Written answers
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Water Treatment Issues
10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of waste water treatment inspectors appointed to date; the total number of inspectors expected to be appointed;...
- Local Authority Staff Numbers
11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the local authorities have reduced their staff from 37,243 in 2008 to 28,268, if he will outline...
- Rural Development Policy
12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new initiatives taken by him to assist rural development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28051/13]
- Local Authority Housing Provision
13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant local authority homes here on average at any one time; the current average turn around time for vacant...
- Local Authority Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that funding for local Government is on a sustainable footing in view of the overall near 40% reduction...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the conditions being experienced by many low paid or unemployed private rental tenants...
- Local Government Reform Expenditure
16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he foresees a reduction in commercial water rates under Irish Water in view of the fact that the local authorities have...
- Proposed Legislation
19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress made in introducing legislation to put in place a funding mechanism for the...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had to date with the EU and with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine in relation to the...
- Leader Programmes Administration
21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of project commitments that will have been made by the end of this year under the LEADER programme that he...
- Departmental Funding
23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the channel that will manage any future EU community led local development funding and LEADER funding; and if the proposed...
- Waste Management Regulations
24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is legislation preventing local authorities from negotiating contracts, similar to those in the six counties,...
- Rural Recreation Promotion
26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation in relation to countryside access; his view on the recent legislation introduced in...
- Regeneration Projects Status
28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has developed for the revitalisation of town centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28000/13]
- Water Services Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding provided by his Department to local authorities to maintain water services, including the National...
- Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to enhance the group sewerage scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/13]
- Priory Hall Development
32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which Justice Finnegan will furnish his report to him on all outstanding issues connected with Priory Hall,...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in detail the process through which a company such the one (details supplied) would establish an...
- Local Government Reform
34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problem that many tenants are having finding suitable accommodation under the rental...
- Housing Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the objectives with specific targets in respect of the implementation of a comprehensive capital housing...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new initiatives taken by him to tackle the problems in areas of high deprivation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with local authority built housing which is affected by pyrite such as some homes in Griffith Heights,...
- Homeless Persons Supports
38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from Dublin Region Homeless Agency on the number of persons sleeping...
- Leader Programmes Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the context of the recent LEADER programme funding allocations, his attention has been drawn to the disparity of the...
- Fire Service Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the funding his Department allocated to each local authority for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012...
- Leader Programmes Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of LEADER projects of more than €150,000 that are awaiting his approval; the date each project was...
- Housing Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has met with the Department of Social Protection in relation to the development of a dedicated pathway as suggested...
- Irish Water Expenditure
43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost of establishing Irish Water, including wages, contracting out services...
- Property Taxation Application
44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he expects local authorities to cover the cost of the local property tax on their social housing stock; and if he...
- Local Government Reform Expenditure
45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated total cost of new councillor numbers in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27986/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in advance of the transfer of the administration of the rental supplement scheme to local authorities, he has consulted...
- Rural Development Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is the lead Department responsible for rural development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rural Recreation Promotion
48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Comhairle na Tuaithe has made any recommendation in relation to legislating for countryside access; and if he will make...
- RAPID Programme
49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of RAPID AITs that have full time co-ordinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28054/13]
- Building Regulations Amendments
51. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise building regulations to regulate the retro fitting of septic tanks; the plans, if any, he has to...
- National Spatial Strategy
52. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress he has made on the creation of a new National Spatial Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which provision has been made to meet in full domestic drinking water requirements in the short to medium...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to local authorities to build specific instance houses in rural areas to accommodate families in...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure
55. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has confirmed to councillors that it is spending...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to aid local authorities in developing new more independent housing structures which could seek financing for the...
- Local Authority Housing Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by NABCO and ICSH for investment in social housing which would support...
- Electoral Divisions Report
60. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the report on the Constituency Commission produced in June 2012 recommending no changes to electoral...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
61. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in the delivery of the National Asset Management Agency social housing; the cost to date to...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
62. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is hoped to publish the next Dormant Accounts disbursement plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Property Taxation Exemptions
63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department refused to add four unfinished estates in County Wexford (details supplied) to its list of...
- Irish Water Funding
65. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the other sources of funding that are available to Irish Water apart from the National Pension Reserve Fund, public...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits
66. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net inflow of funds from dormant accounts in the years 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Issues
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed his position on the incidences of violence perpetrated by the police forces in Turkey, in which three...
- Passport Applications
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason in a situation where the High Court has sanctioned a change of a foster child's name to that of the fostering...
- Consular Services Provision
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) from County Louth who is in a prison in Lithuania [28123/13]
- Departmental Policy Reviews
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since...
- Overseas Development Aid Issues
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 28 May 2013, in which he stated that 20% of Irish Aid’s expenditure is...
- Trade Statistics
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list, in tabular form, in order of the highest to lowest of all of Ireland's trading partners, with...
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rates Application
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the VAT rate applicable on the monitoring of personal security alarms for the elderly. [28144/13]
- Value for Money Reviews
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions that have...
- Mortgage Interest Rates Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent interest rate increase on variable rate mortgages by a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28194/13]
- Property Taxation Exemptions
79. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the exemption from the local property tax for residential properties owned by a charity or a public body and used to provide accommodation and...
- Budget 2014 Issues
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all publications of forecast accounts from his Department which have been released to date this year, and which will be released...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Site Acquisitions
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28136/13]
- Further Education and Training Programmes Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce legislation to ensure SOLAS develops an adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Value for Money Reviews
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that special needs assistants in second level schools are not utilised fully during the month of June when they are not assisting...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary was not approved and or considered for a major funding grant in the latest round of...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the education projects announced as part of the €150 million extra in...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been received by the Redress Board from a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if this person is entitled to...
- State Examinations Issues
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on an election style media moratorium on the reporting of State examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28335/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) should apply for a grant under the higher education grant or the vocational education committee. [28352/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland should consider where a student is ordinarily resident on 1 October prior to their first point of entry into...
- Redundancy Payments
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their redundancy payment; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Stations Closures
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans if any the Office of Public Works has for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin. [28323/13]
- Semi-State Bodies Dividends
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form the dividend paid to the State from each of the commercial semi State companies for the past 10 years;...
- Public Sector Pensions Expenditure
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that will be achieved in 2013 and 2014 from public sector pensions in payment arising from the measures contained in the...
- Haddington Road Agreement Savings
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form a breakdown for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the savings to be achieved under the...
- Departmental Reports
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the...
- Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to promote the use of social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the projects announced as part of the €150 million...
- Departmental Reports
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all publications of forecast accounts from his Department which have been released so far this year, and...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if those currently employed at a company (details supplied) will have their positions protected when the contract for the National...
- Public Procurement Regulations
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the way new policies on public procurement will affect small and medium enterprises in view of the concerns expressed by...
- Capital Programme Expenditure
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his recent announcement of funding of €150 million for capital projects such as new schools, roads, refurbishment of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Reports
104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011;...
- Department of Social Protection
- Birth Certificates
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an apostille stamp in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28328/13]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28121/13]
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to grant an invalidity pension to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...
- One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a one parent family payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding and overpayment of supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will...
- Departmental Expenditure
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current cost of administration for all universal payments made by her Department in tabular form; the current cost of administration for all...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance on appeal will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will...
- Departmental Reports
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within her Department since March 2011; the actions...
- Household Benefits
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not received their companion bus pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Overpayments
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has responsibility regarding paying out a full rate qualified allowance to a person in receipt of the jobseekers allowance in respect of...
- After-School Support Services
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Ballymun will be included as a location in the next phase of the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a response to an application for carer's now under appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [28266/13]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Numbers
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants awaiting payment following successful appeals to the independent social welfare appeals office; if he will provide an...
- After-School Support Services
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify for those who come off lone parents allowance early and therefore cannot avail of jobseeker's transition due to employment but...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify for those who come off lone parents allowance early and therefore cannot avail of jobseeker's transition due to employment but...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Numbers
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals adjudicated upon by the Social Welfare Appeals Office and the average waiting time for an appeal in respect of applications...
- Departmental Consultations
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's consultations with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government on the plans contained in...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her decision to cut rent allowance rates throughout the country will directly result in...
- One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the needs of those who are in receipt of one parent family payment and will be affected by the changeover to the transition...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
131. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 16 April 2013, when payment of bog compensation will issue to persons (details supplied)...
- Departmental Reports
132. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011;...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Warmer Homes Scheme Applications
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will honour an application made by a person who was in receipt of fuel allowance at the time of...
- Departmental Reports
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since...
- Recreational Angling Sector Data
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed breakdown between sea angling, coarse angling and game angling in terms of the number of...
- Warmer Homes Scheme Data
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applicants who have applied for the warmer homes schemes to date in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government is the non principal private residents tax payable for 2013 and will it continue and when this will end and is it payable...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of properties identified by the National Assets Management Agency...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that remains for sanctioning in respect of projects under the LEADER programme; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding redress by the pyrite board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing Issues
143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in any projects under the aegis of his Department announced...
- Parking Charges
144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities can apply parking charges to privately owned car parks in retail parks; and if he will make a...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the 30 June deadline for tenants to purchase their local authority home under 2011 scheme to allow more...
- Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons County Donegal is not included in the Pyrite Resolutions Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water Meters Installation
147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the cost that will occur in relation to the installation of the water meters; if he will provide a...
- Fire Service Issues (1 comment)
149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an adequate risk assessment has been done for the Keeping Communities Safe document; the reason local fire authorities...
- Planning Issues
150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if quarries which are currently operational will continue to operate during the Substitute Consent Process contained...
- Leader Programmes Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason funding which was previously sanctioned by his Department is not being made available for a project (details...
- Housing Issues
152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has quantified the local authority housing requirements in each local authority area by reference...
- Fire Service Issues
153. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of structures of the Fire Services part-time and whole time throughout the...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is expected to increase local authority housing stock in line with the local authority housing...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various local authorities have received adequate provision to meet the disabled persons housing...
- Local Government Reform
158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the traditional services provided by local authorities are likely to continue in the context of the...
- Fire Service Issues
159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the cost-cutting requirements he inherited are affecting the quality and capacity of emergency...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is expected that legislation to improve the shared ownership mortgage scheme will occur with particular reference...
- Waste Water Treatment Issues
161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of reported incidents of pollution that have arisen from the malfunction or inadequacy of municipal waste water...
- Rented Dwellings Register
162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of landlords registered in each of the years 2004 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- EU Conventions
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will be signing the European Convention on Violence against Women; the reason he has not signed it to date; if he will provide a date for...
- Departmental Reports
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions...
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plan to tackle the waiting list in Garda vetting, which is currently at 16 weeks, and is unnecessarily delaying the time to process...
- Court Orders
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports under Section 47 of the Family Law Act 1995 that have been ordered in the District Court. [28190/13]
- Departmental Reports
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish in full Chapter 20 of the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin chaired by Judge...
- Public Order Offences
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request a report from the Garda Commissioner regarding riots (details supplied) in County Dublin; the number of persons arrested; the...
- Crime Prevention
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the law is sufficiently robust to deal with gangs who are involved in the theft of clothes from charity clothes banks and...
- Garda Operations
173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the Garda Operation Headrest; the number of persons arrested and charged in line with this operation; the number of...
- Garda Training
174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the full cost to the Exchequer of training an additional 250, 500, 750 and 1000 members of An Garda...
- Garda Divisional Policing Plans
175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda divisional policing plans for 2013 will be published on the website of An Garda Síochána, particularly the Policing Plan...
- Stardust Fire Issues
176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will lay the Report of the Independent Examination of the Stardust Victims Committee's Case for a Reopened Inquiry into the Stardust Fire...
- Road Safety Issues
177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department will take to ensure that road safety laws concerning cyclists are enforced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the application for subsidiary protection in the State will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28367/13]
- European Arrest Warrant Issues
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of extradition requests made here in 2012 under the European arrest warrant scheme; the number of persons returned here under the...
- Prison Committals
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that, as of March 2013, three prisoners aged 17 years were on protection in St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, two of whom...
- Penalty Point System
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the serious implications for road safety, if he will outline the steps he has taken to deal with the allegations of widespread...
- Garda Operations
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact he has had with the Gardaí or other State bodies in relation to the GoSafe operation and whether he is satisfied with its role...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form on a monthly basis for 2013 the total cost of sending soldiers from the military barracks in Dundalk, Athlone and Donegal,...
- Departmental Reports
185. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions that have...
- Defence Forces Personnel
186. To ask the Minister for Defence if the personnel model adopted for enlisted personnel entrants to the Permanent Defence Forces since 1994 will be adjusted to facilitate the continued service...
- Ministerial Correspondence
187. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is in receipt of information (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28395/13]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used in selecting applicants for agri-environment option scheme 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28111/13]
- Departmental Reports
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011;...
- Felling Licences Conditions
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for re-planting trees in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, to prevent soil erosion, in view of the amount of tree-felling...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
- Single Payment Scheme Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the level and nature of assistance available from his Department for a young farmer less than 30 years old who has...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his position in relation to GMO/GE crops in view of the increasing number of countries worldwide banning such crops; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes Payments
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry be paid their single farm payment and agri-environment option scheme for 2011; and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Reports
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within her Department since March 2011; the...
- Preschool Services
198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in Dublin currently availing of the free pre-school year; and the number of children availing of the scheme in each...
- Child Detention Centres
199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the level of security measures in place at the children detention schools in view of recent reports that a number...
- Health Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her Department's progress in establishing the National Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service; and if she will...
- Child Care Services Regulation
201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the changes she is proposing for the regulation of childcare provided here including the reform of the inspection...
- Child Protection Issues
202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Reception and Integration Agency’s child protection policy is based on centre...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform the law and policy on involuntary psychiatric admission; if will outline any recent changes in this area; the legislation that currently...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the referral for orthotic shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry [28127/13]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic treatment will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28141/13]
- Patient Transport Provision
208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the mini bus ambulance from west Wicklow bringing people daily to various hospital appointments in Dublin; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Reports
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the actions that have...
- Home Care Packages
210. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the soon to be published new tender for home care services and with regard to a recently published report quantifying savings of €48M for...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the number of delayed discharges in hospitals here, which in April stood at 658 nationwide and at 98 in Cork; if he will consider making...
- Mobility Allowance Decision
214. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the new mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme will cost if the alternative scheme is put in place before the present mobility...
- Medical Card Reviews
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28206/13]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding the State paying for hospital bills when Republic of Ireland patients present at a Northern Ireland hospital for treatment for an injury...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be given an appointment for orthopaedic care. [28354/13]
- Hospital Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 853 of 11 January 2012, the progress that has been made in developing a designated stroke unit at Cork University...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
222. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 853 of 11 January 2012, if all the necessary staff (details supplied) have now been recruited; the position which still...
- Care of the Elderly
223. To ask the Minister for Health if a forum on long term care of the elderly led by his Departmentis to be established in response to a request from the private and voluntary nursing homes...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
224. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to begin the recruitment of nursing staff in the Cork University Hospital, Mid Western Regional Hospital or other general and or maternity...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Penalty Point System
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether penalty points should be introduced for driving with bald effective illegal tyres it is already an offence and is it...
- Road Improvement Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to provide funding as a matter of priority for a section of the Ring of Kerry, from...
- Departmental Reports
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out the value for money reports and the Focused Policy Assessments carried out within his Department since March 2011; the...
- Regional Road Network
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding been received from Laois County Council in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Issues
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the transport projects announced as part of the €150 million...
- Tax Code
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is working with the Department of Finance to retain the current 9% VAT rate in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Bodies
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree of transparency sought and detail given to him and his Department following enquiries and request for information regarding...
