Written answers

Thursday, 4 July 2013

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Care Services
      9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32590/13]
    • Children in Care
      11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who now have an allocated social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32601/13]
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the regulation of childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32552/13]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources that are available to the Health Service Executive in managing and sorting the adoption files which are being stored in...
    • After-School Support Services
      16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will to take to address the lack of availability of after school services for children; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Aftercare Services
      17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who have left care during each of the past eight years. [32587/13]
    • Child and Family Support Agency Establishment
      18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the required legislation for the establishment of the new child and family agency will be published in early July and will commence its...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report of her Department's activities as part of the recent Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when allegations of abuse in creche and preschool facilities were first brought to her attention and the steps she took to deal with the...
    • Childhood Obesity
      23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a national cross-sectoral strategy for the establishment of a childhood obesity prevention and intervention service; and if...
    • Child Poverty
      24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out and provide details on the process for the selection of the sites, programmes, interventions, and supports to be...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the early years strategy will be brought forward; the reason for the delay in this happening; the financial package that will accompany...
    • Preschool Services
      26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a second free preschool year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32352/13]
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures and strategies she is considering, including in conjunction with other Departments and/or State agencies to help address the...
    • Child Care Reports
      28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will introduce to bring current child care regulations into line with the standards that all service-user parents, and...
    • Missing Persons Hotline
      29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed update on the roll out of the 116000 missing children hotline; the publicity strategy in place to publicise...
    • Youth Services Funding
      30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making to protect front-line youth services in view of funding cuts in the sector; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Adoption Records Protection
      33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 9 May 2013, if it is her position that a referendum on privacy is required in order to afford...
    • Traveller Community Issues
      35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the very poor E grade awarded to the Government in the Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2013 for its...
    • Children and Young People's Policy Framework
      36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date on the development of the new five year Children and Young People's Policy Framework; when she expects its...
    • Child and Family Support Agency Funding
      37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources within her Department to meet the full scale of...
    • Departmental Funding
      39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has undertaken or intends to undertake an analysis or impact study on the cumulative effects of the cuts in family support services,...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to introduce regulations for childminders in the home. [32349/13]
    • Child Protection Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the horrific occurrence of child abuse catalogued by Women's Aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32356/13]
    • Children in Care
      44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allocate funding for increased provision of specialised services for children with severe behavioural difficulties here, such...
    • Health Services Reports
      45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the audit report which was produced on foot of a specific recommendation of a public inquiry into the Roscommon child care...
    • Missing Persons Hotline
      47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail the way the new 116000 missing children's helpline will be advertised and promoted so that its presence will be widely...
    • Child Detention Centres
      48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the delay in opening the National Children Detention Facility in Oberstown; if her attention has been drawn to recent...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her view of the economic importance of investment in early intervention, in particular in the early years; and if she will provide an update...
    • Departmental Budgets
      51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her priorities for Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32599/13]
    • Child Detention Centres
      55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she and or her Department has identified any particular deficiencies in the availability of institutional or custodial care for juveniles...
    • Child Protection Issues
      57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will take to address the deficiencies in social work provision in Health Service Executive North Lee area; her plans to...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the status of Military Attachés to foreign embassies and Governments here, either on a resident or...
    • Passport Applications
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current expected and waiting times for all the various forms of applying for a passport, including the Passport Express...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish a copy of the letter he recently sent to the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, regarding...
    • EU Issues
      61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he believes that there is significant overlap in the Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council in the...
    • United Nations Resolutions
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the names of resolutions and the dates that Ireland have voted for and against at the United Nations...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's current strategy to overseas aid; and if Ireland's commitment to overseas aid until 2015 will be met. [32691/13]
    • United Nations Reform
      64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly to scrutinise the work of the UN; if established,...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder;...
    • Official Engagements
      66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements he had in Zagreb, Croatia, to mark the celebration of Croatia's accession to the European Union on 30 June...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current mass demonstrations taking place in Egypt, notably in the capital city of Cairo; if he will...
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned regarding the recent revelations of apparent spying and surveillance by the United States of America on...
    • International Bodies Membership
      69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the level of carbon tax, if any, to be charged on peat which is extracted for domestic turf cutting either at the point of extraction, when...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance if the special resolution filed in the Companies Office on 18 February, which sets out that the sole member of the company, shall be entitled at any time by...
    • Companies Law Issues
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance the obligations and duties a special liquidator has under the Companies Act. [32751/13]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended that the provision of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013 is to have retrospective legal effect and override the specific...
    • National Pensions Reserve Fund Administration
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held any discussions with the National Pension Reserve Fund, the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government or Dublin City Council...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the exact financial liability in 2013 for a person who has a second home in relation to property tax liability and non-principal private...
    • Official Engagements
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department on 29 September 2008 and 30 September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has inquired as to whether there are recordings in the other banks covered by the blanket guarantee surrounding the...
    • Banking Operations
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the information available to him regarding the number of persons that signed up for Life Loans with the Bank of Ireland (details supplied); the implications of...
    • Tax Rebates
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently examine a tax refund in respect of fuel for an adapted car in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Money Laundering
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied recent submissions from the Irish Postmaster's Union in respect of recently announced changes proposed in respect of the anti-money...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Government's plans in relation to investigating the events that led to the guarantee and nationalisation of Anglo Irish...
    • Polasaí Dátheangachais
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go mbeidh suíomh idirlín na nDuaisbhannaí dhá-theangach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned independent advice to assess if the information being given to him by the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank in relation to the...
    • Deposit Guarantee Scheme
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated potential exposure to the State in 2008 arising from the guarantee on deposits up to €10,000, as long as that guarantee existed; and if he...
    • Banking Guarantee Scheme Liabilities
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated potential exposure to the State in 2008 broken down between deposits, tier-one bonds and subordinated bonds arising from the blanket guarantee...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance the remuneration paid to the special liquidator and the firm of KPMG in fees to date arising out of the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation....
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the person who signs off on and authorises the continuation of all legal proceedings and the issue of new proceedings from the date of the appointment of the...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the tender process that exists for legal and professional services for the special liquidator. [32768/13]
    • Insurance Industry Issues
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to UK based insurance companies such as (details supplied) who have covered tens of thousands of Irish homes, the recourse open to homeowners...
    • International Bodies Membership
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his Department or a State body...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Bullying of Children
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to be made aware of and monitor incidents of various forms of bullying affecting children or...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32623/13]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing situation that prevails in relation to a Level 8 Course at a third level institution (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the number of special needs assistants allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Galway has been reduced from 4 to 3; and if...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the renovation and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [32696/13]
    • School Funding
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, in tabular form, the moneys expended by his Department in relation to a number of schools (details supplied) in County...
    • Schools Enrolment Policy
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his policy in respect of gaelscoileanna; his views as to whether special provisions should be in place to facilitate pupils...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of projects approved for funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in relation to their teaching qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the rationale underpinning the €54,000 threshold that applies for parents who support four children attending third...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on discussions he has had with parents of children with Down's syndrome in relation to the provision of special...
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to restore the minor works grant in the forthcoming budget in view of the costs of routine repairs schools must carry out and the...
    • School Staffing
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to Gaelscoil Ros Eo, which has 31 new students enrolled for junior infants but, with a small number of pupils who were enrolled...
    • International Bodies Membership
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline each international organisation, agency or body of which Ireland is a member and for which his Department or a State body or...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of upcoming legislation to amend the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act to modernise the senior...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the value for money assessment by the National Development Finance Agency on the proposed waste to...
    • International Bodies Membership
      134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the provisions in the Health, Safety and Work Act, and associated legislative instruments, relating to risk analyses are robust...
    • Enterprise Ireland Funding
      136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline specific grants that are available to businesses wishing to expand; if there are particular sections within...
    • Intellectual Property Protocol
      137. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the details of the International Treaty on Intellectual Property that was signed on 28 June 2013 in Marrakesh,...
    • Work Permit Appeals
      138. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 5 February 2013, if he will confirm that the details supplied were those used in drafting...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      139. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm if section 286 of the Companies Act 1963 in regard to legal rules pertaining to any payments made in favour of any...
    • International Bodies Membership
      141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      142. 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...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made to backdate domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for...
    • Departmental Offices
      144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to provide a facility for members of the public when waiting at the Clondalkin Social Welfare Office, Dublin (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person seeks a review of their entitlement to a social welfare payment on medical grounds if the review is examined by a medical assessor in...
    • Carer's Benefit Expenditure
      146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline any supports or measures which have been improved for carers in the home over the past year; if she will confirm that current...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Staff
      147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of any cuts to staffing or to the allocation to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service office in Clondalkin, Dublin; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will support a matter regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [32777/13]
    • Free Travel Scheme Applications
      150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 12 June 2013 when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was medically assessed and if their...
    • International Bodies Membership
      151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that her Department or a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance will be made payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose mother is an Irish citizen; and if...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be offered ion the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection notwithstanding her reply to previous parliamentary questions, the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cannot receive child benefit...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      157. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount...
    • Departmental Funding
      158. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next payment will be made by his Department to the Solas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32729/13]
    • Natura 2000 Issues
      161. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the circumstances where a person whose land is designated, under Natura 2000 or under National Heritage Site designations, is...
    • International Bodies Membership
      162. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Broadband Services Provision
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the current proposals to extend modern high-speed broadband facilities including fibre optics to the area of Rathcoffey,...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder;...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with reference to the announcement on 1 July 2013 of a plan to map broadband services across the country with a view to...
    • International Bodies Membership
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the alignment between the Leader programme and local authorities;...
    • Hedge and Tree Height Restrictions (1 comment)
      168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans to introduce height restrictions on hedges and trees in private dwellings; and if he will make a...
    • Noise Pollution Legislation
      169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to update noise regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/13]
    • Official Engagements
      170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the attendance record book for his Department at the Custom House on 29 September 2008 and 30...
    • Septic Tank Registration Scheme
      172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for the upgrade of septic tanks; the cut off registration date; and if the property has been sold in...
    • Road Safety Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that for families with six or more children, to be compliant with new road safety...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder;...
    • Planning Issues
      175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or officials in his Department are planning any legislative amendments to deal with a recent High Court decision on...
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his officials have sought the use of funding from the National Pension Reserve Fund, Strategic Investment Fund or other...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current status of the foreshore lease granted in respect of the 220 turbine wind farm...
    • Foreshore Licences Appeals
      180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the controls his Department can exert to review or rescind a previously granted foreshore lease; the situations in which...
    • Household Charge Exemptions
      181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who was informed by a local authority staff member that they were not liable to the household charge when in...
    • Local Authority Staff Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in accordance with the provision of section 147 of the Local Government...
    • Insurance Industry Issues
      184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedy open to a homeowner who initiated a claim with a company (details supplied) in relation to pyrite before the 10...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times an order has been made since the enactment of the Valuation Act 2001 requiring a rating authority to...
    • International Bodies Membership
      186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of...
    • Local Authority Funding
      187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when further funding in respect of a disabled person's grants will be made available to Kildare County Council; and...
    • Local Authority Staff Issues
      188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received in the period 1 March 2013 to 30 May 2013 from Galway City Council seeking sanction to...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate if there are any proposals to strengthen anti-social behaviour provisions whereby persons renting are...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Applications
      190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time it takes to process applications for subsidiary protection; the plans there are in place to improve the waiting times for these...
    • Sexual Offences
      191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he expects legislative action to be taken on the issue of admission of counselling notes in sexual abuse cases within the lifetime of this...
    • Prison Building Programme
      192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the improvements that have been implemented since the Committee for the Prevention of Torture which visited Cork Prison in 2010 found visiting...
    • Prison Inspections
      193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the report by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit to Cork Prison in 2010, if a review of the operation of...
    • Prison Investigations
      194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the report by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit to Cork Prison in 2010, if he will indicate if the...
    • Prison Accommodation
      195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in view of the report by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following their visit to Cork Prison in 2010, he will indicate if there...
    • Garda Investigations
      197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for the tapping or interception of conversations on mobile or landline telephones have been approved in the last year; and...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in conjunction with his EU colleagues, the progress made in recent years with regard to tackling incidents of domestic violence within the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      202. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will be issued to three persons to work for an organisation (details supplied) in County Offaly who are waiting one month...
    • Visa Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a re-entry visa will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Investigations
      208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision whereby An Garda Síochána may release the mobile telephone records of a deceased person to the family; and if he...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the position, notwithstanding his replies to previous Parliamentary Questions, in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the...
    • Equality Issues
      211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the European Commission's progress report on Roma integration, in which Ireland rated particularly poorly in respect of our...
    • International Bodies Membership
      212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out each international organisation, agency or body that Ireland is a member of and which his Department, or any State body or...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
    • Visa Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when family reunification will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Naturalisation Applications
      215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if...
    • Immigration Status
      216. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to determination of residency status or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied)...
    • Residency Permits
      218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status or both in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Immigration Status
      219. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to long-term residency or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Citizenship Applications
      220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the determination of citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Immigration Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the residency entitlements in respect of residency or naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the ten persons who were deported from Ireland to Kinshasa on 16 June, if he will detail the circumstances surrounding his decision...
    • EU Funding
      224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding European Refugee Fund, ERF, and European Integration Fund, EIF, funding. [32858/13]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Operations
      225. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of requests for the tapping or interception of conversations on mobile or landline telephones that have been approved in the past year; and if he...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      228. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders...
    • International Bodies Membership
      229. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his Department or a State body...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of an agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a single farm payment for 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32688/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary may obtain a single farm payment on a section of their land which has been...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of future harvesting rights that have been sold by Coillte in each of the past three years; the total amount of rights...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals on foot of the investigation into pig farming by Compassion in World Farming which found the most horrific cruelty and...
    • International Bodies Membership
      235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara application for an aquaculture and a foreshore licence for the cultivation of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the level of funding received by an organisation (details supplied) under the youth services grants scheme each year...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of projects that were approved funding by her Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the...
    • Preschool Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Bodies Membership
      240. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that her...
    • Youth Services Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate funding for youth support services throughout the country; and...
    • Children in Care
      242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied regarding the availability of safe and reliable places of custodial care for children or adolescents; and if she will...
    • Child Support Services
      243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources to meet all aspects of children’s support services deemed to be...
    • Child and Youth Services
      244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of any new initiatives she has in mind to address specific areas or deficiencies in respect of children and youth services, if...
    • Child Poverty
      245. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to particular instances of youth poverty, the extent to which she and/or her Department may be in a...
    • Child Abuse Issues
      247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which incidents of child abuse of a physical, mental or sexual nature have been brought to the attention of her Department in...
    • Mental Health Awareness
      248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department has studied the issue of youth depression with particular reference to the identification of...
    • Child Poverty
      250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which lack of adequate of housing and-or poverty continues to impact most particularly on children and adolescents, the...
    • Youth Services Funding
      251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she expects to be in a position to offer adequate support funding to the Kildare Youth Services; and if she will make a...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continues to liaise with the Department of Health as per reply to previous Parliamentary...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in relation to a matter (details supplied) regarding the "Prime Time" programme which gave a shocking insight into the state...
  • Department of Health
    • Blind Welfare Allowance
      254. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding arrears of blind welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when payment will be granted; and if he...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded under EU regulations to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32622/13]
    • Hospital Consultants Recruitment
      256. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to reinstate stroke services at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; when the vacant stroke consultant post in the...
    • Medical Card Numbers
      257. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide specific information regarding medical cards (details supplied) in respect of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision (1 comment)
      258. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to Lyme disease, where treatment is available here; and if he will provide a geographical report in tabular form. [32659/13]
    • Health Strategies
      259. To ask the Minister for Health if he has studied the budgetary submission submitted to his Department on behalf of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland with particular reference to ensuring...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that applied for inclusion of conditions that are covered by the long term illness scheme [32673/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support State recognition for Qualified Art Psycho Therapists in 2013 [32678/13]
    • Education and Training Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 [32679/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in outpatient waiting lists at Letterkenny General hospital; if his further attention has been drawn to the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if the new vaccine for menigitis B, called Bexsero, will be introduced into the childhood immunisation schedule as it has recently been licensed by the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      266. To ask the Minister for Health if and when the necessary treatment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32702/13]
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of the default by builders...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update Dáil Éireann on the proposal to establish co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the provision of an...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State spends on statins each year; the reason generic statins are 2,600% cheaper in Spain; and his plans to reduce the cost here. [32795/13]
    • International Bodies Membership
      272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his Department or a State body...
    • Medical Card Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32819/13]
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to female circumcision in this jurisdiction; the extent to which both parents are required to give consent; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      275. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding a matter relating to persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32859/13]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of projects that were approved funding by his Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder; the amount of...
    • Local Improvements Scheme
      277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money allocated to the LIS scheme in each of the past ten years; if he intends allocating any funds to this scheme this...
    • State Properties
      278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure CIÉ and Iarnród Éireann preserve full ownership of all their land on the disused section...
    • International Bodies Membership
      279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his...
    • Air Services Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it has been brought to his attention that no direct flight exists between Ireland and Silicon Valley or San Francisco in California;...