Written answers
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sporting Events
10. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions, if any, he has taken to advance the IRFU’s bid for the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or 2027; and if he will make a...
- Sports Funding
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the criteria to be applied by his Department, or by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association when assessing...
- Public Transport Provision
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has planned to ensure that Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath have a viable future; and...
- Transport Costs
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to reduce sea transport costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22966/13]
- Free Travel Scheme Administration
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions, if any, his Department has had with the Department of Social Protection regarding a review of the operation of the free...
- Penalty Point System
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the measures being taken to harmonise the penalty points regime on an all-island basis; and if he will...
- Tourism Promotion
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase conference tourism awareness of Ireland during the G8 Summit in June 2013 at the Lough Erne Resort, Fermanagh; and...
- Cycling Policy
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will support initiatives that aim to improve the urban cycling experience for commuters in large urban areas; and if he will...
- Road Improvement Schemes
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to push forward the A5 road project and ensure that his Department live up to its commitments in view of recent...
- Proposed Legislation
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the Sports Ireland legislation and the anticipated date of publication; and if he will...
- Light Rail Projects Status
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the progress of Ireland's application for European Investment Bank loan funding for the LUAS cross city project; if he...
- Swimming Pool Projects
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, apart from the €5.6m allocated in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme for the development/improvement of...
- Road Maintenance
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent allocation of funding for repair works on local and regional roads; his views on whether a particular...
- Regional Airports
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on discussions with the management of Ireland West Airport, Knock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/13]
- Sale of State Assets
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his plans to sell off State assets under his control including the public stake in Aer Lingus. [22894/13]
- Rural Transport Programme Issues
30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the management of the rural transport programme; if he will outline the criteria used in awarding...
- Departmental Bodies
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact assessments he requires agencies under his control to under go when implementing cutbacks resulting from plans and budgetary...
- Sports Facilities Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the development of facilities at the National Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on...
- Proposed Legislation
34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend part 2 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 governing the licensing of public bus passenger services; and if he...
- Tourism Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to pursue all-island tourism cooperation; his future plans in regarding same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driving Licence Issues
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to establish the reason the Road Safety Authority will not accept hard copy photographs for the issuing of new driver...
- Community Involvement Scheme
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the newly created community involvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/13]
- Harbour Authorities Staff
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to problems with the pension fund of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour company in view of the fact that the...
- Tourism Industry Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the tourism performance in 2013 to date and his expectations for the remainder of 2013. [22765/13]
- Departmental Agencies Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Employment Control Framework figures for each of the agencies under the aegis of his Department at the end of 2012; the expected...
- Civil Aviation Regulation
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on the development of a new civil aviation policy; if such a policy will take cognisance of the issues...
- The Gathering Expenditure
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the way the €7m allocated by his Department for the Gathering will be spent; and if he will make...
- Disused Railway Land
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department has taken to reaffirm the ownership rights of Iarnród Éireann of disused railway land; and if he will...
- Road Safety Statistics
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that was allocated to the Road Safety Authority in 2012; the number of fatalities on our roads in 2012; and if he...
- Road Safety Strategy
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will elaborate on the actions he and his Department and agencies have taken to combat injuries and fatalities on Irish roads to...
- Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the proposal to put Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company under the aegis and in co-operation with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County...
- Road Safety Issues
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work of the task force set up to address rising numbers of road fatalities; and if he will make a...
- Sports Facilities Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to publish the National Sports Facilities Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22848/13]
- Tourism Capital Investment Programme
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the strategic investments his Department plans to make under the Tourism Capital Investment...
- Transport Costs
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to alleviate the cost disadvantage that Ireland has in relation to all freight transport modes; and if he will...
- Traffic Management
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the traffic management system at Palmerstown/Kennelsfort Road Junction is very close to...
- Tourism Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to conduct a review of tourism policy; the specific areas the review will focus on; if he will outline its key aims...
- Road Safety Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the statewide audit of speed limits in order to address issues raised by this audit; and the efforts he...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to distribute the €13.5m in the sports capital programme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22847/13]
- Tourism Industry Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his 32-county strategy for a lighthouse tourism trail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19160/13]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the high demand by local and regional sporting clubs to access funds under the successful 2012 Sports Capital Programme, if he...
- Ports Development
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investments in Irish ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/13]
- Tourism Industry Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he and or his Department has studied tourism development in other jurisdictions within the EU and without; the extent...
- Safety at Sea Issues
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a cross-departmental review of maritime safety and investigate the possibility of putting in place a maritime safety...
- Public Transport Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role Transport for Ireland has played in progressing the public transport service; the progress the body has made to date on real time...
- The Gathering Initiatives
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Gathering 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22687/13]
- Adventure Centres
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans top introduce legislation to regulate commercial centres that provide activity sports, for example, canoeing, kayaking and so...
- Public Transport Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline any adverse implications that upcoming planning permission expirations in relation the development by the Spencer Dock...
- Sports Funding
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the total amount of money spent to date on development of the National Sports Campus; the way the...
- National Car Test
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the operation of the National Car Test system; the current waiting time for a motorist for an NCT at each of the...
- Tourism Industry Issues
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department proposes to address certain skill shortages in the catering sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Employment Rights Issues
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that employment in the accommodation and food services sector showed an increase in 2012 and that 123,100 people now...
- Rail Network
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand access to the rail network across the State; and his views on recent EU statements which indicate a move towards...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Emigration Data
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the report by the National Youth Council of Ireland which indicates that 300,000 persons have emigrated in the...
- Consular Services Expenditure
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 2 May 2013, if he will provide an analysis, by type of allowance, of the...
- Teachers' Remuneration
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to intervene in the case of a number of Irish teachers forced to flee from Tripoli in Libya, who are seeking...
- Departmental Legal Costs
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred...
- Northern Ireland Issues
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent reports of children as young as seven marching in Easter parades in Northern Ireland; and if he will...
- Good Friday Agreement
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that both Governments are delivering on all of the commitments in the Good Friday Agreement; and if he...
- St. Andrew's Agreement
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that both Governments are delivering on all the commitments in the St Andrew's Agreement; and if he...
- Northern Ireland Issues
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made on the Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17257/13]
- European Affairs
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the latest European Movement Ireland accountability survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Human Rights Issues
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the human rights abuses by the Malian military as reported by human rights organisations....
- Department of Finance
- Property Taxation Exemptions
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if local authorities are exempt, for any period of time, from having to pay the local property tax. [23259/13]
- Motor Fuels Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to engage with the road haulage representatives in the context of the extent to which high fuel prices here place the...
- Health Levy Issues
109. To ask the Minister for Finance if the stamp duty collected by means of the health insurance levy has resulted in a surplus in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; the amount of such surpluses;...
- Financial Services Regulation
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of funding levies paid by each regulated body to the Financial Regulator in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a...
- Mortgage Interest Relief Extension
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the mortgage interest relief on houses purchased between 2004 and 2008 as announced in Budget 2012. [23125/13]
- IBRC Loans
113. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation breached the terms of its Commitments Letter to the European Commission by issuing a further...
- IBRC Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Finance if former or existing staff transferred to the National Assets Management Agency with Irish Bank Resolution Corporation are free to work with borrowers or has...
- Banking Sector Issues
115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the net interest margin at Allied Irish Banks at the end of June 2012, September 2012, December 2012 and March 2013. [23155/13]
- NAMA Debtors
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the position adopted by the National Asset Management Agency in response to individual voluntary arrangement proposals in Britain by its debtors. [23158/13]
- Departmental Expenditure
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees paid by Anglo Irish Bank to the law firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice in respect of advice and services connected to the so-called Maple 10 or Anglo...
- Tax Yield
121. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received from the carbon tax in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that came from home heating and the amount from motor vehicles;...
- Pension Provisions
122. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the case that a person (details supplied) in County Waterford could stand to lose their pension as is outlined; if an alternative to this is being...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
123. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible for a registered charity to include political donations for tax relief purposes. [23287/13]
- Household Charge Collection
124. To ask the Minister for Finance further to persons who did not pay the household charge in 2012, if this charge with penalties will be deducted at source by the Revenue Commissioners in...
- Departmental Expenditure
125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of litigation in the...
- Tax Yield (1 comment)
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 45% was introduced on incomes over €80,000 per...
- Tax Rebates
129. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a set time for processing flat rate addition refunds from the Revenue Commissioners; if he will investigate the reason refunds due to Irish...
- EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deal with the major imbalance in Ireland's contribution to the current Europe wide financial crisis. [23364/13]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a health care assistant course run by a private company (details supplied) under the auspices of his Department does not provide...
- Teachers' Remuneration
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) in County Galway will have their salary corrected and backdated in line with scale set out under Circular...
- School Enrolments
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the catchment areas for school enrolment in two particular areas (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the considerable concern amongst parents of children with down syndrome regarding access for their children to...
- Teacher Recruitment
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will lift the teaching cap in relation to a college (details supplied) in Dublin to allow the college to move into developing new courses,...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the external review of Student Universal Support Ireland business processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Tuition Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will justify the changes in the July provision of home tuition for children with autism, whereby siblings will be treated as a group and...
- Schools Building Projects Status
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the funding they require for much needed upgrading and refurbishment; and if he...
- Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for third level education grants in County Kerry; the number of students that have been paid grants and college fees to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new school build will commence in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Legal Costs
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 428 and 429 in which he stated, that tuition was further approved for the child to which the Deputy has...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of boards of management and parents' associations of smaller fee-charging schools in relation to...
- State Examinations Issues
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23326/13]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Legal Costs
152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department have incurred as a result...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline all pending trade negotiations that Ireland is involved with, either directly, or indirectly through the European...
- Job Initiatives
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will direct that a dedicated jobs plan, similar to the one in place for the south east, would be put in place for County Kerry,...
- Departmental Expenditure
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result...
- Department of Social Protection
- Youth Guarantee
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the pilot youth guarantee scheme will commence in Ballymun, Dublin; the resources that have been allocated to this scheme; the length of time...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a self employed person who is unemployed and ceased trading will be permitted to sign on for pension contributions credits; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in tabular form the breakdown in funding her Department has provided to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service for each year...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement...
- Family Income Supplement Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if family income supplement payment of a person (details supplied) will automatically be reviewed when they lose their lone parent allowance in...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when will a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive a decision on their application for invalidity pension; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals Reviews
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 30 April 2013, the length of time it took to review each of the 39 appeals conducted by the Chief...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23255/13]
- Disability Allowance Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in a revised decision on disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs her Department has incurred as a result of...
- Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received;...
- Child Benefit Rates
180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the present rates of child benefit will be maintained in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/13]
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Seirbhísí Aeir
182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aige Staidéar Socheacnamaíoch a thionscnamh le tábhacht na seirbhísí aeir go dtí...
- Departmental Expenditure
183. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Speeds
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/13]
- Renewable Energy Exports
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money his Department has spent to date on the wind energy project in the Midlands following the signing of...
- Exploration Industry Data
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a need for the State to carry out seismic surveys if unitisation was applied; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Property Taxation Administration
188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of local property tax collected in County Kerry that will remain there; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will reduce eligibility for the rental accommodation scheme from 18 months in receipt of rent supplement...
- Septic Tank Inspections
190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funds will be made available to Longford County Council to assist in the necessary and urgent inspection and upgrade...
- Property Taxation Exemptions
191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department changed the criteria for local authorities determining what represented an unfinished estate for...
- Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the 2011 annual report and accounts for the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the reason...
- Local Authority Housing Issues
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it was not until 2009 that those applying for rent supplement had to be...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review taking place of the tenant purchase scheme; when will it be brought to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 140 and 176 of 28 February 2013, if he will explain his statement that Fingal...
- Property Repossessions
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if her Department will assist a person (details supplied) in County Kerry on the way they will regain a property that was...
- Register of Electors Issues
199. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes he anticipates regarding pending changes to the additions made to postal voters register supplement lists to...
- Departmental Expenditure
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department has identified the impact of the cost-cutting requirements imposed on the services...
- Referendum Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that will be contained in the Electoral (Amendment) (Referendum Spending and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill...
- Electoral Law
203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of electoral pieces of primary and secondary legislation that are currently in use; if he has considered...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Support Services
204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on efforts that are being made by his Department to reform the direct provision scheme for asylum seekers and...
- Prison Building Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to meet with representatives of the local community regarding the development of an open facility by the Irish Prison Service at...
- Prison Visiting Committees Issues
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the specific plans to address concerns expressed in the prison visitors committee report on overcrowding and staffing...
- Crime Statistics
207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of ramming of Garda vehicles over the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23135/13]
- Garda Transport Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional safety features Garda vehicles have, given their increased risk of ramming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23138/13]
- Electronic Tagging
211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain delays in bringing forward legislation to provide for the electronic tagging of sex offenders; and if he will make a statement...
- Crime Statistics
212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 16 April 2013 and 286 of 7 May 2013, the steps a member of the public can take to check that a...
- Citizenship Applications
214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for his decision made on 27 February 2013 (details supplied) to consider twenty-two Irish resident children with siblings that are...
- Visa Agreements
215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a special student visa for students from Turkey for English language training schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Investigations
216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extra costs incurred by the Gardaí in investigating the horsemeat crisis. [23279/13]
- Departmental Expenditure
217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of...
- Community Return Programme
218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders currently participating in prison specific community return schemes; the prisons they have been released from; the...
- Prisoner Releases
219. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on the availability of structured temporary release programmes in each prison; the number of offenders currently...
- Prison Accommodation
221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the latest information on the implementation of the cell share risk assessment tool proposed as part of the Irish Prison...
- Community Return Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the successful implementation of the proposed structured community return programmes for offenders as outlined in the Irish...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he expects the following strategies to be published: strategy for older prisoners, strategy for women prisoners, strategy for...
- Prison Accommodation
224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the bed capacity of each prison in March 2012, December 2012, February 2013, March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23345/13]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Expenditure
225. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of litigation in the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Live Exports
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a ban on the live exports which exceed eight hours in duration, and if he has concerns about the...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Application Numbers
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding balance of the 2011 agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue in relation to a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry now that...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing farmers the option of an early draw down of part of their payment under the disadvantaged area scheme in...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing an agri environment option scheme payment to a person (details provided) in County Cork; and if...
- Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the sale of the harvesting rights of Coillte, the impact, if any, that this will have on the people's millennium...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an agri-environment option scheme 2 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
- Food Safety Authority Investigations
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs incurred by his Department in investigating the recent horsemeat scandal. [23278/13]
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will open temporary offices in all towns in County Kerry in order to allow farmers to submit their single farm payment...
- Animal Mortalities
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted any analysis on the level of animal mortality over the past number of months due to the extended...
- Stocking Densities
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the bad weather this year, if he intends, on a one year only basis to relax the stocking density rule for the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes that were proposed under the Natura 2000 element of the rural development programme 2007-2013; the reason that there has...
- Rural Broadband Scheme Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 8 May 2013, the reason there was no reported spend under the broadband element of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a...
- Fodder Crisis
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/13]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 7 November 2012, if he will process a 2011 REP scheme 4 application and issue payment in...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Inter-Country Adoptions
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm for each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 the total number of adoption registrations here. [23165/13]
- Early Childhood Education
245. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the availability of a second year of free preschool education in respect of a child (details supplied) in County...
- Foster Care Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 26 March 2013, there were 368 Health Information and Quality Authority audits of the Dublin...
- Departmental Expenditure
247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs her Department has incurred as a result of...
- Department of Health
- Mobility Allowance Decision
248. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress being made to formulate a replacement for mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if he will provide a...
- HSE Expenditure
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the volume and cost of transport fuel petrol and diesel purchased by the Health Service Executive for use in HSE vehicles in the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
250. To ask the Minister for Health when the updated medical card national assessment guidelines will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23071/13]
- National Lottery Funding Disbursement
251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the way the cystic fibrosis unit at Cork University Hospital is funded; the role played by Build4Life; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, will be fitted with hearing aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/13]
- Medicinal Products Availability
253. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis used by the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics in their decision not to make Pirfendione available for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary...
- Services for People with Disabilities
254. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his policy in relation to personal assistant services; the guidelines currently in place for personal assistant service providers in...
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
256. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Heidelberg study into survivors of thalidomide, if he has proposals to bring in a scheme similar to that operated by the German Government,...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to Wexford General Hospital, when it is envisaged that the new accident and emergency will open; if funding is in place to equip same; if it will...
- Hospital Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the nineteen public obstetric units here [23240/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Health the centres which are registered by the Mental Health Commission under the Mental Health Act 2001 [23241/13]
- Abortion Legislation
261. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 8 May 2013, if there were draft terms of reference for the expert group; if so, what there were; the brief he gave...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
262. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any supports available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 to adapt a car. [23245/13]
- Medicinal Products Prices
263. To ask the Minister for Health when approval for funding will be given or the drug Eculizumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/13]
- Medicinal Products Availability
264. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the shortage of Augmentin which is currently being experienced by hospitals throughout the country; in view of this,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for more than three years for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
266. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of services at St Vincent's Hospital, Athlone, County Westmeath; if current services will be maintained; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
267. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hip operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23274/13]
- Alcohol Pricing
269. To ask the Minister for Health the target month he is working to for the completion of the health impact assessment in relation to the minimum pricing of alcohol [23280/13]
- Departmental Expenditure
270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of litigation in the...
- Water Fluoridation
271. To ask the Minister for Health the range of capital costs for installing a fluoridation system for a large, medium and small scale water treatment plant; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Universal GP Care
272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a detailed timetable for the introduction of free general practitioner care for all as contained within the Programme for Government; and if...
- Medical Card Application Numbers
273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 to 2012 inclusive the number of new applications for medical cards that were received; the number of...
- Health Services Issues
274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the medical needs are addressed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [23338/13]
- Nursing Home Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision to close ten beds at Dungloe Community Hospital; if he will immediately reverse this decision; and if he will make a...
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the pre-emergency medical response in the case of the death of a young boy in Midleton on 6 May 2013; the details of the investigation into...
- Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
277. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to tackle the issue of non consultant hospital doctors working excessive hours of between 60 to 65 hours and continuous shifts of 36...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 13 March 2013, when the sports capital fund stream of funding will be open for applicants in...
- Air Services Provision
279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the name and contact details of the Irish representative on the Joint Committee of the EU-US Open Skies Air Transport...
- Road Openings
280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this road will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Éireann Staff
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of employees including management in Bus Éireann that earn over €100,000; the level these employees are at; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown on a yearly basis of the legal and travel costs his Department has incurred as a result of...
- Tourism Promotion
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department has regular interaction with stakeholders in the tourism sector with a view to identification...
- Job Initiatives
285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to engage with stakeholders in the industries under his aegis with a view to maximisation of job...
- Sporting Events
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which efforts can be made and or increased to attract major sporting events to this country over the next five years...
- Road Safety Issues
287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and or his Department and the National Roads Authority to continue to examine the locations at which numerous...
- State Airports
288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the various State supports for each of the airports throughout the country can be reviewed collectively with a view to an endeavour to...
- Job Creation Issues
292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the likelihood of increased employment arising from expansion of business in the catering sector in the course of the current year; and...
