Written answers

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in controlling the Ash dieback disease from spreading further across the State; and if he will provide a...
    • Equine Passports
      58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to deal with the identification of horses; the progress made to date on this issue; and if he will make...
    • Forestry Grants
      59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for planting grants and premiums to plant forestry; the number of these on hand for more than three...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a licence for a fish farm in Galway Bay; the progress made...
    • Equine Passports
      61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures and practices which have been enacted to safeguard against a repeat of the horse-meat controversy, with particular...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will commence under the 2013 disadvantaged area scheme; the number of estimated payments that will be paid in the first...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average decrease in single farm payments to the 2013 single farm payment as a result of changes to the multiannual financial...
    • Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers
      64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the single farm payment in 2013; the number that have been examined and cleared for payment;...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date on the introduction of single farm payment reforms under the new Common Agriculture Policy budget; and if he will...
    • Commonage Division
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking on foot of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine in relation to commonages; if he...
    • Milk Supply
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any discussions with his Northern counterpart Minister Michelle O’Neill in relation to ensuring the security of...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which in the aftermath of the agreement on the Common Agricultural Policy, he has succeeded or expects to succeed in...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his efforts to support the fishing industry in Area VIa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39148/13]
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to provide an outlet for horses surplus to the horse industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to support the suckler cow sector as part of the Common Agricultural Policy reform 2013 implementation; the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for completion of works under the TAMS sow welfare scheme to the end of December 2013 in view of the...
    • Farm Inspections
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve the consistency of on-farm inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39241/13]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to publish a discussion document on Pillar 2 options under the Common Agricultural Policy reform programme; if he plans to...
    • Aquaculture Licences Applications
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the proposal by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara for development of deep-sea fish farms off the Atlantic coast; and if he will make...
    • Single Payment Scheme Applications
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, details of the number of hectares applied for under the single payment scheme in each year since...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken on foot of the horsemeat crisis to ensure that the issues raised at the time are dealt with; and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the evidence of a National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger is sufficient in relation to a prosecution for animal cruelty; and the...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will commence under the single payment scheme in 2013; the estimated number of farmers that will be paid in the first...
    • Horse Slaughtering Issues
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason all horses sent for slaughter are not tested for the presence of bute; if not found in the meat and if the meat is...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce paid parking at Howth Harbour; if he has made a decision on whether or not to proceed with the plan; and if he...
    • Farm Inspections
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason inspectors inspecting cattle herds are obliged to inspect all the cattle in small herds and only a percentage in larger...
    • Agriculture Schemes Penalties
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial penalties applied to farmers who made applications under the single payment scheme, disadvantaged areas scheme, REP...
    • Fodder Crisis
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money expended by his Department on emergency feedstuffs for farmers during the fodder crisis this year; and if he will...
    • Farm Inspections
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all Departmental inspectors have training in identifying depression as part of their on-farm inspection...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is provision for State matching funding for EU rural development funds available in 2014...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to allow the remaining applicants under agri-environment option scheme 3 join this scheme in 2014 in view of the delay...
    • Grant Payments
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is going to couple any payments under the recently concluded new Common Agricultural Policy; the options or schemes he is...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers were written to recently for historic over-declarations of land under the disadvantaged area scheme and single farm...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of staff employed by Teagasc in 2011, 2012 and to date 2013, broken down between administrative staff, advisory,...
    • Fodder Crisis
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes put in place in response to the fodder crisis of 2013, if his Department carried out a review in the aftermath of the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that will be put in place in relation to agri-environmental schemes in 2014 in view of the delay in introducing the...
    • Food Exports to China
      97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following on from the visit of China's Vice President in 2012, his Department's progress in developing and increasing agri-business...
    • Food Labelling
      98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the efficacy of labelling of all food products, indigenous and imported, accurately...
    • Forestry Sector
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to fund the development of forestry out of Pillar 2 funding under the Common Agriculture Policy; and if he will make a...
    • Fodder Crisis
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put in place contingency plans in the event of bad weather this winter causing another animal food crisis. [39508/13]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the event of payments being made on land deemed not eligible for payment under the single farm payment the EU disallow...
    • Fodder Crisis
      102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out to date for the fodder transport subsidy; the number of applications received; the number of...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      103. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the enhanced Cabinet Committee on Mortgage Arrears and Credit Availability have met since March 2011. [39336/13]
    • Emigration Data
      105. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that have emigrated from the State on a monthly basis since the Government came into office. [39144/13]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      106. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub-Committee on Infrastructure has met since March 2011. [36320/13]
    • Exports Data
      107. To ask the Taoiseach the value of exports in the service sector and the total number employed in this sector for each year since 2002. [36900/13]
    • Dáil Reform
      108. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on a possible referendum to provide constitutional status to the committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas, as committed to in the...
    • Statutory Instruments
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the measures taken to ensure all that Statutory Instruments are placed on the Irish Statute Book website in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      110. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department to which ministerial appointments are made; the statutory provision...
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the bodies, boards or committees under the remit of his Department where there is currently a vacancy to be filled by ministerial appointment; if so, whether the vacancy...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Savings
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of Haddington Road Agreement applicable his Department...
    • Departmental Records
      114. To ask the Taoiseach in relation to concerns regarding the quality of record keeping in his Department, the new instructions to staff that have been issued regarding the filing and retention...
    • Gender Balance Issues
      121. To ask the Taoiseach the present gender balance of the total membership of State bodies under the aegis of his Department; if the ratio has changed significantly over the course of the...
    • Ministerial Staff
      122. To ask the Taoiseach 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 for this...
    • Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all special advisers to him and his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay...
    • Ministerial Allowances
      124. To ask the Taoiseach 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 his official functions; and if...
    • Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions
      125. To ask the Taoiseach 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; details of...
    • Legislative Process
      126. To ask the Taoiseach 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 will...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      127. To ask the Taoiseach the total cost of all media advertising in his Department for each of the past five years; the efforts his Department is making to ensure that local media both print and...
    • Departmental Functions
      128. To ask the Taoiseach if he will discuss the re-configuration of the EU affairs and co-ordination division of his Department, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
    • EU Regulations
      129. To ask the Taoiseach if he has responded to a request from the British Government on the topic of a balance of competencies review of European Union law and regulatory regimes; if he will...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the names of all consultants hired by his Department since he took office and the total cost to the State of these consultants in each case. [39126/13]
    • Departmental Websites
      131. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline in tabular form, each Internet domain that his Department or body under the aegis of his Department has registered online, from 2010 onwards in either...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      132. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Social Policy has met since the formation of this Government; if it has met, the date on which those meetings have taken...
    • Departmental Security
      133. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a central registry of all persons who visit his Department including those who may drive into his Department or access it through Leinster House; if he is...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      134. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to reduce the size of his Department; if he will provide details of the staffing allocation and...
    • EU Directives
      135. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on an independent audit of the transposition and implementation of EU legislation; when he expects to achieve the programme for...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail by name, location and cost the number of capital projects funded by his Department for each of the past five years to date in tabular form in an area...
    • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Staff
      137. To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had in relation to the appointment of a new Clerk of Dáil Éireann; if a procedure has been agreed to process the appointment; and if he...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      138. To ask the Taoiseach the attendees of the weekly Economic Management Council meetings; if there has been any change in the attendees since the EMC was first established; and his plans to...
    • International Economic Co-operation
      139. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the main findings in the recent report on wider Irish and UK plans for closer economic co-operation in the fields of energy, agri-business, finance...
    • Financial Services Sector
      140. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers employed in the financial services sector; the number directly employed in retail banking and aircraft leasing for each year since 2005, [35951/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
      141. To ask the Taoiseach the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members' fees, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi-State companies, under the aegis...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
      144. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he intends to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under the remit of his Department advertise vacant positions through the...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      145. To ask the Taoiseach if any Minister has brought a conflict of interest to his attention regarding his personal finances and his engagement with the financial sector; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Adviser Appointments
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of political staff employed in his office in 1981 and the number employed currently in 2013 including secretarial assistants, parliamentary advisers, special...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met the Chairman or Chief Executive of the North South Bodies InterTradeIreland, Waterways Ireland, the Food...
    • Official Engagements
      150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he has sought meetings with and the details of any briefings he has had on the work of the Parades Commission in...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the lack of progress in relation to the families of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and the reason the...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recommendations in the National Youth Council of Ireland’s report on emigration Time to Go; and if...
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Esther Ireland partnership between Cork University Maternity Hospital and Omdurman...
    • EU Enlargement
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision taken by his colleague, Icelandic Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, and the Government of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the EU or UN action that was taken against Israel following the white phosphorous combs used on civilians in Gaza in 2009....
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Administration
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the systems error occurring in the collection of property tax direct debits this year; the extent and numbers of...
    • VAT Rates Reductions
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support calls to keep the VAT rate at 9% to ensure that Ireland has a strong and competitive tourism industry; if he will maintain this reduced VAT...
    • Property Taxation Application
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow that the property tax takes no account of ability to pay; and if...
    • Credit Ratings
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which lending institutes and the Irish Credit Bureau report and record will be reformed in view of the high volume of restructuring of debt...
    • Mortgage Debt
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding each bank has received for the purpose of dealing with distressed family mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39201/13]
    • Consumer Credit Act Review
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference for the review of Section 149 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39225/13]
    • Bank Charges
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications under Section 149 of the Consumer Credit Act 1995 that have been approved, partially approved and rejected in the years 2008 to...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that motor insurance providers have passed on in full the reductions to male drivers in view of the increases imposed on female drivers...
    • Tax Yield
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised for the Exchequer from DIRT tax in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39234/13]
    • Betting Legislation
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason in the Betting Amendment Bill 2013 the word "bookmaker" is used instead of the word "layers"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39289/13]
    • Corporate Tax Regime Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount IFSC-registered companies paid in corporation tax in 2012. [39309/13]
    • Investment Funds Assets
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of financial assets administered here. [39310/13]
    • National Debt
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the creditors of Ireland's national debt. [39311/13]
    • Debt Collection
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any proposals to introduce a strict code of conduct for persons employed by banks and lending institutions to collect outstanding debts (details...
    • Steering Committee on Mortgage Arrears
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the cross-Government Mortgage Arrears Steering Group has met since March 2011. [39336/13]
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will set demanding quarterly targets for the conclusion of sustainable solutions and for the subsequent performance of these solutions;...
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the latest estimate from his Department of the budgetary adjustment that will be necessary to reach the troika’s target deficit of 5.1% in Budget 2014....
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that none of AIB’s, PTSB’s or Bank of Ireland’s submissions under the Mercer report process included cuts to the basic...
    • Tax Yield
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT revenue generated from tourism-related industries that are currently covered by the 9% VAT rate in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive. [39345/13]
    • VAT Payments
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of VAT being refunded to retailers that sell alcohol below cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39372/13]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to purchase a new custom's cutter vessel for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39381/13]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available or procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was recently contacted by the Revenue...
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are permitted to withhold tax clearance certificates from a person who has not paid the household charge; and if he will make a...
    • Payment Protection Insurance
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to persons who wish to seek refunds of payment protection insurance which they believe they were mis-sold prior to 2007; if the...
    • Corporate Tax Regime Issues
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that most corporations pay much less than the headline 12.5% corporation tax rate, his plans to introduce a minimum effective corporation...
    • Tax Code
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT could not be waived in respect of a service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39503/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, the costs incurred annually since 2011 for each aspect of the jobs initiative as announced; the revenue raised from...
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if the opening budget position for 2014 on which his budget adjustment will be based includes the continuation of the current reduced 9% rate of VAT; and if...
    • Corporate Tax Regime Issues
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from increasing the corporation tax rate on passive investment by 5% from 25% to 30%; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Yield
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from applying DIRT to State savings schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39559/13]
    • Budget Measures
      198. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the €100 million in additional dividend from State companies provided for in the 2013 budget adjustment that has been received; if he...
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the date the Permanent TSB restructuring plan was submitted to the European Commission; when he expects to receive a response; and if he will make a statement...
    • NAMA Debtors
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of developers currently in receipt of a salary from the National Assets Management Agency; the number who have received an increased in salary...
    • Exchequer Borrowing Requirement
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of pre-funding in 2013 the Exchequer borrowing requirement for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39567/13]
    • Property Taxation Yield
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money raised from the local property tax in each local authority area in County Wicklow; the...
    • National Debt
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance the total national debt as a percentage of GDP for each years from 1989 to 1993 inclusive; the current budget borrowing requirements for the same years; and...
    • Betting Regulations
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by applying a 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% tax to online bets and 20% gross profit tax for remote betting intermediaries. [39638/13]
    • VAT Rates Application
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State on the needs of those who are mobility-impaired and on low incomes, that are advanced by...
    • Promissory Note Issues
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if the first of the promissory notes bonds of €500 million has been sold and if not, if he will instruct the Central Bank of Ireland to put a stay an...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recommendation of the Numismatic Advisory Committee in the Central Bank regarding a commemorative coin in 2014 for the battle of...
    • Property Taxation Collection
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the fact that persons paying their property tax on a weekly basis must pay an extra euro; his views on whether this impacts...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered a proposal (details supplied) regarding voice recording legislation in the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue whereby those homeowners whose property is in negative equity find it difficult to rent elsewhere (details supplied). [39730/13]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the current level of Customs and Excischecks and investigations along the border counties regarding the illegal importation of...
    • Tax Collection
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount outstanding in arrears to the Revenue Commissioner across all taxation brackets at 31 March 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maternity Benefit Issues
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is willing to exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from maternity benefit tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39823/13]
    • Budget 2014 Issues
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to equality proof Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39829/13]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the deadline for applications for resource hours; if a special educational needs organiser has been in contact with the child development team...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools for each of the past ten years; if he will confirm the savings accruing from each...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the building of a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will identify a site for the build; when the building will...
    • School Funding
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a fee-charging school (details supplied). [39182/13]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding the needs of those who cannot afford to register for the Teaching Council this year due to financial hardship; and if he will...
    • Bullying in Schools
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding BeatBullying Ireland (details supplied), a new charity set up in response to the bullying crisis Ireland has seen over the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of survivor organisations and support groups whose consensus he acquired, to ratify and support the statutory fund...
    • Bullying in Schools
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the BeatBullying Ireland proposal, submitted to his Department, n relation to seeking pilot funding for a comprehensive...
    • School Staffing
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that in a school (details supplied) in County Louth children are being taught in classrooms with in one case 36 and in another...
    • Third Level Fees
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to remove all fees, including registration fees, for third level education. [39314/13]
    • School Transport Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the FGS report on school transport will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39329/13]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum qualification necessary and training required by persons taking up positions as special needs assistants in primary schools; and the...
    • Teacher Training Places
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties many trainee teachers are undergoing in their attempts to gain probationary teaching hours,...
    • Teachers Panel Rights
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has met the financial requirements to be included in the supplementary teaching panel in 2014; and...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the qualifying criteria for the top-up grant for students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland application ( details supplied) was refused on the basis of insufficient documentary evidence for...
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for special needs support to the National Council for Special Education in respect of a school (details...
    • Third Level Fees
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he will take to address the problem of returning Irish emigrants having to pay non EU fees at third level; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the outreach class in a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he is satisfied that the building is suitable for...
    • School Accommodation
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the ownership and insurance of a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim which currently accommodates the outreach...
    • School Textbooks
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has an entitlement to a book grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39500/13]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the home tuition grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a...
    • FÁS Training Programmes Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of full payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39553/13]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in a Gaeltacht area (details supplied) will be allowed to hire a teacher that is proficient in the Irish language pursuant to Section...
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the numbers of Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeals where a final decision was made on each day in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the long-term accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; the position regarding plans to provide a...
    • School Management
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding national schools where parents are informed that payments are compulsory, that is, a €40 compulsory payment for...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding education cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39672/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who did not receive a higher education grant last year and who is now...
    • Student Support Schemes Issues
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a State funded third level student loan system where students can borrow money for their education and repay the...
    • Student Grants Statistics
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that entered third level colleges in 2012; the number that applied for college grants; the number that were successful in...
    • School Transport Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing an easy payment system of monthly payments or four payments per school year for school transport fees. [39692/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants who have recently lost their jobs that have opted to take a redundancy payment and the number that have...
    • Third Level Fees
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice of refusing a refund of fees paid from students who drop out of third level courses (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Teacher Statistics
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in tabular form by county, of the number of recently qualified primary teachers that have registered with his...
    • Site Acquisitions
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will conclude the acquisition of a site for a new post-primary school at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare; if...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is sufficient regulation of the numbers entering teaching colleges for both primary and second level sectors here; if he will provide a...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the new 19:1 student-teacher ratio for further education in a college (details supplied) in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Information and Communications Technology Issues
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is preparing the Department to adapt to and make maximum usage of next generation technologies; if he intends to conduct a risk...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the statutory powers under which the Office of Public Works directed to provide design and planning services to the board of a museum...
    • OECD Reports
      273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement the recommendation in the OECD economic report to institute practices that are compulsory or routine in many...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of significant flooding in the constituency of Dublin Central and in view of the suggestions made from the pilot Dublin flood...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what capital works the Office of Public Works has planned for St. Enda's Park in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 for the coming years; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the carry forward in respect of the budget 2014 adjustment from public expenditure measures undertaken in 2013; and...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circumstances under which a derogation can be given to a public body to enable it to specify in a contract it is awarding that...
    • EU Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm, in respect of the alleged defrauding of EU grants which had been the subject of a report to the DPP in 1999 causing...
    • Official Engagements
      282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the list of engagements that he had on his September 2013 visit to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39326/13]
    • Parliamentary Inquiries
      283. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the necessary steps to establish an Inquiry into the Banking Crisis of 2008; the timeframe for each step; when it is envisaged an...
    • Departmental Bodies Abolition
      284. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, on a Departmental basis, the State bodies that have been abolished under the Public Service Reform...
    • Leader's Allowance Issues
      289. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to bring forward promised legislation to introduce changes to the leaders' allowance in respect of independent Deputies...
    • Public Sector Management Remuneration
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full year's savings to the Exchequer, both gross and net figures, if all public sector salaries excluding hospital consultants were...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Safety
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the health and safety investigation into the recent tragedy at the Aughoose tunnel in County Mayo has been completed and the...
    • Enterprise Ireland Offices
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the opening of new Enterprise Ireland offices abroad to promote economic investment in Ireland; the date on...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 were of no benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [39218/13]
    • Departmental Agencies Board Appointments
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will explain the conflict of interest between the Government's chief scientific adviser and head of Science Foundation Ireland...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to legislate to allow people to work past the age of 65 should they wish to do so in order to reduce the gap between the...
    • IDA Site Visits
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has discussed with the Industrial Development Agency the fact that Leitrim has only had one visit from the IDA in the past three...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Job Creation Targets
      298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the announcement of a three point plan to take 75,000 persons off the unemployment register by 2015 referred to in a publication (details...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason invalidity pension payment has been withdrawn in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to refuse an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Appeals
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on one parent family payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing in respect of a jobseeker's allowance appeal will be rescheduled in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who...
    • Job Initiatives
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yearly cost of JobBridge. [39312/13]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the habitual residency conditions an Irish person returning form abroad must satisfy before a social welfare payment will be granted. [39377/13]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against a cut in the noncontributory old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Issues
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to persons who do not have utility bills to provide their address when applying for benefits; the acceptable ways to prove an...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
      312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for rent allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39420/13]
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection under what specific circumstances she allows rental costs as an allowance expense under the Community Employment Operating Guidelines; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a community employment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Youth Guarantee
      319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the terms of reference and membership of the Interdepartmental Group on the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39454/13]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Numbers
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons aged 18-19, 20-21, 22-24 broken down by county who are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or who...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding signing for credits for an entitlement to State contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [39552/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for invalidity pension will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [39622/13]
    • Job Initiatives
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the incentives that exist for a farmer considering taking on a farm labourer, who is on jobseeker's allowance on a part-time basis; the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
      334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a decision regarding an appeal on the farm assist payment they were awarded....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to maintaining the fuel allowance at its current rate; if she will consider allowing a mechanism to receive two lump sum payments...
    • Budget Submissions
      337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow that they will not be exempt from the public service...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the changes in the VTOS and back to education allowance qualifications which were brought in in August, without any notification and...
    • Technical Employment Support Grant Eligibility
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an employment technical support grant has not been offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility for back to education allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has not received any funding...
    • Rural Social Scheme Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the 2,600 participants and 130 supervisors in the rural social scheme across the 35 implementing...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      344. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when carer's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further information submitted in support of a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will defend community employment schemes in the context of Budget 2014; if she will guarantee that no further cuts will be imposed upon...
    • Community Welfare Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that citizens requiring social welfare assistance from the community welfare service in large parts of County...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on a qualified adult payment on a State pension contributory in respect of a person (details...
    • Community Welfare Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the criteria upon which the decision to reorganise her Department's community welfare assistance structure was taken; and if she...
    • Teanga Gaeilge
      355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an féidir léi a chinntiú go mbeidh na seirbhísí poiblí a sholáthraíonn an Roinn chomh maith leis an...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same; and if she will make...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the disallowance of a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Memorial Days
      359. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals to declare a Daniel O’Connell National Memorial Day following on from the very successful Daniel...
    • Official Engagements
      360. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times that An Taoiseach has hosted visiting dignitaries at the National Gallery, the National Museum, the National...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      361. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the decision was made to provide material support to the redevelopment of a museum (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the amount...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Issues
      364. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will consent to a proposal (details supplied) and will grant the necessary permission to...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      365. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether natural heritage should be added to the list of activities for which lottery funding is available; and if he...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • National Digital Strategy Implementation
      366. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date for the roll-out of the e-commerce vouchers for small and medium-sized businesses as outlined in the national...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      367. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements in place for the provision of broadband through the national broadband scheme for an area (details...
    • EU Meetings
      368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the parameters of the discussions held with EU ministerial colleagues at the Informal Energy Council in Vilnius,...
    • Energy Schemes Issues
      369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding made available to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland under the better energy warmer homes area based...
    • Public Service Broadcast Charge
      370. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow that they will not be exempt...
    • Oireachtas TV Service
      371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when Oireachtas TV will be broadcast by Saorview. [39659/13]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      372. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding applications with his Department for a wind farm in Dublin Bay and oil/gas drilling; and if he...
    • Fisheries Protection
      373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider re-opening commercial eel fishing in the Waterford region as stocks are above conservation limits...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Priory Hall Development
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when Mr. Justice Finnegan ceased to conduct the resolution process in relation to Priory Hall, Dublin 13; the...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has calculated the expected rise in revenue in motor tax revenue following the recent legislation which closes the...
    • Plastic Bag Levy
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the revenue raised from the plastic bag levy in each year since its inception; and if...
    • Hedge and Tree Height Restrictions
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of a minimum distance for landowners who plant trees on the boundaries of existing...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the silting up on the side of Bull Island close to the traffic lights on the James...
    • Water Meters Issues
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent procurement contract for water meters may be illegal as it...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding which has been allocated by his Department for works to connect an area to the public sewerage network (details...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available for the upgrading of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a house owner or local authority is responsible for leaks or sewerage blockages outside of a home owner's boundary...
    • Waste Management Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a national scheme will be proposed in the near future for a cans and bottles deposit return scheme, similar to what is...
    • Foreshore Licences Applications
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an application for a foreshore licence will be further processed in respect of a club (details supplied) in County...
    • Community Development Projects
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding to NEKD to provide funds for a community council (details supplied) in...
    • Local Authority Finances
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the latest figures available for each local authority of the amount they have on...
    • Motor Tax Collection
      391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the timeline of the end of September for the declaration of motor tax of vehicles being off the road could be extended...
    • Local Authority Housing Applications
      392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) on disability allowance who has already been means tested to qualify for that...
    • Local Authority Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any consideration has been given to funding local authorities to carry out a full retrofit programme of insulation of...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the crisis in funding in Dublin City Council regarding the replacement of broken...
    • Local Authority Housing Standards
      395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the crisis in funding in Dublin City Council regarding the progressing of disability...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in ensuring that landlords in the private sector comply with standard safety regulations; if any...
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet or assist the residents of an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 17 regarding regeneration of their...
    • Water Charges Administration
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to receive the report on the economic regulatory framework for water services from the Commission for...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering re-introducing a further scheme in 2014 to financially assist home owners currently using their own...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to the current number of vacant local authority houses awaiting remedial works including...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of professional and administrative personnel, listed separately that are currently applied to the Spatial...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the non principal private residence charge, the recourse there may be for persons (details supplied) who...
    • Leader Programmes Expenditure
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remaining Learder funding available for allocation from 1 September to 31 December 2013 following the audit completed...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if funding is to be made available for upgrades or work on a fire station (details supplied) in County...
    • Proposed Legislation
      411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to repeal or amend section 237A of the Local Government Act in order to further separate the roles and...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the unfinished housing estates waiver list for the household charge to include a housing estate (details...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total moneys paid to the motor tax office since 2008 in tabular form; the future projections for same; and if he will...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the introduction of the housing assistance payment which provides citizens with support in the...
    • Planning Issues
      416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the solutions available to a local authority where buildings are left derelict by their owners who are identified, and who...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Asylum Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to assist a person (details supplied) in securing asylum in Ireland as requested by him on the basis that he is a...
    • Property Management Company Issues
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce regulations in relation to property management companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Deportation Orders Issues
      420. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate a further examination of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford with a view to addressing issues; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      421. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status and or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Stations Opening Hours
      422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current opening hours of Cabinteely Garda Station, Dublin 18; if any consideration is being given to either limit those opening hours or...
    • Garda Deployment
      423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact number of Gardaí assigned to District F (Dublin) as of the 1 June 2012; the number currently stationed there; and if he will make...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied), imprisoned in Spain, for repatriation under the CoE Convention on the...
    • Prisoner Health
      425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns of medical professionals at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin about the serious health problems of a person (details...
    • Personal Insolvency Practitioners
      426. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take action to prevent personal insolvency practitioners from imposing large up-front fees. [39340/13]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the development of an e-vetting system for Garda vetting applications; if he will provide information on the...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the authority upon which the Garda refused to prosecute a club (details supplied) in County Wexford on the basis of not accepting evidence...
    • Garda Transport Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that each Garda District in the Dublin Region has received from the new Garda...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Magdalene women will receive funding in relation to the documentation each of them has provided and his Department has received since...
    • Courts Service Issues
      431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a cost analysis has been made in the case where a Court of Appeals is established in the event of the people vote in favour of it in the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a Garda vetting application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the current processing times for...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the bankruptcy element of the Personal Insolvency Act will commence; the reason for the delay in implementing this section; and if he will...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in implementing the recommendations of the Oireachtas Justice Committee in relation to prostitution here; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Recruitment
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the recruitment process for entry into An Garda Síochána will commence. [39632/13]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W who has been resident here for 12 years and who wishes to...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether current licensing laws curtail people’s ability to experience night-life in Ireland’s cities; his plans to...
    • Asylum Support Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the treatment of asylum seekers here in view of allegations made against Serco employees at the Yarl’s Wood...
    • Drugs Crime
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the advertising and sale of certain drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39741/13]
    • Data Protection
      440. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications for the privacy rights of Irish citizens of the gathering of digital information by the US National Security Agency; if he has...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 has no provision for the...
    • Garda Operations
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost, following the necessary and well organised Garda operation on 18 September 2013 of policing a protest in Dublin city centre; the number...
    • Legislative Programme
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in reforming and modernising Ireland's family law with particular reference to families of citizens who are lesbian, gay,...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting period to process Garda vetting of teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39802/13]
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign up to the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a...
    • Human Trafficking
      446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance offered to victims of human trafficking here; the number of persons that have been victims of human trafficking here; his plans to...
    • Court Procedures
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent, if any, to which he has studied the length of time taken to bring a case to court from the time of initial charge and commencement of...
    • Crime Prevention
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality having regard to his experience over the past two years, if it might be advisable to introduce a consolidated bill to address the most obvious...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      449. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps being taken outside Ireland for the recruitment of additional doctors to the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider encouraging the take-up of drag coursing as an alternative to live hare coursing; and if he will make a statement...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of the suckler welfare scheme for the period from...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when arrears of REP scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for the disadvantaged area claim for 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of agri environment option scheme 2 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
    • Forestry Sector
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to publish the Forest Policy Review following the recent call for submissions on the draft policy; and if he will make...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on agri environment option scheme appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Count Clare; and if...
    • Agriculture Schemes Appeals
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that hill farmers are suffering as a result of falling lamb prices, his plans to support them during this present...
    • Sugar Industry
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the redevelopment of the beet industry here; the meetings that have taken place with interested groups across...
    • Farm Inspections
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the notice of inspection a farmer is entitled to under the Charter of Farmers' Rights for inspections relating to ground, maps,...
    • Fish Quotas
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the white fish quota (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39504/13]
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the payment for beef discussion group in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and when...
    • Fish Farming
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the report of Inland Fisheries Ireland in October 2010, critical of the Marine Institute's monitoring of sea lice in fish...
    • Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of suckler calf premium will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Coillte Teoranta Staff
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte engage in any forms of community employment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39740/13]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the applications of the approximately 3,500 farmers excluded from the agri-environment options scheme 3, in the...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reintroduce the suckler cow scheme in view of the fact that during the past 12 months there has been a 20% reduction in...
    • Farm Retirement Scheme Eligibility
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an incentive to older farmers to take retirement to be able to hand farms over to younger and possibly more...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling licence will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Reopening
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the opening of the agri-environment options scheme for applicants. [39807/13]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to maximise the advantage for the agri-food sector arising out of the Common Agricultural Policy and...
    • Milk Quota Cessation
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has evaluated the opportunities for the Irish and European dairy sectors in the aftermath of the abolition of...
    • Food Exports
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which potential new markets for beef, lamb and pig meat, in the EU and globally have been identified; the extent to...
    • Food Industry Development
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department expect to be able to capitalise on the expansion of the agri-food sector with a view to...
    • Food Exports
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which any plans are being made in respect of Irish agri-food exports to the UK in the future in the event of UK...
    • Food Labelling
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the labelling of meat and all food products continues to be enforced in order to preserve and protect the...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 25 June 2013, if his Department has given full approval and compliance status to the...
    • Food Labelling
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy and frequency of checks and inspections in respect of food and food-product labelling here...
    • Fisheries Protection
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which conservation measures already adopted in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy or otherwise continue to...
    • Cereal Sector
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he is satisfied in respect of the future prospects for the cereal growing sector over the next ten years; and if...
    • Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment did not issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied) under the 2012 beef technology and adoption scheme;...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an area environment option scheme III appeal lodged by a person in County Galway (details supplied);...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèche inspections that have been carried out in the Health Service Executive South region in 2011 and 2012; the reasons...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to intercede on behalf of adoptive parents before the Section 63 Declarations of Eligibility and Suitability deadline of the 31...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to funding allocations for youth...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions she will take on foot of the outcomes of the Informal Expert Roundtable at Castletown House in June; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all the staff in her Department with a breakdown by function and grade; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the value for money review of youth work funding will be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown in funding to Macra na Feirme over the past five years; and if she will be engaging with this group prior...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she has put in place to improve regulation of childcare here since the RTÉ Prime Time programme revelations; her views on...
  • Department of Health
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      500. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the operation of the aeromedical service will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/13]
    • National Substance Misuse Strategy
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken any analysis of the proposal to implement a social responsibility levy on drinks manufacturers as proposed by the Steering Group Report on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39164/13]
    • Health Services Issues
      503. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive changed its policy with regards the provision of bras, prosthesis and swim suits for women who are recovering from cancer and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      504. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care as outlined in the programme for Government will be introduced; the timeframe for same; the illnesses or disabilities that...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if the cutbacks in St. Michael's House (details supplied) can be reversed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39195/13]
    • Hospitals Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details in tabular form by hospital of the cost of security services in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39197/13]
    • HIQA Inspections
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority is empowered to visit acute general hospitals on an unannounced basis to carry out inspections; if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a gastroenterology centre at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork; the timeframe for the development and investment being made;...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      510. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the case of the person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 with a disability in relation to the cuts to St. Michael’s House. [39211/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      512. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be admitted for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39216/13]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding housing in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [39217/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is safe to have just one ambulance with patient carrying facilities available in the Killarney area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • HSE Staffing
      515. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical officers working in the medical card appeals office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39307/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card appeal; if this case was reviewed by a medical officer; and if he...
    • National Asthma Programme
      518. To ask the Minister for Health If he will implement the next phase of the national asthma programme in 2014 which will result in a reduction in both deaths and hospital admissions due to...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39321/13]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      523. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there is a waiting list in excess of 200, if there is a specific date for the hiring of five nursing personnel and three EEG...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/13]
    • Medical Card Appeals
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their medical card appeal; if this case was reviewed by a medical officer; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overseas recruitment drives undertaken by the Health Service Executive in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number and job title of posts offered at each...
    • General Practitioner Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the amount provided to general practitioners to perform small procedures, for example, mole removal, in their surgeries; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Diabetes Strategy
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will fill the sanctioned posts in relation in the areas of diabetes care in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the development of the National Paediatric Hospital. [39405/13]
    • HSE Properties
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the properties in Dublin 8, 10 and 12 belonging to the Health Service Executive that are being sold and the progress that has been made on selling them. [39406/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to discontinue the mobility allowance payment; the length of time for which he intends to extend the scheme; the alternatives that are being...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Issues
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive options available in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [39422/13]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      539. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the transport arrangements available at a hospital (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Maternity Cash Grant
      540. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 3 July 2013, if he will provide a response to same; if he will furnish the information supplied to him by the...
    • Alcohol Advertising
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the 2012 report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body; if not, when he expects to receive same; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      543. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39473/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that are being made to ensure that urgent treatment that is required in St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin for a person (details supplied) in...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      546. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund will be issued for expenses accrued as a result of a withdrawal of a medical card that was subsequently and successfully appealed in respect of a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending free general practitioner care to all children under five years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39564/13]
    • HSE Staffing
      548. To ask the Minister for Health his views on recent comments that the Health Service Executive has a surplus of 1,500 administrators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39565/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive an appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin;...
    • National Ambulance Service
      550. To ask the Minister for Health whether when a member of staff of the National Ambulance Service identifies a problem regarding ambulance service delivery, proceeds to seek its resolution...
    • Hospital Consultants Remuneration
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the full year saving, gross and net, to the Exchequer if all hospital consultants' pay over €150,000 were reduced by certain amounts (details supplied)....
    • Hospital Transfers
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for the urgent transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry to the Mercy Hospital, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Properties
      553. To ask the Minister for Health the total rental moneys paid per annum by the Health Service Executive in County Cavan for sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      554. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 9 July 2013, if his attention has been drawn to an internal audit at a company in County Dublin that receives...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      555. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card may be retained in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39647/13]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      556. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow that further changes in the rules for medical card holders may...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39660/13]
    • Mobility Allowance Decision
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a mobility scooter will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Transfers
      559. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be transferred back to a Carlow hospital. [39696/13]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare towards the provision of a hearing aid; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the reason perfectly good beds have been taken out of a hospital (details supplied) in County Cork.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39742/13]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a major new structure and extension at Sligo General Hospital; if the timelines originally envisaged will be met; and if he will make a...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the 'X' case legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39818/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent figures for the numbers waiting to access neurological services here; his plans to address these waiting lists; his future...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Health his views on stem cell research here; the way he sees this area developing in the years to come; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39828/13]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the recent discussions his Department and the Health Service Executive have had with stakeholders regarding a proposed primary care centre (details supplied)...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ports Development
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need for the section of the River Suir along the quays at Waterford city to be dredged; if he will...
    • Motor Insurance Regulation
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor insurance policies that have been approved under the Declined Cases Agreement in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he...
    • National Transport Authority
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann will provide an update on the provision of a new bus shelter at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential State funding streams available for a sporting club (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety Strategy
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support walk to school programmes which promote road safety among young school students, such as providing free hi-viz...
    • National Transport Authority
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints received by the National Transport Agency in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in relation to rail passenger rights; and if he...
    • Taxi Regulations
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending the new hackney regulations to allow for family members to use the registered vehicle for private use...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grants will be available and if he will indicate when the details will be announced. [39502/13]
    • Dublin Bus Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are proposals to privatise Dublin Bus routes 18, 76 and 76a; the criteria that was...
    • National Transport Authority
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a suitable location has been found for the new bus shelter in Killorglin, County Kerry; if the required planning permission will be...
    • Education and Training Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the publically funded colleges here that offer training courses for chefs; the numbers of places annually on each course; the role Bord...

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