Written answers
Thursday, 30 May 2013
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Gallery
12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected completion date of the renovation of the National Gallery of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and if he will...
- Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas
13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na himpleachtaí a mheasann sé a bheidh ann mar thoradh ar an múnla nua maoinithe atá curtha os...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé ar intinn ag an Aire cinn Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; agus cad iad na...
- Departmental Bodies Expenditure
15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed account of the amount of money spent by Culture Ireland in 2012 and in the year to date in 2013; if he...
- The Gathering Events
16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department have identified the widest possible range of cultural events in the context of the Gathering...
- Proposed Legislation
17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to amend the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will outline these plans to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make...
- Commemorative Events
18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific preparations that have been made to commemorate the centenary anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff Training
19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give a detailed account of the amount of money spent by his Department in 2012 and in the year to date in 2013 on training...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a bhí an cruinniú deireanach ag an gCoiste Feidhmiúcháin atá freagrach as an Straitéis Fiche...
- Job Creation Issues
21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department can fully exploit the potential for job creation throughout the arts sector; if he...
- Arts Promotion
22. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money his Department has allocated for 2013 for the Arts in Education Programme; if he will provide specific details of...
- Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip
23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an leagfaidh sé amach plean, ina mbeidh spriocanna bliantúla, maidir le líon na n-aistritheoirí agus na...
- Irish Language Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the latest Annual Report of the Coimisinéir Teanga his assertion that there is no secure stable basis to the system...
- Departmental Expenditure
26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed account of the amount of money spent by his Department on consultancy services and policy reviews in...
- Lough Leane Loop Trail
27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the round Lough Lein trail, County Kerry; the anticipated timeline for the project; and if he will...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé sásta, i gcomhthéacs na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-2030, struchtúr ardleibhéil...
- Oileáin Eischósta
31. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil na hAerstráicí in Inis Bó Finne agus sa Chloigeann á n-úsáid faoi láthair agus an bhfuil...
- Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has had any input into the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights in view of the importance of forests to our national...
- Inland Waterways Development
34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will engage with local stakeholders to develop a waterways strategy that facilitates those who want to live on houseboats. [26014/13]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed progress report to date on the Historic Towns Initiative Pilot Scheme; if he will provide a detailed...
- Arramara Teo
41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú ar thodhchaí Arramara Teo; agus cad atá á dhéanamh aige chun...
- Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge
43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú i dtaobh an bhfuil i gceist aige scéim deontais a chur ar fáil do mhná...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Overseas Development Issues
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's contribution to the recent International Conference on Education and Development in Brussels...
- Foreign Conflicts
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any consideration has been given by the United Nations or European Union to imposing a no-fly zone over Syria to prevent...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the expected level of funding that will be provided in his Department's budget for overseas aid in...
- Passport Applications
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the upcoming changes to passport application procedures that are currently pending; if these new changes...
- Ministerial Meetings
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he had, in addition to discussions the Minister of State for Trade and Development had, with the...
- Emigrant Support Services
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding that the Irish International Immigrant Centre in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, has received from his Department...
- European Council Meetings
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the developments and discussions that took place at the 27 May 2013 meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council...
- Departmental Staff Recruitment
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which the current panel for the recruitment of third secretaries in his Department was formed; when the panel...
- J1 Summer Work and Travel Programme
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measure his Department is taking with regard to potential changes to the J1 visa system in legislation currently being...
- Departmental Budgets
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal...
- Middle East Peace Process
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any new initiatives were discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the urgent need to renew the...
- Overseas Development Issues
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his Department's acknowledgement of the contradiction between policies to promote biofuels, on one hand, and...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the up to date position in relation to the new E3 visa initiative; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax Assessments
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria that should be used by a person registering for the local property tax who is in the process of signing over the property to a family member; if...
- Corporation Tax
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the amount of tax paid by foreign multinational companies here, corporate tax in particular [26312/13]
- Property Taxation Collection
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the length of time persons, particularly pensioners, qualifying for a deferral of the local property tax on income grounds will continue to...
- Tax Code
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends introducing a provision, whereby all invoices issued for farm contracting services, must carry a VAT number in order to discourage evasion of...
- Tax Reliefs Application
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason farmers were granted a carbon tax relief on diesel, but that this rebate is not available to agricultural contractors, thus putting them at a...
- Non-Resident Companies
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which the Revenue check that the companies claiming to be an Irish registered non-resident company have identified a country of residence and...
- Tax Compliance
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax inspections conducted on companies with a turnover in excess of €500 million and in excess of €1 billion each year since 2000....
- VAT Rates Application
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the VAT rate is maintained at 9% with regard to restaurants and other key areas of the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement...
- Property Taxation Collection
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in tabular form, the total number of local property taxes that have been paid at the stated deadline set by the Revenue Commissioners on...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the total amount of corporate tax avoided by companies registered in Ireland as a result of the Double Irish tax scheme in 2010, 2011 and...
- Credit Availability
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of lending to small and medium enterprises by State controlled banks over the past three years. [26496/13]
- Household Savings Rate
78. To ask the Minister for Finance Ireland's gross domestic saving rate as a percentage of GDP. [26497/13]
- Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested that Revenue write to the US authorities to correct any inaccuracies in the portrayal of Ireland's corporation tax regime during recent...
- NAMA Debtors
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the action that the National Assets Management Agency will undertake if it believes it was furnished with a deliberately misleading statement of affairs; and...
- NAMA Portfolio Value
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the value of National Assets Management Agency's property portfolio would be enhanced by alterations to the planning regulations for the...
- Departmental Budgets
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his Department will be asked to...
- Tax Code
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all special tax arrangements available to executives/special assignees under section 12 of the Finance Act 2012; the number of...
- Tax Reliefs Application
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to date to give effect to his Budget speech commitment that tax relief on pension contributions will only serve to subsidise pension...
- Corporation Tax
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on claims in the United States Senate hearings that Ireland made a special deal with Apple and the other claims that Ireland was a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school transport issue (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26394/13]
- FÁS Training Programmes
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when payment will be effected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when resource hours will be allocated to a child (details supplied) in County Cavan by SENO in view of the report of their school and the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 doing a phd in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26387/13]
- Departmental Reports
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to the findings in the report School Completers - What Next that two thirds of students who attend fee-paying secondary schools go on...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a student grant application (details supplied); his plans to review the requirement that an applicant must be in receipt of a...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to publish a revised school building list; and if a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be included on this list....
- Pension Provisions
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a pension to be electronically transferred to an an Post account will be facilitated in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Bullying in Schools
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be engaging with the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals in their attempt to request a meeting with...
- School Textbooks
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the cost of school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/13]
- Teachers' Remuneration
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 21 May 2013, if he will address the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Budgets
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of overall Government spend dedicated to his Department; and the percentage for each of the past ten years. [26483/13]
- Schools Building Projects Status
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects his Department's Carrickphierish Campus joint venture with Waterford City Council to finally start construction; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which resource or other teaching supports can be made available in the case a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he...
- Departmental Budgets
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his Department...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Meath may expect a decision on their July provision application; and if he will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the need for additional accommodation for a school, (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Garda pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/13]
- Office of Public Works Properties
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of gift/books shops in Office of Public Works sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26589/13]
- Garda Stations Refurbishment
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans, if any to upgrade a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26390/13]
- Garda Stations Closures
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the use of the former Garda station building (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the pay cuts for public sector employees over €65,000 will also apply to providers of professional services to the State; and...
- Expenditure Reviews
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish a new comprehensive review of expenditure before Budget 2014; the expected date for its completion; and if he will...
- Departmental Budgets
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Non-Resident Companies
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish registered non-resident companies; the total value of holding of such companies; and the total number directly...
- Companies Law Issues
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings that he are senior officials have had with the American Chamber of Commence in relation to the Companies Bill;...
- Non-Resident Companies
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will make public any representations by the Industrial Development Agency in regard to the operation of the Irish registered...
- Health and Safety Regulations
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Regulations, due to be in force from 1 June will affect the owners of buy-to-let...
- EU Enlargement
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to allow citizens of Croatia to have full access to the jobs market here under European Union freedom of movement of...
- Trade Relations
125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendation that Ireland made to the European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, on his proposal that the European Union...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which regularisation of status will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if...
- Departmental Budgets
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his...
- Department of Social Protection
- National Internship Scheme Numbers
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of persons who have entered the JobBridge national internship scheme in each of the past three years....
- Youth Unemployment Measures
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to tackle long-term youth employment. [26495/13]
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on a review they sought for an exceptional needs payment; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- National Internship Scheme Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the total number of participants who have successfully completed a jobbridge internship; the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Issues
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received a submission from the Simon Community regarding the review of rent supplement limits; if so, the action she will take regrading...
- Back to Work Allowance Eligibility
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the back to work allowance and the taxi industry. [26339/13]
- Illness Benefit Appeals
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in respect of determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for carer's allowance. [26372/13]
- School Meals Programme
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the full list of schools that have been granted the school lunch scheme in the past six months; and if she will make a statement...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current weekly rate on one parent family allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make...
- Death Certificates Issues
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the rules regarding causes of death being put on death certificates will be changed to ensure that in the future if a person dies through suicide...
- One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving one parent family payment by county in 2012. [26490/13]
- Farm Assist Scheme Statistics
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons by county, in receipt of farm assist for each of the past five years. [26492/13]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which overpayment of child benefit took place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the decision by the appeals officer in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of exceptional needs payment/dietary...
- FÁS Local Training Initiatives Eligibility
151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which suitable FAS training or an up-skilling course will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare did not qualify for child benefit; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Budgets
153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments her Department will...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for carer's allowance. [26564/13]
- Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans regarding providing legislation to meet the growing issues of the insecurity of many defined benefit schemes; the vulnerability of...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [26571/13]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
160. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultation, if any, he has had with turf cutters or their representatives regarding the contract issued to them earlier this...
- Architectural Heritage
161. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for the allocation of the structures at risk fund 2013; if county councils are able to apply for funding in next...
- Arts Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of arts or heritage events in respect of which he or his Department has received requests for funding, the degree to which...
- Tourism Promotion
164. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he and his Department have engaged with bodies, groups or agencies involved in tourism with the objective of...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
166. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which settlement has been reached with the various turfcutters and or bog owners throughout County Kildare who have...
- Architectural Heritage
167. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures put in place by his Department to protect at risk building and or sites of a heritage or historial importance; the...
- National Monuments
168. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which historical sites deemed to be of importance in connection with the 1916 rising have been identified for...
- Irish Language Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which his Department maintains contact with the Gaelscoileanna throughout the country in the context of the further...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 18 April 2013, when funds will be released to the persons solicitor; and if he will make...
- Departmental Budgets
173. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Job Creation Targets
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current figures in relation to direct job creation and sustainability associated with the industrialisation of the...
- Broadband Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of broadband facilities; and if he will make a...
- Gas and Electricity Disconnections
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned at recent figures that report that 1,800 households are having their gas or electricity supplies cut...
- Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent attendance at the information session on fracking at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; his...
- Broadband Services Speeds
178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will issue a detailed progress report on the roll out of broadband high speed broadband to all parts of County...
- Departmental Budgets
179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal...
- National Wind Energy Strategy
180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in relation to the electricity market here, which is a single 5000 MW market covering the Republic of Ireland...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the current level of funding provided to local authorities in respect of disability adaption grants;...
- Property Taxation Collection
182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a mechanism for local authorities to collect property tax from council tenants; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers that, in circumastances in which he and his Department have no function with regard to individual planning...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be in a position to provide funding to Mayo County Council to enable it to provide grant aid to persons to...
- Derelict Sites
185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received an official request for permission to demolish a semi-derelict building block (details supplied) in...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he envisages funding being made available to Fingal County Council in order to proceed with the construction of a...
- Election Management System
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contents of a letter he has recently received from the Chairman of the Standards in Public Office Commission (details...
- Commercial Rates Issues
188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of commercial rates outstanding for each rateable local authority; the timeframe that the rates owed in each of...
- Departmental Budgets
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Juvenile Offenders
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the findings the findings of recent research by a team from the Central Mental Hospital on the mental health needs of...
- Garda Equipment
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles that are fitted with automatic number plate recognition; and his plans, if any, to increase the...
- Immigration Policy
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reasons given to the 2,240 persons who were refused entry into the State in 2012; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the...
- Road Traffic Offences
193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that have been issued to motorists in each of the past four years for the offence of breaking a red light....
- Anti-Social Behaviour
194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on anti social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [26302/13]
- Anti-Racism Measures
195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an incident of racism. [26314/13]
- Prisoner Numbers
196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison; the number in each institution; the total number of prisoners not held in single cells or rooms; the number of...
- Prison Accommodation
197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out; the number required to...
- Prison Regulations
198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day, for 22 to 23 hours in a normal...
- Prisoner Numbers
199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male and female prisoners under 21 years of age; the number in each of the institutions in which they are held; and if he will make...
- Prison Education Service
200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/13]
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times that these libraries...
- Prison Education Service
202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocations within the education subhead of the prison vote to each of the following areas of education in 2013: the education unit in each...
- Prisoner Numbers
204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, in the interest of transparency to publish on the Irish Prison Service website the numbers in custody in each institution on a daily...
- Prison Regulations
205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in each institution who are diagnosed as on an enhanced regime, a standard regime or a basic regime, under the new...
- Restorative Justice
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the restorative justice programme that was introduced on a statutory basis for the first time in the Children's...
- Spent Convictions Legislation
207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 will be initiated; if a person who was convicted of cannabis possession in 2005 will have...
- Court Accommodation Refurbishment
208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to upgrade and or improve a court house (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Asylum Applications
209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has two dependent children and who wishes to be reunited with...
- Prison Policies
210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the incentives, excluding new gratuity rates that have been made available to underpin the incentivised regimes policy; and if he will make a...
- Prison Staff
211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officers that have been made available to integrated sentence management in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drugs in Prisons
213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the review carried out in 2012 by the Irish Prison Service of the Irish Prison Service Clinical Drug Treatment...
- Garda Retirements
214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he waived the normal retirement age for Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan to ensure that the Commissioner received an extension of...
- Prisoner Numbers
215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of persons incarcerated in Irish prisons; and the number for each of the last five years. [26484/13]
- Prison Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers employed by the State for each of the past five years. [26485/13]
- Garda Retirements
217. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retirees from the Garda Síochána from all ranks in each of the past five years. [26486/13]
- Garda Deployment
218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí deployed to the traffic corps in each of the past five years. [26487/13]
- Asylum Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which application for residency/eligibility for naturalisation has been established in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Naturalisation Applications
220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
- Immigration Status
223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding entitlement to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has worked in insurable...
- Naturalisation Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Budgets
228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his Department...
- Departmental Records
229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if records of Garda briefings to him or the Department concerning members of the Oireachtas are recorded and archived by his Department. [26578/13]
- Garda Operations
230. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has requested a report from the Commissioner on an incident (details supplied) under section 41 of the 2005 Garda Síochána Act...
- Department of Defence
- Fodder Crisis
231. To ask the Minister for Defence if grass cut on lands at Baldonnel, County Dublin, or any lands under the control of is Department, will be made available to farmers, whose animals are...
- Defence Forces Properties
232. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No.180 of 23 May 2013, the exact current location of the plaques and the details of the relevant contact person. [26425/13]
- Departmental Budgets
233. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his Department will be asked to...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue on a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Animal Welfare Issues
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria adopted by local authorities when dealing with stray horses; the timeframe involved from a local authority taking a...
- Beef Slaughtering Plants
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered in the period from January to May 2012 compared to that in the period of January to May in 2013; and...
- Animal Disease Controls
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the availability of a vaccine to the farming sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26388/13]
- Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Mayo will receive their payment for cow suckler welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give details of the developments on a range of policy areas, with his Ministerial colleagues, made at the 26-28 May 2013...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement...
- Bovine Disease Controls
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason compensation is not paid to farmers who have to dispose of calves that test positive for BVD; and if he will make a...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer who is in REP scheme 4 will receive their 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payment; the reason for the delay in making...
- Fodder Crisis
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to a topical issue of 22 May 2013, the progress made, if any, regarding the importation of fodder by ship from the...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total savings in 2012 disadvantaged area scheme payments solely due to the changes in the stocking rates; and if he will make a...
- Fodder Crisis
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reduce below seven months the holding period for animals under the 2013 disadvantaged area scheme and revise down the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timetable for common agricultural policy negotiations over the coming days. [26499/13]
- Sugar Industry
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimate for the overall capital cost costs involved in building a manufacturing plant for the production of sugar. [26500/13]
- Fodder Crisis
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the imported fodder rransport scheme for at least a further two weeks in view of the difficulties facing the...
- Departmental Budgets
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- School Enrolments
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of a school place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Proposed Legislation
255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is intending to amend the forthcoming Children First legislation to extend the scope of the guidelines to include childminders on...
- Foreign Adoptions
256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her Department's engagements, if any, with families who have adopted children born in Mexico and who have subsequently...
- Children in Care
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by the name of institution and its location, the various institutions in which children detained under...
- Child Care Reports
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if inspection reports of creches will be added to her website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26413/13]
- Departmental Budgets
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments her...
- Youth Work Projects Funding
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the organisations that are involved in youth work, for which funding is vital, and for which funding has already...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Issues
261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment to the long term future of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/13]
- Hospital Staff
263. To ask the Minister for Health his views on claims made by the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine of an expected significant worsening of the current, very precarious medical staffing...
- Hospital Services
264. To ask the Minister for Health the status of catering services at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; his views on whether there are plans to outsource the provision of catering services at Beaumont...
- Tobacco Control Measures
265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of prosecutions initiated by the Office of Tobacco Control or the Health Service Executive under the Public Health Tobacco Acts,...
- Hospital Equipment
266. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Insurance Management System is currently live at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [26290/13]
- Cancer Screening Programme
267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the upper age limit for eligibility, which is currently 64 years of age, for testing under the National Breast Screening Programme,...
- General Practitioner Services
268. To ask the Minister for Health the existing legislation or guidelines that permits a general practitioner to levy a charge of €20 for the provision of a prescription; and if he will...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
269. To ask the Minister for Health if persons suffering from Ehler’s Danlos syndrome are eligible for the treatment abroad scheme; if such treatment is available in both public and...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for the fair deal scheme is suspended; when it will reopen and the timeframe that he envisages approved applicants will have to wait for...
- Mobility Allowance Decision
272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans for a replacement for the motorised transport and mobility grants for disabled persons, following the recent decision to...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
273. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include Addison's disease as one of the qualifying medical conditions under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Provision
274. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities in place, for those diagnosed with mental health problems including Asperger's syndrome, for those between 16 - 18 years; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Provision
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the rights of home help care companies that do not want to amalgamate and are being forced to do so by the Health Service Executive ; the...
- Health Services Staff Issues
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff required to be on duty at any one time in each acute psychiatric facility in the Health Service Executive West region; the grades of those...
- Nursing Staff Provision
277. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there are adequate nursing staff employed within acute psychiatric facilities across the country; the vacancies which currently exist; the...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
278. To ask the Minister for Health the bed capacity of each psychiatric facility in the Health Service Executive West region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26343/13]
- General Practitioner Services
279. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care as outlined in the Programme for Government will be introduced; the timeframe for same; the illnesses or disabilities to be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
280. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive an appointment for hip replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Counselling Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to free counselling and support services. [26399/13]
- Cancer Screening Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women, who may be in danger of developing breast cancer, have to wait 18 months for a proper diagnosis in many instances; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
284. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive confirmation of funding under the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Drugs
285. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medication not covered under the medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Issues
286. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an immediate audit of staffing and services at a unit (details supplied) in view of recent incidents involving both staff and patients that...
- Accident and Emergency Departments Closures
287. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the proposed closure of the accident and emergency unit at Bantry Hospital, County Cork from 8pm to 8am; and if he will make a statement on...
- Dental Services Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a dentist is only available on Mondays and Tuesdays at Kerry General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26471/13]
- Medical Card Numbers
289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued to persons by county in 2012. [26488/13]
- Health Services Access
291. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which diagnostic and support services are being made available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Reviews
292. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card review will be concluded and updated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Budgets
293. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his Department will be asked to...
- Ambulance Service Provision
294. To ask the Minister for Health if any of the new intermediary care vehicles will be located in the east Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26563/13]
- Hospital Appointment Delays
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be brought forward in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Procedures
296. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues regarding the delay in having neurosurgery carried out at Cork University Hospital due to the neurological service having had 45%...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
297. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take have a person (details supplied) in County Longford admitted to Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason arrears due to a medical practice (details supplied) in County Limerick have not yet been paid pertaining to Secretarial Subsidies owed since 2009...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Capital Investment Programme
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the strategic investments his Department plans to make under the Tourism Capital Investment Programme; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason people who sit the SPSV knowledge test are not being provided with information on the specifics of their results in terms of...
- Rural Transport Programme Issues
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rural transport scheme. [26466/13]
- Departmental Budgets
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received any indicative figure from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the fiscal adjustments his...
- Road Projects Status
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a road project (details supplied) and if the project will be given precedence under any European stimulus project;...
