Written answers
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Penalty Points System
10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken since he received the report in March 2013 on fixed penalty charges to address the recommendations arising from the report;...
- Prison Visiting Committees Issues
11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce more robust legislation to help reform the prison visiting committee system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legal Aid Applications
12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to make proposals as part of his overall approach to courts reform to tackle the delays experienced by persons in accessing free...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out an inquiry into the reports that Shell gave boxes of alcohol as presents to the Garda station in Rossport; and if he will...
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues
14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will an update on the amalgamation of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Insolvency Service of Ireland Applications
15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made to the Insolvency Service of Ireland since its inception to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Legal Aid Applications
16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised in relation to legal aid and the length of time that a woman in a domestic violence case has...
- Garda Strength
17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardai in the force and his estimate of the number of Gardai by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a...
- Community Policing
18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps An Garda Síochána has taken to compensate for the loss of Garda stations across rural communities; the number of new community...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress made to date on the provision of information to parents; and if he will...
- Electronic Tagging
20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to roll out electronic tagging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/13]
- EU Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for selecting eligibility for funding via the ERF and EIF funding mechanism. [39753/13]
- Subsidiary Protection Administration
22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the revised procedures for the determination of applications to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for subsidiary protection have...
- Garda Investigations
23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision Expenditure
24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the direct provision system; the total cost to the Exchequer of the current system; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ministerial Meetings
25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings that he has had with the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive. [39762/13]
- Law Reform Commission Recommendations
26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Law Reform Commission will publish its consultation paper relating to whether stalking should be specifically provided for in...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in overcoming the difficulties which have been experienced by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in...
- Sentencing Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation with the objective of establishing a sentencing council that would issue sentencing guidelines to the...
- Legislative Programme
29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation providing for recognition of Traveller ethnicity in this Dáil session. [39755/13]
- Charitable Lotteries Scheme
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the planned timeframe for the intended phasing out of the charitable lotteries scheme; his plans to increase the prize limit applicable to private...
- Equality Proofing of Budgets
34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted wit the Department of Finance on the issue of equality budgeting. [39754/13]
- National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to an earlier Parliamentary Question and in view of the fact that there are no actions in the National Traveller/Roma Integration Strategy...
- Peace Commissioners Appointments
37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for the appointment of peace commissioners across the State. [39765/13]
- Sentencing Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some criminal cases where a suspended sentence is imposed the term of the suspended sentence...
- Court Accommodation Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are further closures of rural court houses expected in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39750/13]
- Garda Recruitment
40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if priority or recognition will be given to current and serving reserve members of An Garda Síochána during the upcoming recruitment...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to monitor sex offenders on an all-Ireland basis. [39764/13]
- Magdalen Laundries Report
42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the recent Quirke report recommendations with regard to the Magdalene laundries, there is any scope to examine individual cases, for...
- Proposed Legislation
43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation with the objective of making An Garda Síochána an independent policing authority. [39759/13]
- Garda Recruitment
44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recommence recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [39761/13]
- Proposed Legislation
45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation as promised in the Programme for Government. [39748/13]
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report and recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, unanimously endorsed by...
- Prison Accommodation Standard
47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to complete the in-cell sanitation in Portlaoise Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/13]
- Referendum on Marriage Equality
48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects a referendum to be put to the people on the issue of marriage equality. [39751/13]
- Crime Prevention
49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address criminality in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39601/13]
- Courts Service Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases currently listed and awaiting before the Supreme Court, High Court and Court of Criminal Appeal; the extent to which any...
- Garda Deployment
51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda ethnic liason officers that are currently working with minority communities. [39757/13]
- Garda Investigations
52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will accede to the request by the family of Fr. Niall Molloy for an independent inquiry into the priest's violent death; and if he will make...
- UN Conventions Ratification
53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/13]
- Public Inquiries
55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister Cameron regarding the public inquiry on the Omagh bombing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Passports
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure and criteria by which diplomatic passports are issued; when they may be used; the number of current serving...
- Passport Applications
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons for the delay in approving a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs Cost
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to proceed with the proposal to reduce tax relief for pension pots that deliver pensions over €60k in Budget 2014 as outlined in his...
- Property Taxation Yield
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised per quarter in 2013 from the mansion tax of 0.25 per cent on the value of homes in excess of €1m as announced in Budget...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised per quarter in 2013 from extending USC to over 70s with large pensions over €60k as announced in Budget 2013. [39886/13]
- Tax Reliefs Abolition
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised per quarter in 2013 by ending top slicing relief on lump sums and severance payments over €200k as announced in Budget...
- Tax Reliefs Application
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to extend Film Relief but take individual investors out of the relief scheme from 2016 as outlined in Budget 2013. [39889/13]
- Tax Yield
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised per quarter in 2013 from the 3% increase in capital gains tax introduced in Budget 2013. [39890/13]
- Tax Code
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date to implement the ten point tax reform plan to help small business outlined in Budget 2013; the outstanding measures under the plan; the...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
70. To ask the Minister for Finance when proposals were submitted to the EU Commission for approval of section 22 of the Finance Act 2013; the reason for the delay in obtaining approval; when it...
- VAT Rates Reductions
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost that would be incurred in 2014 if the current reduced 9% rate of VAT was to continue for an additional year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pensions Levy Yield
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from the pension levy in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39958/13]
- Tax Yield
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the revenue from the air travel tax in each year since 2010 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fiscal Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal deficit if Government expenditure in 2014 was maintained at 2013 levels, with only increases or reductions based on carryover effects...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if any attention has been given to the number of small and medium enterprises known to have been affected by a damaged credit rating arising from issues...
- Property Taxation Collection
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial penalties that will be applied to persons who do not register to pay the local property tax on time; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take the very special circumstances of a school (details supplied) in South Kerry into consideration and appoint a third teacher to...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify eligibility for access to PLC, VTOS and youthreach programmes for non EU nationals who entered the country after 1999; and if...
- FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare may expect to hear if they have been accepted for a FÁS course; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour the commitment to adequately support children with Down's syndrome and other disabilities, in the mainstream education system,...
- Schools Building Projects Status
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm details of building works he has now approved for national schools in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on...
- Teacher Recruitment
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an opportunity exists for an Irish citizen who is a primary teacher in Spain to receive a contract to teach in an Irish primary school for one...
- Departmental Expenditure
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreed budget and final cost for the delivery of programmes (details supplied) including substitution cover for the 2012-13 academic year....
- Schools Guidance Counsellors
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases in the academic year 2012-13 in which schools have sought and obtained concessionary hours arising from a critical incident in...
- School Textbooks
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the creation of a national book exchange policy to reduce costs on parents; and if he will report on the use of...
- School Voluntary Contributions
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department issues guidelines on the imposition of voluntary contribution charges; and if it will be possible to encourage or mandate to...
- National Educational Psychological Service Administration
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychological reports carried out in 2012 and to date in 2013 which are necessary to receive certain additional...
- Budget 2014 Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will protect primary education in Budget 2014 particularly on the class size issue. [40101/13]
- Fee Paying Schools
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is correct that fee charging schools are funding 7,000 teaching jobs and is it economic to reduce same. [40102/13]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Tax Reliefs Application
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a taxsaver ticket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40120/13]
- Flood Prevention Measures
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the amount of funding the Office of Public Works has...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Meetings
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that when meetings are being held within his Department with various banks that minutes were taken and that only...
- Department of Social Protection
- Tax Code
99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of revenue raised per quarter in 2013 by extending PRSI to all income such as consultants' private practice from 1 January 2013; and if...
- School Meals Programme
100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of breakfast clubs being operated nationally; her views on such clubs; and if her Department is encouraging the creation of more clubs of...
- National Internship Scheme Administration
101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the closing date for accepting applications for JobBridge in the education sector following her announcement of extending the...
- Farm Assist Scheme Application Numbers
102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide on a county basis in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and in the...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal on a supplementary welfare allowance application in respect of a person (details suppled) in County Kerry;...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if disability allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [39896/13]
- Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal relative to the rate of jobseeker's being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited; if the maximum...
- Labour Activation Projects
109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to allow self employed persons who are seeking work but ineligible for a social assistance payment to be eligible for...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Job Initiatives
111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views outlining her Department's Local Authority Employment Initiative including the way the scheme operates, the funding assigned to it and the...
- Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for the years 2007 to date in 2013, the amount of funding provided to the Insolvency Payments Scheme through the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
- Emigration Issues
115. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any assistance available for persons wishing to emigrate but do not have the financial means to do so; and if she will make a statement...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
116. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their carer's allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of social welfare payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
- Redundancy Payments
121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in South Tipperary will receive their enhanced redundancy payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Allowance Appeals
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) against the decision to refuse an application of disability allowance;...
- Social Welfare Code Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason no directive has issued to the chief appeals office in relation to the implementation of the recent change in legislation pertaining to...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Natural Heritage Areas Review
125. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding payment for bogland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [40119/13]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider extending the warmer homes scheme to apartment buildings, particularly when applicants fulfil all of...
- Broadband Services Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a sufficient broadband service will become available in an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary as the homes...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Homeless Persons Supports
128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure there are no cuts to the allocation for homeless accommodation in the Budget 2014, as this funding is...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on stock being transferred from National Assets Management Agency to Meath and Louth County...
- Motor Tax Collection
130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the period for the declaration of non-use of vehicles in view of backlogs in motor tax offices; and if...
- Leader Programmes Administration
131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to whom an applicant who is not satisfied with the decision or the decision-making process of a Leader group or...
- Motor Tax Collection
132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene and address concerns expressed regarding the delays in the motor tax office (details supplied) in...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the new distribution scheme designed to replace the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are subject to specific guidelines from his Department regarding the annual servicing of boilers in...
- Water Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been an audit of the water network across local authority areas to determine the amount of lead piping...
- Priory Hall Development
136. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will follow up on the Taoiseach's commitment given during the Order of Business on 19 September that a formal...
- Water Meters Issues
137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is planned to commence charging for water in the last quarter of 2014,...
- Vehicle Registration Issues
138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider granting a registration of taxation exemption for tractors over 30 years old in view of the great...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a deadline in place for the National Assets Management Agency to transfer a number of its properties to social...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Stations Closures
142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the Garda Síochána has taken to compensate for the loss of Garda stations across rural communities; the number of new...
- Prison Education Service
143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the schemes available to assist former offenders to access the labour force or training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39865/13]
- Garda Operations
144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has access to drones for surveillance and intelligence gathering here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Private Rented Accommodation Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider including in legislation that those in receipt of rent allowance will not be discriminated against in the private rented...
- Courts Service Issues
147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements he intends to make in order to make holding cells in courthouses subject to inspection by an independent inspection body, as...
- Prison Inspections
148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the findings of the Inspector of Prisons Report dated 16 June 2012, where the inspector sets out in detail the concerns, including...
- Inspector of Prisons Reports
149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the new complaints procedures of Irish prisons in November 2012; if he will further report on the composition on the panels...
- Firearms Licences
150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the number of applications for firearms licences made; and the...
- Prison Visiting Committees Appointments
151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments he has made to Prison Visiting Committees; the number of those appointees that lived within 50km of the relevant...
- Family Law Cases
152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of the legislative efforts to modernise Irish Family Law, a provision may be included, especially when children are in care,...
- Legal Aid Applications
153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if support to address the cost of legal fees is available or will be made available in cases where grandparents seek to become party to...
- Legal Aid Service Reform
154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the changes to the private practitioners scheme in respect of legal aid in the District Court. [40022/13]
- Garda Vetting Applications
155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an e-vetting system; the speed with which it will cut the waiting times for persons on a community employment scheme...
- Garda Investigations
156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources continue to be made available for the pursuit of evidence in the various cold cases which have been noted over the...
- Organised Crime
157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which organised criminal gang activity is monitored on a geographic basis throughout the country with particular reference to the...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of first-time offenders currently serving prison sentences in respect of drug-associated crime or criminal gang activity who...
- Prisoner Numbers
159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of prisoners currently occupying the various prisons throughout the country; the extent to which overcrowding has occurred; the...
- Garda Strength
160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Síochána in each of the years from 2004 to date inclusive; the extent to which the strength in the...
- Charities Regulation
162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will compile a list of validly registered charities in accordance with the 2009 Act with particular reference to the continued need to...
- Bail Legislation
165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which abuse of the bail laws continues to be monitored by his Department; the proposed remedial action including any legislative...
- Jury System
166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences of witness, juror or court-officer intimidation identified in each of the past five years to date; the extent if any to...
- Legal Services Regulation
167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding reform of the legal profession; the extent to which negotiation continues with respective interest groups; if he has...
- Garda Transport Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the upgrading of Garda transport continues in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/13]
- Garda Operations
169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which forensic services available to the Garda are adequate in all circumstances to meet requirements without referral outside this...
- Legal Aid Applications
170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which waiting lists for legal aid continue to be monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40087/13]
- Legal Aid Service Expenditure
171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs or the funding of criminal legal aid in each year from 2004 to date, inclusive; the number of instances in respect of which such aid...
- Garda Vetting Applications
172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a review of a Garda vetting application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
173. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have purchased or intend to purchase any drone aircraft for surveillance purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/13]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Education Welfare Service Staff
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and location, by county, of education welfare officers; and if she will report on the efforts of her Department in addressing...
- Child Care Services Provision
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the age to which the State provides care to children in State care from 17 to 18. [40023/13]
- Department of Health
- Medical Card Reviews
180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card review in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39869/13]
- Medical Card Eligibility
181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review entitlement to a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was only recently awarded a general...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39881/13]
- Medical Card Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue a long term illness card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39882/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will insist on an early date for a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [39901/13]
- Speech and Language Therapy
187. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cheeverstown's early intervention speech and language therapist will be leaving their position; if and when...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Health if final decisions have been made in respect of all applications to his Department for National Lottery funded grants. [39952/13]
- Hospital Staff Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time self-harm liaison nurses in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and the typical number of these...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a new chief executive of Tallaght Hospital will be appointed as soon as possible following his recent appointment of the current chief...
- Special Educational Needs Services Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case (details supplied) where a young child in County Cavan with special needs is being denied learning support; and if he will make...
- Disease Management
193. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has concluded its health technology assessment of the recently-licensed Meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero, and if...
- Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
194. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to address the demands of non-consultant hospital doctors in view of the planned strike; if he will address the lack of progress the Health...
- Drug Rehabilitation Implementation Programmes
195. To ask the Minister for Health the way persons are assessed for accommodation placement from low to medium to high thresholds with respect to their own recovery from drugs and rehabilitation...
- Medical Card Eligibility
196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide medical card for children suffering from serious illnesses that require ongoing treatment, regardless of parents' income; and if he will...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been kept waiting on a referral from Letterkenny General Hospital to Castlebar Hospital since...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
198. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplies) in County Donegal was not diagnosed in Letterkenny General Hospital, yet when they were admitted to Ballykelly they was...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to continue the sports capital programme in 2013; when he intends to open the application process; and if he will make a...
- Wild Atlantic Way Project
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Wild Atlantic Way signage will be erected in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39914/13]
- Air Travel Tax
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he did not proceed with the suspension of the air travel tax as announced in the 2011 jobs initiative and provided for under...
- Public Transport Issues
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed report on the proposed future allocation by the National Transport Authority of some of Dublin Bus and Bus...
- Roadworthiness Testing
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a system in place to check the roadworthiness of vehicles registered outside of Ireland which travel on Irish roads; if he...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of calls Irish Rail has received on its special hotline number from members of the public to report suspected incidences of...
- Air Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the amendment tabled to EU air passenger rights legislation to affirm the right of passengers to carry an extra bag...
