Written answers

Thursday, 18 July 2013

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      14. To ask the Minister for Defence his response to the ongoing concerns with regard to Lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35750/13]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Review
      15. To ask the Minister for Defence the measures he is implementing to ensure rural Reserve Defence Forces outposts are maintained. [35933/13]
    • Military Honours
      16. To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been any change with regard to the provision of honour guards by Oglaigh na hEireann at religious ceremonies; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Investigations
      17. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide reports in relation to the deaths of persons (details supplied) who died in Lebanon in 1989 to each of their families. [35928/13]
    • Defence Forces Properties
      18. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that he is likely to be in a position to ensure the retention of all existing military installations throughout the country, notwithstanding...
    • Defence Forces Ombudsman Resources
      19. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to improve the operation of the Defence Forces Ombudsman. [35790/13]
    • Defence Forces Training
      20. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure members of the Defence Forces are reskilled. [35934/13]
    • Overseas Missions
      22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Irish troops currently participating in the EU Training Mission in Mali; if members of the Irish Defence Forces will participate in...
    • Defence Forces Veterans
      23. To ask the Minister for Defence the supports the State has provided for the needs for ex Defence Forces members in difficulties and to organisations such as the Organisation of National...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      24. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of military judges there are currently. [35929/13]
    • Green Paper on Defence
      25. To ask the Minister for Defence when the Green Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/13]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he had in the United States in relation to the Immigration Reform Bill; if he had meetings with...
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that there is potential for formalised arrangements within the North South Ministerial Council for closer...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with members of the Northern Ireland Executive...
    • EU Directives
      31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions No. 169 of 28 May 2013 and No. 72 on 11 July 2013, if he will detail the representations...
    • European Council Meetings
      32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions that have been held at the Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the Israeli-Palestine conflict; if...
    • Conflict Resolution
      33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made since the joint announcement on 7 May by Russia and the United States of their agreement to organise an...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position in relation to the honouring of pledges made in Kuwait to provide adequate humanitarian assistance...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the expenditure profile for his Department up to the end of June 2013. [36079/13]
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and...
    • Consular Services Provision
      38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the capabilities of the State's emergency consular assistance team; and if he will make a...
    • Rockall Island
      39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on recent work by the Embassy of Ireland in Copenhagen, Denmark with the Danish authorities...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on progress made in regard to the access process for Montenegro during the Irish EU...
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with members of the Northern Ireland...
    • Northern Ireland Issues
      45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the most recent discussions he has had in relation to the need to introduce an Irish language Act in...
    • Human Rights Issues
      46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he plans to raise with his counterparts at the EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding forced organ harvesting...
    • Trade and Investment Development
      48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the workings of the Export Trade Council, including the number of meetings it has held, the...
    • Overseas Development Aid Provision
      49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how the State expects to honour the commitment to allocate 0.7% of gross national income to overseas development aid by...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of miles claimed and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in...
    • Legislative Process
      54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments he proposed to legislation on Committee and Report Stages in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the staffing levels in the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department;...
    • Exchequer Savings
      56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped...
    • Northern Ireland Marching Season
      57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, with members of the Northern Ireland Executive or...
    • Biofuel Production
      59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the European Commission's proposal of a 5% limit on counting food crop-based biofuels towards the...
    • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
      60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the use of drones in surveillance and in combat; the EU position on the use of drones; and if he...
    • Human Rights Issues
      62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the ongoing violations of human rights within the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, at the UN Human...
    • US Military Court Martial
      63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent concerns raised by Amnesty International regarding Bradley Manning's trial;...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Yield
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the the tax revenue generated through the aircraft leasing sector for each year since 2005. [35952/13]
    • Financial Services Sector
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of assets held by companies in the financial services sector for each year since 2005. [35954/13]
    • Banking Sector Issues
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will contact the banks to urge them to adopt a charter whereby citizens can opt for a basic current account that will cost no more than a maximum of 100...
    • Bond Redemption
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will verify the assertions made in an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35969/13]
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if the National Assets Management Agency has property in their portfolio that has been sold or passed on to a company (details supplied) and...
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with officials in his Department regarding the consideration given to targeted income tax cuts for working middle-income families...
    • Tax Code
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if probate on wills is subject to stamp duty; if stamp duty was imposed on probate, the amount it would realise for the Exchequer; and if he will make a...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the 24 safety deposit boxes remaining in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if owners have been identified for them all; the length of time each...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of safety deposit boxes remaining in Allied Irish Bank; if the Bank still offers this service; if any safety deposit boxes have gone missing; and if...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Issues
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland still operates a vault; the contents in that vault; if the Central Bank of Ireland leases space in its vault to commercial...
    • Property Transfers
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the Bank of Ireland regarding the future use of the old Irish Parliament on College Green, Dublin; if he has considered...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Properties
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the future use of its headquarters on Dame Street, Dublin; if he has raised the...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to move the social insurance fund from his Department to the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of providing tax relief at the marginal rate in 2012 on contributions to pension savings including employees' contributions to approved superannuation...
    • Tax Code
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any analysis of the way a tax on land may be implemented here to complement the other taxes on property, and provide a funding stream for...
    • Commission on Taxation Report
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the recommendations of the Commission of Taxation report in 2009, if he will indicate which have been implemented; if he will list which...
    • Tax Yield
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been raised through stamp duty on residential property sales in 2012 and to date in 2013; and specifically for each year if he will...
    • Securities Market Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, any of his officials, or the Governor or staff of the Central Bank of Ireland held any discussions with the European Central Bank to secure a rebate of...
    • State Banking Sector
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell the State's holding of preference shares in Bank of Ireland; the dividend the State has received to date in 2013 or is due to receive for...
    • Tax Yield
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be garnered annually if a minimum effective tax rate of 6% on all corporate profits were introduced as suggested by Social Justice...
    • Tax Residency Issues
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish citizens or Irish domiciled persons claiming to be non-resident for tax purposes who are living abroad for tax reasons for the years 2009...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made in applying the universal social charge to pensions worth over €60,000 a year for the over 70s; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that has been taken on reducing tax relief for pensions worth over €60,000 and the amount that this will realise for the State; and if he...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised by the changes in the taxation of social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36076/13]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the maritime patrol capabilities of the Revenue Commissioners and its Irish Tax and Customs section; the names of the vessels currently in service, their...
    • Tax Residency Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish with the Revenue Commissioners the number of high-net-worth persons who meet the domicile levy criteria with whom it has been in contact...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or officials in his Department have held discussions with EU or US regarding the United States of America and their participating in International Bank...
    • EU Directives
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on implementing an EU regulation governing VAT rules for cross-border services and any agreements achieved on this tax file to ensure...
    • Tax Code
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed list of expenses which were considered to have been incurred wholly and inclusively for the purposes of trade by banks in which...
    • Tax Yield
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer if universal social charge applied at 7% to all income above €16,016 by removing the reduced rate, and if he will provide a...
    • Property Taxation Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the current compliance rate for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/13]
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will conduct a comprehensive stress tests of covered institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36300/13]
    • NAMA Loan Book
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuing fall in the proportion of the National Asset Management Agency loans that are performing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Drawdowns
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down to date under Ireland’s EU/IMF programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36343/13]
    • National Treasury Management Agency Issues
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash on hand held by the National Treasury Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36344/13]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to publish correspondence between his Department and the ECB in the autumn of 2010 dealing with the question of the then Irish...
    • Budget 2013
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the carry forward measures in 2014 from budget 2013 on the taxation side; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36346/13]
    • NAMA Court Cases
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of court cases that the National Asset Management Agency has taken or plans to take to secure reversal of asset...
    • NAMA Property Sales
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that have been sold, that is, legally binding contracts in place by the National Asset Management Agency or by agents acting on...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the reports completed by McCann FitzGerald and Ernst and Young into certain corporate governance matters at the former Irish Nationwide...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff on a total remuneration package including pension payments, allowances and benefits of between €100,000 and €200,000; of...
    • National Equity Management Agency
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the establishment of a national equity management agency modelled on National Asset Management Agency, empowered to raise capital...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each pension scheme;...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a...
    • Legislative Process
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in 2012; if...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the situation whereby members of staff of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the time the bank was put into special liquidation under...
    • IBRC Mortgage Loan Book
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan assets to be transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; if he will provide details of...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance when the special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation expects to complete the liquidation of the bank and to be in a position to inform him of the...
    • NAMA Portfolio Issues
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-residential properties the National Asset Management Agency has control over in Waterford City and County; if he will provide details in...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details for each of the State-supported banks, including Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in liquidation, of the number of employees with...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the amount it would cost the Exchequer to designate a two week tax holiday whereby citizens would not pay PAYE in the month of...
    • Ministerial Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same...
    • Exchequer Savings
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal...
    • Money Laundering
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 2 July 2013 the outcome of his engagement with the National Treasury Management Agency and the Department of...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved from abolishing tax relief for medical and dental insurance; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by phasing out rent relief over two years rather than by 2017 as currently proposed; and if he will...
    • Tax Exemptions
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by reducing the ceiling on the tax exempt earning of artists from €40,000 to €30,000;...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the reduction in tax expenditure that would be achieved by abolishing tax relief for medical expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36632/13]
    • Tax Exemptions
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving that would be achieved by reducing the age exemption limit from €18,000 for a single person and €36,000 for a married couple to...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving that would be achieved from abolishing building heritage relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36634/13]
    • Tax Yield
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out in tabular form the revenue that would be raised from increasing the universal social charge for PAYE earners and non-PAYE earners by 1%,...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance for each of the State-supported banks, the number of split mortgage arrangements that have been offered to mortgage holders to date in 2013; the number of...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal proceedings that Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in special liquidation is currently a party to; the number of different law firms...
    • Banking Sector Regulation
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, including the number of enforcement actions currently being taken by the Central Bank of Ireland against regulated entities; if he...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Expenditure
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of professional fees incurred by the Central Bank of Ireland in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the nature of the professional services secured;...
    • NAMA Operations
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and total value of rent reductions approved by the National Asset Management Agency to tenants who hold leases in respect of NAMA properties; the...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding current legal action taken by Irish Bank Resolution Corporation commercial clients claiming that they were overcharged interest in...
    • General Government Debt
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance based on currently available economic and fiscal projections, his Department’s estimate of the fiscal adjustment in budget 2014 that would result in a...
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the troika on the scale of the budget adjustment in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36680/13]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the dates on which he has held meetings with each CEO or chairperson of the State-supported banks since coming into office; the...
    • Banking Operations
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance for each of the State supported banks, if he will specify the way, under the split mortgage arrangement, the warehoused portion of the mortgage is treated in...
    • Pension Provisions
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to all of the staff pension schemes that operate in the Central Bank of Ireland, the name of the scheme, if it is defined benefit or defined...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has been in contact with the UK Treasury in relation to the UK government’s review of Ulster Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list and provide details of the separate investigations currently under way or suspended at the Central Bank of Ireland into various issues arising...
    • IBRC Liquidation
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fees paid to date to KPMG arising from its work as special liquidator of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the estimate of the total amount of...
    • Tax Code
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact, if any, his Department or any person acting on behalf of the Government has had with the US Senate Committee examining the amount of corporation...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the post programme monitoring by the Trioka which Ireland is expected to be subject to after we exit the current Troika...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of each of the State-supported banks, their policy on providing for a write off of mortgage debt while allowing borrowers to remain in the family...
    • Tax Yield
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by limiting the business and agriculture reliefs for capital acquisitions tax by reducing the level of...
    • Discretionary Trusts
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he supports treating discretionary trusts as see through vehicles with the beneficiary taxable when the assets are placed into the trust; and if he will...
    • Tax Yield
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by making inheritances and gifts from spouses subject to capital acquisitions tax with a defined...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form, every tax relief that is currently available to Irish persons; and the tax revenue lost to the Exchequer from each tax...
    • Tax Collection
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on taxes and PRSI payable by those in receipt of rent for dwellings including reliefs and any changes arising out of Budget 2013;...
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact definition of the word universal his Department has applied to the universal social charge. [36778/13]
    • Tax Code
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers the universal social charge to be an income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36780/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for an organisation like the South West Regional Drugs Task Force to become trainers in respect of the momentum scheme; and if...
    • An Comhairle Um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le todhchaí COGG; cén tionchar a bhí ag cinneadh an Aire COGG a thabhairt faoi...
    • Private Schools
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on pupil/teacher ratio for protestant fee paying schools; if there should be any change in this area or will he retain it in its...
    • School Accommodation
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated for a project (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35970/13]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the present stage of this...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation pertaining to children attending post primary schools allocated on the central applications...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify where siblings are allocated home based July tuition for children with autism or severe to profound intellectual disabilities,...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better...
    • Institutes of Technology Expenditure
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 11 June 2013, if he will outline the additional costs that would have been incurred in 2012/13 by...
    • Education Schemes
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Erasmus scheme and Eramus+ programme; if he will outline Irelands contribution to this policy during the...
    • School Uniforms
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is due to commence first year secondary school in September, who has been...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36208/13]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have been informed they are not eligible for school transport to a post primary school (details supplied) in County...
    • University Ranking System
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures agreed during the Irish EU Presidency regarding the new University ranking system U-Multirank; the measures and steps taken to...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the refusal of a Student Universal Support Ireland grant to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently examine and award a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will intervene...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support a matter regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) [36291/13]
    • Third Level Funding
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with respect to any forthcoming changes in funding models for third level institutions; if he expects fees to be...
    • School Equipment
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide up to date information with respect to the regular use of ICT equipment in schools by teaching staff; his plans to increase...
    • International Students
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of international students registered in Irish institutions of higher learning in each of the past five years and to date in 2013....
    • School Accommodation
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update in relation to each of the Programme for Government commitments on school buildings and accommodation; and if he...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their...
    • Legislative Process
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann...
    • Ministerial Staff
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each;...
    • Exchequer Savings
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from a board of management of a school (details supplied) to change the seniority of two special needs assistants;...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has only been approved for €255 of the non-adjacent maintenance grant, despite the fact that the...
    • School Staffing
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, if he will set out the number of students attending and the number of resource...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who in 2011 completed a Level 8 Degree in Business Studies and in September 2012 commenced a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Delays
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal in relation to a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when special and resource teaching will be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when the application for higher education grant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when an appeal will be processed and determined in respect of higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when application for higher education grant will be resolved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in delivering a second level school in the Dublin city area for Educate Together. [36734/13]
    • Education and Training Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set up a tourism training division in conjunction with SOLAS to address the demand in the tourism and hospitality sectors (details...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any advice to offer to the boards of management of DEIS band primary schools in Tallaght, Dublin 24 in relation to funding (details...
    • Education Grants
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the provisions whereby the grant aid of post graduate study is limited to four years, even in the case where no grant has...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Official Travel
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the parameters of the deal with an airline and travel agent (details supplied) that allowed his Department officials and public...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list by urban rateable area, broken down by business type in tabular form the number of appeals to rate valuations received...
    • National Monuments
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to incorporate Kilmainham court house into the Kilmainham jail experience; and if he will provide a timeline for the...
    • State Properties
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the transfer of Mount Congreve into public ownership; when the gardens will be open to the public; and...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to...
    • State Properties
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the usage that has been allocated for the former Garda stations in County Wicklow (details supplied); the use to which the property will...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the provisional agreement on a public procurement package achieved during the Irish EU Presidency; and...
    • Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding sick leave policy for civil servants. [36256/13]
    • Social Impact Bonds
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a system of social impact bonds will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36305/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of...
    • Legislative Process
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if the following revised Public Service Pension Reduction rates (details supplied) were...
    • Exchequer Savings
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of public sector employees per '000 population; if he will provide the projected number of sector employees per '000...
    • Ministerial Staff
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of...
    • Exchequer Savings
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first...
    • Departmental Programmes
      279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the PEACE IV Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36562/13]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Action Plan for Jobs
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on progress on the production and implementation of the cross-departmental plan for the green economy...
    • Job Creation Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any special initiatives will be undertaken by his Department or the State's industrial promotion agencies to assist in the...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      285. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made under the Irish EU Presidency on the digital agenda and specifically, a data protection reform package; and if he...
    • Companies Law Issues
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the company law (accounting) directive between EU member states will reduce an administrative burden for small...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on state-aid modernisation and progress made on the matter during the Irish EU Presidency, specifically...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied), an Eircom employee for 36 years; if he will intervene with...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name...
    • Ministerial Transport
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect...
    • IDA Site Visits
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide on a county basis a breakdown of the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits for each year since 2010, and to date...
    • Legislative Process
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • IDA Portfolio
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the names and location of the IDA Ireland supported foreign direct investment companies here; the country of origin...
    • Ministerial Staff
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary...
    • Exchequer Savings
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the...
    • IDA Job Numbers
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he outline the IDA Ireland supported jobs created by foreign direct investment companies from 1 January 2013 to 30 of June 2013;...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current regulations appertaining to employees in the hotel sector in respect of minimum pay, breaks, holidays and premia in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the means attributed to a person (details supplied) in County Laois in respect of their jobseeker's allowance will be re-examined and the...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield from a 1% and 2% increase respectively in the employer's PRSI rate that applies to employee salaries over €65,000 and...
    • Pension Provisions
      308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection whether or not a company (details supplied) has indicated their intention to cease contributing to their defined pension scheme and consider closing...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm the current status of the proposed legislation for the special position of retained fire fighters with regard to social welfare;...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will accommodate a payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36081/13]
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is preparing her Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better...
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that no staff from her Department will be moving to local authorities either on a temporary or permanent basis to enable the...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the figure provided for June 2013 of 895 participants on drug rehabilitation places include support workers; if he will provide a breakdown...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review for carer's allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to open a Intreo office in Ashbourne County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36205/13]
    • Social Insurance Yield
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that has been raised in each year since 2011 in changes to PRSI at budgets; if she will list those measures and the amount each was...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently delayed from taking up a community employment scheme place due to a backlog in Garda vetting; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide data on the savings made by her Department in 2011 and 2012 by the reductions in maximum rent levels in Kildare North, and other...
    • Social Welfare Fraud
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional staff resources and the hours spent on each case in 2012 and 2013 that deal with social welfare fraud; and if she will make...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays that persons on community employment schemes are experiencing in having Garda vetting applications...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of her Department, if she will provide details of the name of each...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect of their...
    • Pension Provisions
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of defined benefit pension schemes that submitted funding proposals to the Pensions Board prior to the...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Remit
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has withdrawn from participating in the Central Bank pilot scheme for the restructuring of secured...
    • Legislative Process
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of survivors pension who are working and paying social insurance contributions may not...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department; the salary of each; the...
    • Exchequer Savings
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all her special advisers and those of her Ministers of State were capped at the first point on...
    • Disability Allowance Application Numbers
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants currently on disability allowance and all other disability related payments; the percentage of the working age population...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Harmon report issues on the evaluation of revised employment action plan, which found that data and IT systems are largely aimed at...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied). [36542/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [36543/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [36551/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [36552/13]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the resources she has committed to ensuring that families do not experience homelessness in the cases where no properties are advertised as...
    • Job Initiatives
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide additional placements for Tús for counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36585/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost that would be incurred from increasing the personal weekly jobseeker's benefit rate of payment for persons under 66 by €5 per week...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36708/13]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in the determination of appeal in respect of domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason basic payment of €19.50 has not been paid in respect of one week in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer's allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to develop the JobBridge scheme so that those in the crafts industry here, who are predominately self employed, can become eligible for...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of her Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Hare Coursing
      364. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will exclude all of the coursing clubs found to have trespassed on lands while netting hares in the previous coursing season...
    • Irish Language Issues
      365. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the income that would be generated if a levy of 0.5%, 1% , 2% 3% and 5% respectively were to be applied to all State bodies and...
    • Wildlife Protection
      366. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will remove a preservation order to address the serious threat to wildlife at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      367. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications...
    • European Capital of Culture
      368. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Designation of European Capitals of Culture for 2017 and 2018, that was discussed during the Irish EU Presidency; and if he will...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      369. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an gcóras ceapacháin a bhí ann do bhord nua Údarás na Gaeltachta,...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      370. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé cinnte de go mbeidh an t-éileamh a rinne na 66 eagraíocht Gaeilge, Gaeltachta, cultúrtha...
    • Scéim Líofa 2015
      371. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an scéim "Líofa 2015" a chur ar bun sa stát seo; agus mura bhfuil, an dtabharfaidh...
    • Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach
      372. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir leis an ngá atá ann Fóram Pleanála Uile-Éireannach a...
    • Curaclam Scoile
      373. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna maidir le hathbhreithniú ar an gcuraclam do scoileanna...
    • Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda
      374. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Aire Cumarsáide faoi aon phleananna atá aige chun forbairt a dhéanamh ar an...
    • Scéimeanna Forbartha Pobail
      375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aige leis an Aire Comhshaoil i dtaobh an tionchair a bheidh ag na hathruithe ar an tslí ina mbeidh na...
    • Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      376. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé ar intinn ag an Aire ceannteidil Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; cé na...
    • Cosaint Fostaíochta
      377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú ar thodhchaí Arramara Teo.; cad atá á dhéanamh aige chun slí...
    • Abbey Theatre
      378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad post in earnáil dheonach na Gaeilge atá maoinithe faoi láthair ag Foras na Gaeilge faoin...
    • Stádas Gaeltachta
      379. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a bheidh ceantair nua líonra Gaeltachta á n-ainmniú de réir Acht na Gaeltachta, 2012 do phobal...
    • Fostaíocht Gaeltachta
      381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh níos mó post ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht in 2013 de bharr féiltí a bhaineann leis An Gathering; agus an...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé fiosrú mar gheall ar straitéis uile-Éireann don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      383. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén maoiniú a chuir Foras na Gaeilge ar fáil d’eagraíochtaí na hearnála deonaí Gaeilge gach...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      385. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect...
    • North-South Ministerial Council
      387. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Ulster Canal restoration project; the remaining steps that must be taken to complete the project; if he...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in relation to relocation options for the 32 special area of conservation bogs that have been identified for...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
      389. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of efforts to find a relocation option for the turf cutters on Coolrain Bog, County Laois; and if there has been any...
    • National Monuments
      390. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views of the current state of the 1916 National Monument at Moore Street/Moore Lane, Dublin; his plans to make a decision on the...
    • Cultural Policy
      391. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to extend the opening hours of the key historical and cultural institutions for the duration of the peak tourist period in...
    • Arts Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding Limerick’s designation as City of Culture for 2014; the supports his Department intends to give to...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding his advertisement on 4 June 2013, seeking board members for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty...
    • Arts Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the impact of cutbacks to the National Irish Visual Arts Library; his plans to ensure that there is an independent...
    • EU Directives
      396. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the application of the EU Habitats and Birds Directive; the difficulties that may have arisen regarding its...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the EU Presidency cultural programme; if he will provide breakdown of what the allocation provided for the...
    • Arts Promotion
      398. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to develop and expand the arts and education charter to include non formal education such as youth arts; and if he will...
    • National Library
      399. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the work of the Office of the Chief Herald; the costs the office and it’s work incurred on the State;...
    • Smartphone Applications
      400. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on a website portal and joint commercial and marketing strategy as outlined in the Comprehensive...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      401. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on the proposal contained in the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure 2012-2014 on having a single...
    • Legislative Process
      404. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • Cultural Policy
      405. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to enhance Dublin’s stature as a UNESCO City of Literature; if he has advanced proposals to ensure the former Houses...
    • Planning Issues
      406. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason his Department has withdrawn a planning application for new visitor facilities at Mullaghmore in the Burren National Park;...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be an impact in the funding of arts, heritage or cultural projects as a result of the €45,000 used to hire...
    • Departmental Funding
      410. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the contribution of Irish cultural institutions to the Europeana project; the funding that has been...
    • Cultural Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to advance the cultural ties between Ireland and France; if his Department has engagement with the Irish Cultural Centre in...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      412. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for the future governance of the National Gallery of Ireland, the Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Gallery in Cork;...
    • Arts Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider developing a long-term strategy for the classical arts here, including opera and ballet; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for a free lecture series on Irish history and archaeology; if he foresees a long-term expansion of the series; and if he...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to revise contracts issued to turf cutters under the cessation of turf cutting schemes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commemorative Events
      421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give a commitment that his Department will sponsor a nationwide primary and second level school project as part of the...
    • World Heritage Sites
      423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will liaise with Fingal County Council to consider the way the Howth Peninsula, Baldoyle Bay and the Velvet Strand Portmarnock...
    • Departmental Staff
      424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of archaeologists employed by his Department on a remunerated basis and under the JobBridge scheme, if applicable; and his...
    • Ministerial Staff
      425. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary...
    • Exchequer Savings
      426. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      429. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • International Agreements
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the agreements achieved under the Irish EU Presidency regarding the European Network and Information Security Agency; and...
    • Renewable Energy Projects
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to publish the offshore renewable energy develoment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Services Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 26 June 2013, if his Department will take any specific initiatives to...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is preparing the Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and...
    • Broadband Services Charges
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures contained in the progress report on reducing the costs of high speed broadband under the Irish EU...
    • EU Directives
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on an agreement achieved during the Irish EU Presidency on the safety of offshore oil and...
    • Departmental Properties
      436. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 28 May 2013, if he will provide details of the public tender process...
    • Energy Policy Review
      437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will detail Ireland's contributions to the European Council discussion on the Commission's communication, entitled...
    • Electricity Generation
      438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected to provide a microgeneration REFIT scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36319/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      440. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his...
    • Legislative Process
      441. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed on Committee and Report Stages in...
    • Ministerial Staff
      442. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his...
    • Exchequer Savings
      443. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he expects landlords to co-operate with the proposed housing assistance payment scheme; if he anticipates that...
    • Maritime Vessel Recycling
      447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the agreement on ship recycling regulation during the Irish EU Presidency; and if he will...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
      448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised from retaining the non-principal private residence tax and increasing it to €300;...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
      449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
      450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all staffing costs, including pensions, for each local authority, in tabular form. [35939/13]
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in each of the past three years for the purposes of funding home...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to extend a sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry where a river is...
    • Departmental Funding
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there have been cuts imposed on the funding for the Dundalk Women's Aid Refuge for 2013; if his Department has been in...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a request was received from Galway City Council to reverse the decision not to exempt the residents of an estate...
    • Planning Issues
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to general policy directive PSSP PD-1/12 issued by his Department earlier this year and requiring inter alia...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and...
    • Local Authority Staff Numbers
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the staffing levels in each local authority subdivided by staffing grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare is considered an unfinished estate for the purposes of a waiver from...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued regulations, pursuant to section 180(3)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended by section...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Vartry tunnel replacement project and the action programme that is currently in place...
    • Water Pollution
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the agreement on the directive on priority substances in water during the Irish EU...
    • International Agreements
      462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the global legally binding agreement on mercury achieved under the Irish EU Presidency; if...
    • European Union Citizen's Initiative
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 28 May 2013, the number of dealings with various groups, Irish or otherwise,...
    • Legislative Programme
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 1 May 2013, if he will provide an update in the review of section 62 of the...
    • Planning Issues
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to complete educational impact assessments on residential zoning; and if he will...
    • Youth Services Funding
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the funding amounts awarded to youth projects-organisations by his Department for each county in 2011,...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department...
    • Legislative Process
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed on Committee and Report Stages in...
    • Property Taxation Exemptions
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the complete list of estates and properties in two counties (details supplied) that...
    • Ministerial Staff
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department;...
    • Exchequer Savings
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the research methods used in planning for the provision of social housing for families that have been assessed as having a...
    • Leader Programmes Administration
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Leader projects of more than €150,000 that are awaiting ministerial approval; the date each project...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the local authorities act independently in respect of the nomination of schemes under the heading for group water or...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which cost-cutting is or was required by his Department affecting the quality of services directly...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grant aid may be available through the Leader Programme to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare towards the...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve an application by Westmeath County Council to upgrade the waste water treatment in Athlone as a...
    • Departmental Funding
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if he will be in a position to allocate additional funding for the grants for housing aid to councils...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of new wind energy guidelines; and if these guidelines will be put on a statutory...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the level of funding for the Cavan/Monaghan LEADER Programme will be at least equal to the 2009...
    • Rural Development Programme Projects
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a report on the investigation by the Ombudsman carried out in respect of a community project (details supplied) in...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Land Ownership
      489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any plans to develop an up to date cadastre of all land here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36009/13]
    • Data Protection
      490. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to preserve privacy online and protection of citizens' data in the wake of significant breaches of internet...
    • EU Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the establishment of an internal security fund during the Irish EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      492. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the personal insolvency practitioners process, if he will clarify who will bring those citizens who have insufficient disposable...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers detected for speeding on the N3 in County Dublin and County Meath in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number...
    • National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan Issues
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the members of the National Disability Strategy implementation group were selected; the organisations they represent; the length of time...
    • Asylum Applications
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm Ireland's commitment to the universal right to seek and enjoy asylum as laid down in statutory international law; if he agrees...
    • Garda Remuneration
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been a delay with the processing of a person's work entitlements (details supplied); the reason the necessary documentation...
    • Charities Regulation
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he intends to proceed with the establishment of the independent Charities Regulatory Authority; the cost of the annual registration fee...
    • Rental Agreements
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to help deal with the problem of upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35972/13]
    • Garda Recruitment
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for further recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35985/13]
    • Judicial Appointments
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering amending current legislation in order that a member of the judiciary is elevated from a lower court to a higher court, that...
    • Garda Vetting Application Numbers
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the waiting list of approximately 3,000 persons who are awaiting Gardaí clearance; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Criminal Law Review
      506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence of a report on its review of the legislation on...
    • International Policing Co-operation
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way an Irish citizen may avail of a certificate or other form of document from Irish authorities to use as evidence in another EU Member...
    • UN Conventions Issues
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will adopt article 19 of the UN Convention into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/13]
    • Witness Intimidation
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions No. 126 and 135 of 13 June 2013, if he will set out the total number of recorded reports of witness...
    • Garda Retirements
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 759 of 16 January 2013, if he is now in a position to break down retirements for medical reasons from An...
    • Garda Industrial Relations Issues
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will describe the alternative arrangements that are made available to members of An Garda Síochána for them to pursue any...
    • Garda Compensation
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are made available to members of An Garda Síochána who become injured in the course of their duties, either physically...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better...
    • Garda Deployment
      514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide up to date figures detailing the total deployment of Gardaí by region, division, district and sub-district across the...
    • Peace Commissioners
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the number of peace commissioners allocated to an area (details supplied) is sufficient; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the agreement made during the Irish EU Presidency on the creation of a European border surveillance system,...
    • Schengen Agreement
      519. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland will have access to the exchange of information between police and border authorities now that the Schengen information system has...
    • EU Directives
      520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures contained in the agreement on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings directive, achieved during the Irish EU...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles currently assigned across the State; the number delivered to date; the number operational; and if he will make a...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority
      523. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the development of a commercial property sales register through the Property Services Regulatory Authority; and if he will make...
    • Garda Equipment
      524. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any Garda assets have been warehoused due to a lack of trained personnel able to operate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Service Issues
      525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that the new judicial forum working group has met since March 2013; if he has consulted the group on plans for changes to the...
    • Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
      526. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the remit of the Property Services Regulatory Authority to encompass rent prices across the country through the PRTB; and if...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      527. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Quirke report on the Magdalen laundries redress scheme timeframe of implementation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • State Bodies Establishment
      528. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has appointed a chief commissioner to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      530. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the start date of the new personal insolvency regime; the reasons for the delay in its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Judicial Appointments
      533. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of new specialist judges appointed to date and due to be appointed under the new personal insolvency regime; and if he will make...
    • Asylum Support Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent comments by the Ombudsman in relation to the treatment of asylum seekers; his plan to address her concerns; if, in view...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      537. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will be introducing further reforms in the domestic violence legal framework; the level of funding provided to Cosc, the...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      538. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress to date on the provision of information to parents; and if he will...
    • Asylum Support Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the direct provision system; the total cost to the Exchequer of the current system; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Visa Applications
      540. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was refused a tourist visa to visit Ireland; the additional details they must furnish to have...
    • Domestic Violence Incidence
      541. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence on the...
    • Prison Committals
      542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason those convicted of minor offences are often brought to prison and returned from prison on the same day, often by the same Gardaí...
    • Garda Divisional Headquarters
      543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans for the provision of a new Garda Divisional Headquarters in Tallaght, Dublin; the cost of accommodation for the Gardaí...
    • Drugs in Prisons
      544. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the institutions that have drug free units currently operating; the number of spaces in each drug free unit; the number of prisoners currently in...
    • Prisoner Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently on protection in each institution; the number on protection in each institution on this day last month; the...
    • Organised Crime
      546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent, if any, to which his Department has studied the need for the introduction of modern purpose designed legislation to tackle the issue...
    • Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
      547. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which first time offenders for all levels of crime have an early opportunity to avail of education, training or other...
    • Traveller Community Issues
      548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to ensure Travellers and Roma are directly involved in the development of Ireland's national Traveller Roma Integration...
    • International Students
      549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he still plans to allow international postgraduate students to remain in Ireland and work for up to a year after the end of their studies; and...
    • DNA Database
      550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress made towards rolling out a national DNA database for the Gardaí; and if he will make a...
    • Civil Partnership Legislation
      551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to propose changes to the Civil Partnerships and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabiting Couples Act 2010 to enable joint adoption...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the number of probation officers stationed in each county at present; on this date in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      554. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their...
    • Garda Investigations
      555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation is currently in possession of all Anglo tapes that were recently published by the media; if the Bureau...
    • Legislative Process
      558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann...
    • Departmental Properties
      559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the offices either rented or owned by his Department and used for the work of probation officers stationed in the...
    • Departmental Equipment
      560. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the mobile technology equipment either rented or owned by his Department and used for the work of probation officers...
    • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
      561. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex offenders registered in the State broken down by Garda Division; if he will provide an outline of the way sex offenders within...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county and demographic, the numbers of applications received so far under the Magdalene Redress...
    • Ministerial Staff
      563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each;...
    • Exchequer Savings
      564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Courthouses that have been closed since March 2011; the number and location of planned closures; the costs of security...
    • Court Orders
      566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the frequency of the various orders available to the Courts under the terms of the operation of the Children Act, with breakdown of same. [36589/13]
    • Irish Prison Service
      567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the accommodation facilities provided for persons who are released from prison; if the Gardai monitor these facilities; if the Gardai receive...
    • Immigration Policy
      568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for dealing with unauthorised non-Irish nationals who have spent a considerable time frame here (details supplied). [36665/13]
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      569. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to reduce the waiting time for Garda vetting to be carried out. [36666/13]
    • Residency Permits
      570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the possibility of extending stamp 2 to stamp 4 residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare;...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, it can be noted that in respect of their naturalisation application, some of the...
    • Residency Permits
      578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all documentation required by his Department, which were sent by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 have been received in his Department...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if notwithstanding his replies to previous parliamentary questions in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford, if he will...
    • Residency Permits
      580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to stamp 4 update, residency status-eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 2 July 2013, the current reckonable period of eligible residency calculable for eligibility for...
    • Proposed Legislation
      586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the Family Relationships and Children Bill, if he will consider including providing legislative basis to recognise the rights of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      588. To ask the Minister for Defence if there is a mechanism in place whereby a person who is a member of the Defence Forces at private level has been granted a year's leave of absence but wishes...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      590. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the date and name of the vessel of the Irish Naval Service, of their patrols and visits to Rockall Island over the past...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      591. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of malarone tablets was issued by medical personnel to soldiers serving oversea since 2000. [36149/13]
    • Public Sector Pensions Issues
      594. To ask the Minister for Defence in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each pension scheme;...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      595. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a...
    • Legislative Process
      596. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in 2012; if...
    • Ministerial Staff
      597. To ask the Minister for Defence the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same...
    • Exchequer Savings
      598. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      599. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of women in the Defence Forces; the extent to which this number has fluctuated in the last five years to date; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      604. To ask the Minister for Defence the current total strength of the Army including the Army Reserve, male and female, the extent to which it is expected to maintain such numbers in the future...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      605. To ask the Minister for Defence the total number of the Defence Forces, Army, Navy and Air Corps, male and female, currently serving overseas on various missions, the extent to which such...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      606. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that notwithstanding the on-going curtailments of expenditure throughout the public service arising from commitments entered into by his...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      607. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which on-going modernisation of equipment or military hardware is likely to continue throughout the Army, Navy and Air Corps notwithstanding the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      609. To ask the Minister for Defence the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fisheries Protection
      610. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pelagic trawlers, such as the Annelies Llena and the Naeraberg, that have fished inside the Irish Exclusive Economic...
    • Trade Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the expansion of diplomatic presence in emerging markets and the establishment of two new agriculture...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on an application for an agri environment option scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      614. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the key elements of the action plan for a maritime strategy in the Atlantic area, achieved under the Irish EU...
    • Domestic Pets
      616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the agreement on non-commercial movement of pet animals and pet passports, achieved under the Irish...
    • Forestry Sector
      617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of the Presidency led EU position at the UN Forum on Forests that took place in Istanbul, Turkey...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      619. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect...
    • Legislative Process
      620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • Ministerial Staff
      621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary...
    • Exchequer Savings
      622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid available to assist farmers who have to dispose of calves under the BVD eradication scheme; the reason this...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      624. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocation under the 2007-2013 common agricultural policy programme broken down by axis and measure; the spend to date, broken...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of backdated penalties being levied on farmers relating to historic...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider a decision to disallow a person (details supplied) from the agri environment option scheme 3 having considered...
    • Fish Farming
      627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to trout and salmon farming on land, the plans he has to introduce containment measures, such as closed containment...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Provision
      629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Health Service Executive will withdraw notice given to Childminders’ Advisers in most Local Health Office areas; the...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently availing of the free child care place for four year olds; the cost of the scheme; the approximate cost of...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      631. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on progress towards an adoption agreement between Ireland and Ethiopia; when the Adoption Authority will...
    • Missing Children
      632. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give a detailed progress report in respect of the missing children's hotline; and if she allocated adequate resources in place...
    • HSE Expenditure
      633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total cost to the Health Service Executive incurred paying for legal representation for guardian ad litems for each of the past five...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      634. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is preparing her Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to...
    • Youth Services Expenditure
      635. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the total youth services spending in each county to date in 2013 and in each of the previous four years. [36138/13]
    • HSE Expenditure
      637. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total cost and details of the travel expenses the Health Service Executive incurred paying for travelling expenses for guardian ad...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      638. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of projects funded from the National Lottery by her Department in the past three years; and if she will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Issues
      639. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of social workers available in each local health office who have been trained to conduct specialist child interviews as part of...
    • Foster Care Provision
      642. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new relative foster carers recruited by each local health office for each of the past five years; the number of new...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      643. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new supported lodgings providers recruited by each local health office for each of the past five years. [36270/13]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions (1 comment)
      644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of inter-country adoptions, if she will provide an update on the accreditation of adoption agencies; the measures she is taking...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      645. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of her Department, if she will provide details of the name of...
    • Ministerial Travel
      646. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to her and each Minister of State in her Department in respect of...
    • Legislative Process
      647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • Ministerial Staff
      648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department; the salary of...
    • Exchequer Savings
      649. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all her special advisers and those of her Ministers of State were capped at the first...
    • Child Protection Guidelines
      650. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish an implementation plan with a clear time frame for the recommendation in the 2012 Government Rapportuer on Child...
    • Early Child Care Education Standards
      651. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish her eight point plan which she outlined at a recent Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting for dealing with the...
    • Departmental Staff Numbers
      652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers currently employed by her Department; and if this figure is in line with previous commitments [36652/13]
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional inspectors that have been hired since it was revealed by the Prime Time Investigates programme that there were a...
    • Youth Justice
      654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of recently expressed opinions by the judiciary regarding lack of detention facilities for young offenders, the action she has...
    • Proposed Legislation
      655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs a clear timeframe for the publication and or Implementation of the following acts; Children first legislation, the Adoption Amendment Bill...
    • Child Protection Issues
      656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that it is now one year since the publication of the independent child death report, if she will publish in detail the...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a completed annual return by early childhood settings outlining the number of children and the age brackets; the number of staff and...
    • Child Care Services Regulation
      660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact she has had with the relevant authorities who provide the training for child care sector; if she is satisfied that the courses...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of her Department; if the ratio has changed significantly...
  • Department of Health
    • National Positive Ageing Strategy
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if he has instructed local authorities to establish older people councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36316/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      663. To ask the Minister for Health when he will receive recommendations from the group set up by the Department of Education and Skills to look at SNE; if he will confirm that he will facilitate...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the process for the renewal of a medical card; and if he will state the circumstances whereby an automatic renewal occurs. [35949/13]
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      665. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35960/13]
    • Misuse of Drugs
      666. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 21 May 2013, if he will provide an update on when the legislation will be commenced. [36002/13]
    • HSE Staffing
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if an early retirement scheme is available for employees of the Health Service Executive during 2013; if so, if he will outline the details of the scheme; and...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
      668. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an appeal under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Proposed Legislation
      669. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the Rights of Grandparents Bill 2013 that due consideration be given to particular circumstances when children are in care; that a provision be...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the Health Innovation Hub; if there is a pilot or demonstration model planned; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to better enhance the...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the €20 million promised to be spent this year tackling the shortage of occupational therapists, speech and...
    • Obesity Levels
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the Government's obesity strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36134/13]
    • Water Fluoridation
      674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the practice of fluoridation of the drinking water supply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      675. To ask the Minister for Health further to his proposal to stop issuing medical cards to persons who are suffering from non terminal cancer, the amount he expects to save from such a move;...
    • Medical Card Applications
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36147/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided for the ambulance services in County Kerry for each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [36152/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a situation with regard to an entitlement to a medical card under EU regulations (details supplied) [36198/13]
    • Nursing Home Beds
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current nursing home bed provision, with a breakdown between the private and voluntary sector and the public sector; if he will...
    • Community Care Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in respect of care in the community through the use of day care centres, low support hostels, medium support hostels and high support hostels for...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding promised for mental health services for 2013; if the €30 million announced for this purpose in 2012 was fully utilised for that...
    • Health Services Reports
      683. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the Higgins report, if he will provide a full update on changes and progress at Waterford Regional Hospital with a particular...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in the Accident and Emergency Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin over the past four weekends [36289/13]
    • Health Strategies
      686. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 21 February 2013, the target date in 2013 for the publication of a national sexual health strategy [36290/13]
    • Patient Safety
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date an the establishment of a Patient Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36306/13]
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the establishment of an Integrated Care Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36307/13]
    • Suicide Prevention
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of annual ring-fenced mental health funding that has been directed to implementing the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in each of the past...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents that are in adult psychiatric wards at present; the progress he has made in respect of reducing this number; and if he...
    • Proposed Legislation
      691. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to present legislation regulating stem cell research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36310/13]
    • Vehicle Clamping
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients whose cars have been clamped while attending hospital appointments in Connolly Hospital, Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      693. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of each pension scheme;...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of their functions as a...
    • HSE Correspondence
      695. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36420/13]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      696. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36421/13]
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      697. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 27 June 2013 when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive [36422/13]
    • Hospital Services
      698. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the introduction of a prospective case based payment system for hospital services using the existing diagnostic related grouping system...
    • Pharmacy Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the savings realised from the administration of vaccines by pharmacists as opposed to general practitioners; if other potential opportunities for transfer of...
    • Health Strategies
      700. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the Troika's observations in relation to the delay in introducing eHealth technologies here; if he will provide an update on developments...
    • Legislative Programme
      701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad Éireann in 2012; if he...
    • Symphysiotomy Report
      702. To ask the Minister for Health when the independent report produced by Professor Oonagh Walsh on symphysiotomy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36445/13]
    • Ministerial Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures...
    • Exchequer Savings
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal...
    • Medical Card Applications
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [36525/13]
    • General Practitioner Services
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a free general practitioner visit card for a person on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [36558/13]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation
      726. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his proposals to establish a forum on long-term residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36569/13]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the proposed primary care centre for Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36570/13]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      728. To ask the Minister for Health for details on the newly established counselling in primary care service; the way access to this service will be distributed throughout the country; the number...
    • HSE Expenditure
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be achieved from improving the occupancy of existing designated private beds in public hospitals to 70%; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Bed Statistics
      730. To ask the Minister for Health the saving that would be achieved by a reduction in the average length of stay in an acute hospital bed by 0.5 days; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      731. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of staff and associated payroll costs for Health Service Executive staff on management and administrative grades; and if he will make a...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the savings that would be achieved from excluding households with an income greater than €100,000 from making a claim under the drugs payment scheme;...
    • Disposal of Hazardous Waste
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the rationale for the disposal of unused medicines properly campaign organised by the Health Service Executive; the length of time this...
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the name of each unlicensed medicine which has been made available to Irish patients in order to meet supply demands in circumstances where authorised medicine...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      737. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive is to set a reference price for medicines or outline the mechanism to be employed for establishing such prices; if his...
    • Health Services Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if and when special hospital bed and ancillary requirements will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
      739. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of hospital consultants' public contracts, if he will report on the terms of the contract in respect of pay and hours required for different...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in numbers and percentages of ambulance activities in County Kerry from 1 January to 30 June 2013, including interhospital...
    • Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the payment structure for the different categories of general practitioners working in the drug treatment service. [36765/13]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the management structure in the Health Service Executive drug treatment service and if he will outline the arrangements which...
    • Substance Misuse
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the status of the review of the operation of the local drugs task forces, the report of which was announced in December; when the...
    • Pharmacy Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enhance the role of pharmacists here that would see this profession being allowed to diagnose minor ailments and supply appropriate treatments;...
    • Home Care Packages
      749. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Health Service Executive to outsource or put to tender enhanced home care packages; the savings that are expected to realised through this...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • EU Conventions
      751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the maritime labour convention package, now that the Irish EU Presidency has concluded; and if he will...
    • EU Directives
      752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Marine Equipment Directive and Agreement on Recreational Craft that were achieved during the Irish EU...
    • European Innovation Partnerships
      753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Ireland's contribution to the council conclusions supporting the launch by the Commission of a European...
    • Tourism Promotion
      754. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in view of the recent visit to the Wicklow Mountains National Park by the First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama...
    • Road Tolls
      755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UK/Northern Ireland will be introducing a time based road user charge in April 2014...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail all jurisdictions, at both national and provincial level where Ireland has a reciprocal relationship for the exchange...
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is preparing his Department to adapt to and make maximum use of next generation technologies in information and communications to...
    • Aviation Issues
      759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the legal regulations surrounding microlight aircraft and their flying patterns, if the use of such aircraft registered with...
    • Rail Network
      760. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the general approach on rail interoperability and the plan to harmonise infrastructures on platform...
    • Aviation Issues
      761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on occurrence reporting in civil aviation and its progress during the Irish EU Presidency; the implications...
    • European Satellite Navigation Systems
      762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on global navigation satellite systems and the agreement on Galileo during the Irish EU Presidency; and if...
    • Integrated Ticketing
      763. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent changes to bus and train services and the explanation provided by his Department that one service will facilitate...
    • European Council Meetings
      764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Council conclusions on dual careers for athletes during the Irish EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Railway Procurement Agency
      765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to instruct the Railway Procurement Agency to employ undercover ticket inspectors and security personnel; and if he will be...
    • Railway Stations Car Park Charges
      766. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the reason Iarnród Éireann has increased cash fares by 25% charged for passengers parking at train...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      767. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of each State agency and commercial State company under the aegis of his Department, if he will provide details of the name of...
    • Ministerial Expenditure
      768. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of miles claimed for and the amount of travel expenses paid to him and each Minister of State in his Department in respect of...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      769. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussion with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the potential for using that Department’s...
    • Legislative Process
      770. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of amendments to legislation he proposed during committee and report stages in Seanad...
    • Ministerial Staff
      771. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of...
    • Exchequer Savings
      772. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first...
    • State Airports
      773. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement the recommendations of a company (details supplied) in respect of operation of Cork airport; his plans for the...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on moving to an on the spot fine for cycling on footpaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36768/13]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      775. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the present gender balance of the total members of State boards under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly...

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