Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Rights Issues
11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent concerns regarding crèches and child care, if he will consider developing regulations on the recruitment,...
- Industrial Relations Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for finalisation of the legislation relating to work place relations. [33512/13]
- Registered Employment Agreements
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timescale by which he will legislate for registered employment agreements. [33494/13]
- Local Enterprise Offices Establishment
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for completion of legislation for the establishment of local enterprise offices. [33496/13]
- Prompt Payments
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to further legislation for prompt payments, if the code of conduct for prompt payment fails to impact...
- Employment Data
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way job numbers, job losses and job creation figures correlated with exports over the past ten years. [33502/13]
- Microenterprise Loan Fund Issues
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will compare the interest rate of 8.8% payable under the microenterprise loan fund with the interest charges by banks to small...
- Job Retention
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date on protecting employment of staff working on the UK loan book at a company (details supplied) in County Roscommon;...
- Job Creation Numbers
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional jobs he expects to be created by the establishment of the €375,000 Enterprise Ireland competitive...
- Trade Agreements
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential benefits and challenges for Ireland from the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and...
- Job Initiatives
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the key commitment to develop an international content services centre; if he expects funding for such a project...
- Job Creation Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has monitored gains or losses in the domestic job sector in each of the past three years to date; if any...
- Job Creation Numbers
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of investment secured and the number of jobs created in 2012 and to date in 2013 by the Industrial Development Agency in...
- Job Creation Issues
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he believes the problem of regional employment blackspots can be tackled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33558/13]
- Employment Rights Issues
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on collective bargaining rights for employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33576/13]
- Export Growth
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the likely impact of the recent fall in exports on employment levels in the State; the way he believes exporting firms may...
- Job Losses
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date on protecting employment at companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33280/13]
- Aircraft Leasing Sector
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the key factors promoted by his Department and agencies to encourage development of the aviation leasing industry. [33508/13]
- Employment Rights Issues
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve the level of compliance with Labour Court recommendations with particular reference to where State agencies are...
- National Minimum Wage
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the national minimum wage in view of the recent comments of his colleague the Minister for Social Protection; and if he...
- Public Procurement Regulations
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the outcomes that have been achieved through the implementation of the action plan for jobs with regard to making public procurement...
- Live Register Numbers
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of jobs policy on the number of young persons employed when the Government came to power and the most recent quarterly...
- Job Creation Issues
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the way employment levels in the call centre industry can be protected and enhanced; and if he will make a statement on...
- Job Creation Numbers
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the effect of the return to recession on the jobs numbers and job creation numbers. [33503/13]
- Job Creation Targets
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions of his Department or agencies to meet with emigrants and encourage them to return to work. [33501/13]
- Non-Resident Companies
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish registered non-resident companies in the State. [33506/13]
- Job Creation Numbers
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that were created here as a result of Presidency initiatives, during Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council; the...
- Research and Development Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount in euros currently being spent on research and development as a percentage of Ireland's GDP. [33275/13]
- Emigration Data
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider responding to the findings of the National Youth Council report on emigration; their effect on the labour force and...
- Job Creation Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he believes crowd funding of enterprise can be supported and encouraged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33582/13]
- Job Creation Numbers
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the establishment of the synthesis and solid state pharmaceutical centre at the University of Limerick; the number of...
- International Agreements
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that he intends to ratify International Labour Organisation convention 189 on domestic workers; and the timescale...
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the target for drawing down from the Mircoenterprise Loan Fund and the Credit Guarantee scheme for the coming year. [33510/13]
- IFSC Clearing House Group
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the working of the IFSC Clearing House Group; the potential for increased employment in the IFSC; and if he will make a...
- County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconsider plans to dissolve the county enterprise boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33554/13]
- Businesses in Border Areas
49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional measures his Department will advocate to address the challenges facing businesses in border areas . [33515/13]
- Job Creation Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the joint industry Government task force on the Big Data sector; its potential for job creation; and if he will make a...
- Proposed Legislation
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the time scale for completion of the Consumer and Competition Bill. [33517/13]
- Foreign Direct Investment
53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which this country remains competitive for foreign direct investment; the extent to which any particular issues have been...
- Health and Safety Inspection Numbers
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of health and safety inspections undertaken last year and the target for inspections in the coming year. [33513/13]
- Broadband Services Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given by his Department to survey access to broadband by micro and small enterprises and its impact on job...
- Joint Labour Committees Review
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will make public his response to the Labour Court recommendations on the review of the JLCs [33493/13]
- Credit Guarantee Scheme Application Numbers
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of the value of the take up of credit guarantees as a percentage of the maximum value of €150 million for last year...
- Consumer Protection
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider regulation underpinning consumer law or meaningful legislation to protect the consumer in view of the practice by...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Northern Ireland Issues
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in view of recent revelations by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary that the Northern Ireland historical...
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money granted or donated in foreign aid and to which organisation and or country presented in tabular form...
- Human Rights Issues
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in respect of illegal organ harvesting and trading; the measures taken to ensure that no Irish company,...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to advertise all temporary, contractual, permanent and other similar forms of attaché positions at various...
- Passport Applications
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a second passport can be issued to Irish citizens for which they require an additional passport to travel to certain...
- Overseas Development Aid Issues
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 3 July 2013, if he will further outline details on the number of Irish...
- Department of Finance
- Deposit Protection Scheme
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of deposits covered by the State across banks and credit unions under the deposit protection scheme; the number of financial institutions...
- Tax Forms
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare may be facilitated with the appropriate forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33666/13]
- Banking Sector Investigations
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 3 July, the exact dates as to when the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation was issued a court order; when it took...
- IBRC Liquidation
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff currently assigned to the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and to confirm if they are current or former employees of...
- Public Interest Director Responsibilities
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if the former public interest director (details supplied) at Anglo Irish Bank informed the Government of the existence of recorded phone conversations at the...
- Tax Exemptions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application in the name of Self Help Africa (details supplied) for changes to the memorandum and articles of association will be expedited and approved....
- Pension Provisions
75. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issues which have been raised relative to retirement funds such as ARFs and AMRFs and the fact that individuals have lost considerable...
- IBRC Liquidation
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding any discussions that have taken place between the Irish Credit Union movement and liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation with...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue that would be raised by the Exchequer through universal social charge for the year 2014 if there were no changes to its current...
- Tax Yield
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue that would be raised by the Exchequer through pay as you earn tax for the year 2014 if there were no changes to its current rates...
- Tax Collection
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the complete list of tax expenditures that are due to those who pay USC, PRSI and/or PAYE and the cost of these tax...
- Tax Yield
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue expected to be raised by Capital Gains Tax for the year 2014 if there were no changes made to the rates and criteria for chargeable...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of all reliefs that can be claimed in respect of Capital Gains Tax and if he will provide a tabular breakdown of the value of each relief by...
- Tax Yield
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue expected to be raised by Capital Acquisitions Tax for the year 2014 if there were no changes made to the rates and criteria for...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all possible exemptions and reliefs applicable to capital acquisitions tax and to provide, in tabular form, the cost of each...
- Tax Yield
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue raised for the Exchequer in 2013 and the revenue expected to be raised in 2014 from the Discretionary Trust Tax and to show the split between...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full list of all exemptions and reliefs that are applicable to stamp duty and a breakdown, in tabular form, of the cost to the Exchequer...
- Tax Yield
98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the expected revenue that would be generated for the exchequer in 2014 through Value Added Tax at each percentage point...
- VAT Rebates
126. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make on-farm micro energy installation eligible for full VAT refund on capital spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33913/13]
- Tax Credits
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if personal rather than employee tax credits were phased out for income earners over €100,000, with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide reassurance that special needs assistants who have been unemployed for longer than a year will be eligible to be placed on a...
- Third Level Fees
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied) followed by medical report; and if he will make a statement on...
- Education and Training Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of fact that the north inner city of Dublin has the highest number of lone parents in certain areas and pockets of 60% unemployment, his...
- Schools Numbers
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail in tabular form the names of each one teacher school, two teacher school, three teacher school, four teacher school and all...
- Schools Complaints Procedures
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that complaints regarding staff members in a secondary or primary school can be fully and wholly investigated under the...
- Special Educational Needs Staffing
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding supplementary assignment arrangements for the 2013/2014 school year (details supplied); the reason only special needs...
- Third Level Participation
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person's (details supplied) application to higher education access route, HEAR, did not meet the correct criteria to be considered...
- Psychological Assessments
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has requested assessment for eight students for special needs...
- School Closures
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the requested information in relation to a former school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teaching Qualifications
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers, both primary and post-primary that are on the payroll of his Department; the break down of this figure, in tabular...
- Student Support Schemes Issues
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the student grant scheme 2013 (S.I. No. 159/2013) is implemented as a statutory instrument as opposed to an Act of the Oireachtas; if,...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who wishes to pursue a third level course in social care in...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maximum 40 hours of home base July provision will be provided to each person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the timeframe for completion of works; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied). [33920/13]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the nationality requirements for the Student Support Regulations and Student Grant Scheme for the 2013/14 academic year will include students...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of the Ombudsman Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements in place to seek a replacement for Ms Emily O'Reilly as the Ombudsman after she takes up her new role as the European...
- Garda Stations Closures
146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications for telecommunications masts at some of the 40 Garda Stations which the State proposes to sell; if such masts form part...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which science and innovation has assisted in job creation in respect of both the manufacturing and service sectors...
- Foreign Direct Investment
148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which this country remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment notwithstanding the unhelpful...
- EU Funding
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Foreign Direct and indigenous investors creating employment in the manufacturing, services and/or domestic/retail...
- Economic Competitiveness
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he continues to monitor any inhibitive inflation in the economy which might impede or discourage indigenous or...
- Employment Support Services
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of incentives currently available to employers to increase their workforce in the short and medium term with...
- Retail Sector Issues
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he continues to monitor the various contributing factors in the closure of retail outlets with consequent job...
- Employment Rights Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will examine the situation whereby workers from non-EU countries who have been in full-time employment, paid their taxes and...
- Job Creation Numbers
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs created and jobs lost in County Kildare in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Insurance Issues
157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of revenue that will be raised by the Exchequer through pay related social insurance for the year 2013 and 2014 if there were no...
- Employment Support Services
161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the facilities that are in place to assist family carers to avail of education and employment opportunities during their caring years and help them...
- Family Income Supplement Appeals
162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and when a decision...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a final decision on their application for disability allowance; and if she will expedite...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Insurance Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who paid class S stamps while self-employed is entitled to pay PRSI contributions on unearned income derived from letting of the farm...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer's allowance must declare to the Department, for means purposes, the receipt of a rebate for past medical expenses...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33746/13]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there has been a delay in the appeal of a decision to refuse a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Budget 2014 Issues
176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the names of the voluntary groups and organisations she has met to date in advance of the Budget 2014 negotiations; the rationale for the selection...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Inland Waterways Development
177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recommendations of the Waterways Ireland consultation process on utilising Dublin's waterways and the reason recommendations for...
- Seirbhísí Eitilte
178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an staid reatha i dtaca le hAerstráice Thoraí, Dún na nGall. [33620/13]
- Departmental Funding
179. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants are available for Irish dancing groups to assist them in attending world championships; and if he will list those grants...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Electricity Generation
180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to make investments in on-farm micro-energy installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33913/13]
- Broadband Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update regarding the achievement of the targets set out in the national broadband plan; and if he...
- Energy Resources
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rationale behind the National Oil Reserve Agency duty; if this duty acts a competitive disadvantage to Irish...
- Mobile Telephony
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation that would require all purchasers of mobile phones to produce a valid ID and proof of...
- Energy Resources
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage of Ireland's strategic reserves of oil under the auspices of the...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain final reminder notices sent in relation to the payment of the...
- Motor Tax Exemptions
189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of the exemption for diplomatic vehicles to motor tax for 2013 and the expected cost for 2014 if...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a grant scheme to assist voluntary organisations with the costs associated with complying with...
- Local Government Reform
193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received submissions on the proposal for an elected Mayor of Dublin for the four Dublin local authorities. [29130/13]
- Renewable Energy Projects
194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of submissions received in the foreshore unit in relation to Dublin Arrays proposal for a wind farm in Dublin...
- Mortgage Arrears Proposals
195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place in each local authority to assist those that have fallen into arrears with their mortgage or...
- Local Government Elections
196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the prospect of supporting towns who wish to continue with some form of representative group by way of...
- Registration of Architects
197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reducing the cost involved for practically trained persons who wish to be included on the register of...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to commission a strategic review of the housing adaptation grant scheme to examine current and projected demand;...
- Waste Disposal
200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding increases in landfill charges; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waste collectors...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
201. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent developments made on extending the ban on smoky coal across the country over the next three years; the...
- Referendum Campaigns
202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Referendum Commission will be established for the referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann. [28688/13]
- Unfinished Housing Developments
204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the scheme for taking in charge of private housing estates needs to be revised to take in the circumstances where the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Anti-Social Behaviour
205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the issue of boy racers and modified cars which are causing difficulties for residents in certain areas (details supplied) in...
- Garda Investigations
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which the Garda bureau of fraud Investigation seized tapes from AIB and Bank of Ireland and-or other banks; and if a court order or...
- Prisoner Numbers
207. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months,...
- Proposed Legislation
208. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit pawnbrokers from purchasing gold or jewellery off potential customers without proof of...
- Garda Investigations
209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are charges pending against executives from Anglo Irish Bank; the nature and number of those charges. [33710/13]
- Road Traffic Offences
210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the different blood-alcohol levels and concentrations for drinking under the influence of alcohol in Ireland that are provided for in the Road...
- Prison Service Strategies
211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details regarding the development of a dignity at work charter in the Irish Prison Service; if a prison wide dignity and...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional spaces in work, training, exercise, and education facilities that have been made available in Midlands Prison since the...
- Prisoner Numbers
213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently housed in each wing of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; the number of prisoners in each wing currently housed in single...
- Irish Prison Service
214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details regarding the development of a specific strategy to deal with prisoners requiring protection, in view of the Inspector...
- Garda Investigations
215. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has presented a report from the serious crime review team in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); if...
- Department of Defence
- Military Archives
216. To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the military service pensions archive project; when he expects that the public might have access to these records; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal regarding on overclaim for a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Harbour Fees
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact with cruise ship operators in relation to the cost of visiting Killybegs Fishery Harbour, County Donegal;...
- Genetically Modified Organisms
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any genetically modified crop trials taking place here; if his attention has been drawn to Round Up, a freely available...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow hay to be cut a week earlier this year under the agri-environment options scheme due to the recent fodder...
- International Bodies Membership
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on future reform of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the World Food Programme; his views on...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of a REPS appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33848/13]
- Agriculture Schemes Administration
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/13]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will undertake a review of an application under agri-environment option scheme on appeal in respect of a person (details...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a penalty on a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme 3 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Young Carers
227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update regarding the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the Study of Young Carers in the Irish...
- School Completion Programme
228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the proposals put forward by the co-ordinator of the Dominican Campus School Completion Programme with the support of the...
- Department of Health
- Genetically Modified Organisms
229. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation on the labelling of GMO ingredients in foods. [33681/13]
- Care of the Elderly
230. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to supporting older people and those with care needs to remain at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/13]
- Primary Care Strategy
231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the primary health strategy's commitment to have 400 to 600 fully functioning primary care teams by the end of 2014; and if he...
- Community Care Issues
232. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish eligibility criteria for home help and home care packages to provide for greater transparency in the allocation of community care...
- Respite Care Services
233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake an audit of residential, in-home and emergency respite services to identify gaps in existing service levels and to assess current and...
- Medical Card Eligibility
234. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is still listed as valid up to March 2014. [33621/13]
- Medical Card Appeals
235. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [33622/13]
- Air Ambulance Service Provision
236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health centres of excellence that are in the country; the number of these that have operating helipads for delivery of patients by air ambulance;...
- Medical Card Appeals
237. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [33642/13]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the role and function of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if the NTPF is under the direct relationship with the Health Service Executive;...
- Diabetes Strategy
241. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 23 May 2013, the reason the Health Service Executive has not contacted me to outline the specific locations of...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding funding for the provision of art assist devices for persons with peripheral arterial disease in view of the fact that this type of therapy...
- Speech and Language Therapy
243. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is an extra long waiting period for access to speech therapy in the County Carlow area more so that any other area; if there is an appropriate...
- Symphysiotomy Report
244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has been involved in meetings with so-called representative groups of symphysiotomy victims but has failed to meet with Survivors of...
- Care of the Elderly
245. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a forum on long-term residential care to plan for the ongoing and future requirements of Ireland's aging population; and if he will make...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a hearing aid. [33720/13]
- Respite Care Services
247. To ask the Minister for Health if there is flexibility within the respite care programme to offer domiciliary respite to those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease; and if he will...
- Patient Files
248. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all relevant patient files are released from the now closed surgery (details supplied) in County Westmeath in view of the fact that...
- Health Services Staff Data
249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 25 June 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of where the vacancies identified are located and at what grade; the...
- Health Services Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 18 June 2013, in regard to the long waiting times for occupational therapy in the Dublin 15 area, if his attention...
- HSE Legal Cases
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases dealt with in 2012 by the Health Service Executive in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33844/13]
- Accident and Emergency Services Provision
252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans for the emergency department at St. Colmcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, County Dublin; if he will confirm that it is now...
- Health Services Issues
253. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [33922/13]
- HSE Reports
254. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has yet to publish a report into the death in 2006 of a person (details supplied) at a hospital in County Cork; and if...
- Health Services Issues
255. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding those suffering from mitochondrial disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33930/13]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driving Licence Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33679/13]
- Tourism Revenue
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value to Ireland of fishing tourism under the headings of Game, Sea and Course fishing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Irish Coast Guard Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a new Irish Coast Guard building and premises at a particular location (details supplied) in...
- International Bodies Membership
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 on 4 July 2013, the position regarding each international organisation, international agency...
- Air Accident Investigations
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 14 May 2013 if he will provide an update of his Department's air accident investigation...
- Road Signage
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purpose and intention of the Road Traffic (Signs) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 187/2013); and if he will make a statement...
- Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding opportunities for a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/13]
