Written answers

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

  • Department of Social Protection
    • Child Benefit Rates
      64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee the current rates of child benefit as a universal payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33251/13]
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a person (details supplied) who is three years homeless and seven months pregnant with one daughter in school in Bray...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Cost
      66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of prosecutions taken for fraud against her Department; the cost of taking the cases and the full sum of moneys recovered for each of the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there can be some leeway in the rent caps in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33192/13]
    • Unfair Dismissals
      68. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no attempt has been made to recover from employers the full sum of social welfare appeals or other social protection payments paid to...
    • State Pensions Reform
      69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she plans to double the rate of the State pension which she has recently been quoted as proposing. [33258/13]
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her priorities for areas within her Department which she will be recommending for no further cuts in budget 2014; her views on her Department's plans...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review current qualifying criteria for farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32895/13]
    • Youth Guarantee
      72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated from the European Union for the youth guarantee scheme here; her views on the adequacy of this funding; and if...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening a temporary social welfare office in the Lucan area, County Dublin, until an adequate premises is located by the Office...
    • Pension Provisions
      75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned at the failure by a number of companies to submit to the Pensions Board plans for the way they intend to return their defined...
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the application documentation which is necessary to apply for illness-related social welfare benefits which has...
    • Departmental Budgets
      77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied regarding the availability to her Department of the necessary resources to meet the widest possible scale of eventualities...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 and the Bishop's Square social protection offices will be upgraded to Intreo offices; the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of each social protection scheme; the annual cost of each scheme; and the numbers availing of the payment for each of the...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (1 comment)
      80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who will be affected by the proposed changes to the lone parent's allowance which will commence on 4 July; the savings she...
    • Youth Guarantee
      81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who have received an offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in legislation to deduct maintenance orders from social welfare payments where the court order is ignored. [32892/13]
    • Job Creation Issues
      83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow private contractors provide employment activation services for the long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provision of a social welfare office in Balbriggan, County Dublin, for local community welfare services in view...
    • Community Employment Scheme Numbers
      85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on special community employment allowance and their locations; if the full allocation of CE allowance positions has been...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
      87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at the case of a person (details supplied) whose son has a disability who has been issued with a notice to quit in her current...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she can streamline and/or accelerate the process for the determination of appeals in respect of disability payments, invalidity...
    • Unemployment Statistics
      89. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a 60% unemployment rate in Cherry Orchard, Dublin; and her plans to address the needs of...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 which had gone to appeal and which...
    • Gender Recognition Issues
      91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the Gender Recognition Bill 2013; the date on which she will publish her own Bill on gender recognition; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Scheme Numbers
      92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the local authority community employment scheme announced in budget 2013; the number of persons who are currently...
    • Pension Provisions
      93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the Government proposes to respond to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 25 April 2013 which found that the...
    • Social Welfare Code Issues
      94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the level of information required to be provided by claimants who are returning Irish emigrants to satisfy the habitual residence...
    • Departmental Staff Training
      95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the courses that staff in her Department have had funded for them; the cost of each of those courses through the learning and development strategy;...
    • Respite Care Grant Payments
      97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the Budget 2013 cuts to respite carers' grant. [33253/13]
    • Fuel Prices
      98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any figures are available which demonstrates the extent of fuel poverty here; if she is planning a strategy to address fuel poverty; and if she...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for back to education allowance in 2014; her plans to ensure back to education allowance will cover postgraduate courses in the future; and...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the issue of rent allowance caps in the case of a person (details supplied) a young woman, homeless for three months who cannot...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no arrangements have been made to allow the property tax to be deducted in weekly instalments for those in receipt of job-seeker's...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers employed by her Department; the number of these officers who have undergone any training in disability or equality...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications
      105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare allowance applications received in 2012; the number refused by community welfare officers; and the numbers appealed and...
    • Marriages of Convenience
      109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she intends to close off the sham marriage loop hole in the interim; and if she will make a...
    • Topical Issue Debate
      111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to be present for more Topical Issues debates relevant to her ministerial brief in the future; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no cuts to rent supplement or increases to rental contribution required of tenants in the next budget; and...
    • Youth Guarantee
      113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the recommendation by the National Youth Council that her Department develop a strand within the youth guarantee...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's progress to date in the roll out of Intreo offices across Ireland, in particular across north Dublin; and if...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Publication
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the reason data from the 1926 census will not be made publicly available until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33146/13]
    • Visitors Book
      117. To ask the Taoiseach 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 matter....
    • Departmental Projects
      119. To ask the Taoiseach 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 where such...
    • International Bodies Membership
      120. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body of which Ireland is a member for which his Department or a State body or...
    • Quarterly National Household Survey
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the number of casual/part-time employees who are working in the private sector grouped by category of occupation, that is retail, health care, security; and if he will...
    • Law Reform Commission Reports
      122. To ask the Taoiseach when he expects the Law Reform Commission to examine the issue of the admission of counselling notes in sexual abuse cases as part of its fourth programme; and if he...
    • Departmental Records
      123. To ask the Taoiseach the protocols in place regarding the cataloguing, retention and filing of documents pertaining to issues of national importance in his Department; the safeguards in...
    • Dáil Reform
      124. To ask the Taoiseach subsequent to comments made in response to questions on 2 July 2013, if he will include independent Deputies or representatives from the independent Deputies in all...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      125. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 152 of 2 July 2013, the positions the seven officials in his Department held at the time of the banking guarantee and what...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Conflict Issues
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Government's plans to ethnically cleanse the Naqab, Negev; and if he will...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the destination, purpose and cargo of three US military airplanes (details supplied) which landed at...
    • Citizenship Applications
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) is eligible for Irish citizenship and the process to be completed in applying for Irish...
    • EU Trade with Israel
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in favour of introducing formal governmental advice to discourage Irish businesses from purchasing goods from...
    • Human Rights Issues
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's recent denouncements as discrimination and violations of...
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of the advertisements placed in a publication (details supplied) on 2 July after the end of the Irish Presidency...
    • Boston College Case
      133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, on the back of the revelations of the extensive spying by the American National Security Agency, which has...
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to fill the recent vacancy of the Consul General of Ireland in Boston; if he will fill the vacancy in the near...
    • Human Rights Issues
      136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a news report from the Bahrain News Agency published on 1 July 2013, which stated that...
    • Surveillance of EU Offices
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the President of the United States of America agreeing to hold high-level bilateral talks with Germany over US...
    • Citizenship Applications
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reciprocal arrangements that exist between Ireland and Australia for persons wishing to apply for citizenship in...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the 9% VAT rate for the tourism industry into 2014 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/13]
    • National Car Test
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a national car testing centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 cannot process vintage cars for the €200 VRT charge. [33152/13]
    • EU Budget
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State's contribution to the EU budget in the first six months of the year, at €931 million, was up from €810 million in 2011; the...
    • Prize Bonds
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 2 July 2013, regarding anti-money laundering requirements for prize bonds, if officials in his Department have...
    • Single Euro Payments Area
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many Irish businesses regarding the non-mandatory status of the single euro payment area B2B which, despite...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on recent revelations regarding Anglo Irish Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32871/13]
    • Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland was affected by a recent power disruption at the HP data centre in Santry, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to deferral of property tax, the reason the rate of interest stands at 4%, nearly twice the current bank interest rate. [32952/13]
    • Property Taxation Application
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance in terms of deferral of property tax, if the same deferral conditions apply when the person involved is availing of the fair deal programme. [32953/13]
    • Property Taxation Administration
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any redress for owners who have over-assessed the value of their dwellings. [32955/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance in what capacity was a person (details supplied) a member of the board of the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he was representing himself or the trade union...
    • IBRC Staff
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation staff who have transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; the number who are on fixed-term...
    • Central Bank Board Meetings
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out, by member, the attendance at Central Bank board meetings in the two years prior to the banking guarantee and in the months afterwards; the...
    • Central Bank Board Membership
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the members of the Central Bank board in the 15 years leading up to the banking guarantee and in the immediate aftermath of the guarantee. [33041/13]
    • Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.191 of 11 June 2013 the reason the details sought per bank from 2008 are a matter of commercial sensitivity five years...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of safety deposit boxes remaining in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation on the night the bank was liquidated; if any such deposit boxes remain...
    • Credit Unions Issues
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the current state of credit unions and the banking issue; and if credit unions are now coming under pressure to bail out the...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the options for a homeowner (details supplied) in County Wexford having discovered errors after making their local property tax return; and if he will make a...
    • Banks Recapitalisation
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if Anglo Irish Bank was trading solvently post September 2008 as a result of the banking guarantee; if the guarantee ensured the bank would not fail, or just...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the members of the board of Anglo Irish Bank, who held position up to and post September 2008 failed in their responsibility to alert...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that Anglo Irish Bank kept proper books and records as required by section 202 of the Companies Act; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Banking Sector Recruitment
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the standard that now applies to recruiting and hiring staff at the Central Bank of Ireland and other State run banks; if senior staff must come with a level...
    • Banking Operations
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Financial Regulator is aware of loans being forwarded to customers in any of the State-owned banks, without going through due process; and the steps...
    • Tobacco Smuggling
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in addressing the growing problem of cigarette smuggling here; the number of seizures made and the quantity of cigarettes seized in...
    • Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in assisting households whose mortgages are in negative equity; the number of households that have been assisted for each of the past four...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who provided a single direct authority payment instruction for the local property tax for 2013 automatically have the payment deducted from their...
    • Gambling Sector
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of winnings from gambling/lotteries paid out in the State per annum; the amount of this that arises from payouts of €500,000 or over; if he...
    • Tax Code
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he continues to monitor the workings and effectiveness of the Hungarian SMS/MMS levy; if he will relay his findings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Money Laundering
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the recently introduced anti money laundering requirements for prize bond purchases over €25; if he will consider raising this to...
    • Pension Provisions
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing, in Budget 2014, persons access up to 30% of their pension scheme akin to the AVC measure adopted in Budget 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services Sector Remuneration
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent vote of the European Parliament that voted against curbing fund managers bonuses; the way this move affects Ireland's position on...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to some type of reduction in the property tax for residents who are paying management company fees as recognition of the fact...
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify which Department and what level of the Civil Service is currently handling the Anglo Irish Bank banking situation; if he will confirm if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the formal papers confirming the completion of an apprenticeship as a mechanic have not issued to a person (details supplied) in...
    • Further Education and Training Programmes Places
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of training/up-skilling or further educational places being provided by his Department with a view to addressing the...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school building (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time new applications for redundancy payments for special needs assistants are currently taking to process; and if he will make a statement...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student who has applied for registration with the Teaching Council of Ireland and who commenced their teacher education...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision is expected; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision may be...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to an appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); when a decision may be...
    • Student Grant Scheme Payments
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to a payment from Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regard to an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) following receipt of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in regards to an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available from his Department to the Louth Meath Education and Training Board in its efforts to ensure the provision of playing...
    • Physical Education
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate an application for funding for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of special needs assistants services in school in County Clare; if the level of service will be...
    • School Management
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be offered an opportunity to repeat fifth year in a secondary school as the board of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal on an application to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Pension Provisions
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that retired teachers can be paid their pension into post office savings accounts. [32984/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter....
    • School Transport Eligibility
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider either the boundaries of the school transport scheme or the cost of the transport to a child's chosen school [33034/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a student who is in receipt of a bursary and also in receipt of a maintenance grant who is midway through their studies;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an assurance that class sizes will not be allowed to expand any further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33050/13]
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of bringing the pension entitlements of those who received redress from the Residential Institutions Redress...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in a case where a post-primary school is over quota if the principal and Board of Management of that school have the discretion to decide the way...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the outstanding information from a school ( details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33115/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for the July education programme will be assessed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [33150/13]
    • School Staffing
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to reduce the permanent teaching staff at a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that will be allocated in the autumn to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [33288/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the administration of the Student Universal Support Ireland system, including the fact that the student payments system does not...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistance provision for a person (details provided) in County Leitrim; if he will ensure that the full-time...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 2 July 2013, the position in regard to all approvals for additional accommodation and emergency...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application made to Student Universal Support Ireland by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on the July provision for a special needs child (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in...
    • Redundancy Payments Waiting Times
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants have to wait up to nine months to receive their redundancy payments; his views on whether this delay is...
    • Minor Works Scheme Suspension
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to reinstate the minor works grant for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33354/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made in relation to a student grant application for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there are no further cuts to the schools/education budget and that all services are maintained and enhanced where...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to lift the cap on the number of special needs assistants within the education system to meet increased demand in the system. [33371/13]
    • Third Level Participation
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that have dropped out of third level education in each of the last three years and to date in 2013; the number that have...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, according to circular 07/2012, five years per week learning support is offered to pupils in all-boys mainstream classrooms while only...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending membership of the supplementary assignment panel for special needs assistants, SNAs, to those who were made...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of the extension to Castleknock community college, Dublin 15, will commence. [33404/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding July provision application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33436/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a student who is living independently of their parents and earning their own income can be classed as a dependent when applying for...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person who was born here, has Irish parents, studied here until the age of 15 is now not permitted to attend university here; this...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the reason there is an ongoing dispute in relation to Health Service Executive specific speech and language services in...
    • School Staffing
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the reasons his Department has decided not to re-evaluate the base school status of schools this year; if his attention has...
    • School Patronage
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the move to bring plurality to educational patronage, parents seeking a school in the Steiner model will be accommodated in...
    • School Staffing
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding a teacher being reinstated in a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline and compare the levels of pension benefit and the rates of pension benefit accrual of Irish Government Ministers with...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with five Government-owned buildings in County Monaghan recently identified as being long-term vacant, if details will be provided as to...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 26 June 2013 if he will outline the number of State-owned sites and buildings in the Dublin...
    • Disposal of Assets
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the securitisation model which it is argued would allow the State to retain full ownership of...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs, including annual operational, maintenance and energy overheads, for Farmleigh each year since it opened in 2001. [32992/13]
    • State Visits
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an annual breakdown of the Heads of State and other dignitaries who have stayed at Farmleigh each year since 2001....
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revenues generated from the 39 high level events held at Farmleigh in 2012. [32994/13]
    • Office of Public Works Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full time and part time staff employed at Farmleigh. [32995/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views regarding pay cuts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33064/13]
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a closed public building located in a town (details supplied) in County Galway; if there is a plan for it to have a public...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if under the terms of the recent Haddington Road agreement pension reductions imposed on public sector pensions in receipt of pensions...
    • Revised Estimates Publication
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top ten headings of public expenditure and the total cost per annum for each of these headings (details supplied) for each of the...
    • Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key measures contained within the recently initiated Protected Disclosures Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the safeguards in place to ensure contractors tendering for local authority contracts are not underpricing; if he will introduce minimum...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to previous Parliamentary Questions, if he will expedite a decision on a business plan which proposes that a community use be...
    • National Monuments
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will initiate a project to promote and protect the structure of Doe Castle, ancient home of Clann Mac Suibhne, considering the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Farm Safety
      259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures taken to improve farm safety and reduce the number of farm accidents throughout the country; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development
      260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the current efforts being made by his Department and other institutions to promote Longford as a region for...
    • Companies Statistics
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of registered companies here in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32882/13]
    • Space-Related Enterprise Activities
      262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline Ireland's financial contribution to the European Space Agency each year since 2002 inclusive. [32996/13]
    • Industrial Development
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of business plans assessed by Enterprise Ireland for County Longford in the past two years; and if he will make a statement...
    • Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
      266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of micro finance/loan guarantee applications assessed for County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition
      267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of County Longford clients transferred to Enterprise Ireland by the enterprise board, Longford Community Resources Limited;...
    • EU Directives
      268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the collective Rights Management Directive will impact here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27864/13]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has engaged in any talks recently to advance cross-Border trade on this island; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Trade Agreements
      270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in the trade talks between the EU and the USA; if he will outline the potential benefits to Ireland of a...
    • International Surveys
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the recent ranking of Ireland in the top ten ranking on the Global Innovation Index 2013, a survey by the World...
    • Employment Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if base line employment data is provided by companies seeking support from the Industrial Development Authority, Enterprise Ireland...
    • Europe 2020 Strategy
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has satisfied himself with the results achieved by the State in 2012 in achieving its targets under the Europe 2020 Strategy;...
    • Trade Agreements
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the opening of formal negotiations between the US and the EU on 8 July 2013 in Washington DC on the transatlantic...
    • Departmental Bodies
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff members currently working at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the number of staff holding...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Unemployment Levels
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views as to the reason Ireland has an unemployment rate of 30.3% in the 15 to 24 age group, almost double the OECD average of 16.2%. [32999/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused permission to sign on at their local employment exchange notwithstanding...
    • Departmental Schemes
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines that apply to State bodies, such as vocational education committees, when hiring JobBridge applicants; the measures in place to...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will expedite a...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for jobseeker's benefit for a retained fire fighter;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the expenses eligible to be claimed in respect of an applicant for farm assist to each applicant who applies for farm...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 30 April 2013, regarding unfair dismissal awards in respect of former employees of a nursing home...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that there was enough progress made on youth unemployment during the Irish Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct maximum rent level at which rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person takes up temporary part-time work this will disqualify them from being considered for a further 12 months from when they finish the...
    • Job Initiatives
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position with regard to the national roll-out of Intreo offices; if she is satisfied with the progress the Office of Public Works is making on...
    • Departmental Websites
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail the usage of her Department's new website; if she will detail the schemes and services it offers to jobseekers and employers; if...
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which an exceptional needs payment may be made and the amount of flexibility which a community welfare officer or other...
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend or remove the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32973/13]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the individual costs of the KPMG report on the State pension, the PwC report on pension charges, the OECD review of the pensions system...
    • EU Directives
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection considering the recent definitive victory by the Waterford Crystal workers against the Government in the European Court of Justice and the potential...
    • National Internship Scheme
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received his extra €50 payment under the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will expedite...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33010/13]
    • National Internship Scheme Numbers
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number who benefit from the JobBridge scheme in County Wicklow; if she will list in tabular form the number who have taken up this benefit and...
    • Pension Provisions
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to any pension entitlements for supervisors and assistant supervisors in community employment schemes; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was calculated that €559.70 is the correct amount of rent supplement in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for jobseeker's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal for partial capacity benefit; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects publication of the report of the commission established to look at PRSI rates for the self-employed; her plans to bring forward...
    • Departmental Functions
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has prepared for an increase in demand for services from her Department as a result of upcoming developments such as the Central Bank's...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of supplementary welfare to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Number Applications
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33363/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance application appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change to the receipts issued by local offices to claimants; and if receipts still display the next date on which the person...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in respect of an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a...
    • Citizen Information Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the number of Money Advice and Budgeting Service companies who have concluded service level agreements with the Citizens...
    • Pension Provisions
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the entitlements available to a person who will be 66 years of age in January 2015 and who would normally qualify for an old age...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the habitual residence condition as a requirement for eligibility for carer's allowance for persons returning here to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the process for medical reviews of appeals for benefits such as invalidity pension and disability allowance is a desk...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal regarding an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to withhold the respite care grant of €1,375 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois as...
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance/rent supplement may be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the scheduled date for an oral hearing for a person (details supplied) in relation to their one parent family payment in view of the fact that their...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social benefit entitlements a person who entered the work force prior to 1995 is entitled to, with special reference to invalidity pension,...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if she will expedite same due to the hardship...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Employment Support Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and variety of training or youth unemployment or long-term unemployment alleviation schemes likely to be operated by her Department in...
    • Unemployment Statistics
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department has examined the unemployment situation throughout the country with a view to identification of...
    • Live Register Statistics
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department has examined the age profile of those on the live register long term with a view to initiating measures...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the degree to which she and her Department have entered into negotiations with other relevant Government Departments with a view to transferring the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken or intends to take to streamline the appeals system in respect of all payments issuing from her Department with a view to...
    • Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which various forms for social welfare payments may be simplified to reduce administrative backlogs and excessive time-consuming...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she continues to take to ensure against the occurrence of overpayments which result in recovery and consequent hardship with particular...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects to continue to be in position to provide the necessary resources to retain the maximum number of places on a...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for invalidity pension currently on hand, the likely timescale within which it is expected that a decision will be...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the criteria that eligibility for community employment schemes is only based on receiving a jobseeker's payment for 12 months at the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Expenditure
      352. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend on artworks in each of the past seven years by his Department and bodies under his aegis. [33000/13]
    • State Artwork
      353. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated value of artworks owned by the State, under the aegis of his Department, that are currently in storage. [33001/13]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      354. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a sale of bog and turbury rights in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person in receipt of UK fuel allowance through a UK pension is entitled to apply for a better energy warmer homes...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on the roll out of broadband and high speed broadband in the various areas (details...
    • Money Laundering
      357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on representations from the Irish Postmasters' Union seeking an increase in the threshold where anti money...
    • Electricity Generation
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a comprehensive economic and technical analysis of all costs and subsidies has been or will be undertaken in respect...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress report for counties that were selected to participate in the better energy warmer homes scheme by the...
    • Post Office Network
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence regarding cost saving and the post office network (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to upgrade Broadband connectivity throughout County Monaghan with particular reference to the need to extend...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Motor Tax Collection
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider rectifying the substantial additional cost which motorists who tax their vehicles on a quarterly basis...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government having regard to previous parliamentary questions in the matter, the extent to which it is expected that outstanding...
    • Planning Issues
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the development contribution scheme in county towns that do not have gateway or hub status to make it...
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money set aside for gratuity payments for retiring councillors in 2014; and the criteria for qualification....
    • Motor Tax Collection
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the use being made of car tax receipts in 2013; and the use which will be made of it in subsequent years. [32954/13]
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding a resolution adopted at the June 2013 meeting of Limerick County Council regarding a request by...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the way the ISPCA pounds are tended and pay particular reference to the large numbers of dogs which are...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to Donegal County Council under the rural water programme for the construction of new group water...
    • Septic Tank Inspections
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 and the EPA's code of practice 2009 when those who live on...
    • Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recourse available to landlords who are unhappy with a ruling by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the up-to-date report approved by his Department regarding two councils, Westmeath County Council and...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if payment of the principle owing on the non-principal private residence charge will result in no...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) for LEADER funding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding his Department allocated for a particular site refurbishment (details supplied) in County Wicklow during 2013;...
    • Local Authority Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish legislation empowering local authorities to take housing estates in charge after three years if there...
    • Planning Issues
      385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 360 and 361 of 20 March 2013, when the circular letter referred to in the reply...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will apply to the appropriate national and European bodies to amend the rural development programme so that the...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013, in Part 4, means the applications for...
    • Local Authority Finances
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government bearing in mind the conditions set out in Circular 03/2009, Control and Monitoring of Local Authorities Contribution to...
    • Environmental Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of progress towards implementing the recommendations outlined in the review of the Environmental...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a handling charge of €10 when a person tries to pay the non-principal private residence tax...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent proposals by the Irish Postmasters' Union; if these proposals will be included in his list of...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate whether his Department has studied comprehensively the recent decision of An Bord Pleanála in the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Doolin sewage treatment plant will be included in the current water services investment...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review Kerry County Council's 2013 housing grant allocation that has been reduced by a massive 56% on the 2012...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been released for a festival (details supplied) in County Kildare; if not, when it is expected that funding...
    • Property Management Company Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the operation of management companies effectively weakening local democracy and the ability of locally...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances (details supplied) where the motor tax liability based on CO2 emissions can be reviewed; and if he will...
    • Property Management Company Issues
      401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rules of law in place governing the operation of management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Prison Accommodation
      402. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the transfer of all current inmates of St. Patrick's Institution to Wheatfield Prison, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety Issues
      403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for enforcing speed limits in view of the clear disregard for speed limits on certain roads as evidenced on National Slow Down Day; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      405. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a decision has not been reached in the application submitted in 2010 for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Prison Accommodation
      406. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent examination of the feasibility of Wi-Fi internet, wireless telecommunications systems and communications infrastructure...
    • Asylum Applications
      407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the means whereby regularisation of residency/possible entitlement to naturalisation may be considered in the case of a person...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 20 June 2013, in the matter of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all information relative to an application for review/appeal in respect of appeal against refoulement has been received in the case of a...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their Garda clearance; the reason for the delay in processing this...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 18 June 2013 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of an...
    • Garda Vetting Application Numbers
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received in the Garda vetting unit from March 2012 to June 2013 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in the Garda central vetting unit for each month from September 2012 to June 2013 in tabular from; and if he will...
    • Data Protection
      416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any instances in which the American National Security Agency and-or the British use of National Security...
    • Private Security Authority Membership
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason small contractors are being squeezed out by the Private Security Authority; and if he will act on this matter. [33085/13]
    • Banking Sector Investigations
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the length of time it is taking to bring Anglo Irish Bank officials to trial; the reason for the delay in compiling and...
    • Garda Investigations
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any criminal investigation is ongoing into events at Irish Nationwide Building Society, including the activity of the former head of the...
    • Crime Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics for the Garda J and R districts for 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/13]
    • Referendum on Marriage Equality
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support marriage equality and a date for a referendum. [33130/13]
    • Prosecution of Sexual Offences
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality how he intends to address the issue of access to therapy notes relating to children who have been sexually abused and the use of information...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Operations
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Wallet; the number of persons charged and arrested under this operation to date; and the number of...
    • Judicial Appointments
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline every judicial appointment made in 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33186/13]
    • Traveller Community Issues
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that will provide for the recognition of traveller ethnicity; if he will provide an update and a timeline for...
    • Asylum Policy
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when and why the decision was taken for Ireland not to participate in the recast asylum procedures directive, which was successfully negotiated...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [33370/13]
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for disability service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33429/13]
    • Asylum Policy
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been detained following a refusal of leave to land here in 2011, 2012 and the first six months of 2013; their...
    • Garda Operations
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a minimum age requirement for persons whose details are entered into the Garda PULSE system and the age of the youngest person whose...
    • Garda Deployment
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of staff members currently working at the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation; the number of staff...
    • Garda Investigations
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support proposals in investigating into the banking fraudulent practices and crime by establishing a special task force similar to CAB...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advise a family who are being intimidated by a teenage gang in the Dublin 13 area in securing their person and home safely. [33540/13]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service Vessels (1 comment)
      439. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 23 May 2013, the process he in conjunction with the Irish naval Service, will use for the naming of the two new...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a legal matter pertaining to the forestry plantation of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be finalised; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a neighbourwood scheme in 2013; and if so, when it will be announced. [32915/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will make a...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Eligibility
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry applied for 11 calves at €40 per calf and was refused; and if he will...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 21 February 2012, the reason the person has not received their payment; when this...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the agri-environment options scheme 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Afforestation Programme
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a limit on afforestation within a particular area; if such limits should be introduced; and if he will make a statement...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry premium payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding recent policy changes pertaining to meat-feeding licences for greyhound owners with respect to what now...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was turned down for agri-environment option scheme 3; and if he will make a...
    • Fish Exports
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding Irish seafood exports to the United States of America and the current value of this industry to the Irish...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Horse Slaughter Statistics
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the average cost of disposal of an abandoned horse; the cost of picking up the horse and thereafter the cost of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath against the non-payment of single farm payment which is due to them...
    • Milk Quota Applications
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 26 June 2013, if he will confirm if the following application for new entrants milk...
    • Forestry Management
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are requirements for alkalinity testing for hardwood forestry plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine as world travelling circuses in Ireland are unable to adequately provide for the animals in their care, if he will consider backing a...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Juvenile Offenders
      459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a time frame for the completion of the young offenders' facility in Oberstown in north County Dublin, including the...
    • Youth Services Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will commit to securing the necessary funding to ensure that the Big Brother Big Sister Programme will continue to provide a vital...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a recognition in her plans for reform of childcare and pre-school care facilities for staff members and creche owners...
    • Child Care Services Funding
      462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for childcare subvention; the reason for the...
    • Aftercare Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of her Department's willingness to fund a FETAC level 6 course for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 the reason they are...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail the reasons that inspection reports for child care facilities have not been published online to date, despite promises...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is a delay in publishing the regulations for stronger control in pre-schools and crèches; when the report will be...
    • Adoption Legislation
      466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current status of the proposed new Adoption Bill; if she will outline the principal areas that it is intended to deal with; and if she...
    • Child Protection Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding child safety in a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Card Applications
      468. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [32985/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      469. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by the reduction of preschool assistant support hours to children with disabilities, compounded by the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33173/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      471. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33174/13]
    • Regulation of Sunbed Use
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the issues raised in correspondence relating to sunbeds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33443/13]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the proposed development of a primary care centre in north Drogheda; when he anticipates that such a facility will...
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish legislation on the reform of the mobility allowance scheme; if this new legislation will ensure that current recipients continue to...
    • National Drug-Related Deaths Index
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have died in the past three years from overdoses of non-prescription use of pain killers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an appointment for Health Service Executive orthodontic services in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and...
    • Parent Held Record
      483. To ask the Minister for Health when the parent held record will be rolled out to all local health authorities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/13]
    • Public Health Nursing Service
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if there are key performance indicators for public health nurse visits to pre-school children and to national school children; the responses he will take to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Health Service Executive's scheme to review applications to have domiciliary care allowance backdated which were previously refused under a...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been provided with a primary medical certificate; the position regarding the granting of primary...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      488. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is given a date for a knee replacement operation. [32943/13]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the fair deal scheme, including means testing and the fair deal scheme, and the difference in relation to the fair deal scheme...
    • Generic Drugs Substitution
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with epilepsy who have been switched to generic epilepsy medication; if he will provide the information by county in tabular form; and...
    • Health Services Access
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which diagnostic and support services are available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      492. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be given an appointment for a knee operation following a consultation in Cappagh Hospital, Dublin, some...
    • Health Services Access
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding optical services in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33012/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding specialised shoes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no psychology services for children with autism in County Kilkenny; his plans in this area and the timeframe for services to be...
    • Health Services Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department and the Health Service Executive have in ensuring appropriate corporate governance for contracted service providers; if his attention...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      498. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital. [33033/13]
    • Health Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33049/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) in County Mayo have had their full medical cards revoked and have been issued with general practitioner visit cards...
    • Medical Card Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33079/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      503. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 18 June 2013, the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a hospital appointment will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is epileptic and currently waiting to see a specialist;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on each waiting list to see each speciality at Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin 1; the average waiting time to see each...
    • Hospital Admissions
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has a record of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry being admitted to casualty in Kerry General Hospital in August or...
    • Medical Card Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when a person changes doctor who has the responsibility of seeking their medical records; and the recourse available to them if they are having difficulty in...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the free provision of overnight blood pressure monitors for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33125/13]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum number of hours available to a person requiring round the clock care under the home care package in each Health Service Executive area; the reason...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a primary care centre for Dublin's inner city in view of the fact that the site has been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to address the shortage of acute child psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32595/13]
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the position requiring those advertising psychotherapy and counselling services to alert the public to the fact that psychotherapists and counsellors are not...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      517. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under review/appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved based...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of national lead on obesity management in the Health Service Executive will be filled as a matter of urgency. [33176/13]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health services that are available in north Dublin for children aged 16 years and under in evenings after the hours of 5 p.m. and at weekends....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the Health (Amendment) Bill 2013 will have on the lives and economic resources of persons with intellectual disabilities and specifically the impact...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will take up a position with the Health Service Executive in July 2013; the duration of the contract; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no national funding allocated for the life changing asthma medication Olmizumab, Xolair, when currently there are only 200...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      526. To ask the Minister for Health when work on the extension to the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital will commence; when it will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the reason gestational diabetes is no longer covered on the long term illness scheme and the primary care reimbursement service no longer pay for items...
    • Health Services Provision
      530. To ask the Minister for Health if additional supports are available for a person (details supplied) in County Meath who has to travel to England for urgent medical treatment; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      533. To ask the Minister for Health following the vaccine named Bexero being approved for use by the European Commission in January 2013, if there are any plans to approve and introduce the use...
    • Medical Card Applications
      535. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/13]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the results of the consultation process which ended on the 16 January 2013 and which sought the views of the public and stakeholders into...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is engaging in pre-Budget discussions with a view to protecting existing services for personal assistance services to persons with...
    • Compensation Awards
      538. To ask the Minister for Health when he will take definitive action in relation to the extension of the Neary redress scheme as committed to under the Programme for Government; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Applications
      539. 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....
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the inclusion of pirfenidone in the GMS and community drug schemes; the current status of the application; the timeframe for decision;...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed report on the Breast Check programme; the number of women that have had their first mammogram in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the medical card downgrading in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that access for general practitioners to lung function tests at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, is restored immediately in the interests of early...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      546. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who are on the long term illness scheme will be allowed to automatically qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointment Delays
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for non-emergency routine MRI scans; if he will provide a breakdown by hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33412/13]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for disability services (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33430/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      549. To ask the Minister for Health the policies, protocols and procedures used by the Health Service Executive and his Department to safeguard the financial interests of persons with...
    • Nursing Education
      550. To ask the Minister for Health when the result of the re-check of the verbal assessment examination as part of the process for application to pre-registration of the Nursing/Midwifery Degree...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the reason there is an ongoing dispute in relation to Health Service Executive specific speech and language services in Tallaght, Dublin,...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to introduce tamoxifen and raloxifene in England and Wales as preventative therapies for certain breast cancer...
    • Dental Services Provision
      554. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence regarding the plight of an orthodontic patient (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Properties
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the full extent to which land and property including buildings in the ownership of the Health Service Executive is held in freehold, fee simple or otherwise in...
    • Primary Care Strategy
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date on meeting the primary health strategy commitment of establishing between 400 and 600 functioning primary care...
    • Prescription Charges
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the presumably unintended anomaly whereby medical card holders are charged the prescription charge twice where a single...
    • HSE Staffing
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of psychotherapists employed by his Department and the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a breakdown of the locations of these...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Air Navigation Order
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure of notification that is required to be given to Ireland when aircraft enter and pass through Irish airspace carrying Heads...
    • State Airports
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the proposals the Dublin Airport Authority has for the relocation of the headquarters for Aer Rianta International;...
    • National Car Test
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons have to wait so long for an NCT to be carried out on their vehicles; the average time for waiting; the number of cars...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons including management working for Dublin Airport Authority that earned over €100,000 in each of the past five...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to have at least one bus stopping during the day at a location (details supplied) in County Leitrim;...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issue of rural hackneys as detailed in action 46 of the taxi review report and his Department's plans have been discussed by the...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new trams that will be purchased to serve on the Luas cross-city service and their expected date of delivery; and if he...
    • Air Services Provision
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no current direct flight exists between Ireland and any city in the People's Republic of...
    • Road Projects Status
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to progress regarding the provision of a bypass for Ardee, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driving Test Centres
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agent network locations that he is seeking to establish in County Wicklow through SGS Ireland for the national driving...
    • EU Regulations
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the implications for Ireland if caravans, trailers and motorcycles may have to carry separate number plates from 2016...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of financial assistance that has been provided by either his Department or the National Transport Authority to Bus Éireann...
    • Archaeological Sites
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the final reports post excavation relative to the archaeological dig in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, as part of the...
    • Taxi Regulations
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in regards to taxi drivers currently using the prime location rank near the Gresham Hotel, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 who will...
    • Road Safety Issues
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for anti-speeding measures with particular reference to roads identified by groups in the national slow down day speed...

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