Written answers
Thursday, 13 June 2013
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the appeals system for applicants who have been refused citizenship and or a working visa. [28234/13]
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the start date on the new personal insolvency regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28306/13]
- Judicial Working Group
13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that the new judicial forum working group has met since March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28289/13]
- Human Rights Issues
14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the mechanisms being put in place at EU level to ensure Syrians entering the European Union seeking asylum will be given...
- Restorative Justice
15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the current operation of the Garda Diversion Programme; the current level of funding provided to the programme; his views on...
- Crime Prevention
16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to explicitly recognise stalking as a ground for applying for a safety order. [28240/13]
- Garda Recruitment
17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commence Garda recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/13]
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which he will conclude his consideration of an apology and redress for the small number of surviving men and women of Bethany Home....
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the recommendation made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, following her...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the backlog in naturalisation applications in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) has been waiting...
- Immigration Status
21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that young persons who are resident in Ireland for many years are issued with a Stamp 4 leave to remain rather than a Stamp 4...
- Domestic Violence Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider removing the property test for cohabitants applying for a barring order, at the very least in cases when it conflicts with the...
- Penalty Point System
23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is committed to implementing in full and within the timeframe of three months the recommendations of the Garda Professional Standards Unit...
- Crime Levels
24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the number of crimes committed by prisoners whilst on bail continues to be monitored by his Department; the number of such...
- Human Trafficking
25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2012 report on human trafficking, including figures of identified victims, will be published by his Department; and if he will make a...
- Garda Industrial Relations Issues
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has held any recent meetings with the Garda Representative Association or the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors to discuss their...
- Garda Stations Closures
30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he can justify closing 140 Garda stations when Garda numbers have been reduced by 10% and when the numbers of Garda vehicles have been...
- Organised Crime
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of indications regarding the strength and the number of the various criminal gangs throughout the country, if he intends to invoke any new...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider legislation to ring fence assets or moneys seized by the Criminal Asset Bureau to be reinvested in communities worst affected...
- Visa Applications
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form on an annual basis for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the number of applications that have been...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the level of compliance by person’s who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001;...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the system within An Garda Síochána for receiving confidential complaints and expressions of concern is adequate...
- Penal Policy Review Group Report
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Report on Penal Reform from the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence from March 2013; and if he will make a statement...
- Family Reunification Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a timeline for the new policy on family reunification has been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28231/13]
- Garda Resources
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider providing additional resources to the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division in order to deal with the cross border criminality that...
- National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish an Implementation Plan for the National Disability Strategy. [28235/13]
- Garda Investigations
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 June 2012, the position regarding the Garda review into the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy in Clara,...
- Traveller Community Issues
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the recent report from Pavee Point entitled Travelling with Austerity outlining the severe impact of cutbacks on travellers,...
- Garda Resources
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available to An Garda Síochána for white collar crime in view of (details supplied). [28221/13]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Administration
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to improve the operation of the GSOC with particular reference to the problems they identified in their annual report 2012...
- Joint Policing Committees Remit
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of joint policing committees in towns here after the abolition of town councils in 2014. [28241/13]
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of applications for naturalisation year on year from 2009; if he will provide a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services Representations
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the political representation he has made in the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to possible repatriation...
- United Nations Reform
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail his position on the future reform of the United Nations General Assembly; his views on whether the...
- EU Enlargement
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of further EU enlargement with the accession of Croatia in less than two months, the way he intends to address...
- Foreign Conflicts
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further meetings planned at EU Foreign Affairs Council level to discuss the ongoing and escalating conflict in Syria...
- Passport Applications
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Irish passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Election Monitoring
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent allegations of voting fraud in the Venezuelan Presidential Election; the efforts being made at an...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Yield
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the corporation tax figures in the end of May Exchequer statement show a significant reduction in year on year figures. [28399/13]
- Fiscal Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the event of the State ever being required to make a fiscal correction within the meaning of Section 6 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012, whether the...
- Prize Bonds
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings the National Treasury Management Agency will incur from the proposed cut in the national Prize Bonds draw; the way these savings will be used on...
- Personal Debt
62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Central Bank of Ireland's planned pilot scheme for debt mediation, the reason the Money Advice and Budgeting Service was not engaged in the...
- Prize Bonds
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding unclaimed prize bond prizes; the way these funds are used; the role, if any, of the dormant accounts funds; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposed building project at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; when this project will proceed to the next...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant the recommendation made within the relevant report for full time special needs assistance in respect of a person (details...
- School Staffing
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an additional teacher in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28425/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) who has appealed the decision made by SUSI to...
- School Accommodation
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs that will be replaced in schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow, under his Departments prefab replacement scheme,...
- Schools Building Projects Status
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on the new school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and when students will be moved to their temporary classrooms....
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been allocated for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow under the investing in infrastructure and jobs...
- Redundancy Payments
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 30 April 2013, if he will process this redundancy payment for a person (details supplied) in County...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Capital Programme Expenditure
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason gross capital spending was 15% less than profiled as per the end of May Exchequer statement. [28402/13]
- National Lottery Licence Sale
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the reduction in money granted to good causes under the terms of the new 20-year licence...
- Architectural Heritage
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of the 16 of May 2013, in relation to stonework belonging to the Office of Public Works left on...
- National Lottery Licence Sale
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the National Lottery is in breach of EU competition law, processing a dominant position; his views on whether this...
- Legislative Programme
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) Bill for the calculation of rates on commercial businesses is expected to complete all stages; and if he...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will lift the embargo on frontline staff employed to deal with issues such as road maintenance in County Sligo; and if he will make...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- World Trade Negotiations
82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline his preparations for the Ninth World Trade Organisation ministerial conference taking place in Bali in December...
- Grocery Industry Competition
83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation will be introduced to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector by introducing a statutory code of...
- Department of Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Appeals
84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when as person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on their appeal for disability. [28398/13]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of as person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite the...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension application will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28433/13]
- Pensions Legislation
89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reassess social welfare policy and associated legislation pertaining to women who gave up work by virtue of the marriage bar and now no...
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will be entitled to when they cease to qualify for lone parent's allowance on 27 June, 2013....
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the avenues open to an applicant when they are refused rent allowance because the rent was over the maximum limit as laid down by her Department...
- Departmental Staff Retirements
93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received no notice of determination under sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of the Pension Ombudsman...
- Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility
94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason house insurance and mortgage protection policies, which are legally required to be in place by lending institutions are not taken into...
- Child Benefit Payments
95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is committed to maintaining the value of total child income support payments at 33% of the adult social welfare payment rate. [28562/13]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which basic supplementary welfare payment can be made in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which an overpayment occurred in the case a person (details supplied) in County Kildare the extent to which it is possible to address...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding payment of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when child benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28610/13]
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of appeal in respect of supplementary welfare allowance claim in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum level of rent allowable for rent support in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding persons who become unemployed and have drawn their full jobseeker's benefit and are not now eligible for jobseeker's...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Offshore Islands
104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decisions that have been made by him since March 2011 to tackle the issue of the high cost of living on the islands on foot of...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Broadband Services Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the options of providing a satisfactory broadband service to a person (details supplied) in County...
- National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes involved in conducting the national building inventory as laid out in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan...
- Energy Conservation
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the initial categories of projects being considered for loans under the energy efficiency fund; the...
- Television Licence Fee Collection
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the requirements for hotels and other commercial premises to obtain television licences; the number of licences required;...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Authority Funding
111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the powers that municipal district councils will have in respect of the setting rates; if municipal districts will have a...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 whereby separated persons who are the joint owners of...
- Socio-Economic Committees Funding
113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed costings and budget allocations for the establishment of the social economic committees and the proposed...
- Housing Finance Agency Funding
114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sums invested in the Housing Finance Agency by each local authority for each of the past five years; and if he will...
- Leader Programmes Funding
115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on a submission from West Cork Development Partnership in relation to the proposed new...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Matters
117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of the 26 March 2013, if the report from the Commissioner is now available. [28404/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [28408/13]
- Residency Permits
119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for renewal of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Visa Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Recruitment
121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider lifting the embargo on new Garda recruits in view of the fact that individuals and families are now living in fear in rural,...
- Garda Stations Closures
122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will refrain from closing any further rural garda stations in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28447/13]
- International Agreements
123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the European Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Stations Closures
124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it has been found possible to maintain the strength of the Garda force throughout the economic downturn by reference and...
- Witness Intimidation
126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which witness intimidation continues to be monitored; the number of recorded incidents in each of the past ten years and to date in...
- National Flag
127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish flag was not raised on a building (details supplied) in County Kerry on St. Patrick's Day and Easter weekend; and if he will...
- Garda Resources
128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allocate additional resources to the Gardaí in Tallaght, Dublin 24, to allow them to continue to respond efficiently to the anti...
- Deportation Orders
129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford in respect of whom a deportation order has been made but whose...
- Crime Prevention
130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish a national policy on the operation of the community text alert scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the lack of...
- Human Rights Issues
131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the processes which took place to appoint the 14 commissioners designate of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; if...
- Haddington Road Agreement Review
132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the adjustment measures proposed in the Haddington Road Agreement for members of An Garda Síochána will not...
- Missing Persons Data
136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of men, woman and male and female children reported missing over the past ten years, Irish nationals and non nationals; the extent to...
- Criminal Law
137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is intended to reform the laws on bail with particular reference to deter the activity of criminal gangs; and if he will...
- Prisoner Numbers
138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of extra prison spaces currently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28540/13]
- Garda Transport Numbers
139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Garda transport fleet has been upgraded annually in each of the past six years and to date in 2013; and if he will make a...
- Garda Strength
140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current total strength of an Garda Síochána including the Garda Reserve; if further recruitment is required by a specific date; and...
- Crime Data
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of homicides associated with criminal gang drug related activity reported in each of the past ten years to date; the extent to...
- Garda Deployment
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate policing is available throughout County Kildare notwithstanding the effects of the economic downturn; and if he will...
- Residency Permits
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status and or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and...
- Residency Permits
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/entitlement naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the issue of Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
148. 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 1 [28580/13]
- Naturalisation Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will...
- Immigration Status
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to regularise residency qualification for Stamp 4 or naturalisation entitlement in the case of a person...
- Naturalisation Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency/entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a...
- Leave to Remain
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an appointment will be made with the relevant immigration officer to facilitate update of Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he...
- Family Reunification Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position and/or any particular procedures to be followed in respect of renewal of Stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Immigration Status
161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and/or expected position in the determination of residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
162. 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 County Carlow; and...
- Residency Permits
163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application to update Stamp 4 will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if he will...
- Subsidiary Protection Applications
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency/eligibility to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and...
- Immigration Status
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding determination of residency status on foot of their marriage to an Irish citizen in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- Passport Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedural requirements in order to qualify for an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will...
- Immigration Status
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status and or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and...
- Naturalisation Applications
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in a determination of eligibility for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Department of Defence
- Ceremonial Protocol
170. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times in the past nine years that a full or partial ceremonial guard of honour was afforded the President of Ireland; and if he will list the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment under the disadvantaged area payment scheme for 2012 has not issued to persons (details supplied) in County...
- Grant Aid
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant-aid given to the horticulture industry for the past five years; if he has any proposed new initiatives to help the...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to protect rare sheep breeds; if he will include them in common agricultural policy negotiations and or any other scheme...
- Animal Diseases Issues
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward a scheduled TB and brucellosis herd test in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Cork; and if he...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was disqualified from the agri-environment option scheme; if it is possible for the person to...
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all penalties across all schemes imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the schemes...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Detention Centres Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full extent of the custodial accommodation for juvenile offenders; if this is sufficient to meet current needs; and if she will make a...
- Adoption Records Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify her statements regarding the need for a referendum to grant adopted persons full tracing and information rights and the...
- Early Child Care Education Standards
183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are any plans to implement the Síolta National Quality Framework and the Aistear Early Childhood Curriculum Framework; and if...
- Early Child Care Education Issues
184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop the Early Childhood and Education Sector Workforce Development Plan 2010 into a working plan that is adequately...
- Child Care Services Inspections
185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to revise the childcare inspection system and include an early years specialist on the inspection team; and if she will make a...
- Preschool Services
186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given any consideration to the Association of Childhood Professionals' call for a standard childhood sector contract to be...
- Child Care Qualifications
187. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to establishing a national qualification and registration system for all early years professionals; and if...
- After-School Support Services
188. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of providing a free after-school care place for all children aged between six to 12 years old, three hours per day, five...
- Department of Health
- Tobacco Control Measures
189. To ask the Minister for Health when the regulatory impact analysis including the cost benefit assessment will be completed on the proposal for plain packaging in the tobacco industry; if...
- Proposed Legislation
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Private Member's Bill setting aside the statute bar for survivors of symphysiotomy is expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for a residential assessment and placement with NUA Healthcare has been refused (details supplied) [28412/13]
- Hospital Transfers
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a transfer to the Neuro Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Nursing Staff Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no nursing posts have been allocated to County Cork under the primary care funding despite the recent reductions in staffing and the increase in...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) County Galway will receive orthotic footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28429/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
197. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 5 March 2013, the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not received their assessment for autism...
- HSE Correspondence
198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 14 May 2013 the reason the Health Service Executive has not issued a response; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Expenditure
199. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on the outsourcing of external maintenance on a yearly basis over the previous three years; and if considerations are being...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint additional psychologists to address the waiting lists for children with Autism in County Kerry, particularly for children in the age bracket...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
201. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatoid specialists will be appointed to Kerry General Hospital in view of the fact that there is immediate urgency due to increasing demand by...
- Nursing Home Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials will meet with a delegation from a home (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28448/13]
- Health Services Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed [28451/13]
- Cancer Screening Programme
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans to rollout bowel cancer screening through out the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28452/13]
- Health Services Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the inclusion of the Health Service Executive national asthma programme in the 2014 plan [28455/13]
- Mobility Allowance Payments
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timescale as to when he will inform those on mobility grants what will replace their payments when they end this month; if he will ensure...
- Hospitals Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive is engaged in a policy of removing all religious artefacts from our hospitals; the origin of this policy; and if he...
- Medical Card Applications
208. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the national dementia strategy is published with an implementation plan, clearly defined leadership and lines of accountability, that...
- Mental Health Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of resourcing the current child and adolescent mental health teams at their present levels of staffing; the estimated cost for 2013 in total if all...
- Medical Card Eligibility
211. To ask the Minister for Health if will estimate the cost of extending full medical card cover to all children who currently hold a general practitioner visit card; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange an urgent appointment with the audiology department, Health Service Executive, Edwards Court, County Kerry, in respect of a person (details...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
213. To ask the Minister for Health when an insulin pump will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in view of the urgent need for the pump for the...
- Health Services Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure 24/7 nursing cover on Inis Turk Island, County Mayo in fulfilment of an earlier undertaking given; and if he will make a...
- Care of the Elderly
215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a submission that articulates the local views of a critically important sector in healthcare services here (details supplied); and if he will...
- Mental Health Services Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children being treated for depression, anxiety and stress; the direction that is taken for treatment when those diagnosis are made; if he will...
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
221. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics refusal to recommend funding for Pirfenidone; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation policy; the availability of specialist neurorehabilitation...
- Generic Drugs Substitution
224. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding generic substitution when the least expensive substitute medicine is unavailable to a particular pharmacist; and if he will clarify in...
- Hospital Admissions
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Asthma related admissions to hospital emergency departments in each of the past five years [28573/13]
- Nursing Home Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health when chiropathy services will be restored to the daycare centre at St. Brigid’s nursing home, Crooksling, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Card Applications
230. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the issue of a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Parking Regulations
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the disabled parking places for the benefit of those reliant on them in circumstances wherein mothers with...
- Local Authority Funding
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form on a council basis, the amount that a number of local authorities (details supplied) that will be...
- Stadium Projects
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department were approached in the past two years by the Football Association of Ireland regarding assistance, financial or...
- Road Tolls
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a road (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be tolled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28460/13]
- Road Maintenance
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the upkeep of class three roads in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 7 April 2011, if he will support the development of the Irish Cultural/GAA Museum at...
- Public Transport Initiatives
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the public transport walking initiative concept; his views on the initiative; the interaction which...
