Written answers
Thursday, 26 September 2013
- Department of Health
- Departmental Estimates
11. To ask the Minister for Health if he anticipates bringing forward a supplementary estimate for his Department and the Health Service Executive in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to close the 22-bed mental health unit at St. Brigid’s, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
13. To ask the Minister for Health the number of executives in the Health Service Executive on salaries of over €100,000 as of September 2013 and the comparable figure for January 2012;...
- Cochlear Implants
14. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive’s plans to provide cochlear implants to children who need them. [39986/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
15. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the substantial increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists since the start of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40016/13]
- Mental Health Services Provision
16. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date in developing a national mental health information system as provided for in the Health Service Executive's...
- National Substance Misuse Strategy
17. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the steering group report on the national substance misuse strategy; and if he will make a statement...
- Chronic Disease Management Programme
18. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to help persons with asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40009/13]
- Primary Care Strategy
19. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a long-term mental health condition will be considered for inclusion in the first phase of the roll-out of free primary care; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products Prices
20. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the price differential between medication sold in Northern Ireland and here; the way he plans to close this gap; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Discharges
21. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delayed discharges from acute hospitals in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39924/13]
- Hospitals Inspections
23. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent Health Information and Quality Authority hospital hygiene reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
24. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied recent events at Stewarts, Dublin 20 and St. Michael’s House, Ballymun do not undermine the commitment in the programme for Government...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Application Numbers
25. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers awaiting placement through the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40006/13]
- Rare Diseases Strategy Publication
26. To ask the Minister for Health when the national action plan on rare diseases will be published; if a Health Service Executive clinical director will be appointed to co-ordinate...
- Cochlear Implants
28. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure, without further delay, the provision of bilateral cochlear implants for all deaf children who require them. [40030/13]
- Home Help Service Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Health when the home help hours cut in 2012 will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40046/13]
- Medicinal Products Prices
30. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the full roll-out of reference pricing and generic substitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40048/13]
- Home Help Service Eligibility
31. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that he intends to introduce means testing for home care and other services for older persons and persons with disabilities; and if he will...
- Hospital Services
32. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the waiting lists for rehabilitation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40053/13]
- Domestic Violence Refuges
33. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Health Service Executive proposes to deal with the current crisis in the provision of domestic violence services which has recently resulted in the...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
34. To ask the Minister for Health if it is within his power by means of regulations, or if legislation is needed, to require private and voluntary nursing homes who are in the nursing home...
- Home Care Packages
35. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce paediatric care packages for children with life-limiting conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40017/13]
- Obesity Strategy
36. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he intends to undertake to deal with serious obesity levels here. [39922/13]
- Vaccination Programme
38. To ask the Minister for Health the supports he has provided and will provide to persons who contracted narcolepsy as a result of being vaccinated by the flu vaccine Pandemrix; if he will...
- Health Services Expenditure
39. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which any budgetary overruns have occurred throughout the health service; the precise areas which have shown such overruns; when any such overruns...
- Commencement of Legislation
40. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the operation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39926/13]
- Health Services Charges
41. To ask the Minister for Health if cancer patients who have to pay for their own treatment also have to pay for cancer-related surgery. [40066/13]
- Organ Donation
43. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures or resources that will be provided to assist organ donation and transplant services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
44. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to reduce the number of persons waiting for initial appointments with hospital consultants; the current number of people waiting for...
- Services for People with Disabilities
45. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for day services for young persons with severe disabilities who have completed school in 2013 will be fully restored; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services Reform
46. To ask the Minister for Health his health priorities for the Dáil Éireann term ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39928/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no funding cuts to St. Michael's House, in order to reduce the harsh impact on services such as residential and respite care....
- Domestic Violence Policy
48. To ask the Minister for Health the strategy the Health Service Executive has in place to improve the protection of those who fall victim to domestic violence; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
49. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources he will make available to assist the rebuilding of Letterkenny General Hospital following flood damage; and if he will make a statement...
- Budget 2014 Issues
50. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms that are in place to assess the impact budget 2014 will have on the health, safety, quality of care and provision of services for patients in our...
- Medical Card Eligibility
51. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all children diagnosed with cancer are granted, or allowed to retain, medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40038/13]
- National Children's Hospital Status
52. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the development of the new National Children’s Hospital [40049/13]
- Hospital Services
55. To ask the Minister for Health the additional support that will be provided to the three existing children’s hospitals pending the completion of the new hospital at the St. James'...
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
56. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the waiting lists for orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40054/13]
- Health Services Expenditure
57. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost savings he will make in 2013 in charging the full cost of private care in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Numbers
59. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any instances where the Health Service Executive fails to inform a card holder and their GP about the cancellation of a...
- Universal Health Insurance White Paper
60. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised White Paper on financing universal health insurance will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40036/13]
- Services for People with Disabilities
61. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cuts that are affecting the services of over 2,000 persons with intellectual disabilities using the day and residential services of St....
- Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
62. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated drug recovery beds in Dublin north city Health Service Executive; their location and the way the issues of density of drug...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Millenium Development Goals
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Millennium Development Goals; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department up to the end of August 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide additional overseas development assistance for Syria and that region; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Applications
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Irish passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and...
- Department of Finance
- Job Creation Numbers
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs created under the Revenue job assist schemes; the cost of the scheme in each year from 2010 to 2012; and...
- Debt Management Services
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the implications of the Central Bank Act 2013 on bank mediation particularly in relation to personnel who do not deal with...
- Tax Forms
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be furnished with a P21 for the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will...
- Seed Capital Scheme Eligibility
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing a concession in the upcoming Finance Bill regarding the conditions of the seed capital scheme (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and...
- Financial Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are available to persons who do not have utility bills to prove their address when applying to open a bank account; the acceptable ways to...
- Tax Code
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to help reduce the cost to the consumer of gluten free products, which are an essential dietary requirement for coeliacs and persons...
- Banking Sector Redundancies
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if all staff accepting voluntary redundancy/retiring from AIB were offered briefing on their retirement entitlements; if these seminars were made available to...
- Pension Provisions
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if the AVC withdrawal scheme introduced in Budget 2013 will be extended to cover PRSA's to assist persons to access part of their pension savings particularly...
- NAMA Loans Sale
81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make available specific details of asset sales made by the National Assets Management Agency; if he will further make available a list of the...
- Tax Reliefs Cost
82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up to date list of discretionary tax reliefs and the revenue that would be saved, per measure, if these tax reliefs were...
- Tax Yield
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised from extending betting tax to online bets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40269/13]
- Pension Provisions
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to date from allowing persons early access to pension as provided for in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40271/13]
- Tax Yield
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the yield in each year from 2005 to 2012 from stamp duty on share transactions on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by his...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in County Mayo who have been assessed as eligible for the home tuition scheme for school year 2013/2014; the number who have...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current Government came into...
- Third Level Fees
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the recent policy change allowing non-EEA nationals who acquire EEA citizenship to avail of reduced tuition fees; if existing...
- FÁS Local Training Initiatives Places
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare is only receiving a portion of their training allowance while participating on a FÁS...
- Mental Health Programmes
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget and final cost for programmes (details supplied) in the 2012-2013 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40231/13]
- Guidance Counselling
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have sought guidance counselling concessionary hours arising from a critical incident in the school; and of these, the...
- State Examinations Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [40280/13]
- Translation Services Issues
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will authorise secondary school pupils to translate public documents from English to Irish in view of the stream of revenue this would...
- Student Grant Scheme Appeals
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of higher education grants in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a higher education grant will be approved by Student Universal Support Ireland in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Staff Data
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current Government came...
- National Monuments
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors to the Desmond Banqueting Hall, Newcastle West during the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication...
- Peace and Reconciliation Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Peace IV Programme will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40319/13]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Job Creation Numbers
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated number of full-time permanent jobs which Westmeath County Enterprise Board, Westmeath Community Development, Industrial...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current Government came...
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any difficulties regarding the enforcement of decisions made by the Employment Appeals Tribunal,...
- Departmental Staff Data
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication...
- Department of Social Protection
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Appeals Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 695 of 18 September 2013, the additional documentation that is outstanding in order to process this...
- Job Initiatives
124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobs created to date under the jobsplus scheme; the cost of the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40143/13]
- Garda Vetting Applications
127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow the acceptance of statutory declarations due to the delays in the processing of Garda vetting applications; and if she will make...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which her Department considers criminality and anti social behaviour as a factor in awarding rent allowance to applicats, and if,...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the recent decision to impose an obligation on those moving from a VTOS payment to a back to education allowance payment to...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the half rate carer's allowance will be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40176/13]
- Employment Support Services
131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update in the establishment of an Intreo office in Bray, County Wicklow, due to be operational in late 2013; the services...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Insurance Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed explanation regarding credits for past periods of employment for the benefit of receiving social welfare; the lapse...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to her Department since the current Government came into office:...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 2 July 2013, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, if the relevant medical...
- Household Benefits Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of recent figures that almost 1 in 10 persons aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty and that almost half of older persons living alone are...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal for farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, having awarded rent allowance to a person, her Department carries out any form of monitoring to ensure that the person is conforming with the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the event where her Department has assessed that a person owes her Department a sum of money as a result of an overpayment associated with...
- Farm Assist Scheme Data
140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid on farm assist claims in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the total number of claimants in each of those years; and if...
- National Internship Scheme Places
141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exception may be made to the JobBridge scheme for an extension of an internship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when a decision in respect of eligibility for invalidity pension will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when supplementary welfare payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Benefit Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when child benefit will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40358/13]
- Back to Education Allowance Applications
146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when back to school allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when jobseeker's allowance will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Guardian's Payment Applications
148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when payment in respect of guardianship will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Child Benefit Applications
149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when child benefit will be restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40362/13]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when rent support will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
152. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed...
- Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Road Improvement Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to reintroduce the bothair aise scheme for residents in the Gaeltacht area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Heritage Council Expenditure
154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that the Heritage Councils grant scheme is restored to enable funding to continue to the Irish Wildlife Trust which...
- Departmental Staff Data
156. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Schemes Data
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of funding which householders applied for under the better energy homes scheme and the better energy warmer...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason there is a substantial delay in the processing and administering of the better energy warmer homes scheme for...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current...
- Broadband Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve broadband in rural areas (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Prices
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason and the basis on which the Energy Regulator decided to deregulate ESB energy prices at 60% market share...
- ESB Marketing Expenditure
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent by ESB on marketing for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised if the non principal private residency charge was retained and increased by €150;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent and future investments in the Dunlavin sewerage scheme as part of the Water Services Investment Programme...
- Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration
168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the abolition of the non-principal private residence tax next year, if late payment fees will continue to...
- Pyrite Issues
169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if fumes from pyrite may affect home owners in view of the fact that five Chinese miners died in Changsha in a pyrite mine...
- Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the event of a developer - a quarry or other contractor - whose properties were remediated by the Pyrite Remediation...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to persons who do not have utility bills to prove their address when applying for housing; the...
- Road Signage
172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1692 on 18 September 2013, if there is legislation regarding signs and signage based...
- Fire Service Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department, local authorities or agencies under his control has privatised or outsourced any part or all, of the...
- Leader Programmes Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which LEADER funding has been made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
- Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of recent figures that almost 1 in 10 persons aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty and that almost half of...
- Departmental Staff Data
178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Vetting of Personnel
179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to speed up the Garda vetting process, in view of the fact that the delays are causing severe hardship for persons wishing to take up...
- Asylum Support Services
180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013, if he will forward all outstanding responses to the question submitted at the time....
- Asylum Applications
181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers currently awaiting a decision; the average waiting time associated with applications for asylum; the number of...
- Garda Operations
182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current guidelines covering the correct and appropriate use of pepper spray by An Garda Síochána; his views that the recent use of...
- Naturalisation Applications
183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department or An Garda Síochána has privatised any part or all of the selection process for potential recruits to the police...
- Marriages of Convenience
185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position regarding sham marriages, especially in relation to citizens from Latvia and Pakistan; if there are statistics available for...
- Extradition Arrangements
186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to broaden the number of countries with whom Ireland has extradition agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40260/13]
- Criminal Assets Recovery Frameworks
187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that exist to deal with assets held in Ireland of persons acquired through the proceeds of crime in another jurisdiction; and if...
- Residency Permits
189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which progress has taken place in evaluation of case of residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person...
- Immigration Status
190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding examination and determination of residency/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Naturalisation Applications
191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in regard to determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Immigration Status
192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in regard to determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Residency Permits
197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status/eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement...
- Citizenship Applications
201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality tthe position regarding eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
203. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who has previously had residency status based on spousal or personal work...
- Departmental Staff Data
206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
207. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department or the Defence Forces has privatised or outsourced any part or all of the selection process for potential recruits to the Defence Forces,...
- Departmental Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by his...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Aquaculture Development
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines and parameters that have been set down by his Department to govern the oyster and mussel collection by a company...
- Animal Disease Controls
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if DEFRA UK has informed his Department of its intention to enforce pet passport regulations for animals being transported to the UK,...
- Parking Charges
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the proposal to introduce paid parking in Howth Harbour has now been withdrawn; and if he will make a...
- Fish Discards
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would allow fishermen to keep cray fish measuring 100 mm instead of the current 110 mm limit as the rest of Europe allows...
- Fish Imports
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is testing imported fish for artificial whitening additives; if so, if any of these samples have tested positive;...
- Harbour Fees
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review harbour dues; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by fishermen trying to pay these...
- Harbour Services
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fishermen will be provided with written descriptions of the services provided at harbours in the bills that are sent out instead...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a 2011 REP scheme penalty imposed on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Sea Lice Controls
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the problem of sea lice from sea fisheries; if he has considered this issue in relation to his policy and...
- Fish Quotas
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will redistribute any leftover tonnage for smaller boats under 17 m from this years herring quota among the same sized boats...
- Fisheries Protection
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any fishermen from boats under 17m are directly represented on the Sentinell Herring Fishery Committee, other than PO...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for agri environment option scheme 3 entry in respect of a person (details supplied) [40324/13]
- Single Payment Scheme Appeals
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for single farm payments where penalty was imposed in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application which is at penalty review status and file being processed in respect of a person (details...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the agri-environment option scheme 2012 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) and when payment...
- EU Meetings
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the parameters of the discussions held with Ministerial colleagues at the Meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries,...
- Pet Imports
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures applicable to the importation of budgerigars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40331/13]
- Departmental Staff Data
231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisors, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Protection Services
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the further progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group since...
- Departmental Correspondence
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40198/13]
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to her Department since the current Government came into...
- Departmental Staff Data
236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Facilities
237. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned at the €2.8 million invested in an acute mental health facility in St Brigid's Hospital in Ballinasloe which is now intended to be...
- Water Fluoridation
238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the practice of water fluoridation including reducing the level of fluoride in the water; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary has received funding under the section 38/section 39 Health Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Lottery Funding Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a lotto application in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/13]
- Hospital Appointment Status
241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/13]
- Health Services Staff Data
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cognitive behavioural theory therapists employed by the Health Service Executive in each of their areas; the funding that has been made available...
- HSE Properties
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm what the Health Service Executive plans to do with a site which it recently bought (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a...
- Disability Support Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter on ability west service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40192/13]
- Health Services Issues
250. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding back up support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [40199/13]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for the chronic pain clinic in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; the number of persons currently waiting to access the service; the average...
- Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
253. To ask the Minister for Health the name and business address of all of the providers of public relations services to his Department since the current Government came into office; the total...
- Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
254. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a no-fault compensation scheme for those who suffer as a result of vaccine administration; the position regarding the...
- Departmental Budgets
255. To ask the Minister for Health the unallocated savings required to meet his Department's expenditure ceiling in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/13]
- National Drugs Strategy Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the Oversight Forum on Drugs Committee and the Drugs Advisory Group have met in the past year since September 2012; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
258. To ask the Minister for Health if the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a...
- Mobility Allowance Decision
259. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the mobility grant and replace it with a new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40285/13]
- Health Insurance Prices
262. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private health insurance costs continue to be affected by the charges in both the public and the private hospitals; the extent if any to...
- Hospital Acquired Infections
263. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of reports of various infections arising from MRSA or other hospital bugs on a monthly basis in each of the past three years to date; the...
- Hospital Staff Issues
264. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which an adequate supply of junior hospital doctors is available throughout the health service in 2013; if they are sourced internally or...
- Nursing Staff Provision
266. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the number of nurses engaged through the public health service has fluctuated in each of the past four years to date; if he is satisfied...
- Health Services Staff Data
267. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which staffing at all levels throughout the public health system remains adequate to meet requirements; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
268. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which patients seeking hospital appointments have been placed on waiting lists prior to obtaining a position on the actual hospital list; and if...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department’s primary care building programme has progressed; the number of such centres already completed and in operation; the...
- Ambulance Service Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which ambulance services throughout North Kildare remain adequate to meet the demand having particular regard to reports to the contrary; and if...
- Medical Card Data
274. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards currently in circulation; the extent to which these numbers have fluctuated over the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Eligibility
276. To ask the Minister for Health if in the context of examination of eligibility for medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare cognisance has been taken of...
- Medical Card Applications
277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card restored to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in August and withdrawn in September; if the medical card will re-issue...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
279. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures governing a cosmetic medical procedure in the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
280. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/13]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their eligibility for a refund under the ECHI...
- Departmental Staff Data
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of advisers, programme managers, press officers and political staff and communication staff employed by his...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Regulations
284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of the current 32,877 licensed small public service vehicle drivers that have been awarded additional areas of operation for...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will outline all streams of funding...
