory provisions in place which govern the operation of fertility clinics; if, in his opinion, there is a need to review...
    • Hospital Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of neonatal transfers which occurred within Dublin in each of the last three years; the number of such transfers from outside of Dublin to Dublin; the...
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the provision for dieticians for children with special needs in view of the fact that it was an invaluable resource for parents already...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health his plans to examine equipping paramedics with personal safety devices like mace or pepper spray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16839/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16842/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding allowances in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [16851/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons who attend the Kerry podiatry service are now being referred to County Cork; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Suicide Prevention
      To ask the Minister for Health the current status of funding in respect of suicide prevention in view of commitments to the ring fence a sum of approximately €35 million; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason audiology services at Navan/Slane in County Meath have ceased; the rationale behind this decision and the cost benefit analysis of same; the alternative...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      To ask the Minister for Health when he anticipates that the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medicines) Bill 2012 will complete its passage through the Oireachtas; when he expects the Bill to be...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges
      To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which it is likely that Teach Tearmainn in County Kildare will be supported by him or via the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16918/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be reached on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [16921/13]
    • HSE Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 26 May 2011, if he will provide an update on same. [16923/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the Health Service Executive consider a proposal that may shorten waiting lists; and if he will ask the HSE to contact this Deputy directly...
    • Hospital Procedures
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the proposal to make deep brain stimulation available here, through a North/South initiative; if he will consider the idea of allowing procedures...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport to a hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [16931/13]
    • Hospital Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the existing level of service offered by the patient transfer ambulances servicing the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the medical and psychiatric needs of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare have been diagnosed and determined to date; the extent to...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which medical or psychiatric health requirements have been assessed and determined to date in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare;...
    • Hospital Transfers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available for patient transfers to service the Mid Western Regional Hospital in 2011, 2012 and within the past six months, in tabular form....
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16961/13]
    • Medical Card Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waste of resources that is occurring in the Client Registration Unit (details supplied) [16963/13]
    • Patient Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason, on a number of occasions recently, there was no patient transfer ambulances available in repsect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, to take...
    • Water Fluoridation
      To ask the Minister for Health if and when a bio-monitoring study of total fluoride intake will be carried out; if any periodic dental surveys have been carried out to measure both caries levels...
    • General Practitioner Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards making the holders of long term illness cards eligible for free general practitioner care; the legislative timetable for...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will uphold the decision of a stage three grievance process within the National Ambulance Service in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal....
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision to refuse a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17026/13]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in recruiting additional front-line primary care staff; when he expects all such staff to be recruited; and the way in which he intends to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in fully commencing the chronic care programme for asthma, and the target dates he is working to for the commencement and full...
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is refusing or has delayed in meeting with a family (details supplied) regarding the welfare of their mother; the further...
    • Prescription Charges
      To ask the Minister for Health if the prescription charges are being administered correctly in a case (details supplied) [17062/13]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment campaign by the Health Service Executive to fill the post for the areas of mental health and primary care; and if he will...
    • Registration of Nurses
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for registration on the nursing board in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Register Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the rationale for the requirement that doctors registered on supervised division of the medical register apply for transfer to general division...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been allocated to address mental health issues here; the areas that this money is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Chaplaincy Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of chaplaincy services by his Department; the amount of money spent on these services; the denominations involved; if humanist...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason when carrying out medical card reviews, particularly in the cases of the elderly, that is, those in receipt of a State pension, the Health Service...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive needed orthodontic treatment [17160/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce a personal budget model in order that persons with intellectual disabilities have the flexibility to make choices that suit their own...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed the issue of Autism with his ministerial counterparts at an EU level in terms of Council of Minister meetings or informal meetings; if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all reports and strategies which have been developed by his Department or any agency under his Department's remit in relation to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of people currently waiting for hip-replacement operations in the public health system; and the percentage that have...
    • Health Services Staff Numbers
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of all staff by job title including management, administration, support staff and so on currently working in Coolock Health Centre, Dublin 5; if...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive ambulances, advanced paramedic vehicles and other emergency vehicles in each Health Service Executive region for 2011 and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be treated for hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17223/13]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some patients have been waiting since January 2008 for orthodontic treatment in the Dublin North East region; the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress on the primary care centres that have been approved for Waterford City and Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to help put in place a long term treatment plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17372/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if a site will be made available to a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; if not, if a suitable facility could be provided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a facility (details supplied) at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17382/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 26 September 2012, if he will provide an update on the current status of the office; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the new revised consultant pay scale is to be applied to the apointee to a post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the progress he is making in dealing with the persons who had symphysiotomy procedures in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/13]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support lung fibrosis patients here as a matter of urgency (details supplied). [17403/13]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Cork whose medical card is not due to expire until 2017 has been asked to fill out review form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will enquire into the expected timeframe in which person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their hip-replacement operation; and if he will make...
    • Pharmacy Inspections
      To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies that were inspected by PSI inspectors in 2012 and 2013; of these inspections the number that were performed by two authorised officers and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a CT scan and a colonoscopy will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will give details of a progress report in respect of the new Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry, including whether there will be an increase in the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been waiting four years for an operation; and if he wil expedite an early response. [17615/13]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will end the salary discrimination in the graduate nursing and midwifery initiative [17617/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter [17662/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a review of this case [17663/13]
    • Health Services Access
      To ask the Minister for Health the expected waiting time for those children on the paediatric waiting list for assessment in the Health Service Executive South; his plans, if any, to reduce or...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved as a matter of...
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary questions regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Health the plan of care which has been put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for heart surgery will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the matter [17669/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a general practitioner only medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for a heart operation will be set in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford [17672/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved based on their financial...
    • Health Services Issues
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 [17704/13]
    • Hospital Services
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1085 of 16 January 2013, wherein he had indicated that he expected to be in receipt of the report from Professor Higgins...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied) if he will clarify a matter (details further supplied) [17708/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the amount of the Health Service Executive money being spent on children and adults with Autism; the amount of disability funding that is...
    • Health Insurance Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been considered by his Department to prevent health cost inflation which is likely to occur as a result of the planned introduction of...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the last assessment of income guidelines on the eligibility criteria for medical cards for persons aged between 66 and 70 years was...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have an appointment to a consultant in Waterford General Hospital treated as urgent in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Authority Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when the required funding will be made available to Kildare County Council to facilitate the urgently required upgrading of the bridge...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the rules, protocols or regulations that private clamping firms operate under; if there is a national body through which...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under the Road Traffic Act 2011 it is a mandatory or a discretionary power for a Garda to test a driver at a Garda station after arresting...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are controls in place to prevent persons from making multiple applications to different authorities for driving licences; and if he...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures introduced to the tourism industry since the March 2011; his views on whether these measures have had a positive impact on the...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are more than 300 castles here in a dilapidated state; if he has considered...
    • Sporting Organisations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of a report, Debrief from 2012 Olympic Games which was prepared for the Irish Sports Council by a company (details supplied); and if...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on the future of a rural transport programme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the circumstances in which funding for road safety improvement works at Bunratty on the N18 has been withdrawn by the...
    • Road Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the planned start and completion date of the N11 upgrade between the Arklow bypass and the Rathnew / Ashford...
    • Driving Test Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the Road Safety Authority on the issue of the appeals process for failing a driving test; if he will consider an...
    • Rail Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the train timetable changes for the Dublin-Sligo service effective from 20 January 2013; and if he will outline the criteria...
    • Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an up to date report on the timescale for the opening of the Kishoge train station for Lucan and Clondalkin, Dublin,...
    • Departmental Statistics
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disabled parking permits issued for the periods 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of a public transport bus route for the tourist season for the scenic Skellig Ring drive in County...
    • Departmental Websites
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1235 of 6 November 2012, if he will now provide the details requested. [16289/13]
    • Public Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to continue their business operations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the report and recommendations by the National Transport Agency on public service obligations which was carried out in...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provision that has been made regarding photo capture for the new driver licence; if he will consider the points made in correspondence...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding support from his Department for amateur boxing clubs in relation to access to training facilities and other supports;...
    • Road Traffic Regulation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any road traffic regulation that requires that all telecommunications cables and electric cables are at least 22ft, 7metres, over...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi drivers that are registered in the Dublin 18 area. [16730/13]
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the re-opening of the Killucan and Multyfarnham Stations on the Dublin to Sligo rail line, as studies have shown that...
    • Air Fares
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with airline companies on reducing fares to attract additional visitors to Ireland for The Gathering 2013; and if...
    • Road Projects Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a reduction in personnel as a result of the reduced number of strategic projects being undertaken by the National Roads...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reject any proposal from the Road Safety Authority to stop persons from selling vegetables on the roadsides; and if he will make a...
    • The Gathering Events
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Gathering events organised in a county (details supplied); the amount of funding given to events in this...
    • International Summits
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department have been liaising with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the upcoming G8 Summit taking place in...
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of the importance of The Gathering, his Department directly or indirectly through State agencies involved, has expressed concerns...
    • Penalty Point System
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upcoming Road Traffic Bill 2013 will include provisions for two penalty points in respect of learners driving unaccompanied, two...
    • National Car Test
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he was last briefed on the operation of the National Car Test system; if he will indicate the current waiting time for a motorist for an...
    • Marine Gallantry Award
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any official awards ceremony whereby members of the public can nominate persons or organisations under his Department, for example...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an EU Directive which states that a code should be used on the new driving licences rather than symbol to indicate that a person...
    • Tourism Projects Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 7 April 2011, if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural/GAA Museum in Fitzgerald's...
    • Search and Rescue Service
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the contract for search-and-rescue Sikorsky helicopter services signed by the previous Government; his views on whether...
    • Road Projects Status
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when will the N2-N3 link road will be opened to vehicular traffic; the final cost projected for this road; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for continued funding for the rural transport scheme; if he has any plans to withdraw the funding or change the scheme in anyway;...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding financial support in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [17349/13]
    • Driving Tests
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority will provide an alternatively formatted driver theory test for persons who are computer or touch screen...
    • Sporting Events
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding preparations for the part staging of the Giro d'Italia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17375/13]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the value of the rural transport scheme in rural communities (details supplied); if he will consider extending the service where...
    • National Cycle Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for developing greenways and safe cycling routes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/13]
    • Rural Transport Programme Issues
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the rural transport scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17431/13]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which rural transport in County Kildare is likely to be affected by budgetary or administrative changes in the future; whether...
    • Legislative Implementation
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has raised the implementation of Section 63 of the 2010 Road Traffic Act with the Department of Justice and Equality; and if he will...
    • Breath Testing Equipment
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the intoxilyzer 6000 breath testing equipment, the regularity with which this equipment is tested and maintained; the number of...
    • Rail Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIÉ has any objections to citizens walking on disused railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/13]
    • National Cycle Network
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the availability of funding for the further development of a trail (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/13]
    • Public Transport Provision
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a registered blind citizen (details supplied) from County Derry who is in possession of a...
    • Taxi Regulations
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17715/13]
    • Tourism Promotion
      To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a scheme providing cash rewards or other incentives to private persons which would attract visitors to holiday here; his...

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