Written answers

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Health, the sports authorities and the Health Service Executive regarding the...
    • Traffic Management
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent National Transport Authority publication City Centre Transport Assessment Study; the actions he will take...
    • Cycling Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the introduction of lower rate on-the-spot fines for cyclists who break the law which could be more regularly applied...
    • Pension Provisions
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has prepared a funding proposal in relation to the funding status of the defined benefit pension...
    • Road Network
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of his Department's plans for the proposed construction of the Limerick to Cork motorway as part of the...
    • Sporting Organisations
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the ability of sporting bodies to register as...
    • Tourism Policy
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the recently launched tourism policy review. [40872/13]
    • Dublin Bus Services
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for making Dublin Bus a cost effective organisation, providing a quality service benefitting a capital city of Europe; and if he...
    • Air Services Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken in response to the revelations by the Ryanair pilot group regarding serious concerns about aviation safety, which...
    • Ports Development
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions taken by his Department to progress the aims of the national ports policy; the legislation he plans to publish in this area;...
    • Public Transport Issues
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current financial position within the CIÉ transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40787/13]
    • Rail Services
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the current discussions at Irish Rail in relation to plans to reduce the company’s expenditure in the coming...
    • Rail Network
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40884/13]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has sought an extension of the 9% VAT rate applied to the hospitality sector from the Department for Finance; the benefits to the...
    • Regional Road Network
      83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for bridge replacement on regional roads to support local and tourism infrastructure. [40889/13]
    • Public Transport Provision
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce bus rapid transit routes in Dublin and other cities in Ireland; if he foresees the provision of capital funding for...
    • Public Transport Issues
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide figures for the amount of money that vandalism and destruction of property at each public transport body under the...
    • Road Tolls
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed toll holiday for HGVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40505/13]
    • Adventure Activities Regulation
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on proposals to regulate the adventure sports industry and ensure safety in the sector. [40530/13]
    • Public Transport Issues
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reduction in services to Dublin Airport from Dublin city centre by private operators (details supplied); if he has had...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there was an underspend of the capital allocation in his Department; the capital projects that have begun by his Department since the...
    • Air Services Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to secure an air link between Ireland and China; if he has engaged with the Dublin Airport Authority in order to...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussion with the Department of Education and Skills regarding the potential for using that Department’s...
    • Aviation Policy Review
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of and future plans for the aviation policy review; and the implications of this policy for Cork Airport; and if he...
    • Tourism Promotion
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the targets he has for emerging tourism markets, in particular China, India, Brazil, Russia and south-east Asia; and the strategies that...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date of work on the new Luas line, including current money spent on project; the numbers employed at present; and...
    • Road Safety Issues
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to increase awareness of cyclists among motorists. [40903/13]
    • Road Network
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the recent launch of an assessment from the national road network of the need for a new road to the port of...
    • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria for the awarding of sports grants from his Department; the total expenditure of his Department on sports grants to date in...
    • Public Transport Issues
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will nationalise bus stops and bus stop signage in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40882/13]
    • Arthur's Day Event
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Arthur's Day event in view of attempts by a company (details supplied) to market it as a tourist event and an expression...
    • Women's Participation in Sport
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the relatively low number of women participating in sports; the initiatives he is taking to rectify that imbalance; and the...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with or plans to meet with representatives of the photo ID industry to discuss their concerns regarding the displacement of...
    • Public Transport Issues
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a framework for assessment of any proposed policy change by public transport companies which would ensure that the...
    • State Airports
      112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on discussions with the management of Ireland West Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40806/13]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will account for the lack of public park and ride facilities as part of the Luas cross city project which will be constructed...
    • National Toll Roads
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current contractual arrangements pertaining to the East Link toll bridge in Dublin; his plans to further expand the capacity of the...
    • Sports Strategy
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for a national strategy for sport across all Government Departments; if he has given such a strategy any...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the ongoing work at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown; the work that remains to be completed; if he...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he has made to increase access for tourists to sites of interest particularly in urban centres and to improve access to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to work with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance to ensure that taxi drivers who...
    • Rail Network
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to cases where CIE owned disused railways are being blocked with objects such as round bales by adjoining...
    • Tourism Promotion
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations relating to transport contained in the Oireachtas committee report on reviving the...
    • Traffic Calming Measures
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explore the viability and potential benefits of following the example of Killenard, County Laois, where speed ramps are in...
    • Road Network
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagement at the North-South Ministerial Council in respect of the A5 carriageway; and if he will...
    • Driving Licence Issues
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the data that will be contained on the new driving licence; if he will ensure that provision is made for the inclusion...
    • Tourism Promotion
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support tourism in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40883/13]
    • Cycling Facilities
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding developing a cross-border greenway; his plans for greenway developments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Traffic Fines
      137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory and regulatory framework for the operation of clamping vehicles in cities. [40616/13]
    • Harbour Authorities Staff
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to respond to the requests of a Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company employee (details supplied) who has written to him requesting...
    • The Gathering Expenditure
      141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of The Gathering to date. [40880/13]
    • Air Services Provision
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no current direct flight exists between Ireland and the Silicon Valley or San Francisco...
    • Sporting Events
      145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to Ireland hosting the Homeless Football World Cup; the supports that are currently being given to the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Data
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of overall employment which is accounted for by public service employment for the most recent five years for which data is available. [40676/13]
    • Emigration Data
      147. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who emigrated from Ireland in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40926/13]
    • Employment Data
      148. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers here subjected to a regime of zero hour contracts by their employers and the way the latest available figures compare to previous years; and if he...
    • Tourism Data
      149. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of visitors to Ireland from emerging tourism markets, in particular China, India, Brazil, Russia and south-east Asia; and if there has been any noticeable...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to date; if he will list these...
    • Constitutional Convention Membership
      151. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide breakdown of the payment paid to facilitators and note takers of the Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40451/13]
    • EU Directives
      152. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, the amount of Exchequer funds which have been used to pay for fines incurred by the Irish State...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      153. To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental offices,...
    • Legislative Process
      154. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to commence the provision...
    • EU Directives
      155. To ask the Taoiseach the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from non-compliance and potential...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      156. To ask the Taoiseach 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 in...
    • Government Publications Office
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the reason printed copies of the Constitution are not currently available for purchase from Government Publications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40744/13]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the formal mechanisms that are in place for facilitating formal engagements between local authority managers and their...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically...
    • Legislative Process
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been...
    • EU Directives
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines...
    • Passport Applications
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport error in respect of a person (details supplied). [40717/13]
    • Inter-Country Adoptions
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on meetings with the relevant Russian authorities in relation to changes in Russian adoption...
    • Diplomatic Representation Issues
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the locations of Irish embassies and consulates across the world; the...
    • Prisoner Welfare
      165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Irish citizen (details supplied), is currently in prison for three...
    • EU Presidency Expenditure
      166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis upon which it was decided where to spend the public funding on promoting the Irish Presidency, and in particular...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the issue of Syria with the British Prime Minister since Dáil Éireann rose for its summer...
    • Official Engagements
      172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Secretary General of the OECD Mr. Angel Gurría during his visit to Dublin on...
    • Climate Change Policy
      176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Oxfam's latest report Growing Disruption: Climate Change and the fight against hunger...
    • HIV-AIDS Programmes
      177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 24 September 2013, when he will publish the strategy statement guide on...
    • EU Presidency Issues
      178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will update Dáil Éireann on the European Council's deliberations in 2013 on the principle of subsidiarity...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will update Dáíl Éireann on his recent work engaging with political leaders in the USA regarding...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Property Sales
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has publically requested the National Asset Management Agency to defer without prejudice the auction of 274 acres of important heritage lands in the...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact tax treatments and-or reliefs available to the case No. 11435 when the final agreed fair deal bill is settled (details supplied); and if he will...
    • VAT Rate Application
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed water rates will be subject to VAT. [40998/13]
    • VAT Rebates
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance when a refund of VAT will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40388/13]
    • Tax Clearance Certificates
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tax clearance certificate will be issued to a company (details supplied) in view of the fact that the company has clarified on more than one occasion...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Issues
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to open recruitment in the printing works of currency production division over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/13]
    • Property Taxation Yield
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of property tax that has been raised this year and the anticipated amount to be raised in a full year, broken down by electoral constituency and by...
    • Banking Sector Issues
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any concerns regarding the operation of certain foreign banks here (details supplied). [40465/13]
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental...
    • Legislative Process
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to commence the...
    • Insurance Industry Issues
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the period of notice that an international insurance company licensed in Ireland is obliged to give to a consumer prior to that company's withdrawal from the...
    • EU Directives
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from non-compliance and...
    • Universal Social Charge Yield
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance when the extension of the universal social charge to over 70s with pensions over €60,000, was implemented; and what was the resultant yield on this...
    • Tax Yield
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance when the measure was implemented that would end the relief on lump sums and severance payments over €200,000, and the resultant yield on this measure...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend film relief and the implementation date of individual investors being taken out of film relief and what are the savings that will accrue...
    • Tax Yield
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance on the issue of increasing capital gains tax by 3% in budget 2013, when this measure was implemented and the resultant yield on this measure thus far to end...
    • Tax Code
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance if the budgetary measure announced in December 2013 of cutting the tax relief on pensions of over €60,000 would or has been implemented and the...
    • Budget Submissions
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered in detail the pre-budget submission of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40665/13]
    • Excise Duties Issues
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month from January 2012 to September 2013. [40682/13]
    • IBRC Liquidation
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intervened in the publication of Anglo Irish Bank's statement of affairs to ensure neither depositors nor borrowers were named as reported; if so, the...
    • Tax Collection Forecasts
      204. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield in a full year, over current rates, if stamp duty on residential property sales was increased so that it was levied at 2% on the value of...
    • Tax Code
      205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reversing excise duty increases on wine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40771/13]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      206. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding universal social charge rates for those over 70 years of age (details supplied). [40850/13]
    • Tax Yield
      207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been collected each year in tabular form since the introduction of the 80% tax rate on zoned land; and if he will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review an application in respect of a person (details supplied) for tax relief in relation to vehicles purchased for use by persons with...
    • Budget Submissions
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the SIMI's pre budget swappage proposal in order to increase new car sales. [41037/13]
    • Tax Rebates
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive their P21 for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/13]
    • VAT Rate Application
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a company (details suppled) in Dublin 1, which has received an additional and unexpected VAT demand which...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if calculations of the cost of the 9% VAT reduction to the Exchequer at circa €350 million each year takes into account increased activity in the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to capital gains liability the exemptions available to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41089/13]
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the revision of the current licence plate registration system for vehicles to enable the purchaser of a pre-owned vehicle to...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of VAT applied to the purchase of motor cycle helmets in the interests of road safety; and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Taxation Deferrals
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have opted to defer payment of the property tax; and the percentage of those liable for which this accounts. [41228/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to date; if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • FÁS Training Programmes Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons persons (details supplied) were not awarded the FETAC course results; the reason this class has to repeat the examinations; the steps...
    • Research and Development Funding
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the exact amount of research and development that institutions in the south east have attracted in comparison to the rest of...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school teachers who are not members of a trade union are subject to the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement or to the Financial...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for home tuition will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
    • Private Schools
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department has allocated or committed to paying off the debts of a college (details supplied) in County Kilkenny,...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the regulation surrounding school transport and make exceptions for families that have no other means of transportation...
    • School Staffing
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools in County Louth that currently have guidance counsellors in place and the way this compares with the situation before he...
    • Special Educational Needs Services Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate resource hours to all children with Down Syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40475/13]
    • Student Grant Scheme Appeals
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite and award a student grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport Provision
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Irish Authorities informed the Commission that the school transport scheme was operated under contract by Bus Éireann for his...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in RAPID designated areas; the number of these schools that are classified as DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Process
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to...
    • State Examinations Issues
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the correction procedure for State examinations; the review process within the initial marking procedures; the number of...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has evaluated the rates at which the third level student maintenance grant is awarded in view of the rise in numbers receiving assistance...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Participation
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown by socio-economic background of all those pursuing both full-time and part-time higher education who entered...
    • Third Level Fees
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a structured and graduated approach to assessing the incomes of college applicants and their families to determine a more...
    • EU Directives
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of compliance with European Union directives within his Ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Postgraduate Loan Scheme Implementation
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a postgraduate loan scheme; if he intends to include private sector sponsorship as part of this plan; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 September 2013, if he will review his reply and advise this Deputy on the school transport...
    • Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons currently in receipt of a student maintenance grant at third level. [40745/13]
    • School Staffing
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with five teachers. [40753/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Staffing
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of resource teachers in our schools this year and every year since 1997. [40759/13]
    • Special Educational Needs Expenditure
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the amount of funding given to special schools and to mainstream schools with special classes in each year...
    • Capitation Grants
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the rate of capitation grant paid this year and every year since 1997. [40765/13]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of hours the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund board has met since it was formed this year. [40775/13]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Establishment
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money transferred from the former Education Finance Board to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund on the establishment day;...
    • Residential Institutions Issues
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet the group Right to Peace around the issue of statutory redress services for survivors of institutional abuse; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Fees
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the fees status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40796/13]
    • University Libraries
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 18 June 2013, his views on a matter regarding libraries in a publicly-funded university (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of capital spending incurred directly within his Department as a result of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 Jobs...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the distance from college for students to be considered eligible for the non-adjacent grant to cover a distance less than 45km...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 24 September 2013, if he will confirm the number of students in each classroom in a school (details...
    • Student Grants Statistics
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at third level who, having previously qualified for maintenance grants, that no longer qualify as a result of reductions...
    • Child Protection Issues
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protection that exists for children and teachers who are regularly in a position where there is only one adult present with a number of young...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will pursue all possible avenues to avoid increasing the pupil teacher ratio in primary schools in Budget 2014 due to, for example, the...
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an increase in the past 12 months in the contributions being made by the 18 religious orders to the statutory fund designed to...
    • Physical Education
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a national school sports module (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/13]
    • School Curriculum
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the restructuring of the Irish language curriculum at senior cycle with a view to introducing a more...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any public sector employees earning less than the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40447/13]
    • Property Valuations
      291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to receive a more realistic and sustainable rate valuation on a...
    • Referendum Expenditure
      292. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budgeted cost for the two forthcoming referendums with a breakdown regarding the staff costs and other costs and to state the...
    • State Properties
      293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will issue to a community (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the handing over of a disused Garda station to the...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for...
    • Legislative Process
      295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      296. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      297. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total salary cost for each Department for the most recent five years for which data is available. [40679/13]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of capital spending incurred directly across all Departments as a results of measures undertaken as part of the 2011...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the proposed use for a public building in Dublin 11 (details supplied), which is in the control of the...
    • State Bodies Abolition
      300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans to reduce the number of quangos; the number of quangos that have been abolished to date; his future plans...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Proposed Legislation
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to make changes or propose changes to the Companies Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40503/13]
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for...
    • Legislative Process
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting...
    • Job Losses
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the jobs lost in Industrial Development Agency client companies for each salary band from €20,000, in bands of €10,000,...
    • Job Creation Numbers
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs promoted by the Industrial Development Agency for which a salary is in excess of €150,000 per year. [40675/13]
    • Trade Missions Participation
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to have a trade mission to South Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40716/13]
    • Employment Rights Issues
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases that have been taken by workers or their unions to the Rights Commissioner, Employment Appeals Tribunal and the...
    • Jobs Initiative
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide information related to the State's involvement in the initiative connectireland.com; the amount the website cost to...
    • Tourism Employment
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure that trained Irish chefs are provided with opportunities to work in this country (details supplied);...
    • Job Creation Numbers
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis for 2011 & 2012, each Industrial Development Agency supported jobs...
    • Jobs Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis for 2011 and 2012 each Enterprise Ireland supported jobs announcement; the number...
    • EU Directives
      317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 480, 482 and 523 of 18 September, 2013, when Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights is to be...
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 18 September 2013, the number of innovation vouchers distributed in the last three years...
    • Patent Legislation
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he shares concerns that the efforts to create a unified European Patent registration and regulatory system, while in itself an...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow deaths to be registered in the absence of a medical certificate of cause of death, or on...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Staff
      322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a commitment that more staff will be made available to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Youth Guarantee
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has submitted plans to the European Commission for the roll out of the youth guarantee; if she will provide copies of these plans; and if she...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons on fuel allowance are in receipt of UK winter fuel payment, if this will be assessed when eligibility is being assessed or if...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      329. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on domiciliary allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of an appeal in respect of the back dating of domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Intreo Service
      335. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo offices currently in operation in counties Westmeath and Longford; if further offices will open in counties Westmeath and...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal against the withdrawal of invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Intreo Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the progress being made in establishing intreo services in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      341. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
    • National Internship Scheme Eligibility
      343. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a mechanism whereby a person who is unemployed, but not in receipt of any payment due to a partner's earnings, may access a JobBridge...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 561 of 18 September 2013, if an oral hearing can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements put in place by her Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the mortgage interest supplement to date in 2013;...
    • Legislative Process
      378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under her Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make...
    • EU Directives
      380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the level of compliance with European Union directives within her ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rate of turnover of medical assessors employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40646/13]
    • International Agreements
      382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Irish state has a bilateral agreement with Jersey and the other Channel Islands regarding social security entitlements and the payments that...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take to ensure that those who have had their rent supplement reduced due to involvement with community employment, JobBridge or...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      385. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when a decision will issue. [40691/13]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Issues
      386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person who works on a part-time basis 11 hours from Monday to Friday is unable to access social...
    • Social Insurance Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to reform the way social insurance contributions are calculated for the State pension in view of the unfair averaging system in place;...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      388. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      391. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      392. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the eligibility for the contributory State pension arising from budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who has completed a JobBridge internship cannot immediately take up a place on a community employment scheme;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Issues
      394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments that are made to persons living overseas; and the reasons for making the payment to an overseas resident in the case of...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
    • Labour Activation Projects
      396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the JobsPlus scheme. [41015/13]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the short term plans that are in place to reduce barriers to volunteering for unemployed persons; and if she will consider the formation of a...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 9 July 2013, the progress that has been made on this matter; and if employees concerned will be paid by...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [41028/13]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      400. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension now under appeal will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [41032/13]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [41035/13]
    • Unemployment Benefit Issues
      403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for such strict regulation to avail of unemployment benefits based on a contributions record from another EU country in view of having to...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Payments
      405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if expenses incurred in complying with REP scheme, agri-environment options scheme and special areas of conservation measures are deducted for the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity allowance appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...
    • Back to Education Allowance Payments
      407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to receive back to education allowance in respect of a level 9 third level course. [41083/13]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of personnel in her Department that work on medical assessments; the number of medical assessors currently employed by her...
    • Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
      409. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications made to her Department for each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      411. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a table with details relating to jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance, illness benefit, disability allowance, carer's...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the size of the total control saving figure from the most recent year available; the total number of cases that were reviewed; and the number of...
    • Family Income Supplement Applications
      413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for family income supplement. [41123/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out in respect of Bills in her Department since this Government took...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Raised Bog Management Plan
      415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria used in the selection of bogs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40523/13]
    • Commemorative Events
      416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been made available to the decades committee in relation to the celebration of historic events; the procedures...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues
      417. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason his Department will continue to pay €1,500 per annum in lieu of relocation to the representatives of a deceased...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for...
    • Legislative Process
      419. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      420. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting...
    • Annals of Inisfallen
      421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ask the University of Oxford, where the original book of the Annals of Inisfallen is kept, to have it returned on loan for...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of bog compensation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Heritage Council Funding
      423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to ensure that every local authority will have a heritage officer. [41038/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact statements carried out in respect of Bills in his Department since this...
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Eligibility
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if persons residing here in receipt of a UK winter fuel payment are eligible for assistance through the better energy...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically...
    • Legislative Process
      427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been...
    • EU Directives
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the necessary funding as a matter of urgency for the roll-out of the national broadband scheme in...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any licensing applications from companies which propose to carry out onshore petroleum extraction but...
    • Mobile Telephony Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons for the continuous decline in the quality of mobile telephone reception in a significant number of areas in...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline in detail the exact amount of broadband penetration in the south east and at what speed, in comparison...
    • Petroleum and Gas Exploration
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will discuss the expert advice on offshore oil and gas exploration, development and production and their tax and...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in relation to the next generation access map being prepared for the national broadband plan, the fixed wireless access...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, with regard to the growing number of wind farms and proposed wind farms throughout the country, he or his officials...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of natural gas to the town of Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Priory Hall Development
      452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will follow up on the commitment given during the Order of Business on 19 September that a formal reporting process...
    • Political Reform
      453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, as part of his stated approach to political reform, he has considered introducing an electoral recall facility to...
    • Motor Tax Yield
      454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue raised from motor tax in 2012 and the average payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/13]
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to help support families who took up shared ownership mortgages but can no longer afford the rent portion of the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
      456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has decided to cut funding to Dublin City Council for the provision of housing adaptation grants for persons with...
    • Leader Programmes Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application by a club (details supplied) in County Mayo to Mayo North East LEADER and when the...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce housing legislation in relation to private accommodation that will address enhancing accountability...
    • Water Meters Issues
      459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the guidelines that have been issued to Irish Water in respect of the depth water meters are to be laid to as measured...
    • Wastewater Treatment Issues
      460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the cases where pumping stations for waste water are featured as part of a planning permission within housing estates,...
    • Water Supply
      461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to launch the first fix free policy in respect of water leaks detected on the homeowner side of the...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act 2003, specifically...
    • Local Authority Housing Issues
      464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been...
    • EU Directives
      466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce new legislation to prevent councils from hiking up rates that are increasingly shutting down small...
    • Graffiti Issues
      468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined the possibility of introducing a levy on graffiti spray cans and the amount a levy of 20c and 50c on a...
    • Litter Pollution Issues
      469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined the possibility of introducing a levy on packets of chewing gum and the amount a levy of 5c, 10c and...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding LEADER funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40681/13]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding progress in fulfilling the request of the Oireachtas Environment Committee that he ask all...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite an application for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care of the Elderly Funding
      474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the funding available for community groups to assist older persons to continue to live...
    • Local Authority Staff Numbers
      477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the full time equivalent headcount and gross payroll bill for each local authority in the State for 2012; and if he will...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the new housing needs assessment guidelines; if he will be making allowances for marital breakdowns...
    • Water Charges Administration
      479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if payment of the proposed water rates will be subject to the same methods of payment as the local property tax. [40999/13]
    • Waste Management Issues
      482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the storage of asbestos at a location (details supplied). [41072/13]
    • Local Authority Staff Issues
      484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of time in which a person can work in an acting capicity in a local authority; if the position is being...
    • Planning Issues
      485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the course of action open to persons when local authorities commission works including the construction...
    • EU Directives
      486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 18 September, if he will list the various EU Regulations against which...
    • Vehicle Registration Issues
      487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a logbook may be released to An Garda Síochána for a vehicle (details supplied) in County Wicklow for their...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Services Regulation
      489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to have the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 enacted and its key reforms implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      490. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be any openings for new recruits within the Gardaí in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/13]
    • Garda Deployment
      491. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the amalgamation of the Newcastle West and Askeaton Garda Districts, the provision that has been made to increase accommodation for...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      493. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      494. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding replacing Garda stations with mobile police offices; the number that have been provided to date; the number that will be...
    • Legislative Process (1 comment)
      495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to...
    • EU Directives
      496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and marked vans that each Garda district has received to date in 2013; and if he will...
    • Asylum Applications
      498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to correspondence furnished to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40724/13]
    • Prisoner Transfers
      499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the road safety regulations Gardaí must adhere to whilst transporting prisoners to prison; if he will confirm that these regulations are...
    • Court Procedures
      500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason over 38% of Garda summons issued between January 2009 and December 2012 were not served (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the eligibility of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to apply for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
    • Human Trafficking
      502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to address human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution. [40970/13]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 18 September 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of defendants convicted under the...
    • Garda Vetting of Personnel
      504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda vetting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40987/13]
    • Garda Stations Closures
      505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a Garda station (details supplied) in County Donegal is closed despite the fact that the station has not been listed for closure; and...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for Garda vetting applications to be processed; and if this will reduce over the next six months. [41020/13]
    • Judicial Appointments
      508. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the judges for the new Court of Appeal will be appointed if the referendum on the matter is passed (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Bench Warrants
      509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in Dublin; if he will provide a breakdown of these bench warrants on a Division and District...
    • Proposed Legislation
      510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding legislation on prostitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41048/13]
    • Residency Permits
      511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a petition by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if he will communicate with his Department sections Irish...
    • Magdalen Laundries Issues
      512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Magdalene Laundries Restorative Justice Scheme to include the number of women who have applied to the Fund;...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is intended that the Law Society will continue to have a dual role both representative and regulatory in the provisions of the Legal...
    • Proposed Legislation
      516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the Coroners Bill 2007, if he will enact the legislation in its present format; when the bill will be progressed; and if he will...
    • Road Safety Issues
      517. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding cyclists speeding on a path near a school (details supplied). [41222/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Numbers
      518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to...
  • Department of Defence
    • Overseas Missions
      519. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently stationed overseas; the number stationed in each of the various countries and the nature of the work or...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      520. To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental...
    • Proposed Legislation
      521. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to commence the...
    • EU Directives
      522. To ask the Minister for Defence the level of compliance with European Union directives within his Ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from non-compliance and...
    • Commemorative Events
      523. To ask the Minister for Defence if following the commemorations which took place in July and August of this year, there are plans to extend the commemoration using the Ceremonial Military...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to date; if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare Issues
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incidence of animal cruelty (details supplied) in County Tipperary and the steps he will take...
    • Milk Quota Trading Scheme
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse that will be available to farmers who will not be able to secure milk quotas in the 2014 milk quota purchasing scheme;...
    • Sea Lice Controls
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent publication in the Journal of Fish Diseases of the comment on Jackson et al Impact of...
    • Fishing Fleet Monitoring
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the North West Waters Regional Advisory Council meetings in Dublin Castle, which reported on Northern Ireland and Belgian...
    • Departmental Agencies Staff Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the remit of the economist employed by Bord Iascaigh Mhara; if it will include the gathering of socio-economic...
    • Irish Language Issues
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for...
    • Legislative Programme
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of compliance with European Union directives within his Ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide aids to navigation including a leading light to Ardgroom Harbour County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on their appeal against a decision to remove their...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be informed as to whether or not they have been accepted into agri environment...
    • Annuitant Arrears
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason correspondence (details supplied) regarding a proposal regarding dealing with annuitant arrears has not been replied to;...
    • Fish Quotas
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fishing quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40942/13]
    • Animal Disease Controls
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the new regulations on the movement of cats and dogs to and from...
    • Impact of Wind Farms
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions, or if his officials have had discussions with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the refusal of the agri-environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if...
    • Animal Diseases Issues
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received reports of the re-emergence of warble fly during the summer period; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Parking Charges
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the introduction of paid parking in Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Grant Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment of the sheep fencing grant has not issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • Forestry Sector
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the forestry road application and tree felling licence application in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme in 2014 to replace the REP scheme for small farmers in disadvantaged areas whose income will...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Numbers
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on all regulatory impact assessments carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Children's Beauty Pageants
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take in order to prohibit the hosting of children's beauty pageants. [40414/13]
    • After-School Support Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that the pilot phase of the subsidised after-school child care scheme is now complete and the scheme commenced national...
    • Irish Language Issues
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements put in place by her Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage...
    • Legislative Process
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under her Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of compliance with European Union directives within her ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Foreign Adoptions
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on efforts to secure a bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Ethiopia; and if she will make a...
    • Family Support Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria for selection, designated terms of service and terms and conditions regarding individual membership/service on the management...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an appointment has been made to the position of campus director at the Oberstown complex; when this appointment was, or will be made;...
    • Detention Centres
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the report (details supplied) regarding the Oberstown complex; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41006/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Numbers
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on all regulatory impact assessments carried out on Bills in her Department since this Government took office...
  • Department of Health
    • Motorised Transport Grant Eligibility
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide and update regarding the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40382/13]
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the provision being made for staff employed by voluntary agencies funded by the Health Service Executive to receive public sector increments due over a number...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons aged 16 to 25 years who are in receipt of social welfare allowance at the reduced rate of between €100 and €164 are being...
    • General Practitioner Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the proposed general practitioner follow-up care of breast cancer patients as launched by the National Cancer Control Programme is not...
    • Health Services Issues
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the procedure whereby complaints to the Health Service Executive from members of the public are processed; the length of time it...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of haemachromatosis sufferers currently on the waiting list for venesection; the timeframe a person joining the list may expect to be waiting; and...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      568. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive was aware of the continued success of England’s National Chlamydia Screening Programme for 15-24 year old sexually...
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by the Health Service Executive to ensure that the increase in chlamydia and gonorrhoea rates amongst the young adults here is...
    • Health Services Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment regarding a hearing deficit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to reduce the number of hours worked by non-consultant hospital doctors in order to ensure compliance with the EU Working Time...
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding the air ambulance service operating from Custume Barracks Athlone; if the service will continue; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no educational psychologist service at Cheeverstown Disability Service and, in view of the fact that the early intervention speech and...
    • Health Services Issues
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a primary medical certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan [40456/13]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are provided by the Ambulance Service in transporting patients from nursing homes to private hospitals in an emergency situation; and if he...
    • Medical Internships
      580. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that he has previously stated that the Health Service Executive has confirmed that student medical scientists on placement must be paid the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing speech and language therapy to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare [40491/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the restoration of a full medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40493/13]
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      583. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12 as their current teacher is leaving; if he will ensure that...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Fair Deal bill of over €29,000 was calculated in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will state whether or not the existing...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for signage in departmental...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card keeps getting reviewed for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when the current medical card is due to expire; if his...
    • Legislative Process
      587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is intended to commence the...
    • Medical Card Delays
      588. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [40608/13]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      589. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's intention in relation to developments at Blanchardstown Centre for Independent Living; the number of person's affected by the...
    • HSE Staffing
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of management-administrative staff employed in the Health Service Executive each year since 1996; the total staff employed in the HSE each year...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of person's who died from smoking related diseases in 2012; the amount of expenditure dedicated to anti-smoking advertisement's on TV in 2012; and...
    • HSE Properties
      592. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that a number of sites have been bought by the Health Service Executive and a number of sites are earmarked to be developed in the Dublin...
    • EU Directives
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the level of compliance with European Union directives within his Ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from non-compliance and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to provide some redress and compensation for the victims of the blackleg vaccine; if his attention has been drawn to the distress and...
    • HSE Properties
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report the use of a recently bought site (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive is willing to discuss with the community any benefit...
    • HSE Staffing
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend that the Health Service Executive Board make provision for staffing the new day case building at St. Joseph's Raheny, where construction...
    • Medical Card Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [40670/13]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      598. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive an appointment for surgery. [40683/13]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations with the manufacturers of pirfenidone, esbriet, have been concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40725/13]
    • Medical Card Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan. [40773/13]
    • Dental Services Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will put in place a mechanism to allow for the roll out of orthodontic therapists as part of the State's response to reduce waiting lists...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card appeal in respect of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40849/13]
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff are employed in each county as child care facilities inspectors; the number of new staff that have been employed in each county by the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of capital spending incurred directly within his Department as a results of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 Jobs Initiative; and if he...
    • Disabilities Services Funding
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that no further cuts are proposed to the intellectual disability budget for 2014 as they have already incurred a 16% reduction...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      608. To ask the Minister for Health when moulded seating for a new wheelchair will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is severely disabled; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the provision of a primary health care centre in Kilcock, County Kildare; the extent to which plans have been agreed; if agreement has...
    • Disease Management (2 comments)
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnosis and treatment facilities available for Lyme disease and if there are plans to expand these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Issues
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if a defibrillator will be fitted in a station following a serious incident (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if and when consultation for urgent orthopaedic surgery will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the major collective effect of cuts to disability organisations (details supplied) in County Cork which have experienced...
    • Health Insurance Levy Issues
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Government health levy that applies to all private health insurance policies; if this levy only applies to those paying private health...
    • Health Services Provision
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list and estimate of costs for medical and surgical appliances in County Kerry; if he will itemise the various categories and the...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress on filling the diabetic nursing posts to serve the area under the remit of the Galway-Roscommon Hospitals group, the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if, despite the opposition to such a measure which is driven by commercial interests and a complete unwillingness to accept the growing scientific and medical...
    • Prescriptions Data
      620. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 906 of 11 June 2013, if he will provide an answer to the question; if he will make available the information provided to...
    • Disability Support Services Issues
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) with a disability does not lose their transport service [41221/13]
    • HSE Expenditure
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the hospitals under the aegis of the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the electricity...
    • Health Care Infrastructure
      623. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the hospitals under the aegis of the Health Service Executive, which have combined heat and power plants installed and operational; if his...
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office to date; if he will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Safety Statistics
      625. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who died from traffic accidents in 2012; the amount of expenditure dedicated to road safety advertisements on TV in...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Issues
      626. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if employees of the Rail Procurement Agency are covered by the Haddington Road Agreement; the discussions he has had with representatives...
    • Rural Transport Programme Issues
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the only transport now available for the people of Killucan, County Westmeath is rural...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on overheight trucks and the reason behind the derogation for overheight trucks on public roads to 31 October 2013; if he...
    • Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance
      630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements put in place by his Department to ensure compliance with the Official Languages Act, specifically requirements for...
    • Road Safety Issues
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the increased number of road deaths compared to last year, the measures being taken to improve road safety; and if he will...
    • Legislative Process
      632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the Acts or specific provisions of Acts under his Department that have not yet been commenced; if it is...
    • EU Directives
      633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from...
    • Departmental Bodies
      635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnrod Éireann has filled the 20 additional revenue protection officer posts; if not, the number of posts that have been filled...
    • Public Transport Issues
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the bus station office in Killarney does not open on a Saturday or Sunday; if he will consider restricted opening hours on...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the derogation for overheight trucks on public roads here will not be extended beyond 31 October 2013; and if he will...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a change in the legislation regarding rates paid by sports clubs and organisations, particularly in view of the recent...
    • Capital Programme Expenditure
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of capital spending incurred directly within his Department as a results of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 jobs...
    • The Gathering Revenue
      642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which The Gathering has been utilised as a means of promoting tourism directly; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to any possible funding opportunities for a project (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or Department officials have had any discussions with Ministers or officials of other Departments on the possible impact a...
    • Sporting Events
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the value of sporting events to Dublin and other major cities and towns across the country; and if he will...
    • Tourism Industry Issues
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a commitment the tourist information office in Adare, County Limerick, will not be downgraded. [41016/13]
    • Driving Licence Issues
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has held a licence since 1989 is entitled to have a trailer towing E category...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grants will become available; and when may interested groups begin submitting their interest in same. [41077/13]
    • Tourism Promotion
      651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of the Wild Atlantic Way tourism initiative, which markets are being targeted specifically and if he...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed Regulation of Vehicle Immobilisation Bill will contain a provision to take into account that land owners, such as those...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      653. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the derogation in respect of overheight trucks and other vehicles on public roads here will not be extended...
    • Public Transport Issues
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the public transport sector continues to remain competitive with the emphasis on the provision of a readily available...
    • Aviation Issues
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which air passenger transport to and from this country is competitive, accessible, customer friendly and readily available;...
    • Marine Safety
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are currently being taken to improve and promote safety at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/13]
    • Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on all Regulatory Impact Statements carried out on Bills in his Department since this Government took office...

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